The rain outside the window has been falling for more than an hour, and the momentum has slowed down slightly, but it still hasn’t stopped.
Sitting on the second floor of the cafe, Starfish couldn't leave without an umbrella, so he ordered another cup of coffee.
She didn't feel bored either. She even started counting when she saw the girls lining up here to "date" with her ex-stepbrother.
This is the fourth one...
No, this was only the fourth one she saw. Who knows how many girls he met here before she came here.
And her thoughts have changed from being surprised and confused at the beginning, to now she just wants to know what he is doing.
Can you choose a girlfriend from these people?
Judging from the fact that the girls came over in a queue without crashing into each other, it seems possible.
The second cup of coffee was also gone. Haixing looked at the rain outside the window and considered whether to order another cup and a piece of cake by the way.
"——Then I will go back first."
After chatting for more than ten minutes, the fourth girl was about to leave.
Starfish lowered his head and listened to the movement over there.
"It's raining so heavily, Hua Ze, please be careful on the road."
"Yeah. Thank you, Naruse-san. I feel very happy chatting with you."
"Haha, me too."
Then there was a sound of footsteps getting closer and closer.
When she went downstairs, Haixing raised his eyes and found that Naruse had indeed taken out his notebook again and recorded something on it.
Haixing guessed that it was a multi-faceted evaluation of girls, such as appearance, personality, and figure. Among the boys in Class E, it is said that there is a mysterious handbook that covers all girls in the entire grade.
After the fourth girl left, nearly ten minutes passed, and the fifth girl still did not appear.
Is that all?
But it’s really getting late, not to mention it’s raining outside.
It seems that the rain will not stop for a while, what should she do...
Looking away from the window, Starfish suddenly trembled, like a frightened rabbit.
——Naruse turned around at some point and was looking at her.
"..."
Seeing her reaction, he smiled briefly, with a look of helplessness on his face.
"It's been an hour, why are you still here?"
"..."
It turns out that he had discovered her a long time ago.
Starfish couldn't care less about his surprise, he only felt that both sides of his cheeks instantly became hot, and then he became a little angry.
"I want you to take care of it."
She wanted to leave from here now, but the heavy rain stopped her and she had nowhere to go.
"Did you not pass the make-up exam yet?" Naruse suddenly asked.
"..."
Starfish gritted his teeth, even if he had nowhere to go, he couldn't stay here anymore!
She stood up quickly, picked up her schoolbag, and turned around to go downstairs.
Only halfway down, she saw that there were people sitting downstairs, and it seemed that they were all blocked by the heavy rain.
She hurriedly went downstairs, and the movement was not small. Suddenly, more than a dozen eyes converged on the stairs, staring silently.
"..."
It was raining outside and it was impossible to walk. Starfish couldn't continue to stay on the first floor while being watched like this, so he turned around and went up again.
Naruse, who had turned around, looked back and said nothing.
The starfish returned to its original position and began to sit still.
Except for the clerk who was quickly sent away, no more people came up.
There was no communication between the two remaining people, and the second floor was so quiet that only the sound of rain could be heard.
Just like that, another ten minutes passed.
Closing the pen cap, Naruse stared at the notes. After thinking for a moment, he closed the notebook as well.
Today's harvest is not small, he is ready to go back.
Just looking at the time, he found that there were still forty minutes until the next bus bound for Qingliu arrived.
Turning around and seeing Haixing, Naruse was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that she had just left and returned.
"You haven't passed the make-up exam yet?"
Starfish was startled and furious.
The sarcasm that this person just made once was not enough, it will never end!
"It will be troublesome if you don't pass. Have you brought the test paper? Let me take a look." Naruse said again.
"Ah?"
Starfish was stunned.
"Anyway, there's still some time."
Naruse looked out the window, hoping that this casual time would not be extended by the heavy rain.
Haixing looked at him and was silent for a while. After he spoke again, he walked over with his school bag and took out all four supplementary exam papers.
Looking over, Naruse raised his eyebrows.
"What are you doing?" Haixing stared at him with a bad tone.
