Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 63 Three Side Talks
The next morning, I reminded my parents again not to forget to bring the bento in the refrigerator to the car before going out to attend the three-way interview, and Shangzi went out to go to school with Naruse who was waiting at the door.

"Shangzi's three-way talk was in the morning."

"Well. Because Mom and Dad have something to do in the afternoon, they have to rush back to the institute after the end."

"It's so busy."

When he came to the bus platform, Hai Xing was reading with a book for the first time, but when Naruse approached, he realized that it was a vocabulary book.

"Is Starfish reciting words?"

"Shangzi...well, Yiye said that it needs to be consolidated several times so that he can remember it better."

Shangzi smiled slightly, "Come on."

Hai Xing nodded, then looked at Naruse next to him, saw that he was also looking at him, and was about to look away, but he said, "Did you write down those few sentences from yesterday?"

"Eh... I remember."

He nodded and looked away first.

"Then you should have no problem with your English make-up exam today."

The corners of Hai Xing's mouth were bent, and he looked down at the vocabulary book in his hand.

"Oh."

Shangzi looked at her a few more times, and moved a little closer to Naruse.

A little while later, Morimi appeared on the path by the river.

After a while, the bus came.

When I came to school, because there were three talks in the past two days, most of the courses were self-study, and the morning time passed quickly.

Around ten o'clock, Shangzi was called out.

"Ah, it's Shangzi's turn."

Naruse didn't look back, and knew that Takikawa Hikaru was talking to him, "Yeah."

"I haven't seen Shangzi's parents for a long time. Did you come back yesterday?"

"No, I came back the afternoon before yesterday." Naruse glanced back, Takikawa Hikaru was drawing something in his notebook.

Noticing his gaze, she didn't hide it. Instead, she lifted the notebook to let him see clearly, "It's kind of boring."

On paper is a giant circle.

The edges of the circle are messy, the result of an unknown number of repetitions, and the middle is hollow.

Naruse glanced twice, then turned around, "get out of class is over soon."

As soon as the voice fell, the bell rang.

"stand up--"

"salute--"

"After class—"

There was no teacher on the podium, and the chairman of Class C suddenly stood up and went through the process on his own.

"What is that guy doing?"

A few girls muttered, and a few boys got up and came to the chairman's seat, and pulled him out of the classroom with his shoulders crossed.

There was also a commotion outside.

Naruse stretched restrainedly, and closed the books and notebooks that he had taught himself for a whole lesson.

"Do you want to go to the bathroom together?" Takikawa put his hand on his shoulder.

"バカ." Naruse smiled, and turned around to find that she was talking to another girl next to her.

"..."

The four eyes met, the girl blushed a little, "Narase-san, do you want to come too..."

Takikawa Hikari also turned to look at him.

Naruse shook his head immediately.

"Then let's go together."

"Ok!"

After coming out of the bathroom, the girl who came with her was still arranging her hair in front of the mirror, and Hikari Takikawa was waiting in the corridor.

His eyes looked around, and when he glanced at a certain place, he paused for a moment.

Over there is the classroom where the three-way interview is held. Yesterday afternoon, she chatted with her parents and teachers about her plans for the future.

But at this time, the person sitting inside is Shangzi.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting." The girl who was traveling with her finally came out.

"No." Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "I'd be happy to wait a little longer."

She looked happy. "Let's go back to the classroom."

"it is good."

When passing by that classroom, Takikawa took another look.

Across a door, in the classroom, Shangzi was explaining his plan.

"... For further studies, the goal is Tsumae University, and the specific major is still waiting to be seen."

Zhong Yuanxue nodded, and said: "Use this classmate's current grades and work harder, most of the majors in Tianjin University will be no problem for you."

Although it is a three-way talk, most of the time the teacher is speaking, the students are answering, and the parents are supplementing or asking some questions.

Apart from asking about their daughter's social interactions at school, the couple didn't have too many questions.

The bell rang twice, and after a while, Zhong Yuanxue stood up and shook hands with the couple.

"Thank you for coming today... let's go here."

Because he was about to leave soon, after walking out of the interview classroom, Toru Konoka and Sawako Konoka took Naoko to confess a few more words.

"Okay, I know."

Shangzi lowered his head slightly, "Father and mother are at the research institute, so they should take care of themselves. Remember to eat on time and pay attention to rest."

"I will."

This flower also nodded, and his wife put her hand on her daughter's shoulder and patted her lightly.

"Come on, let's take you back to the classroom."

Sending Naoko back to Class C, the couple nodded to Naruse who was looking at him outside the door, and then left.

After the figures of the two disappeared, Naruse looked at Naoko again.

She remained silent, staring at the sky outside the window on the other side.

After the lunch break, the first class in the afternoon is still self-study.

