Are you, as meal replacement users, ready for the consequences?

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Go to lunch, go to the music room, practice with Hailing, and finally go home.

Today, if you go through these four minor things during the day, you can return to the safe zone.

Once home, I can happily wait for my sister to return, and then cuddle with my soft, sweet Xiangzi for a long, lazy nap…

This is probably the greatest joy in the world.

"Xiao Xiang!"

"Let's go."

"Good~"

Ai Yin sat in her seat, holding her lunchbox, unsure of what to do next.

Honestly, starting school these days is terrible, especially in girls' schools. Small groups and cliques have been clearly defined in a very short time.

Someone like me, who entered school late for unknown reasons, is inherently prone to being cut off, right? No one would easily want to associate with someone like me who didn't seem simple in the past.

Unless you take the initiative.

Good afternoon…

As Takamatsu Akari passed by Aine's seat, she looked as well-behaved as a small-town girl who had just entered junior high school.

"Good afternoon, Takamatsu-kun, are you going to lunch?"

"Hmm... I hope Chihaya-san has a good appetite."

"Thanks."

The lamp left decisively, and Aine saw all her little actions.

Presumably, this shy gray-haired girl approached him because Chihaya Aine is Toyokawa Neko's friend.

"Sigh, interpersonal relationships are still so challenging."

However, as a former student council president, Chihaya Aine has enough confidence in her social skills!

Transfer to Yuuki Academy! Then show your true skills!

"Hello, is this seat taken?"

"Nobody's here. Chihaya-san, why don't you come have lunch with us?!"

Chihaya Aine walked around the classroom and finally found a small group of three people.

Honestly, the best kind of small circle is one that's neither a typical social butterfly nor a hardcore otaku. Both types of people are noisy and troublesome.

They are all essentially the same, just using something to get through life. The fulfilling life in reality and online will eventually lead to sadness and emptiness alone.

Ai Yin moved the chair aside, making sure she sat down in the most elegant way possible.

"Speaking of which, Chihaya-san's surname is really nice, it sounds just like her given name!"

Haha, really?

"Are Chihaya and Ningzi close? You two seem to get along very well?"

The blue-haired classmate nudged her red-haired companion.

"Yeah, yeah, and the lights too. The three of you seem to know each other quite well."

"Oh? Xiao Ning and I are indeed very close. Deng? He's a friend too."

Childhood sweethearts... I guess you could call them friends.

Chihaya Aine knew this was one of the few ways she could immediately integrate into the class. As long as she kept talking to Ningzi, the key person, she couldn't go wrong!

Of course, it would be even better if you mentioned Aine a few more times!

"Sigh, it seems my Deng Ning couple is in danger."

"Yes, yes, but Xiangning still has a huge market!"

"Huh? Sister, even though donburi is delicious, this is absolutely not allowed!!!"

The three people next to Aine got more and more excited as they talked, and in the end they even stopped eating and started gossiping with Aine.

"..."

Chihaya Aine sighed helplessly.

Why did the topic about me end so quickly...?

[But... how come there's already so much gossip when school has only been in session for a short time?]

"Keep talking about the incident where Xiao Ning chased after the light...and Gao Song ran away!"

"Okay, okay, that day, Deng suddenly..."

……

Yuqiu, canteen.

"You ate so fast today, Ning."

"After all, I didn't really want to eat in the first place."

Toyokawa Ningko peeled the orange and gave half to Xiangzi.

"Xiao Xiang, why are you eating so absentmindedly? I've finished eating, but you've barely touched your chopsticks."

"Ah...is that so..."

Xiangzi's mind is now filled with thoughts of his younger sister being bullied by that Hachiman Kairin.

The enemy is in the shadows while she is in the open; this situation is incredibly torturous.

Xiangzi had been holding the chopsticks in his mouth for the past two minutes. With a grit of his teeth, he left two teeth marks on the chopsticks.

No, I have to ask... even though Ningzi probably won't say anything, and might even get angry, cry, or break down...

However, if this matter is not resolved soon, it will cause even greater harm to Ningzi.

Shoko Toyokawa swore before her mother's memorial tablet that she would never let Ningzi suffer any injustice or be bullied in her life.

Yahata Kairin... Yahata Kairin!

"Xiao Ning, what's your relationship like with Hachiman Kairin?"

"Hey? Xiao Hai?"

Ningzi tilted her head, looking completely innocent.

