I have bound two systems.

It's okay for one or two meals, but if you keep eating this, it's no wonder that Yamada Ryo had such an obsession with barbecue.

Although they are now officially signed with a company and on the professional path, the members who left the band are still students and cannot fall behind in their studies for the sake of their future.

After a forty-minute break after lunch, they gathered at the company's conference table and began studying together.

It lasted until about four in the afternoon, and then according to the original schedule, the four members of the band would start a new round of practice.

However, since they had already been promised to give them some time to catch their breath, and Ichichi Xingge had a dinner arrangement in the evening, the original plan was naturally cancelled.

So today ended early, and after the four members of the band finished, I had the time to myself.

After hearing what Ichichi Xingge said, they shouted "Long live" and hurriedly trotted to pack their things.

So only Suzumiya Chisato and Ijichi Hoshika were left in the conference room.

"President, if you have free time in the future, you should come to the company more often. People often come to us to seek cooperation, and we can't always be the ones to entertain them. Besides, if you are present, I feel that they will be more motivated to practice."

Ichichi Hoshige said this while arranging the tables and chairs in the conference room.

"I see. I'll come over if I have time."

"I hope so."

"By the way, Sister Xingge, I promised them that we would go out to eat together later, you can come too."

Chisato Suzumiya extended an invitation.

Ichichi Xingge was stunned when he heard this.

The other party's invitation conflicted with her original plan.

She placed the last stool, bent down and stood up to look at Suzumiya Chisato. She wanted to refuse, but the moment her eyes met hers, she asked without permission.

"What to eat?"

"Barbecue, it's a unanimous decision. I know you are intentionally controlling their fat and calorie intake, I will make sure they have the right amount."

"You don't have to be so cautious. You're the president, so of course you have the final say."

The sight of Ichichi Hoshika with her hands on her hips made Suzumiya Chisato laugh softly.

"What's so funny."

"nothing."

I feel that now, Xingge sister, I, and the other girls who have ended the band are just like the true portrayal of parents and children in a small family.

It is impossible to express so clearly the sense of déjà vu that suddenly popped up in Chisato Suzumiya's mind.

"So Sister Xingge, you will come, right?"

"kindness……"

"What's wrong? Do you want to go home and change clothes? There's no need for that. I think Sister Xingge looks great in this OL professional outfit. She's quite elegant."

"That's not the problem!"

Ichichi Xingge took a deep breath and turned around.

"…It's okay. I get it. I'll go with you. Who knows what they'll beg you to do if I'm not around?"

"Okay, I'm going to the bathroom, see you later."

Chisato Suzumiya stood up and walked out of the meeting room.

Ijichi Xingge continued to look outside the window opposite, and after a while she reached out and held her hot cheeks.

She sighed helplessly and replied to her friend to tell him that she had something urgent to do and could not keep the appointment that evening.

The other party responded with an old-fashioned emoji of a vicious old man licking the tip of a knife, with the text "Are you kidding me?"

Ijichi Hoshika couldn't help laughing and calmly used work as an excuse to get away with it.

But deep down in her heart, she was actually looking forward to tonight's dinner party, just like the others who had just ended their band career.

"Really... I don't understand..."

Ichichi Hoshige held her forehead and muttered in confusion.

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Chapter 70: Hiratsuka Shizuka's Speculations about Her Friend

Monday after school.

Located in the meeting room of Sobu High School.

The student unions and other activity organization members of both campuses looked at the series of prizes piled high in the center of the table and listened to Yukinoshita Yukino's detailed explanation with shocked expressions.

Many people turned their eyes to Chisato Suzumiya who was sitting nearby with a helpless look on her face.

Among them, Isshi Iroha's gaze was particularly special. According to Yukinoshita Yukino's explanation, the prizes in front of them, which would be used for subsequent competitions, were sponsorships that Suzumiya Chisato had gone around soliciting last Saturday.

Although she did not explain what role she played in this, anyone with a discerning eye could see that she was definitely there when Chisato Suzumiya went around soliciting sponsorships last week, otherwise she would not have been able to describe the matter in such detail.

Yukinoshita-senpai and Chisato-senpai...

Although I knew that they had a good relationship and were neighbors, I never thought they could be so close and could go out together so naturally.

Isshiki Caiyu quietly and thoughtfully shifted her gaze between the two of them.

