Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 626 Skiing

After taking a long and tiring bath with Morimi, when Naruse was about to go back to the room, Haisei and Hikari Takikawa also came over.

"so slow."

"Aren't you guys going to play?"

"I'm not in the mood to play anymore."

"..."

"Kidding."

Takigawa Hikari smiled, then came over and smelled him, "It's all the smell of Ichiyo... Harumi, go back and take a shower, otherwise Naoko will definitely kick you out of bed."

"Ah."

After kissing the two of them good night, Naruse returned to the room. Naoko was not on the bed, but there was the sound of water in the bathroom.

He also went in, took off his bathrobe, and rinsed with her.

"I want to rub my back too," Shangzi said.

"Ah."

She looked at him.

"……Um."

Shower, back rub, intense back rub.

After taking a bath, Naruse collapsed on the bed, completely exhausted.

"I haven't wiped my hair yet."

Shangzi came over half-clad in a bathrobe, staggered and sat next to him, pulled him up, and wiped his hair with a towel.

Facing each other, he stretched out his hand and grasped the heartbeat that could not be covered by the bathrobe, "I don't know what time I can get up tomorrow."

"It doesn't matter if it's a little later. I won't be going back tomorrow night anyway."

Naruse responded, leaning forward and burying his face.

"It's so warm..."

Shangzi hugged his head and said, "Do it again."

"Let me rest."

It was already late at night when the two of them were really ready to go to bed.

They hugged each other and fell asleep. Shangzi pressed against his chest, closed his eyes and said, "Will we all share a room tomorrow night?"

"Ah."

"Then Harumi will have a day off tomorrow."

"...Should I say thank you?"

She hummed softly and hugged him tightly again, "Sleep."

"Ah."

Naruse lowered his head, and Naoko moved up and kissed him.

"Good night."

With satisfaction and tiredness, she closed her eyes and said, "Good night."

Outside the windows of dozens of high-rise buildings, the wind and snow filled the air, but through the thick glass, the night in the room was very quiet.

The next morning, when Naruse woke up, it was already past nine o'clock.

The room is bright, the arms are empty, Shangzi has woken up and is washing up.

She came out soon, "Chunhai is awake too... Good morning."

"Good morning." Naruse yawned long.

"If you don't get up, there will be no breakfast."

"Woke up……"

After getting up, I also woke up the three people in the next room. They went to the hotel restaurant for breakfast before ten o'clock.

"We woke up around eight o'clock...I mean Kazuye and I. Seeing that you haven't woken up yet, you continued to lie down."

"If I can't afford it, why won't I eat breakfast?"

"Check out at ten o'clock, Harumi will definitely wake up."

After breakfast, Naruse checked out of the room, left his luggage at the station, packed lightly, and got on the shuttle bus to Panxi Ski Resort.

"The last time I went skiing was when I was on a ski trip as a first grader."

"Yeah, at that time Harumi and I crashed on the high road and almost died in the snowstorm."

"As long as you remember. Be careful today, I don't want to spend the New Year on crutches."

Takigawa Hikaru smiled, "I know."

The bus left the station and swayed for about twenty minutes before transporting several people to the not-so-distant Panxi Ski Resort.

After getting out of the car, Haixing looked around, "There are quite a lot of people coming here."

"After all, it's very close to the city, and there are many types of ski trails. It's a perfect choice for tourists...if you don't have any specific plans in advance and just want to experience it."

After looking around, Naruse took them to rent ski equipment and wrapped it tightly from top to bottom.

"Well, I can't pull it up..."

After helping Haixing put on his boots, Naruse raised his head and said, "There are seventeen ski trails here, and there are nine beginner trails alone. I haven't skied for a long time. Let's get familiar with them first before going to the intermediate and advanced trails."

"Don't go to the advanced level." Shangzi said.

"Well, let's skate on the intermediate track."

After putting on the ski equipment, I went to take the cable car up the mountain. There were many people queuing up, all wearing the ski clothes provided by the ski resort. At first glance, they were colorful and their faces ranged from white to black.

Haixing grabbed Naruse's arm, "There are so many foreigners."