Because there is no teacher, many people are obedient and tired lying on the table, falling asleep.

Like Takikawa Hikaru.

Shangzi was also lying on his stomach, but he didn't fall asleep.

"—Narase."

Suddenly a call sounded from the front door of the classroom.

Naruse raised his gaze, and the classmate who had just returned from the three-way talk pointed outside, "It's your turn."

"it is good."

He glanced at the lazy Shangzi, then got up and left the classroom.

It was class time at this time, and the campus was quiet, only the lectures of some loud teachers from other grades could be heard.

"Propose 'Government Return'..."

"From point A to point C, the change in speed is noticeable!"

"Affected by the south subtropical monsoon, the surface waters of the northern Indian Ocean flowed on a large scale, forming ocean currents..."

When we came to the special classroom for the three-way talk, Seiichiro Maki was waiting outside, and inside was another group that had just started.

He raised his hand, "Chunhai."

"Mr. Seiichiro." Naruse sat down next to him.

"It turns out that Chun Hai's teacher is so young."

"It seems like a newcomer who just graduated."

"If you're too young, it's not easy to discipline students, and it doesn't look too dignified. Teachers, especially teachers, are better to be strict."

Naruse smiled and didn't say anything, after all, it was already a fact that Zhong Yuanxue had no prestige.

Seiichiro sighed softly, "But I can only talk, if someone tells me 'be stricter', I can't do it."

Naruse pursed his lower lip, and ignored the topic, "Is the starfish behind me?"

"Yeah. Because Hai Xing's recent exam results were not very good, Mr. Mineo from Class E said he wanted to chat with me a little longer, so it was arranged at a later time."

Starfish's problem is definitely not just grades.

But in terms of interpersonal communication, she seems to have stayed away from those hot girls recently because she has gotten closer to Hikaru Takikawa.

Naruse thought about it, and reminded him a little.

"Well, I know. Hai Xing also said that he hasn't had any contact with them recently, so there shouldn't be any problem."

Seiichiro said, and looked at him again, "And Harumi is taking care of him at school, so I don't think you need to worry too much."

"..."

Naruse moved his lips, but he still didn't tell him that his communication with Hai Xing in school was about zero.

"Mori takes more care of starfish."

"Ah, that's right, that kid Yiye last night..."

Ten minutes later, the door of the classroom creaked open, Yuki Nakahara sent the last pair of students and their parents away, and then invited Naruse and Seiichiro to enter.

"Mr. Maki, right?"

"Yes, that's right. I'm Chunhai's former stepfather. It should be no problem to come to attend the three-party interview for him today."

"no problem……"

Yuki Nakahara sized him up a little more, wondering if she was comparing him with Koji Daimi whom she likes.

"Cough." Naruse coughed lightly.

She regained her senses, picked up a thick notebook on the table, opened it and flipped through it.

"Mr. Maki, I invite you to come here today to share with you about Naruse's study at school, test results, future career path, club activities and interpersonal communication... Let's start with the study first. .”

Naturally, Naruse's studies need not be said, and this time the exam is directly on the top;

In terms of interpersonal communication, the boys have a very high opinion of him, and the girls have no negative comments except that he is a little cold;

As for club activities, because Zhong Yuanxue didn't know much about it because he joined the newly established club, he didn't talk much about it.

Her focus is still on Naruse's choice of approach.

"Narase-san's goal of further studies is Tsumae University. Have you discussed this with Maki-san?"

"No."

"really……"

Yuki Nakahara glanced at the silent Naruse, and continued: "Judging from Naruse's current grades, I think he can challenge some top-ranked schools, even the University of Tokyo. What do you think, Mr. Sanki?"

Seiichiro Maki looked at Naruse, "What does Harumi think?"

"I am not interested."

He smiled, looked at Zhong Yuanxue, "Chunhai said he's not interested."

"..."

"Although it's a pity, it's his own wish. I don't think there's any problem. After all, this is his own path, and the most important thing is his own thoughts, isn't it?"

"You are right."

Yuki Nakahara took a deep breath, "I just don't want Naruse-san to lose more possibilities in the future because of temporary confusion. However, if Naruse-san persists after careful consideration, I will not object."

Naruse looked at her, didn't say anything to insist on his position, but just nodded.

After a few minutes, the three-party talks ended.

night.

"...Is that so, in the end, Hai Xing's father was asked to participate."

Song Qianqiu on the other end of the phone seemed a little emotional.

Naruse lay in the bathtub, "In short, this matter has come to an end."

Is this the end of it?

Holding the phone, Song Qianqiu silently smiled wryly.

"Filming is so tiring, does Chun Hai miss her mother?"

"……so so."

"Just average? So sad!"

"That's a little more than usual."

(End of this chapter)