Yukinoshita's Correction Method

It was raining so heavily in the evening.

This kind of weather...

It's quite normal.

It is the rainy season now, and the weather is changeable.

Chiba Prefecture is close to Tokyo Bay, and its climate is significantly influenced by the maritime monsoon.

The weather is clear during the day, the land warms up quickly, and the moist air currents from Tokyo Bay push inland. The accumulation of water vapor in the afternoon and evening easily triggers thermal convection, resulting in short-term heavy rainfall like the current one.

Chiba Prefecture experiences approximately 12-15 rainy days in mid-June, with approximately 30% of the rainfall occurring in the afternoon and evening.

Yukinoshita Yukino put on her slippers, pulled her wrinkled shirt to let the hanging hem cover her thighs, and pushed the door open and walked out of the bedroom.

"Are you awake?" Dong Yunshan, who was serving food on the table, heard the voice. "I was just about to call you later."

The aroma of food filled the air. Yukinoshita Yukino ruffled her hair and asked, "How long have I slept?"

Dong Yunshan glanced at the time: "About an hour and a half."

His gaze turned to Yukinoshita Yukino, then turned away awkwardly.

"I heard the washing machine and dryer stopped, and you weren't awake..." Dong Yunshan put down the plate, "so I put the stuff in the washing machine into the dryer, and then took the stuff in the dryer out."

Yukinoshita Yukino pursed her lips, her ears feeling slightly hot: "...Thank you."

After picking up the dried clothes and returning to the bedroom, Yukinoshita Yukino took a while to change her clothes and come out.

Dong Yunshan had already served the rice: "Try it."

The meal was so sumptuous that it was almost a spectacle, and some of the dishes were very difficult to prepare.

Yukinoshita Yukino tasted a little of each dish and nodded with satisfaction under Azuma Yunshan's expectant gaze: "It tastes very good. In many ways, the preparation is much better than mine."

"I learned that from you, too." Dong Yunshan raised the corner of his mouth. "Does this count as a completed apprenticeship?"

To become a master means that an apprentice has gone through a long period of study and passed the assessment, and has been recognized by the teacher and can work independently.

That's the end of the class.

Is that what it meant?

It really should be over.

"I don't have anything left to teach you." Yukinoshita Yukino lowered her eyes slightly, "You don't need to check on your learning progress regularly now."

Before, when Azuma Yunshan brought a lunch box to Yukinoshita Yukino, it was a kind of learning progress report.

Now it is not necessary, that is to say...

"I'll prepare my own lunch tomorrow." Yukinoshita Yukino reminded, "Don't make it too heavy."

"No one runs away right after starting a business." Dong Yunshan poked the rice in the bowl, "Let's start from next week."

Yukinoshita Yukino nodded slightly, her eyes turning to the heavy rain outside the window: "How long has it been raining?"

"Half an hour? Or was it an hour..." Dong Yunshan tried to recall, then shook his head. "I'm not sure. I didn't notice it at first, and it was already snowing heavily when I realized it."

"It should stop soon." Yukinoshita Yukino murmured, "This kind of heavy rainfall usually lasts for a short time."

"It was a clear sunny day, but it suddenly started raining so hard." Dong Yunshan listened to the noisy sound of rain. "The weather during the rainy season is really unpredictable."

"Maybe it's because it was so sunny during the day that it's raining so hard now."

"Oh?"

"With clear weather, the Earth's surface absorbs more heat, causing temperatures near the ground to rise rapidly," Yukinoshita Yukino further explained. "The temperature difference between low and high altitudes is large, and this area is near the sea, so there's plenty of moisture. This rising moisture stays high in the sky, and when the temperature drops in the evening, it naturally condenses into rain, sometimes accompanied by thunder."

"Fortunately, there was no thunder." Dong Yunshan smiled, "Otherwise, you wouldn't have been able to sleep well."

"I was a very deep sleeper, I wouldn't have woken up even if there was thunder..." Yukinoshita Yukino paused, "Though I did wake up in the end."

"You're already awake, so don't think about what happened when you were asleep." Dong Yunshan didn't talk much about this topic. "Eat more to replenish your energy."

"Ah."

The air was silent for a moment, with only the sound of rain continuing.

Yukinoshita Yukino ate the food in small bites, savoring the taste that was similar to but different from what she made herself.

East Spruce…learns really fast.

Her teaching will soon be over, just like the rain...

It's not over yet.

The rain didn't stop until Yukinoshita Yukino finished eating.

Dong Yunshan finished the remaining food, but the rain still didn't stop.

Yukinoshita Yukino cleared the table and washed the dishes.

The rain still didn't stop.

"This is..." Azuma Yunshan looked at Yukinoshita Yukino in confusion.

"Front stagnation and low pressure." Yukinoshita Yukino looked out the window at the heavy rain. "When the plum rain front is stationary over Chiba Prefecture, warm, moist air continues to rise along the front, forming large-scale stratiform cloud precipitation. If low pressure simultaneously forms in the nearby sea, its convergence will intensify the upward motion, resulting in more intense and prolonged rainfall."

Volume 6: Chapter 247 Movie Time

Dong Yunshan was confused. "I don't quite understand...but it looks like it's going to snow for a long time."