"Now is the peak tourist season in Hokkaido."

After waiting for a while, it was finally their turn.

The place where you take the cable car is a bit narrow, and each car can only seat two or three people. Naruse and Naoko sat together, and the other three people sat on a cable car at the back.

As the cable car left the station and slowly ascended, the snowy scenery of Panxi Mountain gradually appeared in front of them.

As the connection between Sapporo city and the mountainous area, Pankei Mountain itself is not very high, and the altitude at the top of the mountain is only four to five hundred meters. However, because it is very close to the city, the scenery is already outstanding halfway up the mountain.

Arriving at the transfer station, this is the starting point of several elementary ski trails, and a few people started skiing here.

"Hey, does the elementary path also have such curves..."

"Perhaps for Hokkaido, this kind of snow trail can only be regarded as a beginner level." Naruse took Naoko's hand, squeezed it and let go, "Let's practice it first."

"it is good."

Several people practiced and adapted to each other. Although there were curves, it was still a beginner's course. The slope was gentle and the speed could not be increased. Shangzi quickly settled down and began to enjoy the fun of skiing.

When you relax, time always flies by.

After sliding along the snow track to the bottom, Haixing went to take the cable car and found that the hour hand on the clock hanging in the cable car station was almost pointing to 12.

"Hey, is it going to be twelve o'clock so soon?"

"Time flies so fast." Morimi turned to look at her, "You're not hungry already."

"No la!"

The two waited for a while, then got on the cable car and continued to ascend.

"I kind of want to play in the intermediate field." Haixing said.

Morimi responded, "Go to Haixing, maybe you can still meet the light."

Hikari Takigawa adapted the fastest. After skating in the beginner course for a while, he went to the intermediate course.

"Isn't Yiye going?"

"I'm going to practice some more at the junior court."

"Then I'd better accompany you."

She smiled.

"Okay."

This time the two of them sat directly on the top of the mountain. There was also an 800-meter-long primary path that could be skated on for a while.

Looking at the Sapporo city that seemed to be just below his feet, Morimi exhaled a cloud of white mist, "Sure enough, the scenery at the top of the mountain is the best."

Haixing turned around, "Huh?"

"Nothing, let's slide down."

"Set off--"

"The starfish is in a very good mood."

"Uh-huh."

The slope of the ski slope is gentle, so starting from the top of the mountain is not too fast. The two of them kept a close distance and slowly slid down the long snow path.

"Are those Haisei and Morimi?"

"where?"

"there."

Shangzi looked at where her boyfriend was pointing, "It seems so, they are also coming to this snow trail."

"Let's follow," Naruse said.

"Ah."

The two held up their ski poles and chased them in the direction they were gliding.

We arrived at the ski resort around 10:30 in the morning and played on the beginner trails until around 1 in the afternoon. Naruse and Naoko tried the intermediate trails again.

After she played with Haixing and Morimi, he and Takigawa Hikaru secretly went to the advanced track for two laps.

Panxi Mountain is not very high, and the longest of the only four high-level trails is only 500 meters. Although it is exciting, the degree of excitement is limited.

"So, this place is very suitable for beginners." Hikaru Takigawa said breathlessly, "If ski experts want to have a good time, they still have to go to the international ski resort."

Naruse looked around and said, "There are no ski masters."

"That's me." She laughed and bumped him with her shoulder.

After a short rest, the two walked back to the cable car station, took the cable car back to the mountainside, skied along a primary trail to the other side, merged into another intermediate trail in the middle, and then slid along the hillside to the bottom. The center paused.

Naruse looked at the crowd not far away. Hikari Takigawa held up his ski poles, stopped behind him, hugged him from behind, and lay on his shoulders.

"tired……"

"Go over there and take a rest." He turned around and said.

"I want something to eat."

"Well, I'm a little hungry too."

"Naoko and the others don't know where they are."

"Let's go over there first, I'll send you a message and ask."

"Uh-huh."

The two disassembled their skis, went to the ski center, and stopped in front of the self-service ordering machine.

"Well, there aren't many choices." "Yeah." Hikaru Takigawa looked at the few options above and quickly made a decision, "I want to eat ramen."