Yuigahama Yui, who noticed her subtle movement, felt extremely nervous. With her ability of observing people's expressions maxed out, she now roughly understood what Isshiki was thinking.

She wanted to say something to ask Isshiki to stop worrying so much, but she was afraid that she was not very good at speaking and would make things worse, so she could only keep silent and think that it would be better to go to Yukinoshita Yukino to explain the potential impact behind this matter.

Of course, in addition to the students, there was also a teacher in the conference room responsible for co-supervision.

Although both schools let the student union take the lead in planning the event, considering that they are students after all, both schools agreed that it is necessary to send a teacher to supervise.

As for Sobu High School, the candidate for the supervising teacher naturally fell on the less experienced teacher, Ms. Shizuka Hiratsuka, who was recommended for this temporary position by many senior teachers including the dean of studies.

This is pure workplace bullying, using the unfounded excuse that young people need exercise.

Hiratsuka Shizuka was indignant, but there was nothing she could do as this was her job after all.

However, when she officially arrived at the conference room and saw the sponsored prizes piled up in the middle of the table, her eyes still lit up in disbelief.

She saw a certain company's latest gaming console, which had just been on the market and was in short supply. One had to queue up overnight or make an advance reservation, and she didn't know how long it would take to receive the goods. She didn't expect to see it here.

Today's high school students are really getting better and better.

She was so emotional at the time.

However, as other people from Fengcheng School arrived one after another and the meeting officially began, as Yukinoshita Yukino spoke, she realized that things were not as she thought. These sponsorships were the result of the concerted efforts of the students present for a long time, but were spoils that someone had easily obtained.

Sitting in the corner of the conference room with her arms folded across her chest, Shizuka Hiratsuka silently cast her gaze towards Chisato Suzumiya.

She was very familiar with this man, although they had met only twice in total. One time was in the Starry Exhibition Hall, when he was at the bar, responsible for making drinks and collecting bills, and the other time was a chance encounter when they were dining out.

But he couldn't help but hear a good friend named Yidizhi mention his name all the time.

For example, the last time they met privately for a drink, the two chatted casually and complained about their daily lives.

Shizuka Hiratsuka was lamenting that the students these days were really ignorant and becoming increasingly difficult to discipline.

Ijichi Xingge smiled and said with a bit of schadenfreude that it was the problem of the students you met.

She also has a high school student working part-time in her store. He is so useful. He can do the accounting and serve drinks and alcohol at the bar. Most importantly, his handsome face is not too conspicuous. He does not need to do anything special in the store, but he has doubled the visit rate of female customers in her exhibition hall.

As we all know, in exhibition halls, which are places for relaxation at night, the number of female customers can, in most cases, attract the influx of male customers. In this way, it is natural that the turnover will explode.

Ichichi Hoshige said she shouldn't be too happy.

Shizuka Hiratsuka complained but instead of seeking comfort she was irritated. She drank a glass of wine in depression, sighed loudly, and talked about her recent work life which made her physically and mentally exhausted.

Then Ijichi Hoshika laughed again, and immediately said that since she entrusted the exhibition hall to a friend and joined the company of Chisato Suzumiya, who was originally her employee but is now the real head of the company, she felt relaxed and full of energy.

Because music was the career she had always dreamed of, she had to open a concert hall to make a living.

Bala, bala, bala, bala...

So Shizuka Hiratsuka was forced to listen to her friend, whose smile was becoming more and more obvious, talking about her recent thriving daily life and work for nearly twenty minutes.

During this period, the name Chisato Suzumiya appeared frequently.

Shizuka Hiratsuka continued to complain about her boss at school, the Mediterranean dean who threw most of the difficult tasks to her.

Ijichi Xingge was slightly drunk and chuckled as she talked about her superior, the president. Not only did she call her "Sister Xingge" without any airs, she also occasionally ordered a cup of milk tea or coffee for her in the afternoon.

The hot drink was not that expensive, but it made her feel warm as the season got colder.

At that time, Shizuka Hiratsuka was looking at Ijichi Hoshika with her chin in her hand and a bright smile on her face. The happiness and longing for the future revealed in her face and body movements made her feel that this good friend was completely different from before.

The decadent temperament and occasional dead eyes of the past are gone, replaced by the youthful and unrestrained vigor of a girl.

