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

"Ain, go by yourself." Su Shi took a deep breath, reflecting on his own impulse, and also had no interest.

"Eh? That's Sanjiao Chuhua, the big star of Sumimi, everyone has heard of it, right?" Miss Aine suddenly became depressed, but soon regained her energy. As a fashion expert and a trendsetter among high school girls, her aesthetics are naturally far ahead of everyone else. Rikki and Sushi who don't know what's good are really pitiful~

"Ah...ah, I can go with Aiyin-chan." Takamatsu Deng glanced around the stiff atmosphere and muttered stutteringly.

"Thank you, Deng." Aiyin put her hands on her hips and shook her head with a smile before continuing, "Deng is better for you to stay here with Suyo and Rikki. I'll go to the practice room on the third floor to take a look. Everyone wait for me to bring Sakuya back."

Chihaya Aine put down her guitar and nodded her head with unusual confidence. It turned out that the band still couldn't do without me. Miss Aine opened the door of the practice room with an extremely majestic figure, but stopped and looked blankly into the gray-blue eyes.

The door opened, and Yao Lenai shrugged his nose, with a confused expression on his innocent face, showing that he had never experienced the world.

The companions of stray cats would only smell like other people in the spring, so why did the bad woman smell like someone else after just one afternoon of absence?

“Sakuya-chan, you’re here. I was just about to go out to look for you.” Miss Aine scratched her head hesitantly, took a half step back and made way. She felt that Sakuya-chan had matured a lot today, but she couldn’t tell why.

"The band's rehearsal ended early, and we wanted to give everyone a surprise." Ichinose Sakuya slowly stroked the hair hanging down by her ears from top to bottom. Her tone was flat, and her eyes only dodged for a brief moment.

Her face, although a little chubby, is still healthy and rosy, and her bright red lips add a touch of charm to the girl, just like a budding flower that is just beginning to bloom in spring.

“Hmm…” Miss Aine stared at today’s Sakuya inquiringly, and pointed at the corner of the girl’s lips as if she had suddenly realized something. “Sakuya, you put on lipstick today!? You look so mature.”

"A friend recommended it to me." Ms. Sakuya, who had been standing at the door for a long time, lowered her eyes and answered calmly.

“That’s great. You applied it very carefully. I didn’t notice it at first. Please share this color number with me.” Miss Aine took out her cell phone and moved closer to her with familiarity.

"Big... probably the same model endorsed by Sumimi." Unable to withstand it, someone took a half step back, condemning the disappointing self from more than ten minutes ago.

Why should I let Xiao Chuhua help me put on lipstick?

Chapter 209: The Cat Who Cares About Smell

5, 3, 4, 1, A minor.

The simple and classic bass and low-end guitar cooperate seamlessly, setting the tone along the beat led by the drum set. The sharp and unconcealed guitar melody pushes the music to a climax. The rhythm guitar that follows is a little stumbling at the beginning, but it quickly adapts and bursts out with its own sound.

Takamatsu Touma held the microphone and stared at the wandering notes reflected in the half-length mirror in a trance. Everyone's emotions were calm yet passionate. Shiina Tateki's drumsticks fell first, and he concentrated on leading the rhythm. Nagasaki Motoyo and Ichinose Sakuya played the basses of corresponding colors in their hands in harmony, as if they were the same person but different moods could be heard. Kaname Rakuna exuded a pure warm-toned glow, immature and full of energy. Chihaya Aion played very hard, and Takamatsu Touma seemed to see the cute look of little Aion crying and complaining that everyone was playing too fast.

The music is ready. The two wooden floors under our feet and the people with light in their sight are the stage and the audience. No one will rap too hard to themselves this time, because everyone is trying their best to convey their feelings through music. It's like returning to Crychic... No, it's a brand new band that belongs to me and everyone.

Tears spontaneously welled up in his amber eyes. Surrounded by the crowd, Takamatsu Deng opened his mouth slightly towards the microphone and sang "Spring Shadow" with a completely different melody in a trembling, dissonant and hoarse voice.

【悴んだ心ふるえるeye differenceし,世界的servantはひとりぼっちだった. 】

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The three-minute song seemed to have been played for a long time. The guitar strings were still trembling, the resonance of the bass had not yet disappeared, the lead singer was breathing rapidly, and the drummer was recalling the music score that had become unfamiliar and then familiar again. The three members of Crychic did not speak for a long time, and they all looked down at the same waxed floor in sync. There was no rain or cloud tonight, and the past experiences were like a long and real dream, which was only shattered until now with the music being played again. The fragments scattered on the ground reflected the bright light of the incandescent lamp, illuminating the faces of six people.

