For the peace of the Lonely Band, please sacrifice yourself!

"Eh? Mochizuki-san... After all, he is a boy. It's not good for him to show up in public in an all-girls school..." Manabe was slightly stunned after hearing this and didn't know what to do. After all, he is also the vice president of Mio-chan's fan club.

"It's okay. Let's wait until the tea party for ordinary fans is over and they've all left, then go back to the activity room and make a special one for him." Tianzhong Ritsu suggested.

"Ah, that's an idea." The fan club president nodded in agreement.

"Right, right~"

Akiyama Mio, who was watching and slacking off, inexplicably felt that Tiananaka Ritsu had other intentions, but without any evidence, she could only shake her head, put these things behind her, and rested her arms on the table in silence.

......

Looking at the table full of pencils, erasers, bottle openers, chopsticks, chocolates, and scratching rakes with her own portrait on them, Akiyama Mio, who is still in the "recovery period", feels that she is about to collapse again.

"Can you make some useful and normal peripherals?" Akiyama Mio played with the tickling rake in her hand, choking with speechlessness, "Will anyone really be happy to receive this?"

"It's okay, it's okay. From what I've observed, the so-called peripheral products are just stickers of related characters." Hirasawa Yui gave a thumbs up with confidence.

"Oh, come to think of it, Yu prepared some baked cookies." Manabe pointed to a green bag tied with a red bow on the table.

"Okay, okay, let me put Xiao Mio's mark on them!" Dai Wei looked at the baked cookies, his fingers moving vigorously.

"Ritsu-senpai, please don't tell me how much I spent on membership fees~"

Nakano Azusa noticed that Tian Zhongli beside him was holding his chin with both hands, with a painful expression, and reminded him.

"What? You make others talk like misers! Prejudice, prejudice~ Azimiyan, it's not fair~" Tianzhong Ritsu puffed up his cheeks unhappily and muttered in dissatisfaction.

"Indeed, I also think that we should not present a stereotype to others." The young man's voice pushed open the door, and Mochizuki nodded seriously, then earnestly instructed the law team:

"This is a necessary expense, please rest assured."

"Damn it!!! You bastard, I'm going to bite you to death!" Tian Zhongli realized it belatedly, his eyes widened, and he jumped off the chair in an instant, glaring at the visitor with gritted teeth.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't be anxious. What I said is all true, and everyone agrees with it." Mochizuki Saku took two steps back, shrank behind Akiyama Mio, and smiled wickedly.

"I can't stand it anymore! Don't stop me, I want to kill him!" Lu Dui said, and rushed towards Wang Yueshuo with his teeth and claws bared, wishing to eat his flesh alive and drink his blood.

"Ahem, alright, alright, I came here to talk about serious matters," the boy cleared his throat, looked at the busy girls in the light music club, and said seriously:

"Sogabe-senpai can't come today."

“Eh??? Why…” Hirasawa Yui lost her energy instantly.

"Although I wrote a letter, the senior said she couldn't make it back because of a club trip." Mochizuki Saku also sighed in disappointment.

"Then there's no point." A Zi Miao said dejectedly, resting his head on the side of his head.

"Want to postpone it?"

"No, Senior said that since the notice has been sent out, there is no need to change the schedule." Mochizuki Saku explained: "Senior Sogabe just hopes that the fan club can continue to develop. As long as the tea party can make the current fan club members happy, she will be satisfied."

"What a mature statement."

"She is a female college student after all." Miss Kotobuki chuckled.

"After graduating and becoming mature, have you also graduated from being a fan of mio?"

"That's not the case. It must be that his schedule just happened to conflict and he couldn't come!" Nakano Azusa shook his head and said seriously.

"Well, he probably just doesn't want us to worry too much."

"Come to think of it, why did senior tell you? Have you been in contact with her privately?" In order to dispel the inexplicably lonely atmosphere, Tianzhong Ritsu decided to turn the spearhead to Mochizuki Saku, raised his eyebrows, and asked suspiciously.

"Ah? It's normal for the president and vice president to have a small group, right? Come on, I'm also the vice president of Mio-chan's fan club, after all, it should be normal for me to know about this, right?"

"Then why didn't He He come to inform them?"

"Oh, as for Manabe-san, I saw her around the corner just now and she asked me to inform everyone. She's busy setting up the scene."

"I see... Damn it, there's no more explosive news."

Tianzhong Ritsu muttered unwillingly.

Chapter 73 I meet a girl

The weary setting sun poured down obliquely, dyeing the entire activity room a thin honey color. The warm temperature dropped, and the short-haired girl with a little tired arms abruptly shrank her body, slowly put down the cardboard box full of sundries, stretched out her arm to wipe the sweat from her face.

