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

As soon as the voice fell, it was as if a switch was turned on. Chihaya Aine suddenly tilted her head with a smile, and then placed her hands on the girl's chest beside her without hesitation, pressing lightly twice, then changed direction, and groped for the soft shape from both sides little by little.

"What are you doing!" Nagasaki Suyo thought slowly for a while before she pushed away the pink-haired bastard who was taking advantage of her openly with shame and anger, and asked in surprise.

“It hurts...Ms. Su Shi is so unladylike.” She raised her hand to rub the back of her head that was hit hard. Aine-san squeezed her other hand as if savoring the moment, carefully comparing the size difference between the two.

"Explain." Nagasaki Suyo stared coldly for a while, and began to look for the magical tool that could help people fall asleep quickly. His dangerous eyes unconsciously looked towards the pestle and mortar by the window.

"I just want to confirm that today's little Sakuya is indeed Suyo-san." Miss Aine said with her head down and counting on her fingers. "Sakuya usually calls me Aine, and when she's in a good mood, she'll call me little Aine. That's the first point."

"And Sakuya is more obedient, not as mean as Motoyo-san." Miss Aine glanced at the flaxen-haired girl who clenched her fists and continued. "You can also tell the difference in the skill of brewing black tea. If you think about it carefully, Sakuya always grabs some without caring, while the black tea brewed by Motoyo-san is more evenly distributed."

"It's no use praising me now, and this has nothing to do with Aine-san's very rude...rubbing...rubbing my breasts, right?" Su Shi asked angrily, and then seemed to react and become shy halfway through. No matter how she thought about it, it was indeed the fault of the pink-haired lecher, and her anger increased by three points.

"Because Suze's breasts are bigger than Sakuya's...Runa-chan told me that's how she differentiates between you two." Aine rolled her eyes guiltily, she felt that she just made the mistake that every woman would make. And isn't it more problematic for Suze to get so shy just by lightly touching her breasts?

"You...you have touched Sakuya's breast!?" Nagasaki Suyo was furious, her eyes were cold and ruthless, and her hands had subconsciously grabbed the guitar at hand.

"It was just that I occasionally rubbed against it during physical education class. It was my arm, my arm!" Miss Aine, who felt as if she was being dragged away by Susuke-chan to be purified, explained with a strong desire to survive while waving her hands.

“You are so arrogant and bad. It is indeed a mistake to let Aine-san and Sakuya go to the same school.” Miss Motoyo took a deep breath and still did not use the guitar, which was very important to the other party, as a weapon. She gathered all her strength and pressed down on Aine, beating the hateful scoundrel, and vented the resentment accumulated in her heart at the same time.

Miss Aiyin wanted to scream for help, but Sushi-chan's hammer was too gentle...

It was not until the disheveled-haired girl became breathless that she quietly opened one eye and peeked in, letting out a realistic scream.

Maybe she was tired, or maybe she had vented enough, Nagasaki Motoyo sat down in silence, continuing to sip her half-cold cup of black tea, dissatisfied and accusing. "Aine-san is too careless, please sit over there and reflect on yourself."

“Is it little Su Shi who is too stingy?” Aiyin curled her lips and also picked up the black tea and took a sip like Su Shi.

"You're so arrogant, Chihaya." Su Shi glanced at him.

“Hmm…” Aine put down her tea and thought about it, mumbling in realization. “Come to think of it, Suyo-san probably doesn’t want Xiao Deng and everyone else in the school to know about this, right?”

The teacup shook and hit the wooden tea set, making a short, bright, crisp sound.

"What do you want to do?" When their eyes met, Nagasaki Suyo felt inexplicably flustered.

“Eh——” After admiring Su Shi’s cute expression of being angry but unable to do anything about it for a while, Miss Aine shyly smoothed her long straight pink hair by her ears and looked up at the flaxen-haired girl who was sitting upright with her eyes downcast. “It seems like it will be very interesting…”

"Anyway, please give me more advice in the future, Xiao Sushi~"

Chapter 228: Gao Songdeng Wants to Join

The corridor after class was a little noisy. The young and energetic girls were clearly divided into two lines. Those on the left went along the corridor to the activity room, and those on the right carried their schoolbags and went to study and work. The noise came and went quickly, just like the tide in the evening. The restlessness was washed away, leaving only tranquility. Before Gao Songdeng could come to his senses, the campus had returned to a quiet and somewhat cold atmosphere.

