Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 407 Heart and Trace

The two days of the weekend passed quickly.

Naruse hardly went out, stayed at home with Naoko and saw no one.

Of course, the main reason was that no one came to see them.

Even Hikaru Takigawa has been unusually quiet these two days.After the heavy rain, it was sunny almost all day long, and she didn't mention anything like going for a ride on a bike.

On Monday morning, they went to school as usual.

"Good morning."

"Good morning, One Leaf."

We meet each other normally, greet each other normally, everything is business as usual.

In the eyes of Naruse and Naoko, this is how it should be.

After all, nothing special happened.

"It didn't rain today. Do you also take the bus to school?" Morimi asked.

"The weather forecast says it will start to rain in the afternoon, so let's forget it." Naruse glanced at the sky, "I don't feel too relieved to park the car at the school and go home by myself."

"Are you worried about being stolen?"

"It's the school's carport anyway, so the possibility of it being stolen is slim. I'm just worried that some other trouble will happen."

"Getting paint thrown at you?"

"..."

Naruse glanced at her, "I don't seem to have done anything to make people angry. People in the school probably don't hate me to this extent."

"I can't stand being jealous."

"Who is jealous of you? You are second in grade."

"Who knows." She smiled, turning a blind eye to the almost frozen gaze beside him, and looked forward again.

After a while, Starfish came over.

"Good morning……"

After giving him a deep look, she stood next to Morimi.

"You can stare at him longer." Morimi whispered.

"Eh, can you?"

"Let's see if Shangzi will do something to you."

"..."

Haixing finally realized that she was speaking ironically.

"It's okay, Naoko has long been used to it." Morimi comforted her, but she didn't expect her to be able to hide her worries.

"Then what should I do?"

The moment she revealed her plan in the photo sticker machine on the second floor of the arcade, Haixing completely regarded her as his external brain.

"Take it one step at a time," Morimi said, adding, "Listen to me."

"it is good……"

The two of them were biting their ears. Shang Zi glanced at them and frowned slightly.

"What are you talking about?" She leaned over.

Haixing subconsciously wanted to move aside, but Morimi grabbed her arm and stopped her from moving. "Haixing is a little worried about the results of this exam."

Naoko smiled, "It will indeed be troublesome to prepare for the make-up exam and the Tsudaka Festival at the same time. But..."

A hand suddenly came up and hugged her shoulder: "Three of us who are among the top ten in grade are not just for a living."

"..."

Starfish looked at his hand and felt a sudden pain in his arm.

She didn't look back at Sen Jian, but nodded first, "I hope so."

After a while, Hikari Takigawa arrived.

"Good morning."

She strode over and stared at Morimi: "The results will be announced today."

Sen Jian was startled and looked at her again, "Yeah."

"nervous?"

"A bit."

Takigawa Hikaru continued to ask: "Can you keep your promise?"

"Why not?" Morimi asked.

She has changed back to the usual Morimi Ichiyo, Takikawa thought.

"What are you talking about?" The other three people looked at them.

"Aha... Kazuha said he would treat me to steak if he got first place in the exam this time."

"Don't you mean you don't want to treat us?" Naruse was surprised.

"You were not unjust at all when paint was thrown at you." Morimi sneered.

"Hey, what are you throwing paint at?"

"He has done too many bad things, and someone is going to throw paint on his motorcycle."

"Don't talk nonsense..."

The bus came soon.

After arriving at the school by car, they separated on the fourth floor. Naruse and Morimi walked to Class A and sat down one after the other.

"Did something happen on Friday night?"

Morijian hung up his schoolbag and looked back at him: "You just remembered to ask now."

"Well, I suddenly remembered." Naruse said.

She thought it was more likely that Haixing had exposed a flaw and aroused his vigilance.

"Something happened."

"You're not encouraging her to do anything, are you?"

"Can you see that?"

Seeing that she didn't deny it, Naruse frowned.

Morimi just smiled and said, "Don't worry, I haven't planned to do anything yet."

"The next period of time will be very busy, so don't look for trouble."

"Everyone has to be busy." Morimi turned around, "I won't cause trouble for myself." After staring at her back twice, Naruse's frown was still difficult to untie.