He smiled, didn't say much, and asked: "What are the standards for passing the Tianjin College Entrance Examination?"
"You don't even know this?... If you score an average of more than half, you will pass."
"What are the specific scores for these subjects?" he asked again.
After being tortured for so many days, Haixing remembered clearly and told them one by one.
Naruse didn't say anything. He scanned the four test papers in his hand and took out the history of Japan.
"If you remember that Oda Nobunaga is the 'Demon King of the Sixth Heaven', it shouldn't be difficult to remember that the political policy he pursues is 'arming the world'."
Haixing looked down at the table, "There are so many names, who can remember them clearly?"
"If you can't remember anything, then Haixing will never pass the Japanese history."
She curled her lips, feeling that he had said completely useless nonsense.
"You feel that there are too many names and events to remember, simply because you only have a vague concept of Japanese history as a whole."
Naruse looked at her, "Does Haixing think that the names Oda Nobunaga, Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Shingen, and Tokugawa Ieyasu were thrown around, and suddenly the Warring States Period ended, and then suddenly came the Meiji Restoration."<
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Starfish raised her eyes, looked at him, and then quickly looked away.
"Isn't that so?"
"Of course not."
Naruse smiled, dipped his finger into the unfinished coffee, and drew a curved line on the coffee table.
"History is a long river from far to near. Every time it turns, there must be a reason."
He drew a few more points on the line.
"This is the Meiji Restoration, this is the Edo period, the Warring States period, the Northern and Southern Dynasties era... If the purpose is only to pass the exam, then just remember where the river turned, who it was, and what things made it
Just turn and that’s it.”
Haixing was stunned for a while and looked at him again.
"Have you brought your Japanese history book?"
She pulled out a history of Japan from her schoolbag and handed it to him, but he pushed it back.
"What are you doing for me? The book is here. First try to draw a 'river' yourself."
She looked at the winding river of coffee in front of him and nodded slowly.
Watching her take out her notebook and flipping through the history of Japan blankly, Naruse looked at the time and realized that he could still have another cup of coffee.
"Would you like another cup of coffee?"
Haixing was startled, then shook his head.
Regardless of the fact that she has already drank two large cups of coffee, the current atmosphere seems a bit strange...
Naruse didn't say much, got up and went downstairs.
Haixing continued to flip through the history of Japan, and his eyes suddenly fell on the notes opposite.
"..."
That notebook may contain his evaluation of the girl he "dates" today.
She hesitated.
If you just take a quick look, you won't be discovered...
If it was something else that had nothing to do with it, she would put it back immediately.
Haixing turned around and looked. There was no movement on the stairs, so he quickly picked up his notebook and flipped through it.
【Suzuki Kazumi:
Friendly.
Naoko's friend.
The original intention of joining the handicraft club is to socialize.]
……
【Yamamoto Haruka:
Neutral.(Doubtful)
Passionate about paper art and not interested in interpersonal relationships within the club.]
【Ritsuko Sugiyama:
Neutral.(Doubtful)
Director of the Handicraft Club.
Know Shangzi’s situation. (Doubtful)
He once reminded the ship that Takahashi and others should restrain themselves. (Doubtful)
There are plans to let Naoko take over.(Doubtful)
Pay attention to the community.】
……
【Qianjia on board:
Disgusted.
There are many targets for Shangzi, but the reason is unknown. (Appearance? Evaluation?)
Learn about Shangzi’s life experience.
I don’t want Shangzi to take over the handicraft club.]
【Tomoyo Takahashi:
Disgusted.
Often targeting Shangzi. (Jealous?)
Witnessed secretly cutting up the puppet that Naoko left in the club room. (Private, cannot be disclosed.)]
……
"..."
The more Haixing looked at it, the more surprised he became. Is this a survey specifically conducted on the friendliness of the members of the handicraft club towards Shangzi?
It turns out that a good person like Shangzi is in such a bad situation in the club.
She was so distracted by shock that she even forgot about her current situation until she suddenly noticed something was wrong around her.
Starfish turned his head and slowly raised his gaze.