At a certain moment, Naruse suddenly woke up on the sofa.
"ah……"
As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the starfish in front of him standing up straight and taking two steps back.
Ms. Sato, who was sitting nearby watching TV, chuckled.
"Auntie asked me to wake you up..."
Starfish straightened his body and put his hands behind his back.
"..."
Naruse sat up and looked out the bright window. He couldn't remember when he fell asleep again.
"It's already ten o'clock. Master, you can really sleep." Miss Sato said.
He scratched his hair and yawned again.
"Haven't you had enough sleep?"
"No, I've slept enough. Where is Naoko?"
Haixing pursed her lower lip, and Miss Sato looked at her, "I'm preparing a picnic lunch in the kitchen with Miss Matsu."
"Yeah."
He originally thought that he and Shangzi would prepare together.
"Young master must be hungry after sleeping for so long. Let's go wash up first."
"Um."
Naruse got up and went to the kitchen to take a look, then went to wash up.
"What a pity, 'Sleeping Beauty' woke up on its own before I could kiss her awake."
"..."
Starfish blushed a little.
"I never had this plan."
Miss Sato just smiled.
After washing up, Naruse went to the kitchen to eat some prepared food to fill his stomach, and then helped prepare a lunch box.
"By the way, picnic mats and the like..."
Shangzi smiled: "I've bought everything."
"I also ordered some takeout, which will be delivered shortly," Matsu Qianqiu said.
"What did you order?"
"Pizza, egg tarts and the like. Oh, and fruit for dessert."
"Can you eat so much?"
"There are five of us."
After waiting for the takeout to be delivered and preparing for a while, Naruse Monkko packed up the prepared lunch box, while Matsu Chiaki went back to the room to "dress up".
Miss Sato also went in to help.
"You can't wear a mask all the time. After all, you still have to eat, so you should put more effort into your sunglasses and hairstyle."
"Then cut a hole in the mask so that only the mouth is exposed?"
Song Qianqiu imagined it for a moment and immediately shook his head.
"No, like a pervert... The weather is so nice today, there should be a lot of people in the park, so let's forget about dressing up like this."
"There won't be that many. Today is not a day off. Ordinary people have to go to work."
"That's best..."
When Song Qianqiu finished dressing up again and walked out of the room wearing sunglasses, the three children all shook their heads and said they didn't recognize him.
"OK~ That's it, let's go!"
Monk Naruse was carrying a packed lunch, Haixing was carrying fruits cut into pieces, and they went downstairs and left the apartment, walking towards the park opposite.
Arriving at Yoyogi Park, Chiaki Matsu glanced around a few times and pulled his sunglasses down slightly.
"The cherry blossoms are still in bloom, they are so beautiful."
Naruse is concerned about another point, "There aren't many people today."
"Find a place to sit down."
After walking inside for a while, a few people stopped on a piece of grass with no one around.
"Let's have a picnic under the cherry blossom trees."
Naruse took out the picnic mat and spread it out, Naoko placed the food, and several people sat down on the picnic mat.
"The weather is really nice."
Seeing no one around, Song Qianqiu simply took off his sunglasses.
"The cherry blossoms are so beautiful. Harumi, take some photos for me~"
"We'll talk about it later."
Naruse and Naoko placed the lunch boxes together, without classifying them deliberately. They were placed among the picnic mats for easy access.
After sitting for a while, Song Qianqiu stood up again and wandered around casually, "The people over there still have tents and canopies."
"We are in a hurry, otherwise we can prepare this." Miss Sato said.
"Yangzi must have been sleeping this morning."
"So it takes time..."
Matsu Qianqiu put on his sunglasses again, and the two adults walked around the park by themselves, admiring the cherry blossoms and observing other picnickers in the park.
"At first glance, they are basically young people. Are a few of them college students?"
"Everyone has to go to work today."
"We didn't go to work."
"I'm at work, boss."
Seeing Haixing looking at them, Naruse asked: "Do you want to take a walk with them?"
She shook her head, picked up a piece of sushi roll and ate it.
Shangzi opened the thermos cup and poured her a cup of hot tea.
"Thank you~"
"After you finish drinking, put the cup here. It will stick to the lunch box and won't tip over."
"good."
