With the three-party talks coming to an end, the time has come to Friday.
The last class in the afternoon ended. Naruse lay on the table waiting for Nakahara Yuki to come over for the evening class meeting. When he saw Naoko walking by to wipe the blackboard, he stood up.
"Ah."
The blackboard eraser was taken away from her hand. Naoko looked back, while Naruse stared at the place on the blackboard that she couldn't erase.
"Forgot."
Today they are both on duty.
Shangzi smiled slightly and stood beside him, waiting for him to finish wiping the blackboard before returning to their seats together.
Things like sweeping the floor can only be started after the evening shift meeting is over.
Not long after, Zhongyuan Xue also came over, explained a few commonplace things, and announced that school was over.
Naruse opened the cleaning cabinet and took out the broom, "I'll clean the classroom, Naoko, please sweep the corridor."
The area to be cleaned in the corridor was less than a quarter of the classroom. Shangzi agreed quickly and was ready to come in and help him after cleaning the corridor.
During school hours, people came and went in the corridor and dispersed quickly. Naoko waited for a while at the back door with a broom, while Hikari Takigawa leaned on the other side, and people came to say hello one after another.
"See you later!"
"I'm going to the staff room and I'll be back soon."
"Still the same place?"
When there was no one in the corridor, Shangzi started cleaning.
"Naoko, do you want to come with us?" Hikaru Takigawa asked her.
"Next time."
"Shangzi didn't even ask where he was going to play."
Shangzi smiled, "Where to go?"
"The video game center over the station has recently added a few new machines, and it's quite lively." Hikaru Takigawa said, "When you get tired of playing, you can go to the nearby store to try some desserts."
Shangzi's smile did not change, "Next time."
"..."
Hikaru Takigawa came over and took out his mobile phone.
"Huh?"
"No...it's nothing."
She put away her phone again and called around her, "Let's do it next time."
Watching Hikaru Takigawa go to Class E to find Haixing, Naoko was about to look away when Morimi walked out of the classroom.
"Shangzi."
She said hello, and after walking over, she glanced into the classroom again. Naruse was sweeping the floor with his head down.
"Thank you for your hard work."
"Is Kazuha going to a private school?"
"Yeah."
"Thank you for your hard work."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
"Bye."
"Well, bye."
After going downstairs and leaving the school, Morimi followed the flow of people to the central station.
When she arrived at the building where the study school was located, there were only a few students who walked in with her.
It was only then that she noticed Takigawa Yue walking not far behind her.
She waited for a while before going upstairs, and the two met and chatted a few words about their studies.
"I can't hold on anymore."
"..."
Mori Jian was speechless, she still wanted to get some encouragement from her senior.
"I'm going to Kyoto to return my school trip!"
"This..."
"Ah, I want to cry."
"Sister Yue..."
Fortunately, Takigawa Yue didn't cry after all.
"When will the school trip be postponed..."
"It shouldn't be delayed for too long."
"Really?"
"Yeah." Morimi nodded without any assurance.
"I didn't take much rest during the summer vacation. I was in class all the time. I just wanted to relax for a few days during my school trip."
"Well..."
Arriving on the fourth floor, the two separated in front of the third-grade classroom.
Before Morimi could walk far, Takigawa Yue stopped her again, "Ichiyo."
"Sister Yue?"
"You are only in first grade now, don't put too much pressure on yourself."
She was startled, then nodded, "Okay."
Arriving at the first-grade classroom, Morimi sat down in his seat and looked out the window.
Is it pressure...
Maybe I should relax a little occasionally.
But not today.
She looked at the blackboard at the front of the classroom. The specific arrangements for today's exams had already been written on it.
There are three exams in total, with a ten-minute break between each exam, and the teacher from the study school will mark the papers on the spot. The results of the exam will be announced today, which is a test of the learning during this period.
Snap, snap.
She took a deep breath and patted her face gently.
Now is not the time to relax.
Continue to tense up, Mori sees Kazuyo.
......
After cleaning up, Naruse and Naoko went to the club room together, preparing to stay at school for a while before going home.
Because it was Friday, there were fewer members than usual coming to the club to kill time.
"Naoko, Suzuki didn't come today?"
"Kami went to the shopping street with her friends from Class A. It seemed that she wanted to buy something."
"Really? I want to talk to her about what happened last time again today. Ah, by the way, Naoko, let's try this. My sister brought it back from a trip to Kagoshima..."
Naruse found a place to sit down, took out the book he borrowed from the library the day before yesterday from his schoolbag, and looked through it.
