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

“It’s okay, you’ll feel better if you cry.” Sakuya closed her eyes, wrapped her arms around her sister’s waist, and shifted her center of gravity toward herself.

The clock hand passed 22:00 accompanied by the girl's irregular sobs. The moon was at its zenith. It was neither a newborn crescent moon nor a full moon. It was missing some corners, but still bright. The boundaries were blurred, the memory was blurred, but the moon remained the same.

Chapter 192 Forget

The built-in ringtone of the Apple phone sounds pleasant, but the feeling of waking up from a deep sleep is not pleasant. Ichinose Sakuya confusedly pried open her eyelids to allow a small gap for light to pass through. The morning light was dim and it seemed time to go to bed. The alarm clock that didn't read people's expressions was really a conservative bad guy.

Miss Sakuya calmly turned off the alarm, but her palm lightly touched it and directly selected the option of "snap back later". However, her slight depression was interrupted by her sleepiness. She closed her eyes and continued to sleep while hugging the soft and comfortable pillow beside her.

The iPhone software designer is definitely a ruthless workaholic. Fortunately, I don’t use an iPhone...

Hmm, this doesn’t seem to be the alarm I set.

Ichinose Sakuya opened his eyes again, and this time he opened them very quickly. His gray-blue pupils quickly focused with the sunlight shining obliquely into the room. A girl with the same appearance also woke up slowly at the prompt of her biological clock, and met his gaze with her eyes that were a little red and swollen from crying last night.

"Awake?" Nagasaki Suyo said softly, her arms around her sister's waist, touching her flaxen hair.

Just like Sakuya likes to grab her own blanket when she goes to bed at night, she also has a similar habit. When sleeping alone, she can cross her fingers and place them on her lower abdomen to fall asleep peacefully. It is rare for her to sleep with Sakuya, so she also half-heartedly hugs the stupid sister who takes the initiative to cling to her.

"Oh, I slept with my sister yesterday." Sakuya nodded in realization, naturally pulled her thighs back, changed to a more comfortable position, lying on the bed sideways, and looked into her sister's eyes. "Why did my sister and I sleep in the same bed?"

She vaguely remembered that each of them had their own quilt last night.

"Because some idiot felt too hot, he kicked his own quilt away, turned around to grab mine, and slept with my legs between his legs all night." Miss Su Shi rolled her beautiful eyes and said unhappily.

"It means that my sister and I are very close. Even when we are asleep, we will subconsciously stay together to form a twin bond." Miss Sakuya looked away and said nonsense. In fact, the sister brand pillow feels good, but it is too hot. It is more comfortable for Xiaomu to hug.

"Don't give me that. Get up as soon as you wake up. You have to go to school today." Su Shi was too lazy to pay attention to her. She sat up with her hands on the mattress and tidied up her messy long hair bit by bit.

"Hey, usually I can still sleep a little longer." Sakuya acted coquettishly, and accepted the half of the quilt that her sister didn't want anymore, clamped her legs together, and transformed into the strongest defensive form of Cat and Bug.

"Lazy guy." Su Shi glanced at him, changed into slippers and prepared to go to the kitchen to boil some hot water. She always got up about half an hour earlier than Sakuya, prepared a simple breakfast, and brewed a pot of black tea. After a while, she would see her sleepy and stupid sister coming out of the room and asking her what she wanted to eat in the morning.

"A lazy bum is a lazy bum." Sakuya arched her body, buried herself in her sister's pillow, closed her eyes and tried hard to lie in bed.

Then, as if seeing through the laziness of human nature, after a few seconds of silence, the stopped mobile phone alarm could not bear to be lonely and rang again, knocking on someone's head again.

After scoring twice and clicking [Sound again later], Ms. Sakuya could only get up reluctantly and walked to her bathroom yawning.

"Sister, what do you want to eat in the morning?" she asked casually.

"Dumplings." Su Shi adjusted the steamer and answered casually.

The two sisters passed each other tacitly, and reappeared in the living room together holding toothbrushes. After looking at each other for a moment, it was Nagasaki Suyo who turned around first, unable to understand her own stupid behavior that was so synchronized with Sakuya.

