He asked Wakaba Mu whether there was any explosive secret behind her parents' sudden announcement of going abroad for a year, and he asked Su Shi and Aine, two amateurs, why they were chosen to debut.

Aine's voice was a little confused. "I just saw what Genmaki-san was doing... It was a bit like twisting a shrimp's head. Is he going to do something to them?"

Genmaki Yui slowly twirled the capacitive stylus with the tip twisted off in her hand. "Aine-san, are you going to plead for them? For those reporters who asked the offensive questions?"

Aine waved her hands repeatedly at first, but after hesitating for a moment, she lowered her head and whispered:

"Although they asked some inappropriate questions, they weren't serious... Genjumaki-san, their lives... shouldn't be in danger, right?"

Genmaki Wei laughed and said, "So that's what Aine is worried about. Don't worry, how could that be? Who does Aine-san think I am? I just want them to lose their hats and only be able to do odd jobs in this life."

“Ah? Ah… So that’s how it is. Fortunately…” Aine touched her head and seemed to want to say something, but she swallowed it back in the end, pursing her lips and smiling awkwardly.

Genmaki Yui looked at Aine, who was putting on a forced smile and seemed to feel a bit of pity for those reporters who would never be able to hold down decent jobs again. Her eyes became more serious and she explained:

"We had already checked in with their supervisor and just asked some common questions as a formality, but something unpleasant still happened today. I can only say they don't understand their situation clearly."

"Heh, Mori Minami and Wakaba Takafumi are going abroad, and a well-known director is using high school students in his work. What an eye-catching subject matter! As soon as he saw the opportunity to squeeze something out of you high school students, he forgot everything else."

"No matter where you are in this industry, there are some people who will do anything for traffic. They are adults and can make mistakes as long as they are willing to accept the consequences."

He tapped his chin with the end of the stylus pen and smiled warmly.

"I didn't call them personally when I explained the situation to their superiors. Perhaps they really didn't need to know me... This is partly my fault."

"Although I don't mind surprises, I hate it when things I've planned get out of my control, especially when they bring me negative emotions."

His eyes slowly swept over Xiaomu, Su Shi, and Ai Yin one by one, and Xianjuan Wei's voice sounded slow and deliberate:

"Ever since I was little, I've wanted to bring smiles to the faces of those I care about. So, if anyone makes someone I care about smile, I can make them never smile again for the rest of their lives."

"Since they ask such unpleasant questions, they won't have to laugh anymore."

Wakaba Mutsu calmly looked at Genmaki Yui's profile, forming a sharp contrast with Aine's expressive face at the moment.

She didn't feel pity for those reporters, nor did she feel particularly disgusted with them. Perhaps it could be said that she simply didn't care.

What the boy in front of her would do because of their unhappiness was what she cared about a little.

"I've asked someone to prepare afternoon tea. Do you have any other plans for the afternoon?"

While Xianjuan Wei was asking, a message popped up on Ruoye Mujingyin's phone.

"Xiao Mu, when will today's event end? Su Shi is at your place so I can't go wait for you. Chu Hua and I will be waiting for you at the cafe to celebrate."

Chapter 103 Xianjuan Manor... Xianjuan Palace?!

"Xiao Xiang, how's it going? Did Xiao Mu say when he can come?"

In the outdoor seats outside the cafe, Chu Hua pushed his sunglasses down under the parasol and asked Xiangzi.

Xiangzi pressed the screen-off button on his phone, sighed and shook his head.

"Xiao Mu has activities with other crew members this afternoon, so let's talk about it tonight."

"That's it..."

Chu Hua's eyes hidden behind his sunglasses flickered slightly.

It was obvious that Xiaomu had spent a lot of effort to persuade Xiaoxiang to live out with him, but except for the previous week, Xiaomu basically spent half of the time living at his own home.

Yes... You prefer to live in your own home, but in order to make Xiaoxiang feel at ease, will you still draw lots to choose where to live?

"Ah... Mana replied to me too... Just like Xiao Mu, it won't be over for the time being."

Chu Hua glanced at the message on his phone and sighed.

"No wonder Xiaomu always goes home to rest after finishing his homework recently. Xiaomu will probably be even busier in the future and will have even less time to spend with Xiaoxiang..."

Chu Hua whispered, looking at Xiangzi who was drinking free lemonade from a cup across from him.

Xiangzi looked at the bottom of the lemonade cup and his own reflection. After a moment of silence, he slowly said:

"I will bless and support Xiaomu."

“Living in this world… ultimately, you must have your own career to be qualified to enjoy freedom.”

