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

Miss Su Shi rubbed her temples. There is still a long way to go...

"Sakuya." Suyo said softly, patting the dictionary at the side of her hand. "Put this on your head."

"Eh~ I don't want to. Isn't the punishment over?" Miss Sakuya leaned back, away from her sister who was in demon form.

"I mean sit up straight and eat with it on your head." Ms. Suyo held the dictionary in both hands and carefully placed it on a relatively flat place on Sakuya's drooping head. "If you can keep it from falling while eating today, I can pretend that the previous punishment never happened~"

"Really?" Miss Sakuya looked up and leaned back to meet her sister's gaze, but quickly put her hands over her head to secure her dinner for the next five days.

"No using your hands." Suyo patted him lightly, and with his other hand he stroked Sakuya's forward-leaning spine from behind. "Sit up straight."

"It's so itchy." Sakuya endured the subtle touch from behind and picked up the rice spoon with trembling hands.

"Do you really not like it?" Miss Su Shi leaned over and poked her sister's chubby face. Someone looked really reluctant.

"I want to eat meat." said the long-term meat-eater.

"Then hold on and don't move. I'll go make some side dishes."

Nagasaki Suyo once again returned to her loyal kitchen. The ingredients that had been marinated long ago were put into the oven. The scheduled schedule ran automatically, emitting a warm orange light.

"Sister is the best!" Miss Sakuya sat still and shouted with all her heart.

Chapter 104 Slippery Eggs~

The Nagasaki family's dinner today still smells of meat.

But the most painful thing in the world is to watch the golden and fragrant grilled chicken wings get cold little by little, while you can only hold the knife and fork and sigh.

Ichinose Sakuya sat upright, with a white towel spread across her knees. With the slow sound of knife and fork and the soft light hanging from the top, she really looked like an elegant young lady.

"I can't stand it anymore, my dear elder sister, can you just start?" Miss Sakuya looked at the crispy chicken skin that she had spent 5 minutes cutting with a worried look on her face. It was crispy when she put it in her mouth, and it tasted a bit lonely.

"Okay." Su Shi picked up the napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth. He placed the rarely used knife and fork side by side on the plate, with the blade facing inward and the tines of the fork facing quietly downward, with the handles of the two overlapping and pointing to the four o'clock direction.

"In Western cuisine, you can use a knife and fork to indicate that you have finished your meal. You should learn it well and ask me if you have any questions." Miss Su Shi, who had eaten her fill, did not leave the table. She just quietly watched her sister, with greasy hands, quickly finishing the chicken wings.

"Ahem...Sister, please leave first after you're done eating. Stop staring at me." Sakuya was embarrassed. She felt that the meat in her hand didn't smell as good anymore.

"This is also part of table etiquette. Before leaving, you should make sure that everyone has finished eating. Don't leave in a hurry while others are eating like you usually do." Miss Su Shi said softly while sipping her after-meal tea.

"Then... why don't you play with your phone?" Miss Sakuya threw away the chicken bones she had just eaten, and then picked them up again and put them back on her plate as if she was guilty of a thief.

"Tsuki no Mori doesn't allow students to use cell phones on campus. Sakuya, you have to get used to it." Miss Motoyo looked a little troubled. She hoped that by the end of next week, she could train her child to the point where he wouldn't be exposed at a glance.

"You are not allowed to do this, and you are not allowed to do that. I think it's better not to go to Tsuki No Mori. Sister, you should come with me to go to school in Yugaoka!" Sakuya said in shock.

"Even food can't stop you from talking." Miss Su Shi's beautiful eyes rolled slightly, and she pushed the tray towards her sister. "Can't you just bear with it for a while until Xiaoxiang and I get back together?"

“Eh~ But the etiquette of Tsuki Forest is really too troublesome.” Ms. Sakuya pinched the tip of the wing with her index finger and thumb together. She blew lightly twice as it was a bit too hot before putting the meat into her mouth.

"I think you've eaten too much meat and it's stuck in your teeth, so you want to eat some vegetarian food." Su Shi put down the teacup unhappily, and the tray made a slight sound.

"I just went too far. Please don't make me eat vegetable minestrone soup." Ms. Sakuya was slightly stimulated, and her special training skills were revealed.

"Although the etiquette is a bit complicated, the afternoon tea at Moon Forest is still very good. Whether it is the Earl Grey tea or the dessert tower, they are all of the standards of British aristocrats." Miss Su Shi probably mastered the trick of communicating with her sister, starting with eating, and then talking about the main points when her attention is focused. "I have signed you up for a gardening class. After the four main classes in the morning, you will accompany Xiao Mu to water the vegetables in the garden. If someone comes to you, just say you want to accompany Xiao Mu, and just decline."

"Wakaba-san?" Sakuya had not forgotten the shock she felt when she first met her. Although they were not close friends, the doll girl's delicate face and long light green hair were really pretty, so pretty that it made her heart flutter. "Are there only two of us in the gardening class?"

