Song Qianqiu stood up suddenly, slammed his hands on the table, and roared along with the table.
"What's the meaning?"
Naruse opened his mouth but said nothing.
"How many times do I need to tell you to understand that I am different from you. I can never put down my work and I can't slack off at all!"
Looking at her angry face, Naruse spoke in a low voice, as if he wanted to comfort her.
"No, I just think you've been under a lot of pressure lately, so that's not a good idea... Why don't you put down your work temporarily, travel for a while, and relax..."
"What a joke!"
Boom!
Song Qianqiu smashed the table again, leaned down, and approached his son with an angry face.
"You stay at home all the time and don't understand what the workplace is! Asking for leave to travel? Don't be naive! After all, the reason why I work so hard is not for the future of this family. Do you want me to relax? If you can have me
Even with half of my income, I wouldn’t be able to... ah."
She suddenly stopped, and the anger on her face disappeared instantly, turning into three-quarter embarrassment and seven-cent worry.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to look down on you, I meant...sorry."
Naruse was silent for a while and shook his head.
"It's okay, I don't care..."
"--wrong."
Song Qianqiu immediately interrupted him, "At this time, you should say this with a forced smile."
"That's not what the script says."
"Although it's not mentioned in the script, a lot has been laid out before, and the emotions have advanced to this point. Isn't the next development clear at a glance?"
Naruse rolled his eyes, "I'm not a professional actor."
Song Qianqiu put his hands on his hips, "So in order to hone your acting skills, mom is now giving you professional guidance."
He had to remind her: "It's you who is going to film, not your son."
"ah."
Song Qianqiu was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand, "I'm used to it. But the juniors on the set are happy to be taught my directing skills."
Naruse said nothing, squinting at the script on the table.
"Okay, let's rehearse it again as I just said."
"No." He refused immediately.
Song Qianqiu has very high requirements for his own acting skills, and he also has high requirements for others. Rehearsing with her is laborious and laborious, not to mention that he has been practicing with her for half a morning.
"I'm tired."
"Okay." Song Qianqiu didn't force it.
After leaving the restaurant, Naruse watched TV programs in the living room for a while, and then went back to the room for a while. When he went downstairs again, Matsu Chiaki was still performing a one-man show in the restaurant.
Seeing her crying and laughing into the air, yelling and apologizing, Naruse quietly left the door without disturbing her.
"Where are you going?" Song Qianqiu still found out.
"Just take a stroll." Naruse said.
"Where's lunch."
"Will be back."
After leaving home, Naruse stood at the intersection and looked around for a while. He said he was just strolling around because he really didn't have anywhere he wanted to go.
If he walked to the left, he would pass by the Maki Hotel, and he might meet someone. After thinking about it, he walked to the right half of the area that he was getting familiar with.
He bought a bottle of juice at a convenience store and when he came out of the store, he looked at the intersection leading to Takigawa's house.
At this time, the Takigawa sisters are probably not at home.
Takigawa Yue is going to a study school, and Takigawa Hikaru also joined the women's basketball team after entering high school, and often goes to school for training during the summer vacation.
"Did you reach the national competition when you were in the third year of secondary school..."
Continuing along the prefectural road, Naruse passed by the bus stop where he met Takikawa Hikaru yesterday, and Naruse stopped and sat for a while.
He originally just wanted to take a rest, but he didn't get up for a long time and fell into deep thought unconsciously.
Today is already his fourth day back in the country, and he seems to have not adapted to the rhythm of country life.
There were some unstable factors that kept making him feel anxious.
"..."
Naruse raised his head and breathed out to the sky, the answer was already coming out.
Song Qianqiu is about to leave.
He sat in a daze for a while, until a bus stopped in front of him, and he came back to his senses.
Looking at the open car door, Naruse remained motionless, fearing that the driver would misunderstand that he wanted to get in the car.
The door quickly closed, the bus drove away, and he got up and left the platform.
Going further, there is a river originating from Iwaki Mountain, the Nanmikawa River.
The river is very wide, and the water flow can only submerge part of the middle part, while the other parts are covered by rocks and weeds.
He remembered that he often went down to the river to explore. The furthest time, he walked several kilometers along the river, and it was already midnight when he got home. His companions left for various reasons along the way, and in the end only Naoko and Guang were left.
Four or five children.
After looking at the bridge for a while, Naruse did not cross the bridge or go down to the river, but went upstream along the path along the river.
The Minami River flows through the fields on the edge of the Aoyagi area. In this area, there are only two bridges on the river: the Shimo Aoyagi Bridge he just left, and the Upper Aoyagi Bridge upstream.
Shang Qingliu Bridge also connects to the county road, and he can go home from there, although it will take a long detour.
Just think of it as a walk, Naruse thought.
The river is wide and turns in slight arcs among the fields. In summer, the water flow is turbulent and rapid, constantly beating against the rocks and making a roaring sound.
He suddenly remembered the results of that "river trip":
Matsu Qianqiu scolded him, and then went back to the bedroom to cry alone; he was locked up at home, grounded for more than half a week; and the family next door, Naoka, was also locked up in his house because his parents were away.
"It was also summer when the river water surged..."
After walking along the river for more than ten minutes, Naruse looked away from the messy stones and realized that he had reached the vicinity of Kamiqiaoqiao Bridge.
Not far in front of him was a lonely family.
Several Japanese-style houses with white walls and black tiles are surrounded by a courtyard. Although they are tall, they look old everywhere.
But because of the unchanged oldness, he immediately remembered where this place was.
Mori meets home.
The Morimi family who runs the Furuhon store.
And yesterday at noon, he met the Morimi family's daughter at the Central Station. To him, Morimi Kazuyo had changed even more than Takikawa Hikari.
He only remembered that she used to be thin and short, with yellow hair on her head, and was very inconspicuous among a group of children. Unexpectedly, when he saw her again, she had become slim and tall, and was more eye-catching than most of her peers.
——Just like the girl standing on the second floor of the Japanese house, looking at him through the window.
"..."
Naruse didn't notice at all when Morimi Kazuha appeared, and he didn't know how long she had been standing there. Judging from her fixed gaze, she had probably been staring at him for a while.
The two looked at each other, and he came closer and said, "Yiye."
She stood by the window without moving, "You came to see me?"
"No." Naruse looked back at the way he came from, "Take a walk."
Morimi Kazuyo seemed to smile, but it was blocked a lot by the pair of black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and the change in his expression was not obvious.
"I thought Naruse was looking for a place to go down the river."
He shook his head.
"what's next?"
"What?"
"Naruse's next plan." Morimi Kazuha said, "Will you continue walking?"
It was still early and he didn't plan to go back yet, so he nodded in agreement.
"Then wait for me." After saying that, Morimi's figure disappeared from the window.
Naruse was a little confused, but he didn't leave and stood by the side of the road for a while.
Not long after, she came out.
"Let's go."
Naruse looked at her and said, "Where are you going?"
"walk."
"..."
Morimi pointed to Qingliu Bridge and said, "There is a shrine on the other side of the bridge. Naruse remembers it, right?"
"Remember." Naruse said.
"Let's go to the shrine. I happen to have something to ask you."