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[Neko: I miss you. What are you doing?]

So Toyokawa Ningko opened the chat interface.

……

What is everyone doing on the last day before the weekend in Moon Forest?

Wakaba Mutsu stood in the courtyard, tending to the small cucumbers she had planted by herself.

Su Shi used to plant with her, but recently Su Shi…

Wakaba Mutsumi glanced at Nagasaki Motoyo, who was chatting and laughing with a few classmates beside her, and silently looked away.

She no longer approaches him, nor does she use flimsy excuses to inquire about Xiangzi's whereabouts and current situation.

Su Shi seemed to be blaming her for what she said at the coffee shop last time.

It was a very painful feeling, but Ningzi gently comforted Mu, so Mu wasn't too heartbroken.

If Su Shi could continue her high school life quietly like this, Ruoye Mu would be very happy to see it.

Completely sever ties with your old circle, forge a future in a new one, and escape the painful past...

Isn't that what everyone chooses?

hum-

The phone rang, and Wakaba Mutsu immediately put down the watering can.

The person who messages her, or the person who initiates the message...

There is only one Ningzi on this earth.

[Neko: I miss you. What are you doing?]

Is this a greeting? I like it.

Wakaba: I miss you too. I'm planting cucumbers.

[Wakaba: photo.jpg]

"When they ripen, we'll give Ningzi the cucumbers she grew herself."

Mu stroked the cucumbers, which were not yet fully ripe, and wondered if they would be rejected.

That would be...too cruel.

"Grow up quickly...grow up quickly..."

As the little cucumbers hummed a lullaby softly, she longed to pick these adorable creatures and give them away right now.

Neko: What a cute cucumber... I like you.

"?!?!"

The dagger wasn't even concealed; it was practically just a small rag placed on top of the halberd.

[Wakaba: I like Xiaoning too. Xiaoning, is there anything I can help you with?]

[Neko: That's so mean! I just wanted to show I care about you. Are you bored at school all by yourself? Let's go shopping tonight.]

"At night...?"

Wakaba: Okay, I always have time.

I can do anything, as long as Xiaoning asks me to do it.

Ch167. You are Hachiman Kairin!

"Yada~ School's finally over!"

Ugh! I hate it!

Chihaya Aine shattered completely, breaking into pieces that fell onto the table.

She tried several times today to give away the notebook she was holding, but the two people on the other side didn't give her any room to maneuver.

They stick together as soon as get out of class is over, or Ningzi runs out in a panic... In short, they never have a chance to talk!

"Oi? Xiao Ai, aren't you coming?"

Toyokawa Ningko was looking down at her phone when she passed by Chihaya Aine and greeted her.

"I have to go, but I have no strength left, sigh."

Chihaya Aine's sigh, seemingly both self-pitying and feigning indifference, concealed multiple layers of meaning.

"What's wrong, you little pink-haired idiot? Are you unhappy?"

"No! I'm very happy!"

Ningzi looked at Aiyin's puffed-up face, suppressed a laugh, and poked her.

"I'm off, I'll go first. Thank you, Xiao Ai, for the notebook on my desk, I'll read it carefully when I get home."

"Hey? Xiao Ning?! You know I put that there... Don't get me wrong, it's not because I was worried you'd fall behind since you didn't come to class."

After Aine finished speaking, she wanted to secretly slap herself.

Damn it, why the hell am I being so arrogant at a time like this! Go up there and claim the credit, go get some praise!

"No, I think this is Xiao Ai's way of showing that she likes me. I like you too."

"What do you like?! No...nothing..."

How can this person treat "I like you" as a catchphrase? How many younger sisters has she said this to?

Goodbye, let's hang out together this weekend if you have time!

"Really! Xiao Ning, you can contact me anytime, I'll always be there..."

Chihaya Aine paused, realizing she might have been a little too enthusiastic...

To use that ugly phrase from the ancient country across the sea... it sounds a bit like being a simp?

No, no, that would make Ningzi think I'm easy to fool...

Chihaya Aine is... a powerful woman! Not someone's toy!!!

"I... I should have time, cough cough, actually I'm actually quite busy."