"Well, the teacher rarely shows up. Xiaomu is a quiet child. You just need to accompany her quietly. If you don't talk much, then... you probably won't be exposed." Su Shi picked up the tea again, looked at Sakuya who was chewing the bone cleanly in deep thought, curled her lips slightly, and turned the topic to another direction she was concerned about. "I heard from Aine that you are going to ask Xiangzi to compose a song for you?"

"Ah... This is probably a misunderstanding. Xiaoxiang probably doesn't have the time to compose music." Ms. Sakuya gave up the indecent action of sucking her fingers and wiped her hands properly with her napkin.

"Is Xiaoxiang busy now?"

"She's very busy, so it's best not to drag her into doing other things, especially things that cost a lot of money." Sakuya warned.

The air was silent for a moment, the only sound in the Nagasaki home being the slight clinking sounds made by Sakuya picking up the bones.

What exactly happened to Xiaoxiang...Could it be that he transferred schools because of the same problem?

But it's not appropriate to ask any further. After all, Sakuya was unwilling to tell me no matter what before, and she probably had her own reasons.

The faint fragrance of Darjeeling reached her nose, and Nagasaki Suyo came out of her brief daze and spoke softly. "Sakuya, I want you to give it a try."

“(=′ー`)?” Miss Sakuya, who was still struggling over whether or not to eat another grilled chicken wing but was afraid of gaining weight, looked up in confusion.

"Try to ask Xiaoxiang to compose the music." Su Shi added, "Just think of it as for me and Xiaodeng, okay?"

"Uh..."

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[Konohana Sakuya]: "This is bad luck. My sister definitely likes Xiaoxiang and is attracted to her body."

[Mio]: "!!! Is this kind of thing between girls actually possible? The young ladies in Tokyo are amazing, in every sense!!!"

[Kinohana Sakuya]: "What should I do~ Mio, help me think of a solution, or I'll just give up tomorrow after trying to deal with it half-heartedly."

[Mio]: "I think Sakuya should give it a try, ok?"

[Konohana Sakuya]: “?”

[Konohana Sakuya]: "Shoko will dislike me, so don't do that."

[Mio]: "I'm not asking you to take the lyrics from your classmates in the Astronomy Department. How about you write a song yourself? And then ask your amazing 'Shoko' to help you."

[Konohana Sakuya]: “But I’ve never written lyrics before…”

Shoko didn't look like someone who had the money to buy a computer. Ichinose Sakuya turned over in bed and silently complained about the night view outside the window.

[Mio]: "As the saying goes, there's a first time for everything. Sakuya-chan, muster up your courage and go for it with all your might!"

[Mio]: "By the way, would you like to take a look at the lyrics I wrote for the Light Music Club? After worrying about it for a long time, I finally found inspiration from Tsumugi~"

Far away in Uji, Akiyama Mio huddled up on her bed, a little embarrassed, her cheeks slightly flushed, her long straight black hair stuck in the folds of the sheets. It was really embarrassing that she was so confident and boastful on Line to encourage Sakuya, and...the lyrics...should be pretty good, right?

[Konohana Sakuya]: "Thank you Mio, I want to see it!"

The phone vibrated slightly, and the girl finally clicked the send button of the picture.

【Whenever I look at you, my heart】

【Thumping★】

[The swaying thoughts are like cotton candy]

【Soft★Huhu】

The gray-blue eyes barely glanced at two lines when, encouraged by her best friend, Miss Sakuya's toes clenched uncontrollably.

[Mio]: "How about it... I think this is well written..."

Ms. Sakuya responded with an emoticon. She couldn't bear to tell the truth.

Perhaps, this is also a kind of youth?

Chapter 105 Nothing More Ordinary

What should an excellent lyric be like?

Like Queen, it combines rock and opera, presenting a musical epic, with the elegance and temperament added by the full-length music score, being simple and easy to read and catchy, and conveying grand and great ideas... Perhaps, a little "emotion" should be added, or perhaps, "emotion" alone is enough.

True feelings are always the most fragrant wine. They represent the youth spent together, the ever-beautifying memories, the intersecting flavors of life, and the most ordinary daily life that is still spent every day. No matter how brilliant and gorgeous the words are, if the feelings are missing, they will be eclipsed and lack charm.

Lively and cute girl bands can gain praise and single recommendation as long as they show a little singing skill and express their love in a sweet voice. Slightly popular rock bands vent their repression in shouting and challenge their destiny with pure ambition.

But for Ichinose Sakuya, who had never written lyrics before, these were too direct. After thinking hard about the beginning, she felt powerless and became shy, replacing the desire to express herself, like a slender hand quietly running through her hair. After blushing, she finally realized the tender feelings and joy contained in the lyrics. Faintly, she also saw the ultimate horror and charm of "love" that was just around the corner.

Yugaoka Academy, first year group B.

Teacher Ryoko was lazily lying on the podium, browsing on her cell phone. The word "Self-study" was still written in big chalk on the blackboard. The scene suddenly seemed a bit like the day when she first met Xiangzi.

The sun was shining brightly, and her light blue twin ponytails were swaying slightly, still the same as before. Toyokawa Shoko was silently writing something, and the rustling sound of the ballpoint pen scratching across the paper could be heard.

