Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 622 December

After entering the snow season, the appearance of Jinmae has hardly changed.

The wind and snow are everywhere, and there are snow-covered gestures everywhere. Sometimes it is sunny for a few days, and the snow in the fields and mountains will not melt, and it will remain the same as before, but the sunshine is always short-lived.

By December, the weather was getting colder and the snow was falling heavier.

"so cold……"

Braving the wind and snow that had affected visibility, Naruse arrived under the building in front of the station. Naruse stamped his feet and shook off the snow from his boots.

Naoko and Morimi also patted the snowflakes on his shoulders, and then cleaned each other up.

"Today's snow is too heavy." Looking at Naoko's hair, which had grown a lot, Morimi moved closer and blew away the last snowflakes stuck on it.

"Yes."

Shangzi let out a cold breath, "And it's been raining for almost an afternoon. Is it really going to be okay when we go back?"

"If the bus stops running, then we have to walk back." Naruse turned around and walked upstairs, "Let's go upstairs first."

After going upstairs and arriving at the classroom of the study school, the air conditioner was on and the heating was sufficient. The three of them suddenly felt as if they had transcended winter in an instant.

Sitting in the middle of the classroom, before class time, some students who had already come over were chatting, and the topic had jumped to Christmas, which was more than a week later.

Naoko looked away and found that Morimi and Naruse were both looking at him and smiled at them, "Christmas is coming soon."

"Well." The classroom was very warm, and Naruse loosened the knitted scarf around his neck, "This semester is finally coming to an end."

Morimi leaned over and pressed his shoulder, "A lot of things happened this semester."

"Yes."

"Fortunately, you didn't become my underclassmen."

Naoko smiled, took her boyfriend's other hand, and slowly rubbed it in her palm.

"It's really cold today."

"Is it cold in the classroom too?"

"I mean outside. After class, don't you still have to go out?"

"Let's talk about it then." Naruse also held her hand, "It's so cold, I don't know where those two people went."

"It's either a karaoke or a coffee shop. They're not fools and won't suffer the cold outside." Morimi said.

"probably."

After a while, the teacher from the study school came in, wrote the test time on the blackboard, and then distributed the test papers.

After taking the test paper, Naruse raised an eyebrow, "Wow, it's such a dense question again..."

"But you seem very excited." Morimi looked at him and said.

"Have it."

"It's almost overflowing."

Passing the extra test papers back, Shangzi quickly glanced at them, "Not only are there many questions, they also feel very difficult."

"That's what this monthly test is like." Morimi said, "The purpose is to clearly rank the rankings, form a contrast, and stimulate students' progress..."

"Okay - everyone calm down, the test will begin soon, and no more whispering is allowed from now on."

The teacher's voice came from the podium. The two looked at each other across Naruse, smiled again, and then focused on the test paper in front of them.

Two minutes later, the test officially started.

The test lasted for sixty minutes, which was actually quite intense.

There are many and complicated questions on the test paper. Each question requires people to try hard to recall the problem-solving ideas learned in the study school class. Otherwise, it will waste a lot of time and give people no chance to relax at all.

Shangzi frowned, but the calculating pen in his hand never stopped;

Naruse, who was sitting in the middle, had no expression on his face, but his efficiency in answering questions was astonishingly high.

After glancing at the status of the two of them, Morimi also focused on his own question again and immersed himself in answering.

One question after another, the answer is like climbing a mountain. After climbing one hill, there is another hill ahead. The mountain road is rugged, and the easy road can only be found with patience.

An hour passed before I knew it.

On the podium, the lecturer who had been sitting for an hour also stood up and clapped his hands.

"Okay, the test is over-"

There was a burst of sighs in the classroom.

"Seal the name and upload the test paper." The lecturer continued.

Following the dotted line, he folded the name in the upper left corner of the test paper. Naruse touched his schoolbag and realized that he had forgotten to bring his stapler.

