Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

"It's a bit ordinary. How about a croissant? Add some cheese, lettuce, and ham and make it into a croissant sandwich."

"Croissant?" Su Shi thought about it and nodded, "Okay." It sounded quite interesting.

I remember that the convenience store downstairs from my house sells packaged croissants. I can buy some tonight and keep them on the freezer. Tomorrow morning, I can cut it in half, add some cheese slices, lettuce, and some ham, wrap it up, and eat it for breakfast.

Then I'll tell Zhe Li about my experience. If it doesn't taste good, I'll make him pay for it! ...

Su Shi was lost in thought, trying to make himself feel better.

The Zheli on the opposite side was still talking, waving his chopsticks in the air, and the more he spoke, the more interested he became:

"My family owns a bakery, and I'm the best at baking croissants. They're guaranteed to be crispy and fluffy. Even my sister can't compare to me when it comes to croissants. Hmm, this is a rare opportunity, so why not go buy some pecorino cheese..."

"……hehe."

Su Shi felt that Zhe Li's high spirits were both fresh and adorable, and she couldn't help but laugh.

But the next moment, thinking carefully...

The girl suddenly realized the implication of his words and looked at him with wide eyes in surprise.

“——That, that!” Su Shi raised his voice slightly and interrupted Zhe Li’s words.

"Hmm? Ah, sorry, sorry, it's rare for us to talk about bread, so I got a little excited."

Zhe Li's expression froze and he touched his head embarrassedly.

Unlike his sisters, he wasn't particularly keen on baking bread, but he loved croissants. So rather than saying his croissant-baking skills were the best in the family, it was more like he only knew how to bake croissants.

Now that I think about it, maybe my sister's self-pity back then was just to appease him.

Apparently, Baodengzheli inherited the title of the most gentle creature on earth from his elder sister!

"No, that's not it..."

Su Shi stared closely at Zhe Li's eyes, his expression looking very oppressive, but his tone sounded very fragile, as if he was quite incredulous:

"You, you mean... let me come here tomorrow morning as well?"

"So you didn't plan to come? Fine, let's do it another time."

Zhe Li nodded, not quite understanding.

"Just consider it as a return gift for today. When you're free, just tell me a day in advance—"

"——I'm free tomorrow!!"

Su Shi stood up suddenly and shouted loudly.

"...Is that so?" Zhe Li was startled by Su Shi's sudden excitement, but he still said with a smile, "Then just come at your usual time tomorrow. Don't stay up late, and don't get up early. At your age, you'll get acne if you don't get enough sleep!"

Su Shi then slowly sat back in his seat and muttered, "Today was just an accident! I don't stay up late."

"Great, keep it up." Zhe Li clapped his hands.

Su Shi snorted, "Do you need to tell me that?"

"Oh, I can't quite remember who sent me a message in the middle of the night saying they couldn't sleep last time."

"Who knows. Is that the girl you picked up somewhere?"

"I think I met her near here, a lady from Tsuki no Mori."

"is it beautiful?"

"Not as pretty as you."

"?"

"Are you serious about that look of disgust?"

……

The warm spring sun peeks through the crack in the door.

It’s like they don’t want to disturb each other who are cherishing their time.

Quietly transforming into dots of light and shadow.

Lost Star Chapter 20 Summer Record: Chapter Kasugano

"Moon Forest Music Festival?"

Such a name with a strong two-dimensional flavor made Bao Deng Zheli repeat it.

Nagasaki Suyo's willingness to speak seemed inversely proportional to the abundance of food on the table.

The two of them finished the small lunch boxes in just over ten minutes, but their conversation never stopped during the process of enjoying the food and for nearly half an hour afterwards.

Most of the time, it was Su Shi who did the talking, recounting trivial incidents from school, allowing Zhe Li to piece together the daily life of Miss Tsuki no Mori in his mind. Occasionally, Zhe Li would recount adventure stories that he had repackaged and adapted, stories so fake they were obvious the moment they were read, but Su Shi always listened intently.

At this moment, it was Nagasaki Suyo's turn to mention the annual event of Tsuki no Mori, the "Tsuki no Mori Music Festival".

"Yes, our wind band club will also participate." Su Shi said casually.

In her freshman year, having just joined the club, she merely watched from the audience. She didn't perform as the lead double bass until her sophomore year, and she did the same this year. However, she wasn't particularly interested in the wind band activities to begin with, and only pretended to be active to appear like a "good, sociable student."

But now she no longer cares about those things.

"Really? I really want to go and see it!" Zhe Li showed a longing look.

The combination of the two keywords, "young lady's school" and "music festival", made Zheli imagine a spacious venue like a high-end banquet in his mind, with many girls wearing Tsuki no Mori school uniforms, who could only shout "Greetings" and laugh, wandering around like puppets.

