Sitting in the living room, Matsu Chiaki watched TV while playing with the health omamori in his hand.

The doorbell rang suddenly.

"Here we go."

She went over to open the door, and Morimi stood in the doorway, bowing his head and bowing slightly.

"Happy New Year, Miss Song."

"Happy New Year, Kazuha."

Matsu Chiaki smiled at her, not surprised, Naruse had already said hello just now.

She looked at the door of her neighbor's house again, and Naoko nodded to her from afar, and then went inside.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, and the last time I came back before Christmas, I couldn't talk to Yiye for a few words. Come in first. ”

"Okay."

Glancing back, Morimi followed Matsuchiaki into the house and found that Naruse was not in the living room.

"Just sit down. Harumi-Kazuha is coming-"

Song Qianqiu walked to the bottom of the stairs and shouted, and then sat down on the sofa as well.

Picking up the healthy omamori on the table, she smiled at her.

"Kazuha will also go to Iwakiyama Shrine in the morning."

Morimi nodded, "Yes." ”

"Are there a lot of people?"

"It's not too much, it's just that you have to queue up a little bit when you visit the shrine."

"Well, I knew I would have gone with you." Song Qianqiu seemed to be a little moved.

Morimi just smiled.

After chatting a few words, Naruse quickly came down.

He poured her a glass of water and asked as he put it down, "Did you get it?" ”

Morimi was stunned, "What? ”

"Red envelopes."

“……”

Song Qianqiu smiled next to him, got up and walked to the bedroom, "Wait a minute." ”

"No, that ......"

She waved her hand, "Don't worry, it's already ready for Kazuha." ”

Watching Song Qianqiu walk into the bedroom, Morimi turned his head and glared at Naruse, "I'm not here to get the red envelope." ”

"You can't do without it. My mom doesn't remember much of this little thing, and she can't remember it without reminding her. ”

She glanced over to the bedroom, exhaled, and said nothing.

Naruse sat down on the couch, "Did you just say something, I didn't hear it." ”

"What?"

"When I went to Naoko's house."

“……”

Morimi squinted at him, "Didn't you hear what you just nodded?" ”

"It doesn't feel like it's an important thing, so I'll do it first."

"I said I had something to ask."

“……”

This sentence seems familiar, and I have heard it in the morning.

Naruse picked up the omamori on the table and squeezed it in his hand, "I don't have anything to tell you." ”

"Now I'm asking you...... We'll talk about that later. Morimi's voice lowered.

Matsu returned to the living room and stuffed her with a red envelope containing 10,000 yen.

She got up and took it, smiling, "Thank you, Miss Song." ”

"You're welcome, everybody."

Song Qianqiu sat down beside her, and then stared at her.

Morimi glanced at her and quickly looked away.

She wanted to pretend not to care, but the latter wouldn't let go when she was eyed, and she couldn't keep pretending.

"Miss Song......"

"Oops, sorry."

Song Qianqiu laughed, "It's just that I suddenly feel that time flies so fast, and Ichiha has changed so much." ”

"It's because you didn't pay much attention to her before." Naruse interjected next to him.

Song Qianqiu didn't deny it, "Because Kazuha is also avoiding me." ”

Morimi was slightly embarrassed, "...... at that time"

At that time, she was still relatively timid, not only Song Qianqiu, but also the adults who saw anyone would hide.

"It doesn't matter. Whether it's the skinny little cute leaf in the past, or the slim beauty in the present, I like it very much. Song Qianqiu smiled.

"Thank you......"

was praised by a beautiful and mature well-known artist like Song Chiaki, even Morimi couldn't help blushing a little.

She didn't know what to say, but she glanced at Naruse, but he stood up.

"Let's talk, I'll go up and take a break."

“……”

His eyes widened at once, staring straight at him, using his gaze to prevent him from escaping, but he couldn't speak because of his face.

