The blue flames licked the pot and pulsed faintly, sending its heat to the iron and the water in it.

Two shadows loomed over him, and the flames at the bottom of the pot became more and more conspicuous.

"I said ......"

Naruse stretched out his hand and baked near the flame, "Do you need two people to cook udon noodles?" ”

"No, I don't." Morimi also stretched out his hand, "But this is my kitchen." ”

Naruse glanced at her.

"By the way, I have something to ask Naruse."

"You have something to ask too?"

Morimi turned his head, "'Also'?" ”

“…… What's the matter? ”

She stared at him for a moment, "Starfish seems to be crying just now." ”

“……”

She saw it all, and Naruse didn't pretend to know anything.

"It's just a misunderstanding."

"What misunderstanding?"

"Starfish wanted to go to my house and apologize to my mother, but I didn't understand it at first and didn't promise her."

"Apologize......

Morimi also showed a little surprise, but he wasn't too surprised.

Naruse stared at the dancing flames, "It's been so long, and I said I wanted to apologize for what I said before." ”

"Before, ah......"

Morimi groaned for a moment.

"Naruse."

"Huh?"

"Do you remember the next door next door to Starfish's house, there used to be a ramen shop?"

"Hmm......"

Naruse thought for a moment, "It seems to be." But that store has long since moved away, hasn't it? ”

"yes."

Morimi nodded, "Before we moved away, the ramen shop was run by a single aunt who was the same age as our parents. ”

Naruse looked at her.

"Starfish mentioned to me once before that person who came to her store frequently after her mother died, and stayed for half a day. Starfish also has a good relationship with her.

And in Mr. Maki and Harumi's ...... Ahem, after remarrying Naruse's mother, she hasn't been here once. ”

Morimi also turned his head to look.

Just before she moved away, she approached the starfish and said something to her...... Naruse thinks, what is she talking about? ”

Naruse quickly frowned.

"Damn bad words."

Morimi looked at him: "Even the reason for the death of Starfish's mother has been pushed on Miss Song. ”

“……”

He took a deep breath, his eyes widened, and he was silent for a few moments.

Many things in the past made sense at once.

"No wonder at that time, she always called my mom 'bad woman'...... Is she stupid, even such a thing would be believed. ”

Morimi's face showed a little helplessness, "Starfish are stupid." ”

Naruse kept a calm face, and it took another half a day before he spoke.

"Does Morimi know where that person has moved?"

"I don't know." She looked over, "What does Naruse want to do?" ”

"It's the person who really wants to apologize."

"She moved away earlier than Naruse, and she doesn't seem to have any relatives here, so there hasn't been any news for a long time."

Naruse pursed her lower lip, very regretful in her heart.

Grunt grunt –

The water is boiling.

"It's time to go down." Morimi said.

"Hmm."

Naruse picks up the udon noodles and puts them in a cooking pot.

“バカ！”

Morimi hurriedly squeezed him away, then fished out the udon noodles that had been put in with the bag and threw them into the pool.

"Shhh...... Scalding ......"

“……”

Naruse also came back to his senses and hurriedly turned on the faucet and asked her to rinse.

"Are you alright?"

"I just wanted to ask this, are you okay?"

Morimi rinsed his fingers under cold water, "What are you thinking?" ”

Naruse pursed her lower lip and glanced at the udon noodles in the pool that had not been opened.

"Some shady thoughts."

She sighed heavily, "Are you stupid too?" ”

"Just now."

Naruse shook his head, banishing the dark thoughts in his mind, "I'm sorry, are your hands okay?" ”

"Just a little bit of hot water."

Morimi turned off the faucet and stared at his fingertips for a moment, "No problem...... What are you doing? ”

Naruse opened the back door, went outside to dig up a ball of snow, pinched it into a small ball and handed it to her.

"Pinch it."

"It's really okay...... Morimi couldn't help but laugh, and stopped him when he was about to throw out the snowball, "Forget it, give it to me." ”

Pinching the cold snow ball in her fingertips, she looked at the boiling water in the boiling pot, "Do you want me to come?" ”

"No, you don't."

