I have bound two systems.

"That's too much, President. You're taking advantage of me even though you already have Pochi-chan. You're snatching the manager's food from my chopsticks. Isn't that like you're indirectly kissing both of us at the same time?"

"Ah, yes, yes..."

Chisato Suzumiya simply responded perfunctorily.

He can now roughly find a way to deal with Yamada Ryo.

This girl's personality and behavior are unpredictable, so even if she does something strange or says something strange, it will not arouse suspicion from people who know her well.

Since she's a weirdo, it's not surprising even if she does weird things.

Just looking at the three people who had no reaction at the side, you can understand that the more you should follow her line of thought at this time, if you show panic or take it seriously, it will make you seem guilty and have problems.

"If you want to, just tell me directly and I won't refuse you."

"Okay, when I'm really interested one day, I'll ask you to do it for me. I'll ask for your guidance then."

"You're welcome. This is the work that a subordinate must share with his superior."

"Okay, let's eat quickly."

As for the other three people standing by, Ijichi Kouka glanced at Yamada Ryo speechlessly, Kita Ikuyo was biting her chopsticks gently, her eyes secretly shifting back and forth between the two of them, and as for Goto Ichiri, she was silently grinning, probably because she felt that the humorous conversation in front of her was both interesting and heartwarming.

After a while, Yidi Zhixingge came back.

"Have you decided on a location?"

"Yes, it's solved. Probably because of our cooperation, the bar owner heard that my friends were coming and directly arranged a seat for me very close to the stage. He also specially told me that the drinks for that table would be free, and snacks and fruit plates would be given as well. I didn't want to force him to pay."

"Really? That's great, but this kind of warm arrangement has far exceeded the scope of a business partnership. I think it's your own personal charm that plays a role in this."

kindness?

I can’t tell you what it feels like.

Although it was clearly a casual conversation, Ijichi Kouka suddenly looked at Suzumiya Chisato who said this with a smile on her face, with more concern, and felt that something was... not right.

Ichichi Xingge didn't notice anything, she just shrugged and sat at the table.

"Forget about the charisma. The bar owner probably just thinks that doing us a favor will be useful if there is still cooperation. Businessmen pursue profits, which is understandable. I can just secretly pay the money before leaving... Hey wait... Where's my beef?"

The first thing she did was narrow her eyes and look at Yamada Ryo. This guy had too many criminal records and was the first suspect.

Yamada Ryo denied it immediately.

"It's not me. I'm just an accomplice in the attempt. The mastermind is the president."

Ijichi Hoshige turned her gaze and stared at Suzumiya Chisato.

"I can explain that being eaten by me is better than being eaten by her. Look, I can even give it back to you now."

Watching Chisato Suzumiya transfer the beef from her bowl to her own bowl, although she didn't think there was anything wrong with it, Ijichi Hoshika still showed an expression of disgust.

Yamada Ryo extended his chopsticks just in time.

"If the manager doesn't want it, give it to me."

Then, as expected, he was punished with a knife.

There was some noise during the meal.

While waiting for the official performance, everyone sat in a circle in the lounge and played poker to relax.

The four members of the band have a lot of experience in performing on stage. They have performed on large stages with more than a thousand people. So performing on stage in a small theater like this is naturally no problem. There is no need to be so nervous all the time, just keep a calm mind.

At around six o'clock, Yidizhi Xingge received a call.

She stood up and walked out of the lounge, stood at the door of the bar, looked around, and soon saw her friend waving at her from afar.

Shizuka Hiratsuka, who was drunk as a pile of mud last night, is now resurrected with full energy.

And she changed into the more trendy combination of milky pants and bright-colored tops for the first time in a long time. This outfit made Ijichi Xingge feel like she hadn't seen it in a long time, as if she had returned to the student days they had experienced together.

"Yo, Xingge."

"Yang No is here too."

"Well, thank you for your help, Sister Xingge."

"It's no trouble. I've arranged your seats. Come in with me."

Before this, Yukinoshita Haruno had dinner with Hiratsuka Shizuka and Ijichi Hoshika several times, so they naturally became familiar with each other.