The notebook was opened in half, the ballpoint pen left marks, and the falling gray hair tickled his cheeks. Until Miss Aine couldn't wait and went to the astronomy department room to practice guitar first, Takamatsu Deng still maintained a motionless posture, concentrating on organizing the scattered words into sentences.

[Stubborn], [Frustrated], [Doing One's Best].

He scribbled and revised until the second ring sounded and a little joy appeared in Gao Songdeng's amber eyes. He was confused for a long, long time, so long that just standing there and struggling to breathe was already exhausting.

[But even if I get lost, I still want to move forward with you]

Whether he is running away or can't see the way forward, Gao Songdeng has now found a partner who is willing to run with him in the lost state.

"I've finished writing." She spoke blankly and shouted to the empty classroom. Then she realized that she was a bit stupid and would be the kind of person that Sakuya would laugh at and complain about.

She packed her schoolbag in a hurry. She hadn't felt as cheerful as she did today for a long time. Holding the emerald green notebook in both hands, Takamatsu Deng ran towards the astronomy department room with small steps full of anticipation. She wanted to tell Aine, wanted to sing with everyone, wanted to share her current mood.

Because I am no longer alone.

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Chihaya Aine's mood right now can definitely be described as happy. For some reason, just looking at the image of Ko Suyo with an unwilling look on her face but still pouring tea for her obediently made Miss Aine's mouth curl up uncontrollably.

Although it was an excessive instruction, Xiao Sushi did it without hesitation. Surely, my charm has something to do with it, right?

"Do you want to drink or not?" Nagasaki Suyo smiled sweetly and spoke in an impatient tone, fully demonstrating the excellent etiquette skills of Tsuki no Mori Girls' Academy.

“Eh? It feels a bit too hot, and I’m playing the piano so I don’t have any free hands.” She played a series of BE notes in a rather exaggerated manner, and the arrogant Miss Aine was almost about to take off her shoes and put her feet on the other person.

"Do you want me to cool it down before bringing it to your mouth to feed you?" Su Shi clenched his fist and said dangerously with his eyes slightly narrowed.

“Hey, is it okay?” Miss Aine smiled silly with her head tilted back, then turned to look at Miss Motoyo who was cosplaying as Kosakuya and asked seriously.

With eyebrows raised, eyes wide open, and cheeks puffed up, Nagasaki Motoyo stared at the pink-haired scoundrel in front of him with what he thought was the most ferocious look. After a long silence, he gritted his teeth and responded. "...Chihaya-san better pay more attention to your words and actions in the future. If I catch you, it won't end so easily."

"I was just joking, Suyo-chan doesn't have to do it for real..." Chihaya Aine wanted to say this and then took the red teacup with a smile. But... now that things have come to this, it's better to cooperate with Suyo-chan to drink tea.

Nagasaki Suyo really obeyed and lifted up half of her hair, lowered her head, and created a few ripples on the surface of the slightly steaming black tea. She blew it back and forth about four or five times before she pressed the teacup against the pink-furred thing's lips with a look as if it were non-recyclable garbage.

It’s such a waste of such a pretty face, his personality is so bad!

Miss Aine, who had been wanting to play tricks on him for a while, suddenly realized that little Su Shi had a bad personality that was easily intimidated, but she subconsciously sat up straight and drank most of the cup of black tea little by little following the rhythm of Su Shi feeding her.

Angrily putting the cup of tea on Aiyin's face, Miss Su Shi unhappily distanced herself again, picked up her own cup of black tea and drank it all in one gulp, thinking carefully that the tea leaves were even hers, it was a waste to give them to such an indecent woman.

Holding the cup like a dog, she placed it next to Su Shi. Miss Aiyin, who was a little speechless, lay on the girl's thighs and looked up, whispering, "The black tea brewed by Su Shi is delicious, it has a high-class taste."

"Because tea is very expensive, this small can is almost equivalent to Chihaya's life." Su Shi squinted his eyes and attacked the cute pink-haired big dog with full firepower.

"Don't call me Chihaya, if you want to call me that, it would be better to call me Chihaya-chan or something like that." Aine was dissatisfied, turned around, and lay on her back in someone's arms, looking into those angry gray-blue eyes. "Is Suyo-chan angry?"

