My second life is a bit strange?

"Everyone, have a taste and see how my cooking is." Feng noticed Chika's little glance and handed out his bento.

"Then I won't be polite." Chika happily picked up a piece of chicken: "I didn't expect Kaede to be able to make bento boxes. From today onwards, we're friends because of a piece of chicken. Can I just call you by your name?"

Feng felt a little uncomfortable being called by his name suddenly. The friendship over a piece of chicken was too cheap!

"Yes, cooking is also one of my hobbies." But seeing how happily she was eating made me feel better, and then I pushed the bento box in front of Kaguya.

Kaguya, feeling bad about refusing, picked up a thick omelet, which was on the salty side.

"Eri, won't you try some?" Chika asked, puzzled.

Eriri shook her head and opened her own bento box, which contained the exact same dishes as Kaede's.

"It's no problem to make two, so I made one for Eriri too."

"What?!" Fujiwara Chika stood frozen in shock, as if petrified. "We lost at the starting line from the very beginning...?"

She spoke very softly at the end, and no one could hear her clearly.

Feng: "What did you say?"

"nothing."

Chika's ears turned slightly red, and she quickly shook her head and ate her bento to cover up her embarrassment.

They played around and ate lunch for a long time. There was a water tower on top of the storage room, and a tap next to it. Everyone used it to wash the boxes, and then leaned against the railing to rest.

"It would be nice if there were a sofa on this rooftop," Chika said, shifting her back uncomfortably.

"It would be better to just buy it and put it in the storage room on the rooftop, and then take it out when we need to rest."

Feng's suggestion caught everyone's attention, and they immediately pooled their money to place an order on Amazon.

Eriri was unusually sleepy last night, and she quickly fell asleep leaning on Kaede's shoulder. Her mouth was slightly open, revealing her teeth, which were gently biting her tongue. She was having a sweet dream, and there was a smile on her face.

Everyone rested for a while and returned to the classroom before class started.

"Xiao Jin, the teacher asked you to organize and complete the bulletin board activity." Feng told her the task, thankfully he didn't need to supervise it personally.

"Okay~ Any requests?" The girl called Xiao Jin had her hair in a ponytail and looked very energetic.

"Choose your own topic and complete it by next Friday."

"Okay." Xiao Jin gave an OK sign.

At this moment, the teacher arrived. At Feng's call to stand up, the students and teacher greeted each other and began the new lesson.

...

After school, as Kaede was packing his schoolbag, he suddenly heard Eriri's question.

"Ah Feng, have you decided which club you want to join?"

"Not yet, nothing really appeals to me."

Chika and Eriri were both surprised by Kaede's answer; they had both thought he would join the music club.

"And you guys, have you all decided which clubs you want to join?" Feng asked in return.

"I joined the art club," Eriri said, fiddling with her twin tails.

“After all, this is Eriri’s forte.” Chika nodded and then tugged at Kaede’s sleeve: “Why don’t you join our board game club, Kaede? It’s really fun.”

Feng wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but the air seemed to freeze for a moment. After thinking for a moment, he still refused: "No, I've been busy lately, so I won't join any clubs."

"Okay." Fujiwara Chika was a little disappointed, wiping the cold sweat from her forehead. "I'll go now, there's a welcome event today."

"Me too." Her words reminded Eriri, who quickly packed her things, picked up her sketchbook, and left together.

Only a few students remained in the classroom: "Aren't you going to a club?"

Kaede looked at Kaguya, but she shook her head slowly and deliberately: "My club doesn't have a welcome party."

What clubs or organizations do you join?

"Kyudo Club."

This was beyond his expectations, but Shinomiya's arm and back muscles were indeed much stronger than those of his peers.

"Then I'll take my leave." Kaguya's voice was as cold as ever.

Kaede stayed behind with Sumire and the other students in charge of the bulletin board to finalize the theme, and then wandered around the school aimlessly. She originally wanted to find Eriri or Fujiwara Chika, but their clubs were having an event and wouldn't be accepting anyone else.

After wandering around for a while, Feng became even more certain of his idea of ​​temporarily not participating in club activities.

[The archery club... Shall we go in and take a look?]

The archery club has its own area, about half the size of a training ground. When you push open the door, the wooden door creaks, and there are very few people inside.

Everyone was speaking in hushed tones, discussing something.

Feng searched through the crowd and spotted Shinomiya in front of the shooting range. He had changed his clothes and tied his loose hair into a single ponytail, looking very dashing.

The bowstring was drawn to its fullest extent, whoosh!

The arrow flew out with a whooshing sound, and Feng's gaze followed it, finally settling firmly on the nine-ring.