And Ijichi Hoshika, the owner of the performance hall who has a similar temperament to her mentor, is also one of the very few people around Yukinoshita Haruno who can make her feel natural and happy and open her heart to him.

"The bar looks much more impressive than the pictures on the internet."

"This bar was renovated not long ago. Jing, you must be looking at an old promotional picture."

"I see. That's what I was saying."

After chatting casually, Yidizhi Xingge led the two of them to their seats.

On the round table in front of the booth were a bottle of champagne and red wine, as well as a platter of fruits and dried fruits.

"This is it. The four people I'm with will be on stage in a little while, so I won't be able to accompany you. I'll order these for you first. You can add more if it's not enough."

"I'm looking forward to it. The last time I saw Xiao Hongxia perform live was in your performance hall."

"Get ready to be surprised. Under my training, she is now completely different from before."

Yidizhi Xingge put a little gold on her face.

"That's it, you sit down for a while, it will get lively soon, I'll come find you later."

"Well, go get busy."

After settling his friend down, Ichichi Xingge turned and left.

Hiratsuka Shizuka opened the red wine without hesitation and filled it for herself and Yukinoshita Haruno. They clinked glasses lightly and decided to take a sip first.

After the new semester officially began, she couldn't rest for a while. She couldn't drink as much as she wanted and then stay in bed peacefully the next day.

"Life is so unpredictable. I thought Xingge would run her own showroom peacefully, and then expand her own store when the time is right, instead of taking the path of an unrelated agent like she is now. Seeing her now, she seems to be very fulfilled and enjoying it. I am really happy for her."

"Hmm~ Because I met a noble person~"

After clinking glasses with Hiratsuka Shizuka, Yukinoshita Haruno did not take a sip right away, but just shook the goblet gently.

"In fact, I envy Sister Xingge a lot. She can lead her own life and make decisions freely without considering external factors."

Shizuka Hiratsuka turned her head to look at Yukinoshita Haruno, who was once her student and now her friend, and patted her shoulder silently.

Every family has its own problems, but Yukinoshita Haruno, who belongs to the Yukinoshita family, is particularly complicated because she has no choice but to do so due to various reasons.

The longer you are in society, the more the youthful energy in your heart will be polished and become smooth. You will have to compromise on many things and become less and less like your former self.

Just like Yukinoshita Haruno beside her.

Looking back now, if we don’t consider her appearance, she in high school is like two completely different people compared to now.

"Tell me, what bad things have happened to you?"

Shizuka Hiratsuka looked around and found that many people were smoking, so she lit one for herself without any hesitation.

"It's really frustrating. It would be great if I could switch positions with Xiaojing."

Yukinoshita Haruno let out a long sigh, and very naturally put out the cigarette that Hiratsuka Shizuka had just held in her lips and took a puff of, into the ashtray, and also took away her lighter.

Hiratsuka Shizuka: “(*￣︿￣)…”

Is this girl increasingly disrespecting her former mentor?

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Chapter 111 It seems to be getting interesting

Perhaps considering that Yukinoshita Haruno was not in a good mood today and had another kind of pressure on her shoulders, Hiratsuka Shizuka didn't pay much attention to her actions, but just complained about what she had just said.

"What do you mean by the transformation of our identities and positions?"

"It means exactly what it says. It would be great if I could become Jing."

"You want to be a teacher and educate students?"

"Compared to my current job, this proposal is really attractive. I don't have to worry about so many things. I just need to face innocent students every day."

Shizuka Hiratsuka was dismissive of Yukinoshita Haruno's words. When it came to her job, she had a lot to complain about.

However, the purpose of the two of them coming out today was not to listen to her talk about her work. It was obvious that there was someone else who needed comfort and to vent her melancholy.

"Are you being urged by your mother to meet again... well, make new friends."

Hiratsuka Shizuka took Yukinoshita Haruno's feelings into consideration and used a statement that sounded more comfortable.

"She didn't push."

Yukinoshita Haruno took a sip of red wine.

