Who says meal replacements can’t be eaten as meals?

"Come on, tell me--" This is the innocent cat who decided to sell her body in exchange for Matcha Parfait.

"Ah——" This is Miss Sakuya who has no shame at all and accepts being fed by a junior high school student in public.

"Oh my god! What do you want to do to junior high school students?" This was Officer Lixi who interrupted the feeding for justice.

With flexible movement and the bar blocking her way, Sakuya swayed her body back and forth and finally seized the opportunity. Her pink little tongue wrapped around the tip of the spoon and with a stretch and a roll, the matcha parfait fell into her mouth.

"Hey~ What's wrong with it? Rina got to eat the parfait, Shiina collected the sales revenue, and I also gained happiness. Isn't this a very cost-effective trilateral trade?" Tasting the particularly sweet matcha parfait in her mouth, Miss Sakuya said to Lixi with a smile on her face.

Maomao was completely relieved. While the two big-breasted women were talking, she continued to eat the remaining matcha parfait with small sips.

"Huh? That's a bit too boundless. No matter what, this behavior is too intimate. Stray cats have no common sense. You... you should also have the awareness of maintaining social distance." Ms. Lixi, who always felt that she had lost something, said indignantly.

As for why he was angry? Li Xi didn't understand. It couldn't be that he also wanted to enjoy the feeding of stray cats but someone else got there first, right?

"Oh my, it's really lively." This was Ms. Hai Ling, who was sipping orange juice and watching the entire three-person crosstalk.

The remaining orange juice just covered the bottom of the glass. As the palm of the hand shook, the light shone through, and the orange pulp wrapped in the juice could be clearly seen.

Putting down the juice glass with the elegant posture of finishing a glass of red wine, Hachiman Kailing stood up to pay the bill, then picked up the bass bag swiftly.

"I have a rehearsal appointment at CiRCLE later. See you next time."

"Hey! Take your milk jelly away." Li Xi shouted at Hai Ling's cool back.

"Take this as a tip for you." The next band was calling, Hai Ling waved her hand, and floated away as gracefully as the wind.

jingle--

The iron spoon hit the wall of the cup, making a crisp sound like the wind chimes hanging on the beach.

"Satisfied."

The short-legged man stepped on the fixed safety of the loudspeaker, and asked Lenai to drag his full set of equipment and start running skillfully. When he reached the door of the electronic door, he remembered that he had paid this time!

He turned around and nodded to Sakuya with confidence, then disappeared into the city like a cat.

The two rock stars left one after another, and the only people left in the cafe were two big-breasted women staring at each other.

"Aren't you leaving?" asked Shiina Riki.

"Although I also want to turn around and leave coolly, but... I haven't eaten parfait yet." Ichinose Sakuya answered innocently.

Chapter 25 Take care of the lamp for me

The ice cream was sweet, the cream was whipped just right, and the fruit tasted fresh and juicy, but it was just boring no matter how Ichinose Sakuya ate it.

I feel...it's not as good as snatching the delicious food from Xiao Lenai.

Shiina Riki is still fiddling with the beverage machine in the backstage, and from time to time she brings out expensive-looking black tea or coffee. Although she seems a little impetuous at ordinary times, Ms. Riki can make people appreciate the beauty when she calms down and makes latte art.

Sakuya was lying on the table bored, looking at Shiina Tateki's profile. The soft black hair and purple eyes were not as sharp as before under the sunlight, and the teardrop mole at the corner of the eye added a bonus. I have to say that when Shiina is not talking, she is still very beautiful.

Perhaps because he had been stared at by someone for too long, Li Xi spoke awkwardly:

"By the way, Ichinose-san, how did you know my name?"

"Ichinose-san~ haha." The sudden honorific made Sakuya-san chuckle. She smiled foolishly for a long while before looking up and replying:

"Just call me Sakuya."

"Hey! What's so funny? Is it weird that I speak in honorifics?" Ms. Li Xi protested angrily. Unable to suppress her curiosity, she asked, "Sakuya... Suyo mentioned me?"

After dealing with the orders in hand, Ms. Lixi stood in front of the bar again, picked up the glass that had long been wiped clean as new, and continued to wipe it.

"My sister didn't mention Shiina-san." Pretending to be mysterious, Ms. Sakuya opened and closed her beautiful eyes and blinked mischievously.

"You can just call me Li Xi. I don't like that last name." He said the word "dislike" very heavily, almost gritting his teeth.

Looking at 'Nagasaki Suyo' lazily lying on the bar, the first thing Li Xi felt was disharmony.

How could Su Shi, who was always pretentious and calculating, show such a lazy and natural attitude? He even winked at me just now.

My thoughts were a little hazy. When I first met Su Shi, she seemed to have called me Shiina.

At that time, she did say that she had a younger sister in her hometown.

As sisters, Sakuya and Motoyo seem to have a pretty good relationship. Is it because they are the same age?