"No~" Nagasaki Suyo said with a smile, holding her fingers together. "If Chihaya-san could move her hand away from my thigh, I would be happier."

"Ahem...ah..." Someone coughed awkwardly, then raised his head and apologized as if nothing had happened. "I'm sorry, I went a little too far, can you forgive me, Xiao Sushi?"

"Oh - what should I do? I don't seem to want to forgive Chihaya-san." Miss Motoyo, still smiling, softly told the rather horrible fact, and reached out to slap away the arm that someone had wrapped around her waist.

“Actually, Sakuya-chan told me that if I just cooperate with Suyo-chan and let him tease me for a few times, and then show a miserable expression, I can make you calm down.” Aine insisted, pulling the slender hand on her head that still smelled of tea leaves, and gently placed it on her perfect face. “So if Suyo-chan is still angry, pinch my cheeks to vent your anger, but it’s better to be gentle, I’m still a little afraid of pain.”

Nagasaki Suyo opened her eyes again, and this time she lowered her head to meet those light grey, moist eyes. "Hey, Aine-san..."

“Hmm…?” Miss Aine, whose soft flesh had been pinched, stammered and blinked.

"My mood today couldn't be worse." Miss Su Shi's eyes turned cold and she showed no mercy anymore. She rubbed the powder back and forth with even greater force than the last time she helped to apply the foundation. After all, it was the powder that came to her on its own initiative, so she couldn't blame herself.

“Nooooooooooooooooooooo!”

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After reaching the fourth floor, Takamatsu Deng ran to the familiar astronomy department room, panting. He looked at Kanzaki-san who was leaning against the windowsill with his nose covered with his hands, a little strangely. Before he could open his mouth to show concern, he heard Aiyin's screams coming from inside the room.

Raising her hand and placing it on the slightly ajar sliding door, Takamatsu Deng instinctively hesitated for a moment, but the exclamation from Sakuya made her open the door with force.

The door opened, light shone in, and reflected back into Gao Songdeng's slightly trembling amber eyes.

The scene was not particularly elegant. The pink-haired Miss Lecher was holding down the girl's hands, pressing the chestnut-haired lady under her tightly, with a short laugh like "Hehehe, I want to pinch it back too."

"I..." Gao Songdeng took a step back in a daze.

"Wait a minute, Xiao Deng, we're just playing a game!" Miss Aine awkwardly put out one hand to hold him back, using her body to barely control Nagasaki Suyo who was trying her best to resist.

The simple attempt to retain them unexpectedly worked. The gray-haired little animal first carefully put away his schoolbag and notebook and then closed the door of the astronomy room again. Finally, he awkwardly squeezed onto the only sofa in the astronomy room with the two people who had separated with blushing faces.

The air, which had been slow all the time, seemed to become tense. Chihaya Aine turned around for help, looking at the flaxen-haired girl who was also an accomplice, but she found that Kozue just glared at her mercilessly and then closed her eyes and pretended to be mute.

"I also want to be with Aine-chan and Sakuya-chan." Takamatsu Deng suddenly raised his head and spoke seriously.

“Together what?” Miss Aiyin, who was sandwiched between the two men, scratched her still red and swollen cheek in confusion, the doubt in her tone almost overflowing.

"Let's play games together..." Gao Songdeng said this, his eyes became more pure, and he reached out and held two different pairs of hands at the same time.

"...Just like what Aine-chan and Sakuya-chan did just now."

Chapter 229: Cats Are the Best in the World

No one's life is always smooth sailing. Even the young ladies in Tsuki Forest are faced with the embarrassing situation of not being able to buy the limited edition afternoon tea sets and emptying their accumulated petty cash reserves in tears. Miss Sakuya, whose head is itchy and about to grow a brain, seems particularly listless recently.

The constant air conditioning in the practice room just made the transfer student from Tsuki no Mori, who was wearing a long skirt, feel a little comfortable, but for some reason, the white-haired cat that came close to her and burrowed into her arms made her body temperature return to the not-so-comfortable 28℃, not to mention the sharp gazes cast by the black-haired waitress.