With a click, he stapled his own test paper. Morimi took his test paper directly and flipped it to the back for a look.

"..."

"Waiting."

She turned it back to the front, stapled his test paper, and looked at Shangzi again, "Shangzi, do you need it?"

"No, I took it."

The next test paper was also passed up. He put his own test paper on top and passed it forward together. Mori Mi then spoke again: "You did four more questions than me."

"Um...well——"

Naruse stretched himself. There were too many questions and too little time, so he didn't finish them.

"I got stuck on that question, otherwise I feel like I could have done one more question."

"I didn't even see the question, what kind of question is it?"

"sequence."

"Okay, the exam is over." Shangzi lay forward and looked at the two of them, "Do you want to go to the bathroom?"

"Let's go."

"I'll go as well."

The three of them got up and left the classroom. They all glanced at each other as they passed the podium. The teacher was shuffling the order of the test papers.

"so hard."

"Well, how many questions have you done?"

"I just turned over..."

After an hour of high tension, after the test, many students came to the bathroom, and the three of them waited outside for a while.

When Naoko and Mori Miami came out from their convenience, Naruse was already waiting outside with three cans of coffee in his hands.

"Thank you~" Shangzi took the coffee and found that it was still hot.

"Go back to the classroom."

"uh-huh."

After returning to the classroom and sitting down, Morimi opened the coffee and took a sip. The mellow and bitter taste made her energetic.

"Where are you going to eat tonight?"

"I don't know, let them find a place."

"Then did you tell them?"

Naruse took a sip of coffee and said, "Hikari will find it on his own."

Shangzi came closer and said, "Just don't eat too late... It's snowing so much today, I feel like the buses will be suspended."

"Then let's walk back." Naruse smiled.

"I can't walk."

"I can't walk either," Morimi said. "If you can't go back, just get a room and stay here for one night. There won't be classes anyway."

"Such a waste."

"Then Naoko, do you want to walk back?" Mori looked over.

"If it's with Harumi."

Naruse also nodded, "Yeah."

"I really can't stand you..."

The three of them drank coffee and chatted for a while, and the short break between classes was coming to an end soon.

After finishing the last sip, Naruse was about to go out and throw away the can, "Have you finished drinking?"

"Drink it." Morimi gave him the coffee can.

"There's still a little half, I can't drink it anymore..." Shangzi still wasn't used to this kind of bitter coffee.

Naruse took it, drank the rest in one gulp, and threw the coffee can into the trash can outside before the other students had fully returned to their seats.

Back in the classroom, the lecturer was already redistributing the shuffled test papers.

There was a test in the previous class, and this class will be used for marking and explaining.

After receiving the test paper from the front, Naruse took one at random and passed the rest on.

The three of them looked at each other, but none of them got each other's test papers.

"The font looks like a girl's." Morimi flipped over the test paper he got, focusing first on the other party's completion. "They did six fewer questions than me."

"There are no tricky questions in this exam. I feel like it's pretty good if I can get to the back." Naruse said.

"This person failed to turn over." Shangzi showed him the test paper in his hand.

"it's a pity."

In order not to waste time on grading test papers, for this kind of test, the teachers at the study school ask students to exchange test papers for marking.

When the test papers were almost distributed, the teacher on the stage began to explain.

"The first question is a collection question. The answer is C. If you are wrong, please raise your hand."

Naruse looked at the test paper and saw that the original owner got it right. I glanced around the classroom again and saw no one raising their hands.

"Okay. The next question is derivative. The answer is A. If you are wrong, please raise your hand."

Naoko raised his hand.

Facing the gazes of the two people next to her, she whispered: "This person chose C."

"Did you not notice the conditions in the question?"

"do not know……"

As for the second question, only five or six people got it wrong. The lecturer glanced at it and briefly mentioned the parts of this question that needed attention. He did not go into detail about this question, which most students can solve.

