A few days later, a new week began. As the final exam approached, major clubs in Tianjin and Gao finally ushered in a ban on activities.
Naoko has nowhere to go, and Naruse's tutoring for the boys has ended. The two of them, plus Hikaru Takigawa, are going to the library for a three-person study meeting.
On the way there, Hikaru Takigawa thought of something: "Speaking of which, it seems Ichiha is on duty today."
"If she is free, you can let her tutor Hikaru alone." Naruse said, but another person's face appeared in his mind.
As soon as they entered the library, the three of them saw Haixing sitting opposite Morimi.
There were books and notes piled between the two of them, and Haixing was also engrossed in writing something.
"Finally I know how to work hard before the exam..."
Naoko glanced at Naruse, but he just muttered and had no intention of going over.
Takigawa Hikaru didn't think so and said hello directly.
"One leaf, starfish."
The two of them looked over together and saw the three people at the door, with different expressions on their faces.
"Keep your voice down." Morimi reminded.
Takigawa Hikari lowered his voice in cooperation, raised his fingers in front of his lips, walked over and spoke in a low voice:
"Are Kazuyo and Haixing studying too?"
"Well, the exam will begin soon."
Morimi focused more on Naruse and Naoko behind her, "Haixing didn't want to make up the exam, so she asked me to tutor her."
"Me too." Hikaru Takigawa smiled at Haixing and sat directly next to Morimi.
Naruse looked at it and could only sit here.
Pull out the chair next to Haixing and let Shangzi sit down. He sits aside and takes out books and notes from his schoolbag.
"Why doesn't Naruse sit with Naoko?"
Morimi looked at him, "This way I can take care of Naoko at the same time, and the starfish will still be bright."
She pointed at the front desk of the library with the pen in her hand, "After all, I still have to look after that, I may have to go there at any time..."
Her voice lowered.
The three people opposite her all looked at her and moved their eyes to the side at the same time.
Morimi was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the front desk. There was a girl waiting there with a book, and his eyes gradually stopped on her as he looked around.
"...Sorry for the long wait."
Morimi hurriedly stood up and walked over.
Naruse and Shoko looked at each other and stood up to exchange seats.
On the left is Haixing, on the right is Naoko, with Hikaru Takigawa on the opposite side. Naruse leaned back and said, "Look for your own questions. If you don't understand, come and ask me."
"oK~"
Hikari Takigawa was the first to nod, and Naoko was the first to ask questions.
"Chunhai looks at this question...I don't know how to do it."
"Proof question."
Naruse leaned over, glanced at the question, and rolled his eyes.
"Let's start directly with the problem itself: what needs to be proved, what are the methods of proof, what conditions are required, and what conditions are provided in the question. Analyze the connection between the problem and the conditions, use the known to explore the unknown, and the idea will be
It's very clear... Well, let's go step by step, give me the pen."
Starfish tilted his head slightly and glanced beside him.
He leaned completely over there, almost touching Naoko.
"...The condition states: E, F, G, and h are the midpoints of these sides. What can you think of?"
"Well, as for the midpoint...the line connecting the midpoints of both sides of the triangle is parallel to the base?"
"Isn't this already very clear?"
"Chunhai..."
"Okay. Don't you think this area is a bit empty, Shangzi?"
"It's a little bit."
"If you connect two points together and add an auxiliary line, what do you get?"
"You can get...two triangles!"
"And it's a triangle with a common base."
"I understand."
Finding an idea, Naoko began to solve the problem. Naruse sat up straight and Haixing also withdrew his gaze.
She hasn't found her own train of thought yet.
She didn't even know what the real problem was. When she saw the vague outline, she subconsciously wanted to escape. Read books
"——Any questions?"
Seeing her holding a pen and staring at a question for a long time without moving, Naruse took the initiative to ask.
Shangzi tilted his head slightly.
"No." Haixing finally wrote, but only two black spots were left on the paper.
"Chunhai, I don't understand here."
Opposite me, Hikaru Takigawa pushed the notebook over.
