Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 22 Factions
After changing his sportswear, he went back to the classroom with the boys. When he reached the back door, Naruse saw Hikaru Takikawa leaning in the corridor, looking down at the girl in front of him.

He didn't care what the two were talking about, and returned to his seat.

After a while, Hikari Takigawa and Yuki Nakahara, who came over for the evening class meeting, walked into the classroom one after another.

"Spring Sea."

The classroom was gradually becoming quiet, and she called him in a low voice, "My friend invited me to the karaoke at the Central Station, do you want to come?"

Naruse was taken aback, then quickly shook his head.

"Okay. Then I won't go to the handicraft club with you today."

"Ah."

Zhong Yuanxue didn't have much to explain, and the evening shift meeting ended in a few minutes.

The students gradually dispersed, the students on duty were ready to clean up, Naruse packed up his things, and left the classroom with Naoko.

There were a few boys who hadn't left in the corridor, and they all cast meaningful glances at this time, as if they were approving his choice, and they were saddened that the person standing next to Shangzi was not him.

Naruse greeted and said goodbye as usual, consolidating the newly established relationship; although the gaze was not obvious, Shangzi was more or less aware of it.

"Chunhai seems to be familiar with the boys in the class."

"Ah."

"Great."

Naruse also smiled, "Probably because everyone's minds are relatively simple, and I feel that the boys in Class C are easy to get along with."

Shangzi looked at him, and said again, that's great.

The two walked past Class E's classroom, and Naruse glanced in.

Morimi Kazuyo didn't go home early today, and sat by the window, taking a book and reading.

Hai Xing was not there, he estimated that she had been taken to another classroom to prepare for the make-up exam.

"If Yiye spoke directly, would Haixing refuse?"

By this time, Shangzi had almost understood what Morimi was thinking.

"who knows."

Naruse shook his head, then asked, "Is there any conflict between the two of them?"

"No."

Shangzi answered quickly, and added, "As far as I know, probably not."

Qingliu is a very small place, they grew up together, they are already very familiar with each other, and these years they have gone to school together almost every day, and almost went home together, if anyone has conflicts with whom, it is actually easy to see.

"That's the problem of Starfish's 'personality'." Naruse said, irresponsibly pushing all the blame on the ex-stepsister.

Shangzi smiled, but did not speak.

When I came to the handicraft club, Rina Ogawa, who was sitting near the door, noticed the two and greeted them warmly.

"Why don't you come over together today?"

Naruse bowed his head in greeting, "I'm here to disturb you again, Ogawa-senpai."

"No, no, there are not many boys in the handicraft club, let alone handsome guys like Naruse, we all welcome them."

Turning her eyes, Ogawa Rina smiled at Shangzi again, "I'll ask the minister for an application for joining the ministry later."

Shangzi declined with a smile, "Chunhai is still thinking about it."

As the largest club in Tsugo, the handicraft club has a large number of members, so the club is much larger than the average club.

In addition to a huge long table in the middle, there are also some things that can be considered as tables and chairs scattered in the corners, such as wooden boxes and planks.It can be seen that these are made by the members themselves.

The other parts are the truly elaborate works of the members of the handicraft club.When Naruse came to the handicraft club, he was visiting rather than accompanying Naoko.

For the maker, this is also a happy moment, and the members of the handicraft club are happy to let him observe around.

Shangzi sat down in his place, picked up the half-finished puppet and continued to sew, looking up at him from time to time.

Walking around, Naruse stopped beside a second-year senior.

"Shangzi."

As she watched, a first-year girl came up to her and showed her a ball of cloth in her hand.

"I made it." She looked at her expectantly.

Shangzi picked up the ball of cloth and opened it to take a look. The details were exquisite and the decoration was gorgeous, and then he remembered that it was some kind of shoulder ornament that the other party had mentioned before.

"It's finally finished, it's so beautiful." She looked at it carefully for a while before saying.

"Uh-huh!"

After taking another look, Shangzi returned the epaulet to her, "Next, it's time to make the cuff decoration."

