After leaving the school, according to the plan, the group went home first, and then went to Morimi's house to gather for a study meeting.

After dinner, Naoko prepared the rice balls again.

Naruse leaned aside, "The food that I prepare every day will raise their appetite." ”

"It's just a few days......

He didn't say anything, just cook the balls, and he didn't have anything to do to help.

"A few more flavors?"

"Hmm. Make it smaller, or you can try a few more. ”

Naoko lowered her head and pinched the rice balls, "If it's a study meeting at Harumi's house, you can actually prepare something else." ”

"What?"

"Like udon? When you're tired from studying, have a bowl of freshly cooked udon noodles to warm up your body and stomach, and it's also easier to digest. ”

“……”

Naruse couldn't help but shake his head, "That's a little too happy." Whether it's a study meeting, or a supper? ”

Naoko smiled, "After all, everyone is working hard. ”

"The kitchen of the Morimi family can be used, and she probably won't refuse...... Forget it, don't bother so much...... Well? ”

Naruse said, looking down and feeling for the phone that suddenly vibrate.

It was Chiaki Matsu's phone.

"Mom."

Naoko also stopped her movements and glanced back.

Naruse stepped out and retracted, not avoiding her.

"What is Chunhai doing?" Matsu asked.

"I'm watching Naoko cook rice balls, and I'm going to go to Morimi's house for a study meeting later."

Naoko smiled, turned back, and continued to pinch the rice ball.

"Study meeting, it's really rare, you have to be serious."

"Hmm."

Song Qianqiu then talked about the purpose of his call: "I'll be back in a few days." ”

Naruse was stunned, "Huh? ”

"Huh?"

"Why? What about the shooting, is it already over? ”

"It's still early."

Song Qianqiu sighed, "But the director suddenly collapsed yesterday, and the filming had to be suspended." ”

"Down? Are you so desperate......"

"That's part of the reason, it's mainly because I'm sick. I had a terrible fever, I thought it was the flu, and the whole crew was panicked, but fortunately, after the examination, it was a common cold that was not contagious. ”

She continued, "Mr. Director is still lying in the hospital, and in order to continue filming smoothly, he said that he would rest for a few days, so I came back to see Chunhae. ”

"Yes." Only then did Naruse speak, "Then can you come back for a few days?" ”

Naoko turned her head again.

"Two or three days, Mr. Director won't rest for too long."

"I see."

"I'll be back tomorrow at noon, and when school is out in the afternoon, my mother will come to school to pick up Chunhai." Song Qianqiu said again.

Naruse immediately refused, "Don't." ”

"Eh~"

"Do you want to cause chaos."

Song Qianqiu thought about it, but still gave up this plan.

"Then let's go home and see you tomorrow."

After chatting for a few more words, Naruse hung up the phone and looked at Naoko: "My mother will come back tomorrow." ”

She nodded, she had already heard it.

"Is the filming in Tokyo over?"

"No, it's said that the director has fallen."

"Ah......h

"I'll be back for two or three days and then back."

A moment later, Hikaru Takikawa, who came to the door, also learned the news from the conversation between the two.

"Will Auntie be back at the end of the year?"

"Yes, at least a week's rest at the end of the year."

After staying for a while, the three of them went out to Starfish's house and called her together, and Mori went home directly before seeing it.

When she went to Morimi's house, she saw that Naoko had brought rice balls over again, and she smiled:

"Before I came back, I went to the supermarket to buy some udon, so I'd better save it for tomorrow night."

Shangzi was stunned for a moment, and also smiled, "Okay." ”

Today's kotatsu study meeting will begin soon, and Naruse and Naoko are still sitting in their positions from yesterday.

The body was wrapped in warmth, and the atmosphere was more relaxed than yesterday, and the starfish relaxed while nervously doing the questions.

Only occasionally glimpses the two people huddled together unconsciously make intimate moves, her heart will still suddenly tighten.

"-Did you make it?" Naruse suddenly looked over.

“……”

She retracted her thoughts and stared at the topic she had just asked for advice in front of her, "Still thinking." ”

A few simple numbers and English form a series of difficult equations, the left is equal to the right, and the right is also equal to the left, and she can't find a little gap in her thinking.

What did he just say about this step......

Starfish struggled to remember, and a hand suddenly appeared in the corner of the field of vision, and it reached out again, dotting on the scratch paper.

“……”

She looked up, and he was listening to Hikaru Takikawa's question on the other side, and glanced at her briefly.

Tuk tuk.

Fingers tapped twice more.

Starfish lowered his head, and where his fingertips fell, was the process he had left behind when he had just calculated it himself.

