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

What is this scene?

Do primary school students feed small animals together during their spring outing?

Where is the teacher? Teacher, come and save me!

The amazing wisdom of the Nagasaki family began to move rapidly in Sakuya's little brain.

At this time, just walk into the crowd with a cheerful smile, take Xiao Deng away, and say, "Sorry, Xiao Deng and I have an appointment to have lunch together today~" This way you can easily help Xiao Deng out of the situation.

That's great, Sakuya. Let's do it this way!

By the way, one more thing.

I seemed to have just... promised Xiangzi to go have lunch together.

Familiar footsteps were heard behind her, and Ms. Sakuya felt sweat on her forehead.

Xiangzi's somewhat doubtful voice came from behind:

"Sakuya? Why are you blocking the door? Aren't you going to leave?"

Haha, calm down, Ichinose Sakuya.

It was just a simple social conflict.

You could have gone to help Xiao Deng out first, and then held hands with Xiangzi and had a happy lunch break for three of you... No way!

"Xiangzi..."

Ms. Sakuya's tone sounded very calm, yet it revealed a sense of clarity.

"Do you know where I can find a time machine?"

Toyokawa Shoko: “?”

Chapter 12: Three Sentences to Win Over Toyokawa Shoko

Noon, twelve o'clock.

After a lot of trouble at school, Sakuya finally managed to lift the little animal and escape from the pursuers. He panted and breathed in the fresh air of early spring.

The little lamp is so popular.

But... Xiangzi's side.

Wiping the sweat from her forehead, the flaxen-haired girl tried hard to organize her words.

"Sorry, Xiao Deng, I..." I really don't hate Xiao Deng or find it troublesome, QAQ.

Gao Songdeng still looked timid, but he seemed to see through her outward appearance and directly see the girl's anxious and embarrassed inner state.

So, she mustered up her courage and interrupted Sakuya's speech:

"No, I am. I'm sorry for putting you in a difficult position, Sakuya."

"I'm so glad you understand! I'll thank you for the club activities after school."

Sakuya waved goodbye to the light hastily and ran towards the cafeteria without stopping.

Recalling Shoko's angry "Goodbye!", Ichinose Sakuya felt that his future was bleak.

Why?

Aren't high school girls supposed to be creatures that can understand each other by sharing their lunch boxes?

Why are all the friends I know so depressed?

I casually ordered a bowl of spicy beef noodles and two boxes of juice.

With the mentality of rushing to the execution ground, Ichinose Sakuya carefully sat down in front of Shoko who was concentrating on eating.

"Xiaoxiang, you are angry, right..."

The girl's voice unconsciously took on a tearful tone.

"I think it's natural that you're angry, but please believe me, I really didn't stand you up on purpose QAQ."

Her watery eyes seemed extra sensitive, with a few tears already gathering in the corners.

"I was ready to go to the cafeteria with you, but Deng looked at me with such a pleading look, I just couldn't refuse."

Ichinose Sakuya was about to say something, but was interrupted by Shoko's dissatisfied glare.

Although the golden eyes were angry, there was no blame. Instead, there was a kind of doting look at the clear high school student.

Looking at the cute girl opposite her who was crying anxiously, Xiangzi spoke to comfort her helplessly:

“Okay, okay, although I was very angry at first, if I were Sakuya, I would probably make the same choice.”

He slowly drank a sip of the free miso soup provided by the cafeteria, and waited until Sakuya wiped her tears with the back of her hand before continuing.

"Sakuya, to be honest, I'm very happy that you can be my friend."

"Of course I have no objection to you making friends with Deng, but please don't try to arrange a meeting between me and Deng."

"I am a little...still a little unable to face that child."

"Really? Xiangzi is the best!"

Sakuya happily spoke words that could be easily misunderstood.

It's a pity that no students from the news club were eating in the cafeteria, otherwise tomorrow's school newspaper might be:

"Beware of PUA on campus - the young lady bullied the transfer student for two consecutive days. She had to stay by the side of the criminal even if she cried?"

He blinked his eyes again, which still felt spicy, lowered his head, and pretended to search for a handkerchief.

Under the table, out of Xiangzi's sight, Sakuya showed a look of success, as if her plan had been accomplished.

Humph, Toyokawa Shoko is indeed an easy woman to deal with.

I was able to convince Toyokawa Shoko with just three sentences. I really am a little genius.

Just shedding a few tears can easily solve a big crisis!

Unfortunately, the girl's smug expression did not last long, as the remaining capsaicin in the corners of her eyes continued to cause a burning sensation.

Oooooh, it hurts.

I applied too much chili pepper. I should have asked my aunt to borrow some onions.

Looking at the brown-haired girl who lowered her head and sobbed quietly, Xiangzi couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

Did I say too much?

But Sakuya-san's tear glands are really developed. Yesterday, she was just a little crybaby.