But it’s obvious that they are of similar age, and in another three to five years they will be in their thirties!

There is no reason why the temperament of youth, which will never come back once it is gone, should appear on her!

Many things that I didn't notice before because alcohol eroded my brain and caused my thinking to become slow, have now been given a new understanding in this conference room.

Now thinking back, the expression that idiot Xingge showed when we were chatting a few days ago, the corners of his mouth that unconsciously turned up when he spoke, his eyes that looked both charming, seductive, sexy and moist, isn't that the touching gesture that a woman shows when she finds her own happiness and true love!

Most of the female friends around her are already married, and Shizuka Hiratsuka, who has attended seven weddings, is very familiar with this kind of expression!

But, but!

"..."

Hiratsuka Shizuka silently looked at Suzumiya Chisato's face and thought silently...

Probably not.

Although this guy does have a face that is so ostentatious that women can't take their eyes off it, no matter from which angle, especially from the perspective of women like them.

He is very handsome, but too young. After all, there is a ten-year age difference between them.

To put it bluntly, seventeen or eighteen years ago, when Xingge and I were able to get up by ourselves, read books, and make a simple breakfast by ourselves, and started watching girls' anime and fantasizing that in the future we would have a prince charming just like the heroine on the screen, he was still in the state of a fertilized egg.

Only young people who are naive and fearless will say that age is not a problem. However, for adults who have been working in society for many years and have thought more about various aspects, the age difference between the two parties is very important. It is so important that after this information is revealed, it will affect whether the two people need to try to go further.

After considering the above relationship, Shizuka Hiratsuka shook her head slightly.

She felt that she was overthinking it after all. She knew Ichichi Xingge too well.

In a way, she even felt that the other person was more stable and sensible than herself.

After all, when Hiratsuka Shizuka was still enjoying her youthful high school life, Ijichi Hoshika had already dropped out of school. Because of the death of her mother at home, she shouldered the burden of life early on and has always taken good care of her younger sister.

From this perspective, she didn't believe that someone as mature as Ichichi Hoshige would make such a mistake.

Sure enough, I was worrying too much.

Xingge probably just simply admires this boy, from the perspective of an elder looking at a younger person, like the love between a sister and a brother or something.

After staring at Chisato Suzumiya and brainstorming, Shizuka Hiratsuka thought she had found the correct answer and nodded with relief.

As for Suzumiya, he had vaguely sensed that someone was staring at him from the beginning, and he glanced at the other students at the conference table.

Apart from the sweet smile she gave back when her eyes met with Isshiki Iroha's, she didn't notice anything else wrong.

But the feeling of being stared at did not disappear. After being confused, he finally discovered his blind spot in thinking and turned to look at Shizuka Hiratsuka who was sitting in the corner of the meeting room.

Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't have time to retract her gaze, or rather, she had no intention of retracting her gaze at all.

It's not something shameful to just stare at others, and there's really no need to be sneaky about it.

So she faced the gaze of Suzumiya Chisato and gave a frank and kind smile.

However, after she saw the unspeakable light in Suzumiya Chisato's eyes, which made her feel as if every part of her body was slightly electrocuted, this kind smile began to subtly change.

Suzumiya Chisato looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka's normal smile at the beginning, which quickly turned into shyness and embarrassment, and her reaction of quickly looking away was a little confusing, but when he thought that this person was after all a good friend of Ijichi Hoshika, he still raised the corners of his lips and revealed a smile in response.

After finding the source of the gaze that had been staring at him, he calmed down and stopped looking around.

But at this moment, Shizuka Hiratsuka silently lowered her head and pursed her lips. She covered her chest with her right hand, and the sudden violent beating of her heart made her breathing a little rapid.

Although smoking and drinking are bad for the body, the physical examination report I just completed shows that everything is normal. Should I go for a detailed heart screening?

Such a thought popped into her mind.

The meeting continues.

After Yukinoshita Yukino explained the source of the prizes piled on the table, everyone looked at Suzumiya Chisato and exclaimed in admiration.

Among them, President Ichiro Huixun's smile was particularly gratifying. After all, Suzumiya Chisato was indirectly helping her fulfill her wish before graduation.

Unable to withstand the crowd's jeers, he stood up and spoke. After he said some official polite words, everyone applauded at the same time.