Let’s not talk about other pursuits for now, but at least I have to be able to earn enough tuition for Yuezhisen independently, and at least be able to maintain a superficial decency in front of old friends.

"When she was little, Xiaomu loved to talk and laugh more than she does now... Later, even though I knew Xiaomu wasn't happy at home, I didn't take the initiative to do anything for her."

"It wasn't until these days, when Xiaomu's parents went abroad, that I realized Xiaomu's expressions and language had become richer than before, and she was more like the girl I was familiar with."

"It turns out the solution was right in front of me, but I never took action. I'm really, kind of lame...VIIII Shanliu I? V9? Third Master..."

Xiangzi stood up from his seat with his bag in hand and looked down at Chuhua:

"Although Genmaki-kun probably didn't care about Xiaomu's movie or our Sumimi...but since I have this ability, I will do my best."

"The initial handover and familiarization process delayed Sumimi's work a bit, so it's good for Mana to get a new opportunity."

"I'm going to take the tram to the lake to collect some music, and then celebrate with Xiao Mu in the evening."

Seeing Xiangzi turn around and walk towards the tram station, Chuhua quickly got up from her seat and followed him, leaving the waiter in the store to silently come out and clean up the lemonade and teacups they left behind.

Looking at the two figures wearing sunglasses leaving, the waiter frowned and looked at the juice bucket filled with lemonade.

So... these two customers who just said they would order after everyone arrived, ended up just getting two glasses of lemonade and running away?

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Outside the Xianjuan family manor, a stretched sedan slowed down at the corner of the gate and turned into the driveway inside the manor.

Aine realized it only after the car's front was facing the gate. Then she suddenly opened her mouth and let out an "ah" sound, revealing her little canine teeth.

"Wait, wait, could it be that Xianjuan's family actually lives here?!"

"This... can no longer be described as a villa, right?" Mana murmured softly.

Su Shi looked at the vast blue and white European-style building in the center, the tennis court and fountain next to it that could be seen just a short distance away, and the huge, almost boundless grove of trees that looked like they were all centuries old, and explained:

"Should it be...classified as a mansion or a palace?"

"It really looks like the place where the princess and the prince live..."

Aiyin, who had visited several ancient castles while studying in the UK, compared the mansion in front of her with the so-called "Duke Heritage Castle" in the UK and immediately determined that the two were not comparable at all.

“It feels like… it’s not much worse than Buckingham Palace?” Aine looked towards the fountain not far away and said hesitantly.

"Could it be bigger than the Imperial Palace..." Mana also let her imagination run wild.

As their speculations grew more and more outrageous, Xianjuan Wei, who was sitting alone in a row, turned her head and interrupted, "Alright, alright, it's not that exaggerated. It's not going to be like what happened over at Nijubashi. There's no need."

The Xianjuan family's manor is indeed not as vast as the "Imperial Palace" in the broad sense, but as for the narrow sense... he can't say.

Ruoye Mu tilted his head slightly and looked at the scenery inside the manor.

The last time I was invited here... was when I was very young, I can't remember it clearly.

These days she has also been thinking about when she will come to Xianjuan's house next time, and whether she will have to wait until after she gets married.

I just didn’t expect… Although we didn’t wait long, there seemed to be a lot of people coming.

"Um, Genmaki-san... can you allow me to take a couple of pictures later?" Aine clutched her phone, feeling nervous but also eager to try.

"Aine-san, do you want to post an update?" asked Genmaki Yui.

"Is this... okay?"

"I don't care. Many people have already posted it. Just don't mention Xianjuan's name. But if someone asks, I suggest you don't say it's the president's house of the agency." Xianjuan Wei held up his face, and his tone sounded indifferent.

Anyway, several members of the old group were sometimes invited by Xin in the past, and they had even been to a private island before. They had already posted the updates they needed to post, and everyone was very reliable, saying they were just invited by friends.

Xianjuanwei doesn't really like having her life shared online, so she'll ask the internet monitoring authorities to suppress the hype and not give her any streams. It's a shame that when PP Band came to play, Caicai was wondering why she couldn't get any likes after posting such an exciting update about her experience...

The car stopped when it reached an open area, and the man in black waiting outside opened the door:

"Master, afternoon tea is ready."

"Thank you."

Xian Juanwei turned her head to look at several girls who were getting off the car, with varying degrees of surprise in their eyes.

How come by some strange coincidence, I ended up with an extra donut on the list of things I wanted to bring home...

Never mind, one more girl won’t make much difference.

Aiyin raised her phone and used all her aesthetic sense to take pictures of the vast lawn in front of her, which was big enough to be used as a golf course, and the palace-like building behind it.