She looked at it for a while, and the blockage in her train of thought suddenly broke through.

“…… Got it. ”

Hearing her whisper, Naruse withdrew his fingers and instead grabbed the exercise book that Hikaru Takikawa handed him.

After solving the problem, he asked:

"Why do you all spend your time on math and don't care about other subjects?"

"If you look at the problems of other subjects, you may still figure them out by turning the book yourself, but if you don't understand mathematics, you don't understand it."

Takigawa Hikaru smiled slightly, "So it's better to do more math while Harumi and Kazuha are here." ”

Starfish nodded as well.

Naruse didn't say anything, although he felt that with the current level of the two, passing should not be a problem.

"Did you remember those words and phrases when you went back yesterday?" Mori looked over.

"Pretty much."

"Only by remembering often can you truly remember."

"Uh-huh, I know."

With last night's experience, after ten o'clock in the evening, several people gradually relaxed.

"It's made......"

After making the last question and taking the notebook to Naruse to check, Naoko raised her gaze and saw that Starfish and Hikaru Takikawa were looking at her, and couldn't help but smile: "Are you hungry?" ”

The two nodded one after the other.

"Can't you two do it yourself, just warm it up." Naruse pushed the notebook back, "Wrong." ”

"Huh?"

Naoko was stunned for a moment.

"There is a calculation error in the middle, and the rest is all wrong, you can check it yourself."

She stared down at her notebook as Naruse climbed out of the kotatsu, "I'm going to hot the rice balls." ”

Hikaru Takikawa followed.

Coming to the kitchen and putting the rice balls in the microwave, Naruse waited while watching her look around.

"What are you looking for?"

"No, just take a look."

She spun around, and suddenly opened the back door of the kitchen, and suddenly a cold wind poured in.

"It's cold."

She quickly closed it and smiled back, "Okay?" ”

"Wait a minute."

Ding——

Take out the hot rice balls and return to the living room, where the table top has been cleaned up.

"There are more flavors today." Hikaru Takikawa said, picking up a piece and stuffing it into his mouth first.

Naruse sat down, and Naoko had already found the miscalculation and did it all over again.

"I miscopied the numbers on the previous line."

"You can't be sloppy."

Eating rice balls, he took out his mobile phone and looked at the time, "Today ended a lot earlier than yesterday." ”

Morimi shook his head, "I'm all waiting for the rice balls." ”

The starfish was holding the rice balls and looked at Hikaru Takikawa, who was also looking at her, and the two of them smiled at the same time.

After eating the rice balls, it was time to leave.

"Good night."

Saying goodbye to Morimi, several people plunged headlong into the wind and snow.

However, when he was about to get halfway through, Naruse realized that his phone was missing.

He kept walking in front, and the three people behind him ruled out the possibility that the phone had fallen on the road.

"It can only be left at Morimi's house."

Naruse looked back at the hazy shadow in the distance and sighed.

"Keep going, I'll be back soon."

He went back and forth faster by himself, so Naoko didn't insist on following.

When I returned to Morimi's house, the door was closed and unlocked, and Morimi did not respond.

Naruse first went to the living room to look for it, and found a hot roasted mobile phone under the kotatsu.

"It's not going to explode......"

He muttered, hesitated, and put the phone on the ground to calm it down for a moment.

Finding the phone, Naruse found the owner who disappeared from the house again.

"Morimi—"

As he walked out of the living room, he shouted again, and heard a hesitant response in the depths of the hallway.

“…… Naruse? ”

He followed the voice closer, "My phone was dropped." ”

“…… Oh. ”

The lights were off in several of the rooms inside, and he didn't know where she was.

He didn't intend to find her, and after saying hello, he was ready to leave.

"I'm going back."

"Be careful on the road, I can't come out to see you off right now."

Naruse turned around, "What's wrong?" ”

"I'm in the shower, I'm not wearing clothes, and I'm not closing."

Along with her words, Naruse also heard the sound of rushing water, which seemed to come from her intentional teasing.

“…… You're closed. ”

She laughed.

"I didn't turn on the lights anyway. I like to soak in the dark, but I don't like to be completely closed...... And I'm alone in my house, and no one else will come over except you, a pervert. ”

"What are you talking about, I didn't come back to see you take a shower."

"Now you've discovered the secret."

"You said it yourself."

"It's nasty."

Naruse turned around and left, "Go back." ”

In the dark bathroom, Morimi was slightly relieved to hear the sound of his deliberate slamming of the door.

Slipped and soaked in hot water, she continued to enjoy the darkness and silence of her own.

"Be careful on the road, ...... Harumi"

(End of chapter)