After pouring a cup of hot tea for himself and Naruse, Naoko picked up a small piece of apple and put it into his mouth.
It was already noon, the sun was high above the head, and there was green shade, so it was not shining on anyone.
The spring breeze is warm and the scenery is bright.
Shangzi lay down on the picnic mat, looking through the layers of branches, leaves and flowers above his head, towards the blue sky.
"So comfortable."
A few petals fell down and landed on the high ground on her chest.
"It feels really good to have a picnic in the park."
"Um."
Naruse looked at the petals, then looked up at where they came from.
"At this time, the cherry blossoms in Tsumae Castle have not yet bloomed. After I go back, I can still experience the feeling of spring coming again."
Naoko turned to look at him, "Are you going to have a picnic in Jinqian Park then?"
"It's too far... From Qingliu to Tsumae Castle, you can't walk downstairs."
"Not far."
"Let's talk about it then."
"It's April now."
"All right."
Naoko smiled, sat up, and picked up a sushi roll for him.
Naruse took it, stuffed the whole piece into his mouth, and looked at the starfish looking at him.
"Uh huh?"
"What are you talking about..." Haixing pouted.
"I said why don't you eat."
"I'm eating." She picked up a washed small tomato and stuffed it into her mouth, frowning.
A little sour...
Song Qianqiu and his assistant wandered around slowly, then returned to the neighborhood and sat down on a bench by the roadside. They didn't know what they were talking about.
"We're talking about work," Naruse said.
Work? It seems like they are talking about their affairs.
Seeing the two people on the bench looking this way from time to time, Shangzi thought for a moment, picked up an empty lunch box, picked some food that was easy to eat and wouldn't dirty his hands, stood up and took it.
Seeing her sitting there, Naruse looked at it for a while, picked up a piece of fruit and stuffed it into his mouth, and frowned again.
"Well……"
very sour.
Pfft...
He looked at Starfish, and she quickly restrained herself. After a few seconds, she said again: "The tomatoes are a little sour..."
"Tell me earlier."
"I don't know... I thought the one I ate was more sour."
Naruse picked up the sandwich and took a bite. Haixing looked at him and continued eating. Both of them looked at the three people on the bench.
"Starfish." He suddenly said.
"Huh?" She took a bite of the sushi roll and responded casually.
"Do you want to be a makeup artist?"
"Cough! Cough, cough, cough..."
Starfish coughed violently for a while.
He poured her a cup of hot tea.
"..."
Taking the cup, Haixing blew it twice and took a small sip. The discomfort in his throat was relieved a lot.
"Thanks……"
Seeing that he was still looking at her, she was silent for a while and then said:
"I just had an idea...how did you know?"
"Just a wild guess."
How can you guess so accurately by making a blind guess...
Seeing that she didn't seem to believe it, Naruse added, "Didn't you chat with the makeup artist named Sakai for a long time yesterday?"
"you saw it?"
"When we came back, didn't Miss Sato say in the car that you were drunk last night?"
"Oh oh..."
Naruse looked at her for a while, "Is that why you plan to drop out of school?"
"Who said I was going to drop out of school?"
Naruse looked at her and said nothing.
Starfish's eyes averted and he was silent for a few seconds.
"...I don't know what are the requirements to become a professional makeup artist. The sister just told me that I need to take many certifications, but I didn't understand what they were specifically."
"If it is a mandatory professional requirement, you can check it online," Naruse said.
Starfish nodded.
"Then, the courses at Tsugao were all general subjects, so I thought... I just thought about it a little bit."
Naruse took a deep breath.
"So, Hae Sing only has plans to become a makeup artist, but she doesn't know how to become a professional makeup artist."
She lowered her head, "I haven't decided yet whether I want to be a makeup artist..."
"Isn't it nice?"
Starfish was startled.
"Eh?"
Naruse looked at her with complicated eyes:
"Since you are already interested in makeup and have a good foundation, why not just work hard in this direction... It would be great if you can find a direction."
Naoko was sitting next to two adults on the bench, eating and listening to them talk about trivial matters. Suddenly, she saw a starfish pounce on Naruse.
"..."
Miss Sato stuffed a piece of apple into her mouth. It clicked, crispy and sweet.
"Wow."
There won’t be any college entrance examination students among the readers, right?