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

Ruoye Mu waited until his palm left the ends of her hair before gently shaking his head.

"What's wrong?" Sakuya asked in confusion, lifting up her tangled hair.

"I don't have a maid at home." Ruoye Mu answered calmly.

But at this moment she somewhat hoped that her mother could call someone close to her.

Chapter 212 Confident Pink Hair

"Miss Ruoye, it's almost time to get ready." The physical education teacher who was acting as a referee and working overtime for free gently reminded the dazed girl in front of him. He had put a lot of effort into persuading these young ladies to participate in sports events, including taking orders for food, delivering water, and adding credits. In comparison, Ruoye Mu, who was just daydreaming more perfectly, naturally became adorable.

The doll girl, who was in a trance, trembled, came back to her senses in an instant, and nodded gently to indicate that she heard it. The cucumber hair accessory that had just been tied on the back of her little head by a transfer student from Tsuki no Mori was also shining with a heart-warming glimmer in the sunlight.

Su Shi has never been good at sports, so the girl who was smiling and waving colored balls at her was undoubtedly Sakuya, whom she hadn't seen for a few days.

She must try harder to run faster.

When the starting gun sounded, Wakaba Mutsu followed his instinct and lowered his body's center of gravity. His good flexibility provided sufficient support, and the ligaments in his waist coordinated with the upper body and legs to move together. His short legs swung harder and took bigger steps, and the same stride was larger than when he practiced. Coupled with the acceleration provided by his ankles, in the short 100m track, Wakaba Mutsu, who originally only focused on participating, used his unique new running method to close the distance with others on the track.

His steps were big but his swing was not slow, and his center of gravity was kept as low as possible. If Ye Mu ran fast, he would fall fast. When he passed the baton to his classmate at the corner, his dark green cucumber hair accessory was raised to the highest point, but his ankle was not at the right angle, so he sprained his ankle and fell on the track.

My breathing was a little rapid, and I heard some strange or familiar shouts in my ears. My ankles were inexplicably uncomfortable. On my blurry retina, I seemed to still see the image of Sakuya imitating the cheerleaders waving pom-poms at me. I shouldn't turn my head to look at the side while running. I have to pass the baton...

"Xiao Mu? Are you okay?"

My sight refocused, and the hem and cuffs of the navy blue skirt with double white straight lines came into view, followed by a slight touch on my shoulder.

"...baton." Wakaba Mutsu supported himself with his hands and sat up. He didn't see the red and white baton, and looked helplessly at Sakuya who was squatting down.

"Why would you care about the baton? Your knee is bleeding." Sakuya was angry, worried and a little annoyed. He was relieved to see that the girl was not seriously injured. He helped her stand up, turned his back, half-knelt down, and waved his palms behind him to Wakaba Mu. "Come up, there should be a medical room nearby. I'll carry Xiao Mu there."

"...soy...soyo." Ruo Yemu hesitated to speak. In fact, she was not in too much pain. Besides, if she waited a little longer, the school's medical team should be here.

"Hurry up and get up. I'd be shy with so many people looking at me." Sakuya was a little annoyed and her tone became stern. Today was probably the first time she was angry with Xiaomu. Miss Doll was too unkind to her. If she hadn't broken into the track, she might have continued running with a sprained ankle. She wasn't a professional athlete or participating in any major competition. Physical health always came first.

"......" Ruo Yemu's rosy little mouth opened and closed, and finally he obediently hugged the girl's neck, spread his legs, and leaned his not-so-heavy body on the girl's not-so-broad back. His little head greedily buried in her shoulders, and his breath all came out on the shining flaxen hair.

"Xiao Mu, you should know where the school doctor is, right?" Miss Sakuya reacted only a beat late. She avoided Wakaba Mu's warm breath which had already calmed down and asked embarrassedly.

"...They're here." Ruo Yemu looked at the medical team who had quickly arrived at the stadium carrying a stretcher with a little disappointment. He unwillingly kept his forehead and little head pressed against Su Bai's neck, unwilling to move for a long time.

