My Romance Simulation with Them

Her parents must be very worried right now.

After thinking for a moment, Nango, stroking his chin, carried Goto Jiri directly to Goto Ichiri's class.

"Excuse me, is Goto-kun here?"

Holding Goto Jiri in his arms, Nango asked the female student at the front desk who was dressed in a black and white maid outfit.

"Ah...it's Senior Nango."

The female student at the front desk, dressed in a black and white maid outfit, was quite familiar with Nango Toki's arrival—after all, due to the need for extra classes, Nango Toki, a famous figure at the school, would visit their class every two weeks.

She greeted him familiarly before speaking, "Goto-san should be changing backstage right now. If Nango-senpai needs to talk to her, I can call her out now."

"It's troublesome."

Nango nodded, then picked up Goto Niri and stood to the side, not standing at the door blocking people from opening their doors to do business.

After about three or four minutes—

A surprised voice came from behind the door.

"Ah, Ah Shi?! Why are you with Erli?!"

Wearing white stockings and a black and white maid outfit, Goto Ichiri was somewhat bewildered by the scene before her.

Because Nanxiang Shi wasn't alone; his younger sister was looking at him with curious eyes from his arms.

"Erli got lost from your parents, and I thought that Yili might have a way to contact your parents, so I brought her here."

"Yes! Mommy and Daddy are lost!"

Goto Jiri nodded her little head cutely, completely agreeing with Nango Toki's words.

But the next second, she was pulled away from Nanxiang Shi's arms by her own sister with lightning speed.

"Erli, you didn't cause any trouble for Ah Shi... Brother Nanxiang, did you?"

Goto Ichiri lowered his voice.

She is now afraid that her younger sister will cause trouble for Nanxiang.

If her younger sister's reckless actions lowered her affection for Nango Toki.

Then she would truly be devastated.

However, before Goto Jiri could answer, Nango Toki, who had already overheard, proactively smiled and said:

"No, that's not true. Erli is very well-behaved and hasn't caused me any trouble."

Is that so?

Hearing Nango's words, Goto Ichiri subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

But in the very next second—

"Speaking of which, Brother Shi, what exactly is your relationship with my sister?"

Goto Jiri looked at her older sister, who was looking very nervous, and then glanced at Nango Toki standing to the side.

Despite her young age, she always felt that her relationship with her older sister in Nanxiang was not as simple as it seemed.

"Didn't I say before? Ichiri and I are good friends."

Nanxiang replied with a smile, then turned his head and asked, "Right? One li?"

"Huh...? Oh... Oh! It's like this! Nanxiang and I are good friends."

Goto Ichiri, realizing what was happening, nodded repeatedly.

However, this time Goto Jiri shook her head and denied it with a bright smile: "You're lying, my sister doesn't have any friends at school."

"Uh!"

Goto Ichiri's mouth dropped open. He pulled Goto Jiri behind him and, with a twitching expression, spoke to Nango Toki:

"Really, children just say whatever comes to mind. Ah Shi, you, you don't need to mind it."

"No way!"

Goto Jiri poked her little head out from behind her older sister's skirt and said very seriously:

"I know that my sister secretly looks at my brother's photos on her phone at night, and she giggles like an idiot when she does it... Mmm!"

"......" Nanxiang time.

Nango Toki squinted at Goto Ichiri, who was covering Goto Jiri's mouth.

Feeling Nango's gaze upon him, Goto Ichiri forced a smile that was more like a grimace onto his twitching face.

"Really, she's still talking nonsense. What a lying child she is. Ah Shi, please don't believe what my sister says. She always likes to talk nonsense."

"...Okay, but before that, that...one mile..."

Nanxiang opened his mouth, looking somewhat embarrassed.

"what happened?"

"Isn't it about time you let go? Um... Erli isn't moving anymore."

"Huh?! Two, two li! Two li!"

A maid café in the morning.

The panicked voice of a socially awkward girl could be heard.

......

"I'm so sorry!"

Goto Ichiri bowed deeply to his classmate who came to help him and stammered an apology.

Not only did they not help, they even caused trouble for their classmates and Nanxiang.

Goto Ichiri felt like crying.

Why does it feel like nothing is going right?

Mingming had planned to put on a maid outfit, suppress her fear of receiving customers, and then give Nanxiang a big surprise when he visited with a coupon.

As a result, now, let alone maid outfits, they've all disappeared.

Even she herself was overwhelmed with problems.

Yes.

For the first time, she, who was socially anxious, meticulously planned all the aspects of the Ocha Festival.

Kita Ikuyo suggested moving the equipment so that she and Nango Toki could have a relatively cozy morning.

Then she handed the coupon for the maid butler café to Nango, giving Nango a little surprise in her maid outfit.

After finishing my shift, I successfully extended an invitation to Nango Shi to visit the Imperial Tea Festival together—it was almost a perfect plan.

But it was completely destroyed when his younger sister suddenly appeared.

Ultimately, no one would actually bring their sister and their crush to a cultural festival, right?

"It's over...it's all over..."

Goto Ichiri was on the verge of tears, truly baffled as to why everything seemed to go wrong.

I finally found someone I liked, and for the first time I acted for him, it was over before it even began.

Fortunately, the classmates were all quite understanding.

When they learned that Goto Jiri had been brought here by Nango Toki after getting lost, they were all very understanding and told her to take Goto Jiri back to her parents first, and that the maid cafe duty could be discussed later.

Nango Toki also very considerately offered to help her send Goto Jiri to her parents.

Goto Ichiri was able to hold back her tears and not burst into tears on the spot.

"Brother Shi! I want to eat that!"

Goto Jiri suddenly reached out and pointed to a takoyaki shop next door.

"Second, Second, don't cause trouble for Ah Shi."

Goto Ichiri quietly adopted an older sister's tone and scolded her.

However, it was clear that her 'sisterly authority' was practically nonexistent in the eyes of her younger sister.

Even after she spoke up, Goto Jiri still turned her head cutely to Nango Toki, whom she had just met, and drawled out, "Hey—Toki-nii."

"I already told you, Erli, don't cause trouble for Ashi..."

Goto Ichiri's expression turned somewhat serious, and he was just about to continue speaking.

"It's alright, it's just a mile."

Nango Toki smiled and reached out to pat Goto Ichiri's head: "It's just a serving of takoyaki, I can afford it."

"Ah... I... I did (yes)."

Feeling the warmth of Nango Toki's hand, Goto Ichiri's previously serious expression softened instantly. She blushed adorably and nodded her head, her words slightly mumbled.

"..." Goto Jiri watched this scene with great curiosity and kept it in mind.

As mentioned earlier, most of the food stalls at the Ocha Festival are run by students.

And the takoyaki stand in front of us is no exception.

There were two female trainees awkwardly flipping the takoyaki in front of them with bamboo skewers.

They were both working up a sweat.

Trying to flip the dough before it had solidified resulted in making a mess of yellowish-white batter everywhere, showing a lack of skill.

But Nanxiang didn't care.

It's normal that their skills aren't as refined as those of students, since it's a student stall.

He led Goto Jiri and Goto Ichiri over and greeted them.

"Excuse me, I'd like an order of takoyaki."

"Senior Nan-Nanxiang?!"

The two female trainees, whose names were called, looked up and exclaimed in surprise when they saw Nanxiang standing in front of them.