Miss Sakuya is still looking for the little shark's phone which she hadn't visited for half a day. Last night, she was chatting with Xiangzi halfway through, and if she didn't reply to the message after reading it, it shouldn't make the blue-haired little hedgehog angry.

She confidently swiped open the screen of her half-baked phone and browsed through last night's conversation while brushing her teeth.

[Konohana Sakuya]: "Where's my goodnight?"

[Customer Service S]: "Anyway, Sakuya isn't ready to go to bed right now, right?"

[Konohana Sakuya]: "I want to hear what Xiangzi has to say to me."

[Konohana Sakuya]: "Goodnight should be said when the other person is awake. After that, you can continue to lie in bed and play with your phone without any burden!"

[Customer Service S]: "Good night, although good night shouldn't be used like this..."

[Customer Service S]: "We have a long-awaited physical education class tomorrow. Remember to bring your gym clothes."

[Customer Service S]: “.”

[Customer Service S]: "Where's my goodnight?"

Read, not replied.

[Konohana Sakuya]: "Good night...Good morning."

Someone put down his phone guiltily and rinsed his mouth.

If you don't think ahead, you'll have immediate worries. The wise Miss Sakuya has already seen her miserable future where she is given revision homework by the angry Xiangzi...

"Why do you look so sad while eating?" Su Shi asked in surprise, and then split the bun in his hand in half. It was indeed filled with meat.

"Hey, sis." Sakuya winked, trying to show her cuteness and clarity, and said coquettishly. "How about I go to school in Tsuki no Mori today?"

Su Shi raised an eyebrow, took a sip of tea and replied with a smile. "Of course, no."

"Why~" Sakuya laid on the table, and what he was holding seemed not to be a meat bun, but a large solid steamed bun.

"We have to prepare for the school sports meet, and there will be a lot of arrangements today. If Sakuya goes, she will definitely be exposed." Su Shi gave a suitable reason and refused.

Anyway, there is no progress with Xiaoxiang for the time being, so it is more efficient to focus on the first performance with the band...

"Why do you want to go to the Moon Forest?" Su Shi asked curiously. From her impression, Sakuya should not be very willing to exchange identities with her.

"Maybe you want to eat cucumbers." Miss Sakuya avoided her eyes and said something that her sister couldn't understand.

Nagasaki Suyo was almost accustomed to her silly sister's unconventional thinking. She put down the teacup, stroked her fingers with a little hesitation, and finally made up her mind to confess directly.

"Sakuya."

"Ok?"

"I want to try one last time and revive Crychic." Nagasaki Motoyo said softly, staring quietly into the same gray-blue eyes.

“…” Miss Sakuya opened her mouth slightly, but still couldn’t understand, so she just bit the bun.

"The next step is the band's first live performance. If we mess up and fail, I will invite Xiaomu and Xiaoxiang for the last time from the audience." Su Shi spread her hands and placed them lightly on the table, and continued. "Of course, whether they agree or not, whether the live performance is successful or not, I will try my best to accompany everyone to continue..."

"Eh...?" Sakuya wanted to complain about her sister's troubles, but she quickly swallowed the bun and spoke. "I still believe that the Live will be a success."

"I don't understand why I am thinking this way..." Su Shi sighed softly, lowered his eyes, and stared at the red teacup filled with sunlight in a daze.

After a long silence, Nagasaki Suyo looked up again. In the center of her field of vision was her silly sister eating buns and her flaxen hair that was shining through.

"Maybe you're right. I'm almost there too. It's time to forget about Crychic..." she said blankly.

Chapter 193 Asahi Bathhouse

Ichinose Sakuya arrived at school on time for the discipline committee to take up their posts. It was rare for her to arrive early, so she left with a dignified demeanor. She still had a half-empty bag of milk in her mouth, and her bass bag was on her back, like a traveler holding a dogtail grass and enjoying the mountains and rivers.

Ms. Sakuya walked through the school gate with a bit of arrogance. At that moment, she was met with several sharp gazes that were either angry or resentful, like sparks crossing each other.

At the spacious and tidy school gate are two equally petite blue-haired girls, one with light blue twin ponytails, and the other with slate blue hair, with a thick bun tied into a low, loose ponytail that goes all the way around the neck and falls to the side of the shoulder, creating a mature look.

