Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 274 Under the Cherry Blossom Tree
After eating too many cookies, Haixing was a little thirsty, so she left the atrium temporarily and went to the vending machine under the annex building to buy two bottles of drinks.

When he came back again, Naruse was chatting and laughing with a girl who was still sitting in her seat.

"..."

Putting the juice on the table, Hai Xing looked at her, then at Naruse.

"A new member?" The other party spoke first.

"Ah."

"Hey, when did you join the club?"

"Just yesterday."

"It's so beautiful, does Shangzi know?"

"I know." Naruse had a little more helplessness on his face, "And she is my sister."

"Ah, I see. I heard from Shangzi that she was her former step-sister, right?"

"Ah."

Naruse nodded, and said to Hai Xing, "This is Yasuoka-senpai."

Only then did she notice that the other party was wearing a blue tie and was a third-year student.

"Hello……"

"Hello~"

An Gang-senpai smiled, then stood up, "Let's go, I'll go to the department room to have a look."

"There's no one there right now," Naruse said.

"Go to the handicraft club, what's there to see in the restoration department."

"Ok."

Hai Xing sat back in his seat and pushed the juice towards him.

"Thank you." Juice was his favorite flavor, Naruse opened it and took a sip.

"Did that senior just now belong to the Restoration Department?"

"Ah."

"You seem to have a good chat."

"well enough."

It's just okay... When I talked to her, I didn't smile as much as before.

Starfish also opened the drink and took a sip, then lay down on the table.

"Everywhere else is so lively."

"You can go around if you have nothing to do, anyway, there is no need for people here."

"I do not need."

"There are other things to try at Dim Sum Research."

"I can't eat anymore..."

Naruse looked over, only to find that she had eaten up the bags of cookies he brought back earlier.

"What do you want to say..." Seeing that he hesitated to speak, Hai Xing's face became a little hot.

He still said, "If you have nothing to do, you can go to other places."

"Don't go."

The two continued to sit in this slightly deserted corner.

After dismissing a few first-year students who fell in love with him or Haixing, Naruse got up and turned around, moving his body a little.

As time went by, the number of people in the atrium gradually decreased—the second and third graders who joined in the fun left.

The recruiting meeting lasted until 05:30 in the afternoon. After the end, the association had to be responsible for clearing the venue and restoring the atrium to its original state before going to school tomorrow morning.

"When the time comes, Hai Xing will go back first. I have to wait for Shang Zi after I finish my work. It is estimated that I will not be able to go home until after six o'clock."

"It's okay, I can help you too..."

"We're so tired today, we're going to have dinner outside, and we won't go home until we're done."

"..."

Hai Xing fell silent for a moment, it was okay to help, but it was difficult to ask them to take her to dinner with them.

"Go home early, don't worry Mr. Seiichiro."

She still doesn't speak.

Naruse didn't say much, turned around, and looked up at the big cherry blossom tree they had been leaning against.

Judging by the state of the flower buds, the cherry blossom tree will be covered in pink in a few days.

"So you are here."

He turned his head, and Takigawa Hikari squeezed out from the crowd.

"Light."

"It's so lively today."

"Have you been shopping until now?"

"more or less."

Hikaru Takikawa sat down beside Haixing, "Oh, there are people I know everywhere, and it's a bit hard to walk."

"A few guys have been pulling me to chat, and they are absent-minded. They want me to stand in front of their booth to attract new students. It's too much!"

Naruse smiled, "Very smart."

"I'm tired."

Hikaru Takikawa lay down on the table, scanned the decorations in front of him again, turned his head and asked, "How is it?"

"Eh... what?" Hai Xing was at a loss.

"The harvest of setting up a stall."

Haixing glanced at Naruse, "I brought a lot of newcomers to the handicraft club..."

"Doesn't your club recruit anyone?"

"This semester, we have recruited three people who can afford nothing." Naruse said, "I can't afford any more."

"Hahaha."

Hai Xing curled her lips, but she didn't say much after hearing that he counted herself among the "cookies".

Hikaru Takikawa lay on the ground for a while, and glanced down, "This tablecloth is so beautiful...it also feels good to the touch."

"It was sewn by Kayoko Ueno from the handicraft company."

"Kayoko, she's in the same class as me now."

"yes."

"I didn't expect her craft to be so good."

"He is the backbone of the handicraft society."

"awesome……"

Staring at the tablecloth, Takikawa was stunned for a while.

Naruse also looked at her for a while.

"Light."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Aren't you bored?"

She smiled, "Yeah."

Naruse frowned.

No, what he wanted to say was not boring.

At a certain moment just now, she was in a state deeper than boredom.

He didn't know how to describe it specifically.

"If you're bored, just count how many flower buds there are on this tree."

"I'm not that bored yet."

Having said that, she turned around, leaned her back against the long table, and really counted.

"one two Three……"

As she counted, her voice gradually lowered, leaving only her lips moving, and then suddenly gave a result.

"12 six."

"Eh?" Starfish was taken aback.

"The maximum error will not exceed ten." Takikawa Hikari said to her, "If you don't believe me, you can count the starfish yourself."

"..."

No matter how slow the starfish was, he could still react.

"Hate."

"Haha."

After the joke, Takigawa Hikaru still stared at the cherry tree for a while.

"Spring Sea."

"Ah."

"Find something to do."

"doing what?"

"It's because I don't know what to do, so I want Chunhai to tell me what to do."

"A tongue twister..."

Naruse looked at her schoolbag, "What's in the schoolbag?"

"Huh? A few books."

"Is there math?"

"Have……"

"That's just right. Didn't you just say that you can't understand the math class this semester? I'll give you a tutor."

"..."

Takikawa stood up suddenly.

"I'll go somewhere else."

Naruse shook his head, went back to sit behind the long table, and she only walked a few steps away, then turned around again.

"Chunhai is so boring." She looked at him and said.

"Ah."

She sighed.

"Will Starfish stay until the recruiting session ends?"

"Um……"

Just as Hai Xing nodded, Naruse interjected:
"——No, when you just go home, take her back with you."

"What about Chunhai?"

"I'm going to stay and wait for Shangzi."

"Then starfish and I will stay here too."

"...we're going to eat out and then go back."

"Okay." Hikaru Takikawa nodded, "Haixing and I will go together."

　The leader of the book friend [Wuhu Miao Ah] adds more.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)