"That's right. But it took so long to sew the epaulettes, and I don't know if I can finish them all before the cultural festival begins..."

The two chatted for a few more words, and Shang Zi continued to praise her, while comforting her that it was still too early, and the girl returned to her seat.

She looked at Naruse again, and found that he not only stayed beside the senior, but also sat down.

"..."

She wasn't worried, just puzzled.

What are you looking at?
"There are also many factions within the handicraft society."

Naruse said this when he walked out of the gate of the prefectural Tsu high school.

"Play with paper, play with wood, play with plastic, play with metal..."

He raised his right hand, bent one finger after listing one item, and finally looked at Shangzi, "There are also those who play with cloth."

The girl playing with cloth smiled slightly, "Is this the result of Chun Hai's investigation today?"

"It's not an investigation, just a little understanding."

"After learning about it, Chunhai still doesn't plan to join the handicraft club?"

Naruse pondered for a while.

"Still thinking about it."

Shangzi didn't say anything, and instead talked with him about the past of the handicraft club.

"The original handicraft club seems to have been split from some club. At that time, the members were all model lovers, and they liked to play with high...high..."

"Gundam?"

"Well, Gundam. After a few years, the community has gradually grown and attracted many other types of handicraft enthusiasts, just like what Chunhai said just now, 'people who play with paper', 'people who play with wood'..."

Shangzi smiled and continued:

"Later, the tailoring department was abolished due to lack of members, and the only few members were absorbed into the handicraft club. So later, those of us who are 'playing with cloth' will also choose to join the handicraft club. "

Naruse nodded thoughtfully.

"It's really not easy to manage such a large and complex society." He had a new impression of the minister who didn't talk much.

"En." Shangzi nodded without thinking too much.

"By the way, is Suzuki Kazumi Naoko's friend? She seems to be from Class C as well." Naruse asked suddenly.

"Ah." Shangzi was slightly taken aback, "Mmm."

Naruse nodded, expressing his understanding.

"What happened to Kazumi?"

"She seems to be a little concerned about the relationship between me and Shangzi, and she talked a little bit more just now."

"Hemei is one of my very important friends."

"I see."

Leaving the school, the two chatted while walking, and walked towards the bus platform.

When they got nearby, they all saw the blond girl on the platform bench before they passed.

"...The enemy's road is narrow."

Shangzi turned his head, and Naruse beside him looked up at the sky and chattered.

She smiled, "Don't say that."

She vaguely knew that he seemed to have plans to reconcile with Hai Xing before, but the last time he invited her to the party and was rejected, this idea quietly went out again.

Soon, Starfish saw them too.

"Starfish." Shangzi greeted.

"Oh, it's Shangzi."

She bluntly ignored the ex-stepbrother next to him.

"How about the make-up exam?" Shangzi asked.

"what……"

Hai Xing didn't expect her to ask this, she blushed a little, tongue-tied, and stared at Naruse who didn't speak at all, only to find that he didn't look at her at all, and felt even more annoyed.

But with Shangzi, she couldn't get angry.

"Bad, almost." She said vaguely.

Shangzi smiled and pointed it out: "If you can't pass it all the time, it will be very troublesome."

"...Ugh!"

Hai Xing's face quickly turned redder, "I don't want to either."

"Why don't you ask Yiye? With her guidance, it's just a minimum pass, at least it's not a problem." Shangzi said again.

"One leaf..."

Hai Xing pursed her lips, looked down at her toes, and then glanced aside.

"It's better... don't bother her with this kind of thing."

buzz-

Shangzi took out his phone.

Chun Hai: Look, it's really awkward.

　Writing a book is like a teacher fooling a student:

　　"It's easy to write after writing the beginning", "It's easy to write after writing the foreshadowing in the middle", "It's easy to write after writing this plot point"...

　　The problem is that the teacher is fooling the students, and seeing you later is mostly a memory;
　　I was fooling myself, the one who couldn't write about Kawen was myself...

　　Today's wins and losses:
　　Hamino Tsuki lost
　　
　
(End of this chapter)