"The experiences that Asahi-senpai shared are all very useful, whether it's part-time work experience, scholarship application methods, or the attitude towards bad students. I really benefited a lot today." Toyokawa Shoko thanked her politely, glanced at the little country girl who seemed to be on a picnic with a little annoyance, and continued the conversation. It seemed that she had a lot of common topics with the discipline committee chairperson whom she had met several times.

"It's okay. Toyokawa has always been excellent, both in terms of grades and momentum. It would be great if you are willing to join the student union." After two weeks of silence, Asahi Rikka, who had worked hard to cultivate her own momentum, nodded with satisfaction. She turned her head to Ichinose, who often sneaked into the school at the last minute and repeatedly challenged the dignity of the discipline committee member.

Miss Sakuya blinked, turned around and ran out of the school gate neatly. Five or six seconds later, she returned with milk stains on the corners of her mouth.

"Good morning, senior. The work in the student union is very hard." Sakuya licked the corner of his lips and greeted her obediently.

"Ichinose-san has been doing well recently, but you still need to pay attention to your appearance." Asahi Rikka raised her finger and pointed at the corner of her mouth, reminding her. Ichinose-san is obviously very polite, but she often does things that are annoying to others. It's not good to be too natural to a certain extent.

So someone licked the corner of his lips on the other side and asked curiously, "Xiangzi, are you planning to join the student union?"

"The treatment is very good. You can apply for Yuqiu's scholarship with priority, and it can also be counted as academic credits. It's really exciting." Miss Xiangzi explained softly, looking at the big chestnut-haired dog licking its mouth corners more and more messy, and reluctantly took out a handkerchief from her bag and moved forward gently.

"So Toyokawa-san is going to come to the Discipline Committee?" Asahi Rikka asked expectantly.

"I'm sorry. Even if I hadn't joined the student union, I would have been doing the work of disciplining bad students every day. I really don't have any spare time." Miss Xiangzi wiped away the remaining white foam naturally, glared at the bad students who were maliciously trying to please her, put away the handkerchief, and instead held Sakuya's hanging left hand.

"Eh? Um..." The head of the discipline committee who had just returned from special training was a little at a loss. He didn't know whether he should regret not being able to recruit reliable team members, or issue a warning about the behavior that blatantly tested school rules and regulations.

"Then we'll go ahead. I'll visit you when I'm free." Miss Xiangzi bowed 30 degrees politely, and walked towards the classroom hand in hand with her boyfriend blatantly.

After all, the school rules did not stipulate that students could not hold hands with each other, and she also missed the little country girl whom she had not seen for two days.

"You guys...?" Asahi Rikka was confused.

"Come on." Sakuya waved his still-moving right hand in farewell, and followed in three or two steps, leaving only his cheerful back.

Leaving the diligent and responsible senior Rika alone to struggle in the morning breeze, the girls of different heights strolled silently in the campus. There was no one around, but they were getting closer and closer. In the end, it was Miss Xiangzi who spoke first.

"You got up so early today? You didn't make it to school on time." She gently pinched Sakuya's soft palm, showing a little dissatisfaction.

"Is your sleep quality...better after chatting with Xiaoxiang?" Miss Sakuya moved her fingers but still did not pull her hand back.

"I didn't sleep well." Xiangzi said quietly.

"It looks like it will rain this afternoon." Sakuya looked away, gently raised her finger, and wrapped it around the blue-haired hedgehog's smaller palm. "It's a perfect day for a nap."

Her golden eyes narrowed in satisfaction, her five fingers skillfully inserted into the warm gaps, and Toyokawa Shoko walked slower.

Ichinose Sakiate also adjusted his pace and changed the subject as if relieved. "Are Shoko and Asahi-senpai familiar with each other?"

"No, it's just that the senior wanted to come and thank me for helping her out a while ago, and by the way, we chatted about some other topics, and it turned out that we had something in common unexpectedly." Xiangzi shook his head, his tone rising with joy.

"Eh? When?" Sakuya scratched his head.