"Little Lenai, there will be no candy even if you rub against me. It's about time to start practicing, right?" The messy white short hair in front of her very well aroused her obsessive-compulsive disorder, which was not excessive. Miss Sakuya barely managed to divert some energy from her complicated thoughts, raised her hand and separated the tangled hair bit by bit, which really felt like petting a cat to relieve stress.

"See you next time, let's play together, and there's Matcha Parfait." Yao Lenai raised her little face indifferently, resisting the urge to shake her head left and right, and quietly accompanied the listless bad woman.

She felt that Sakuya was probably sick and had lost her former vitality. She was indifferent to Beth. Although she didn't like the faint cucumber smell on the bad woman today, since she was sick, there was nothing she could do. She could only take care of her dejected fellow.

"Okay, okay, Matcha Buffy, little Renai really likes matcha. Do you want to go eat soba after practice?" Sakuya smiled. As expected, the innocent little Renai is just a big cat. She felt a little healed.

"I want to go, but forget it today." Miss Lenai sniffed, opened her eyes wide and said regretfully.

"Why?" Sakuya asked curiously, patting his roughly trimmed head.

"I don't know." Maomao blinked and continued in a slightly bland and childish tone. "You seem very tired. You should go to sleep."

"That's nothing. I'm still energetic now." With a chuckle, Sakuya pushed away the newly refreshed white-haired cat. After recovering a little, she turned to look at the drummer who was impatiently fiddling with her phone beside the drum set and asked carefully. "Still no news about Xiao Deng and Aine?"

"You said you just got off the train? You really have no sense of time at all..." Lixi smacked his lips, referring specifically to the only guitarist lady among the three.

"Maybe something happened at school, that's why he's delayed." She imitated her sister and whispered to comfort her. Sakuya suddenly felt amused. Although Li Xi was very strict in her words, it could be seen from many small details that she was still very concerned about building good relationships with everyone.

"Lixi, it's exposed." Miss Sakuya covered her mouth and chuckled, then raised her hand and pointed lightly at the black handbag next to the drum set.

"What's exposed?" Li Xi was puzzled and turned around. There was indeed a matcha-colored plastic package exposed at the zipper of the backpack. Looking at the words on it, it was the sencha candy that a certain white-haired cat usually liked.

"I want to eat." Miss Lenai, who found the food, jumped to her number one owner without hesitation, squatted down and planned to take out the bag of unopened matcha-colored candy.

"No, this is prepared to ensure your cooperation in practice. Just wait obediently." Ms. Lixi was stunned for a moment, then quickly showed her parent's authority and pressed the forehead of the white-haired cat as it pounced forward.

"Rikki, I want to eat." Miss Lenai, who only wanted to eat candy, repeated, looking up at the good-tempered girl eagerly.

"Huh? Who's Rikki?"

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Finally, Miss Lenae got what she wanted and ate three bitter sencha candies in a row. She was curled up in a corner and licking the candy crumbs stuck in her teeth with her tongue. Miss Sakuya also made a lot of money. She took advantage of the melee to snatch the small round stool used by the drummer and was tapping the drum with her drumsticks out of curiosity.

"Drummers have a really hard time~" Miss Sakuya sighed softly, smacking her lips as she touched the heavy tuba cymbals.

"In most cases, playing the bass is more difficult. Also, don't touch the cymbals, as they can break easily." Ms. Lixi's face was still slightly red from feeding stray cats. Her seat was taken away from her, so she simply picked up the tablet and scratched the song she had planned to practice today.

"We're talking about the performance. Normally, Li Xi has to carry these cymbals back and forth all the time. Wouldn't that be tiring?" Ms. Sakuya put down the drumsticks obediently, and her little feet landed on the pedals to test the sound. "Besides, Li Xi is the one who takes care of the band's affairs. It would be better if she could be a little more gentle normally."

"This is just my personality, you know that." Li Xi glanced at Su Shi, not understanding why he was so eccentric today, but he didn't hate him.

"We're going to be performing on stage next week, and the band hasn't had a single rehearsal together. If I'm not strict with them, that amateur won't practice hard at all. And Su Shi, your bass playing isn't as good as before recently. Are you practicing?" She's not annoying, but Ms. Lixi always puts equal pressure on everyone.

"Yes... yes, I think..." Sakuya was embarrassed and reluctantly gave up his seat. He obediently put his bass on his back and sat together with Maomao, doing finger exercises and stretching in silence.