"Nagasaki, just put Wakaba on the stretcher." The physical education teacher who had been paying attention to the competition venue reminded her. Looking at the two girls who were almost stuck together, he was relieved but also a little helpless. Although rushing to the field and carrying the injured classmate down was youthful, it might also make the injury worse.

"Sorry, sorry, Xiaomu, just follow the doctor to the infirmary. I'll come to see you after the race." Ichinose Sakuya turned his head and comforted him softly. Now Xiaomu really was like a clingy little duck.

"...No." Ruoye Mu was silent for a moment before shaking his head slightly and explaining in a cold tone. "It doesn't hurt much, I want to watch Su Shi running."

"Well, should we go get it checked out?" Sakuya scratched his hair ungracefully, but he didn't dare to put the girl down from his back.

"......" Ruo Yemu stopped talking again. He just sniffed the faint scent of flowers and hugged her tighter.

"How about this? Please ask Nagasaki to accompany Wakaba to the infirmary outside the stadium for a checkup. Remember to inform the teacher when the results are out." The PE teacher, who was fed with dog food, decided to take on everything alone to fulfill this precious youth friendship. "Don't worry about Nagasaki's game. The teacher will try his best to find someone willing to replace you."

"Teacher, is everything okay?" Miss Sakuya, whose ears were tickled by Xiaomu's hair, felt even more embarrassed. After all, even she was not very willing to run three or four laps around the playground in such hot weather. To say that she was looking for a substitute was basically a temporary giving up.

"Compared to the useless sports meet results, the health of the students is more important. The teacher doesn't want to be complained by Ruoye's parents." The physical education teacher shrugged and spoke of the miserable status of working people in a joking tone.

"......I'm sorry." Wakaba Mutsu's face flushed as he quickly raised his head. After apologizing, he returned to his most comfortable position. After being coaxed by Sakuya for a long time, he got on the medical staff's stretcher uncomfortably.

Gently pulling Sakuya's sleeve, Wakaba Mu felt that he might have become a willful bad boy.

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"They're not here, Suyo and Wakaba-san." Chihaya Aine followed the flaxen-haired girl, looking around and whispered.

"Xiao Mu should have been sent to the hospital outside the gymnasium. As for his sister, she is probably changing clothes." Nagasaki Suyo replied uncertainly.

"Nagasaki, didn't you accompany Wakaba to the hospital?" The physical education teacher's surprised voice suddenly interrupted, just like a blessing in disguise, revealing the sense of surprise that the homework is due tonight but the reference answer is given.

"Oh, sorry, I'm not..." Miss Su Shi felt something was wrong, so she took a half step back and raised her hand to explain.

"Teacher, you are wrong. She is Su Shi's sister." Miss Aine started chatting with the miserable worker in a very familiar manner.

"twin?"

"twin."

"My classmate, I would like to ask, how is your physical condition?"

The bad premonition turned into reality. Miss Su Shi had sweat on her forehead and subconsciously showed a proper and embarrassed smile, intending to refuse.

"Sakuya-chan should be in great physical shape, right? At least much better than Motoyo-san." Miss Aine put her hands on the girl's shoulders, turned sideways, and said loudly and confidently.

Chapter 213 I Have Someone I Like

"It is indeed a sprain, but fortunately it is only a very minor ankle ligament injury. It may hurt for a few days. Even if you really want to run well in the sports meet, you should pay attention to safety first." The doctor used an alcohol cotton swab to clean and disinfect the abrasion, and said in a very classic caring big sister tone. "From my experience, this student's ligament is stronger than that of ordinary people. It is stretched very wide. Does he usually dance or join the gymnastics team?"

"...There is ballet class." Ruo Yemu was slightly stunned, thought for a moment before speaking in a low voice.

"Your body is very flexible." The doctor praised her first, then took out the report and said softly, "But if you are injured, you must take good care of yourself. It won't matter if you live a normal life, but if you overuse it or put too much pressure on it, it may cause the injury to recur. Take a nap in the next ward to make sure it doesn't get worse. Then talk to your parents when you get home later."

