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

"It's okay, it's just a small favor. The showers in this season aren't long, and the sky might clear up soon." Sankaku Hatsuka was in a good mood. Tokyo would occasionally have rain that matched the atmosphere.

"Thank you so much~ Xiao Chuhua, you are so considerate. I don't know how to repay you." Listening to the sound of dripping rain, Miss Sakuya felt a little happy.

"How could that be? I seem to feel more energetic when I'm with the energetic little Sakuya. And there will definitely be things in the future where you will need Sakuya's help. Just don't refuse when the time comes." Miss Chuhua said jokingly.

"Of course, as long as I can help, just call me, even though I may only be able to play the bass or something." Scratching her head, Ms. Sakuya was a little embarrassed, and looked out the window again, mumbling. "I wonder if it will rain tomorrow, RiNG."

The corner of Sanjiao Chuhua's eyes twitched slightly.

"There's no [NyaAki] rehearsal tomorrow, right? Will Sakuya still come to practice?"

"Ah, actually it should be considered as another band's business..." Ms. Sakuya seemed a little embarrassed, twirling her hair by her ears with her fingers. "Because [NyaAki] doesn't have any plans for offline live performances, I complained to Hailing on Line before, but Hailing seemed to understand it as a request for a part-time bass player, and said she introduced me to a band she had worked with before..."

"It sounds quite interesting." Chu Hua smiled.

Miss Sakuya smiled awkwardly, took two quick steps, stood on one foot in front of the glass door on the first floor, stretched out her hands, and waited for the door to open automatically.

So Miss Su Shi saw her sister's silly look at a glance.

"What are you doing?" Su Shi on the other side of the glass door was puzzled.

"Ahem~" Sakuya-san stood up again and coughed to hide her embarrassment. "I suddenly wanted to try it... Why are you here, sister~"

"I was walking past RiNG and came here to wait for you." Su Shi was still wearing the well-fitting Tsuki no Mori school uniform. She looked at the blonde woman in a baseball cap standing beside Sakuya with a smile on her face.

Wearing sunglasses, a white T-shirt, and a lavender tracksuit, this must be the big star that my sister often mentions, right?

"Is this Triangle-san?"

"Hello, I'm Sanjiao Chuhua, just call me Chuhua." Miss Chuhua took off her sunglasses generously, and looked directly at Su Shi with her gentle lavender eyes.

A few words flashed through Miss Chuhua's mind: Nagasaki Suyo, Crychic's bassist, and Yue Minomori's student. If she had run into him two weeks ago, she might have been a little happy, but now, there was no need.

"Hello~ Sakuya often mentions you at home. Excuse me, I am Nagasaki Suyo, Sakuya's elder sister. Please take care of me since this first meeting." Miss Suyo bowed slightly, very politely.

Did Sakuya get too close to this Mikado-san just now? They were almost touching hands...

Su Shi suddenly had a headache. Although not everyone was greedy for their sister's body, wasn't there too many girls close to Sakuya? She could meet three girls she had a good relationship with just by walking around RiNG.

"No, it's me who needs your guidance, Miss Nagasaki. I always draw inspiration and energy from Sakuya, so I should thank you for your thoughtful care." Miss Chuhua turned her head to look at Sakuya halfway through her sentence, a smile on her pretty face, and the second half of the sentence was almost said while staring into the little village girl's gray-blue eyes.

After hearing Chuhua's serious praise, Miss Sakuya turned her head away shyly and spoke in a low voice. "No, it's obviously Chuhua who often helps me. Oh! By the way, sister, let's go home together in Chuhua's car later."

Nagasaki Suyo's forehead was a little tense from the beginning. What was going on? This atmosphere was like meeting the parents.

Suppressing the urge to pull Sakuya away, Nagasaki Suyo maintained a gentle tone. "Don't bother Sankaku-san. Sakuya and I can go home together later. I have already booked a taxi, which will stop at the entrance of RiNG later." For unknown reasons, the 'two people' were bitten very badly.

"I see. Although it's a pity, it seems I have to leave today." Sankaku Hatsuka was considerate and took the initiative to speak. "Sakuya, remember to send me a Line message when you get home~"

"Well, it's getting late. Remember to send a Line message when Xiao Chuhua gets home." Miss Sakuya looked a little reluctant to leave, but still waved and went to her sister.

"Have a nice trip, Mikado-san." Nagasaki Suyo clenched her fingers.

"You too, Miss Nagasaki." Sankaku Hatsuka smiled, put on his sunglasses again, and walked out.

The rain seemed to be lighter, but it still hit the glass windows, drawing long slender rays of light outwards.

The taxi came very quickly. Sakuya opened the door for her sister before sitting down from the other side with her bass bag in her arms. She acted like a spoiled child for a while, talked about some funny things that happened during practice, and stared out the window for a while before she realized something serious.

If my sister comes to pick me up today, there will be no one to cook at home! ?