"Then I might as well eat ramen."

After putting in the banknotes, Naruse pressed the ramen button twice, and the machine slowly spit out two meal coupons.

They came to the counter, handed over their meal tickets, and waited for a while. The two of them took their own ramen and found an empty seat to sit down.

As soon as Naruse separated the disposable chopsticks, Takigawa Hikaru had already picked up a ball of noodles and put it into his mouth, then he showed a bitter look.

"It doesn't taste good."

"Um……"

He also took a bite, paused, and then put it all into his mouth.

"Eat whatever you want. After we go to Noboribetsu, we can eat something good."

"Ok."

buzz-

The message sent to Shangzi five minutes ago also received a response.

"They're coming too."

"Where?" Takigawa Hikaru turned around and looked.

After a while, Shangzi and the other two arrived at the ski center and quickly noticed the two people waving their hands.

"I'm eating on the sly." Morimi looked at the ramen in their bowls.

"Don't order ramen, it tastes just average." Hikaru Takigawa reminded.

"Are there any other options here?"

"Udon noodles, soba noodles, and curry pork cutlet rice... I should have ordered pork cutlet rice just now." She sighed.

Putting the skis here, the three of them went over to order food.

"I'm not going to eat anymore." Hikaru Takigawa put down his chopsticks and said, "Take some of theirs."

Naruse smiled and stopped his chopsticks.

When the three of them came back with food, he realized that they each ordered something different.

"You're doing trial and error."

"Because you can't tell anything by just looking at the picture of the self-service ordering machine, so it's just the same as one person ordering."

Naoko sat next to Naruse and took a bite of his udon.

"It seems to be okay, Harumi, let's eat and see."

Naruse took a small mouthful and said, "Hmm...it tastes much better than our ramen."

"Soba noodles are not bad," Morimi said.

Haixing took a bite of the pork chop rice and nodded, "This is not bad either."

Naruse looked at Hikaru Takigawa, and she leaned back.

"Well, it's my fault."

The two of them didn't order any more, and just ate the rice or noodles from the three of them to fill their stomachs for the time being.

"It's already past two o'clock." After finishing the soba noodles, Morimi wiped his mouth, "Do you want to slide again?"

"I want to skate again." Hikaru Takigawa said.

Starfish nodded.

"Then I'll wait for you here." Morimi looked at Naruse and Naoko, who also nodded, "right here."

"Can't it slide anymore?"

"exhausted."

"Is it that exaggerated?"

"Slide your ass."

After leaving the ski center, the four of them put on their skis, chose a relatively long intermediate trail, and skied all the way down.

The slope gradually eased and approached zero. Shangzi stopped with her ski poles in hand. Her boyfriend slid past her and made another arc before stopping in front.

Taking off his goggles and exhaling white air from his mouth, he raised his hand and pointed again, "Did you see that there? That's the lighting. It's open until ten o'clock at night."

Naoko slid in front of him, "Harumi, do you want to stay for night skating?"

"No, I've had enough fun."

Takigawa Hikaru and Haixing soon stopped beside them, "Let's go."

After calling Morimi, the five of them went to return their equipment. The next bus back would not arrive for more than ten minutes. While waiting, they walked around the ski resort.

"Ah, I should have known I'd come out to eat!"

There is a barbecue restaurant next to the road outside the ski resort. The picture on the sign at the door looks very tempting.

"We have to queue up for a long time at this time."

Naruse motioned to the large number of tourists waiting at the door, "If you come here to eat, you'll probably still be drinking from the northwest wind."

"Too……"

After wandering around casually, when the bus came, a few people got on the bus. After shaking for more than 20 minutes, they returned to the station where they started in the morning.

I picked up my stored luggage and got on the train bound for Noboribetsu. It takes more than an hour from Sapporo.

Apart from them, there were only a few tourists in the carriage. The journey was a little long, and several people fell asleep one after another. Only Naruse and Takigawa Hikaru were still awake.

The latter kept looking out the window and looking at the scenery along the way.

"Did you just walk this way during the summer vacation?"

