One day passed, and by the time school was over in the afternoon, the rumor circulating among the first graders that the two top graders were dating had been unknowingly forgotten in the corner. Instead, there were rumors about the final exam starting tomorrow.
Anticipation or anxiety.
"...The exam arrangements for these three days are like this. Come on, everyone. Remember to come early for the students on duty tomorrow."
After that, Nakahara Snow announced the end of the evening class meeting, picked up the attendance book and left the classroom.
"Let's go to the library." Hikaru Takigawa greeted Naruse.
"No, I won't go there today. Let's meet again in the evening." He turned around and said, "Shangzi and I have to go back early today."
"Why...ah, I understand."
Song Qianqiu is back today.
"Have you come back yet?" she asked.
"Yeah."
"Then let me go and say hello early."
"Aren't you going to the library?"
Takigawa Hikaru smiled and said, "Let's meet at Kazuye's house again in the evening."
"Then you have to tell them."
"I'll go talk." She left the classroom.
Monk Naruse packed his things, and after a while, Hikari Takigawa came back.
"I told you. Kazuye said that she and Haixing want to stay."
"Yeah."
The three of them left the school without stopping and took the bus back directly.
When he returned to his door, seeing the lights on inside, Naruse suddenly quickened his pace.
"Welcome back."
Song Qianqiu, who arrived home early, had already changed into home clothes and smiled to welcome his son and the two girls behind him.
"Are you three the only ones back? Where are Yiye and Haixing?"
"Still studying in school."
Naruse put down his schoolbag, "Tomorrow is the final exam."
"Ah." Matsu Qianqiu hugged Naoko and called Hikari Takigawa to come to him, "Has the winter vacation started so early?"
"Nope. After the exam, I still have to attend classes for a few days, and the holiday doesn't start until the day before Christmas."
Looking at Hikaru Takigawa, who was as well-behaved as a puppy under the caress of Matsu Chiaki, before Naruse said anything, his mother opened her arms to him again.
"Chunhai, let mom hug you too."
"No."
Takigawa Hikaru didn't go home until the evening. Before leaving, he made an appointment to come over in the evening.
"Are you also going to Kazuye's house for a study meeting tonight?" Matsu Qianqiu asked.
"Yeah."
"Starfish will also go?"
"Yeah."
"Hmm..." Matsu Qianqiu thought about it, "Why not hold a study meeting at our house?"
"Do you want Yiye to go back alone?"
"I really don't feel reassured..."
Song Qianqiu didn't say anything more, and instead asked when the two of them would be back.
"About eleven o'clock."
Naruse looked at Naoko, "But you can come back early today. We have an exam tomorrow, so it's better to rest early."
She also nodded.
"Mom is waiting for you to come back at home."
"What are you waiting for? Just rest by yourself."
"It's so late, I will definitely be hungry." Song Qianqiu said.
"Ah, we are going to cook udon noodles at Kazuha's house today." Naoko followed her words, "We agreed yesterday."
Matsu Qianqiu was a little surprised, then looked at Naruse, "It seems that you two are getting along very well now."
"It's okay." He understood who the "you" in her mouth really meant and didn't say more.
It was getting late, and it was rare for Matsu Chiaki to come back. Monk Naruse was going to the supermarket to buy more ingredients for dinner.
And she proposed to go with them.
Passing by the Maki Hotel, Matsu Qianqiu went in and said hello to her ex-husband.
When she came out, she said: "The starfish hasn't come back yet."
"Not so early."
When she came to the supermarket, Matsu Qianqiu said she wanted to pick out the ingredients for dinner with her two children. In fact, she spent the whole process at the checkout counter enjoying the screams and constant questions of the clerk.
"Let's have sukiyaki pot tonight." Naruse discussed with Naoko, "Just buy more meat and it will be easier to pack up."
"Hmm."
After purchasing the ingredients, the two of them returned home and started preparing.
Matsu Qianqiu spent most of the time watching not far away, his eyes sometimes staying on his son, sometimes looking at Shangzi.
After being away for a few months, the two of them have naturally become closer, but it seems that there is still something missing...
After staring for a while, Matsu Qianqiu corrected his judgment.
No, the emotion she thought she was lacking was actually so abundant that it was almost overflowing.
It’s just that both of them are restraining themselves.