"......Thank you." Ruoye Mu nodded his head, took the report, naturally pulled the flaxen-haired girl who was accompanying him, and gave the latter a cute look for help.

"Don't look at me in a cute way with your lips pursed..." Ichinose Sakuya muttered softly, holding the soft little hand that Wakaba Mutsuki extended, and used a little strength to pull the girl up. The touch was still the familiar icy coolness, a bit like iced mango sticky rice.

"...Why?" Mu raised his head and continued to ask calmly with a cute expression that made people's heart beat.

"It's so unfair. Just like when I first saw Xiao Mu watering the cucumbers, she's so cute that I want to take her home and raise her." Miss Sakuya turned her head and complained, supporting the girl as she walked towards the ward. Even three days ago when she was not yet a virgin, Xiao Mu's delicate face and indifferent expression were definitely in her strike zone, even Toyokawa Shoko was slightly inferior.

"Sure." Ruoye Mu answered immediately, and the little head with light green hair gently leaned on the girl's shoulder.

"......" Now it was Miss Sakuya who was speechless. She fought the little devil in her mind for a long time before she suppressed the thought of nodding and agreeing immediately. She imitated her sister's tone and threatened, "No, because I haven't completely forgiven Xiao Mu. Even if I raise you, I will only prepare vegetable minestrone soup for you for three meals."

Wakaba Mu thought seriously for a while, until the two of them entered the nursing room and were helped to sit on the bed, he nodded seriously in response. "...Macaroni is also fine."

"Eh?" Sakuya was confused. She looked into the light golden eyes staring at her and was unable to continue the conversation for a moment.

"......" The round earlobe quietly turned into an attractive light pink, and Ruoye Mu said calmly with a blank expression. "......The matter of Su Shi raising me."

Their eyes met for less than five seconds. Miss Sakuya slowly reacted and showed Wakaba Mutsu how to make her face evenly flushed. She shyly moved her chair back. If she hadn't been holding his hand, she would have run outside the ward to cool down in the fresh air.

"I eat very little...so it's okay." Ruo Ye Mu was also flustered at this moment, explaining incoherently, but his little hands were tightly clenched and he was unwilling to let go.

"Ah, well... let's talk about it after I discuss it with mom and Sakuya. The wounded should rest now." Miss Sakuya, who silently thought that Xiao Mu was a friend, reluctantly put up the wall of her heart and perfunctorily ended this topic which was not good in every sense. It was her fault for making a joke first. Xiao Mu just had not been exposed to this kind of content. No matter what, Xiao Mu could not be allowed to eat vegetable macaroni for three meals a day. He would not grow taller.

"Oh..." Ruo Yemu lowered his eyes with some regret. The high ponytail tied with cucumber hair accessories seemed to have wilted a lot.

"Anyway, Xiao Mu, just listen to the doctor and get some sleep. You should try to sleep well when you are injured or sick." Ms. Sakuya let go of her hand calmly and ran to close the curtains in the room. She then turned around and covered Wakaba Mu, who had taken off his sportswear and was only wearing a thin shirt, with a blanket and comforted him softly.

"Where is Su Shi?" Ruoye Mu, who was lying down peacefully and was hit by his own hair, grabbed the brightly colored cucumber hair tie and asked tentatively.

"I'll sit here with Xiaomu. Don't worry, I won't be bored." Miss Sakuya took out the most important mobile phone for contemporary female high school students and shook it. The little blue shark on the phone case gave her a silly smile before she realized that she didn't seem to exchange phones with her sister today.

"Su Shi..." Mu said.

"What's wrong? Xiao Mu." Miss Sakuya held the phone stiffly, and could only pray that Xiao Mu's observation was not that sharp.

The rubber band that fixed the hair was gently dropped, and Ruo Yemu's light green hair spread out like a waterfall. The sunlight penetrated through the gaps in the curtains just right, and the fine fluff floating in the air was as clearly visible as the slightly curled ends of the hair.

