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

"I'm going to take a shower first." Nagasaki Motoyo interrupted the conversation, leaving Miss Sakuya, who was waiting for praise, to wash the dishes by herself, and strode towards the bathroom.

Warm air mixed with misty water droplets filled the not-so-large bathroom. The water curtain from the showerhead still exuded a cool feeling, and the water heater rumbled hard, but it would take some time for the temperature to be transferred through the pipes.

The temperature was not comfortable, and Nagasaki Sushi, who had taken off her clothes, stretched out her palm and used her white and tender palm to feel the water temperature gradually warming up. Miss Sushi calmed down only when a small stream of water flowed down her skin.

During the three years of junior high school, I hadn't met Sakuya, and we hadn't even sent her messages on Line. The last message before the two sisters met again was from Sakuya congratulating me on my admission to a higher school. After all, a year ago, it was Crychic...

Therefore, it is normal for Sakuya to have friends that he doesn't know about. Even if the relationship is a little closer, or even if he has played bass with Sakuya before, he shouldn't feel disgusted.

There is no need for that.

Sakuya has transferred to Tokyo. Even if we keep in touch, the relationship between us will fade away little by little. But I will always be Sakuya's sister, and that will not change no matter what happens.

After all, Akiyama-san has taken care of Sakuya for three years on my behalf. I should thank him properly next time we meet.

After sorting out her thoughts, the water temperature gradually rose and Nagasaki Suyo stepped into the shower.

The water drops fell and bounced on the fair skin, finally converging into streams that were connected to each other but went in different directions. Water droplets dripped from the ends of the flaxen hair, and there was a monotonous silence in the bathroom for a moment.

Until someone simply opened the bathroom door.

"Sister, let's take a bath together~"

Chapter 48 A Different Sister

Nagasaki Suyo was leaning in the bathtub, staring at the ceiling in a daze.

She flatly rejected Sakuya's request to help rub her back, and after putting her hair up, Suyo gave up the shower, deciding to take a simple bath and rest early.

Sakuya's soft humming sounded in his ears along with the sound of dripping water. He had been tired after a whole day, and he had no idea where his sister got all the energy from.

Sakuya's voice is not much different from mine, and I can hear some difference when she speaks normally, but her humming throughout makes it seem like I'm listening to myself singing.

"'Here, the world!'

A new song with a rhythmic beat was born

"'Here, the world!' The future is bright~"

The melody sounded familiar. Miss Sushi listened attentively for a while before she remembered that it was Sumimi's new single. Her classmate Yue Zhisen had recommended it to her before. She sang it well, but the brisk rhythm and boring words made her lose her appetite.

I have the impression that Sakuya wouldn't be too interested in songs that simply cater to high school girls. Her sister is already that age.

Although they are of the same age, Su Shi felt a mixture of melancholy and relief that his child has grown up.

The sound of water gradually faded, and Miss Sakuya was still humming a new single by a big star, but she only remembered the beginning part and quickly switched to a looping mode of the first few paragraphs. She reached out to the towel rack she often used, and her little hand felt along the plastic rod, but she felt nothing. She was afraid that her headscarf was taken by her sister, even though she had specially bought her a new one!

"Sister, where did I put the towel I just brought you?"

Recalling the scene of someone rushing into the bathroom empty-handed, Nagasaki Suyo decided to retract her comment.

"Didn't you just come in empty-handed?"

"Oh, yes, I forgot it on the chair." Miss Sakuya answered awkwardly. She was wet all over and didn't care about her undried body. She opened the door and went to find a towel in her panda slippers.

Personality wise, he's still that of an elementary school student, but physically he's developed a lot.

Miss Sakuya had nothing to hide in front of her sister. She let Miss Motoyo see her whole body openly. It might be because the Nagasaki family's genes were really strong. Her bust was probably only one size smaller than her sister's. Her belly and plump legs were almost the same. The twins' genes did play a role in her appearance.