"Satisfied." Kaname broke the atmosphere of reminiscence in the room and stretched like a cat. It seemed that she felt that it was not enough, so she added in a baby voice, "The most satisfying one."

“Everyone, don’t play so fast. This is our first time playing together, right? Little Aine’s fingers are already crying.” Miss Aine waved her red left hand pitifully and complained loudly.

"That's your own problem, and you're not playing well enough. Go back and practice with me." Shiina Riki said coldly and ruthlessly. After a pause, he took out some guitar practice songs for beginners from his tablet and sent them to the chat group that hadn't been named yet. "Finish the first two chapters of the course before the next practice. I want to check."

“That’s too harsh, Xiao Deng, why don’t you say something to her~” Miss Aine, who has already discovered the knack of communicating with Rikki, approached Takamatsu Deng shamelessly, shaking her shoulders and acting coquettishly.

"Sorry, Aiyin, you have to keep working on it." Takamatsu Deng still had tears in the corners of his eyes as he smiled and shook his head.

"Why is this so..."

...

The noise not far away was going on as usual, Riki and Aine were arguing, Takamatsu Deng stood in the middle with a microphone and notebook in hand, asking Rina to put down her guitar, and Sakuya-san also held her GB-4 and moved closer to her sister who was gently playing the bass strings.

"Sister, you're not happy playing the piano." Sakuya leaned close to her sister's shoulder and said firmly.

"What's so happy or sad about playing music?" Nagasaki Suyo retorted with a little interest, her fingers lightly running across the E string of the bass. The score for the bass didn't change much, but she still preferred the version with piano.

"You can hear it. When I'm happy, it's as if the strings are sticking to my fingertips. But when I'm sad, it's the other way around, they stick to my fingers and don't want to let go." Sakuya said as he demonstrated, placing his hands on the bass and repeating the key of A minor.

"That's just because my condition has declined." Su Shi was speechless for a moment and was not very willing to continue discussing such an idealistic proposition with her stupid sister.

"Of course there will be some." Sakuya stuck out her tongue and curiously turned her head to look at the white cat hugging her from behind. "What's wrong, Ryunosuke? I don't have any candy on me."

"Hmm." Miss Lenai tilted her head and sniffed twice, then buried her head in her flaxen ponytail and rubbed her back inch by inch with her cheek.

"It's very itchy, what's wrong?" Miss Sakuya cooperated by taking off the GB-4 and holding it in her arms. She didn't want little Lenae to tear her cat shoulder strap, which was a sister model of Mio and very precious.

"Help you take a bath." Kaname Rana said seriously in a childish voice.

"I'm not a cat." Miss Sakuya was amused. She carefully put the bass away and then turned back to pinch Kaname's little face.

"Saki... Sakiya smells bad, and the cats will help you take a bath. Since you have no one to help you and you are pitiful, I help you." Kaname tried hard to finish the sentence and continued the task of helping the bad woman take a bath. Although the bad woman with big breasts often snatched her parfait, she fed her cake and gave her a white fluffy ball today, so she forgave her for the time being.

After rubbing against each other, cats would lick each other's fur to comb their scent. Lenai didn't want to lick her clothes, so she chose to use her face to get her own scent. She sniffed again and it was indeed much more comfortable. Although the floral scent was not as good as matcha, it was not bad either.

Su Shi pinched her fingers, but still resisted the urge to go forward and manually separate the two. After she had a complete confession with Sakuya, she no longer had the obsession to keep an eye on her sister. Friends of her sister like Hailing and Chuhua could still make her alert. How could Xiao Lenai, who was basically a human-shaped big cat, have any bad intentions? He was just playing around like Xiao Mu.

"Suyo-chan!" Chihaya Aine's excited voice rang out across half of the practice room, and she was taking the initiative to hold Ms. Riki's wrist, which was quite rare.

"Is there anything wrong?" Putting on a proper smile, Miss Su Shi left the two young children who were rubbing against each other and started fighting again, and asked with her head tilted.

"Tomorrow is the team building for the sports meet, and Li Xi actually said that she wants to catch up on some sleep at home so she can't come?" Aine said in a very exaggerated tone, which was completely incomprehensible.

"There's no such thing as team building, right?" Su Shi was slightly annoyed and clenched his fists unconsciously.