Ruoye Mu moved a little to the inside of the bed, half-lifted the not-so-thick quilt, revealing his upper body wearing only a white shirt with two buttons undone, and patted the plain bed sheet twice, spreading his palms to invite. "...Don't you want to sleep together?"

Her thin lips were pursed together, and her light golden pupils revealed pure expectation and attachment. The girl's dependence could be seen clearly at a glance. The flustered Miss Sakuya struggled for a long time but finally succumbed to the pair of golden eyes that were quite similar to Toyokawa Shoko's. She sat sideways on the bed, and bit by bit took care of the long hair that had already fallen on her body.

"Go to sleep." She tried to ignore the girl's pleading look and turned her head away.

"......" Ruoye Mu didn't say anything else. He just gently pulled the girl's slender hand that was touching his hair. Seeing no response, he put his little head against Sakuya's waist.

"No, Xiaomu." Sakuya stretched out her hand to stop Xiaogua from going too far, half-twisted the hair hanging beside her ear, and gently refused.

"Warehouse, didn't you sleep there before?" Ruoye Mu was puzzled. Sakuya should not refuse such a not-so-outrageous invitation.

"That was an accident." Sakuya was slightly embarrassed, but quickly adjusted herself and continued with a shy tone. "I already have someone I like, so I can't sleep with Xiaomu anymore."

"..."

"Xiao Mu?"

"......Who?" After a long silence, Ruo Yemu asked in a low voice with a tone of not too obvious grievance.

Sakuya-san paused for a moment and decided that it would probably not be wrong to speak in the name of her elder sister.

"It's Xiaoxiang." She said with a shy tone typical of a young girl, her eyes evasive.

Chapter 214: The Attack and Defense Situation is Different

Ruoye Mu didn't want to hold the girl's waist tightly like he was doing now.

Sakuya has someone she likes, and she can express her love for him/her with a blushing face and a happy tone. This is completely different from the love she says to herself.

The dark green cucumber hair accessory was wrapped tightly by the small hand, and the knees were bent. The not-so-heavy upper body was leaning on the girl's diagonal sitting posture. Ruo Yemu lowered his head slightly, clinging to the untied flaxen long hair.

As usual, they were alone together, as gentle and soothing as usual, only Sakuya's attitude towards him was different from usual. When in the Moon Forest, Sakuya would just mess up the collar of her school uniform foolishly, and when she was in the gardening department or in the empty school courtyard, she would ask for help in an embarrassed but forced calm voice, as if there was some kind of rule, Sakuya would always mess up her scarf without paying much attention.

However, Sakuya now had her scarf tied neatly and stretched out her hand to stop herself. Even though she endured the slight pain in her knee and hugged Sakuya, the girl in her arms trembled subconsciously, and then she became concerned about whether her posture would affect the scabbing of the wound.

If Ye Mujing couldn't calm down, she had to think about the relationship between Sakuya and Xiang, thinking about how Sakuya was first a student of Yugaoka before coming to Tsuki No Mori, and was Xiang's classmate and even deskmate... Without her knowing it, Xiang and Sakuya had already been friends to a level far beyond their own, and even Xiang had acknowledged it himself.

Sakuya is one of the few good friends he has, but the same should be true for Xiang.

Because they grew up together as childhood sweethearts and understand each other's thoughts perfectly, so, will they fall in love with the same person?

But Xiang clearly doesn't like Su Shi at all...

The elegant and tranquil floral scent was still there, wafting into his slightly blocked nose. It was a rare sight. The little cucumber, which always seemed happy and cheerful around Sakuya, seemed to have turned into a withered yellow color, trapped in a chain of silence until Ichinose Sakuya took the initiative to ask.

"Xiao Mu, is your knee wound okay? This will stretch the wound that has just healed." Ichinose Sakuya asked with concern, stroking her white skin above the gauze with her fingers. She did not choose to break free from the girl's arms. Although she had already declined the girl's touch in advance, Wakaba Mu's sudden gloom was too lovable.

