How rude, we are pure love!

The sound of a chair being pulled out was heard, and Qingye appeared in front of her and pulled her out. Xiaoju was different from the other two losers. Her attitude had to be tougher, and it would be best to catch them on the spot.

"Let me go..." Xiaoju resisted symbolically.

Outside the door, Banaijian was listening quietly to the conversation between the two, leaning against the wall with his hands behind his back, a smile between resentment and relief slowly forming at the corner of his lips.

"Really, that's the only thing you can't do with Kiyono-kun..."

"However, Xiaoju's situation is rather special, and I'm a little worried. I'll forgive you this time."

*

"You, what you said you were going to do is..."

Xiaoju, who was dragged to the front door, covered her face with her hands in fear, as if she were a vampire who would die if exposed to sunlight.

Qingye gave a thumbs up and smiled brightly:

"Join me in welcoming guests! Just smile and say welcome, easy right?"

There was a brief pause in the scene.

Then Xiaoju ran back quickly like a rabbit, hid herself in the gap, and covered her head with a cardboard box.

"No, no, no! I absolutely can't do this, even if you kill me, I can't do it!"

"...You are too weak, Xiaoju. What level of training can you accept now?" Qingye, who was leaning against the door, scolded.

"Smile."

"Okay, let's start with a smile!"

Whether she can greet guests or not is not important; what is important is to help her build up the most basic self-confidence.

Xiaoju took off the cardboard box and slightly poked her head out, feeling that something was wrong.

*

Thus, the special training of the loser group began.

Two days later——

"I smile." The girl smiled at the mirror.

"That's a creepy laugh like a female ghost. This isn't a haunted house. Let's do it again! Let the guests feel your hospitality!" Qingye commented.

"I laugh." The girl laughed again.

"It's a silly smile, the kind that will be made into an emoticon." Qingye commented sharply.

Xiaoju covered half of her face with her hands, sneering and chanting majestically: "Bastard, bastard, be consumed by the flames of darkness!"

"You have a Chuunibyou!"

"You, you're so annoying..."

The girl complained dissatisfiedly, she thought for a moment, and suddenly turned around to face him. She stretched out two white fingers and placed them on both sides of her cherry lips, gently pulling them up, and the dimples on both sides were faintly visible.

Seeing this classic expression, Qingye was stunned.

Take a closer look, this girl is really cute...

He coughed, resisting the urge to take a photo, and turned his face away: "Next, you can practice on your own. Anyway, don't be too stiff, just a normal smile will be fine."

"I, I was planning to practice on my own, but you insisted on giving me instructions..."

The gloomy girl snorted twice. How could her smile be natural when there were other people watching her?

No, but...this was the first time she had experienced talking and playing with others naturally.

She had never had such an experience even with the minister. After all, she would get extremely nervous when she saw someone she liked.

*

"Your waist needs to sink another five degrees." Qingye turned into a strict instructor.

"is teacher!"

"Very good, now it's time for a real combat drill!" Qingye cleared his throat, straightened his back, and his voice became mature and deep. "Now imagine me as a single father with a child."

"Welcome..."

Xiaoju got stuck for a moment, like a rusty robot, with stiff arms and a tense back. Qingye couldn't stand it anymore and was ready to go up and slap her to wake her up and demonstrate the posture to her.

But just before his hand was about to touch Xiaoju, the door was suddenly opened, and the blue-haired girl jumped out as if she was shining all over.

"I heard you're in trouble?"

"Eight, eight see?"

Xiaoju stood up straight with some embarrassment. She was not used to doing this kind of behavior in front of Banai.

Banaijian leaned against the door, his tone and posture full of the confidence of a strong man:

"Although the man over there is an all-round player, I'm more professional when it comes to how to adjust my smile and how to make customers who just walked in feel warm and comfortable! So, Xiaoju, let me teach you!"

"I have no objection." Qingye felt relieved.

“…” Xiaoju shyly fiddled with her bangs.

Next, Mr. Hanami personally guided her posture and smile until—

*

The breeze blew the curtains, and the bright red light of the setting sun filtered through the window, filling the lounge. The shadows of the three people were stretched and cast on the wall.

The two stood.

