The next morning, after reminding her parents again not to forget to bring the lunch in the refrigerator to the car before leaving for the three-way interview, Naoko went out and went to school with Naruse waiting at the door.
"Shangzi's three-way interview will be in the morning."
"Well. Because my parents have something to do in the afternoon, they have to rush back to the institute after finishing."
"It's so busy."
Arriving at the bus stop, Haixing was reading a book for the first time. When Naruse got closer, he realized it was a vocabulary book.
"Is the starfish memorizing words?"
"Naoko...well, Kazuyo said that you need to consolidate it a few times before you can remember it better."
Shangzi smiled slightly and said, "Come on."
Haixing nodded, then looked at Naruse next to him, and saw that he was also looking at her. Just as he was about to look away, he said, "Have you written down those sentences from yesterday?"
"Eh...I remember."
He nodded and looked away first.
"Then you should have no problem taking the English make-up test today."
The corners of Haixing's mouth curved, and he lowered his eyes and looked at the vocabulary book in his hand.
"Oh."
Naoko looked at her a few more times and moved closer to Naruse.
After a while, Morimi appeared on the path by the river.
After a while, the bus came.
When I came to school, because there were three interviews in the past two days and most of the courses were self-study, the morning passed very quickly.
At about ten o'clock, Shangzi was called out.
"Ah, it's Shangzi's turn."
Naruse didn't look back, knowing that Takigawa was just talking to him, "Yeah."
"I haven't seen Shangzi's parents for a long time. Did they come back yesterday?"
"No, I came back the day before yesterday afternoon." Naruse looked back and saw what Hikaru Takigawa was drawing on his notebook.
Noticing his gaze, she didn't hide it. Instead, she raised her notebook to let him see clearly, "It's a bit boring."
There is a huge circle on the paper.
The lines on the edges of the circle are messy, the result of countless repetitions, and the middle is hollow.
Naruse looked at it twice and turned around, "get out of class is about to end."
As soon as he finished speaking, the bell rang.
"Stand up——"
"Salute——"
"get out of class is over——"
There was no teacher on the podium, and the chairman of Class C suddenly stood up and went through the process on his own.
"What is that guy doing?"
Several girls murmured, and several boys stood up and came to the chairman's seat, pulling him arm-in-arm and leaving the classroom.
It gradually became noisy outside.
Naruse stretched himself restrainedly and closed the book and notebook he had studied for a whole class on his own.
"Do you want to go to the bathroom together?" Hikaru Takigawa put his hand on his shoulder.
"バカ." Naruse smiled and turned around to realize that she was talking to another girl next to her.
"..."
Their eyes met, and the girl blushed, "Naruse-san, do you want to come too..."
Takigawa Hikaru also turned to look at him.
Naruse immediately shook his head.
"Then let's go together."
"Hmm!"
After coming out of the bathroom, the girl who came with her was still arranging her hair in front of the mirror, and Hikari Takigawa was waiting in the corridor.
My eyes looked around, and when I glanced at a certain place, I paused for a moment.
Over there is the classroom where three-way interviews are held. Yesterday afternoon, it was there that she talked with her parents and teachers about her future plans.
At this time, the person sitting inside is Shangzi.
"Sorry for keeping you waiting." The girl who was traveling with me finally came out.
"No." Hikari Takigawa smiled, "I'd be happy to wait a little longer."
She looked very happy, "Let's go back to the classroom."
"Okay."
When passing by that classroom, Takigawa Hikaru took another look.
Across the door, in the classroom, Shangzi was explaining his plan.
"...My goal for further education is Tsuzen University, and I am still waiting to see what the specific major will be."
Zhongyuan Xue nodded and said: "If you use your current grades and work harder, most majors at Tianjin University will be no problem for you."
Although it is a three-way interview, most of the time the teacher is doing the talking, the students are answering, and the parents are supplementing or asking questions.
Apart from asking about their daughter's interpersonal relationships at school, the couple didn't have too many questions.
The bell rang twice, and after a while, Nakahara Snow stood up and shook hands with the couple.
"Thank you for attending today...that's it for now."
Because they were about to leave, after walking out of the classroom where the interview was held, Toruya Touka and Kazuko Touka took Naoko to explain a few more words.
"Okay, I understand."
Shangzi lowered his head slightly, "Father and mother should take care of themselves over there at the institute. Remember to eat on time and pay attention to rest."
"I will."
Hua Che also nodded, and his wife raised her hand to put on her daughter's shoulder and patted her gently.
"Let's go, we'll take you back to the classroom."
After sending Naoko back to Class C, the couple nodded to Naruse, who was looking at them outside the door, and left immediately.
After the two figures disappeared, Naruse looked at Naoko again.
She remained silent, staring at the sky outside the window on the other side.