The idea of wanting to leave while the chaos was seen through, and Naruse was stared at at at him so much that he stretched out and sat down again.

Song Qianqiu, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

There seemed to be some changes that she hadn't noticed before.

"Kazuha and Harumi, are they in the same class now?"

"No...... I'm in Class E, in the same class as Starfish. Morimi turned back, his expression back to normal

"Oh yes, Kazuha and Starfish are in the same class...... I heard from Starfish that Yiye studied very well and often tutored her. ”

Morimi pursed his lips and smiled briefly.

Compared to the starfish, she can indeed be called "very good at learning", and now the starfish is not here, and the only object that can be compared is Naruse......

"Well, it's a little worse than me." He nodded.

“……”

She couldn't help but glance at him, and quickly covered it up.

Song Qianqiu smiled, even more curious about the state of the two when they usually got along.

"Does Kazuha often play with Harumi?"

"It's okay......"

"I occasionally go to the bookstore of the Morimi family to buy books." Naruse said.

"No wonder the bookshelves in the room are almost full. By the way, I went to Silver Mountain Hot Springs before, and Ichiha also went with him, right? ”

"Yes."

Matsu Qianqiu nodded, smiling and not asking more, and Morimi didn't know what she was thinking.

After a few more moments, she stood up, "Let's talk, I'll go to the room and rest." ”

"Okay."

Song Qianqiu walked into the bedroom, but did not close the door, and even pushed it open a little.

Naruse stood up, "Then I'll go up and rest too......"

Morimi grabbed him.

"Are you that tired?"

"Actually, I ran a lot of places today."

"When I'm done asking what I want to ask, you can go to rest."

“……”

Sure enough, I still can't hide.

Naruse was helpless, and looked at the open bedroom door again.

"Go to my room."

Morimi opened his mouth and didn't say anything, "Hmm." ”

The two of them went upstairs with a sigh, and Song Qianqiu peeked out of the bedroom to take a look, slightly dissatisfied.

It's just that curiosity is curiosity, and she won't go up to eavesdrop on the conversation between the two, and go back to sitting on the sofa.

Coming to his room again, Morimi looked at his desk and the chair in front of it, slightly uncomfortable.

Nanose casually pointed to the other side, "Sit down." ”

“……”

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing." She sat down, "I just didn't expect you to bring the girl back to the room so easily." ”

Naruse tugged at the corners of his mouth, too lazy to answer. He sat down at the end of the bed, "What are you going to ask?" ”

Morimi turned his chair around and sat down to face him, his expression as if he was interrogating.

"What happened between you and the starfish?"

"It's straightforward."

She pushed her glasses, "So I want you to answer me directly, too." ”

"Can you keep it a secret?" Naruse asked.

She nodded, "Of course." ”

He was silent for a few seconds.

Except for a moment in the woods, everyone basically acted together, and since she had noticed it, it was basically impossible to completely hide the past.

Naruse took a deep breath, "Starfish confessed to me, and I refused. ”

“……”

Morimi moved his lips, "Huh? ”

Her first instinct was that he was joking.

But then she felt that it was not impossible, and she had noticed some signs beforehand.

However, even though she had a hunch and truly learned about the starfish's amazing mobility, she still digested it for a while.

"You didn't lie to me."

"Hmm."

"Can I check with the starfish?"

He immediately looked over, "Do you also call it a secret?" ”

Morimi immediately said that he was just casually saying that he would not really go to find the starfish.

"It's just...... I can't believe it. ”

"Hmm."

She glanced at him, "Aren't you surprised?" ”

"Accident."

"I can't see it." Morimi said, seeing him roll his eyes up, and smiled again.

His troubles were easy to see.

"And what are you going to do?"

"It's over."

"It's over...... Did the starfish just give up? ”

"So far."

"What ...... at the moment?"

Morimi thought for a while, and suddenly asked, "Does Naoko know about this?" ”

Naruse shook his head.

"Oh." The corners of her mouth curled.

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