“Sister, what is for dinner tonight…?” Ms. Sakuya’s tone was serious and a little hesitant, as if she was asking a doctor if she had a terminal illness.

"Minestrone soup..." The ruthless Nagasaki doctor issued a critical illness notice.

“No~ Ahhhh.” Miss Sakuya screamed so miserably that the taxi driver in the front seat even took the time to glance at the rearview mirror.

"...and pizza." Miss Su Shi listened to her sister's wailing with satisfaction before she gasped and said.

"Eh? Sister, please stop teasing me." Sakuya poked her sister's soft arm in dissatisfaction. If you wanted to order takeout, you should have told me earlier.

"You asked for this." Su Shi chuckled and turned his head away.

"Why?" Miss Sakuya was confused.

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Chapter 68(^_^;)?

"Xiao Deng really likes Penguin Band-Aid."

Chihaya Aine stared at the blue-striped band-aid on her hand in a daze.

I think it's called Whiskered Penguin? But I still have some left from yesterday's gift, and I can't refuse the little animal's disappointed look.

Thump~thump↑thump→thump——

When the bell rang, the students of Yuqiu took their places, playing in groups of three or four, changing into sportswear to start exercising, or carrying their instrument bags and walking towards RiNG.

Chihaya Aine is no exception.

After saying goodbye to Xiaodeng who went to the Astronomy Department, his great social skills allowed him to smoothly integrate into the conversations of his new friends, and he even stood directly in the center.

Although I still haven't found anyone willing to play in a band with me...

"Did Aine go to RiNG yesterday?"

“I haven’t been there yet.” Miss Aine’s clever brain started working as she recalled the sign she had seen yesterday.

"We're going to practice in the studio over there today. Wanna come with us?"

"Huh?" What's going on, this sudden atmosphere?

“It’s hard to enter a place you haven’t been to.”

“Yeah, but…” Miss Aine put her hand on her chin and thought to herself. It shouldn’t be the same place, right?

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Sure enough, this is the place where I was harassed yesterday...

RiNG's large white sign reflected the light in the sun, which was not only obvious to everyone, but also extremely eye-catching.

"We'll be staying in the studio. Tell us if you have anything to say." Xiao Wu's reminder brought Ai Yin back to her senses a little, and she looked away from the recruitment board.

"Thank you, keep up the good work. Byebye~"

After a perfunctory three-shot response, Miss Aiyin looked back at the recruitment notice board, which had only a few words left. She unconsciously leaned forward, her nearsightedness of 100 or 200 degrees had made her accustomed to not wearing glasses, but she still couldn't see the tiny words clearly.

After scanning the remaining six recruitments one by one, Chihaya Aine sighed as expected.

“No one is recruiting guitarists or lead singers.”

“After all, there are the most guitarists, and everyone seems to want to be in the spotlight.” Ms. Sakuya spoke softly while carrying her bass bag.

“Sakiya?” Miss Aine turned her head and first glanced at Yugaoka’s school uniform, then tilted her body to look at the ponytail behind her as if to confirm. The musical note hair accessories on the low ponytail were raised high, and paired with her flaxen hair and light blue bass bag, it really looked like it was swaying on the staff.

“What’s wrong? Why are you staring at me all of a sudden?” It was still a bit confusing to be suddenly stared at by Miss Aine with a frown on her face.

"Do you need me to step aside for a moment?" Hachiman Kailin, who came to pick up Sakuya, crossed her arms across her chest, still dressed like a classic band member, and looked at the two people interacting with curiosity.

Miss Aine came back to her senses when she heard the strange cold voice. She tilted her head and clasped her hands together and said, "Sorry, sorry, I recognized the wrong person yesterday, but Sakuya is actually a twin?"

"Ah, my sister came to pick me up yesterday. But usually people mistake me for my sister. This seems to be the first time my sister has been mistaken for me." Ms. Sakuya chuckled. Just as she was about to reply to Hailing, she felt a familiar hand on her shoulder.

"This isn't the first time~" Nagasaki Motoyo walked quietly behind Sakuya and spoke softly in her sister's ear in a low voice.

"Ah! Don't scare me, sister." Miss Sakuya was startled, then shrank back after she came to her senses. She felt inexplicably guilty, as if she had done a little too much behind her sister's back recently.

“Puhehe~” Aine couldn’t help but laugh as she watched Sakuya-san jumping up like a cat. Her depressed mood improved a lot, and then she bowed slightly in the direction of Suyo. “Well, thank you so much for yesterday.”

Nagasaki Suyo: “(^_^;)?”

Miss Aine continued to thank him. “Thanks for talking to me at that time.”

Miss Su Shi suddenly realized that it was the least threatening cat.

"She suddenly clung to me and yelled at me, leaving me at a loss as to what to do..."