He restrains himself and hides all his emotions in his body. Only when he stares occasionally will they flow out inadvertently.
"..."
Song Qianqiu sighed silently.
Of course she understood her son's problem, but she was even more surprised by Shangzi's patience.
What should I do? Should I do something?
She has no idea either.
Is this a problem that time can solve...
Until the two of them brought dinner to the table, Song Qianqiu was still thinking deeply.
Seeing that she was leaning on the sofa without moving, Naruse thought she was asleep, "It's time to eat."
"Here we come."
Song Qianqiu took a deep breath, stood up and came to the restaurant, and was soon attracted by the aroma wafting from the sukiyaki pot.
"It smells so good."
Shangzi smiled on the side.
"Thank you for your hard work."
Song Qianqiu suddenly hugged her and gently stroked her back, "Thank you for your hard work, in every way."
"..."
Shangzi was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and saw that Song Qianqiu had already let go.
"Let's eat - Chunhai, crack me an egg."
"The eggs are right at your hand, aren't they?"
"Mom's hands are too precious to do such things."
"How can it be so exaggerated..."
Naruse cracked three eggs in succession, handed them to Matsu Qianqiu, Naoko and himself, and then sat down at the table.
The soup is gushing from the cooking pot, and the aroma is thick.
"I'm starting."
......
After dinner, Hikaru Takigawa came to the door on time.
"Yue also knows the news that aunt is back, I'm very happy."
"Why didn't she come over? Isn't she at home?"
"Yue is still in class at the study school, and the third grade will not take tomorrow's exam."
"It's very hard now."
"Yes."
After packing up and going out, Naruse said again that there was no need to wait for them. Matsu Qianqiu just smiled and did not comment.
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When she came to Haixing's house, she had been wearing black-rimmed glasses for a day, and she was too lazy to change her contact lenses.
"Ichiye must be at home."
"Well, let's go directly."
Arriving at Morimi's house, several people came in and were changing their shoes. Morimi asked casually:
"Is there something wrong if you didn't come this afternoon?"
Naruse was stunned and turned to look at Takigawa Hikari, "Didn't Hikaru tell you?"
"Hikaru just said that you should go back early." Morimi said.
"Huh? I didn't ask a single question."
"..."
The three of them looked at each other.
"My mother is back." Naruse said.
Shangzi looked at Haixing next to her. As soon as his words came out of her mouth, she was stunned.
"This time?" Morimi was also surprised, "Why, has the filming in Tokyo ended?"
"No, let's talk after we go in." Coming all the way through the snow, Naruse was so cold that he just wanted to get into the kotatsu immediately.
After everyone sat down around the kotatsu, Naruse explained the reason for Chiaki Matsu's return.
"Has the director collapsed? It feels like it will become news."
"It's possible, it can be regarded as a warm-up for the new drama."
"Is it intentional to say this?"
"How is it possible..."
Several people chatted for a while before starting today's study meeting.
"After the test tomorrow, do you want to correct the answers?" Morimi suddenly asked, looking at Naruse.
He didn't even raise his head, "Don't go too far, top student."
She just hummed lightly and said nothing more.
After a few days of cramming, on the last night before the exam, Haixing and Takikawa Hikaru had both passed the stage of trying to pass all subjects and continued to participate in study sessions. The former was using continuous study to eliminate the anxiety before the exam, while the latter was
It's more like coming here to join in the fun.
"This time I might be able to get the best grades since I entered high school." Hikaru Takigawa said, "What should I do if the teachers have undue expectations for me?"
"Then continue to work hard and respond to their expectations." Morimi said.
"But I'm really not good at studying, whether it's in terms of interest, talent, or hard work... Participating in a study session before the exam is already the limit."
She muttered, and Naruse took the exercise book and found a question for her to do. She quickly frowned and stopped talking.
After a while, he finally solved the problem in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief.
Morimi glanced at him.
"You've been doing math, too."
"Just killing time." After checking once more, Naruse climbed out of the kotatsu and went to the bathroom.
When we came out again, the starfish happened to come over.
The two were speechless, and they were about to pass each other, when she suddenly grabbed him.
"..."
Naruse hesitated for a moment, did not break away, and just looked at her.
Haixing pursed her lips and said, "I have something to ask you."
Naruse glanced towards the living room.
"Yeah."
"How long will your mother... stay in Jinqian this time?"