Naruse was a little surprised when he heard Haixing asking Matsu Qianqiu about the time he stayed in Tsumae.
He didn't hide it, "Two or three days."
Only two or three days...
Time is too tight.
And the next few days are full of exams, how can she find the opportunity when he is not at home?
After coming back to his senses, Haixing found that he was still holding his arm and quickly let go.
"...I know."
She walked to the bathroom, and Naruse couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with Haixing?"
She stopped at the bathroom door and hesitated, "There is something wrong."
"What's the matter?" Naruse asked.
As far as he knew, the two had not seen each other since Matsu Chiaki left Tsumae for Tokyo a few years ago.
And there should be no connection between them.
——If there is anything, it can only be from the past.
"I have something to say to her..." Haixing avoided his gaze, "Alone."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly approached.
"..."
Behind him was the bathroom door. Starfish had no way to retreat and looked at him with wide eyes.
Seeing her frightened look, Naruse took a deep breath and asked, "What do you want to say to my mother?"
Haixing lowered his head, "It has nothing to do with you..."
"It has nothing to do with me? Then what else do you have to talk to her about?" Naruse frowned even more tightly, "You want to tell her about the past?"
"..."
Haixing opened his mouth but did not deny it.
Then, she heard his heavy sigh.
"What does Starfish want?"
"What about..."
"Even if you tell my mother...tsk."
Naruse doesn't want Matsu Chiaki to know about his and Haixing's past at all.
He directly rejected her plan, "You are not allowed to go."
Starfish suddenly opened his eyes wide.
"My mother won't want to see you either." Naruse said, "She will continue filming after returning to Tokyo. Don't affect her mood."
"..."
Haixing also knew how many hurtful words he had said before, but when he heard him say that Song Qianqiu didn't want to see her, his eyes quickly turned red.
Seeing her look like she was going to cry soon, Naruse's head got bigger.
"What do you want?"
When they came back from Kyoto, wasn't the matter between them already over?
She also showed a willingness to accept it at that time.
Starfish raised his head, but couldn't hold it back after all. A tear slid down his cheek and hung on his chin. Read books
"I just want to apologize to her..."
Naruse was silent for a few seconds.
"...What?"
"I apologize to her for what I said before...I now understand that it was all my fault..."
She choked up and shed more and more tears.
Naruse was a little confused.
Apologize...
He never thought that one day he would hear the words of apology to Matsu Qianqiu from her mouth.
——Obviously he has treated her like that before, but she still refuses to admit her mistake.
"Are you lying to me?"
"..."
Starfish opened her mouth and cried directly.
"What on earth are you talking about? Wuwuwu——"
"Hello..."
Naruse glanced in the direction of the living room again, and had no other choice but to cover her mouth first.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
She still cried hard.
Tears kept flowing down, soaking his palms and filling the gaps between his fingers, just like when he beat her and cried before, but he didn't want Matsu Chiaki and Maki Seiichiro to find out.
After she cried until she had no energy left, Naruse let go of his hand slightly.
"Stop crying, I'll let you go."
"..."
Haixing looked at him, Naruse let go of his palm, and she wiped it on her face.
"...Really?" Her voice became hoarse from crying.
"If everything Haixing says is true."
"Of course it's true..."
Naruse looked down at her, "Then you can go back with me later, and I will take you home later."
Starfish was silent for a moment.
"Can I go in alone?"
Naruse sneered, "You think beautifully, who knows what you will say."
She pursed her lips again and was silent for a while before speaking again.
"Tomorrow..."
"What?"
Haixing wiped the bottom of his eyes and sniffed again, "I'll go there tomorrow."
"Whatever you want. But when you are free, I will also be free."
She said nothing.
The two remained silently stalemate for a while, and the feeling from underneath reminded Haixing why he came out.
"I'm going...in."
"Yeah."
She turned around and opened the bathroom door. As soon as she entered, Naruse followed her in.
"..."
Starfish took a deep breath.
He just glanced at her and walked straight to the sink.
"Your saliva is all over my hands."
"..."
