I'm in a real religion, why are all the people who confess to me girls?

"Small skewers are only 50 points each, regular skewers are 150 points each, and extra-large skewers are 500 points each. The portions are quite generous. If you're worried about the taste, you can buy a small skewer to try it first. Yakitori is all 150 points per skewer. Other items have a price list over there."

"Then please give me a small skewer first."

"Can you eat spicy food?"

"I can eat just a little bit."

"Your skewers are ready! It's best to eat them while they're hot!"

After hearing Tianyin's price, the girl hesitated for a moment before ordering a small skewer of lamb. Everyone around her stared intently at the skewer in her hand.

The girl, who had originally planned to eat on the side, felt a little shy when she saw everyone watching her. However, she knew why everyone was doing this, so she blushed and gently bit off a piece of grilled meat with tender and fatty meat on the small bamboo skewer.

The moment the meat entered her mouth, the aroma of cumin and chili assaulted the girl's taste buds, followed by a slightly sweet, barbecue-like sauce. She began to chew gently. The first bite released the caramelized fat, which then spread throughout her mouth. This flavor then enveloped the lean meat, which was grilled to perfection and retained its chewiness while being mixed with the refreshing barbecue sauce and the spicy chili powder. The various flavors blended together in her mouth to create an irresistible taste. Once she took a bite, it was hard to stop herself from enjoying it.

"Kagawa-kun, don't just focus on eating! How's it?"

There were other girls nearby anxiously waiting for feedback from the girl named Kagawa, when someone else chimed in.

"Do I even need to ask how delicious it is? She can't stop eating it, didn't you see there's already a line?"

The girl turned around after being reminded, and was immediately dumbfounded. Just a moment ago, everyone was watching Xiangchuan eat barbecue in an orderly manner. How did it suddenly turn into a zombie apocalypse?

Seeing a group of people holding up their phones and shouting excitedly, crowding around the barbecue stall in front of her, the girl couldn't help but secretly regret being a step too slow.

"Miyako-kun! I want ten skewers! Ten regular ones, plus two large ones!"

"Senior, I want forty skewers of small skewers... Oops, who stepped on my foot? Don't push, don't push, please line up properly..."

The barbecue stall was bustling with activity, and even the school's senior officials and foreign guests noticed the booming business of Tianyin's barbecue.

"I never expected Tianyin to be such a good cook at such a young age. Many girls these days can't even make a proper rice ball, sigh..."

Ghost Island glanced with a touch of wistfulness at the bustling stall, then looked at the people behind him who were all serious-looking but eagerly waiting, and casually waved his hand to signal them to make themselves at home.

The food provided by the school for foreign guests was indeed good, but no matter how tender the steak or how delicious the sashimi, it couldn't match the visual, olfactory, and gustatory impact of the grilled meat skewers from these street stalls with their lively, smoky atmosphere.

At first, some people stood there reservedly, unwilling to eat the same food as the students, but after someone emphasized who had cooked the food, they immediately became interested in and fond of local cuisine, and joined the queue with smiles on their faces.

"Tianyin actually pulled off such a big thing without our knowledge. Let's go and help her out. The few of them can't handle it all on their own."

Horikita smiled and rolled up her sleeves. This was something she would never have done before, but after spending so much time with Amane, Horikita had lost the strict manners she used to have.

"Hehe, I can smell the aroma from far away! I'm going to eat my fill!"

Hui went even further, tying her coat around her waist and striking a pose as if she was ready to make a big splash.

"That might be a bit difficult. Judging from the situation at Tianyin, they might sell out of everything by the end."

Ichinose's words reminded Megumi, who quickly quickened her pace, her eagerness suggesting she was more eager to get to a barbecue than to help.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"

Hui's anxious look made the two of them burst into laughter.

Click, click.

The sound of camera shutters has been going off non-stop since just now.

Airi, her face flushed, kept snapping photos of Tenin, who was busy at the barbecue stall, occasionally letting out a silly laugh.

With the help of extra manpower, Amane was finally able to fully launch her business. She handed over the barbecue to Nanase, who had been learning from her for half a day and was already able to barbecue quite well. Although Nanase usually gave people a feeling of not being very reliable, she was quite dependable when she was serious. Therefore, Amane simply handed over the barbecue to Nanase.

Lingyin was in charge of making the side dishes for the beef rice. This involved cooking the beef rolls, stir-frying them with onions, adding the prepared sauce, and finally placing the finished product on top of the rice and adding a soft-boiled egg.

This is a fairly classic simple bento box. The school also sells beef rice, but Tianyin's sauce-making skills are clearly far superior to the school's chefs. Many people asked to take the beef rice home after trying it. Fortunately, Tianyin had the foresight to borrow four rice cookers to steam rice, otherwise, it might not have been able to supply enough for a while.

Ichinose was responsible for collecting money and recording each student's order, giving them a handwritten note with a number. When her food was ready, Ichinose would use a loudspeaker to call out the number on the note so that the student could come and collect their food.

However, the busiest one was probably Hui. Hui and Ibuki, who had been dragged over by Amane to be a conscript, were busy skewering meat skewers in the back while also taking out and storing drinks from the small refrigerator. They were so busy that they couldn't keep up with everything.