"The next question is vector. The answer is A. The person who made the mistake...well, made a lot of mistakes. It seems that I need to talk about this question. Okay, please look at the blackboard. It is known that the vector a=(1, 1), b=(1,-1), if..."

As the questions continued to be explained one after another, time passed slowly, and the sky outside the window became darker and darker.

By about five o'clock, the explanation came to an end, and the afternoon class was almost over.

"Can anyone solve the next question?"

Naruse turned around and looked around, and saw that only a girl by the rear left window in the classroom raised her hand, and knew that her test paper was there.

"What's the answer?"

"51/50."

The lecturer nodded, looked at the time again, raised his voice and said, "Calculate the total score of the test papers, then remove the binding and upload all the test papers."

Naruse turned over the test paper, calculated the score, wrote it at the top, then removed the staple in the upper left corner and restored the folded corners. The test papers were passed from back to front and reached the hands of the lecturer. He sorted them out and recorded them on the form while calling out names.

"Jingao, this flower is Shangzi."

Shangzi stood up and got her test paper. The score was as she expected.

"Takashima, Maki Takashima."

"Shenggao, Matsuo Torataro."

After waiting for a while, Naruse's name was also reported.

He walked up to the podium, and the teacher turned over his test paper, looked at a few questions that were not discussed further due to lack of time, and then corrected the answers.

"You did everything right. Naruse-san performed very well this time."

Naruse just smiled and watched him write +12 after his score before taking the test paper.

Back at the bottom, Morimi and Naoko both came over and looked at his test paper.

"Wow."

"Wow."

"What's the reaction? This is..."

After all the students' test papers were distributed, the lecturer also announced the names and scores of the top ten. Naruse was first, Morimi was second, and Naoko was fourth.

"The remaining unfinished questions are the homework this time. Please take the time to complete them all. They will be explained in class next Wednesday. So, that's it for today. Please pay attention to safety on the way back."

"OK--"

There was a commotion in the classroom, and the three Naruses also packed their things and prepared to leave.

"Let's talk to Guang and the others."

"Ah."

After sending a message to Hikaru Takigawa, Naruse received her reply not long after, along with an address.

"It's very close."

"Let me see... isn't it the street next to it?"

"Well, let's go."

When the three of them left the classroom, several students were surrounded by the podium, asking for their specific rankings. After all, only the top ten were reported.

"There is a test today, and Ogasawara didn't even come."

"Who made her sick?"

“More and more people have been infected with the flu recently, and we may not know when it will be our turn.”

"With you as a transit point for the virus, as long as one of us gets the flu, no one can escape."

"Yes."

When I went downstairs, it was dark outside and the street lights were already on.

The snow was lighter than when we came here, but the wind was stronger. Naruse tightened the scarf around his neck again. The three of them shrank their heads and braved the wind and snow to find the restaurant where Takigawa Hikari and Haisei were.

"Ah, you came here so quickly."

"It's very close."

Naruse sat down next to Takigawa Hikari and looked at the environment of the store. The store was not big, but under the influence of warm lights, it looked very warm. "Does this Tsuzene local cuisine taste good?"

"not bad."

"Then try it."

It just so happens that you won’t have to eat for too long in this kind of restaurant, so you don’t have to worry about delaying your return home.

"Where did you and Haixing go after school?"

"Going to sing."

"Let me tell you." Morimi sat next to Haixing and said while looking at the menu in his hand. "The portions are quite generous. Just order any one and you can have a complete meal."

"Yes, it's just right for storing energy in winter." Hikaru Takigawa said.

"Storing energy or storing fat."

"It's almost there."

Everyone orders their own food, and they don't bring the same thing, so that they can eat different things after they are served.

"How was the test at the study school today?"

"It's not bad, I'm only a dozen points lower than him."

"Where's Shangzi?"

"I'm two points lower than Kazuha."

"Is it difficult?"

