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

After staring at the gray-blue watery eyes in her mind for a while, Miss Xiangzi came back to reality. Although she was a fool, she looked pretty good with glasses.

Toyokawa Shoko decided to ask Sakuya after class.

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The bell for the end of get out of class rang on time. Ichinose Sakuya tried her best to finish the composition, took the test paper from Miss Hai Luo in the back row, and handed them to Shoko in the front seat.

Pursing her lips, Ms. Sakuya felt that her test results this time would not be very good.

It turns out that forming a band can really make people feel desperate...

Miss Sakuya just felt that she was stuck between Xiangzi and her sister like a hemp rope. Made of flax fiber, flexible and durable, purely handmade, she was even now being rubbed and pulled by players from both teams.

On one end was the friendship that she had worked so hard to develop with the little blue-haired hedgehog, and on the other was her sister sobbing sadly. The red silk tied in the middle of the hemp rope swayed from side to side, but always remained in the middle area, and the stalemate continued.

“I’m going to be torn in half…” Sakuya imagined her sister and Shoko grabbing one of her arms and pulling them hard. With her mind empty, she used her usual trick to deal with difficulties—

Give up thinking!

When you don't know what to do, just let your instinct take care of it. Continuing will only make your mood heavier. Such complicated things are really not suitable for me...

"What's going to be broken into two halves?" Miss Xiangzi asked curiously, and the slender fingers that were stretched in front of the dazed little fool's face changed from shaking to pinching. The feeling was as good as always, soft and smooth.

"Probably I'll take the 10th paper..." Ms. Sakuya mumbled incoherently, letting Shoko's somewhat cold fingers rub her cheeks.

"If you don't do well in the exam, do you want me to help you with tutoring?" Toyokawa Shoko said in a normal tone, but she was a little surprised. According to Sakuya's personality, she should have been playful and wanted to pinch her face, so why was she so well-behaved today?

Miss Xiangzi, who didn't understand what was going on, pinched the girl twice more, and only let go when the girl's cheeks turned red.

"Wow, Shoko is so nice~" Sakuya whispered with her hands covering her face. Although she promised her sister to help repair the relationship, she still stood in the middle.

Toyokawa Shoko looked at her fingers that had just pinched her cheek, then looked up at Sakuya, who looked very touched, and tried to pinch her own face lightly.

After feeling a slight pain, Miss Xiangzi finally came to her senses.

Oh no, Sakuya's idiotic symptoms have worsened.

Oh no, I’ve been infected by the stupid bacteria too!

She raised her hand in disgust to block the little country girl who suddenly came over and wanted to hug her. The whispers and low discussions of her classmates made Miss Xiangzi blush slightly. She coughed and changed the subject.

"Didn't you say we were going to Shimokitazawa after school today?"

"Hey~ I was so nervous about the exam that I forgot." Miss Sakuya scratched her head embarrassedly.

"It's getting late. We'd better leave as soon as possible." Xiangzi said helplessly, with an unconscious doting look in his golden eyes.

"Okay~" With her bass on her back, Ms. Sakuya took two steps at a time and ran to the back door of the classroom at a speed that would have her arrested by the discipline committee. Then, under Shoko's gaze, she turned around and said an energetic "See you tomorrow."

The second round of ringing rang on time, covering up the girl's giggle and the hurried footsteps left on the road.

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The gate of Yugaoka is the busiest during the school dismissal period. Today the flow of people seems to be even greater than before, and the students' gossip also falls into Sakuya's ears along with the breeze.

"That girl is wearing the Tsuki no Mori uniform, right?"

"She looks like a lady from a distant past. She is very elegant."

"Really? I just tried to say hello to her and she smiled back at me."

Scattered sentences flow into the brain, and then flow away very smoothly, leaving no trace.

Miss Sakuya walked through the gate with brisk steps, humming a song. She raised her head and happened to meet her sister's gray-blue eyes.

Ms. Sakuya stopped.

Ms. Sakuya thought for a moment.

Miss Sakuya happily moved closer to her sister.

My sister actually came to pick me up and take me home. Today is such a good day!

With her slender fingers running through her long hair, Nagasaki Suyo was speechless as she looked at her sister who suddenly came close to her. The Tsukinomori school uniform already made her conspicuous in Yugaoka. If she stood next to Sakuya, who had the same face as her, the chances of her messages and gossips reaching Shoko's ears would be even greater.

I skipped the afternoon club activities today and came early to wait for Xiangzi. It would be better to send Sakuya away as soon as possible.