The cute expression of the girl with red eyes appeared in front of him, and Xiangzi always felt that something strange in his heart was about to awaken.

I kind of want to make Sakuya-san cry.

He quickly shook his head to get rid of the strange thoughts in his mind.

Sakuya also looked up at that moment. The two of them looked at each other with a guilty look, and then simultaneously refocused their attention on the lunch in front of them.

Not to mention Ms. Sakuya who drank two boxes of drinks due to the spicy food, the lunch break ended in such a harmonious atmosphere.

Sakuya, who had a good rest at noon, finished her afternoon study in a good mood. She said to Shoko, "See you tomorrow," and got up and walked towards the Astronomy Department.

The campus was at its busiest moment as the sunset clouds enveloped it. The noisy high school students set up simple stalls, posted posters, distributed flyers, and some even put on impromptu performances on campus, enjoying the youthful excitement.

After receiving the culinary club recruitment flyer from the senior who had just been playing the guitar with her teeth on the stage, Sakuya was thinking about a certain blue-haired classmate.

I feel that Xiangzi's financial situation is indeed not very good.

Sakuya casually handed the flyers to the interested classmates around her and began a new round of reasoning in her mind.

It is known that Xiangzi used to be a young lady, and she had emotional entanglements with her sister, Deng, and perhaps other people when she was in junior high school.

Wearing a detective uniform, Kosakuya pasted the photos of the three people on the blackboard full of tangled clues.

But now, Xiangzi is obviously facing financial difficulties.

'An expensive hairband that is wrinkled from washing', 'Eating meals that never exceed the price of a meal ticket', and 'Cheap juice that I would not accept even in the name of a friend'. Three close-up photos are tied together with a blue silk thread under Xiangzi's headshot.

Finally, there was an attitude of near-break between the three of them!

Detective Sakuya lights up the pipe that appeared in his hand without him noticing and now he understands everything!

Xiangzi must be in the situation of "running away from home" now!

The reason for this incident...

Sighing and blowing out a neat smoke ring, Xiao Sakuya sighed in a vicissitudes of life tone.

"When I was in junior high school, the young lady who was not interested in worldly affairs was attracted by small animals full of spirituality."

The scene changed, and the theater in my mind began to play a happy scene of a blue-haired girl and small animals playing in the mountains.

"Midway through, the businessman's daughter, who had long been in love with girls, also joined this warm little family."

The flaxen-haired girl fell into the stage from between the scenes.

"The girl and the little animal, who didn't know what love was, gradually developed feelings for each other."

"Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long."

The picture suddenly became dark and a few dark clouds covered the sky.

"The girl's family came over and wanted to take her home."

"The girl, who was unwilling to accept it no matter what, had a big quarrel with her family and returned to the mountains in the rain. But she saw a scene that broke her heart!"

The scene changed again, and the little animal was snuggling in the arms of the businessman's daughter with tears in his eyes.

"The girl who was betrayed by her friend lost everything and never got it back."

Nodding with emotion, Sakuya gave the impromptu stage play she had just created a passing score of 6.

The detective calmed down and looked at the sliding door of the Astronomy Department in front of him. Sakuya complained about his random thoughts without paying attention.

"No matter what, it can't be this ridiculous. Besides, it's impossible for everyone to like girls."

Chapter 13: Ano's family is in danger, come back quickly

Sakuya slowly opened the loose sliding door and, feeling a little guilty for some reason, he poked his head out tentatively.

"Xiao Deng, I'm coming in."

Gao Songdeng seemed to have been sitting there for a while, and was concentrating on reading a popular science book with a nebula pattern on it.

The two pages of club activity records spread out in front of him were already mostly filled.

"Sakuya."

With a smile on his face, the little animal was obviously in a good mood. He pulled out the chair next to him and just watched eagerly.

It should be an invitation, right?

I sat beside the lamp in front of a long row of wooden tables with some paint peeling off. The corners of the table were neatly arranged in different sizes with clean stones. The noise of the campus seemed to be insulated from me. The astronomy department was peaceful and quiet.

Sakuya suddenly felt a subtle sense of guilt.

Even though she had agreed to accompany Deng, all she could think about was Xiangzi.

It's a bit like the feeling of a husband who went out to fool around with his wife and then came home to face the warm hangover soup...

"Xiao Deng...you are so nice."

"Sakuya-chan?"

"I mean the club records. You don't have to record them so carefully."

"Well... I still want to do my best."

Sakuya sighed in a daze, flipped through her bag, and laid out today's homework.

Chinese, mathematics, physics, and English, the colorful textbooks and notebooks that I had just bought were all spread out and put away one by one.

After all, let’s start with mathematics.

I picked up a blue notebook with yellow flowers on it, which was a bit dusty. I wrote my class name on the cover, and then took up half of the long table as it should, and started to do today's homework.

Just as I copied down the first line of the factorization formula, Gao Songdeng's excited exclamation, which was almost hoarse, reached my ears.