......
After the lunch break, the first class in the afternoon is still self-study.
Because there is no teacher around, many people lie down on the table and fall asleep.
For example, Hikaru Takigawa.
Shangzi was also lying on his stomach, but he was not asleep.
"——Naruse."
Suddenly there was a call from the front door of the classroom.
Naruse raised his gaze, and the classmate who had just returned from the three-way interview pointed outside, "It's your turn."
"Okay."
He glanced at the lazy Shangzi, then stood up and left the classroom.
It was class time at this time, and the campus was quiet. Only the lectures of some loud teachers from other grades could be heard.
“Proposing ‘repaying major policies’…”
"From point A to point C, the change in speed is obvious!"
"Affected by the south subtropical monsoon, the surface water of the North Indian Ocean flows on a large scale, forming ocean currents..."
Arriving at the special classroom for three-way interviews, Seiichiro Maki was waiting outside. Inside was another group that had just started.
He raised his hand and said, "Chun Hai."
"Mr. Seiichiro." Naruse sat down next to him.
"It turns out that Chunhai is so young as a teacher."
"He seems to be a newcomer who has just graduated."
"If you are too young, it will be difficult to discipline students, and you don't look too dignified. Teachers, especially teachers, are better off being stricter."
Naruse smiled and said nothing. After all, it was a fact that Nakahara Snow had no prestige.
Seiichiro sighed softly, "But I can only say it. If someone says to me, 'be more severe', I can't do it."
Naruse pursed his lower lip and did not answer the topic, "Haixing, is it after me?"
"Yeah. Because Haixing's recent exam results were not very good, Teacher Mineo from Class E said that he wanted to chat with me more, so he arranged it at a later time."
Starfish's problem is definitely not just about grades.
However, in terms of interpersonal communication, she seems to have distanced herself from those hot girls recently because of her close relationship with Hikaru Takigawa.
Naruse thought about it and reminded him a little.
"Yes, I know. Haixing also said that he has no contact with them recently, so there should be no problem."
Seiichiro said and looked at him again, "Besides, Harumi is still taking care of her in the school, so I think there's no need to worry too much."
"..."
Naruse moved his lips, but still didn't tell him that his communication with Haixing in school was almost zero.
"Morimi takes more care of the starfish."
"Ah, yes, that kid Kazuyo last night..."
Ten minutes later, the classroom door creaked open. Nakahara Yuki sent the previous pair of students and parents away, and then invited Naruse and Seiichiro in.
"Mr. Maki, right?"
"Yes, that's right. I am Chunhai's former stepfather. I will attend the three-way interview on his behalf today. It should be fine."
"No problem..."
Nakahara Yuki looked at him a little longer, wondering if she was comparing him with her favorite Daimi Koji.
"Ahem." Naruse coughed lightly.
She came back to her senses, picked up a thick notebook on the table, opened it and flipped through it.
"Mr. Maki, I invited you here today to talk to you about Naruse-san's study situation in school, test scores, future prospects, club activities and interpersonal interactions... Let's start with studying first.
."
There is no need to say much about Naruse’s study, and this time he reached the top of the exam directly;
In terms of interpersonal communication, the boys think very highly of him, while the girls have no other negative comments except that they think he is a little cold.
As for club activities, because she joined a newly established club, Zhongyuan Xue didn’t know much about it, so she didn’t talk much about it.
Her focus is still on Naruse's choice of approach.
"Naruse-san's goal for further education is Tsuzen University. Have you discussed this with Mr. Maki?"
"No."
"Sure enough..."
Nakahara Yuki glanced at Naruse, who was silent, and continued: "Judging from Naruse's current results, I think he can definitely challenge some top-ranked schools, even the University of Tokyo. What do you think, Mr. Maki?" Maki Seiichiro looked at Naruse, "What does Harumi think?"
"I'm not interested."
He smiled and looked at Zhongyuan Xue, "Chunhai said he was not interested."
"..."
"Although it is a pity, it is his own wish, and I think there is no problem. After all, this is his own path, and the most important thing is his own thoughts, isn't it?"
"You are right."
Nakahara Snow took a deep breath, "I just don't want Naruse-san to lose more possibilities in the future because of temporary confusion. However, if Naruse-san still insists after careful consideration, I will not object." p>
Naruse looked at her, but did not speak to insist on his position, but just nodded.
A few minutes later, the three-way interview ended.
......
Evening.
"...Really? In the end, Haixing's father was asked to attend."
Song Qianqiu on the other end of the phone seemed a little emotional.
Naruse lay in the bathtub, "All in all, this matter is over."
Is this the end?
Song Qianqiu held the phone and smiled silently.
"I'm so tired from filming. Does Chunhai miss her mother?"