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

"I feel like you seem a little unhappy." Sakuya walked to her usual seat, sat down quietly, put her hands on her knees, and looked very well-behaved.

The audience took their seats and the performance began again.

Toyokawa Shoko pressed the first note of the music again.

As gently as if he was stroking the girl's flaxen hair, the harmonious melody curve flowed from his fingertips, leaning towards the only listener present.

She was still thinking about the girl's long hair blown by the wind and the slender hand that held hers that day.

Chapter 83: See You Again Tomorrow

The weather was fine, the piano music was melodious, and the campus after school was over was slightly hot. The square brick buildings were bright and simple, and standing at the window and looking out, the always lively campus was so comfortable. A girl in a louvered skirt passed by with a musical instrument on her back, a senior with headphones yawned and brushed past the discipline committee, and even a pink-haired transfer student ran by with a small animal in his hand. It really looked like a page in an animation, peaceful and warm.

Toyokawa Shoko closed the piano cover, walked to the window with her hair just scattered and not yet combed, and first looked at the flaxen girl beside her. Her expression was natural and she smiled slightly, just like usual. It was indeed a bit embarrassing to ask a country girl with little knowledge to comment on the music.

"What are you looking at?" Xiangzi also looked outside. The familiar scene seemed familiar, as if he had seen it a few days ago.

“Aine just sent a message on Line saying that she borrowed the lantern for today. It feels like she’ll be in a hurry like last time, so I peeked over.” Ms. Sakuya scratched her head, looking a little embarrassed.

With her delicate golden eyes narrowed slightly, Ms. Shoko spoke in a playful and slightly pretentious tone, and her knuckle-jointed fingers stroked Sakuya's back. "I am sorry to have disturbed Ichinose-san's club activities. It seems that today's performance was indeed mediocre, and someone didn't even want to stay with her for a perfunctory word."

"How could this be... It sounds so good, I can perform it in the Golden Hall of Verona." Ms. Sakuya felt a tingling sensation on her back, and her thoughts were interrupted, causing her to suddenly fall into an unprecedented crisis.

Sakuya-san silently applied the V1.12 update patch to the "Special Manual for Toyokawa Shoko" in her mind. Her shoulder blades tightened unconsciously. Even though it was just a gentle touch, she always felt something ambiguous.

Obviously, when she made Xiangzi angry before, she would puff up her cheeks in anger, and then take revenge on him by asking him to correct his exam papers a few more times. Why is she like this today?

"It's Vienna, you idiot." Miss Xiangzi sighed softly, and the slight jealousy was replaced by silence. It turned out that it was better to be direct when talking to Sakuya.

“I saw you, Aine-san… and Deng running out together before. What happened?” This time, his tone returned to his usual elegance, and he retracted his palm and placed it in front of his abdomen.

Although he somewhat enjoyed the dependence of the little country girl, he was not blindly jealous.

"Well, it's mainly because of Xiao Deng. Xiangzi, you know the reason..." Sakuya turned around, ran her fingers through the ends of her hair, and carefully sorted out her words.

Before yesterday, I wasn’t really that interested in Crychic. It’s a pity, but once it’s disbanded, it’s disbanded. The dolls that I loved so much when I was a child are a completely different sight when I grow up. New friends and events will always fill the empty spaces in Xiaodeng and my sister’s hearts.

At least that’s what Sakuya thought until she was pressed on the chair by her sister last night...

"Did Aine invite the Tokugawa Band as she did to me?" Toyokawa Shoko was always smart. She could find time to figure out the progress of events while torturing someone.

“Well…even though Xiao Deng forgave Aine later, I’m still a little worried.” After all, her sister seemed to be planning something, but she hadn’t figured it out yet.

"Is that so..." Xiangzi was quiet for a moment. He first put his schoolbag on his back from the piano chair, and then tidied up his slightly frizzy hair.

"Sakuya, just do whatever you want to do." Shoko's tone was gentle with a hint of encouragement, and her light blue ponytail swung out in a pleasing trajectory under the sunlight.

Perhaps it was because the summer sun was too dazzling, Ms. Sakuya subconsciously turned her head away and covered her slightly hot cheeks with her hands.

After a while, Sakuya murmured with an evasive look: "Even if... it might hurt Xiangzi, it doesn't matter...?"

Xiangzi chuckled, took two steps forward, leaned forward, and his handsome face met Sakuya's clear gray-blue eyes.

"Because we will meet again tomorrow."

