The Wonderful Daily Life of Nogizaka

The prepared soba noodles are steaming hot, the dark noodles are dipped in the fragrant soup, and are paired with some seasoned vegetables and tempura. It is simple but delicious, and just looking at it will make you hungry.

Next to it is the miso soup that the girl helped cook. It is rich in color and delicious, which blends well with the lighter taste of the former, making it more enjoyable to eat.

The two of them ate dinner in silence across a low table. The taste on their taste buds was pleasant, and the feeling of fullness in their stomachs was as relaxed as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

Although they were just quietly eating ordinary soba noodles and drinking freshly made miso soup, the atmosphere was obviously not as tense as before.

Different from the embarrassment of being quiet before, today's quiet is more like a daily routine.

You don’t need to ask, and I don’t need to tell you, my thoughts and intentions have long been hidden in the air, hidden in the eyes that occasionally meet, hidden in the refreshing soba noodles and the rich and delicious miso soup.

Take a bite, drink it, and know it.

It's that simple——

Baiyunshan slowly chewed the elastic noodles in his mouth, feeling something in his heart. He lowered his head and mixed the buckwheat noodles in the mixing bowl, and suddenly said: "I'm sorry for what happened just now."

"Um?"

Hashimoto Nana slightly raised her eyebrows and looked at him.

"My tone was a little stronger, I spoke a little too much, and I was a little sorry... Actually, I didn't have that much to say. I just suddenly found out about it and felt uncomfortable, so I just kept talking.

I couldn't stop it. I vented it out in one breath, not caring about your feelings -" Baiyunshan said with lowered eyes.

Hashimoto Nana shook her head calmly and said, "No, since it's because I feel uncomfortable, just make it clear. It's no big deal."

"And there's something wrong with me, too."

The girl paused as she spoke, put down her chopsticks, pursed her lips and said, "I know Baiyunsang that you are thinking about us, but I still keep arguing with you. In fact, it is meaningless, right? We all know each other.

Whatever I was thinking, I knew that this matter could not be changed. I was just venting my unhappy emotions and unwilling to face the reality."

Baiyunshan nodded sympathetically: "What you said makes sense. People are always like this. It is often more difficult to accept that what you have said before is wrong than to say a new one. Hmm.

...It seems I can record your words in the "Hashimoto Collection"."

"Really? But I think Bai Yunsang's passage is also very good, and it can be recorded in "The Collection of White Clouds"——"

Nana Hashimoto tilted her head and thought for a while, then suddenly said with a playful smile on her lips.

Baiyunshan huffed when he heard this, then blinked and said with a strange expression: "Then you'll remember the appointment?"

"OK."

"But will there be a sense of business blowback?"

"How could it be? To use your words, Baiyun-sang, it's like... how can the business of being a scholar be called a business blow-off?"

"Tsk, you learn this sentence quickly."

"Is there any?"

"Just don't accidentally teach that little guy Asuka."

"I know."

"Don't tell her what I once said, 'Akimoto Manatsu is the person closest to Newton, because her head can feel the strong gravity at any time.'"

"Of course -"

The two of them looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

The ice and snow melted invisibly in the atmosphere, as all the awkwardness caused by the fireworks display seemed to have disintegrated, and everything returned to the ease and ease it once had.

But within this relaxation, there seems to be something more nostalgic and reassuring.

It is the daily life accumulated day after day, the delicate emotions accumulated bit by bit, just like the slowly flowing water under the ice-covered river in the cold winter. The world is frosty and cold, and everything is silent, but the river still contains

The abundant vitality will thaw and rush out as soon as spring comes.

Because day-to-day routine is actually life.

What is the meaning of life itself? The two of them don't know, but they are extremely clear at this time. As long as they can continue to live such a dull life with the person in front of them, then the meaning will be meaningless, the relationship will be meaningless, and there will be no worries.

Meaning, everything is enough.

...

"But I still don't understand, Baiyun-sang, why are you so angry today?"

After finishing the food, the two of them cleaned up the mess at the sink and washed the dishes one by one. While they were busy simply, the girl chatted curiously.

"Do I look angry?"

Baiyunshan was stunned for a moment.

"Um."