"It depends on the moisture supply and the intensity of the convergence." Yukinoshita Yukino folded her arms over her chest, staring at the heavy rain with a frown. "If there's no typhoon, it might stop in two hours, or it might last for more than six hours."

It's hard to get a taxi in this kind of weather, and you have to walk a long way if you want to take public transportation.

The best way is to ask the driver at home to pick you up.

But Yukinoshita Yukino moved out to live on her own because she wanted to try to be more independent and try not to bother her family.

"Then don't wait for the rain to stop. Go to bed early today, get up early tomorrow, and then go back to change into your school uniform." Dong Yunshan walked towards the refrigerator. "What would you like to drink?"

"I think you only have iced Coke at home." Yukinoshita Yukino sighed, "I'll boil a pot of hot water."

"Hot water..." Dong Yunshan took out a can from the refrigerator and shook it, "Just enough to make some black tea."

Yukinoshita Yukino was a little surprised: "You... prepared this specially?"

"I've been researching tea drinks lately." Dong Yunshan flicked his finger, and the jar began to spin on his fingertips. "It was a gift from the supplier."

"It's not good to drink tea before bed." Yukinoshita Yukino glanced at him, "You just said you wanted to go to bed early."

"Oh, right..." Dong Yunshan rummaged through the refrigerator. "Where's the barley tea?"

Barley tea is made from barley. It is brewed by roasting barley grains. It does not contain caffeine and does not affect sleep.

It really was sent by the supplier... Yukinoshita Yukino nodded slightly.

There was a cold rain pattering outside the window and heat rising in the house.

Yukinoshita Yukino held the barley tea and took a sip. The unique burnt aroma and refreshing taste intertwined in the warmth.

Although I should go to bed early, it’s a bit too early now.

When Xixi was around, she was always busy.

Now that Xixi is not here, Yukinoshita Yukino wants to do something, but there is nothing to do.

"Do you have any books?" Yukinoshita Yukino tilted her head to look at Azuma Yunshan, "Magazines are fine too."

"Books...if you don't count textbooks, there aren't many books." Dong Yunshan took a sip of his iced cola. "As for magazines, most of them are about fitness."

Yukinoshita Yukino: "...No need."

"Want to watch a movie?" Dong Yunshan opened the cabinet. "To keep from getting bored while doing aerobics, I've prepared a lot of movies."

"What are you talking about?" Yukinoshita Yukino put down her teacup and moved over.

"I don't know either. I basically buy whatever they recommend." Dong Yunshan flipped through the books and paused. "How about this one?"

"'She and Her Cat'?" Yukinoshita Yukino looked at the cover of the short-haired girl holding a black cat. "What's it about?"

"do not know."

"Ok?"

"I haven't seen it either. I've been busy lately."

"Then let's watch this." Yukinoshita Yukino estimated the time and after watching it, she could go to bed earlier than usual.

Azuma Yunshan cut some fruit, got a blanket for Yukinoshita Yukino, and then started playing a movie.

When Yukinoshita Yukino is alone at home, she will make a cup of black tea, watch a movie in the living room, and enjoy her own time.

Sharing it with another person… for the first time.

Because it was raining and Yukinoshita Yukino was wearing thin clothes, she felt a little cold.

Wrapping myself in a blanket and taking a sip of hot tea, I felt warmer immediately.

Yukinoshita Yukino looked at Azuma Yunshan beside her.

Short sleeves, ice cola.

It feels cold just looking at it.

Distant music played and the TV showed a picture of a meadow with a clear sky.

Then there is the gentle narration.

[In some distant and unknown place]

I have been looking for her traces

The reason why I look for her

Because she is also looking for me

A lonely door standing in the wilderness opened, and a figure emerged in the soft light.

"Thank you for your care so far."

Do we have to separate at the beginning?

As if answering the audience's question, the scene shifts from the clouds in the sky to the interior.

The shaking camera shows two women talking.

"Don't be polite. I should be the one to apologize—you're moving out just like that. I was the one who asked you to share the apartment in the first place."

"Don't mind. I'm glad you're willing to share the apartment with me."

The camera pans to the two women, one of whom chuckles: "A year and a half? That's pretty fast, when you think about it... Choco~~~"

The woman bent down, her delicately made-up face looking towards the camera: [“Are you awake? Do you want to say goodbye to me?”]

A pair of hands descended from the sky, and the camera moved upwards.

Yukinoshita Yukino held the hot tea in both hands and ate the strawberry in her mouth.

This shot is from a cat's perspective...

It's fun, but if you use the cat's first-person perspective, you can't see the cat.

Perhaps the director also took this into consideration, and the next shot was no longer shaky as before, with the woman in the picture holding a black cat.

The narration sounded again:

I am her cat.

Yukinoshita Yukino took a sip of hot tea with satisfaction.

The pacing of the movie is good.

A few simple shots at the beginning explain what happened.

My roommate decided to move out because she got a boyfriend.

The hostess moved to a new home with her black cat Chocolate and started a new life.

In the new environment, both the man and the cat are trying hard to adapt.

The owner maintained his previous pace of life, while the cat recalled the past.

The black cat was picked up by the hostess's mother when she was a child.