"It's very difficult. There are still many questions... Do you want to take a look? The test paper is in the schoolbag."

"No no no no no no."

While chatting and waiting, the dishes ordered by several people were served one after another.

"Well, this beef is so crispy when roasted."

"Let me have a taste."

"Why does this miso soup taste like this..."

"It's very special."

After eating and drinking, by six o'clock, the sky outside was completely dark.

After the last Naoko finished eating, Naruse looked at the time and said, "Let's go back."

"It's only around six o'clock." Hikaru Takigawa said.

"Do you just want to walk back?"

"We can ask dad to pick us up."

Naruse looked at the other three people again. At this time, they basically wouldn't provide any advice. He or Takigawa Hikari would listen to whoever had the loudest voice.

"What do you think, Naoko?"

"Everything is fine."

really……

"The problem is, apart from singing and going to the arcade, there's nothing else to do if you stay here, right?"

"But if I go home now, there will be nothing to do."

"Yes." Morimi suddenly said.

Takigawa Hikaru looked at her and was about to ask, but he understood instantly and ignored her.

"A new Internet cafe has opened over at Tsumae Station. We can go there and have a look."

"Internet cafe?" Naruse was startled.

"Yeah, I heard it's okay to spend the night there, although I haven't experienced it yet."

He thought for a moment and then looked at Shangzi, "Then let's go and have a look?"

"Okay, I want to experience it too."

After leaving the restaurant, a group of five people braved the wind and snow and walked towards Tsumae Station.

In a building near the station, Naruse quickly found the newly opened Internet cafe. It was quite large. The second and third floors of the building were the business areas of the Internet cafe.

"Want to spend the night here?"

"Do not."

"Ok."

Five people opened two private rooms, chose the four-hour package, and then went to look for private rooms.

"The private rooms are on the third floor, 325 and 326."

After finding the private room, Naruse looked at it first and said, "It's bigger than I expected."

"It's quite big." Shangzi sat down directly.

Mori saw the three of them go to the private room next to them. Naruse closed the door, sat down next to Naoko, and turned on the computer.

"The computer...well, it's not that good."

Shangzi took off his coat, hung it aside, and leaned against him again, "Not good?"

"Probably can't play any games."

"Stop playing games."

"Ah."

Naruse flipped through it casually, and just as he was about to go outside to check out other facilities in the Internet cafe, Takigawa Hikaru and the other three also knocked on the door.

"Let's take a look first."

"it is good."

There are independent private rooms in the Internet cafe. In addition, it is a place that provides free comics, drinks, ice cream and showers. There is also food, but there are very few types, except for instant noodles and cookies. This newly opened Internet cafe is very clean everywhere and has no smell.

"It seems like there's nothing wrong with spending the night here."

"There are many people staying in Internet cafes in Tokyo. After all, it's much cheaper than staying in a hotel."

Everyone poured a drink each, and Morimi took Naruse to walk around the comics section and discovered the adult magazine section deep inside.

"Wow...is this a loophole?" She pulled him to her side, blocking his non-existent sight, and flipped through a magazine.

"Just take it back to the private room and watch it."

"It will spoil the children."

I picked up a few comics and returned to the private room. The fee was charged per person anyway, so they simply crowded into a private room and found an animated movie to watch.

"Five people seem a bit crowded..."

"Just squeeze in a little bit, it'll keep you warm."

It wasn't until around ten o'clock that Takigawa Yohei, who drove over to pick them up, arrived downstairs, and then they left the Internet cafe and returned to Aoyagi.

"See you tomorrow."

"Bye-Bye."

Several people got out of the car one after another. Morimi followed Naruse and Naoko back and stayed at his house for the night.

After taking baths separately, Shangzi went upstairs first.

"I finally don't have to get up early tomorrow."

"Yes."

Morimi grabbed Naruse and unbuttoned his bathrobe with his other hand.

"Then you can go up later, right?"

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