"It's weird to participate in the sports meet in Moon Forest." Li Xi didn't seem to agree.

“But Sushi-chan is going to run the 1600m in the sports meet!” Aiyin withdrew her hand, crossed her arms, and spoke in a tone that could not be refused.

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Nagasaki Suyo, who was smiling kindly, and added the second half of the sentence guiltily. "...Sakuya-chan said so."

Chapter 210, second chapter!

"Stop fighting, stop fighting!"

Wearing a nightgown and half lying on the sofa, Sakuya Ichinose covered her nice little butt, and looked back with tears in her eyes at the bad sister who lynched her. "If you break it, who will run for you tomorrow?"

"Was it Sakuya who chose it herself?" Su Shi snorted coldly, dodged the area covered by the back of his hand, and slapped him hard again.

"Obviously it's Aine-chan's fault, why is big sis taking out her anger on me?" Sakuya grumbled unconvinced, but compared to the irregular vegetable minestrone soup, a few gentle beatings from big sis was more worthwhile.

"In the final analysis, it's because Sakuya was meddling in other people's business last time when we were watching a movie, right?" Su Shi gently rubbed the place under her skirt where she had hit her, and pinched it angrily.

"Wow, sister, you're still digging up the past." Miss Sakuya reprimanded her petty sister and slapped away the mischievous hand. Even for a sister, it was a little too strange. "Is Mutsuko going to the sports meet this time?"

"It seems that Xiao Mu has also signed up for the project." Su Shi said thoughtfully, and then hooked up the stupid sister's finger and pinched it lightly with dissatisfaction. "My sister is really worrying. She thinks about other girls every day and doesn't care about me as a sister at all."

"Maybe my little sister has something to worry about too. Everyone has times when they can't control themselves." Sakuya hooked her sister's fingertips with her hands behind her back, and used her index and middle fingers to make a scissors shape, gently pinching them.

"She is just a fool. She should share her troubles with her sister. I think she has learned bad things from girls outside and even put on lipstick. I wonder who she wants to dress up for." Miss Su Shi's tone was full of complaints. She pushed her sister's hand away and slapped her chubby little butt with a little force.

“Maybe I’m dressing up for my sister.” With a streak of red frost on her face, Ms. Sakuya tried to save face.

"It's hard to say. I feel like she often doesn't see me as a sister in her eyes." Su Shi was still angry, and after hitting her, he brushed her off with a little heartache.

"It seems that it is indeed the fault of that bad sister. How about this, I take her place and be a good sister who has a close relationship with my sister?" Miss Sakuya covered her skin which was still feeling strange, turned over, moved her body, and snuggled into Miss Motoyo's arms and said.

"That won't do. Even though my sister is naughty and mischievous, she's a kind-hearted little fool after all. She gives warmth to others but keeps her troubles to herself. As her elder sister, I still feel sorry for her." Su Shi pouted, helplessly looking at her sister who looked just like her.

Her face seems to have become more handsome, her makeup has become more mature, but her eyes are still that of a silly little country girl.

"Even if I'm well-behaved and obedient, and you always mention 'onee-sama' when you talk to me, can't I help warm the bed at night?" Miss Sakuya said with her hand covering her mouth and laughing. Her elder sister is really not frank enough. If she cares about others, she should just say it directly.

"You are full of sweet words. I think you are just like my sister. You can only use sweet words to make girls happy. Let's see what you will do when they come to you." Su Shi rolled her eyes slightly. She was too lazy to pay attention to the conditions proposed by her stupid sister. She should be thankful that she didn't snatch her quilt in the middle of the night when they slept together.

"But everyone is really becoming happy~ We're just good friends, there will probably be no problems..." Sakuya said coquettishly, murmured uncertainly, she really didn't expect that Xiao Chuhua liked her so much, but she was just helping to put on lipstick, so they should still be in the safe friend zone.

"Hmph, in that case we have nothing more to say. I have to go and send that restless and stupid sister to bed." Su Shi tapped the stupid sister's forehead with particular dissatisfaction. It was like this again. She didn't want to tell him anything. Don't let a girl trick you into giving you your first kiss one day before you realize it and become someone else's girlfriend in a daze.

"What a pity! My elder sister has also ordered me to help warm her bed. Looks like today's conversation has to come to an end." Feeling warm in her heart, Miss Sakuya gave her elder sister a big hug and nudged her head against her soft little belly. She made a fuss for a while before running away with a smile.