Miss Motoyo frowned. This kind of unconcealed behavior also needs a lecture. Although she is not a girl and it is even more impossible for her to have any reaction to her sister's body, many of the young ladies in Tsuki no Mori have confessed to the same sex. She doesn't know what the school spirit is like in Yuqiu, but she should pay attention to her image more or less. Otherwise, with Sakuya's personality, she might be taken advantage of and have to thank others.

After tying her hair, Sakuya returned to the misty bathroom, crossed her arms and rubbed them together, sighing, "It's so cold."

"Come and take a bath if you're cold. I'm almost ready." Su Shi sighed.

"Hey, sister, don't you want to soak in the bathtub for a while?" Miss Sakuya said as she sat on the other side of the bathtub. "Didn't we always soak in the bathtub together when we were little? It's okay even if mom comes along!"

"That was when I was a kid. There's no room now." Su Shi supported himself on the edge and tried to get up.

"But I want to take a bath with my sister!" Miss Sakuya turned her head maliciously, her pupils slightly dilated, and stared at her sister with confidence.

Can Miss Su Shi, who has practiced this straight-forward and coquettish trick for fifteen years, handle it?

It’s not that easy!

"Don't come over here, Sakuya, just soak your half." Miss Motoyo sat back in the not-so-big bathtub, curled up her long legs, and left half of the space empty.

"Great!"

Proud of her invincible coquettish skills, Miss Sakuya carefully stepped into the water. The warm water, which felt comfortable to her body, rushed out because the carrying capacity suddenly doubled. She dived all the way to her nose, opened her mouth and spit out a string of small bubbles before raising her head again.

The bathtub in Ichinose's house was not small, but it was still a little difficult to fit two female high school students in it at the same time. Their toes inevitably touched each other, yet were offset from each other.

Sakuya happily tickled her sister's instep with her toes, and unsurprisingly, she received a cold stare from her sister.

"Sakuya, you are a high school student now, you should start paying attention to your image." Su Shi supported herself on the edge of the bathtub with one hand, looked at a face that looked like her and spoke softly.

"Eh? What are you talking about, sister? Are you putting on makeup?" Sakuya paused slightly while holding the little yellow duck.

"I mean, if you show off your body so carelessly, it might arouse other people's bad intentions." Su Shi held his forehead helplessly.

"Only when I'm with my sister." Sakuya-san didn't care, her eyes drifting to the swaying little yellow duck. After sorting out a list of good friends in her mind, she added in a low voice, "At most, with a few friends. Yugaoka is a girls' school, and I usually only go to RiNG to hang out, so it's no problem."

"Even if it's a girls' school, you have to be careful. There's quite a bit of prostitution in Tokyo right now. Yugaoka, Tsukinomori, and Hanajo all have a promotion system starting from elementary school. Long-term intimate contact may make people have inappropriate thoughts, like being together for life..." Nagasaki Suyo held the three middle fingers of her right hand tightly with her left hand, her gray-blue eyes staring quietly at her own reflection on the water.

"Haha, that sounds so heavy. Sister, you definitely don't like girls, right?" Ichinose Sakuya asked with a smile.

Nagasaki Suyo looked up at her sister and said nothing.

"Sister, you definitely don't like girls!" Miss Sakuya was suddenly frightened and continued to ask tremblingly.

Nagasaki Suyo said nothing.

The face of Toyokawa Shoko, whose color never faded, flashed through my mind, as did the words that I remembered so vividly: "Excuse me, but may I ask, are you interested in forming a band?"

Nagasaki Suyo shook her head with difficulty, and then spoke softly as usual:

"How could that be? Sister, I also want to have a relationship."

"Ahaha, that's what I said, there aren't that many girls who like girls in real life." Miss Sakuya unconsciously twirled her hair by her ears and echoed.

"I feel a little dizzy after soaking in the water for too long. I'm going to go out first. Sakuya should also go to bed early." Patting her cheeks, Su Shi stood up, creating a splash of water.

The sliding door rolled along the rollers, and the bathroom fell into silence for a moment, with only Miss Sakuya and the little yellow duck staring at each other.