It was a serious lack of imagination. This was after Su Shi had just instilled some common sense into her about everyday life as a young lady.

I can only say that this is what country bumpkins are like.

"That's right..."

At this time, Su Shi smiled.

The kind without any emotion.

"Which girl do you want to meet, Mr. Zheli?"

"...?"

You're putting pressure on me before we even start dating, right?

Nagasaki Suyo's reaction was so classic that Zheli just wanted to laugh.

Thinking that laughing in this situation would be too hurtful to the girl, he tried hard to control his expression and said casually:

"Just saying. I remember that Moon Forest doesn't accept visitors, right? There's no way I could get in."

"Besides, you just said the music festival is next Saturday, April 4th?"

Nagasaki Suyo nodded.

This year's Golden Week runs from Saturday, April 4th to May 27th, an unprecedented ten-day holiday. Therefore, the Tsuki no Mori school, taking into account the needs of students during the long holiday, chose to hold the music festival on the last Saturday before the long holiday, leaving a week as a buffer.

"Lenai and I had a live performance at RiNG that day, so we couldn't go anyway," said Zheli.

"…Live?"

Su Shi was surprised at first, but then he reacted.

Since we're going to form a band, we can't just stay in the recording studio and have fun.

"But isn't that too much of a rush?"

Thinking of this, Su Shi began to worry about the two of them.

She remembered every word Zheli said. For example, Zheli and Le Na had only known each other for a short time, and seeing them walking back to the cafe together was actually their first memorable group rehearsal.

And because I joined at the last minute, I didn't actually learn anything in the end...

After thinking about it, I couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

But when Su Shi looked up and prepared to apologize, Zhe Li patted his chest and said with a smile:

"It will win."

A genius guitarist and a super bassist with the Blood Star plug-in teamed up, and copied a song that was very popular in the previous life. They can't lose even if they meet Long Lin, Fan Fa, or Cheng Shuang Zhi Liu Xing.

Nagasaki Suyo looked at his face intently and couldn't help asking:

"Why are you always so confident?"

I really hope he can share some of that confidence with me.

"Because I have nothing left except confidence." Zhe Li snorted.

"That doesn't sound confident at all."

"Quack, you must have stolen my confidence. I'm going to kill you and give it back to me."

"Hey! I'm not going to give it back to you."

Su Shi stuck out her tongue, but then covered her mouth shyly because of her own behavior.

Damn it, it’s all his fault for giving me his confidence without my permission!

The two chatted for a while about everything under the sun.

It wasn't until Zheli saw the minute hand pointed to 10 that he gently tapped the table and said to Sushi:

"Okay! Enough small talk. Are you ready to go to school?"

…Actually, I’m already thinking of skipping class.

Su Shi did not say this out loud, but nodded slightly and politely.

If you continue to be so willful, it will really cause him trouble.

She is very "selfish" and would not waste her "quota" on such unimportant things.

"I'll come again in the afternoon." Su Shi said.

Zhe Li nodded, "Yeah. Remember to send a message after school."

"...Eh? Ah, oh, oh." The girl was a little confused, as if she had been caught off guard.

She stood up absentmindedly and straightened her wrinkled skirt and hem, hesitating for a long time. Even Zheli had packed up the lunch box and was about to get up to wash it, but she was still standing there motionless.

Zhe Li looked over suspiciously.

The girl only whispered, "Um...what is the purpose of sending the message?"

Nagasaki Suyo couldn't help but feel a little excited, but she pretended to be calm on the surface.

She thought she had concealed it well, but Zhe Li had clearly seen her start to pinch her fingertips back and forth.

"What else can I do with a message? I can confirm when you'll get out of school and decide when to go shopping for food." Zhe Li tilted his head. "You didn't forget that it's my turn to treat you to dinner tonight, did you?"

"By the way, for convenience, let's eat at Nascita. I'll take you home then too."

"Oh, oh. That's it." Su Shi forced a smile.

Zhe Li stared at her unnatural expression and thought for a while.

"Do you want me to pick you up from school?"

“——!?…I, I didn’t say that!”

Su Shi waved his hands wildly in denial.

After a few seconds, he asked in a low voice:

"……May I?"

"I don't mind. But aren't you afraid of being misunderstood?"

The official script pretends to be reserved.

Everyone knows what Nagasaki Sushi is thinking, but until the little girl musters up the courage to point it out, Baodeng Zeli will still stay with her.

Alas, the value of the most gentle creature on earth is still rising and it never stops.

"I, I can call you brother!"

Su Shi had a flash of inspiration and felt that he had come up with a good idea.

That's right! Now take a closer look. Zheli's blonde hair isn't the kind of bright gold that's close to pure gold, but rather an orange-gold color more like sunset red. It's the same hue as her own flaxen hair, and they both have sky-blue eyes.

Although they don't look alike at all, it's not easy to arouse suspicion if you call him brother.