She looked over and shook her head, "I only went to Sapporo when I came back, and I didn't go here. But if I go further, to Tomakomai, I may have some impressions."

"so."

They took the limited express train from Sapporo to Noboribetsu. It only made four stops on the way, and it only stopped once every ten or twenty minutes. Tomakomai was one of the stops.

"Tomakomai—Tomakomai, here we are—"

After stopping for a while at Tomakomai Station, the train continued to move forward, getting closer and closer to the coastline.

Takigawa Hikaru stood up and looked at the sea which was still some distance away.

"You can see the sea now." She looked at the snow-covered road not far away, "National Highway 36, I passed by that way."

There was no response, she lowered her head. Naruse leaned against Naoko and fell asleep.

She smiled and stared out the window for a while, then leaned down and kissed him on the lips.

The movement was slight, but it woke him up. After a brief pause, he came up to respond to her.

"Well……"

After kissing for a while, Takigawa Hikaru wiped his lips and said, "You can see the sea now."

Naruse turned around, noticed Naoko leaning against him, and slowly stood up.

"Did Guang take this path at that time?"

She smiled and said, "Yes."

Looking at the snow and waves outside, he exhaled, "I feel cold just thinking about it now."

"Ah ha, it was still a little hot at that time."

After watching for a while, they both sat down. After driving through this section, the distance between the railway and the coastline gradually widens.

"We'll be there in about twenty minutes."

"so fast."

"Haven't you had enough?"

She leaned on his shoulder, "I like this quiet moment now."

Naruse looked at her, lowered his head and kissed her.

"Me too."

In the middle, there was another stop at a place called Shirao. More than 20 minutes later, the tram arrived at Noboribetsu.

"We're here." Naruse and Hikaru Takigawa woke up their three companions and quickly got out of the car, dragging their luggage.

"It's so cold..."

When we got off the tram, several people tightened their necks.

The station was very deserted, and as soon as I stepped out of the station, I was facing a statue of an evil ghost.

"This is the 'Welcome Ghost Statue'. Since there is Noboribetsu Hell Valley, there will be some of this style here at the station... The starfish is shrinking, so it's not scary."

"She's freezing." Naruse exhaled a puff of cold air and pulled them to wait at the bus stop in front of the station.

From here to Noboribetsu Onsen Town, it takes another fifteen minutes by bus. There is a taxi nearby, but Naoko is holding tight, so he can only pretend not to see it.

After waiting for a long time shivering in the cold wind, the bus into the mountain finally arrived, and several people quickly got on the bus.

Leaving the relatively bustling station area, the bus drove for a while and then entered the mountainous area.

The mountains are connected to the mountains, and the mountains and plains are all white. Apart from bare trees, nothing else can be seen.

"Were you just riding alone in such deep mountains?"

"Huh? Yes. But it was summer at that time, so I felt pretty good."

After shaking for ten minutes, some buildings appeared on the roadside.

"We've arrived at the hot spring village." Hikaru Takigawa said.

The bus stopped in the parking lot in front of the visitor center. Several people got off the bus. Naruse looked around and first saw the hotel with a grand name that he found when he was looking for a hotel last night.

"Which way to go next?" Haixing kept stamping his feet.

"Don't go anywhere, look for the shuttle bus to Qingshui House... I saw it."

After dragging their luggage to a nanny car and identifying themselves, the other party immediately came down to take their luggage and let them get in the car.

"Is it just us?"

"Yes. Mr. Naruse is the last customer today."

After leaving the visitor center, the car drove for less than two minutes and stopped in front of a hotel.

"Hey, so close?" Haixing was surprised.

"If you come here by yourself, you won't feel this way." Naruse said, opened the door and got out of the car first.

What appeared in front of him was a hotel with three floors. The interior was filled with mist, which could be seen from the outside.

"I can already smell the sulfur of the hot springs." Shangzi got out of the car and looked at the mist.

"Me too." Naruse smiled and turned around to greet the three of them, "Go in, we are here."

　Still a big chapter.

　　Why are there so many days in this month?

　　Q is blocked

　　

　

(End of this chapter)