This is not the date I wanted.

Biting his lips tightly, Rokuko's alertness towards Mengyue suddenly rose to the same level as Yatogami Tohka.

"Are you the lost girlfriend that the boy has been looking for?"

However, Meng Yue's next words made Rokuko confused again.

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"Well, when I came here to work this morning, the boy next to you... ahem, the master came to our store once, looking for a girl named Rokuko. It seems that she got separated while sightseeing in this city. I heard from the store manager that the master went through the entire Tengu City to find her. That person is you, right?"

Hearing Mengyue's words, Rokuko couldn't help but look at Shidou in surprise.

"Sir, is this true?"

"Yeah... I was panicked at first. I wanted to see you but I didn't have your contact information, so I had to look for you everywhere like this."

After hesitating for a moment, Shidou smiled bitterly and nodded.

"Official..."

Rokuko was speechless. He felt a warm feeling in his heart, but at the same time, he couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

"I'm very sorry. Liu'er had something important to do at the time and was not with you, sir."

"Yeah, it's okay. I know."

Looking at the interaction between Shidou and Rokuko, Mengyue smiled gently and said so.

"I see. You two really are a close couple."

——Lovers.

This word sounded so beautiful in Rokuko's ears. In an instant, the hostility in Rokuko's heart disappeared, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Mengyue became much gentler.

"Of course, Liu'er and you have already made a marriage agreement. In the future, Liu'er is destined to serve you as your wife."

"Ah! How sweet!"

Hearing Rokuko's words, Mengyue seemed to be touched by the sweetness and covered her mouth and sighed softly.

"What have you guys been talking about secretly since just now?"

At this moment, Tohka seemed a little impatient and looked at Mengyue with an annoyed look.

"Also, what does 'couple' mean? Is this woman up to something?"

"Ah, you misunderstood Tohka."

After apologizing to Shixiang, Mengyue explained calmly,

"To put it simply, 'couple' is just a name for two people who plan to be together forever. It doesn't have any special meaning."

"Throat, forget it. My goal is only to make this man surrender in his heart, but I have no intention of accompanying him for the rest of his life."

After hearing Mengyue's explanation, Shixiang snorted with disdain, obviously having no interest in it at all.

(What a vicious and heartless woman. Liu'er will never let you succeed.)

After hearing Tohka's words, Rokuko suddenly became furious and secretly made up his mind to protect Shidou and not let him fall into the clutches of this vicious woman.

(As expected of Yumezuki, not only did she not anger Tohka, she also easily resolved all of Rokuko's suspicion and hostility.)

Watching the entire conversation from the side, Origami felt both admiration and fear for Meng Yue's words and acting skills.

"By the way, it's not good for me to stay here like this, can you please continue to order food?"

Seeing Rokuko and Tohka staring at each other in an eye contest, Mengyue asked Shidou.

"Ah... I, I understand."

After staring at Mengyue's maid outfit for a second, Shidou finally reacted and picked up the menu.

"...Please give me a recommendation of your store."

Looking at the various exaggerated and meaningless names of dishes on the menu, Shidao could only give a vague answer and then leave the choice to Mengyue.

"Okay, Master, please wait a moment."

After bowing politely, he turned and walked towards the kitchen.

Master. Hearing Mengyue calling him in such a sweet tone, Shidao couldn't help but feel his heart beating.

"Hey! Woman, we're already at the place you mentioned! Tell me how to make this man surrender."

"Hurry up and tell me. Don't waste time. Liu Er will make this vicious man understand who your husband really loves."

"Eh? Wait a minute, I—"

(Chance!)

Seeing that Tohka and Rokuko shifted their attention away from him at this time, Shidou made a decision in his heart.

Take a picture of Meng Yue’s maid outfit!

Although rationally, Shidao knew very well that doing this while attacking Rokuko was a very dangerous move! But as a man, Shidao could not convince himself to give up recording this once-in-a-lifetime moment! (Calm down, calm down! Don't let Rokuko and the others notice... It will take about five seconds, you can definitely do it, Gokawa Shidao!)

Shidou put his right hand into his pocket, but did not rush to take out his mobile phone. His fingers slid the screen in his pocket based on the sense of touch, opened the camera and turned it to silent mode.

(The time is now!)

Aiming at the moment when Mengyue came back from the kitchen, Shidou used his body to create a blind spot for Tohka and Rokuko's vision for the phone and pressed the shooting button.

however--

[I'm very sorry, the camera function of the master's mobile phone is temporarily unavailable. ——By Liangyi Mengyue. 】

A notification popped up on the phone's screen.

Damn, this maid is flawless!

29 Meng Yue's Maid Way

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Origami found an excuse to leave her seat and went backstage to look for Meng Yue.

"Let Rokuko improve his favorability towards us?"

After hearing Meng Yue's purpose, Origami couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise.

"Well, it's somewhat similar to the situation at the time of Seven Sins."

Meng Yue explained.

"From the perspective of the favorability value, Rokuko's favorability towards Shidou has reached the conditions for sealing. However, our memories of Shidou are sealed, and she can reach this value under the premise of ensuring that Shidou belongs to her alone. In fact, no matter how Shidou improves Rokuko's favorability, it will only increase Rokuko's possessiveness. And unlocking our memories will not benefit her in any way."

"really."

After hearing Meng Yue's words, Origami couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Indeed, when Rokuko saw that her memory had been restored, her first move was to seal the memory again. To her, everyone's memory restoration was only adding to the uneasy factor that took away Shido.

