After school, she stayed in the club room until the last member left. Naoko also packed up her things and left the school.
I'm going home alone today...
Looking at the empty school, she lifted the bag on her shoulder and took a deep breath of the gradually cooling air at sunset.
We walked all the way to the bus stop. The next bus would not arrive for nearly twenty minutes.
Shangzi sat on the bench and waited alone.
Buzz——
She cheered up.
Chunhai:Have you gone home?
Naoko: Waiting for the bus. Where is Harumi?
Chunhai: Back to the hotel.
Harumi: Went to Tenmangu Shrine and Arashiyama in the afternoon.
Shangzi:How do you feel?
Harumi: I’m so exhausted.
She pursed her lips and smiled, and her mind couldn't help but think of his tone and expression when he said these words.
Naoko: Where’s dinner?
Chunhai: I haven’t eaten yet. Take a short rest and find a place to deal with it later.
Naoko: With them?
Harumi: That’s just the plan.
Shangzi didn't want to disturb his rest, so he didn't ask any more questions. After she stopped, there was no more news from him, which made her a little disappointed.
Have nothing else to say?
When I visited Kyoto and went to Tenmangu Shrine and Arashiyama, I would at least take some photos...
I don’t want to share it with her because I’m worried that she will be sad when she sees the photo because she can’t go with him?
Or are you really too tired today?
While Shangzi was a little uneasy, he actively looked for reasons to explain his indifference.
"Shangzi."
"...One leaf."
She raised her gaze, and Morimi appeared at the platform at some point, looking at her.
Naoko put away her phone, "Have you just come back from the school?"
"Yeah." Morimi sat down next to her, "get out of class ends early today."
Shangzi nodded.
Morimi looked at her and asked, "The three of them haven't been deported yet."
Shangzi smiled and said, "It won't be like this."
"That guy is too messy."
Although she didn't say who it was, Naoko acquiesced that it was Naruse who she condemned: "It was Hikaru who suggested it..."
Morimi shook his head, "If he objects and only Guang wants to go in the end, she will give up on this plan... This was the case a long time ago."
Shangzi pursed his lower lip and said nothing.
He chose to agree because she was a little moved by this matter. As a result, now, he has gone to Kyoto, while she stayed here alone.
Seeing that she was silent, Morijian added: "It's only three days anyway, they will be back soon."
Shangzi cheered up and smiled at her, "Yes."
Buzz——
A new message has been sent.
Chunhai: I’m going to eat.
Shangzi: [Hungry, rice rice]
Harumi:Is the bus coming?
Naoko: Not yet. Kazuyo is waiting for the bus with me.
Chunhai:OK.
Chun Hai: Be careful on the road.
Morimi looked on and saw Naoko quickly put away her phone and asked, "What's the news about Naruse?"
"Yes."
"At this time, no matter where they went in the afternoon, it's almost time to go back to the hotel."
"Yes. Harumi said that they went to Tenmangu Shrine and Arashiyama in the afternoon."
"Kitano Tenmangu Shrine? That's right, it's a must-visit place on a school trip..."
Morimi unintentionally showed some yearning, and then said: "Has he ever entered the Otori residence in Tenmangu Shrine? Although the maple trees inside are not as good as those in Arashiyama, they are still quite large."
Shangzi was silent for a moment, "I don't know."
"Didn't he send photos to Shangzi?"
"..."
Shangzi remained silent for even longer.
And in Kyoto, more than a thousand kilometers away, Takigawa Hikaru and Haisei stood at the door of Naruse's room, waiting for him to come out.
"Let's go." Naruse closed the door and walked to the elevator.
The two followed, and Hikaru Takigawa asked: "Was Harumi in contact with Naoko just now?"
"Well. She just left school and isn't home yet."
"This time is about the same."
Hikaru Takigawa quickened his pace slightly, put one hand on his shoulder, and pressed the elevator button with the other hand.
Looking at the jumping numbers, she sighed, "Shangzi should have been with us."
"Naoko's parents suddenly want to come back. There is nothing we can do about it." Naruse said calmly.
Takigawa Hikaru looked at him, but did not dwell on this issue that could no longer be changed, and instead said:
"Haixing and I were sorting out the photos we took in the afternoon. Harumi must have taken a lot of them too. I'll select some and send them to Naoko to see later."
Ding——
The elevator stopped on the fourth floor and opened quickly. Hikaru Takigawa and Haixing both got in, and Naruse took a hesitant step.