One person bowed.

"Welcome!" A steady voice and just the right smile.

Qingye and Yanaijian applauded vigorously at the same time.

"At this point, the ultimate secrets of the Kiyono family have all been passed on to you." Yanaijian smiled.

"Go ahead." Qingye encouraged gently.

"Very……"

"Thank you very much for the guidance, Masters! I'm off!"

Under the gentle gaze of their mentor, Xiaoju felt her eyes getting hot, and the various special trainings of the past few days kept flashing through her mind. It seemed as if infinite power was flowing through her body.

Yes, yes.

Now I can definitely do anything.

This power is called bond! And bond brings infinite courage!

Xiaoju Zhihua, rise up!

She walked into the battlefield with her head held high... This scene was so familiar! She had even complained about it herself!

Qingye walked up to her calmly.

However, when she really stood here, all the unnecessary thoughts disappeared. She couldn't help but clench her hands, and her knuckles turned white. Normally, she was fully capable of saying "Welcome" and smiling, but the failure when she first came to the restaurant had cast such a huge shadow on her that she became nervous.

At this moment, she heard the boy's voice like a stream.

“Don’t worry,” he whispered. “Imagine the guests are sea otters napping in a zoo, like Hanaijian.”

Xiaoju imagined the scene and had a strange expression on his face.

My mood involuntarily became much calmer.

The door was pushed open, and the pleasant sound of wind chimes rang out. Qingye quietly looked at Xiaoju across from him. In the warm light, the usually gloomy Xiaoju bent down and bowed ninety degrees. Her voice was steady and her pronunciation was clear.

"welcome."

*

The two returned to the lounge.

1㈡1㈨

Before disappearing, the dusk in the distance cast its dazzling light, casting a warm halo on the girl's profile.

"Well done." Qingye praised.

Xiaoju stood by the window, pursed her lips, and tried to put on a stern face, but her eyebrows rose slightly uncontrollably. If she was in front of this person... it would be okay to be a little more frank.

But the next moment, her expression froze.

"In this way, I can leave with peace of mind. You should be able to slowly replace my position in the future." Qingye sighed.

H-Is that so...

The joy just now disappeared in an instant. Xiaoju was a little dazed. Such days were over.

This is the final farewell.

It will probably be difficult to have the chance to meet again in the future.

After all, one of them is a student and the other is a member of society, and their relationship is far from being close.

However, there is one thing that must be said.

"Thank you, thank you..."

The girl's gentle voice seemed to turn into spots of light in the sunset, falling on the floor bit by bit, forming an indelible mark.

Although it was only for a short period of time, Qingye turned the key in her heart and made her become more positive.

Outside the door, Banaijian was also biting her lips, feeling overwhelmed with emotion.

She thought that her relationship with Qingye would not be alienated because of this incident, but this place carried the memories of their journey together, and from now on, they could no longer stay in this small lounge as before.

Various scenes of my time with Qingye kept flashing through my mind.

The lake of my heart was splashing with ripples one after another.

How can I get closer to him?

What reason should I use to continue to be with him?

Inside and outside the door, the two girls' emotions were fluctuating at the same time.

Everything around me became very quiet, so quiet that I could hear my own heartbeat.

Da, da, da. Qingye picked up his backpack, turned around, walked to the front door, and deliberately raised his voice.

The bright sound echoed in the space.

"I'll probably focus on school from now on, so...as a classmate, please take care of me."

School?

classmate?

In other words.

At this moment, Ba Naijian's beautiful eyes widened, and she stood there straight like a sculpture.

The sadness gradually faded.

Joy welled up in my heart.

When she came to her senses, she found herself jumping in front of Qingye.

"You...you...you want to come to our school!?"

"It's just a degree."

Qingye raised an eyebrow and showed her somewhat familiar, mischievous smile.

"Really? Why didn't you tell me this earlier? You know I..." The blue-haired girl subconsciously raised her fist and hit him, but she was too embarrassed to say the rest of the words.

"This is a return gift to someone." Qingye said seriously, "I told you not to pull me last time!"

Behind her, Xiaoju, who was also feeling inexplicable emotions, pursed her lips and said, "Classmates...it seems, not bad."