Toyokawa Shoko is gone.

The only sound in the quiet music classroom was someone's thumping heartbeat.

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Summer is always bright. Whether it is a dusty street corner that no one cares about, or a school nursery full of flowers, the sun always shines evenly.

Tsuki no Mori Girls' School.

In the small corner assigned to the horticulture department, the land was reflected in a slightly golden color. The small white palm gently pressed down, and tiny water droplets jumped out of the watering can, cheering and jumping, bouncing on the tips of the tender green leaf buds. The cucumbers had just borne fruit, and the water droplets slid over the leaves, passed by the stems, and finally moistened the tiny roots in the soil.

The slight dryness of summer was dispelled by the cool dew. A breeze blew by, and a light mist hit the face, causing Ruoye Mu's lips, which rarely moved, to slightly curl up.

Today is the first time that Su Shi accompanies him to take care of cucumber, and Mu is quite happy.

"Maybe soon I'll come to Xiaomu to form a band together~" Nagasaki Suyo put her hands behind her back and spoke softly.

"Really?" Ruo Yemu was a little surprised. He raised his head and his eyes widened slightly.

Miss Su Shi's eyes fell on the green cucumber, and her tone remained unchanged. "Well, first Li Xi and Xiao Deng..."

If Ye Mu lowered his head again, the shower head would move horizontally to the few cucumber vines that had not been watered enough.

Crychic again...

"Don't worry about Xiaoxiang~"

Mu snorted softly, stopped watering, and stared in a daze at the water droplets dripping from the leaves.

"Xiaoxiang is in Yuqiu indeed." Miss Su Shi turned her head and her eyes fell on the girl's delicate face like a doll.

Ruoye Mu lowered his eyes and said nothing.

The shower head, which had been laid flat, could no longer gather any more water. The remaining water droplets gathered together and slowly fell into the mud, raising a faint cloud of dust.

"I will ask Xiao Mu to come later, so you just wait a little longer." Miss Su Shi still had her hands behind her back, one wrapped around the wrist of the other, and leaned forward slightly so that she could see Ruo Ye Mu's not-so-obvious expression.

"I asked the teacher to let me take the minor in horticulture. Maybe because Xiaomu was the only one there, the teacher happily agreed."

Ruoye Mu's golden eyes clearly fluctuated.

The corners of Su Shi's mouth curled up and his eyes moved slightly.

"I've also turned down the afternoon tea class. I'll have time to spend more time with Xiao Mu in the future."

If Ye Mu didn't move.

Nagasaki Suyo looked up at the sun which was mostly blocked by the edge of the building and sighed softly.

"Finally, I can take a step forward..."

Chapter 84 I sit at Lenai's table

[Ain]: Sushi-san, where are you? Can you come to RiNG?

Chihaya Aine rarely reviewed the Line messages she sent to her friends, she didn't even send an emoticon!

After sending the message, Miss Aine put down her phone and glanced at Xiao Deng who was acting unsteadily beside her and was half-forced to come over by her.

It's a bit too sudden...

If Xiao Deng's problem is not solved, there will be no way to form a band. If I can't form a band with Xiao Deng and Su Shi, I can't reach the top of Yuqiu. If I can't reach the top of Yuqiu, my high school career will be doomed to failure. When my classmates are discussing the topic of bands, I am the only one squeezed into a corner and can't say a word. As a result, I gradually become a nobody in the class... I don't want this kind of thing!

After she held her head in her hands and shed silent tears in her heart, Miss Aine looked into Xiao Deng’s trembling amber eyes again.

Is Xiao Deng scared?

Chihaya Aine, haven't you made up your mind?

I want to form a band with Xiao Deng and Su Shi...

To start over.

Be it the band or life!

Bad things happened in Crychic in the past, causing everyone to scatter, but why can't we get together again and have a good chat?

If you have something on your mind, you should speak it out loud so that others can understand it, right?

This is what Chihaya Aine thought and did.

"Xiao Deng, just wait for me. Classmate Su Shi will be here soon. I'll go deal with the most annoying guy first!"

"Ain, there's no need to do this... I'll just go back..."

"Don't worry, don't worry. I told you that I want to form a band with Xiao Deng~" This time, Xiao Aiyin is not looking for someone to form a band casually!

Miss Aiyin clenched her fists, encouraged herself, and stood in front of the wooden door of the kitchen with a sign that said "No Trespassing" with a heroic and confident look.