Ryuen, Ishizaki, Yamada, and Shiina ate their grilled skewers while looking thoughtfully at Amane's barbecue stall.

"Ryuen, are you really planning to change our cultural festival program to a barbecue? We might not be able to replicate the taste of Miyako."

Ishizaki mumbled incoherently as he ate his mutton.

"Let that stupid program just disappear. As far as I know, it seems no class is planning to touch on food this year's cultural festival, right? Everyone's convinced that the big shots won't eat barbecue, so they're all rushing to do street food. But they've all overlooked the most important point! That is, the students' points are the easiest to earn. Those viewers don't have any points. Even if they pay, we can't give them any change. Most of the time, it'll just be considered a freebie and that's it. Only the students are the main consumers. So let's change our program to barbecue. As for the taste... that is indeed a problem. I remember Shiina, you and Miyako barbecued together on the deserted island. Can you recreate the taste from back then?"

Ryuen turned her gaze to Shiina, who was gently blowing on a piece of octopus tentacles.

Shiina took a bite of the octopus tentacle, chewing it slowly while savoring the barbecue sauce, before finally shaking his head in resignation.

"I can restore the barbecue technique, but I can't do anything about the seasoning. Besides, the barbecue sauce that Tianyin made this time tastes much better than last time. If I want to replicate it, I'm afraid I'll have to ask Tianyin for help."

"But if we ask Miyako for help, won't our plan be exposed? Why would Miyako teach us how to make big money for no reason? Even if she were to teach us for a fee, given our current situation, we probably couldn't afford the price she would ask for, right? Unless..."

Ishizaki's words came to an abrupt halt, which displeased Ryuen, who was standing nearby.

"Say what you have to say quickly, don't beat around the bush."

Ishizaki, who had been reprimanded by Ryuen, dared not hesitate any longer and quickly offered his solution.

"Unless you and Miyako start dating, if I remember correctly, Miyako liked you a lot during the time on the deserted island, right? I heard from Ibuki that you also like Amane. If the two of you start dating, Miyako wouldn't be stingy with just a sauce recipe, would he?"

Ishizaki's words immediately made Shiina so embarrassed that she retreated repeatedly.

"My relationship with Amane... isn't as simple as you think, Ishizaki-kun..."

"Huh? So what's your relationship? Could it be that you, Hiyori, actually dislike Miyako?"

"That's not true at all!"

Shiina answered so quickly that even Albert, standing nearby, couldn't help but reveal his white teeth and let out a strange laugh.

"I really don't understand you guys. If you don't dislike someone, why not try dating them? I may be a guy with a particular sexual orientation, but I don't look down on or belittle girls you like..."

Ishizaki's few words quickly made Shiina's face heat up, turning as red as a ripe apple.

At this moment, Ryuen interrupted Ishizaki.

"Stop talking nonsense. With Miyako's quick wit, if she finds out that Shiina has ulterior motives, she'll most likely just go along with it and eat Shiina without telling us the recipe. From what I know of Miyako, she's the kind of person who likes to tease others and has a really bad personality. If she catches you doing something wrong, you're in for a lot of trouble... But Ishizaki, you reminded me, we still have Ibuki, don't we?"

A smug smile appeared on Long Yuan's face.

With the help of Ibuki, obtaining the recipe for Amane's unique barbecue sauce doesn't seem to be too difficult.

As for how to persuade Ibuki to help? That's up to Shiina.

Achoo! Achoo!!

Amane, who was busy frying okonomiyaki on a teppanyaki grill, suddenly felt a tickle in her nose and quickly turned away and sneezed twice.

Why do I keep getting the feeling that someone's got their eye on me again?

……

In the crowd, a girl wearing a mask came to the barbecue stall and looked at Nanase, who was carefully turning the lamb skewers.

"Hello, could you please give me ten lamb skewers?"

"No problem, all 500 people can just go over there and pay Ichinose-san with their points."

Nanase didn't suspect the girl wearing a mask in front of her at all, and continued to stare intently at the skewers in front of her.

Seeing Nanase's appearance through the mask, Tianze couldn't help but purse his lips. How come this girl still doesn't have the slightest bit of vigilance? You know, she didn't disguise her voice at all just now. If she can't even recognize this voice, then she'll probably be fooled by him again next time.

Tianze quickly shook his head. Right now, he wasn't thinking about whether this idiot would be fooled again, but about the bet with Tianyin!

If she can get Nanase to recognize her, Amane will confess her feelings to her again in front of Sakayanagi, and that way she might be able to get rid of her pet status.

But if Nanase doesn't recognize her... Amaze will have to do extremely perverted things with Amane. Just thinking about the scene Amane described makes Amaze's legs tremble, so she has to win this bet no matter what.

Tianze was careful with the timing of this bet. Tianyin only said to see if Nanase could recognize her, but she didn't say that Tianze himself couldn't create the conditions for Nanase to recognize her!

Tianze smiled triumphantly, then took out his phone and dialed Nanase's number. Once Nanase saw her name and combined it with her voice just now, Tianze's identity would be obvious.

