The lecture in the gymnasium lasted more than two hours, and when it ended, it was almost the usual time to get out of school.

The students of each class of the second grade left the venue one after another, but Naruse was left behind.

He was joined by Morimi and the university professor who had just given a speech on the podium.

Helping to pack up the equipment in front of the podium, Morimi suddenly hit Narase with his arm.

"How?"

"Look over there."

Naruse looked over, and the university professor was talking to their president, and his eyes were looking in this direction.

Or rather, look at him.

"Did you guess that?" Morimi asked.

Naruse didn't speak.

She continued, "You're only in the second grade, and they're already going to recommend you to their school. The university professor personally invites you to have a much higher success rate than applying for a recommendation yourself. ”

"Envious?" Naruse said casually.

"Well, I'm so jealous."

“……”

He turned his head, and she looked at him directly, not at all like a joke.

"It's not recommended by Beijing University."

"If it's not recommended by Beijing University, isn't it worth being jealous? That's Hitotsubashi University! ”

Morimi was bluntly envious, and he was seriously jealous.

Just asked some questions about today's lecture, and he was treated differently by the university professor, and then after a moment of conversation, the other party looked more and more appreciative the more he watched.

After the lecture, the professor suddenly offered to let him stay for a while, and she almost immediately guessed the other party's intentions.

- Recommended for admission.

You do not need to take a general entrance exam, but you can enter the school after being recommended by a university professor or high school principal, and you can enter the school after passing the selection and interview.

Although he is only in his second year now, he will only get better in a year, and as long as he accepts the invitation, it is a sure thing to attend Hitotsubashi University.

Although he took the test himself, there was no possibility that he would not fail the test......

Morimi took a deep breath, and his emotions were still a little difficult to calm down.

"I still want to beat you up."

“……”

Naruse ducked to the side, "I didn't say yes." ”

"The mere fact that you're invited and I'm ignored is worth beating you up."

"You're not interested in Hitotsubashi."

"It's not a question of whether you're interested...... What do you say, why don't you say yes? She suddenly noticed the meaning of what he had just said.

"I'm not interested in Hitotsubashi either." Naruse said.

Morimi looked at him: "The way you showed just now is not like you are not interested. The professor's eyes are lit up as he looks at you. ”

"If you change the professors of a different university, I will do the same."

"Do you want to say that no matter what field you are good at, no matter which university professor comes, you will not be able to restrain your love for talent to invite you? Wow, that's amazing. ”

“……”

Naruse looked at her for a moment.

"What's going on, Morimi-san's prejudice against me seems to be very serious."

"It's blunt jealousy, Naruse-san."

"Then you better go back to the classroom first, or after seeing my refusal later, the university professor will still beg me to apply for their school, and I won't be able to sleep at night."

“……”

Mori's teeth were about to crush.

Naruse sighed again, "What is Hitotsubashi University's most well-known major?" ”

"Business."

"Isn't that enough, you see that I'm interested in business?"

"It's all said, I'm just jealous, and it has nothing to do with whether you accept it or not."

“……”

Totally unreasonable!

Naruse didn't bother to say much to her, put the laptop in his bag, packed up the other equipment, and then gave it to the university professor who was waiting in the audience to chat with Mr. President.

"Professor Shichijo, your computer."

"Thank you, Naruse-san."

Mori saw that he had left on his own initiative, and after helping to clean up his things, he came down from the other side, did not approach, and watched him from a distance standing between the principal and the professor, talking and laughing with two old men who were several times his age.

In all fairness, in the face of these two "superiors" who may change the trajectory of her life at any time, she can only make herself less nervous at most, and she can't be as calm as him at all.

Always look at ease......

She was a little proud for no reason, and she felt an unspeakable loss.

And after chatting for long, he bowed slightly to the two of them and came over from there.

"Let's go."

"How?"

"What's going on."

She looked at him and didn't speak.

Naruse didn't continue to play stupid, "I said that my goal was Todai, and the professor didn't say anything." ”

“……”

Morimi opened his mouth, and suddenly felt very sorry again.

"The opportunity to go to the bridge was wasted by you...... If he knew that your real goal was Tsuda, he would probably be angry. ”

"It's not that exaggerated." Naruse smiled.

She just shook her head.

She didn't say anything more until she returned to the classroom.

Since the end of the lecture, less than ten minutes have passed, and the evening shift has just begun.

While complaining that the other had come back too quickly, the two hurried back to their seats and listened to the teacher start nagging.

More than ten minutes later, there was already a commotion in the corridor, and Naoko had already said hello to Naruse at the back door, and went to the club first, and the evening shift meeting of Class A was finally over.

Morimi lay on the table and didn't move after class.

Naruse got up and packed his school bag, "Aren't you going to study at the school today?" ”

"Well, I suddenly felt a little bored, so I didn't go."

"It can't be because of me."

She didn't move, "Hmm." ”

"I thought you were pretty much out of the picture."

“……”

She rolled her eyes and closed them again.

It's like this, but it always makes people ...... when it comes out of his mouth Want to get your hands dirty.

"Sooner or later, I'll really beat you up."