Aine was still complaining about what happened yesterday, but Hailing-san walked up to Sakuya and started playing the staring game with her without blinking, until the little village girl couldn't stand it anymore and turned her head away before she chuckled.

“Indeed, they look alike.”

Miss Hailing blinked her emerald eyes in triumph, a hint of interest appeared on her stern face, and she simply turned around and walked towards her loyal vending machine. "There's still half an hour until practice, so meet in room 104 then."

"Eh?" Miss Sakuya obviously didn't react.

“Did I... accidentally scold your friend?” Aine’s somewhat embarrassed voice came from the side.

"It's okay. It's natural to be scared when she suddenly speaks to you in that tone." Then came the voice of his own sister with a strong hint of sarcasm.

Miss Sakuya also suddenly realized what was going on and took two steps forward, standing right between her sister and Aine.

"Are you looking for band members? I just saw you looking at the promotional board." Su Shi said softly.

“Ah, that’s right.” Miss Aine was fixing her hair, feeling a little embarrassed. “Because this is my first time in a place like this, I don’t really know.”

"I see. Actually, I don't really understand it. Do you want Sakuya to show you around?"

Sakuya: “(^_^;)?”

“You don’t have to do that.” Miss Aine quickly refused, and then her eyes fell on the elegant Latin characters on Sushi’s shoulder bag, and her voice suddenly became a little excited. “Excuse me...you are a student of Tsuki no Mori, the school for young ladies.”

The sudden change of topic made Miss Su Shi slightly stunned. "Indeed..."

“I heard that only children of politicians or entertainers can go to that school.” Ms. Aiyin acted as if she had met a giant panda offline.

"There are students from good families, but I only went there in middle school, so I guess I'm just average." (^_^;)

"Also, do all the students in Tsuki no Mori really say 'Gui An'?"

"No, my sister has never said 'hello' to me." Ms. Sakuya interrupted the topic, but was glared back by her sister.

"Most of them can say it. I was also shocked when I heard it for the first time, but the girls who had been there since kindergarten all said it that way, so I didn't think too much about it and just learned it." Miss Su Shi said gently, her eyes already drifting towards the second floor.

I didn't get to talk to Riki yesterday, but if I bring Sakuya along today...

“It’s really true~ Then is the rumor that everyone has someone driving them to school true?” Miss Aine might have been browsing her SNS too much, or she might be thinking about how to post when she got home in the evening. In any case, she continued to post.

"My sister takes the train every day, right..." Sakuya complained quietly.

"There should be almost no such people." Su Shi retracted his gaze and interrupted the conversation with a chuckle. "You have been asking about school since just now."

"It's not good to talk while standing. Let's go have a cup of tea together." Miss Su Shi pointed to the cafe on the second floor and said with a smile.

“Then I will…” This is Miss Sakuya who is a little scared of being pinched by her own sister.

"Sakuya, come too."(^_^;)

Chapter 69 I Want to Be the Lead Singer

The metal frame of the automatic door has a shiny black and gold color, and it still has the familiar log-colored coffee shop.

Coffee beans and tea leaves are sealed in glass jars of different sizes, standing neatly on the log-colored shelves like store mannequins. In the middle of the suspended ceiling, green ivy hangs down juicy slender vines, and little birds fly around the spherical warm light, harmoniously and naturally, in circles.

"Welcome~" The speaker was Yamabuki Saya behind the bar. She had a high brown ponytail behind her head, making her look very intellectual.

"Hello." Nagasaki Suyo seemed very familiar and was obviously a regular customer of the store.

"Do you want to call Lixi out?" Senior Sa Ling smiled and filled three glasses of lemonade.

"I'll trouble you again later."

"Okay~Please choose the seat you like."

Aiyin raised her head to look at the ceiling and exclaimed how classy this place was. Sakuya-san sat between the two of them in a subtle mood and decided to be a silent nobody.

Although she didn't know why her sister dragged her to the cafe, it was better to find an excuse to run away. Aiyin knew her interpersonal relationships in Yugaoka, and she had hidden them perfectly so far without any problems. She must not fail today!

“Excuse me, do you have any recommended teas?” Miss Aine looked through the menu leisurely.

"Black tea, it's rich and mellow, I like it very much." Suyo chuckled, looking away from her sister and looking at Miss Aine. "You haven't consciously used honorifics since just now, but Sakuya and I are in the same grade."

“I’m sorry, because I look very stable, so I subconsciously…” Miss Aine reacted a little bit late, and raised the menu to hide her embarrassment.

"Look, you're using honorifics again."

Sakuya's sister is such a kind person, so mature, and she's the eldest lady of Tsuki no Mori. She's much better than the weird waiter yesterday~

"Can you tell me your name? My name is Aine." Miss Aine's light gray pupils were filled with joy, and her voice was excited.

"Your name is Aine, and my name is Suye."

"Great! Even her name sounds like a young lady. She has the feeling of a well-off lady..."