The social phobia substitute will not dream of the band girl

"It's all your fault!"

"Hey, kick me, why!?"

Useless adults deserve to be kicked!

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"I always feel like this world is full of amazing people... I was asking a question online a while ago, and a super talented expert contacted me. No one would have thought that someone could have such unique insights on happiness beyond just chicken soup. Wow, this is incredible... Are you guys listening?"

"Ahh... I'm listening... What did you just say?"

"It seems that there is something wrong with Miss Lan's hearing system. Brother, let's go over there and talk."

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Mei Zhulan is angry!

Mizukuri and Asuka Matoki had rarely communicated with each other. The main reason was that they didn't get along, and they didn't get along in all aspects.

Mizukuri, whose mother died young and whose father was difficult to communicate with, had the opportunity to find a spiritual support, a person to rely on besides her childhood sweetheart, a man who could become her brother. Unfortunately, this was impossible because he had already found a sister through his own hands.

Originally, this wouldn't be a big deal. After all, a simple teacher-student relationship (mentor and mentored) or a reliable, neighborly brother wouldn't be bad either. But the problem lies in the conflict between their philosophies:

During the time Ping Xin came to Dongguo to recuperate from his illness, he basically stayed at home, not going out unless necessary. It was only in this less than a year that he frequently appeared among his subordinates, partners, and even the school. During that time, this place became a musical haunted house in urban legend until five junior high school girls broke into it.

In order to learn musical techniques and protect each other's bonds, Mitakeran, Aoba Moka, Uehara Himari, Udagawa Tomoe, and Hanezawa Tsugumi came to visit the shopping street following the news before forming Afterglow. Hirashin was moved by their emotions and was willing to help them free of charge.

This is a good thing, but a conflict of ideas begins between the sister faction (inside) who cares about Heinobu's health and the sister faction (outside) who thinks he needs to move more and change his mindset. Moreover, Xiaoshi and Ran themselves have hot and cold personalities, so it is hard not to suspect that such factors also play a role in her conflict with Yuki.

Just for Ping Xin's sake, they never argued in front of him and would even avoid each other, only engaging in meaningless official conversations. But for some reason, Xiao Xiao chose to add fuel to the fire today. Perhaps it was because she had accumulated a lot of pressure recently.

"Want to have a competition?"

"...Compared to what?"

Oh, I'm hooked!

Ah, I've taken the bait...and why does today's hour feel a little different?

It's just like—

...broken jar? It doesn't matter, the past half month has been so boring, I'm almost losing consciousness!

"There are birds, though, right~?"

The inexplicable remarks did not attract much attention. After all, when a person says weird things every day, it is not strange at all.

"Then let's have a competition—making chocolate."

"Okay, let's compete... What did you say?"

If it came to a duel of skills, Mizukuri would have known she was outmatched, but she wouldn't have lost out on audacity. Besides, if she'd known she'd lose, she'd have been more confident in her punches and kicks. "Just making chocolate... what kind of jargon is this?"

"Valentine's Day is in about two weeks, so let's decide who's better then - it's okay if you want to run away, but I have to start preparing chocolates for my brother now... Everyone, I'm sorry." After he finished speaking, without giving Mizukami time to react, Xiaoshi got up and left with his notebook.

She wasn't here for tutoring anyway, and the school had already made arrangements in advance to secure her special privileges, so she wouldn't normally worry about trivial matters like homework. Besides, she was the student Ping Xin had taught her the longest, so how could she possibly fall behind in this area?

"Oh, Xiaoshi, I'm looking forward to it~"

After Pingxin finished speaking, he winked at her, and Xiaoshi also returned a look. The tacit understanding has always been there, but today it is difficult to accomplish anything that requires the cooperation of the two brothers and sisters. Therefore, most of the time, the two of them are alone to lead the way and guard one side.

Not much communication written does not equal no communication, the inequality is solved in seconds!

"...Let's compete, who's afraid of who?"

Although they both had red pupils, Mizukane's color wasn't as blood-red as Liyin's, but rather the red of passionate blood, the last rays of the sun in a day. Even the Sunset Red Band wasn't kidding—

She glared at Ping Xin, not sure if she was saying, "If you dare to blow the whistle unfairly, you're dead!" or if she just wanted to glare at him. Ping Xin shrugged to indicate that he was not responsible for the incident.