There was only a laugh behind him.

She turned around, he looked at her and asked, "Are you not going today, or will you not be going in the future?" ”

"Just today."

Morimi leaned down on the table again, and there was a feeling that there was nowhere to go, "Anyway, it's enough to go for three days a week." ”

"Hmm." He just answered.

"What about you?"

"Let's go to the craft club."

"Handicraft Society...... I heard that the handicraft society is already preparing for the Tsugaraka Festival next month. ”

"yes."

"Obviously the school hasn't started yet......"

The annual Tsutaka Festival is a major event for all students to participate in, and preparations usually begin after the final exams in early July.

At that time, there will be no pressure of exams, and students will be more relaxed and engaged. The preparation time is 10 days, and each class has to choose their own theme, make lanterns for the parade, and finally hold a three-day celebration.

The end of the Tsutaka Festival also means that the first semester is almost over.

And it's only halfway through June.

"Isn't this the 150th anniversary of the Tsutaka Festival, and the student council is going to hold a bigger one, so we have set up a handicraft club to prepare to add a few sets of lanterns with the theme of '150th anniversary' on the basis of the original procession. According to Naoko, the student president's request was 'gorgeous, exquisite, memorable, and the bigger the better'.

In addition, during the three days of the Tsutaka Festival, there are activities in the school and at the Budokan. The meaning of the student council is that the task of setting up the scene and making props is also handed over to the handicraft club, and strive for perfection. ”

Mori was silent for a long time before he said, "The student union is really atmospheric." ”

"I heard that the school has also allocated a lot of budget for this year's 150th anniversary Tsugao Festival, and if it is bigger, it is probably the meaning of the school." Naruse continued.

She looked at him again, "And you're going to help now?" ”

"No, just see what I can do to help."

"It's nothing to do anyway...... Morimi stretched and got up to pack his things, "I'll go check it out too." ”

"Whatever you want."

Naruse waited for her for a while.

Leaving the classroom, when the two were about to go downstairs, they happened to bump into Hikaru Takikawa coming down from upstairs.

"Ah, Harumi, Kazuha."

"Light."

She had to go to the basketball team to train today, and she went downstairs with the two of them and went to the gymnasium alone.

Morimi turned his head to look at her back, then at him, but he still couldn't help but speak, "It seems that the light has changed a little recently." ”

"Yes."

"Well, after I came back from 'eloping' with you, it was different."

The two rode to Thirteen Lakes together and stayed there for two nights, all half a month ago, and Naruse didn't bother to correct her statement.

"I just told her not to be too anxious about the situation."

Morimi was silent for a few seconds, "Is it just a change in this regard?" ”

"Not so."

"Don't you think Hikari has been deliberately avoiding something lately?"

"I didn't pay attention."

“…… All right. ”

Walking through the atrium and to the annex building, the two came to the handicraft club on the second floor, which was very busy.

The members of the craft club were divided into several groups, and each of them sat in a circle, and some even sat on the ground in a circle, drawing something on the drawing in the middle.

Morimi looked around and spoke for a long time.

"It's so lively......"

"It's still in the design stage, and when it comes to the production stage, it will be even more lively." Naruse said, waving his hand at Naoko, who was looking over.

Walking through the busy department, she stopped in front of the two, "Harumi, Kazuha." ”

"I'll take a look." Naruse said.

"It's busy." Morimi looked at the group closest to him, "Do you need to start preparing half a month in advance?" ”

"Yes."

Naoko took the two of them around the department, "Because the task is very large, and after the school's preparations begin, everyone has to go to their respective classes to help, so it's even more busy, so it's as early as possible." ”

"And because I'm a member of the handicraft club, I'm probably going to be asked to do more in the class." Morimi said.

Naoko smiled, "yes." ”

"It's hard."

"But everybody's very positive."

"It's a bigger stage."

"Yes."

The three of them slowly walked around the department of the handicraft club, watching as they walked, and from time to time someone would stop Naoko and ask for advice.

"Minister, do you think the style of this part needs to be adjusted a little more?"

"I think it could be a little softer, shorter and bent."

"Naoko, what is the best material for this piece, everyone can't decide."

"I'll take a look at ......"

Naoko leaned over, and Morimi gently bumped Naruse's shoulder, and said in a low voice, "There is no second person who has reached the current prestige of Naoko." ”

"Perhaps."

He doesn't know much about the history of the handicraft society, but at the moment, Naoko's reputation in the society is indeed in full swing.

After deciding on the materials for a passing group, Naoko returned to the two of them and continued to walk around with them.

"When I met Yoshioka-san recently, she always said that she couldn't keep busy."

"It's all left to the handicraft club, what else is the student council too busy to do?" Naruse said, "Don't just listen to her say that, just take over the affairs of the student council and let them go about themselves." ”

"I know."

Naoko smiled, "But the production is left to us, and there are also overall planning and accounting and financial matters." In addition, Yoshioka-sa is still actively contacting organizations in society, as well as alumni who graduated from Tsugarco. ”

"Pull sponsorship?"

"There doesn't seem to be any pressure on the budget, but I guess I want to expand the influence of this festival."

