The next morning, reminding her parents not to forget to bring the bento in the refrigerator to the car before going out to participate in the three-way meeting, Naoko went out and went to school with Naruse, who was waiting at the door.

"Naoko's three-way talk is in the morning."

"Hmm. Because Mom and Dad still have something to do in the afternoon, they have to rush back to the institute after they are over. ”

"It's so busy."

When I came to the bus stop, Starfish was reading a book for the first time, and Naruse got closer and realized that it was a word book.

"Is the starfish memorizing words?"

"Naoko...... Well, Kazuha said that it needs to be consolidated a few more times to remember it better. ”

Naoko smiled slightly, "Come on." ”

Starfish nodded, looked at Naruse next to him again, and saw that he was also looking at himself, and was about to look away, but he said, "Have you written down those sentences yesterday?" ”

"Huh...... Remembered. ”

He nodded, looking away first.

"Then you shouldn't have any problems taking the English retest today."

The corners of the starfish's mouth curled, and she lowered her eyes to look at the vocabulary book in her hand.

"Oh."

Naoko looked at her a few more times, and then moved closer to Naruse.

After a short while, Morimi appeared on the path by the river.

After another moment, the bus came.

When I came to school, because there were three aspects of the two days, most of the classes were self-study, and the morning time passed quickly.

Around ten o'clock, Naoko was called out.

"Ah, it's Naoko's turn."

Naruse didn't look back, and he knew that Hikaru Takikawa was talking to him, "Hmm." ”

"It's been a long time since I've seen Naoko's parents, did you come back yesterday?"

"No, I was back the afternoon before yesterday." Naruse glanced back, and Hikaru Takikawa was drawing something in his notebook.

Noticing his gaze, she didn't hide it, but lifted the notebook for him to see clearly, "It's a little boring." ”

On the paper is a huge circle.

The edge of the circle is messy, the result of an unknown number of repetitions, and the middle is hollow.

Naruse glanced twice and turned around, "It's almost time for class to end." ”

As soon as the words fell, the bell rang.

"Stand up—"

"Salute—"

"After class—"

There was no teacher on the podium, and the chairman of Class C suddenly stood up and walked through the process on his own.

"What is that guy doing?"

A few girls muttered, and a few more boys got up and came to the chairman's seat, pulled him and left the classroom with him hooked on his shoulder.

There was a lot of commotion outside.

Naruse stretched restrainedly and closed the book and notebook that he had studied for the entire lesson.

"Do you want to go to the bathroom together?" Hikaru Takikawa's hand rested on his shoulder.

“バカ。” Naruse smiled, and turned her head to realize that she was talking to another girl next to her.

“……”

Looking at each other, the girl blushed, "Do you want Naruse-san to be with you too......?"

Hikaru Takikawa also turned his head to look at him.

Naruse immediately shook his head.

"Then let's go together."

"Hmm!"

Coming out of the bathroom, the girls who came with me were still fixing their hair in front of the mirror, and Hikaru Takikawa was waiting in the corridor.

His gaze wandered around, and as he swept over a certain place, he paused slightly.

It was there that she had a three-way conversation with her parents and teachers yesterday afternoon about her plans for the future.

And at this time, the person sitting inside is Naoko.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." The girls who were traveling with me finally came out.

"No, it won't." Hikaru Takikawa smiled, "I'd be happy to wait a little longer." ”

She looked happy, "Let's go back to the classroom." ”

"Okay."

As he passed by the classroom, Hikaru Takikawa glanced again.

Across the door, in the classroom, Naoko was explaining her plans.

“…… The goal is to go on to Tsuzen University, and the specific major is still waiting and seeing. ”

Zhongyuan Xue nodded and said, "With this student's current results, if you work hard, most of the majors of Tianjin University will be no problem for you." ”

Although it is a three-way talk, most of the time the teacher is speaking, the students are answering, and the parents are adding or asking some questions.

Except for asking about their daughter's interpersonal interactions at school, the couple didn't have many questions.

The bell rang twice, and after another moment, Zhongyuan Xue stood up and shook hands with the couple.

"Thank you for being here today...... That's it. ”

Because he was about to leave, after walking out of the classroom for the interview, this flower Toru also pulled Naoko to explain a few words to this flower Sasako again.

"Okay, I got it."

Naoko bowed her head slightly, "Dad and Mom are over there, so you have to take care of yourself." Remember to eat on time and take breaks. ”

"I will."

This Hua Toru also nodded, and his wife raised her hand and put her hand on her daughter's shoulder and patted her gently.

"Let's go, we'll take you back to the classroom."

Sending Naoko back to Class C, the couple looked at Naruse outside the door and nodded, then left.

After the two disappeared, Naruse looked at Naoko again.

She was silent, staring out the window on the other side.

......

