Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 584 Fried Fish
The next morning, when he woke up from bed, he found Morimi standing beside the bed. Naruse was startled for a moment, but he quickly woke up.

"...Why did you come here so early?"

She looked down at him, "Didn't you promise me that you would go to school today?"

He closed his eyes and wiped it on his face again, "I didn't say I couldn't go."

"Guess what time it is now."

"..."

As soon as she mentioned the time, Naruse understood instantly - after being slack for so many days, he had already turned off the alarm clock, and he forgot to reset it last night.

"...Are you going to be late?"

"Look for yourself."

Naruse picked up the phone and realized that it was still very early.

"..."

Looking at Sen Jian again, she smiled slightly and said, "Are you scared?"

He closed his eyes again, "What's there to be scared of? At worst, I won't go to school today."

She forced his upper and lower eyelids open with her hand, and pinched his lips with her other hand, "You have such a hard mouth so early in the morning."

Pushing her hand away and holding it gently, Naruse sat up and said again: "You came too early."

"I'm worried about you."

Morimi sat down by the bed and touched his chin, "Are you willing to shave?"

"You just shaved it for me."

She glanced at him, "Why didn't she stay last night?"

"I asked her to go back." Naruse said.

Morimi pursed his lower lip and understood the reason, so he didn't ask any more questions.

"Get up." She stood up, "I was afraid that you wouldn't be able to get up in the morning, so I came here without even eating breakfast."

Naruse got up and got out of bed and went to change clothes, "So, you came here too early."

"If I don't come over, you won't be able to get up in the morning."

"You can call me."

"But I am your girlfriend." Morimi said.

He didn't say anything, opened the closet, took out his uniform and put it on.

She walked to the desk, flipped through the notes she opened again, looked at the densely packed names on it, was silent for a while, and asked:
"Are you planning to intimidate Naoko's friends again?"

"No." Naruse buttoned up, "I just used this list to sort out my thoughts and see if I missed anything."

"yes."

Morimi flipped through the notes. In addition to the names of some people related to Naoko, there were quite a lot of notes on them, which were not limited to information such as interpersonal interactions, usual activity areas and home addresses, and even some privacy information.

"You'd better hide this book, otherwise if anyone finds it and calls the police, there will be enough evidence to arrest you."

"I know."

Naruse put on his uniform and came over, then put the notebook in the drawer.

"Speaking of which, Haixing's diary..."

"She took it back herself."

"Really?" He nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

"Sorry." Morimi looked at him, "If I hadn't taken the diary back, Naoko wouldn't have discovered it."

"Haixing's diary is just a trigger. Just seeing the past diary, Shangzi won't leave..."

Naruse shook his head, "What's more, I was the one who got her diary back in the first place."

Both of them were silent for a while, then he took her hand again and said, "Go down."

After going downstairs, Naruse went to wash up, while Morimi went to the kitchen to get ready.When he came to take over, she stood beside him.

"Have you not gone to school with Haixing recently?"

"Yes, I just went out early today to find you." Morimi said, "I also told Haixing in advance."

Naruse walked to the refrigerator, opened it, took out a few ingredients, "Then is she coming over?"

"Not coming."

He put the ingredients back again.

"Is she freaking out?"

Morimi pursed his lips with a faint smile on his face, "Yeah."

"You don't know how many times you have been to my house these days. She has never been here once by herself." Naruse said, lowering his head and sprinkling a little salt and black pepper on the salmon pieces, spreading them evenly and then smoking them. Use a piece of kitchen paper to absorb the moisture on the surface of the fish pieces.

"She probably feels that it is her responsibility for Naoko to leave... Although in a sense, this is true, it is definitely not her responsibility alone."

Morimi watched him handle the salmon and continued: "You'd better tell Haixing clearly early, otherwise she will probably become like you...the same state you were in before."

"Didn't you tell her?"

"She listens to you more now." Naruse nodded slowly, "I understand."

Brush a thin layer of oil on the pan, light a fire to heat it, and put the fish pieces down. He stared down at them, feeling the changes in the fish pieces with his eyes.

[“Fry the side with the fish skin first, wait for two to three minutes, the skin will gradually shrink and the fat in the fish will leak out, then turn to low heat, turn over and continue frying... In this way, the fried fish will not taste bad. , and the color is also better looking.”]

"..."

Naruse took a deep breath.

"You can turn over." Morimi looked at him.

"Ah."

Turn the fish pieces over and continue frying. After two or three minutes, the salmon pieces will be fried.

I cooked some spinach, made some tamagoyaki, and finally cooked pork miso soup, and breakfast was complete.

"Is this what you have for breakfast every day?"

"almost."

"It's such a blessing. I thought only housewives had this time."

"Get ready to eat."

The two sat at the dining table, "I'm starting."

After drinking the miso soup, Morimi's eyes widened again, "It tastes better than I expected."

Naruse took a bite himself and said, "It's worse than Naoko's."

"If your cooking skills are as good as Shangzi's, then I will be ashamed of myself."

The two of them ate breakfast and chatted wordlessly. Naruse finished eating first and took the time to prepare a lunch lunch.

"And my share."

"..."

"Breakfast is not even prepared, you don't think I have time to make a lunch box."

"Did you bring the lunch box?"

"Bring it."

Morimi picked up the miso soup, drank the last sip, and then let out a long breath.

“I haven’t had such a satisfying breakfast in a long time.”

His voice came from the kitchen, "Don't sound so pitiful."

She smiled, stood up and came behind him, hugged his waist, and watched him work for a while.

"I always feel that Chunhai has become a lot more positive today. Is it because I'm here, or because of what Guang told you yesterday?"

"We have them all," Naruse said, putting the freshly fried salmon into the lunch box.

Morimi looked down at his movements, "Have you made a new plan?"

"No. But if you do nothing like before, nothing will change."

"If you do too much, you'll scare people."

"There will be no messing around this time."

She suddenly leaned forward again and looked at his face, "Did you get any news about Shangzi?"

"It's just a subjective speculation." Naruse said, "My mother called yesterday and said that Naoko transferred a large amount of money to her parents."

Sen Jian was startled and asked, "Where did the money come from?"

"What she saved herself is the money her parents gave her before."

He continued: "Shangzi is already very frugal. After I came back, I was responsible for most of the expenses, and the money she saved was even more. Uncle Tetsuya and Aunt Sawako usually came back less often. He gave her money in large sums without asking if it was all spent... The last time I saw her, she had saved more than 80 yen."

"More than 80..." Senmi couldn't help but be speechless. For high school students, this was already a huge sum of money.

"When Shangzi left, she also took this money with her. Since she planned to pay back every penny of the money her parents gave her, with limited money on hand, she must first make it possible for herself to live.

And now that she has paid back a large amount of money to her parents all at once, it only means that her new life has settled down and she won't need too much money for the time being... This alone makes me feel at ease a lot. "

Snap, Naruse closed the lid of the lunch box, "The next step is how to find her."

Morimi looked at him and said, "Then do you have any clues."

"It's still just some speculation."

He sighed softly, "During the summer vacation, Shangzi once said that she wanted to live in Takayama City. If she wants to find a place to settle, she will probably go there... I am going to fly there on the weekend to look for it."

"..."

She opened her mouth and said, "Going to a strange city and using your naked eyes to find someone who wants to avoid you is any different from finding a needle in a haystack?"

Naruse turned to look at her, "I have no choice."

She was silent for a while.

"Then I'll go with you."

"No, you said she was avoiding me. She probably wouldn't show up after seeing you... I can only go alone."

(End of this chapter)