After staying in Naruse's room for more than half an hour, Morimi said that he was going home.
"Is the bookstore open?" Naruse asked.
"It won't be until tomorrow."
"Then I won't send it to you."
She pouted.
Even if his bookstore is open, he will still refuse to send her back because the distance is too close.
But it's daytime now, and she doesn't need him to send her.
Before opening the door and going downstairs, Naruse suddenly said: "What I just said..."
"——I know, don't tell the third person, right?"
He nodded, "Including starfish."
"Of course. How could I mention this to her at this time."
"Not in the future either."
"I know." Morimi smiled, "I have a very strict mouth."
Naruse nodded, "Well, I believe you the most."
She snorted, so that she would not take his sweet words with such a strong purpose seriously.
The two went downstairs and saw Matsu Qianqiu sitting on the sofa. Morimi said goodbye to her.
"Are we going back now?"
"Yes."
"Chunhai, please send Yiye home."
She glanced at him and declined proactively, "No need."
"Okay. Be careful on the road."
"Okay."
Even though he said he would not send him off, Naruse still sent Morimi to the intersection.
"That's it."
"Yeah."
When he returned home, Song Qianqiu waved to him to sit over.
Naruse went over and sat down, "Don't you want to rest?"
"It's time to rest - you've been staying at home all day, so you don't need to rest for so long." She said confidently.
He didn't bother to refute, so he leaned back and watched TV.
"I just discovered today that the relationship between Harumi and Kazuyo is so good."
"It's just an ordinary childhood sweetheart relationship."
"Is that so?"
"That's it."
Song Qianqiu leaned against her son, holding a pillow in her arms.
"I feel like Harumi's attitude towards Kazuha is different from Naoko, Haisei and Hikaru."
Naruse also grabbed a pillow, lowered his head and smelled it, and it smelled of Naoko.
"Because we can usually talk more easily."
"That's right, that child's hobbies are similar to Harumi... Speaking of which, does Kazuyo like the Christmas gift I gave her before?"
"Not annoying."
"Hey~ you actually like it, don't you?"
"She also prefers reading paper books." Naruse said.
Song Qianqiu looked at him and said, "Sure enough, he looks very similar to Chunhai... Mom is very interested in Kazuyo's changes over the years."
Naruse leaned back and said, "Then you should talk to her more next time."
"Next time..."
Song Qianqiu suddenly sighed, "I don't know when I will get it."
He was stunned for a moment and soon understood.
"Going to Tokyo?"
"Tomorrow is the third, and the holiday is almost over."
Naruse pursed his lower lip.
"Then we will go back the day after tomorrow?"
"Well, the day after tomorrow in the morning." Song Qianqiu said, and added, "Tomorrow, I want to go home first."
Seeing him in a daze, she smiled and said, "Go back to mom's home."
"..."
That is, his grandfather's house that he has never been to.
"Why do you want to go back suddenly?" Naruse asked.
"Because it's still my home after all."
Song Qianqiu took a deep breath, "Although I have been kicked out of the house for more than ten years."
Although she rarely mentioned it, after so many years, Naruse more or less knew some of the past things.
Almost twenty years ago, his old-fashioned grandfather, whom he had never met before, did not like his daughter to be exposed in the outside world. When she proposed to give up her studies and join the entertainment industry, he said that if she did so, he would kick her out of the house. Then, Song Qianqiu made a grand debut with a much-anticipated appearance.
Even though she used the stage name of Emi Asahina, she could not dispel her father's anger, and was eventually kicked out of the Matsu family.
Even though she was kicked out of the house, she didn't care. She turned around and fell into the arms of the "wild man" Naruse Mamoru, making her father very angry.
Two years later, without her family knowing anything, she suddenly announced that she was getting married to that "wild man"... At this point, the two parties completely lost contact.
Afterwards, Naruse Mamoru died of illness, and Matsu Chiaki never thought about returning home. He helped his son grow up, and then chose to come back and return to the entertainment industry under his real name Matsu Chiaki... And now, Naruse doesn't even know that he is his own child.
Which city is mom’s hometown?
"It's within Aomori Prefecture...it's not too far away," Matsu Chiaki said.
Naruse thought for a while and asked: "Then have you reconnected with your family?"
"No."
"...So you are planning a surprise attack?"
"That's right."
Song Qianqiu smiled at him and said, "When I go back this time, I will check their attitude first. If there is no problem, I will take Chunhai back with me next time."
"What if there is a problem."
"Then just pretend that nothing happened. Anyway, we still have a younger brother at home, and there will always be someone to take care of them."
She showed an indifferent expression, then raised her arms and held her son in her arms, "I already have a family of my own."
Naruse leaned against her and was silent for a while, "I'll go with you tomorrow."
Song Qianqiu was a little surprised, then quickly smiled and shook his head.
"No, this is what I have to face myself...I don't really want Harumi to see the embarrassing side."
"Will you cry?"
"It's hard to say, it depends on the situation."
"'Play'..."
"It all depends on acting."
Naruse didn’t force it.
"Then when will you leave tomorrow and will you come back in the evening?"
"I made an appointment for a taxi. Let's go out around nine in the morning. I'll be back by the evening at the latest."
"Yeah."
In the afternoon, Naruse did not go out and stayed at home.
During this period, Shangzi came and sat for a while, but he didn't stay too long. He chatted with him and Matsu Qianqiu for a while before returning home.
According to her, the couple is about to leave and return to the research institute to continue working.
"The day after tomorrow?"
"Yeah."
A night without words.
The next morning, Matsu Chiaki took a few gifts from Tokyo and went out in the reserved taxi.
During the day, Naruse stayed at home alone, and Naoko would come over to call him during meal time.
Song Qianqiu didn't come back until it was almost dark.
"Have you met grandpa and grandma?"
"Saw it."
"How was it?"
Song Qianqiu sneered, "The old guy is in high spirits."
"..."
It seems that the reunion between father and daughter after nearly twenty years is not a happy one.
"You actually want me to retire now!"
No wonder she was so dissatisfied, Naruse didn’t know what to say.
But he could also see that she had gained something from going home this time.
"Take Chunhai there next year and let him see how good Shousheng and I are."
"Well..."
"Ah, I'm so hungry. Is dinner ready... No? Then let's go to Shangzi's house for dinner.
It just so happens that Tetsuya and Sawako are also going back to the institute. We will have a last meal together tonight, and then we will meet again in half a year or a year."