"Shinomiya-kun is really amazing."

"Shirogane... classmate..."

"You go on, I just came here out of boredom, I hope I'm not bothering you."

"It's alright." Shinomiya continued his training, while Kaede found a seat to sit down and started memorizing each classmate's name after watching for a while.

Chapter Ten: Subtle Hints

The topic of conversation shifted to Feng, after all, she was the apple of the eye of the Shinomiya family, one of the four major conglomerates, and it was surprising that someone could be so close to her.

As Feng listened to the trembling of the bowstring and the sound of the arrow piercing the air, he felt an extraordinary sense of peace within himself.

[Kimura? That must be the classmate behind me; he's quite muscular.]

[Takao, judging by the thickness of his glasses, seems to have a high prescription. He seems to be on good terms with Kimura; they've been spending a lot of time together after school these past few days.]

...

Once he had almost remembered everything, Feng raised his head and stretched his neck, making a cracking sound that made one's teeth ache.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Kaguya wiping her sweat with a towel, letting her hair down. Her hair was very smooth and fell behind her, with only a few strands sticking to her cheeks because of the sweat.

"Are you planning to go back?"

"Yes, it's getting late," Kaguya nodded in reply.

Feng packed his things and took out his phone from his pocket: "Kaguya-kun, do you have a phone? Let's add each other on LINE. We're just missing you in the class group chat. I'll add you."

Kaguya thought about it for a moment and then agreed, taking out her flip phone.

"Um... Shinomiya-kun, this model of phone can't be added."

After a brief moment of surprise, Kaguya Shinomiya's face showed an unusual expression of unease.

"I'll add your email first, and then I'll send you any messages privately."

Kaguya Shinomiya nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Does everyone have a smartphone?"

"Yes, because it's very convenient to use."

“This phone has special meaning to me,” Kaguya explained, looking into the other person’s eyes.

"Well, it's getting late, I'll be going now." Kaede waved his hand. Eriri was already waiting for him at the school gate. If he was late, she would probably hit him with her twin tails again.

Eriri leaned against the school gate, kicking pebbles on the ground with the tip of her shoe. She looked up and saw Kaede's voice. The setting sun cast a hue on her.

She waved to him with a smile, and she quickly shook off the embarrassing thoughts in her mind, complaining to him, "Why are you so slow?"

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't see my phone. Let me treat you to something. By the way, why is your face so red?" Feng rubbed the other person's head with his hand.

Eriri's face seemed to turn even redder, and she quickly brushed away his mischievous hand: "Mind your own business! It's because of the sunset!!"

"The setting sun... well, there's nothing we can do about that."

Eriri turned her head away, her tied-up hair whipping against Kaede's arm.

"Autumn has arrived, and we'll be changing our school uniforms in a few days."

The two chatted idly as they passed by Granny Wang's shop and bought a cup of taro ball and red bean soup. Feng pressed the small cardboard bowl against Eriri's cheek, and the warm touch made her squint her eyes comfortably.

Will eating like this make me fat?

"You can just lose weight later if you get fat."

"It's not that easy." Eriri glared at him, annoyed. Granny Wang, who was making taro balls for the other customers, was used to their intimacy, but couldn't help but chuckle to herself.

Feng scooped up a large piece of rice cake with a spoon, ate it with a little red bean soup, and chewed it happily: "Indeed, this is what we should eat in autumn and winter."

Eriri immediately rolled her eyes: "You said the same thing when you ate the potato pancakes from Shingen's family. You always like this and that, don't you have anything you dislike?"

There aren’t many beautiful things in the world, but the wind blowing from the other side of the river on the evening of the Beginning of Autumn just happens to be something I like.

"Hmm, who said that?" Eriri asked, chewing on a taro ball.

Feng also looked at her: "Song Xiaojun."

"You've always been saying things I don't understand."

Kaede just smiled and didn't answer. Eriri stared at his sunny smile, lost in thought.

"I'm home." Eriri returned home, changed into slippers, and came to the living room, but received no reply: "Mom and Dad aren't home yet."

She pushed open the door, and the entire room was filled with paintings—hanging on the walls, pasted on the ceiling, and even crumpled up in the trash can.

Since returning from the art museum, she has started studying color, wanting to paint what she sees.

And the one naturally chosen for practice is...

......

"Brother~" Before Bai Yinfeng could even change his shoes, Xiao Gui jumped into his arms.

"Aren't Mom and Dad back yet?"

"You came back, then left again." Xiao Gui wrapped her arms around his neck, clinging to him like a koala.

Is this happening again?