There is no one else in the elevator.
After pressing the button on the first floor, he turned around and said, "Let's talk about it when we go back."
"What?" Takigawa Hikaru didn't react for a moment.
"I'm talking about sending photos to Shangzi."
"Eh...why?"
"Because we are in Kyoto now, and Naoko is at home alone." Naruse said, and then looked at Haixing, "What would you think if a friend sent you a photo of singing at a karaoke bar when Haixing was at home alone?
”
Haixing was startled for a moment, looked at the two of them separately, and honestly expressed his thoughts: "I want to find them..."
Takigawa Hikaru was silent for a while, hugged the starfish in front of him from behind, and sighed feebly.
"Why can't Shangzi's parents come back two days later?"
Naruse has already turned around.
"Don't think too much."
Ding——
When the elevator reached the bottom floor, the three of them left the hotel and looked for a place to fill their stomachs.
On Takigawa Yue's side, the hotel provides breakfast, lunch and dinner for third-grade students and teachers, so they didn't go looking for her.
"Harumi has been to Kyoto several times. Do you know where there is a delicious restaurant?"
"Except for the school trip last year, I always came with my mother."
Standing on the side of the road, Naruse looked at Takigawa Hikaru and Haixing beside him, "The restaurants I went to at that time were relatively expensive."
"Ah, forget it then..."
Hikaru Takigawa looked bitter and made no secret of his financial embarrassment, "There are still many places to go tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so I didn't bring much money."
Seeing her like this, Haixing nodded, "Me too."
"So don't count on my experience."
Naruse looked around and fixed his gaze in the direction of Shijo Bridge, "Let's go over there and have a look. There are many restaurants on Hanamikoji and Shirakawa. You might be able to find something delicious and cheap." "Then let's go."
When the three of them were wandering around Arashiyama in the afternoon, they ate a few skewers of soy sauce meatballs at a roadside shop. They weren't too hungry now, so they started looking for them while shopping.
It was just dark at this time, and there were still many pedestrians on the road, and the direction of the flow could be vaguely seen. Naruse observed it for a while, and sure enough, most of them flowed into Hanamikoji and Shirakawa.
Arriving at the intersection of Hanamikoji, Naruse looked at the two people behind him and said, "Let's visit here first."
"Okay."
Hikaru Takigawa agreed quickly, "I wanted to go in and have a look when I came here during the day. Can I meet a geisha at this time?"
"It's hard to say."
Walking into the Hanami alley, the large and small restaurants on both sides were already lit up with lanterns.
The three of them walked and watched. Hikari Takigawa would occasionally stop for a while in front of a certain restaurant to look at the menu posted on the door. He would often come back with a bitter look on his face.
"The cheapest one costs more than 16,000 yen... Are all high-end restaurants here?"
"Because the stores you choose all look very high-end."
After walking a little further, the three of them passed by a restaurant with several lanterns hanging on it. Standing at the door was a middle-aged woman who seemed to be a female general.
She showed a gentle and friendly smile to the three young people looking at her, and the three of them involuntarily slowed down their pace at the same time.
Just glancing at the menu next to him, the eye-catching prices suddenly made Hikaru Takigawa sober up.
However, she did not stop approaching.
"Sister, you are so good."
Looking at the tall girl with a delicate face in front of her, the smile on the female general's face deepened, "Hello."
Naruse and Haixing also stopped and looked on.
"It's so expensive." Hikaru Takigawa pointed to the menu next to him, "I don't have money, can I get a discount?"
"..."
The female general was startled for a moment, then quickly smiled again, and then shook her head.
Takigawa Hikaru was not disappointed, "So are there any restaurants here that taste good and are relatively cheap?"
The female general looked at the girl in front of her for the third time, and when she saw her looking at her sincerely and expectantly, she couldn't feel the slightest bit of displeasure or annoyance in her heart.
"It's delicious and cheap. There are very few shops like this on Hanamikoji. However, I happen to know a few."
She took out the pen and note from her waist, wrote a few store names on them, and handed them to Hikaru Takigawa.
"These are the ones."
"Thank you -" she happily accepted the note, "I wish your store a prosperous business."
The female general smiled and nodded.
After saying goodbye to her, Hikari Takigawa looked back at the two speechless companions and waved the note.
"Let's go."
Thanks to the leader of the book friend [This is very reasonable]