Meizhulan also wanted to leave in a carefree manner like she did when she was little, but she was caught by Pingxin's ruthless iron hand. Her last test results have dropped. She is not allowed to leave until she finishes these questions, even if a nuclear bomb is dropped!

"But it's Valentine's Day now... What do you want to eat?"

"Hey, this means—"

"I want my real name to be Chocolate~"

Miss Yamada Ryo, who was willing to reveal her name, was the first to raise her hand. Ever since she had the excuse of "I want to go to the University of Tokyo", she has become a frequent visitor to Hirashin's house. Although she occasionally attends tutoring before and after exams, most of the time she just eats and drinks for free.

"Okay... I have a lot of chocolates, no need to fight over them~"

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No, no matter how you think about it, it's strange that there are so many of these [Mingming], right?

Chapter 30 Sweet Premonition

February 2th, Valentine's Day——

Valentine's Day was originally called St. Valentine's Day. The Roman Catholic saint, Valentine, was imprisoned. While in prison, his openness touched the heart of the jailer's daughter. They fell in love, and she took care of him. However, not all stories have happy endings; soon after, the ruling class ordered his execution.

Before his execution, he wrote a long suicide note to the warden's daughter, in which he declared his innocence and conveyed his feelings and deep affection for the warden's daughter.

On February 270, 2 AD, Valentine was executed.

Later, in order to commemorate Valentine's sacrifice for justice and pure love, Christians designated the day of his execution as "St. Valentine's Day", which was later changed to "Valentine's Day".

"...But the above is just the most widely accepted theory, but I personally prefer this one (compared to the others) as it's more credible, so let's go with this one... Are you listening?"

Seeing their eyes filled with tears, I realized that I was speaking according to the encyclopedia, but how could they be moved to tears? Even before, when I wanted to cry while watching anime, they didn't react at all. Human emotions are truly incredible things.

"Although it has become a holiday for businesses to make money, but... okay, don't cry... here, chocolate." Ping Xin took out a stack of chocolates in different packages from his schoolbag. It is well known that students' schoolbags contain everything except books.

"A lively white rabbit in the forest, a black rabbit napping on the moon, a bomb rabbit in a maid outfit, and a mini rabbit using carrots as cannonballs. Four flavors of white chocolate, dark chocolate, chocolate filling, and hazelnut are all available at once~"

"Great~! Long live~!" Asuna hugged him.

"...Thank you, I like it very much...You too?~" Karin has gradually become accustomed to the direct attack. Although she will still be shy when she should be shy, isn't it more adorable this way?

"Ahhh, is the daytime about to begin?" Murokasa Akane... She is a maid, the sinister kind.

"Okay, let's not get stuck here and go quickly." Nilu acted like an older brother and urged everyone to go into the house quickly. Then she got angry when Pingxin touched her head and shy when she was kissed. My brother is still so cute.

Maybe he loves many people, but he is sincere to everyone.

I am willing to spend the rest of my life making up for the debt of my true heart.

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Time goes back to yesterday, February 2th——

"So... the first competition to decide the strongest chocolate begins now!" With a command from Ping Xin who was standing on the second floor, the people gathered around the cooking table in the living room on the first floor began to take action.

If you ask why it turned out like this...I can only say that I don’t know what happened, but it turned out like this anyway!

Perhaps someone else initially requested a food tasting, or perhaps the rumors spread like wildfire, but eventually, ninety or even ten percent of the people he knew joined in the fun. So, the originally scheduled trial before the Emperor and the final battle atop the Forbidden City suddenly became the world's premier martial arts tournament.

But this did not affect the fierce collision between the girls at all——

"Please struggle as much as you can, Miss Lan."

"You are the one, come over here!"

Although Mizukami felt a little guilty about her lack of practical experience, she had at least mastered the art of making chocolate in the past two weeks. Even though it was a cheap version made by melting ready-made chocolate... after all, who would make it from scratch?!

But it is obvious that the brothers and sisters of the Asuka family are not serious people——

I saw Asuka Mashi opposite me actually took out the cocoa powder she had made in advance and added sugar, milk and other ingredients to mix and grind it. The ratio of milk and sugar will affect the taste and texture of different chocolates, and she had already found out the taste her brother liked.