After the lunch break, the first class in the afternoon was still self-study.

Because there is no teacher, many people obediently lie on the table tiredly and fall asleep.

For example, Hikaru Takikawa.

Naoko was also lying on her stomach, but she didn't fall asleep.

"—Naruse."

There was a sudden call at the front door of the classroom.

Naruse raised his gaze, and the classmate who had just returned from the three-way talk pointed outside, "It's your turn." ”

"Okay."

He glanced at the lazy Naoko, then got up and left the classroom.

It was class time, and the campus was quiet, and I could only hear the loud voices of some loud teachers in other grades.

"Putting forward the ...... of 'great political return'"

"The change in velocity from point A to point C is noticeable!"

"Large-scale flow of surface water in the northern Indian Ocean due to the influence of the southern subtropical monsoon, forming a current......"

Coming to the special classroom for the three-way talk, Seiichiro Maki was waiting outside, and inside was another group that had just started.

He raised his hand, "Spring Sea." ”

"Mr. Seiichiro." Naruse sat down next to him.

"It turns out that Chunhai's teacher is so young."

"It looks like a newcomer who just graduated."

"If you're too young, it's not easy to discipline students, and you don't look too dignified. Teachers, especially teachers, should be stricter. ”

Naruse smiled and didn't say anything, after all, it was already a fact that Nakahara Xue had no prestige.

Seiichiro sighed softly, "But I can only talk, and if someone says 'be harsh' to me, I can't do it." ”

Naruse pursed her lower lip and didn't answer the topic, "Starfish, is it after me?" ”

"Hmm. Because the results of the starfish's last few exams have not been very good, the teacher of class E said that he wanted to talk to me more, so it was arranged at a later time. ”

Starfish's problems are definitely not just grades.

However, in terms of interpersonal communication, she seems to have moved away from the group of hot girls because of her proximity to Hikaru Takigawa recently.

Naruse thought about it, but reminded him a little.

"Well, I know. Starfish also said that they haven't had any contact with them recently, so there shouldn't be any problem. ”

Seiichiro said, looking at him again, "And there is still Harumi taking care of the school, so I don't think there is too much to worry about." ”

“……”

Naruse moved his lips, still not telling him that his communication with Starfish at school was about zero.

"Morimi takes care of the starfish more."

"Ah, that's right, that kid ...... last night."

Ten minutes later, the door of the classroom creaked open, and Nakahara sent the previous students and parents away, and then invited Naruse and Seiichiro in.

"Mr. Maki, right?"

"Yes, that's right. I'm Chunhai's former stepfather, so it's no problem to attend the three-way interview for him today. ”

"No problem......"

Nakahara Xue looked at him a little more, and she didn't know if she was comparing it to Koji Daimi, whom she liked.

"Ahem." Naruse coughed lightly.

She came back to her senses, picked up a thick notebook on the table, opened it and flipped through it.

"Mr. Maki, I invite you to come here today to talk to you about Naruse-san's studies in school, test scores, future pathways, club activities and interpersonal interactions...... Let's start with learning. ”

Naruse's study naturally doesn't need to be said, and this exam is directly to the top;

In terms of interpersonal communication, the boys spoke highly of him, while the girls had no other negative comments except that he was a little colder;

As for club activities, because she joined the newly established club, Nakahara Xue didn't know about it, so she didn't talk about it.

Her focus is still on Naruse's choice of approach.

"Naruse-san's goal for further education is Tsuzen University, have you discussed this with Mr. Maki?"

"Nope."

"Sure enough......"

Nakahara Xue glanced at Naruse, who was silent, and continued: "Judging from Naruse's current grades, I think he can challenge some top-ranked schools, even the University of Tokyo. What does Mr. Maki think? ”

Seiichiro Maki looked at Naruse, "What does Harumi think?" ”

"I'm not interested."

He smiled and looked at Nakahara Xue, "Chunhai said that he was not interested. ”

“……”

"It's a pity, but it's his own volition, and I don't think it's a problem. After all, this is his own path, and the most important thing is his own thoughts, isn't it? ”

"You're right."

Nakahara Xue took a deep breath, "I just don't want Narose-san to lose more possibilities in the future because of a moment of confusion." However, if Naruse-san insists on it after careful consideration, I will not object. ”

Naruse looked at her, didn't say anything to stand his ground, just nodded.

A few minutes later, the three-way talks ended.

......

At night.

“…… yes, in the end, I asked Starfish's dad to participate. ”

Song Qianqiu on the other end of the phone seemed to be a little emotional.

Naruse lay in the bathtub, "All in all, this matter is over. ”

Is that the end of it?

Song Qianqiu held the phone and smiled bitterly silently.

"I'm so tired from filming, does Chunhai miss his mother?"

“…… Generally. ”

"Just average? It's so sad! ”

"That's a little bit more than average."