Against the sunlight, there was a hint of red in the girl's brown hair. She looked back at the empty classroom and heard a faint shout. She subconsciously looked out the window and could vaguely see a girl standing at the school gate, waving to her friends.

"It's great..." Tianzhong Ritsu sat in his seat, holding his chin with both hands and sighed sadly.

"What are you doing here?" Along with the sound of the door being pushed open, the young man's cold voice came. Lu turned his head and happened to meet the eyes of Wang Yueshuo who walked into the activity room.

"Nothing~ I'm a little tired, so I'm just taking a break." Tian Zhongli raised his lips slightly, leaned back with his hands carefree, looked at Mochizuki Saku who was getting closer and closer, and blinked his cunning eyes, "Master Saku, aren't you going to the music room? They have specially prepared a thank-you party for you."

"The banquet for the fans hasn't even started yet. What else can I do if I go over there except scare them?" Wang Yueshuo rolled his eyes at her and continued, "I can sense that you're worried about something. You were distracted from time to time just now."

"Why, Young Master Shuo is worried about me?" Tian Zhonglu covered his mouth with his hands, a little surprised.

".......Whenever you call me Young Master, nothing good happens." Wang Yueshuo was speechless. He supported himself with the corner of the table and sat down on it. Then he stretched out his finger and poked the girl's broad forehead.

"Hehe, you've become a lot more boring after growing up." Tian Zhongli chuckled, and without any anger, he touched the place on his forehead where the boy had poked him, revealing a smile as bright as the sunset.

The young man was stunned when he saw the somewhat sad and lonely smile.

It's been a while since I saw her so lonely. She has been an outgoing and cheerful 'big brother' since the first grade. Now... why is she sad again? Did something happen to her?

Mochizuki Saku pulled out a bottle of hot coffee from his shoulder bag and pushed it in front of the girl.

"Why are you so sad? It doesn't seem like your character at all."

"Well... maybe it's because of this."

The brown-haired girl took the hot coffee, took out a few yellowed photos from her pocket and spread them on the table. There was no space for some of the photos because Wang Yueshuo's butt occupied the space, so she pushed the boy's waist hard.

Wang Yueshuo lowered his head, looking at the old photos, thoughtfully.

Memories are like a thick book that keeps turning pages before my eyes. The gentle breeze is like the rustling sound of turning pages, gentle and melodious.

The photos on the table were rare treasures taken by their parents. The protagonists were Ritsu, Mio, and Saku when they were in elementary school. The remaining small part was memorable group photos taken with everyone in the light music club after entering high school.

Little Ritsu Tainanaka was standing on the swing and rocking hard. Mio Akiyama on her right looked surprised with her mouth slightly open. On the girl's left was a boy who was only as tall as an adult's waist. He was sitting on the swing, flipping through a book in his hands, without even looking at her.

During the elementary school sports meet, in a borrowed object race, Oda Inaka Ritsu, sweating profusely, held the shocked little Mochizuki Saku and the adorable little Akiyama Mio in both hands and made the final sprint to win the championship.

During the holidays, we went to the amusement park. There were Oda Inaka Ritsu and Akiyama Mio sitting on the carousel and making the "V" sign, and there was also little Mochizuki Saku who hugged the horse's head and closed his eyes, not daring to look down.

.....

The boy who held up the photo and looked at it silently couldn't help but reveal a nostalgic smile, with the corners of his mouth curved, as if he was imagining those childhood moments that he found incredible every time he thought of them.

Unforgettable memories brought back his thoughts.

Oda Inaka Ritsu who rolled up her sleeves and chased after the little Mochizuki, Koakiyama Mio who closed her eyes to rest under the swaying shadows of the trees, and the boy and girl who sat in front of the electric fan in the summer, eating watermelons with their mouths full of juice.

besides......

"If you were a boy, you would definitely be very popular." Mochizuki Saku sighed as he looked at the girl with short brown hair in the photo who was surrounded by little girls, and laughed.

"......But I am a girl. No matter how strong or powerful I appear...I am still a girl in the end." Tianzhong Ritsu lowered his head, his ten fingers tangled together, and his voice became smaller and smaller.

"What, what did you say?" Wang Yueshuo didn't hear clearly, and asked with his head lowered curiously.

"Hey, Shuo."

Tian Zhongli suddenly approached, and the boy's sensitive earlobes could feel the girl's moist breath. He was suddenly startled, and his body was stunned, not daring to move.

"We'll always be friends, right?"

Immersed in memories, unable to control his emotions, Tian Zhongli silently covered Mochizuki Saku's palm and tentatively grasped it through the gap between his fingers. His throbbing heart seemed to jump out of his chest and scare them.

"......Of course, if you want, we can be friends for life."

