Back at the cabin, the two eldest ladies had something to do, and Watanabe Toru also returned to the assigned room.

The boys had come back, taking off their sweaty and smelly dirty clothes all over the floor, and the four of them gathered there to play mahjong.

"Watanabe, where have you been?" Saito Keisuke asked in passing while handling the cards.

"While you are away, I took a bath in the hot spring by myself for a while." Toru Watanabe replied.

"You are still smart." The squad leader adjusted his glasses with his index finger, "When we went to take a bath, when we opened our eyes, someone else's butt was on our face."

"Watanabe, are you coming? I can let you." In a room with five people, another boy who was slightly distant asked.

"No, you can play, I just want to read a book for a while."

"Have you seen it? Who dares to be jealous of Watanabe's No. 1 ranking in the country? It's all about hard work!" Osamu Kunii held a long chip in his mouth, "Wait a minute, don't move your cards, eat!"

Saito Keisuke complained: "Can you please stop holding it in your mouth? If you win later, it will be full of saliva."

"Wait until you win!"

"Sorry, touch yourself."

"really?!"

The sound of these guys playing cards almost blew the roof off.

Toru Watanabe took out "In Search of Lost Time" from his bag, left the room, and prepared to find a quiet place.

He put the book under his arm, put his hands in his pockets, and walked aimlessly for a while.

Just as he was about to go to the cafe to read a book and enjoy the snowy scenery, he met Koizumi Aona and Akiko.

It was snowing lightly, and they held an umbrella together. The hot breath from their mouths spread to the outside of the umbrella.

"Watanabe?" Koizumi Aina looked over.

"Hello, teachers." Tetsu Watanabe still had his hand in his pocket, "Where have you been?"

"I underestimated you, Watanabe-san." Akiko said with admiration on her face.

"..."

Koizumi Aina gently pushed Koizi’s flank with her elbow and said to Toru Watanabe:

"We just came back from dinner. Are you going somewhere? It will snow heavily soon. The school prohibits students from going out and they must stay in the dormitory. Didn't the people in your dormitory tell you?"

"They are playing mahjong."

"These children..." Koizumi Qingna sighed helplessly, "If you have something to do, the teacher can accompany you."

"It's okay, they are too noisy, I just want to find a quiet place to read." Toru Watanabe pointed at the book "Reminiscences of Lost Time" in his arm.

"Work hard, young man." Akiko's tone sounded unserious, "Let's go to our teacher's dormitory, just Qingna and I? I won't disturb you."

Koizumi Aona thought for a while and looked at Toru Watanabe with questioning eyes.

"No? I'll go back and watch them play mahjong." Toru Watanabe turned around and prepared to leave.

"Come back!" Huangzi stepped out of the umbrella and grabbed his shoulders from behind, "I'm very curious about your romantic history. Go to our room and tell us about it."

Watanabe Toru looked at Koizumi Aona with a look of help.

"From just now? Akiko told me until now." Koizumi Aina said with a wry smile.

"Don't even think about running away, just follow me!"

"Teacher Huangzi? Stop pushing, my book is going to fall!"

After walking only two steps, the book really fell to the snow? But Huangzi still pushed him hard as if he was afraid that he would run away.

Koizumi Aina looked at the two of them with a helpless smile on her face.

She bent down, picked up the book, and followed.

Teachers' rooms are more luxurious than students' rooms.

TV, small refrigerator? Tea room? There is also a kotatsu and two large beds.

Koko pushed Toru Watanabe into the kotatsu, and a basket of oranges was placed on the kotatsu table.

Koizumi Aina took off her coat, made tea, and sat down in the kotatsu.

Akiko put her cold hands between her legs to keep warm, and said to Toru Watanabe impatiently:

"Say it quickly!"

"say what?"

"What's going on between you and the two eldest ladies, Rin Kiyono and Miki Kujo!"

"Miki is my girlfriend, Qingye is my friend," Toru Watanabe held up the tea with both hands, "It's over."

"Stop pretending to be confused!" Huangzi raised his hand, slapped the table with a bluff, and immediately put it back between his legs.

"I'm not pretending, I'm really confused. Teacher Huangzi, what exactly do you want to say?"

"You're still pretending! Then tell me first, why did you run out of the women's bathroom?"

"I'm curious."

"Curious? Do you think normal people would believe this?"

"I'm really curious. Let's go in and take a look while no one is around."

Koizumi Aina peeled two oranges and gave one to each of them. While peeling her own orange, she smiled and watched the two people quarreling.

While Koko was pressing him with questions, and Tetsu Watanabe was looking at what he was saying, from commenting on orange juice, to "criticizing" the luxury of the teacher's room, to finally remembering the winter in Iwate Prefecture, there was a knock on the door.

"Dong dong dong." is a very polite way of knocking on the door.

"Who?" Koizumi Aina stood up from the kotatsu and walked towards the door.

Watanabe Toru didn't hear the door opening, but there was a gust of cold wind coming from the other side, and he knew that the door was opened.

"Teacher Koizumi, good afternoon."

"Kyono-san? Good afternoon, what can you do?"

"I want to apply for permission to go out. It's in the coffee shop. I will always read there."

"Are the other people in your dormitory also playing mahjong?"

"Huh?" Toru Watanabe imagined Rin Kiyono's cute look as he tilted his head in confusion.

Then, I heard Kiyono Rin explain:

"They were playing, but because I wanted to read a book, I was embarrassed to make a sound. I didn't want to accept other people's kindness because I would cause trouble to others."

"That's it, okay then."

"What's so good!" Koko came over and grabbed Qingye Rin's wrist, which was very thin even though he was wearing a winter coat. "You came just in time. You need two prisoners to do this."

"Teacher Huangzi..."

"Xiaozi..."

Before Kiyono Rin and Koizumi Aina finished speaking, Koko had already pulled Kiyono Rin, whose "combat power is 3, and drops to 1 in winter," into the room.

Pulling Qingye Rin near the kotatsu, she hurriedly went to the toilet.

"Hey, we meet again." Toru Watanabe stuffed a piece of orange into his mouth.

Qingye Rin glanced at him from a bird's eye view: "Why are you here?"

"If nothing else happened, we would have met at the coffee shop."

Rin Kiyono noticed "In Search of Lost Time" on the kotatsu table, recalled what Kouko said, and roughly understood what happened.

"It seems you are very unlucky."

"Each other."

"Why are you still standing!" Huangzi came out of the toilet, "Sit down quickly!"

Rin Kiyono, who was no better than a puppet at the mercy of others, was forced into a kotatsu again.

"Teacher Huangzi." She shouted slightly dissatisfied.

"Here, eat an orange." Huangzi put a round, yellow-orange orange into her hand.

Qingye Rin glanced at the orange and sighed softly: "Thank you."

She began to peel the oranges with graceful movements.

Those hands are as slender and delicate as glass, giving people the feeling that they will break if they are broken.

I don't know if it is as cold as glass to the touch.

Koizumi Aina poured her a glass of water.

"Thank you." Qingye Rin thanked her softly.

"Kyono-san," Teacher Koko stretched out her upper body, "When did you and Watanabe-san start?"

Rin Kiyono looked at Toru Watanabe: "That's nonsense again."
To be continued...