Ichinose Sakuya stared at the swaying hair in a daze for a long time, finally came to her senses, hurriedly drew a diagonal line, and hid the embarrassing lyrics she had written as if trying to cover up her ears and steal a bell.

[Beside me is her gentle body temperature, the quiet sound of the piano, and the most ordinary conversation and interaction]

[Life is so simple that if you remove these, there will be nothing left]

[The essential elements in life are nothing more than these]

...

Ahhhh! What on earth am I writing?

Ms. Sakuya quickly closed the same light blue cucumber flower notebook as Tomoe Takamatsu, folded her hands on the table, and put the triple seal on her head, firmly locking up her dark history of adolescence that must not be discovered by anyone.

The atmosphere in the study class was both leisurely and busy. Some people were concentrating on their homework, while others were secretly passing notes to each other at a high frequency. The daily life of high school students was no more than this. Except for Xia Feng and Hai Luo, no one paid attention to the flaxen-haired girl who was in love in the corner.

Her forehead was burning, so Sakuya simply changed her posture, turning her head to the side and lying on the notebook to cool her cheeks, while secretly glancing at the blue-haired little hedgehog in the front seat with her soft twin ponytails hanging on both sides.

Sakuya, Sakuya, you swore that you don't like girls. You can't let Xiangzi influence you anymore. Maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to go to the Moon Forest to calm down for a while...

The thought did not last long. As if noticing someone's gaze, the twin ponytails swayed slightly back and forth, revealing the same black-gold band. Sakuya-san, who was struggling to think, was naturally drawn to her gaze.

I'll give Xiangzi a pair of new hair ties next time we meet. Xiaoxiang probably likes simple and durable styles, right?

Chanel's black and white tones match the light blue hair very well, but it is too luxurious. Although Sanrio's is cute, it does not match Xiaoxiang's majestic aura. I should go to Muji to look carefully... or try to make it myself?

No, no, why am I thinking about Xiangzi again...

Miss Sakuya tapped her own head twice and whimpered softly.

"What's wrong?" Xiangzi turned sideways and said in a low voice.

Sakuya remained lying down, holding the notebook tightly, and raised her head to pout in a barely audible voice.

"It's all your fault."

"Hmm?" The golden eyes glanced around in confusion. It was estimated that the little village girl had fallen into strange delusions again.

"It's okay." Miss Sakuya's eyes flickered.

"Really?"

"Um..."

Toyokawa Shoko continued with her unfinished notes, while Ms. Sakuya, whose head was almost steaming, lowered her head again as if she was struck down.

It's all Xiangzi's fault. I feel like I'm starting to become weird...

Her gentle little hand brushed over the newly curled long hair, and stopped gently when it touched the pink five-petal cherry blossom hair accessory. This was Miss Sakuya's little habit. She would always touch her hair unconsciously when she was thinking about something.

This moment of thinking seemed to take an especially long time. It was not until the bell rang and most of the students had left that someone reluctantly stood up, and even the movement of packing his schoolbag seemed cautious.

Because starting next week, I might not be able to see the cute blue hedgehog for a while, and today... is Friday.

"You don't have a fever either?" With her soft little hand, she lifted her hair and covered her forehead. Toyokawa Shoko leaned over and carefully looked at Miss Sakuya, whose face was red. "Why is your face so red?"

The country girl was so frightened by the sudden eye contact that she closed her eyes shamefully, pursed her lips and turned her head away, unable to utter a word.

Is this...shy?

Toyokawa Shoko took back her hand and began to reflect. It seemed that she had not had time to tease the little village girl today. What happened? Or...

Miss Xiangzi looked at the cucumber flower-covered notebook that was quite conspicuous in the middle of the desk, feeling a little nostalgic and melancholy, as she had used the same rhinoceros beetle style notebook a long time ago.

Pinching the spine of the book with two fingers, Miss Xiangzi, who had no sense of privacy, picked up the dark history that someone had just written with great determination.

She flipped through it and found that most of them were math drafts and strange stick drawings, such as a little hedgehog drawn with a blue pen, lying on the ground with its soft little belly exposed.

Miss Sakuya, who was still learning the spirit of an ostrich, heard the sound and secretly opened her bright eyes. Then she saw that the Pandora's Box that had to be sealed was already in Pandora's hands!

"Don't look at it! They are just rough drafts, nothing to see!" Miss Sakuya pleaded, almost screaming. She stretched out her hands and took the notebook back from Xiangzi, who didn't struggle much.

"Why are you so nervous?" Xiangzi raised his hand and tucked a few strands of hair behind his ears.

"You didn't see it?" Ms. Sakuya nervously held the notebook and leaned back, fully demonstrating what it meant to be trying to cover up something.

"What did you see?" Toyokawa Shoko leaned forward slightly, tilted her head and chuckled.

"Nothing, nothing...ah!" Miss Sakuya's perfunctory response was interrupted.

A bad guy blew air towards her pink earlobe.

"The essential elements in life are nothing more than these~"

Toyokawa Shoko hummed softly in Sakuya's ear.

There is no harmony, no accompaniment, just the simplest melody line, as ordinary as what is written in the lyrics.