Ichi Nijika gently bit the soft flesh on the side of her mouth, telling herself that neither Narusawa Kaede nor Yamada Ryo were averse to contact with others... Well, that was a bit of self-deception.
In front of Yamada Ryo, Iji Tomoka could smile and put her arm around her shoulder, calling her "older sister." But Narusawa Kaede...
Ichi Nijika swallowed hard.
The tangled fingers pressed against her thigh, well hidden by the tabletop.
Her toes, also hidden under the table, rubbed against each other, revealing an uncontrollable unease.
Even their breathing became more labored.
"...Um, that."
A faint sound broke the week-long silence of the Light Music Department.
Ichi Niji Natsumi took a deep breath, her crimson eyes reflecting the blurry figures of Narusawa Kaede and Yamada Ryo.
She asked, "Milk, is that alright?"
Yamada Ryo didn't say anything; drinking a glass of milk wasn't a big deal.
Naruzawa Kaede paused for a moment, his gaze sweeping past Ichiji Nijika's body and landing on the freezer behind her.
It's not far away.
As for the text, I just skimmed over it; it wasn't important.
"Ugh..."
Seeing that neither of them was moved, Ichiji Nijika's courage, which she had just mustered, deflated again.
To be honest, if Mingze Feng weren't here, she might be able to relax a bit more. But actually...
Now, Ichi Nijika doesn't dare to breathe too loudly.
Mingze Feng said, "Just go get it, it's the one in the back. I'll restock later, and you can let me know if you want anything else."
"No, this... Anyway, I'll go get it. Liang, what do you need?"
"Cola, sugar-free. Someone recently told me I've gained weight."
"Let's not even talk about how I've never insulted you..."
Naruzawa Kaede turned to stare into Yamada Ryo's eyes and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear, "So, Ms. Ryo, who doesn't even want to brush her own teeth, do you have any idea why you've gained weight?"
Yamada Ryo pouted, "...Don't you know whether I'm fat or not? You're actually complaining about me, aren't you?"
"I clearly like it a lot. It feels good to rub my legs and chest."
As Narusawa Kaede spoke, he reached out his hand toward Yamada Ryo's leg. Yamada Ryo instinctively spread her legs, but then she realized something was wrong.
Yamada Ryo glanced almost imperceptibly at Ichiji Nijika, a surge of embarrassment and annoyance rising within him, before glaring fiercely at Narusawa Kaede.
[Ichi Niji Natsumi has only just joined the club, and you're already in a hurry to ruin the light music club's image and damage my dignity as the club president!]
"Idiot, you fool. Don't just bring up topics like this."
As Ichika Nijika sat back down, the glass made a short, sharp echo on the wooden table, and Yamada Ryo could only reply with this last sentence in a low voice.
She also pressed down on Mingze Feng's hand.
Naruzawa Kaede glanced back at Ijichi Nijika, but ultimately did not pursue the matter further.
There's no rush. I'm with Yamada Ryo every day anyway. Our relationship has progressed to this point that even if I suggested we get intimate tonight, Yamada Ryo wouldn't refuse.
"Speaking of which, should we warm it up? Let's prepare a microwave later."
Before Narusawa Kaede could finish speaking, Yamada Ryo looked thoughtfully at the milk in Ijichi Nijika's hand, then squinted at Narusawa Kaede.
'Why are you being so attentive the moment they arrive? What are you trying to do?!'
Naruzawa Kaede winked at Yamada Ryo.
'I'm taking care of my younger sister.'
Yamada Ryo tried to hide his expression by drinking tea, but he couldn't help puffing out his cheeks.
Taking care of her younger sister, isn't that still about Ichiji Hoshika?
Yamada Ryo looked at Ijichi Nijika with a resentful expression, and immediately regretted his actions.
Before this, in this room, Naruzawa Kaede only had eyes for her. Now that Ichiji Nijika has arrived, Naruzawa Kaede is thinking about other people.
Ichiji Nijika, puzzled, held up her milk and asked, "It's cool, do you want some?"
Yamada Ryo's expression softened slightly, and she muttered to herself, "Nijika, in the future, there will be a charge for using the microwave. Five hundred yen per use! I mean, five thousand yen!"
Mingze Feng withdrew his finger from the top of her head.
It seems the Light Music Club still needs some time to gel.
That night.
During tender moments.
Narusawa Kaede told Iji Tomoka about the light music club and asked for her opinion on Nijika joining the club.
"Xingge, don't worry. I will definitely protect Hongxia at school. Your sister is my sister too, and I will never let her suffer any injustice."
"..."
After a long period of contemplation, Ichiji Hoshika asked a question from the bottom of her heart:
"Feng, why did you repeat a grade? Although Hongxia isn't as mature as you, her grades are excellent. She'll go straight to high school and even get into university. Feng, will you... be able to graduate from high school?"
Mingze Feng's expression stiffened when asked the question, but repeating a year was a legacy issue.
As for taking the college entrance exam...
Mingze Feng remembered that a few weeks ago he had earned points similar to 'academic ability' on a female junior.
"Xingge, let me tell you a story from Dongda University three months ago..."
Ijichi Hoshika chuckled, and then couldn't stop. She slapped Narusawa Kaede's stomach repeatedly with her arm. Ijichi Hoshika's joyful laughter echoed throughout the Starry Sky basement.
"Haha... Stop joking, haha... Feng, I'm not saying this to be mean, but we... we're not cut out for this. Take my advice, just go straight into the entertainment industry, brand yourself as a prodigy, that's way more reliable than your three months at Tokyo University!"