"Is that so? Then I won't bother Xiao Ai anymore. See you on Monday."

"Huh? Me! Waaah..."

Don't go! I have time! I was just kidding, I'm easy to deal with, come back and invite me again!

Facing Ningzi's retreating figure, Chihaya Aine sat back down in her seat, feeling dejected.

The empty classroom seemed to contain only Ai-yin, whose life had been extinguished.

"Idiot, tsundere has already left the market, you trash, trash!"

Ningzi rubbed the head of the big pink dog a few times.

But this brief contact was already a treasure that Chihaya Aine had been envious of for a whole day.

"Xiao Ning!"

Aine wanted to reach out and hug Ningzi, but she had the desire but not the courage, and her arms swayed back and forth like octopus tentacles.

"Hugs, go home and rest early. If you miss me this weekend, you can come to me. I'm different from Xiao Ai; I always have time."

"it is good!"

Before I left, I was even teased.

In Ningzi's arms, Aine showed an expression of having no regrets about dying.

World, stop! Let Aine live forever in this moment!

Chihaya Aine silently made a wish.

……

The legend of Moon Forest is not over yet.

The new ruler of the Moon Forest—Nagasaki Motoyo—bids farewell to the passing students one by one.

"Have a great weekend, Su Shi!"

Have a great weekend, Jieyue.

Su Shi smiled and offered her blessings to the students at the school gate.

This is the last one for today.

I'm so tired. Being with them doesn't bring some of the troubles, but it also brings new ones.

She was really fed up with all this red tape.

"I haven't been paying attention to Mu lately, and Mu doesn't seem to be reacting much... Am I being a bit too harsh? This is kind of like a slow, insidious cut-off, a form of passive-aggressive behavior..."

Looking back at the recent situation, Nagasaki Motoyo's plan has still not been implemented.

Today, Su Shi specially brought her bass guitar.

Because she was about to go to Ring to talk to Lixi, and she planned to lie and tell her that Deng had agreed to join the new band.

We'll talk to Deng then; everyone's basically back except for her.

As for Mutsu? Mutsu wouldn't refuse him.

This means Crychic now has four members returning.

Finally, you can choose to go find Xiao Xiang together and try playing "Spring Shadow" for her, a piece that everyone is still struggling to let go of.

Alternatively, you could find an insignificant newcomer.

Finally, once a decent band is successfully created, it can be optimized out.

This was to tell Xiangzi that everyone was working hard, and that as long as she could come back, everything could go back to normal.

Xiangzi must...

"You won't refuse, will you?!"

Su Shi was pleased with her intelligence and, after a few days of rest, her energy and spirit had returned to their peak!

Nagasaki Motoyo is invincible right now!

"Hey, where are you?"

This...this...this sound...

Is it... Xiao Xiang?!

Is Xiao Xiang nearby?!

Nagasaki Motoyo suddenly froze on the spot, too afraid to move.

She carefully tried to discern the source of the sound, only to find that it seemed to be just around the corner ahead.

"No, we have to escape!"

He walked quickly, but was caught up by Toyokawa Ningko who grabbed his arm, preventing him from going anywhere.

What a powerful force.

Tonics... I'm not ready yet...

Su Shi felt as if she had fallen into a coffee pot, with coffee liquid flowing between her hair strands.

"What's the rush, Xiao Hai? It's only three o'clock. Let's rest for a while before going to Ring to find that person."

Xiao Hai? Who is Xiao Hai? Are you calling me?

"I...cough cough, I'm not..."

Nagasaki Motoyo didn't understand the situation. She wanted to explain, but didn't know what to say.

"Huh? You're not? Or are you trying to say you're not Hachiman Kairin?"

Toyokawa Ningko squinted and leaned closer to Nagasaki Motoyo, finally sticking out her tongue with a disdainful laugh.

"You little punk, do you really think I'm stupid? You have Yahata Kairin's face and you're carrying a bass guitar. If you're not Yahata Kairin, then am I Yahata Kairin?"

The "Toyokawa Shoko" before my eyes is completely different from the "Toyokawa Shoko" of last week...