Haixing was ready to take action, and now it was confirmed that she was the one who instigated it.

Want to use starfish to create a breakthrough?
If Haixing succeeds, she will indeed be much easier to deal with than Naoko... No, the two are not comparable at all.

The problem is, Starfish is unlikely to succeed.

It was impossible for him to leave Shangzi.

And this is what he cannot understand the most. His attitude that he will not give up on Shangzi has been made clearer. What are they still insisting on?

Haixing can still understand. He has always been blind, only seeing him, regardless of the consequences. The real problem is still with Mori Jian.

He worked hard for an impossible goal, but did not hide it in front of him. After thinking about it, he only thought of one possibility:
She couldn't give up, so she chose to approach fiercely, forcing him to reject him more fiercely and even irreversibly.

Is it really……

Naruse had a headache.

He began to complain about his greed.

Their feelings for each other have been revealed, but he still hopes that they can continue to be ordinary friends as if nothing happened. He even hopes that she can restrain herself and willingly just be his friend.

Perhaps it was this selfish greed that gave her the illusion that she could continue.

"..."

Naruse put his face on his hands and took a deep breath.

Regardless of deeds, even if he did guess what she was planning, there was nothing he could do until she took action.

Hearing the suppressed sigh behind him, Mori looked back and could only see his hands on his face.

At least she has always been successful in giving him headaches... Morimi suddenly thought.

When Naruse put down his hands again, the teacher came over to hold the morning class meeting.

"Narase."

"arrive."

After the roll call, Yanagisawaoka said something, and then the regular Monday morning meeting began.

We went to the gymnasium to gather. The principal came on stage for the first time in a long time and talked about the history of Jingao.

Then the topic changed to this year's 150th anniversary Tsutaka Festival.

Excluding weekends, the ten-day preparations for the Tsudaka Festival officially began this afternoon.

The students in the audience cheered, mostly because they were happy that they only had half a day of classes during preparations for the Tsudaka Festival.

"It's finally going to start."

"Ah."

Morimi looked at him and said, "Are you worried?"

Naruse looked back at her.

"Turns out you were thinking of me."

He looked away again.

Morimi just smiled, "Do you have any ideas about the theme of the lantern?"

"No, just let everyone decide."

"Are you just responsible for working hard?"

"Absolutely." Naruse didn't say much.

After the assembly ended and they returned to the classroom, Yanagisawa Oka continued to talk, and the content also centered on the Tsudaka Festival.

"In the afternoon, everyone will decide on the theme of the lanterns produced by Class A this year and allocate work..."

The morning class meeting is over, and the teacher of the first period is already waiting at the door.

It's just that throughout the morning, most students had no intention of attending class.

At the end of the last class in the morning, there seemed to be cheers throughout the school.

"People's hearts are floating...it seems like there will be no classes tomorrow morning."

"It was probably the same last year."

"That's true."

The other three companions came over quickly and had lunch together.

"The results of the final exam have been posted." Hikaru Takigawa said.

"After you finish eating, go down and take a look."

"Haixing has already gone to the staff room to ask." Shangzi suddenly said.

"..."

Three eyes converged on his face at the same time. Haixing nodded, "I came to see if there are any subjects that I need to make up for."

"How's it going? Did you pass the test?" Morimian asked.

"Is No. 2 Ichiha?" Hikaru Takigawa asked.

"What's Naoko's rank?" Naruse asked.

"..."

Haixing blinked, processed the three people's problems in his head, and then nodded.

"All pass."

She raised her hand again and pointed at Naruse, Morimi and Naoko respectively.

"first second Third."

The eyes of the first grader opened wider, while the third grader still smiled calmly.

Hikaru Takigawa looked at the second grader.

The ranking remains unchanged, so she doesn't have to give up.

But there was not much joy visible on her face, but more solemnity.

Do you feel threatened?…

Hikaru Takigawa drew other people's attention to himself:
"Why is Naoko suddenly ranked third in grade? Harumi must have secretly tutored Naoko!"

Naruse and his girlfriend next to him looked at each other and smiled.

"What secret tutoring? It's just studying together."

　It's so fast. It's the last day of August and I can take leave again.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)