Stop acting cute! You idiot Ningzi!

Xiangzi had already released the arrow, so there was no turning back now.

"Hmm, I found tens of thousands of yen when I was doing your laundry last night. Did Hailing give it to you?"

“Ah, this…”

Does this mean I'm going to say I went to film a video with Dark Takamatsu, or maybe it's one of those slightly indecent videos?

And indeed, Xiangzi discovered that he had defrauded others of the 60,000 yuan he had received.

No wonder Ningzi saw money on the cabinet this morning; at first, she thought it was money she had left there before she fainted yesterday.

"Yes, it was given to me by Yawata Kairin; it's my income for this month."

Sorry, Hailing, I'm just borrowing your name for a moment.

"Yeah…"

Xiangzi has lost his appetite even more now.

Before Ningzi told her the truth, she could still deceive herself by saying that Ningzi found the money... But now that the "truth" was right in front of her, Xiangzi had no choice but to face it.

"I'm full, Ning. I'm going back to the classroom to rest for a while. I didn't sleep well last night."

Toyokawa Shoko's mind is in turmoil. Ningzi is doing much better, and her own financial pressure has eased considerably, so why is there a new crisis?

It seems like I've been having a run of bad luck all year...

Trying not to appear flustered, Xiangzi decided to find something to vent his inner turmoil.

Where should we go?

Let's go to the band club.

There was a piano there that allowed him to stop thinking, and Xiangzi often went there to indulge his passion for playing during this time.

"That's strange, Xiao Xiang."

Ningzi stared at the food on Xiangzi's plate that had barely been touched.

I heard that students who receive scholarships can enjoy free lunch, right? What is the scholarship system like at Haneoka University?

If possible, Ningzi also wants to try to secure a spot.

If it's just a test of academic performance, Toyokawa Ningko is confident that she won't lose to anyone.

I simply can't compete...

There are also people who use lemons to substitute for others, aren't there?

Ch123. It's confirmed! Hachiman Kairin is Nyanmu!

Since the morning experience was terrible, what about Chihaya Aine's experience at noon?

"Great! I guess so?"

Along a long corridor on campus, Ai Yin followed the guidance of light and shadow to explore the interior.

In the courtyard, a blue-haired bassist who happened to be passing by kindly gave her directions and also revealed some strange tales about Yuu-oka.

Legend has it that a pale blue, twin-tailed succubus loved to wander around the Orchestra Society and feed on passing gray penguins.

"But I still want to know what that video means."

I had planned to ask Ningzi during the morning break, but she disappeared as soon as get out of class ended, giving Ai Yin no chance to speak to her.

"Tsk, Xiao Ning played the piece for me today... Hehe, I'll forgive her for going behind my back to act out a script with Miao Meng."

Ai Yin took off her black-rimmed glasses and quickly dressed herself up in front of the mirror beside her.

At least she believed it was part of the script.

If it weren't for me, I would have become a hater of Miss Meow Dream and would have had to talk to Ningzi about how dangerous it is to hang out with those kinds of shady characters.

Xiao Ning might even get scammed out of money! Like, being scammed out of 60,000 yen at once!

Ding--

"Ugh?"

The closer you get to the door at the end of the corridor, the clearer the notes become.

The delicate piano music already filled the air; the soft, half-volume sound, like a melodious and nimble murmur, was the Scherzo in B-flat minor.

Yes, I heard this love song in the UK, and the story behind it was explained to me in a London accent back then...

It was a terrible experience.

"Xiao Ning's musical style changes so fast! She used to be creating original music, and now she's revisiting classics?"

Ai-yin always felt like a completely different person was playing the instrument.

She quietly opened the door to the band club and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that incredibly familiar blue twin tails.

Thankfully, it was Ningzi.

I'd feel really awkward if it were a stranger.

The performer didn't seem to be in a good mood.

Ai Yin noticed the performer's obvious distress in the piano music, which shifted between a gentle change in mood and a powerful, surging sound.

Chopin's flowing elegance, accompanied by the melancholy of a young girl, is like heavenly music that makes Ai Yin want to praise it.

But Chihaya Aine knew that now was not the time.

"Because Xiao Ning is still playing!"

The second piece was "Nocturne in E-flat major," which Aine also liked, but that wasn't what she actually wanted to hear.

While classical music is certainly pleasant to listen to, only Ningzi's original compositions truly resonate with listeners' hearts.