"She was using sheer intimidation and deception."

Hiratsuka Shizuka laughed along,

"It's not that serious. After all, you are mother and daughter."

"But Jing has ever seen a mother lie over the phone about not feeling well to trick her daughter into going home for a blind date, and when her daughter realizes this and refuses to cooperate, she pretends to be weak in order to force her daughter to comply."

Yukinoshita Haruno leaned back on the sofa and sighed dejectedly.

There wasn't much resentment in her tone when she spoke, but more of helplessness about not being able to change her current situation.

Shizuka Hiratsuka can understand what Haruno is thinking, but on the other hand, she can also understand what Haruno's mother is thinking.

There is no hatred between this mother and daughter. It is more of a difference in their thinking and ideas that has caused the current tension in their relationship.

When Yono was a student, Hiratsuka Shizuka also met her mother. She was a stern and serious woman, with a noble manner in her speech and behavior. She was dignified and beautiful, and also had a considerable degree of independent thinking, and she was firm in her words.

And it just so happened that Yang Noi also inherited a considerable part of her similar character traits, she was confident and strong. Naturally, she had her own ideas and it was impossible for her to obediently give up the control of her own life and hand it over to someone else, even if that person was her mother.

One is a mother who wants to intervene in her daughter's future arrangements, hoping that she can proceed step by step under her leadership.

The other is a daughter who has received a fairly high level of elite education and possesses quite avant-garde and independent thinking, and who wants to live her own life freely without any constraints.

The conflict between the two had existed for several years.

After graduating from university, Yukinoshita Haruno took a step back, temporarily suppressed her own ideas, and followed her mother's arrangements to come to her family's company to share some of the responsibilities.

Then after that, her mother gradually began to change direction, started to take charge of her life events, and became keen on introducing various men to her.

This time, Yukinoshita Haruno did not compromise. It was not because she had another man she liked, but because she hated this kind of arranged marriage decided by parents from the bottom of her heart.

From that moment on, the situation between mother and daughter became tense, and to this day, there seems to be no sign of improvement.

Not only did the relationship not get better, but through what Yukinoshita Haruno just said, Hiratsuka Shizuka realized that the relationship between this mother and daughter was probably getting worse.

Even an honest judge finds it difficult to judge family affairs.

Not to mention that Hiratsuka Shizuka is just a high school teacher, so she can't give any good method to help Yukinoshita Haruno get out of the current deadlock. She can only say some soothing words as much as possible to let Yukinoshita Haruno vent her bad mood so that she won't feel blocked in her heart and feel extremely depressed.

"In fact, I think that even though your mother didn't take your feelings into consideration when doing everything, from her point of view, she must still hope that you will be successful in the future, so she made such an arrangement."

Hiratsuka Shizuka's earnest words had no effect.

No, it seems to have worked, but it was a counter-effect.

At this moment, Yukinoshita Haruno was looking at her with an expression that said "Do you want to hear what you are saying?", and she was quite impatient.

"Ah Jing, what you said is exactly the same as what my middle-aged father said."

"When you reach middle age...!"

Being compared with an uncle, Shizuka Hiratsuka covered her heart for a moment, feeling hurt.

She is obviously still a girl in her early twenties!

"Before, I came home and found out that my mother had lied to me. I was so angry that I turned around and left. But my father followed me out and stopped me and said something similar to what you just said. Not only was the content the same, but the tone was also very similar. In short, he told me not to be angry with my mother."

Shizuka Hiratsuka took a deep breath and drank a sip of wine to calm herself down. She repeatedly told herself that the person sitting next to her was her former student, and that a teacher should not be angry with students. The right decision would be to find a way to guide and comfort her.

After such self-comfort, Shizuka Hiratsuka's heart, which had just been hit, calmed down again.

"You should listen to your father and think of a way to reconcile with your mother. For many things, you can't just be angry about it. You need both parties to sit down and talk to each other to come up with a solution."

"It's not like I haven't tried before, but my mother, once she makes up her mind, there's no way she'll change her mind, unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless I bring someone I like back now."