How to keep distance from Xiao Mu without making her sad took up a lot of his time and energy. Xiao Chu Hua and Hai Ling were also a headache. However, perhaps because of the difference in social experience, he was a little more relaxed when he was alone with the two girls from Hanasakigawa. At least, Hai Ling and Xiao Chu Hua would never kiss him secretly when he was asleep unless he agreed.

Miss Sakuya felt more and more annoyed the more she thought about it. She sighed deeply and felt a little sad about her social circle which was a little more exciting than that of other girls. Even the few words she chatted with the tough-mouthed but soft-hearted Li Xi made her feel rare comfort. Now she had no choice but to continue rubbing little Lenai's furry head. At least the cat wouldn't have any bad intentions.

Shiina Riki glanced doubtfully at the flaxen-haired girl who was huddled together with a stray cat in the corner, and began to reflect on whether his remarks just now were too harsh. In the past, Nagasaki Suyo was not so obedient or depressed, always changing the subject with a choked voice and a matter-of-fact look on her face. Could it be that he was really that mean recently?

Could it be that Deng and Sakuya were also scared?

Looking at the stuffed sea otter standing on top of the drum set, Shiina Ryuki reflected on his own speaking style for a rare moment.

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Chapter 230 I'm Not Going

"It's over. I'm already 20 minutes late. Rikki is definitely going to be mad at me."

The familiar LiveHouse, the familiar RiNG, in front of the elevator on the first floor of the recording area, Chihaya Aine, with messy hair, took small steps on the spot a little anxiously, and turned her head to look at the stairs from time to time. If it weren't for the frail and weak Xiao Sushi who didn't even look like a bassist by her side, she would have planned to rush straight to the fifth floor with her guitar on her back.

"Well... there's no need... to run so fast..." Nagasaki Suyo, who was being pulled all the way by the wrist, was very annoyed. If it weren't for the pink-haired lecher in front of her who was touching her and was seen by Xiao Deng, she wouldn't have been delayed for so long.

“Little... Sakuya doesn’t understand how scary Rikki is. She’s really annoying when she gets angry.” Aiyin said with dissatisfaction, her hands on her hips, and her eyes shifted to the right by about thirty degrees.

Feeling isolated by the two of them, Deng Takamatsu was now in a not-so-obvious state of depression. He held his emerald green notebook to his chest, his gray-haired head drooping listlessly, and his body inevitably trembling with every breathing due to the fast run just now.

The reason was probably that a three-way fight almost broke out in the astronomy department room. Miss Nagasaki interrupted the pink-haired lecher with a very tough attitude. While she skillfully explained common sense to Xiaodeng, she coldly condemned Chihaya Aine who was ordered to sit up straight.

Takamatsu Deng didn't quite understand why Su Shi had such a violent reaction, just as she didn't quite understand why the twin sisters changed clothes and played each other's roles.

She just felt a little regretful, as if she had missed a good opportunity to become a human being and understand other people's feelings.

“Are you sad, Xiao Deng?” Miss Aine tilted her head and asked bluntly. “Because I didn’t take you to play… games?”

"A little bit." Takamatsu shook his head in thought and spoke slowly. "Actually, I should be happy to see that Aine-chan and Sakuya-chan's relationship has improved, but it's just... I have an indescribable feeling that the stickers I collected with great difficulty were accidentally stuck together."

"That's normal, that's normal, it means Xiao Deng likes me very much, let's play other games together next time~"

The elevator door opened, and Chihaya Aine's pride did not last long as the Big Dipper of the girl beside her ruthlessly hit the forbidden spot on her waist. She covered her lower back and looked back miserably at Miss Su Shi who had attacked her. Her light grey eyes were filled with 100% resentment and helplessness.

"Don't break the little light." Nagasaki Motoyo stepped into the elevator, whispered a quick warning in the other person's ear, then took out her cell phone as if nothing had happened and sent a Line message to her sister who was on standby in the recording studio.

After pressing the elevator button for the fifth floor, Miss Aiyin was quiet for a rare moment. She rested her chin on her hand and thought for a long time before she understood why Xiao Sushi was acting like a spoiled child out of jealousy.

In short, it means that you can't lead Xiao Deng astray, but you can take action against her, right?