One of the reasons why she provoked Mizukuri at that time was that it would take a lot of time to make chocolate raw materials from scratch, and her chocolate, which was full of love, sincerity and sweat, would blow away Mizukuri's cheap chocolate and would be the winner in seconds!

I can only say that he is worthy of being the first contestant to start preparing for the S1 season of the Chocolate Competition. He is so despicable!

However, this scene of fierce fighting between dragons and tigers is only a small part of the place. Apart from those who come here to join in the fun, most of the guests are just ordinary JKs who come to learn how to make chocolate dishes from Teacher Ping Xin.

The beauty of orioles and swallows can make one's ears clear, and the beauty of plump and thin swallows can make one's eyes bright. It has long been said that looking at beautiful women is good for one's health. The ancients were right.

"You guys over there, don't play with knives, it's very dangerous... And you two over there, don't play with chocolate sauce, wasting food is prohibited!... And you guys, aren't you doing too much? Be careful not to gain weight~"

Of course, it would be better if they could make people feel less worried——

If allowed, sometimes he also wanted to escape this chore and act like a spoiled child to Lisa's mother, but it was a pity that the eldest baby Youxi had occupied the throne all year round, so it was better to give it to the baby who needed it more.

And he can play with his "mother" who is more suitable for ordinary people at night, which can be regarded as making up for the gap (

But three women make a scene, and when a dozen beautiful girls with different styles and personalities gather together, it's not the ultimate enjoyment, but the ultimate noise. So, after finishing his class, Mr. Pingxin quickly left the class and continued preparing the chocolates he was going to give out.

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"Okay, the winner of today's competition is our Miss Imai Lisa—"

"Ahaha, I don't know how I became the champion. Isn't this a cooking class today?"

Ah, here comes the misunderstood person.

"No, it seems there's actually no difference... Speaking of which, this chocolate tart is really good. So, is it because I usually cook it?"

"Well... probably. To be honest, this is pretty normal for me."

Rather than being too strong, it's better to say that a slightly better home cooking skill is already enough for people like Gusu who rely heavily on the cooking of Qianlong Pavilion on a daily basis. But it doesn't matter~

"Then this is a small prize for victory, a pink crystal pendant. Please keep it—"

"Oh, but wouldn't this be bad?"

"Hmm?... The price and design are quite ordinary. It's just a limited edition piece from a jewelry store. Please feel free to accept it."

No, no, no, that's not the problem! ?

"...By the way, it's in the shape of a cat~"

"!...Lisa, since it's a prize, please accept it."

"Yukina!?"

Yes, that's right, this is the benefit of preparing multiple styles in advance——

Chapter 31: Winner of the Competition

"Well, in the end, here's the winner... The winner is—Mizukuri."

"I...won?"

With Ping Xin's final decision, Mizukuri won the game.

"Oh my, this is going to be interesting~"

"That's true..."

"after all......"

Black whistle, undoubtedly a black whistle——

After all, anyone could easily tell which was better. Regardless of one's perspective, the final chocolate treat's appearance, texture, and flavor were undoubtedly superior. The craftsmanship, care, and effort put into its production were also far superior to those of Mizukuri.

Even Mei Zhulan herself knew this clearly, but the hook was straight and the bait was salty, so no one could be blamed.

However, if Ping Xin cannot give a reasonable explanation today, it will be difficult to end the matter, because even if Xiao Shi lets him go because of the brother-sister relationship, the "audience" here will not let him go easily, even the shadow maids and Mizukuri himself.

But think about it in a better way -

"And someone dares to point out my mistakes...win!"

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Anyone interrupting me, get out!

"Ahem... Sorry, let me explain." Ping Xin made a Shinra Tensei gesture to signal everyone to be patient, otherwise if a group of beautiful girls surrounded him, he might take off on the spot like a cat with a cucumber thrown at it.

"Actually, my sense of taste is about the same as everyone else's, maybe even a little more sensitive. Besides the taste, I can clearly see the design and the care that went into the process... But precisely because of this, there's no chance of misjudging this result—"

In the end, they still gathered around, hahaha......