Judging from Xiaomu's family, she should be a child who lacks companionship, and she couldn't stand the gap for a while, even though she didn't plan to hold Xiaomu to sleep at the beginning... Now that things have come to this, she should take it step by step.

"...It's okay." Ruoye Mu buried his head in his flaxen hair and said sullenly. "Su Shi, I have always liked Xiang... a long time ago."

But he never paid close attention to me...

"Ah... well, I guess so." Sakuya, who was already Shoko's girlfriend, pulled her hair unconsciously, as she heard the gossip from the person involved in the story from her sister's mouth. No matter what happened, she couldn't tell her sister that she and Shoko were in love. It was too much like a light novel that the person you had a crush on for a long time started dating your twin sister after breaking up.

"I feel the same way towards Su Shi." Mu said in a tone without any emotion, and took the initiative to loosen his hands, looking visibly unhappy.

"Xiao Mu has always liked my sister... me?" Sakuya was slightly shocked. Considering her sister's attitude towards Xiao Mu, she couldn't figure out for a moment whether this liking was what she thought it was.

Ruoye Mu shook his head quickly, then nodded slowly.

Compared to the previous Su Shi, she likes this silly girl who loves to smile more.

Confused, Ms. Sakuya smoothed her brown hair that was curled up by the pressure on her head and changed the subject. "Anyway, Xiao Mu should just lie down and have a good sleep. How about I stay by your bedside?"

Ruoye Mu shook his head, lowered his eyes, and pulled the two ends of the hair rope with his two small hands, pulling gently.

"...I want you to accompany me." She forced herself to express the feelings that she had never been good at expressing.

"Okay, okay..." Sakuya sighed. She really had no way to deal with Wakaba Mu's straightforward request. She didn't understand what Mu had done to make her sister so angry, but it was acceptable to use her sister's status to compensate Mu, who she owed a lot to. "... But only for a while."

"Yeah." Wakaba Mu lay down obediently, his eyes wide open, staring straight at Miss Sakuya who only opened one eye and quickly closed it without looking at him.

"Go to sleep." Miss Sakuya said with her eyes closed.

"Su Shi, turn over." In order to find a place for the small cucumber hair tie in his hand, Ruo Yemu ordered in a low voice.

"Huh?" Sakuya half opened his eyes in confusion, looked at each other for a moment and finally chose to obey the wounded man's orders.

"Come closer..." Mutsu still spoke in a low voice, but she believed Sakuya could hear it.

Sure enough, the girl moved a little towards him.

"Xiao Mu, do you want to use me as a pillow?" Miss Sakuya recalled the last scene with some amusement. She just felt that the girl was afraid that she would pinch her again. After all, it was not a comfortable feeling to be used as a pillow.

"...No." Ruo Ye Mu did not shake his head. He half sat up holding the girl's long hair, and his two small hands worked together to gather the hair into a single ponytail.

"What do you want to do?" Sakuya asked curiously, letting the girl play with her hair.

"...I want to ask a question." Miss Mu thought for a while and whispered to the defenseless white neck.

"Ask, but I may not be able to answer you." With the 1600m example in front of her, the generous-hearted Ms. Sakuya also realized that some things cannot be said carelessly, and her vengeful sister will always settle accounts in the end.

"Su Shi..." Ruo Ye Mu held her hair with one hand, and put the hair tie in the other hand around the middle of the ponytail, passed it through, made a circle, and nested it again, engraving the dark green and warm yellow colors on the back of the girl's head.

She really didn't know how to tie a low ponytail like most girls do, so she could only try to imitate Sakuya's movements and tie a loose high ponytail.

"Eh..." I felt a warm breath behind my neck, and my chest was once again embraced by soft little hands. Even my legs and feet under my school uniform skirt were forced to stick to the cold skin.

"Su Shi, do you think Sakuya... has someone she likes?" Wakaba Mutsu imitated Sakuya's previous behavior, staring at the ponytail that she had tied crookedly, and asked in a self-deceiving manner.