Hashimoto Nana lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, and said with some uncertainty: "I don't know if it's because I seldom see you angry, Baiyun-san. Anyway, you did look angry just now, and your face was a bit...

cold--"

Baiyunshan was silent for a moment: "I'm sorry."

"Won't."

The girl quickly smiled and shook her head. Looking at his thoughtful look, a flash of worry flashed in her eyes. After thinking about it, she said softly: "Can you tell me the reason?"

"The reason...Actually, that's pretty much what I just said -"

Baiyunshan hesitated for a moment, then sighed silently, and said seriously: "I can only say that this sixteen-person performance is really a great challenge for you. The sense of pressure and tension are both

You can't imagine it before, this is the most direct and cruel competition."

"If the previous selection failed, I could still stay in the under, and finally have some comfort. Then the failure of the sixteen-person performance this time is a complete fall into the abyss, without any chance of remaining compensation, only

Only the sixteen who truly win are qualified to continue to stand on that stage——"

“I don’t know how many more people will be crying in tears.”

Baiyunshan sighed.

Hashimoto Nana turned her head and stared at his worried expression without saying anything. Naturally, like all the other members, she understood that the man in front of her was usually off-line at will, always loved to tease and bully others, and even seemed a bit hateful.

What kind of gentle heart lies behind her appearance.

Not to mention the 16-member performance, even the single selection that starts every few months will make him feel bad, because in fact, the last thing Baiyun-sang wants to see is someone sad——

Especially this kind of outcome that cannot be avoided at all, and someone will definitely be disappointed and painful.

But what can she say? Can she say that she will definitely work hard? So what if she works hard to stand in the position of sixteen people? It is naturally a good thing for herself, but for those who are not included in the sixteen

The same cannot be said for the little idols among people, not to mention that those people are likely to have friends who have a good relationship with them and have always admired their little birds. At that time, I am afraid that they can only say a few words of relief.

Just words of comfort.

What's more, she is actually not completely sure that she will be one of the final sixteen people in the sixteen-person performance.

After all, imposing institutional factors on personal conflicts is undoubtedly shifting the focus, but is this system of sixteen-person performances really wrong? Not necessarily. After all, although it is hard and cruel, it can do it.

It really allows girls to gain and grow, even if the current results are not satisfactory——

So no one is wrong, everything is just an inevitable part.

The only thing to blame is this world——

But looking at the lingering worry on the face of the man in front of her, Hashimoto Nana's eyes gradually showed some waves. In her heart, she was grateful for the other man's gentle care for her and others, but also couldn't bear it.

He showed a little bit of pity. This person was always trying to help them protect them from the menacing wind and rain, but he never considered any return.

But do you want to say it is great? No. The man in front of you is obviously not a great person. He is lazy and casual, loves to complain, sometimes makes some bad jokes, is unforgiving, etc.

All prove that he is not actually a great person like a saint.

He was just an ordinary person who selflessly dedicated all his tenderness to himself.

That’s why it’s so contradictory yet true.

The girl thought warmly in her heart.

So... as a way to repay this kindness, Hashimoto Nana silently cleaned the dishes she was responsible for, wiped off the water stains on her hands with a dry towel one by one, and looked at

Baiyunshan, who was making another pot of hot tea and drinking it, suddenly said: "Baiyunsang, we seemed to have said we were going to study today, right?"

Baiyunshan raised his head and glanced at her in surprise, and said with a blank expression: "But didn't you just say you were going back?"

"Go back... Actually, I'm not that anxious. After all, dinner has been eaten -"

Nana Hashimoto bit her lower lip, hesitating for only a moment, then found a seat next to her and sat down, and then took out the "Collection of Works of Modern European Poets, Volume 2" just now from her bag.

, twirling the pages of the book lightly with his fingertips, hesitated and said, "Do you want to hear it?"

The latter was stunned, but before he could answer, the girl immediately pulled the corner of her clothes and patted her thighs that looked round when she was sitting on her knees. She looked a little shy and glanced to the side and whispered.

: "I'm lying on it——"

Baiyunshan swallowed his saliva immediately, then put his right hand into a fist in front of his mouth, coughed lightly with a righteous look on his face, nodded at lightning speed and said:

"think!"