"Let me see..."
She turned her head and he no longer looked at her.
Haixing pursed her lips, lowered her head again, and re-read the topic in front of her for the tenth time.
On the other side, Morimi finished serving the girl just now, and because he was not sure if anyone would come over soon, he stayed at the counter for the time being.
Looking over there, she lifted her chin, her eyes wandered back and forth between Haixing and Naruse for a moment, then looked at the ceiling and sighed.
Some people may have to take the make-up exam again.
Not the one competing with her for the top spot in the grade.
......
When I left the library, it was already dark, and the corridor outside was dim.
"Thank you for your hard work today, Senmi-san. Be careful on the way back."
"Okay. Goodbye, Mr. Yasaka."
Listening to the sounds inside, the four Naruses waited outside for a short while before Morimi came out.
"Let's go." She walked to the front.
Leaving the annex building, it’s snowing outside.
Naruse opened the umbrella to accommodate his monk, and the sound of opening the umbrella could be heard one after another behind him.
Starfish hid under Takigawa's umbrella, and Morimi followed him holding an umbrella alone, "Didn't you say there was no snow at night?"
"The weather forecast I saw said it would stop snowing after ten o'clock in the evening." Naruse said.
"Did you watch it this morning?"
"Afternoon."
She looked at him from under the umbrella and said, "You really care about the weather."
Naruse raised his umbrella and looked at the sky, "If it snows like this outside, I might not be able to go home."
"We Aomori people are still great." Hikaru Takigawa said from behind.
A few people laughed.
When they arrived at the bus stop, Naruse put away his umbrella, Monk stood together, and Morimi and the three of them also squeezed in.
The lights next to the platform reflected the falling snow. There were no more people on the road, and only the occasional vehicle passed by.
"It's only around six o'clock now." Naruse exhaled a cloud of mist.
"I'm already asleep here." Hikaru Takigawa said.
"There seems to be a store open over there."
"Where... is that dim sum shop? I've been there before."
After waiting for a while, the bus finally came. Read a book
A few people got into the car and sat down, exchanged a few words briefly, and then became quiet again, listening to the low roar of the engine in the quiet snowy night while shaking.
More than twenty minutes later, the bus stopped at Aoyagi.
After getting out of the car, I stepped on the snow, and the crunching sound from the soles of my feet seemed to be heard far away in the quiet snow village.
Surrounded by untrodden fresh snow, Morimi looked back at the other four people.
The bus left quickly, and they were the only ones left at the platform.
It's time to separate.
They will return to their respective homes, and she will have to walk alone through the long snow path back to the huge house.
"...Do you want to continue?"
Morimi looked at them and squeezed out broken words, "Study meeting, evening."
Naruse was startled for a moment and looked at Naoko.
"Okay." Hikaru Takigawa agreed quickly, "Where can we meet, at Harumi's house?"
"Anything is fine." Senmi glanced at Haixing, who was silent, "If it's not too far, you can come to my house."
After a brief silence, Shangzi said it was okay.
"Then let's meet at seven o'clock...7:30."
Naruse looked at Hikaru Takigawa, "You come to us later, call Shanghai Xing, and we will go there together."
"Okay."
"I'm eating here at the bookstore." Morimi said.
"Then I'll call you again."
"Yeah."
"Then let's do it." Takigawa Hikari opened his arms, hugged Morimi and Haixing respectively, and walked forward together, "Let's go home first."
Monk Naruse followed quickly.
Temporarily separated from their companions at the intersection, the two returned home and prepared for dinner.
"I didn't expect that Kazuye would ask everyone to go to a study meeting together."
"Maybe I was affected by the previous atmosphere, and I want to learn something with everyone."
"Well... do you want to bring some food over later?"
"What are you doing? We are going to have a study meeting, not a tea party."
Shangzi smiled.
"I feel hungry."
"It won't be too late."
After dinner, Shangzi went to the kitchen to prepare some rice balls.
At ten minutes past seven, Hikaru Takigawa came to the door and rang the doorbell.