Ichinose Sakuya held the silly little yellow duck in both hands, making a funny 'squeak' sound.

"What should I do~ My sister seems to be a girl..."

What kind of thoughts and feelings does Chapter 49 express for Miss Su Shi?

Ichinose Sakuya didn't sleep well last night.

He staggered out of the door following Akiyama Mio who came to pick him up, and walked on the left side of Miss Mio. After all, they had agreed yesterday to go shopping in the musical instrument store together.

On the left is Miss Su Shi, who has no plans. She is just sitting at home doing nothing, and it is a rare opportunity for her to go out without having to take the elevator to the 45th floor. Yesterday, she decided to thank Akiyama-san, as women shopping together can best enhance their relationship.

Uji's shopping streets are a testament to the changing times. Small, colorful, traditional handicraft shops are gradually being replaced by clothing stores with various artistic words, and have changed from a platform for neighborhood communication to a shopping destination for young people. The matcha dessert shop on the corner has not changed much. No matter what era it is, there will always be people gathering together and laughing.

Sakuya-san was about to yawn for the third time when a powerful voice suddenly interrupted her from the side.

"Good morning! Mio-chan, and... Sakuya-chan discovered!"

The girl with short blond hair and a headband that showed off her smooth forehead ran towards the three people, waving her hands high. Her energetic look cheered up Sakuya a little.

"Long time no see, Ritsu...what are you doing~" Miss Sakuya had just opened her mouth to say half of her words when her little face, which still had a bit of baby fat, was pinched in the hands of Ritsu Tianaka.

"Ah, it's been a while since I last rubbed Sakuya's cheeks. Your cheeks are still as soft as before." After wantonly rubbing her rosy cheeks, Ms. Ritsu took the initiative before Sakuya could complain: "Speaking of which, Sakuya, did you bring me a gift when you came back from Tokyo? I saw the SNS that Xiao Mio posted yesterday. Where's my gift?"

"Ah, this is for you." Ms. Sakuya took out a light sticker that looked like a gift from her handbag and shook it.

"What is this?" Miss Lu blinked twice.

"It's a sticker. You can stick it on your Yamaha." Miss Sakuya also blinked twice.

"Oh, I see, it's really good..." Ritsu took the sticker and looked away from the gift that had not been torn off the cheap packaging. "What the hell is good! Didn't they even tear off the gift label? Mio is obviously a shoulder strap... ah, it hurts!"

"Just stop it!" While caressing Ritsu's crown, Mio Akiyama interrupted someone's shameless behavior.

Ignoring Ms. Ritsu who was muttering "That's too much," Sakuya turned around to look for her missing sister, but saw Nagasaki Motoyo next to her also greeting people, and from time to time she would say words like "Hello" and "No, no, no" which sounded very ladylike.

"Sister, who is this?"

Ms. Sakuya poked her head out from behind and looked at the lovely blonde girl in front of her who was generous and virtuous. Her pupils were a bit like the royal blue of Westerners, but her thick eyebrows and soft face shape made people feel friendly.

"This is the classmate from the light music club whom I told you about before, Kotobuki, who is in charge of the keyboard. She's a very kind young lady." Akiyama Mio introduced with a smile, then turned her hand to Sakuya and introduced the relationship between Miss Sakuya and Motoyo in a cheerful tone.

"Kotobuki-san is indeed very gentle and kind. Sakuya, you should say hello too." Nagasaki Motoyo spoke in her unique gentle tone.

Ms. Sakuya retreated strategically. She was shocked for a few seconds by her sister's social skills. She thought her sister, who stayed at home and browsed her phone every day, had no friends at all. Fortunately, she quickly came to her senses, stood at attention and said:

"Nice to meet you. I'm Ichinose Sakuya."

"I'm Kotobuki 喬. Sakuya and your sister look really alike, both with the same long flaxen hair. Oh, sorry, I called you by your name suddenly. You can just call me 喬." There was an inexplicable light in Kotobuki 喬's eyes, as if she had seen Sakuya before. She looked at the reserved little village girl with a smile.