At least I can't imagine calling out the word "sister" in such a sweet tone under any circumstances.

The relationship between me and my sister... can't be called hostile. It's just that 'Shiina Riki' is unilaterally upset.

From childhood to adulthood, the surname Shiina has almost become synonymous with Shiina Maki.

Whether it was simply a rebellious mentality or a sense of inferiority, Li Xi didn't like being called by his last name at all.

"Then it's Riki-san, it's a very cute name." Miss Ichinose had no objection, after all, Riki in front of her seemed to be the same as Shoko, the kind of person who would not take hardship but would take softness. She came up with a first-stage strategy for Toyokawa Shoko and just stroked her hair.

"What's going on? You don't know my name, but you still call me Shiina?" Li Xi was puzzled.

"Because I forgot." Sakuya scooped a spoonful of matcha parfait and put it into her mouth along with a half-cut strawberry. She continued in a rather innocent tone, "I just know that the drummer of my sister's band is named Shiina. I'm sorry I didn't remember his name at first."

"Don't forget other people's names casually! And then what? Did you see it from an SNS account?" Ms. Lixi asked impatiently after she finished complaining.

This time it was Sakuya who was stunned, and the hand holding the spoon stopped in mid-air.

"Are you a genius, Riki-san?" Sakuya-san's eyes sparkled. "I never thought of this before. Your former band actually had a social media account."

Now even if I accidentally let it slip, I can still say that I saw it on Crychic's social account. I've gotten rid of a big worry in my heart today. Shiina Riki is really a good man.

"Huh? Are you kidding me?" For some reason, even though he was being praised, Li Xi only felt offended.

"No, I'm just really grateful to Li Xi for helping me." He unlocked the phone with his fingerprint, opened SNS skillfully, and typed in the band name of Crychic. While waiting for the search, Sakuya casually replied, "Xiao Deng told me. Maybe... Li Xi's drums are really good."

Ms. Sakuya's eyes wandered a little. What she saw on Xiao Deng's notebook was also what Xiao Deng told her...

Ms. Lixi became strangely quiet, simply lowered her head and concentrated on dealing with SNS matters.

Crychic has a pitifully small number of followers, but its page is carefully designed, with gorgeous cold-toned paper cutouts pieced together to form delicate and unique art words. The last tweet was almost a year ago, so it's completely a zombie account.

She casually clicked the follow button on the upper right corner of the page, and the number of followers increased from 35 to 36. Ms. Sakuya wanted to continue browsing her sister's disintegrating harem, but Riki excitedly grabbed her shoulders.

"Sakuya, the lamp you're talking about is Takamatsu's lamp!?"

“Eh? Oh, yeah, be gentler, ahhhh—” Sakuya felt like she was about to be shaken into two.

"Sorry, I'm a little too excited." She took back her hands and tidied her messy hair. At this moment, Ms. Lixi actually looked a little shy. "I see, Deng... said he liked my drums."

What's going on? Isn't Xiao Deng my sister's lover? Why did Li Xi react so strongly?

hiss--

Could it be that... it's the classic story of unrequited love, having your love stolen, and finally being overwhelmed with regret?

After taking a sip of the matcha parfait, Ms. Sakuya suddenly felt a toothache. She shouldn't have eaten so much ice cream at once.

"I see, Deng went to Hanedaoka. If I hadn't transferred to another school, maybe I could be in the same class with Deng." Li Xi was annoyed for a while, then looked up at Sakuya: "Sakuya, are you and Deng in the same class?"

"Ah? No," said Sakuya, who still had a toothache, gasping for air. She drank the complimentary lemonade on the table and added, "I'm in 1-B, and Deng is in 1-A. Deng and I are both in the Hanegaoka Astronomy Department, although there are only two of us in the Astronomy Department, haha."

Xiao Deng, there are only two of us, haha.

As if a sonic amplifier was installed, Ms. Sakuya's soft voice was deafening in Ms. Riki's ears.

Not only is this guy close enough to call Deng by his first name, but he also shares a room with Deng after school every day with a face that looks like Nagasaki Suyo! ?

hateful!

How could there be such an enviable... and despicable thing!

In broad daylight, in open space, what is your intention, you two, a single woman and a single woman, staying together in a room?

Li Xi wanted to yell like this, but at this point, what position did he have to say such words?

Maybe... I can't even be considered a friend, but Deng... has never contacted me once.

My heart was filled with mixed feelings, and all my words finally came together into one sentence:

"Sakuya, take care of the light for me."

Chapter 26 The aftertaste of vegetable juice is bitter

Ever since Sakuya came to Tokyo from Uji to go to school, Nagasaki Suyo's life has become a lot busier.

Just preparing three meals a day requires more time and energy. I can't have vegetable minestrone soup three times a day like I did when I lived alone, of course, with different proportions of vegetables.