"Someone took a signed photo of a celebrity and gave it to the transfer student in the next class in public." Xiangzi squinted his eyes, not expecting much from the empty brain of the country girl, and simply continued to speak. "Asahi-senpai was also there at the time. As a thank you for maintaining order, she wanted to invite me to visit the bathhouse where she worked and introduce me to the boss."

“Oh, that’s a bit unexpected.” Ms. Sakuya tilted her head and expressed her thoughts in a low voice.

"Why?" Xiangzi turned his head and asked with a smile.

"I didn't expect Xiangzi to talk so much with a senior he didn't know well." Sakuya said with a blink of his eyes.

"Maybe it's because there's an idiot around me who only cares about being nice to others." Toyokawa Shoko said quickly in a low voice that only she could hear.

"What? I seemed to hear Xiangzi praising me." Miss Sakuya, who didn't hear it clearly, was inexplicably happy.

"Yes~yes~" Miss Xiangzi, who had long been accustomed to Sakuya's personality, nodded helplessly.

She really didn't plan to talk too much at first, but Asahi-senpai's resentment towards Ichinose-san seemed to be quite deep, and she unconsciously resonated with her. After chatting for a few sentences, she found that the senior was also working part-time to pay for her studies, and was away from home but still able to maintain her interest in the band. She was much better than herself who had to encourage herself to support herself.

"So Sakuya wants to go with us?" When they walked into the room, Shoko suddenly spoke, looking at the flaxen-haired girl who was changing shoes with her back to him.

"Sure." After putting on her bass backpack again, Ms. Sakuya asked casually, "Where are you going?"

"bathhouse."

"what?"

"In the summer, I occasionally want to take a comfortable bath. This is normal, right?" Toyokawa Shoko adjusted her breathing and said calmly.

"Just me...and Shoko?" Miss Sakuya opened her mouth slightly, paused for a moment, and a crimson blush climbed up her cheeks at a speed visible to the naked eye, and she asked hesitantly.

"Well, how about this weekend?" Toyokawa Shoko's eyes flickered but her tone remained unchanged, her face the same light pink.

“......Yeah.” The girl looked up, squeaked symbolically, and then lowered her head again.

The voice is weak and very listless.

We are all girls, so it’s okay to take a bath together...

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Chapter 194 Don't Go

Ichinose Sakuya once dreamed of a youthful high school life.

For example, in the after-school club activity room, the afterglow of the setting sun outside the window shines on the afternoon tea space made up of desks and chairs, and the breeze blows the curtains, swaying with the rhythm of music that is either gentle or intense.

Of course, sweating it out in the stadium is a true youth activity...

If the person behind me didn't have bad intentions and was not pressing on me, I would be fine while fiddling with my ponytail and blowing gently on my earlobes.

...maybe it will be closer to the life with the flavor of black tea that I long for.

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On the plastic track next to the gymnasium at Yuqiu playground, students from Group B of Grade 1 gathered in groups of two or three, chattering about all topics other than study.

Miss Sakuya thought that it seemed that she had not seen the tall, ponytailed PE teacher for a while. After all, this PE teacher who wore slim sportswear, had a loud voice and a healthy body would be sick and take leave for most of the classes in a semester. She had no choice but to ask kind teachers from various subjects to take turns to teach...

"Warm-up is over, everyone, run around the playground three times first, and record your results~" The young teacher, who rarely gets to teach in front of students, seemed very interested. He held the stopwatch in one hand and gave some devilish instructions in a pleasant voice.

The summer sun was scorching hot, and even though everyone was wearing their sports uniforms with short sleeves and shorts, they didn't feel cool at all. Physical examinations in such weather naturally caused students to complain quietly.

But at least it's easier than taking Mr. Ryoko's history class.

"Shoko is so small." Miss Sakuya, looking very proud, pulled her hands together, stretched her shoulders, and took small steps on the spot. She looked at the blue-haired lady who was doing a lunge stance with a little amusement.

Toyokawa Shoko was originally petite, and now she lowered her head even more as she prepared to start running.

"Judging others' height is not a ladylike behavior." Xiangzi puffed up a little, raised his eyebrows beautifully, turned around and glared at him dissatisfiedly.

"I'm praising you for being cute." Sakuya chuckled. Xiangzi and Xiaomu were the same height, but their reactions were completely different.