It was late at night, the wind was calm, the moon was soft, and this place was far from the noisy night market. Through the clean glass, I could see the neon-lit city center, the conspicuous bright red indicator lights flashing at the front and rear of the cars, and the traffic passing through the road at a regular and steady speed. The skyscrapers, the passing passenger planes, and the few thin clouds floating freely in the sky all cast faint, slanted, transparent real images on the glass windows.

Nagasaki Suyo suddenly realized that the scenery she had been tired of looking down at every day was actually beautiful. She raised her head and took the last sip of black tea, and cast an immersive gaze at this apartment that was not very full of life. The round egg-like stones were inserted between the finely carved crafts, and there were several brightly colored hair ties scattered on the coffee table. The white seal hanging on the top of the bass bag was smiling at her foolishly. If some careless and stupid sister hadn't passed by with a quilt and shouted "Onee-sama" to her, she would have been able to look at it for a long time.

After turning off the lights and brushing his teeth, he lay down on the warm bed, looking at the flaxen-haired girl who was typing with her back turned and a silly smile on her face, Nagasaki Suyo thought - perhaps she had already achieved the greatest happiness.

Let's prepare some more meat tomorrow...

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I'll fill the refrigerator with vegetables and fruits when I get home today, and I won't be able to eat any meat for a month! Nagasaki Suyo, who was wearing a short-sleeved sportswear, thought angrily.

The weather was nice, the weather was sunny and windy, the audience was packed, the discipline committee was maintaining order, and the athletes were entering the venue one after another. Except for the unfriendly temperature of the plastic track, today seemed to be a perfect day for holding a sports meeting.

There was only open space in front of the runway, and Nagasaki Suyo's forehead was already covered with sweat before she was ready to start. In her heart, she was rubbing her irresponsible and hateful sister. Miss Suyo only hoped that she could complete the course before fainting.

"Keep going, Suyo-chan. I will record all your heroic performance!" Chihaya Aine in the audience smiled brightly and waved her hands excitedly. The recording function of her pink-shelled mobile phone was already turned on, ready to completely record this exhilarating 1600m race.

Nagasaki Suyo staggered, turned her head resentfully, and opened a new page in the book of grudges.

Come to think of it, she hasn't settled her old score with Aine yet...

Chapter 211: Can't Think of a Chapter Title

Chihaya Aine took a day off from school today, which was also hosting a sports meet. It was a rare opportunity for her to not wear her school uniform for activities. The beauty-loving girl naturally followed the dressing tips on SNS, and dressed up before happily coming to the sports field exclusively for young ladies. "Hello." Greetings came one after another, contestants in the equestrian competition walked by with smooth chestnut-haired horses, and even had to scan a permission code to enter. Should we say that this is the heroic style of Tsuki no Mori? But when it comes to beauty and youthful vitality, little Aine will not lose!

Raising her hand to tug at the sun hat on her head, the ignorant Miss Aine, who was making a fuss, immediately spotted the flaxen-haired girl not far from the entrance. Her simple low ponytail seemed a bit monotonous in the Moon Forest, which paid much attention to hair design. But her soft and clear gray-blue eyes and the gauze-textured dress made the girl look more noble. She could barely be considered a rich lady who had lived in the countryside for a long time.

“Sakuya~” Aine waved and called out to the girl with full energy. Their eyes met, and maybe it was her illusion, but she felt that Sakuya frowned slightly, then turned away again.

“Saki-chan… I’m here.” Miss Aine couldn’t help herself, and took two or three steps forward, gently patting the other person’s shoulder.

“I saw Aine~” The girl smiled back, trying to ignore the inquiring glances from all around, and patiently explained common sense to the ignorant pink-haired scoundrel. “It’s better to say Gui’an when greeting people here.”

“How are you? I always feel it’s weird to hear this coming from Kosakuya. It would be more accurate if it was Suzuya.” Miss Aine laughed unabashedly. Her unique laughter attracted a small amount of onlookers.

"After all, my sister has asked me to do this, so I should try to show my manners." Nagasaki Suyo narrowed her eyes and said secretly.

“Well, hello, Saki-chan.” Aine-san gently stroked her chest with her left hand that was wrapped in a penguin bandage, and spoke in a pinched voice like the socialites she had seen on TV.

Nagasaki Suyo felt a little regretful. She might as well just ignore this rustic pink-haired boy. This way, the noise would be less and he wouldn't be treated as a rare animal by his classmates in Tsuki No Mori.

"Is Xiao Deng not here yet?" Miss Suyo changed the subject, ignoring Chihaya Aine who was only making trouble and looking behind her.