Holding the blue cherry blossom hair tie given by Sakuya in her mouth, Suyo tied up her hair. She tied her apron skillfully and rolled up her sleeves, revealing her slender white arms. Today's breakfast was fish ball soba noodles. Suyo had already rehearsed it several times in her mind. Her hands were steady and the order of processing was also very organized.

The hot water boiled, and the thawed white fish balls rolled quickly in the boiling water. When these small fish balls lost their indifference and became round and chewy again, the long-awaited buckwheat noodles and lettuce leaves were also put into the pot. After stewing for a while, the fire was turned off and the lid was opened. The excess boiling water was filtered out and then soaked in cold water. Finally, it was divided into beautiful ceramic bowls and poured with the thick white soup cooked overnight. In the words of my sister, it was probably a perfect combination of nutrition and deliciousness.

Breakfast was served on the table, and Sakuya, who was yawning, flapped her blue eyes and sat down obediently at the table.

"Isn't that a bit too much?" Sakuya was a little flattered. The springy fish balls were piled firmly on the soba noodles.

"Eat quickly, just eat less for dinner."

While enjoying breakfast, Sushi was curious when she thought of the bass backpack that Sakuya had specially packed yesterday:

"Are you going to play with your classmates today?"

"No, I just want to see if there's a suitable band to support us. The Live House my sister mentioned before is called RiNG, right?" Sakuya picked up the fish ball and swallowed it in one gulp.

"Is that so? Do you want me to accompany you?" Nagasaki Motoyo asked softly.

"Well, that's not necessary. Even without my sister by my side, I shouldn't get lost!" After thinking for a while, Sakuya said unsteadily.

"Great, great. Let's have dinner together when you come back in the evening." After praising his sister who was inexplicably proud, the breakfast ended in harmony.

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The curriculum design of Tsuki no Mori is not urgent. After completing the required courses in the morning, the afternoon is filled with elective courses that are full of the extracurricular interests of various young ladies.

Su Shi only chose tea art and afternoon tea etiquette as her electives, and most of the rest of her time was spent on socializing and performing in the orchestra. If there was any time left, she would take it out to occasionally accompany the disobedient Wakaba Mutsu.

After all, this is the necessary investment to revive Crychic.

The folded hands moved away from the coffee table, and Wakaba Mu's soft light green long hair came into view.

"Xiao Mu, this way."

A familiar voice fell into his ears, and Ruo Ye Mu turned around and walked towards him with his classic expressionless face.

Only when you get closer can you see some ripples of emotion in those golden eyes.

"You must be tired from taking the gardening class in such a hot weather. Would you like some black tea?" Su Shi maintained her unique gentle tone.

Wakaba Mu shook his head, then shook his head again.

“Today, seeds are important…”

Seeds? Xiao Mu really likes to play with useless things.

Accustomed to Mu's almost no response, Su Shi still maintained a smile on his face.

"I'm sorry, Xiaomu really likes juice more. Although it's in a box, here it is." He took out the [Wild Vegetable Life 100%] that his sister stuffed into his pocket before he went out from the side of his schoolbag and gently pushed it to the other side of the coffee table.

The light green-haired doll girl looked down at Juice in surprise, then looked up at the smiling Nagasaki Suyo.

I seem to feel this kind of warmth without any purpose from Nagasaki Suyo often recently. I just want to take care of people, so I do this.

Just like when Crychic didn't disband.

I sat down happily and opened the juice. The taste was unexpectedly refreshing, and it also contained a slight thickness. I tried hard, but I couldn't tell what kind it was. I only tasted a slightly sour fruity flavor with the natural sweetness of ripe fruit.

"Su Shi, I've been very happy recently." The corners of Mu's mouth rose slightly, about 15 pixels.

Hearing this, Su Shi picked up the teacup and took a sip. Her dense eyelashes covered most of her eyes that were staring at the tea. The smile on her face was still there, but it looked a little deliberate, unlike the previous liveliness.

The only thing I don’t want is Xiao Mu saying this.

Recently, I have indeed slowed down the progress of restructuring Crychic.

Su Shi knew very well that it was because of Sakuya.

The warmth that Sakuya brought to him was real, and the family affection that had not faded after a long separation was so beautiful that it almost overshadowed the warmth that Crychic had once brought him. But this was only because he had just tasted the feeling of being needed this morning.

Nagasaki Suyo knew that this tiny feeling of gratitude could only be called a meal replacement.

In the scale of time, everything will become monotonous and colorless. Looking back from the present moment, Sakuya, who radiates a gentle light, can only produce a light comparable to Crychic because he is close enough to me. Skipping the pale and empty period, a year ago, Crychic's first live. The panic brilliance it burst out is still dazzling even after a year.

Just thinking back on it, my heart can't stop trembling.

Having tasted that kind of brilliance, I can no longer be satisfied by the affection between me and Sakuya.