"The influence of the Tsugaraka Festival in the surrounding area is already very large, right?"

Mori looked over, "The people of Tsumae regard the Tsutaka Festival as the most important celebration before the Nebuta Festival. ”

Naoko nodded, and continued:

"I guess I hope I can go to the next level. When my senior sister came to me yesterday, she said that her next step was to get the mayor's signature. ”

"The mayor's signature?"

"Well, during the Tsugara Festival, the kind of pamphlets about the festival are distributed to the citizens, and it is common to invite some well-known local entrepreneurs or politicians to sign messages on them, which is a win-win situation...... Yoshioka-senpai's target this time is Mayor Tsumae. ”

"It's so ambitious...... At that time, Yoshioka-senpai's resume will be able to write that "he has presided over large-scale celebrations involving many organizations and the government, and his influence is huge." Morimi sighed.

Naruse glanced at her, "Are you jealous again?" ”

"yes, jealousy is dead." She said with a blank face.

Naoko looked at the two of them, and suddenly remembered what she had seen and heard in the gymnasium before, and raised her hand to hold Naruse's arm.

"Anyway, in the afternoon lecture, Chunhai is so powerful, and that professor has been praising Chunhai."

"It's just that the conversation is more speculative."

"Did he say anything after he left Chunhai?"

"It's nothing, just casually chatted about the topic that we didn't finish talking about before, I helped him pack his things and came back."

Morimi glanced at him and didn't say much.

She felt a pity for missing Hitotsubashi's admission recommendation, and Naoko must have thought the same thing, and he simply didn't say anything.

The three of them walked around the department, and both of them could see that Naoko was very busy at this time, so they didn't stay here to continue to bother her.

Squeezing her hand, Naruse glanced around the department one last time, "I'll go upstairs." ”

"Ahh

Shangzi suddenly remembered something, turned around and went to a certain shelf to look for it, and brought a pottery puppet.

"This is the broken pottery puppet that I brought over a few days ago, it has been repaired, so Chunhai can take it."

Naruse took it and looked at it from front to back, left and right, and was inevitably a little amazed.

"It can be repaired to this extent...... The key is that there is no trace of repair at all. ”

"Here it is." Naoko leaned in and pointed out the traces of the repair that were so small that they were almost invisible.

"Fortunately, the breakage is not very bad, piece by piece, spliced together, fixed with glue, and then disposed of."

Naruse nodded, "Then I'll go up first." ”

"Uh-huh."

Morimi also left, and Naoko sent the two to the door of the department, and only turned back inside until they were no longer visible.

"Minister, come and see this."

"Here we go."

Coming to the department of the restoration department on the fourth floor, Naruse opened the door, and Morimi bent down and picked up several letters of entrustment that had been stuffed under the crack in the door.

"Is there anything serious?"

She flipped through the pages, "No." ”

Naruse shook his head, put the only restoration that had been seriously commissioned recently and put it on the shelf, and picked up the notebook specially used for recording in the club, and found the contact information of the client half a week ago.

"Third grade senior...... I don't know if I went back. ”

took a photo and sent a message to the other party that something had been repaired with the club's dedicated mailbox, and as soon as Naruse put away his phone, the senior sister sent a reply, saying that she would come over within ten minutes.

"Isn't it more convenient to stay in the handicraft club, saving people from climbing two more floors." Morimi said.

"People entrusted the restoration department, so naturally they have to take it back from the restoration department."

"Does it make sense, now everyone knows that the restoration department is an affiliate of the handicraft society."

"Of course it makes sense. If not, no one will know about the Restoration Department soon. ”

Morimi didn't say anything, and lay down on the table.

After a short while, the third-grade senior came over to pick up something.

After receiving the restored pottery doll from Naruse's hand, her reaction was not surprising.

"Oh my God...... Can it be repaired to this extent, it's exactly the same as the original. ”

Morimi turned his head, looked at Naruse and said with a smile:

"Fortunately, after the break, Senior Sister found all the debris, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to repair it to this extent."

"Thank you! I don't know how to thank you...... This is the last work that my grandfather left behind when he was alive......"

The senior sister chattered a lot, but she didn't listen to it, and it was estimated that he was about the same, because he only answered vaguely twice except for nodding his head throughout the whole process.

“…… All in all, it's good to have your restoration department. ”

Finally, I expressed my gratitude, and the senior sister left satisfied.

Sending off the senior sister, Naruse organized the photos he had taken before into a separate folder, which was a record of the club activities of the restoration department.

After the start of the second semester, it will be the cultural festival, and he still has no clear idea of what the restoration department can do at the cultural festival, and he is already thinking about whether to simply show the photos before and after the restoration.

Morimi was lying on the table, turning around from time to time, looking uncomfortable no matter how he was lying on his stomach.

After looking at him for a while, she suddenly picked up the few letters of entrustment she had just picked up and looked at them again.

Naruse looked at her twice, "What are you doing?" ”

"I'm wondering if I should contact them and find something for you to do."

“…… Stop it. ”

Grand Chapter

Go out on a date today and take a day off tomorrow

(End of chapter)