"Sister~Have you been waiting for a long time?" Miss Sakuya smiled.

"Not too long." Su Shi's eyes were wandering, still browsing the high school students passing by.

"Tsuki-nomori got out of school so early." Miss Sakuya said casually, standing next to her sister.

"Yes." Class 1B has already finished school, but so far I haven't seen that familiar blue hair.

"But I have a practice today, at a live house called Starry in Shimokitazawa. Do you want to come with me?" With her hands on the shoulder straps of her backpack, Miss Sakuya jumped twice in excitement.

"Sakuya." Suzuya finally turned around and looked at her sister who was full of happiness and spoke softly. "You go first, sister will stay for a while."

"Eh? Didn't my sister come to see me?" Sakuya tilted her head and began to think with her clever brain.

My sister came to the entrance of Yuqiu to wait for someone, not me, so...

"Sakuya, didn't you go to the station?" Toyokawa Shoko's familiar voice came from behind.

Among the three people at the entrance of Yugaoka, Miss Sakuya was standing right in the middle.

Chapter 75 Let’s Run Together

Nagasaki Suyo turned her head, her cheeks flushed, her eyes trembling slightly, and she said in a nostalgic and low voice: "Long time no see."

Toyokawa Shoko didn't say anything, her golden eyes clearly showing an impolite disgust. Her gaze stayed there for only a moment before she turned to Ichinose Sakuya who was almost petrified beside her. She snorted, turned around and quickened her pace.

"Wait!" Nagasaki Suyo chased after him.

As a girl who has just entered high school and has not yet left the human group life, Miss Sakuya sadly discovered that sometimes society is so sudden that she has to face the terrible trial of choosing between two options.

After taking out her cell phone and sending a message of apology to Hailing, Ms. Sakuya resolutely took a step forward and followed.

Tokyo in summer is bright and lively, with bright sunshine, lush green grass and trees. There are red and green flowers climbing up the sides of the residential buildings, and even roses in full bloom covering the entire walls. The climbing flowers are of uniform shape, with orange and yellow interwoven into a continuous carpet.

The sunlight fell on the wall just right. If it were any other time, Ms. Sakuya would definitely find a good angle and take a few photos. Finally, she would take a selfie from a different position and send a copy to each of them on Line.

As for now...

In front of me is a straight asphalt road going down. The road is narrow and there are no people or cars.

Miss Sakuya was following her sister with her head down. She didn't know if it was her illusion, but her sister's physical fitness seemed to be a little below the average level of female high school students...

Shoko was walking quickly in the front, followed by Nagasaki Motoyo who was jogging breathlessly for a while, and further behind her was Miss Sakuya who was quietly hiding behind her sister to reduce her presence.

"Wait a minute!" Miss Su Shi spoke with difficulty, panting. "Please, I want to talk to you."

"We have nothing to talk about." Xiangzi kept walking and his tone was even more ruthless.

"I've been looking for you." Perhaps she was tired, or perhaps she realized that she couldn't catch up with Xiangzi, so Miss Suyo stopped and, after a short breath, called out to Xiangzi's back. "Why did you transfer to another school, and why did you get so close to Sakuya?"

The clattering sound of leather shoes falling on the asphalt road gradually disappeared, and Toyokawa Shoko's golden eyes widened a little in an instant, and she just stood there quietly at a distance.

"Is it because of Crychic? Or... because of me?" Su Shi's tone was conflicted, and there was a hint of anticipation mixed in with his doubtful exploration.

After a barely perceptible pause, Xiangzi clenched his left hand tightly and spoke loudly, "It has nothing to do with that. I have the freedom to date whoever I want."

He turned his face away, his sharp eyes like a hedgehog skipped over the idiot Sakuya who followed him at the end, and fell on the entangled Nagasaki Suyo. All his displeasure and anger turned into invisible arrows, shooting at the past called Crychic, killing his weak self in the past.

"Don't have anything to do with me anymore." Toyokawa Shoko said calmly and resolutely.

She continued walking forward.

Nagasaki Suyo opened her hand, then pulled it back suddenly as if she had touched a thorn.

We can definitely talk again, as long as we explain it clearly...

Su Shi wanted to catch up, but the pain in his legs told him clearly that he couldn't keep up.

"Sister, are you okay?" Miss Sakuya lowered her voice and put her hand on Su Shi's back with some concern.

At this time Miss Su Shi finally remembered that her sister was still watching her. Why are you just watching?

