Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 65 Buffet

With a click, Naruse closed the book in his hand, ended the second review, and at the same time gave the final evaluation in his heart.

Some plot twists and turns are too deliberate, and they are not completely logical.If the overall atmosphere has been relaxed and happy, it may be ignored, but the second half suddenly becomes dignified, which makes people have to pay attention.

However, one of the supporting characters is very pleasing, and his curiosity about his final fate is also the motivation to support Naruse to read the entire book.

Putting down the book, he looked up, only him and Shangzi were left in the room.

There was twilight hanging outside the window, and other members of the department had already left one after another while he was reading, and went home separately.

"Going back?" Shangzi asked.

"Let's go." Naruse packed his things, holding the book he just finished reading in his hand, "The library should not be closed yet, I returned the book."

"Well, I'll close the door, Chunhai will return the book first."

So Naruse went downstairs first and went to the library to return the book.

When he came out, he saw Shangzi waiting in front of him, so he quickened his pace, and when he got closer, he realized that someone was talking to her.

"About what happened before..."

Getting closer, Naruse also saw the person talking to Naoko.

Blue tie, second-year student... Ritsuko Sugiyama from the handicraft club?
"What's the matter, Sugiyama-senpai." He strode over, stood in front of Shangzi, and looked at him.

"Chunhai..."

"..."

Ritsuko Sugiyama looked at him, then at Naoko, and sighed softly, "Let's talk about it next time."

After all, she left.

Watching Ritsuko Sugiyama disappear into the connecting corridor, Naruse looked at Naoko, "Why is she looking for Naoko?"

Shangzi shook his head blankly.

"Sugiyama-senpai just said a word to me, and Harumi came over."

It seems to be a coincidence.

"It's going to be all right."

"Senior is not a bad person..."

"Not a good person either." Naruse lifted the bag on his shoulder, "Leave her alone, let's go."

"Ah."

After leaving school, Shangzi was a little absent-minded all the way.

Naruse lowered his head and fiddled with the phone, put it away and asked, "Still thinking about what happened just now?"

She followed closely, "I'm a little concerned..."

"Maybe it's something related to the interview." Naruse said, "Since the news agency is going to make a special report on the split of the handicraft club, it will certainly not only interview Shangzi."

She thought about it and nodded quickly.

"I think the minister probably wanted to ask Shangzi if she had bad things about them in the interview."

Shangzi smiled.

"You will be able to read the latest issue of the Tsudaka Monthly next week, Sugiyama-senpai will know when the time comes."

"So forget about it now."

"Ah."

The two stopped at the intersection and waited for the red light to turn green.

"what's for dinner?"

Shangzi looked at him, remembering what he said last Friday, but he was not sure.

"curry?"

"So Shangzi wants to go back to eat curry?"

Naruse turned around and walked towards the other side of the intersection, "Then I can only go to the buffet alone..."

"..."

Shangzi was stunned, and quickly caught up, pinching his arm lightly through the uniform.

"The heart is really bad."

"Is it okay to eat buffet?"

"Ok!"

There are 52 weeks in a year, that is, 52 Fridays.

After three years of high school, can he and Shangzi eat all the restaurants near the central station?
If you have to consider special circumstances such as Chinese New Year and going out, as well as things like the closure of old shops and the opening of new restaurants...

Naruse shook his head, shaking off this boring thought that suddenly appeared.

"What's wrong?" Shangzi looked at him.

"fine."

Naruse took the plate and picked up another piece of raw beef, "I saw on the Internet that the beef in this store is very fresh, but there don't seem to be many types."

"There's seafood over there."

"Well, let's have a taste."

Back to the position, the charcoal fire under the grill in the middle of the table is full of fire, and occasionally the tongue of fire will spit out.

Clamping the raw beef he had just picked up on the barbed wire, fiddled with it and spread it out, Naruse put down the clamp, and tasted the other food he just brought back.

“The tuna sushi tastes good.”

"It's easy to get full if you eat too much."

"I only took two yuan... Give this to Shangzi."

"Then Chunhai should try this."

The two exchanged food on their plates.

"Would you like juice?"

"Well... less."

Naruse got up to pour the juice, Naoko picked up the tongs and turned the beef on the barbed wire one by one.

Not long after, he came back with two glasses of juice of different colors.

"This one……"

"Looks like apple juice."

"like?"

"Try it and you'll know."

Shangzi took a sip and frowned, "It's so sour."

Naruse handed over another glass, "Then you drink orange juice."

He sat down, took a sip of the suspected apple juice drink under Shangzi's gaze.

"..."

Looking at each other, Naruse held back for a while, but couldn't hold back after all, his face turned bitter.

"It's really sour."

Shangzi smiled, and he got up to pour other juices.

Grilled over charcoal fire, the fresh and tender beef on the barbed wire quickly changed color. Shangzi turned it over a few times and felt that it was almost ready, so he picked up a piece and tasted it.

"Hmm... familiar."

Naruse came back after pouring out the juice, and found that there were several pieces of freshly roasted beef on the plate in front of him.

"There seems to be black pork from Kagoshima over there."

"Black pork...does it taste good when roasted?"

"Try it."

"Well, let's talk after we finish eating."

The cafeteria was rich in food, and the two of them looked for something to eat, did it themselves, and even forgot the time.

Coming out of the restaurant, Naruse stood by the side of the road, Shangzi leaned on his shoulder with his head bowed.

"Are you okay?"

"...too much to eat."

"The good news is we don't have to ride the bumpy bus."

She lowered her head and looked at his back, "The bad news is that Chunhai and I can't go back either..."

"Wouldn't it be a little far to walk back?"

"It will take about an hour to walk."

"Then it's better to spend more money." He stretched out his hand behind, "I'm going back."

Shangzi raised his head, and a taxi had already stopped in front of the two of them.

"From the urban area to Qingliu..."

She muttered, held his hand, and got into a taxi.

After telling the driver the address, Naruse leaned back and couldn't help frowning.

The belly was churning, Shangzi continued to roast meat for him, and he ate no less than her.

The taxi started quickly and slowly moved forward on the street after nightfall. After turning the corner, the road surface became smooth and the speed increased accordingly.

Following inertia, Shangzi fell backwards and then to the side.

Leaning on Naruse's shoulder, she suddenly sniffled.

"What's wrong."

"Hair smells like barbecue..."

Naruse turned around, leaned closer and sniffed Shangzi's head, "It's a little bit."

She ducked to the other side, "Don't smell it."

Naruse smiled, "I also smell like barbecue."

Shangzi leaned over again and sniffed him.

"The uniform needs to be changed..."

She raised her head, her voice suddenly lowered - Naruse was also looking at her not far away.

"..."

Their eyes met, staring at each other, and the two fell silent at the same time.

The taxi continued on.

Skimming the streetlights, plunging into the darkness.

Between light and darkness, Naruse was the first to recover, and looked away.

In the same way, Shangzi also made the same reaction.

After a while, she leaned on his shoulder again.

"Don't fall asleep, taxis are fast."

"If you fall asleep, Chunhai will carry me back."

"I ate so much today, I may not be able to carry it... It hurts."

(End of this chapter)