Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 562 Before the End
At five o'clock in the afternoon, when Naruse was sitting in the handicraft club room reading, the school radio rang.

"Dear teachers, students and guests, this is the end of the first day of the Tsuzen High School Cultural Festival. Please leave the school in time. Everyone in the classrooms and club rooms..."

The radio was still ringing. The first broadcast had just ended, but before the second broadcast had started, there was already a burst of cheers in the department room.

"ended--"

“The first day ended successfully~”

"Finally I can take a breath..."

"You're not that tired."

After closing the magazine of the Literature and Art Club, Naruse looked around and smiled at Naoko next to him.

"ended."

"uh-huh."

Then she stood up, raised her voice, and repeated the words on the radio, asking the members to pack up and go back as soon as possible.

The cultural festival was no different than usual, so she had to stay at the end and leave the club to feel at ease.

"Minister, I'm going back."

"Okay, be careful on the road."

"I'm leaving first, Naoko."

"Goodbye~"

"Minister, I will come early tomorrow."

"It doesn't need to be too early."

People kept coming to say goodbye to Shangzi, and she responded to them one by one.

Naruse packed up the few magazines he had brought with him, then sat in the seat provided for him alone and continued to wait.

After a while, he saw Morimi, Hikaru Takigawa and Haixing also appearing at the door of the club room, and he looked inside a few times.

He raised his hand and motioned for them to come in.

"Can't you go back yet?"

"That's almost it." Shangzi said.

The members of the handicraft club had dispersed, and she began to pack her things.

After glancing at the starfish that was secretly peeping at him, Naruse looked at Morimi and Hikaru Takigawa, "Where did you go this afternoon?"

"Just wandering around the school," Morimi said, "and sitting in the gym for a long time."

"There are always performances over there. When one ends, the other will immediately pick up, and you can't even finish it." Hikaru Takigawa added.

Naruse looked at the two of them, "It's only the first day, and you're already going to the gym to watch performances to kill time?"

"No." Hikaru Takigawa smiled, "I just passed by and thought it was interesting, so I sat down there."

After greeting another member who left, Shangzi asked: "Is there any particularly interesting performance?"

"If you want to talk about interesting things... well, I think the performance of the Rakugo Research Society is quite interesting." Hikaru Takigawa said, "The performer is a third-year senior, and there will be another performance tomorrow. Naoko can come and see."

"Tomorrow afternoon?" Naruse asked.

"Ah."

He looked at his girlfriend and said, "Shangzi can go and have a look then."

"Well, let's talk about it tomorrow."

After waiting for a while, the members of the handicraft club left one after another. Naruse and Hikaru Takikawa helped check the doors and windows. Naoko finally locked the door and left the club room together.

Going downstairs, you can still see many active figures in the school.

"At least people should disperse after 05:30."

"It will probably get dark."

After riding out of school and riding back along the other side of the street, Naruse slowed down and looked at the posters he hadn't seen in the morning.

The Tsudaka Cultural Festival has been open to the public from the first day, but it is not until the weekend of the third day that a large number of people from outside the school come to visit.These publicity outside the school can play a certain role in attracting students.

"I saw the third flea market poster."

"There should be many more on both sides of the street on the other side." Shangzi said.

"Just come over there tomorrow morning."

"Okay."

After crossing the Shinjimachi Bridge, Naruse picked up the speed again and rode back against the setting sun.

When he returned to Qingliu, he did not go home directly. He took Shangzi and continued forward, planning to go to the supermarket to buy some ingredients to take back.

"Bye-Bye."

"See you tomorrow."

When he arrived at the door of his bookstore, Morimi stopped, looked at Naruse who continued to ride forward, and then looked at Haixing who stopped at the door of the hotel.Looking at the direction the two left, he turned around and found her looking at her. Haixing was stunned for a moment, kicked his feet on the ground, and then turned around and rode over again.

Morijian parked the car and came down, "Come in and chat for a while?"

"Uh-huh."

Haixing followed her in and said hello to the bookstore owner first.

Morimiki made room for his daughter as usual, and asked one more question than usual: "Did you enjoy the cultural festival today?"

"It's not bad." Morimi said, Haixing also nodded, "It's very lively."

"Dad and mom can come over tomorrow afternoon to check out our flea market and maybe buy something to take home."

"Do you have any old books?"

"It's still a little bit," Morimi said.

He nodded, turned around and went inside.

Morimi also sat at the counter and looked at Haixing: "After watching the movie in the morning, Haixing stayed with Harumi?"

Although they came to the craft club together after school, Haixing only met them when they were going upstairs.

"No... not at all." Haixing shook his head, "We just walked around at noon and had something to eat together."

She paused, looked at her friends inside, and then said: "We watched a movie together in the afternoon, and then...then we separated."

Hearing that they watched the movie again, Morimi raised an eyebrow, "With Naoko?"

"Ah."

"No wonder..."

She didn't say much about this matter, "If Haixing has nothing to do tomorrow, he might as well follow us. But he may be a little busy tomorrow afternoon."

Haixing nodded, feeling both excited and a little nervous about the activities tomorrow afternoon.

"Speaking of which, the Ministry of Magic's performance..."

The two chatted for a while about what they had seen today, and then a whistle sounded outside the door.

Haixing turned around, and Naruse looked inside the bookstore without stopping, and turned the accelerator again.

"The soul is gone." The girl at the counter said.

She came back to her senses, turned to look at Morimi, and wanted to ask something, but held back.

He would tell her soon anyway.

"I'm going back."

"Go back. Don't be too excited at night and go to bed early, otherwise I won't wait for you tomorrow morning."

"I'll go to bed early..."

After leaving the bookstore, Haixing got on the car and went home. As expected, he was asked the same question again.

"It's very interesting. By the way, there is a flea market organized by Harumi tomorrow. Dad, do you want to come and take a look?"

"Then go take a look." Maki Seiichiro said.

"Text me a message when you come, and I'll come out to pick you up."

After the sun goes down, time flies by.

After eating, washing, and casually playing on the phone to pass the time, it was suddenly time to go to bed.

"Lying in bed again until now..."

Haixing sat up, still very energetic, and then stood up and sat at the desk.

She felt that the main reason why she often couldn't get up in the morning was that she couldn't sleep at night.Even if you put down your phone and don't play, it's still the same.

When she told Morimi about this, she gave her a suggestion:
Let the sleeping area be used only for sleeping, so that when it's time to sleep, you can quickly get into the state - which means don't lie on the bed if you have nothing to do.

But it was difficult for Haixing to do it. It was too natural for her to lie down on the bed as soon as she returned to the room.

So she thought of a compromise: before going to bed, leave her bed and sit somewhere else for a while.

Regardless of whether it works or not, at least this is what she has been doing recently.

After sitting at the desk for a while, Haixing looked out the window, stood up and turned off the lights in the room, then came to the window again, leaning out and looking outside.

The moonlight is like water, falling from the sky and shining evenly on the earth. At ninety o'clock at night, the countryside is already peaceful.

She looked at the window for a long time, but there was still no one on the street.

"It's not even ten o'clock yet..."

Even though she was ready to go to bed, she still felt that it was still early.

The silver moonlight falling on the ground looks a bit like snow after looking at it for a long time.

The starfish lay beside the window, stretching out its thin white arms, wanting to touch the moonlight.

The end of summer, is it the end of the summer vacation or the end of the cultural festival?
(End of this chapter)