Ms. Aine knocked on the door.

No one responded.

'I'm here to look for that waiter who always yells at people and has a bad service attitude. I guess he's not an idler, right?'

She tilted her head, thinking so, and raised her hand to place it on the door wrench.

"Excuse me~"

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The trajectory of fate is always full of coincidences, or perhaps inevitability, and lost souls will always be attracted to each other.

So, when Ichinose Sakuya rushed to the familiar second-floor cafe, the scene that came into her eyes made her a little confused.

Four familiar figures gathered at the square table in the middle of the hall, counting from left to right - Takamatsu the little animal sat upright and obediently, Chihaya the deminer wandered outside, Shiitake was watching him affectionately, and his own sister, who could guest-star as a Sichuan opera master, had her back to him and could not see his face, but the atmosphere of the 8 o'clock evening show was already overwhelming.

"Lights..." This is the erratic and grumpy waiter.

"I..." This is the little stone who is trying to avoid seeing his old friend again.

“Ain-chan…?” This is the Tsukinomori Idea King who just arrived. Miss Sushi seems to have not figured out what is going on yet.

Snapped--!

Chihaya Aine clasped her hands together, interrupting the anime reminiscence that could have lasted for 20 minutes. Then she spread her hands and calmly announced the official start of the first reconciliation meeting.

"Come on, start communicating."

Perhaps it was the memories that distracted their attention, and a delicate balance was maintained between the four of them, and for a moment no one came up to talk to Sakuya.

Could it be that... I'm actually a stealth expert?

Ms. Sakuya, who had skillfully switched to the melon-eating mode, naturally pulled out the wooden chair and sat down confidently.

She sat at Lenai's table.

Kaname Lenna happened to be there too, finishing Buffy in small sips.

"Thank you, Aine-san. And thank you, Xiao Deng, for coming over. Are you getting along well with Sakuya recently?" The sound of her elder sister's hand clasps could be heard quietly. Although she couldn't see the front, Sakuya had already imagined the little movements of her elder sister playing with her hands.

"Huh?" This was the sound shouted by Ms. Lixi.

"Because Xiao Deng didn't come to practice anymore, it became harder and harder for us to get together..."

"It's all Xiangzi's fault, it's because she suddenly said she wanted to quit..."

"I think she might have some reason..."

"What could be the reason?"

They were quite far away and couldn't hear clearly, so Ms. Sakuya pricked up her ears quietly and moved closer to Lena.

The cat who was finishing Matcha Buffy noticed the sudden approach of the heat source and turned his head in confusion, with a hint of confusion in his yellow and blue heterochromatic eyes.

Miss Lenai was a little face-blind, and she was not sure whether the person in front of her was a woman with big breasts or a woman with bigger breasts.

The former was a big sinner who pretended to feed her but actually stole her matcha! Although she had made her repent, she suddenly came forward and said that she might be trying the same old trick again.

The latter was a kind-hearted woman who paid for him, and she didn't seem to like matcha very much. At least when she was in the restaurant that day, she looked very bad.

Cats can't tell the difference, but they have their own way.

She leaned her head out, her nose landed on the chest of someone who was eating delicious watermelon, and she took two quick sniffs in succession - the smell of flower petals and the smell of a girl playing the piano.

The cat likes the soft touch of the nose tip very much, but is unhappy about the behavior of stealing its own matcha.

"Little Lena, what are you doing..." Miss Sakuya, who had been enduring Lena's breath since just now, couldn't help but speak in a low voice.

"Revenge." There was a gleam in Maomao's eyes, and her voice was cold but childish and cute.

The cat's hand that wasn't holding the spoon was raised into the air, and it patted the soft and resilient meat ball twice quickly and continuously. Then it bounced back to its seat and cautiously hugged the limited edition Matcha Parfait.

"Ah~" Miss Sakuya, who was just watching the show quietly, exclaimed in surprise, then quickly lowered her head and covered her mouth with both hands.

exposed!

Although I didn't intend to hide it, it's still a little embarrassing...

Miss Sakuya looked up, and met four pairs of beautiful eyes, each with its own unique charm.

The silence from the crowd was deafening.

Miss Sakuya's toes were curled up, her dark green stockings were curled together, and she was as clear as a champ as she was experiencing the feeling of public execution for the first time.

His poor brain began to work rapidly, and after a while, Sakuya uttered some nonsense in a dry voice.

"Ahahaha...what a coincidence...are you all here at RiNG for coffee?"