"So, that's why you want to improve Rokuko's favorability towards us?"

Meng Yue nodded helplessly.

"That's right. It doesn't have to be love, security, trust, any kind of emotion. As long as Rokuko knows that we are not bad people, maybe Rokuko will think it through and take the initiative to unlock our memories."

"Maybe……"

Hearing this concerning word, Origami felt a little uneasy.

"I can't help it. I just met the spirit Rokuko today. These are all my speculations. I can't guarantee that this will succeed."

As he spoke, Mengyue sighed helplessly, recalling the conversation between Rokuko and Shidou that he had heard before.

"That child's world is too small. Once someone enters her world, that person becomes her everything. In order to prevent the treasure she has obtained from being taken away, she is probably willing to do anything."

Meng Yue said calmly. In fact, from another perspective, it was fortunate that Rokuko had the relatively mild ability to seal memories. Otherwise, she would probably use a more radical method to deal with the problem.

"...I understand. I believe in you, Meng Yue."

"Thanks."

Seeing that Origami chose to believe in herself, Mengyue smiled with relief.

"And this is the detection software that I asked Juna to make using Fraxinus's favorability system. It not only shows Rokuko's favorability towards Shidou, but also Rokuko's favorability towards us."

“This is really convenient.”

After sighing with admiration, Origami looked at Mengyue's phone.

In the chart on the screen, Rokuko's favorability towards Shido is obviously the highest; the second is Yumezuki. Since he had made sufficient preparations before appearing, Rokuko obviously classified Yumezuki as "harmless". Although not to the point of being friendly, the value is also higher than that of a stranger.

The third is Origami herself. Rokuko obviously doesn’t have a very good impression of her. Not only is his favorability lower than average, but his alertness is also very high.

In fact, this is not the worst situation for Origami. If Rokuko is just wary of Origami, then he is completely hostile to Yatogami Tohka. The favorability is completely zero, which means the lower limit of the favorability is only here, otherwise this value may even be negative.

Seeing this, Origami couldn't help but sweat on her forehead. It's not that she couldn't understand Rokuko's feelings, after all, she just "might" snatch Shidou away, but Tohka is now openly competing with her for Shidou.

"Meng Yue... If you are planning to improve everyone's impression of Rokuko, then what are you going to do, Tohka?"

"Ah... you asked about what's bothering me the most right now."

When she mentioned this, Meng Yue's face was filled with bitterness.

To be honest, although she would not say that this plan would definitely succeed, she was still 60% to 70% confident. But she never expected that Tohka would actually reverse at this time due to pressure.

If there is no reversal, even if there is no deliberate reminder, Mengyue believes that with Tohka's innocent and kind character, she will definitely win the favor of Rokuko. But now, Tohka, who has changed her temperament, has become the biggest failure factor in Mengyue's plan to capture Rokuko.

Moreover, even if we don't consider Rokuko's favorability, Tohka is definitely a problem that cannot be ignored. Although she has temporarily calmed down under Origami's deception, if she suddenly loses her patience and goes berserk, the severity of the problem will be no less than Rokuko's.

"Well, now we can only take it one step at a time. We need to improve Rokuko's favorability and restore Tohka to her original state as soon as possible."

Meng Yue patted her cheeks and said after adjusting her mood.

"Yeah. I understand."

Origami nodded slightly, looked at Mengyue, and after a moment's hesitation, he spoke.

"Um... this is a little irrelevant, but can I ask you a question?"

"Well, what do you say?"

"Why are you wearing a maid outfit?"

Although she didn't understand Origami's intention, Meng Yue still answered truthfully.

"Hmm? It's just a coincidence. This is a store owned by Ratatoskr. After I explained the situation, the store manager readily agreed to help me. It's more natural to pretend that we met by chance while working. What? Is it inappropriate?"

Looking at her clothes, Meng Yue asked puzzledly.

"No, it's quite suitable actually. It's just that Mengyue, you usually wear neutral clothes, and you wear men's clothes at school. I thought you hated such light clothes."

"Ah...you're asking that."

As if understanding Origami's thoughts, Meng Yue scratched her cheek and explained with a wry smile.

"Well... should I say I hate it or like it? I still like it, but it's okay to see others wearing it, but I'm a little uncomfortable wearing it myself. But that's all. To me, this outfit is like a suit I wear for a job interview. It's okay to wear it in special circumstances, but I won't wear it as casual clothes in my daily life."

To be honest, Meng Yue was quite averse to women's clothing at first. However, as time went by, her mentality changed a lot. There was nothing wrong with the clothing itself. If you feel uncomfortable wearing women's clothing, it can only be said that your mind is not mature enough.

Besides, it has long been an era where cross-dressing guys are rampant online.

"That's it."

Although Origami couldn't understand Meng Yue's feelings, she accepted her statement.

"That's right, I just thought of that. I also have a question I want to confirm with you."

"what?"

"Under this maid outfit, which one should be worn outside, the garter stockings or the panties?"

"puff--!"

Origami was almost so shocked by Mengyue's question that he swallowed his saliva.

"About this..."

He looked around nervously, hesitated for a moment, and then with a blushing face, he leaned close to Mengyue's ear and explained in a low voice.

After hearing this, Meng Yue showed a hint of embarrassment on her face.

"Oh, I accidentally put it on backwards."

"..."