'I really am a genius!'

But before Tianze could even feel smug for three seconds, she discovered something that instantly broke her down.

"Nanase Tsubasa, you actually blocked me?"

P.S.: The reason for the single update these past few days is that I've been organizing the later plot. Today I've finally finished organizing everything, and I'll resume double updates starting tomorrow.

Chapter 278: Even a kiss can be stolen?

"You're a bad woman!"

Nanase recognized the girl immediately upon hearing her complaints.

Hehe, it's me!

Tianze took off his mask and casually swung it around with his fingers, showing no sign of nervousness about being exposed. Rather, this was the effect Tianze had wanted from the beginning.

"You bastard! Give me back my points! And my ice cream!!"

When Nanase saw that Amasawa had tricked her so badly and still dared to show up in front of her, she was furious. She didn't care about continuing to grill skewers. She pressed down on the grill with one hand and tried to jump over to catch Amasawa. But just as Nanase was about to pounce, she was pulled back and even lifted into the air.

Surprised, Nanase turned around and saw Amane helplessly holding onto her, who looked like a small animal.

"Tianyin! That wicked woman is back again! You promised to help me get revenge..."

Nanase struggled a few times, then turned around and looked pitifully at Amane.

Those big, watery eyes were extremely attractive to Amane. Amane, feeling a little guilty, could only avoid Nanase's gaze because of her stare.

"Um... I've already taught Xia a lesson for you."

Amane responded to Nanase in a muffled voice.

But it's clear that Nanase isn't really an idiot.

"Have you taught the bad woman a lesson?"

Nanase flailed twice in mid-air to turn herself around, only to find Amasawa squatting in front of her with a mischievous grin.

"That's right! Tianyin has already taught them a good lesson!"

Tianze deliberately used a sickeningly sweet tone and intentionally dragged out his words when responding to Tianyin's words.

If Nanase still can't guess what the lesson Tenon and Tensawa were talking about is, then she's really wasted her life.

"Waaaaaah!!! Waaaaaah, Tianyin, you're bullying me too, waaaaaah..."

Nanase burst into tears on the spot, immediately attracting a crowd of onlookers. When Amane saw that more and more people were drawn by Nanase's crying, she quickly put Nanase down and held her in her arms, gently patting Nanase's back to comfort her while glaring fiercely at Amane.

Normally, Tianze would have become much more serious after being glared at like that by Tianyin, but Tianze had just completed his bet with Tianyin and won. This meant that Tianyin had to choose an occasion where Arisu was present to formally confess her feelings. Overwhelmed by joy, Tianze was so excited that he ignored Tianyin's hints.

"Omitted~"

After making a face at Tianyin, Tianze turned around and skipped away, only to bump into Horikita, who had come to check what was going on.

"You are... Tianze? How did you get in here?"

When Amasawa realized that the person he bumped into was Horikita, he couldn't continue his playful banter and could only greet Horikita in his normal manner.

"Hello Horikita-senpai, I was just passing by when I saw my good friend helping out here, so I couldn't help but go up and say hello to her. She probably got too excited when she saw me and started crying."

Tianze's calm and collected demeanor prevented Horikita from noticing anything amiss at first.

But when Horikita saw that Nanase, who had been crying her heart out just a second ago, had stopped crying in shock at Amasawa's shamelessness and turned to look at Amasawa in disbelief, she realized that things were not as simple as they seemed.

Moreover, she probably can't handle the complicated relationships involved, so in that case...

"Tianyin, I'll take care of the barbecue. I'll leave things here to you."

"Rin-nee, wait..."

After finishing her sentence, Horikita ignored Amane's attempts to stop her and turned back to the spot where Nanase had been in charge of grilling meat skewers to take over Nanase's job. It was better to leave things like this, which were obviously a headache, to Amane.

Horikita had considerable trust in Amane's ability to make girls happy.

Nanase, who had stopped crying, cried even more bitterly when she saw that Horikita did not choose to stand up for her. In no time, she had soaked a large area of ​​Amane's chest with her tears. No matter how Amane tried to comfort her, she could not stop crying. In the end, Amane could only leave with Nanase while signaling Amane to follow.

Tianze shrugged nonchalantly. She had already made a great deal tonight, so it didn't matter if she apologized to the little fool later. As she left, Tianze waved goodbye to Ibuki and Megumi, whose skewers were practically sparking with fire.

Snapped!

Ibuki angrily threw the signed document into the bowl of meat skewers in front of her, pointed at the three people's departing figures, and began to complain to Megumi beside her.

"Huh? What's Tianyin up to? She dragged us over to help, and now she's taking two girls to sleep with her? That's outrageous!"

As Ibuki spoke, she rolled up her sleeves, looking like she was going to settle scores with Amane. However, Ibuki's feet didn't even move. After a while, Ibuki couldn't help but glance at Megumi, who was secretly drinking her beverage.

"I'm going to ruin Amane's plans, Karuizawa, aren't you going to stop me?"

"Huh? So you wanted me to stop you? I thought you wanted to play with Tianyin but were too shy to ask, so you made up an excuse... Sorry, sorry, how about we start over?"