"Okay." A strange feeling flashed through Sakuya's heart. The young lady with thick eyebrows was really easy to get along with.

The high school girls with different looks gathered together, and their youthful vitality made passers-by take a second look at them.

They gathered together to discuss the new effects pedals that came out this month. Not long after, Miss Lu was the first to spot today's protagonist and waved to him across the street.

"Wei~ this way, this way."

My sight extended along the zebra crossing. The girl in shoulder-length brown hair with two hairpins clipped parallel to her right bangs seemed to be stunned for a moment, then quickly raised her hand in response happily, jumped up with light steps... and then bumped into the office boy in blue who was crossing the road.

"...It hurts! I'm sorry~"

Eh? Does this child have poor eyesight? Miss Sakuya was secretly amazed.

The girl quickly regained her cheerfulness and continued to take small steps, trotting to the other side of the road. Her head, which was held high, lowered lower and lower, and soon her steps slowed down. She squatted at the edge of the sidewalk, stroking the lion dog that a passerby girl took out for a walk, her face filled with a happy smile.

"Touch, touch, touch~"

Ms. Sakuya made speechless expressions in sync with the three members of the light music club. She was only a few meters away, but she didn't come over! Could this child be a super naive person?

Amid the silent condemnation of Miss Passerby, Miss Wei, who exuded loveliness from head to toe, finally stopped with a wry smile.

"This girl is Hirasawa Yui. She's a little slow in reaction. We decided to come out together today just to help her buy a guitar." He repeated the introduction of Sakuya and Motoyo, and the mature and reliable bassist continued to serve as the bond between the two living people.

"Hello, Hirasawa-san, please give me your guidance in the future." Miss Sakuya didn't dislike cute children and took the initiative to speak.

"Yeah, me too. Let's go shopping together today! It's rare that I can afford to buy things, so I must take a good look today." After saying this, Hirasawa Wei excitedly clenched his right fist and raised it above his head.

"Oh!" Ms. Lu and ? also raised their right hands, leaving Akiyama Mio alone to complain:

"Are you here to buy musical instruments today?"

"Mio, you guys seem to have such a good relationship. It's okay to go shopping first. I also want to see some summer clothes." Miss Sakuya quickly blended into the atmosphere, put her hands on Akiyama Mio's shoulders, and gently pushed her from behind to keep up with the others.

Of the group of six, only Nagasaki Suyo was left standing in the shadow of the shop enclosure, groping with her fingertips.

As expected, I still can't let go of Crychic, Nagasaki Motoyo thought.

Ichinose Sakuya suddenly turned around and waved at her stunned sister:

"Sister, come here quickly."

Chapter 50: Uji's Matcha is good for your health

Black tea, juice, ice cream.

The ice cubes floating in the lemon juice change shape as they melt, and the delicate balance is broken, causing them to float slightly in the glass.

After visiting the clothing store, gift shop, cake shop, and game hall, the overpriced matcha parfait in the coffee shop also became soothing to the soul.

"Ah, I'm tired from shopping." After eating and drinking his fill, Hirasawa Yui sighed with satisfaction.

"I bought it." Tian Zhongli exclaimed as he patted his bulging schoolbag.

"I'm so happy. Today is my first time shopping in the shopping district." Kotobuki Tsumugi placed her hands naturally on her legs, smiling and squinting her eyes.

"It's been a long time since I last came here, and the place has changed a lot." Even Nagasaki Motoyo put down the tea in her hand and spoke softly.

Hirasawa Yui asked with great interest, "Where are we going next?"

"I'd like to go see a shop that sells stones. It would be best if there's something like... volcanic rock or something like that." Ms. Sakuya suggested while digging out the last bit of matcha Buffy from the bottom of her cup.

"Shitou, that's really good~" After agreeing, Hirasawa Wei's clear eyes suddenly revealed a sense of confusion: "Huh? It seems like I forgot something?"

"Musical instruments, musical instruments." Akiyama Mio complained angrily with her arms crossed over her chest.

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