This book is not that thick. I read half of it yesterday and I should be able to finish the rest today.
After only turning four or five pages, his reading was interrupted by a sudden visitor.
"I'm sorry..."
A girl with a red tie knocked on the door and poked her head at the door, "This is the Department of Restoration of All Things, right."
"Yes." Shangzi responded.
"I am Mian Guanguangli from the Information Department. I came here today to interview the director of your department."
Shangzi was stunned for a moment, and then quickly remembered that he had indeed agreed to be interviewed the day before yesterday.
"I am Hana Shangzi, please come in."
Mian Guan immediately smiled and said, "Ah, it is just like the rumors, she is a gentle beauty."
Shangzi smiled.
"Can I visit your department?"
"Please feel free to do so."
Mitsuki looked at the rooms of the Restoration Department, and paused when his eyes swept over Naruse, and did not move away for a while.
Shangzi coughed lightly.
"Ah." She finally came to her senses and stopped looking around, "Then let's start now."
"Okay."
The two found a place to sit down, and other members of the restoration department also put down what they were doing and paid attention to what was going on over there.
Mian Guan took out the voice recorder and said, "Can I record it? I'm not very good at shorthand, so I have to record it and sort it out slowly."
Shang Zi thought for a moment and nodded.
"Thank you." Mian Guan opened the recorder, put it aside, and then opened a notebook, which contained some questions that he had prepared.
"The first question: Why did Minister Jihua withdraw from the handicraft society and establish a restoration department?"
Shangzi smiled, "I have not quit the handicraft club. Including me, everyone in the restoration department is still a member of the handicraft club.
The original intention of establishing a separate restoration department is to provide help to students in the school who need restoration without disturbing other members of the craft club."
Mianguan looked at her, "Is this just like this? As far as I know, Minister Koka seems to have encountered some exclusion in the handicraft club."
Naruse looked at her and then at Naoko.
Shangzi took a breath.
"As the largest club in Jingao, the Handicraft Club has many members, and everyone has their own ideas. This kind of thing is inevitable."
Mian Guan rolled his eyes and said, "In other words, Minister Jihua has indeed been treated unfairly."
"Most of the members of the handicraft club initially joined the club with the idea of exchanging experiences and looking for like-minded people. But as I said before, in addition, everyone has other ideas, and it is in this part that
Our ideas collided."
"The collision of ideas... Is this the main reason why Minister Toka chose to quit the handicraft club?"
Shangzi smiled slightly.
"I have not quit the Handicraft Club. Including me, everyone in the restoration department is still a member of the Handicraft Club."
"...Okay."
Mian Guan looked at her and then at the notebook in his hand.
"Next question..."
The entire interview lasted for nearly half an hour. At the end, both the interviewer and the interviewee looked tired.
"Thank you, Minister Ichika, for accepting the interview with our Jingao News Agency."
"You're welcome. Mianguan-san, I have a favor to ask you."
"Introduce the restoration department in the report, right? Don't worry, Yasuoka-senpai has already said hello to me."
Shangzi smiled and bowed slightly, "Thank you."
Mian Guan put away his notes and voice recorder, sorted them out, and suddenly asked: "Can you really repair everything here?"
Shangzi was startled and said: "If it is not too complicated or too precious, we will try our best to help repair it."
"For example, books or something like that... can they be repaired?"
"What book?"
"It's similar to Guang Ci Yuan. It's a very thick book, and the cover and spine are about to fall off. It's not a precious book, but I use it often. It's quite expensive to buy a new one..."
"——Bring it over next Monday and take a look." Naruse suddenly said, "We will do our best."
Mian Guan's eyes lit up, "Can it really be repaired?"
"I mean..."
"I'll get it now!"
After Mian Guan finished speaking, he ran away.
"..."
Naruse pursed his lower lip, and Naoko turned around and smiled at him.
"If you can't repair it, return it to her as is." He said before she spoke.
Not long after, Mian Guan returned to the restoration department with a torn book in his arms.
The situation is more serious than she said, but it doesn't seem to be that difficult to repair.
Naruse flipped through the hard cover that had fallen off. It really didn't work. He still had foreign aid.
"Let me try."
"Thank you, please!"
Mianguan thanked him and left. Watching him put the thick and heavy tattered book into his bag, Shangzi asked: "Is Chunhai sure?"
"It's just that to this extent, Mr. Morimi should be confident... I am also a VIP customer of his bookstore after all, and he will help me."