Thursday, the morning of the first day of final exams.
Waking up from Matsu Qianqiu's arms, Shangzi was in a daze for a while.
Last night, at Matsu Qianqiu's request, she stayed here for the night.
This is not the first time she has slept in this room. She also stayed here during a previous night when a typhoon was raging.
And this is not the first time she has slept with Harumi's mother.
Before she had the ability to take care of herself now, and when her adoptive parents were busy working at the research institute, she often lived at the Naruse house, and naturally slept with Matsu Chiaki.
Many years have passed in a flash...
Lying in the warm bed, smelling the familiar smell, Shangzi felt nostalgic.
Until she suddenly realized the problem of time.
There was no alarm clock in Matsu Qianqiu's room. Shangzi touched the bedside, picked up the phone and took a look, and his breath froze.
"..."
Carefully getting out of bed, Shangzi took the time to change into clothes.
As soon as she walked out of the room, she heard the movement in the kitchen.
"Are you awake?"
Naruse looked back at her and said, "Take your time, breakfast is almost ready."
Shangzi walked over, looked at the bacon sizzling in the frying pan, and then looked at him, "Sorry, I overslept..."
"It's still early."
Naruse turned his head and looked at her slightly messy hair, "Did you sleep well last night?"
Shangzi nodded and smiled.
"Go and wash up first."
"Okay."
When the two started to have breakfast, Song Qianqiu got up.
She was wearing pajamas and lying on Shangzi from behind, "The breakfast is so rich, Shangzi is so awesome."
Naoko smiled and said, "Breakfast was prepared by Chunhai."
"Chunhai is also very powerful." Song Qianqiu smiled at his son, "Give me a piece of bacon, ah——"
Shangzi picked up the bacon and fed it to her. Song Qianqiu opened his mouth to bite it, turned around and went back to the room. Read a book
"I'm going to sleep a little longer. You don't have to say hello to me when you go out."
"Got it."
After breakfast, Naruse and Naoko went out on time, met their companions at the platform, and squeezed the bus to school together.
Arriving at the door of Class E's classroom, Naruse looked at the two people entering and said, "Come on for the exam."
Haixing looked at him, not sure if he meant this sentence to himself, but Sen smiled.
"Aren't you afraid that I will take away your first place in grade?"
"Probably not this time."
She snorted.
Naruse looked at Haixing again, "Be serious and careful."
"...I know."
Naoko and Takigawa Hikaru also said cheers to them, and then followed Naruse to Class C.
The students on duty arrived early and had already written today’s exam information on the blackboard.
There are two exams in the morning, the first is biology and the second is English, starting at nine o'clock.
"I hope it won't be too difficult..." Hikaru Takigawa prayed.
After a somewhat long wait, the invigilator finally arrived.
Jingle bell bell——
The bell rings and the exam officially begins.
Naruse picked up the test paper and scanned it from beginning to end.
In the classroom next door and next door, Morimi also made the same move and came to the same conclusion as him.
"It's not too difficult..."
The test paper is not too difficult, but more dangerous. It is easy to pass the exam with high scores, and a small oversight will cause her final ranking to drop a lot.
"Concentrate."
Holding the academic guard hanging tightly against her underwear, she took a deep breath and began to answer.
......
Different from usual times, the final exam schedule of Tianjin High School is relatively tight, with four exams in one day.
As of 2:30 in the afternoon, the exam is still in progress.
After writing the answer to the last summary question, Naruse breathed a sigh of relief and stretched out on the desk.
After a moment of relaxation, he turned the test paper back to the first page and started checking it from the beginning.
The low difficulty means that there are many people who can score high in the exam. A small mistake may be reflected in the ranking as fourth or fifth.
And since he has already occupied his current position, he will not let it go again.
I checked it completely without any distractions, and waited for a while before the end-of-exam bell finally rang.
Pass the test paper, and today's exam ends here.
Hikari Takigawa cheered, Naruse turned around, and she made a shooting motion towards him.
"Today's exam can even be said to be easy for me."
"It's not too difficult."
"Now I can live a good year with peace of mind."
Naruse laughed, "Has Hikaru ever failed?"
"It was quite dangerous a few times."
Having said that, no matter how dangerous the situation was, she successfully passed it and has never taken a make-up exam so far.
After a while, Zhongyuan Xue came over to hold a night class meeting, said a few harmless words, and announced that school was over.
The ban on club activities is still in effect. A relaxed Takigawa Hikaru is calling friends, while Naruse and Naoko are preparing to go home directly.
After all, there is one very important thing to do after returning.
Morimi and Haixing left the school with them.
On the way, Morimi asked Naruse how he felt after the first day of exams, "How was it?"
He thought for a moment, "The competition for the top ten in grade should be fierce."
She felt the same and added: "He is also the first in grade."
Naruse smiled.
"Don't be squeezed out of the top ten."
"I will return this sentence to you."
Shangzi and Haixing are not yet able to get involved in their fields, so they are just glad that the exam is easy.
"Will Haixing go home with us directly later?" Shangzi asked.
"..."
The two of them were a few steps behind. Haixing looked at her and then at Naruse in front of him, "Did he tell you?"
"Yeah."
She also nodded in response to her previous question.
Shangzi didn't say much, just asked her to relax.
Haixing hesitated for a moment, "Shangzi, when we get to his house, can you..."
"I understand."
Naoko smiled at her, "I will always stay in Harumi's room."
"Thank you."
After Haixing thanked him, his eyes fell on Naruse again and whispered:
"I originally wanted to go find her when you were away... and I didn't have to go through the trouble like now."
"But Harumi can't rest assured."
"Well...this is all my fault."
There are large overlaps in their pasts, and when it comes to Song Qianqiu, Haixing knows that he is very defensive about him.
Therefore, it was also difficult for her to let go of his sudden change of attitude.
"Shangzi, there is one more thing..."
Haixing leaned close to her ear, "Don't let him eavesdrop."
Although she just wanted to apologize to Matsu Qianqiu, she still didn't want her apology to fall into the ears of a third person, especially when that third person was him.
"Harumi wouldn't do such a thing."
Naoko laughed, and then nodded to her and assured her, "I know, even if Harumi wants to eavesdrop, I will hold him back."
Haixing looked at her and couldn't help but said: "You have a really good relationship with him."
"Yes, Chunhai is everything to me."
"..."
The two looked at each other, Shangzi's expression remained unchanged, as if he just said something ordinary.
"So Chunhai's matter is also my matter. Of course, the same is true for Chunhai's sister's matter."
"...I am no longer his sister." Haixing looked away, "I don't want to be his sister either."
Shangzi held her arm and stared at her.
"No, in Chunhai's heart, Haixing is still the younger sister."
"..."
"No matter how long it takes, it will be like this." Shangzi emphasized, "It will not change."
Starfish couldn't avoid her sight, so he could only nod his head, but he didn't agree with it in his heart.
What kind of role is his sister? He obviously wants her to stay as far away as possible...
While they were talking, several people came to the bus stop.
After standing together, Shangzi said nothing more.
When the bus came, the four of them got on the bus and went home together. They separated from Morimi in front of the path leading to Naruse's house.
She knew Haixing's plan last night, and she simply said "Come on" at this time.
"Well...bye."
After saying goodbye, Haixing followed Naruse and Naoko, walking through the deep snow all the way to Naruse's house.
As she got closer, her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and her breathing became heavier unconsciously, especially when she arrived in front of his house.
Looking at the starfish that seemed to be creating artificial fog, Naruse took a step forward, stood in front of her, took out the key and prepared to open the door.
"Don't be too nervous, calm down, my mother is old, don't scare her."