Returning to the living room, the three people staying here all looked over.
"Harumi has been gone for a long time." Hikaru Takigawa said.
Naruse sat down next to Naoko, "I thought about life for a while on the toilet."
Morimi looked at him and asked, "Haixing been waiting outside?"
"Well... almost."
As far as the results are concerned, Haixing did wait outside the bathroom for a long time.
"Isn't it cold?" Shangzi squeezed closer to him.
"Not bad."
Naruse glanced at the draft in front of her, and she was still calculating the question he was working on before leaving.
"Are you stuck?"
"Ah... not at all." Shangzi smiled, "We were chatting just now."
Hikaru Takigawa, who was sitting across from him, even took out his mobile phone and played with it. "On the last day before the exam, I couldn't concentrate."
Morimi was more focused than the two of them. He was still doing the questions, but he was also more relaxed than the previous two days.
"Just don't be distracted during the exam tomorrow."
"I know."
Naruse didn't say anything. In fact, the study meeting was mainly for Takigawa Hikari and Haisei. They had no problems and he couldn't concentrate.
"Is Naruse's usual 'hard work' equivalent to his current state?" Morimi asked.
"Absolutely." Naruse nodded, tapping his fingertips on the table, "Most of the problems were solved in class, and there isn't much that needs to be worked on."
"This sounds really irritating."
He smiled.
"Don't compare, just learn this kind of thing and do things within your own scope."
"Ah, this tone again makes people even more angry."
After a while, the starfish finally returned here.
Naruse glanced at her. He didn't cry for too long just now, so he didn't leave any obvious traces.
Takigawa Hikaru, who was sitting next to him, didn't even notice it.
"Starfish's legs are so cold, let me warm them up for you."
"Well...thank you."
Haixing's return to the kotatsu did not make the atmosphere of the study meeting tense again. What should be relaxed is still relaxing.
"Should we gather together tomorrow night?" Takigawa Hikaru suddenly asked.
Morimi took a slow breath and said nothing.
Haixing glanced at Naruse, also silent.
"It's not necessary." Shangzi said.
Naruse looked at Takigawa Hikari and Haisei, "Unless tomorrow's exam is so difficult that it makes you feel dangerous, there is really no need."
Takigawa Hikaru smiled, "Although it's a bit regretful, I still hope that the exam will be simpler."
Morimi also smiled reluctantly.
The topic continues to spread, and no one cares about learning anymore.
"Tonight's snack is udon?"
"Well. You're not already hungry, right? It's not yet nine o'clock."
"No. If it's just udon, I can cook it too. Let me do it later."
Naruse had no objection, but Naoko said: "I'd better come."
Takigawa Hikari lay down, stretched out his hands across the table, and grabbed Naoko's hand.
"It will be successful this time."
Shangzi smiled: "In the home economics class last semester, Guang said the same thing. In the end, only our group didn't get a meal."
"This... it should be successful this time."
"I'm just cooking udon noodles, and you actually said 'it should be successful'... I wouldn't dare to eat it even if you cooked it," Naruse said.
"That's too much!"
Takigawa Hikaru still didn't give up, "How about we draw lots to decide."
"Stop playing."
"Please, this is the most important request of my life!"
Naruse raised his eyebrows.
"Okay, then let everyone draw lots."
"Well, that's okay..."
Hikaru Takigawa tore up five small pieces of paper, drew four x's and an o's, then rolled them into a small ball and mixed them together.
"Smoke it."
The four of them looked at each other and each picked up a small paper ball.
She opened the remaining one herself and then lay back.
"..."
Naruse looked at the 〇 on the note in his hand, expressionless.
"I'd better cook it," Shangzi said.
He shook his head and sighed, "I'll do it myself, just make some noodles."
Takigawa Hikaru kicked him lightly under the kotatsu and said, "Just making noodles."
"Tomorrow is just a test."
She stopped talking.
After sitting and chatting, it was almost ten o'clock when Naruse got up and cooked udon noodles.
As soon as the fire was lit, Morimi also came to the kitchen.