Naruse picked up the udon noodles again, opened the package, took out the dough and put it down.

"Would you like to add something?" He asked.

"What can I add?"

"Eggs." Naruse glanced back, "You don't have any other ingredients at home." ”

"I'm kind of craving tempura."

"Where's the ingredient, you can make me into tempura."

Morimi smiled and turned to leave the kitchen, "Whatever you want." ”

She's been here for a long time.

Back in the living room, Naoko looked over and quickly noticed the snow ball in her hand.

"My fingers got burned." Morimi explained.

"Huh?" Several people looked over, "Are you okay?" ”

"It's fine, just a little bit of hot water."

The snow was cold and melted slowly, and she couldn't hold it for long, alternating between her hands.

A moment later, Naruse came over with two bowls of udon.

"It's nice to have eggs in it." Hikaru Takikawa took a deep sniff, "It's so fragrant." ”

Morimi looked at him, "It's a pity that there is no tempura. ”

"It's too happy to add a tempura." Hikaru Takikawa smiled.

"Think beautifully."

Putting down the udon, Naruse went back to the kitchen and brought two more bowls.

The two bowls of noodles just now have been divided between Naoko and Morimi, and these two bowls naturally belong to Hikaru Takikawa and Starfish.

"Be careful, the noodles are still a little hot when you just scoop them up."

“……”

The sudden concern made Starfish stunned for a moment, looked up at him, and Naoko also looked over.

Naruse didn't say much, and returned to the kitchen one last time to bring his bowl of noodles here.

Sitting back in the kotatsu, several people gathered around and ate udon noodles.

"It tastes pretty good."

"So in the future, as long as my monk is here, you don't have to think about cooking by yourself."

Hikaru Takikawa glared at him with a smile: "For the sake of udon......

Naruse lowered his head to eat his noodles and glanced at the starfish next to him.

After eating udon, the last study session before the exam is almost over.

"Put the bowl there, I'll wash it."

Morimi was still holding the snow ball in his hand, which was slightly smaller than just now, but it was also more rounded.

Sending them away, she returned to her upstairs room and put the snow out of her window where the sun didn't shine.

In the cold winter of Tohoku, this snow can be carried out until next spring.

The companions had long since gone and were out of sight.

She closed the window, looked down at her fingertips, red from the cold, and pressed them against her face.

"Hiss......"

She shivered with cold, but she was more awake.

"Good...... It's still early, wash the dishes first, and you can do the questions for another two hours. ”

When Morimi washed the dishes and returned to the kotatsu to continue working on the problem, Naruse and his party had already walked to the door of the starfish's house.

It's still Naruse who has held up the roller shutter door for the starfish.

She slipped in and looked back at them, "Thank you...... Good night. ”

Naruse looked at her, "Tomorrow after school, starfish will come home with us." ”

She was stunned for a moment, then quickly remembered what he actually meant, and hesitated.

"I'll go back to my upstairs room when the time comes." Naruse added.

"Eh......"

Starfish was a little puzzled by the change in his attitude.

"That's it, good night."

"Good Night ......"

Naruse pulls down the roller shutter door and beckons Naoko and Hikaru Takigawa to leave.

"What did Haruhi say to the starfish just now?"

"My mom is back, and she wants to go say hello."

Separated from Takigawa Hikaru at the intersection, and then returned home, Matsu Chiaki really hadn't slept yet, and was sitting in the living room.

"Welcome back. After walking so far, I must have froze to death. ”

"It's fine." Naruse thought about it, went over and sat down, and told her that Starfish was going to come over tomorrow to apologize to her.

Matsu Qianqiu was silent for a while.

"Apologize...... At that time, I didn't really care that much.

But it's okay, I haven't seen that kid in a long time, so let her come over. ”

With that, she looked at Naoko, who was sitting quietly on the side.

"It's really cold at night."

"Hmmm......"

Song Qianqiu smiled slightly, "Can Naoko stay here at night and sleep with me?" ”

(End of chapter)