She turned around and glared at her sister in shame and anger, then waved her hand and issued an order. "What are you standing there for? Go after him."

"Ah? Me?" Sakuya pointed at herself blankly, her mouth slightly opened, and she blinked twice, looking quite innocent.

Sister, do you want me to help stop Xiangzi?

"Who else could it be? Go quickly, I'll catch up soon." Su Shi tapped her sister's arm and urged Sakuya to jog.

"Oh..." Miss Sakuya responded reluctantly and jogged forward two steps. Just as she was about to pretend to be idle, she heard the terrifying whispers of her elder sister in the form of the Great Demon King.

"I can't catch up with you and I'm waiting for minestrone soup this week..."

"Eh--!?"

Running under the sunset that day was Ms. Sakuya's silent accusation against vegetable pasta.

She kept breathing and controlled her speed, using the kinetic energy converted from gravitational potential energy to lean her upper body forward with the bass on her back. Her good sense of balance allowed Ms. Sakuya to maintain a stride that was considered to be at her best.

The little village girl ran very fast, and soon, the familiar blue ponytail appeared in front of him.

Xiangzi was not walking fast, and she seemed tired. The lunch provided by Yuqiu Canteen was not enough to provide her with the energy to spend recklessly.

Shoko Toyokawa naturally heard the footsteps behind her, so she stopped again.

Xiangzi turned his head and saw a familiar figure reflected in his golden pupils. His sharp armed attitude turned into overflowing disappointment.

After all, it is a false friendship based on the exchange of interests. I have long known that the so-called friendship built on lies is just another name for betrayal.

Toyokawa Shoko wanted to laugh. How was this weak self different from before? Her so-called determination actually stopped at such a ridiculous game of house. It was ridiculous that she was disappointed with the inevitable outcome!

Shoko Toyokawa looked at the familiar face in front of her and her vision suddenly blurred.

I could stand the loneliness...

Ichinose Sakuya...I hate you!

"咲..." Xiangzi couldn't say a word.

She was grabbed by the wrist by Sakuya who rushed over.

Then, she saw the familiar gray-blue pupils, watery and translucent, like moonlight shining on Lake Lucerne.

"Let's run together."

Ichinose Sakuya took a deep breath and continued to run towards the place where the sunset was setting, taking with her Toyokawa Shoko, whom she was holding tightly.

The evening breeze blew through the endless patches of tiny light spots, and the leaves turned around one by one, turning out the dusk. The wind and sand at this time are most likely to fascinate the eyes, at least Miss Xiangzi is sure of this.

"Sakuya..." Toyokawa Shoko whispered.

"Huh?" Miss Sakuya, who was hurrying on her way and mourning for her lost dinner, turned her head and looked at Shoko who was dragged behind her.

"You idiot." Toyokawa Shoko said with a smile with tears in her eyes.

"Eh? Why..." Ichinose Sakuya looked back, she still didn't understand.

The hottest period has passed, the sun sets, and it is the most youthful summer with the most beautiful sunset.

When the evening light casts the shadows of flowers on the tips of your hair, a simple smile becomes full of charm.

My heart seemed to skip a beat and my face felt hot, even though I had only run a short distance.

Chapter 76 Let’s go to Shimokitazawa first

Chihaya Aine is in a very good mood today.

[Aine]: "So-shi, I'm already at RiNG. Please be careful on the way. I'll be waiting for you at the cafe. (o??)?- - -?"

After reviewing the information once more, Aine moved her slender fingers upwards briskly, and turned her head to look at her own ESP guitar with anticipation.

It's been a bit dusty due to being stored there for a long time, but I cleaned it with lemon oil yesterday following the tutorial on the Internet and put new strings on it. Now it looks no different from when I first got it.

No problem! Although there is only a bassist, Suyo-san is the eldest daughter of Tsuki no Mori. She is pretty and kind. The new band will definitely be very popular.

It's great that I made up my mind to ask Su Shi for help. Besides, the bass level of the club activities should be similar to my guitar skills, so I can start over again.

Miss Aine, who had already seen herself standing in the center of the stage, held her mobile phone with both hands, and glanced at the message that classmate Su Shi had replied to immediately in the morning. The corners of her mouth curled up, and her face was full of happiness.

Bang-!

The tap water without even any ice cubes was dumped heavily on the table. Shiina Riki narrowed his eyes and glanced at the annoying pink-haired guy.

"Why are you here?"

"It was Su Shi-san who asked me to come here. She said she wanted to discuss the band." Aine raised her head and looked at Ms. Li Xi.