Turning her head to look at Yui Genmaki who was sending a message on her phone, Aine came over and asked curiously:

"Mr. Xianjuan, don't you like being posted online?"

"Well, I don't really like it... although it's not completely unacceptable."

For example, when he performs with the HHW band and plays keyboards, it doesn’t matter if the video is shared online, because this is what Xian Juanxin likes.

“Like this…” Aine retracted her hand that was holding the phone.

Xian Juanwei shrugged and smiled at her, then took out his phone and activated the selfie camera: "It's okay if you don't want to post it online, just use mine and I'll send it to you later."

"Sure! Thank you so much!" Aine happily took the phone, adjusted the angle and took a photo with Yui and Harumaki.

After clicking the thumbnail in the lower left corner to bring up the photo, Aine said curiously, "Why do Genmaki-san's selfies seem so much clearer than my phone? Mine is clearly the latest model this year..."

Genmaki Yui took the phone back from Aine and told the man in black who was waiting nearby to prepare a professional camera to take pictures. Then she explained to Aine:

"Oh, that's because phones with this kind of specs will be available on the civilian market in five or six years."

Chapter 104 Cucumbers can hybridize

"The pavilion here...is somewhat similar in shape to the one in the Moon Forest."

Su Shi took a sip of the black tea brewed by the maid of the Xianjuan family and looked towards the dome of the pavilion.

Wakaba Mu looked at a green lawn - he seemed to have played with the brother and sister on the lawn when he was a child, but it had been so long that he could no longer remember the scene.

After all, only Xiang and I were invited at that time, not Minami... If Minami was there, there would definitely be a lot of photos.

For the first time in these years, Wakaba Mu felt so strongly the necessity of Minami's existence.

As Genjumaki Yui sipped her long-awaited afternoon tea, she reminisced, "Tsuki no Mori... I've had some experience with it, but I'm not sure if my family's architecture drew inspiration from it. Two years ago, when my sister was applying for high school, someone wanted to invite her, but I turned them down."

"Hmm..." Su Shi held the teacup and looked at Xian Juan Wei with curiosity on his face.

"Indeed, Yiwei and your sister's families seem to be the best match for Tsuki no Mori... Which school was lucky enough to be chosen in the end?"

Genmaki Yui said calmly, "Hanasakigawa."

"?"

Su Shi put the teacup back on the coaster with a "click", put his hand to cover his lips, and couldn't help coughing twice.

Ruoye Mu held the teacup with a calm expression, looked calmly at Su Shi opposite him, and raised his head almost imperceptibly.

I already knew all this when we chatted before going to bed at night.

Xianjuan Wei also looked at the dome that was somewhat similar to the pavilion in the Moon Forest:

"The director who invited me at the time... I asked him if he would dare intervene if my sister violated Tsuki no Mori's school rules about cell phones and etiquette, and then she would have to go home."

Su Shi placed her hands on her legs and tilted her head slightly to ask, "Doesn't her answer meet Wei's expectations?"

"That's not the case, because no matter what she answers, it's wrong." Xian Juanwei laughed.

Aine ate a small piece of macaron like a curious baby waiting to hear the story.

When Mana heard “this is all wrong,” she suddenly felt a strange sense of sympathy.

Looking at Su Shi's face that maintained a controlled expression, Xian Juanwei explained to her:

"I've never even been mean to my sister, so why would she dare to intervene? If she says she doesn't dare to intervene, what will the other students think? Shouldn't Tsukinomori just revise the school rules?"

"My sister isn't the type to intentionally break the rules...it's just that some aspects of Tsuki no Mori's school rules are too strict and don't suit her personality. So, the atmosphere at Hanasakigawa suits her better, or rather, she can go wherever she wants. She never intended to agree to the Tsuki no Mori board from the beginning."

"Is that so..." Su Shi nodded softly, constantly sketching the image of Xianjuan Wei's sister in his mind.

Wow...it seems like Wei has helped her solve the negotiation troubles. It can be seen that she seems to be a girl who doesn't like being controlled.

After swallowing the macaroon and taking a sip of black tea to moisten her throat, Aine's eyes swept over Wakaba Mutsu and Suyo, whose manners seemed impeccable.

So this is what the afternoon tea that the young ladies of Tsuki no Mori attend is like!

Checked in a new scene!

To be honest, when I was studying in the UK, not counting the afternoon tea I had at a cafe at my own expense, I actually ran away without ever having a proper British afternoon tea at school...

I didn’t expect to unlock a British-style afternoon tea here today!

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