“Xiao Deng and Rikki may need a while. They said they met a stray cat on the road, but she escaped and they are trying their best to catch her.” Aine chuckled, not realizing that she was being treated as a group of country girls. She just thought that she looked good in her outfit today and impressed these young ladies of the Moon Forest with her aesthetic taste.

"Where's Suyo-san? Has she already stepped onto the track?" With a clear goal in mind, Chihaya Aine began to sway her body from side to side again, looking for the athletes who were not in the audience.

Su Shi was so tired that she held her forehead with her hands. She was completely disappointed with the stupid pink-haired girl's etiquette. Anyway, it was her sister who was embarrassed, so she simply straightened her chest and pointed at the girl in the navy blue school uniform at the side of the track, saying helplessly, "My sister is just filling in the number in the cheerleading team at the edge."

“Why?” Aine asked curiously, but her finger was already on the camera button of her phone, adding the rare picture of ‘Nagasaki Suyo’ dancing with the colored balls to her collection, even with a little regret that it would look better if Suyo-san changed into the blue and yellow team uniform.

"To cheer for Xiao Mu." Su Shi looked at the pink-haired lecher who was secretly taking pictures of 'her' with disdain, pinching the side of her fingertips, and said in a flat tone. "It was Wakaba who I met at the cinema last time. Aine has also seen him."

"Hey, did they make up? That's great." Aiyin sighed casually, enlarging the photo and admiring her own photography skills.

"I think... maybe we haven't reconciled yet." Nagasaki Motoyo's tone lowered, and she looked at the light green color on the starting line of the 4*100m with complicated eyes.

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The hands went back a moment, and just as Miss Aine was lamenting why Su Shi didn't participate in the equestrian competition, two girls with a considerable height difference stood face to face on the vermilion plastic track.

"Xiao Mu, do you want some water?" An unopened bottle of mineral water came along with the caring words.

"......" Ruo Ye Mu first tilted his head in confusion, rested his chin on his hand and thought for a while before slowly shaking his head.

"Where's the sunscreen? The sun is very strong, did you apply it evenly?" 'Nagasaki Suyo' continued to ask, although there was not enough time for her to pull the cucumber-like Wakaba Mu back to the locker room again.

“......Yes.” Miss Mu was very frugal with her words but nodded vigorously.

“Are you a little nervous? Don’t worry, just finish the course.” Ms. Sakuya maintained a proper smile, and at this moment she looked like an older sister who takes care of children in kindergarten.

"Not nervous." Ruo Yemu lowered his eyes and said in a low voice with a little happiness.

"That's good. I'll cheer for Xiaomu." Ms. Sakuya said in a rather OOC manner, shaking the yellow balloon borrowed from the cheerleading team.

"......Hmm." His eyebrows curved quietly, and after a slight "hmm", Ruo Yemu asked again in his calm voice. "Competition, is there any problem? Su Shi's."

"It will take more than half an hour after Xiaomu finishes the 1600m race, so there's plenty of time." Ms. Sakuya, who had already looked at the schedule, replied confidently, waving the colored ball and running away with full energy. "Keep going!"

Perhaps it was the summer sun that warmed his body, and Ruoye Mu, who was only wearing a thin sportswear, felt that the breeze was not so chilly anymore. He clenched his fists, but before he could cheer himself up, he bumped into the flaxen-haired girl who had come back.

"I almost forgot, Xiao Mu shouldn't have brought a hair tie, right?" Miss Sakuya scratched her cheek, spread her palm, and pushed the quietly lying cucumber hair accessory to Wakaba Mu. She didn't specifically think of preparing a hair tie for Miss Doll, but thinking about meeting Xiao Mu today, she picked a cute one from her collection to go out.

Ruoye Mu stared at the cucumber in the girl's hand for a long time, until his face, which was coated with sunscreen, was slightly red from the sun. Then he nodded his head slightly, turned around and put his naturally hanging light green hair into the girl's arms.

"Eh? Xiaomu should be able to tie her hair by herself, right?" Sakiya was slightly amused and teased, but still skillfully held her spread long hair with her palms.

"I...I don't know how." Ruo Ye Mu lied with a red face. She was indeed not good at this.

"Okay, okay, Miss Wakaba, please wait a moment. Your hairdressing maid will help you adjust your hairstyle." Miss Sakuya's hair was passed through a rubber band and then another layer. Only Miss Sakuya, who was proficient in ponytails, completed the task quickly.