Mingze Feng also shook his head with a light laugh.
Many things are not a matter of whether or not you can do them, but whether or not you want to do them.
Mingze Feng had no intention of adding points to Deep Blue just to prove a story. It wasn't that he couldn't, but simply that he didn't want to.
What good are ten thousand bushels of grain to me?
Naruzawa Kaede chuckled and gently rubbed Ijichi Hoshika's belly. Ijichi Hoshika wrapped her arms around his shoulders, her face still flushed.
"But seriously, Feng, what are your plans for the future? You could come work as the assistant manager, no problem. But if I take you in, you'd better listen to me!"
Mingze Feng pondered for a moment and said, "I'll just go to any university in the future. My short-term goal is to hold a concert at Fanxing before graduating from high school and earn 100 million."
"I'll save enough money for retirement before I graduate from university, and then I'll retire right after graduation!"
"...What kind of old-fashioned thinking is that? I'm in my twenties and I'm still running my shop and working hard, okay?!"
Ichihoshika nestled against Naruzawa Kaede's chest, muttering, "A hundred million is possible. Since it was earned on Fanxing Island, we'll split it fifty-fifty, fifty million... Kaede, what would you do with fifty million?"
"Didn't I say I was retiring?"
"What will you do after retirement? Will you do it every day?"
"Yes, I do it every day."
Ijichi Hoshika raised her hand and smacked Narusawa Kaede's arm. "Seriously, don't you do that every day now?"
"Now that you mention it, it's true..."
Naruzawa Kaede thought for a moment and said, "Let's keep it the same as now. From the last time... do you remember..."
Ming Zefeng carefully considered his words while reaching for his phone beside his pillow, but couldn't find it.
It was Ijichi Hoshika who handed over the phone. The way she did it was a little... she held it between her toes from underneath.
Ichiko Hoshika chuckled sheepishly and explained, "I bumped my head while we were doing it, so I kicked the foot of the bed..."
Mingze Feng took the phone and touched her waist twice more. Yiji Zhixingge blushed and shouted, "Why didn't you look so disgusted when you touched my feet just now?"
"Let's keep things separate. Scientific research has also proven that phone screens are more powerful than horses—"
His mouth was covered.
"I don't want to hear you say that, or I'll shove my foot in your mouth."
Mingze Feng nodded obediently, then opened his phone and went to the photo gallery...
In that instant, Mingze Feng pressed the power button to turn off his phone.
At this moment, Ichiji Hoshika crawled over and asked, "What is it? Which girl messaged you?"
Ah...it's probably more serious than that. The gallery is full of white, bare thighs. How do you explain that?
Have it.
"I'll send it to you, go get your phone."
"Hey, hey, don't kick it! It's going to fall. Honestly, why don't we just watch it together?"
When Ichika grabbed the phone, a picture sent by Narusawa Kaede appeared on the screen.
It was a photo that resembled a family portrait, but it should be called a "nursery portrait" or a "hospital portrait" rather than a family portrait.
A dozen or so children were smiling brightly with the elderly director and caregivers.
Ichiko Hoshika remembered. It was at the end of last year when she was driving north with SickHack and his group, passing by an orphanage.
Did you continue to support them afterward?
"It's just entrusting the money to professionals. I have a good eye for people; I can tell at a glance who is truly kind."
"Humph."
"Well, there's really nothing I want to buy. I just want to buy you guys some gifts, and also, I have a wooden guitar that I want to redeem, but I can't find it at the original store anymore."
"It was probably thrown away because it was too old and hadn't been properly maintained."
Mingze Feng sighed, looked at the photos on his phone, and smiled again.
"Doing something can at least make up for the regret."
Ijichi Hoshika pursed her lips, saved the photo, then tossed her phone aside and looked at Naruzawa Kaede, who was lying on the bed with his belly button covered by the blanket.
Seeing the slight smile on Naruzawa Kaede's face, Ichiji Hoshika couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips as well.
What? This little scumbag is actually a decent guy after all.
Ijichi Hoshika squinted, climbed back onto the bed, and grabbed the sheet covering Narusawa Kaede with one hand.
Mingze Feng noticed this at the same time and reached out to grab the bed sheet.
"what are you doing?"
"You're so kind at such a young age, let me reward you."
"...What criminal declaration! I just finished a box of those condoms, didn't I say I was going to take a break?"
"Well... it's okay if I don't bring it sometimes, right?"
As Ichika Hoshika spoke, having seized on Narusawa Kaede's weakness, she smiled and narrowed her eyes.
"Hmm... I said... it's a reward, right?"
Naruzawa Kaede gasped, raised his hand and placed it on Ijichi Hoshika's head, ruffling her hair, then glanced at the time.
If you finish quickly, you'll still have time to go to school.
Chapter 75 I really do need to go to university.
Since he had promised Xingge to take good care of Hongxia, he naturally had to stand in his brother-in-law's shoes and pay attention to his younger sister.
According to Naruzawa Kaede's observation, aside from harboring some heavy thoughts about him, Ichiji Nijika is usually a good student who excels in both character and academics, is lively and cheerful, is enthusiastic about helping classmates, gets along well with teachers, and lives harmoniously with her family—a model student of the new era.
It seems that Ichiki Nijika doesn't need any help.
As for those past events, Naruzawa Kaede simply considers them the past. After all, the past is no joke, and Naruzawa Kaede had long ago learned to face it with a smile.
Just as Ichiji Nijika doesn't bring up the past, Narusawa Kaede also has no intention of bringing it up again when facing Ichiji Nijika.
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