Tianzhong Ritsu blinked her eyes, looking at Mochizuki's black and white eyes, which were a little flustered and wanted to escape from her sight, and the smile on her face became even more brilliant.

"only friends?"

Tian Zhongli's chest tightened, and she finally didn't say the frivolous words. She gently loosened her hand on the boy, put it in her pocket, pursed her moist lips, and returned to her usual energetic look.

"Okay, I feel relieved when you say that." She glanced at the dazed boy, tilted her head, and breathed a sigh of relief with satisfaction.

"I should go now. It's almost time for questions. After five o'clock, you can go back to the music club, add more wine and turn on the lights. And give another one to the dear vice president~"

Before he finished speaking, the brown-haired girl was like a nimble little squirrel. Before the boy could reach out to intercept her, she disappeared from Wang Yueshuo's sight in the blink of an eye.

"Heh..." Mochizuki Saku raised the hand that was held by the girl and smiled gently. Then he took out a card with a golden background from the inner pocket of his shirt. The orange-yellow sunset was shining on it, and the hand-sign "V" of Tianzhong Ritsu printed on it was clearly visible.

"If you knew that I was also the president of your fan club, what kind of expression would you show?"

Wang Yueshuo touched the back of his neck, recalling the feeling of being tickled by the girl's soft hair just now. He raised his head, glanced in the direction the girl left, and sighed with some melancholy.

Chapter 74 Daily Life

"Our tea party is finally coming to an end, so let's end with our [after-school tea party] performance..."

"Wait...wait a moment."

Before Tian Zhongli could finish her words, she was interrupted by Akiyama Mio, who had been sitting in the middle of the classroom and didn't dare to speak loudly. She looked around, looking at the classmates she knew, the classmates she didn't know, and the junior schoolmates, and took a few deep breaths: "Well, I have something I want everyone to hear."

Akiyama Mio took out a slightly wrinkled piece of paper from her skirt pocket and unfolded it.

Listening to the fans' exclamations of surprise, she strengthened her determination.

"I'm a bit clumsy with my mouth and can't speak well, so I made a poem."

“Heart-pounding sugar”

"Coat the important you with sugar juice"

"......"

As soon as she finished reading the poem, Akiyama Mio raised a piece of paper to cover half of her face, and shyly glanced at the audience, hoping to get feedback from fans.

But unfortunately, the audience was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, and even Sasaki-san smiled politely.

"Even if you're a fan, you can't reach Mio's level?"

"Anyone who listens to this will find this line a little too awkward... and so corny..."

Mochizuki Saku covered his forehead and gave a pleasant smirk.

"There's no other choice, let's go!"

"it is good!"

Tian Zhongli, who was hiding in the dark, clicked his tongue, exchanged a glance with Hirasawa Yui opposite him, and they ran onto the stage together to act as the atmosphere group.

"Please take it off and enjoy the new song of [After School Tea Party] - Pure Heart~"

At the same time, Miss Kotobuki quickly pushed the stunned Mio Akiyama away along with her chair.

"Wow! How embarrassing!"

The tea party had just ended when Akiyama Mio could no longer hide her shyness. She buried her face in her arms and let out a gentle whine.

"Shouldn't you complain about being tired? I think you look like a salted fish that has been exposed to the sun for three days." Wang Yueshuo smoothed the girl's messy hair and complained.

"It's almost over. I feel like my life is slipping away visibly."

"In that case, I can only wish you good fortune as vast as the East Sea and a long life as great as the Southern Mountains."

The boy leaned against the table and saw the group photo and chat sent to Sogabe-senpai on his phone. He chuckled, "This was definitely an excellent tea party."

"Who said it wasn't?" Tianzhong Ritsu sat next to Mochizuki Saku and lifted up her brown hair.

Wang Yueshuo could clearly smell the faint fragrance of the girl, which was a light grapefruit scent.

"The fans' tea party is over, what about mine?"

The boy suddenly had an idea, and the things he had almost forgotten came back to his mind.

"Hey, look there!" Tianzhong Ritsu pointed in the direction of the sofa.

Mochizuki Saku turned around and was stunned when he saw Kotobuki Tsumugi who had brewed black tea and prepared a sumptuous dessert.

So fast!

Is this the speed of playing the piano?

"I specially prepared mousse cake and Keemun black tea imported from China for you. I heard that it tastes fragrant, strong, sweet, and authentic, with a strong tea aroma. I wonder if you like it."

Kotobuki Tsumugi politely pulled out the chair and smiled politely at the dazed boy.

The pure aroma of black tea lingered in the house. Wang Yueshuo walked over like a robot, sat upright in the chair, took one look at the elegant young lady, and his heart was beating fast.