I have pure love with them

Looking at Hiroto Shioyama's smug expression, Quan nodded slightly.

"Does she run her own shop?"

"No, unfortunately, she's working at a Japanese confectionery shop for now. If you're interested, I can ask her to make some more."

"Which store?"

As for the craftsmanship of Hiroto Shioyama's sister, Izumi, who can also make some desserts herself, would give her a score of 9 out of 10. If you don't want to make desserts yourself, buying some desserts made by his sister is also a good choice.

128. Another pink-haired girl appears

After school, Nagasaki Soyo sent a message to Izumi again, wanting to meet him at 'RiNG'. In Nagasaki Soyo's words, this was to 'deepen the understanding and feelings between us as friends'.

Did she want to get to know him as a friend?

"You really can't wait, Ms. Nagasaki."

In the past, he could always get the attention of girls, but now, Nagasaki Shoyo used him as a stepping stone to get close to Toyokawa Shoko, which made Izumi feel a little helpless.

[I also hope to get to know Miss Nagasaki better, but today is the day I have an appointment with a friend, so I regret that I cannot agree to Miss Nagasaki. If we can meet again another day, I also want to know more about Miss Nagasaki and get to know her more realistically.]

Izumi has already made a plan. Today, she is going to meet Tokinoya Mion, and will try to wait and see if she can run into Toyokawa Shoko on that road.

Whether it is Tokinoya Mion, whom he has known since childhood, or Toyokawa Shoko, who is currently the key to maintaining his relationship with Nagasaki Soyo, both of them have higher priority than Nagasaki Soyo.

"Fake friendship cannot be magic, Miss Nagasaki."

After the rejection was edited, it was sent out.

……

hum-

After receiving Izumi's reply, Nagasaki Shoyo looked down at the screen.

"Rejected...?"

Nagasaki Shoyo, who thought Izumi would agree, found that it seemed like he had been rejected by the other party for the third time.

Once I wanted to know about Toyokawa Shoko, but was refused by her. Yesterday I proposed to date her, but was also rejected by her. Now I was also refused to meet her.

This was the first time she had been rejected so many times by a single person since she started living with her mother.

"...Chihaya-kun."

Whispering softly, a trace of thought appeared in Nagasaki Shoyo's eyes. She frowned slightly, and after thinking carefully, she expressed her respect and understanding for Quan in her reply, and expressed her willingness to meet Quan again when she had time next time.

Sitting on the smoothly running tram in a quiet environment, Izumi received a reply from Nagasaki Soyo.

"Let's meet again next time when we have time?"

He casually sent an emoticon with the word "OK" written on it as a reply to his agreement. He slowly turned his head to look out of the tram window. It was pitch black, with only the "whoosh" sound of the tram running.

'Well, and my own face.'

At noon, Izumi, who was planning to visit Tokinoya Miura, learned about the Japanese confectionery shop where Hiroto Shioyama's sister worked. He thought he could buy some desserts as a gift for Tokinoya Miura, and he could also take them back to Aine, as his own sister also liked desserts.

"I don't think there are fruit sandwiches in Japanese confectionery shops... If not, buy some ingredients and make them yourself."

It has been a long time since he made fruit sandwiches for Aine. He hasn't made her a single fruit sandwich since she came back from abroad. He doesn't know if Aine has bought spring water herself. During this time when her mood is not very stable, he can make some fruit sandwiches to ease her mood.

When they arrived at the stop where the Japanese confectionery shop was, Quan left the train and arrived at the Japanese confectionery shop that Hiroshi Shioyama had mentioned.

"No, isn't this a dessert shop? Well, it's no different from a Japanese confectionery shop..."

It's just that the name "wagashi shop" is more traditional, while the name "dessert shop" is more modern. In the current trend of the times, the two have basically merged together. Some of the "innovated" wagashi are no less outrageous than the "pineapple pizza" in the eyes of Italians.

After entering the store, Quan asked the clerk about the desserts made by Miss Shioyama. The clerk showed obvious surprise and his eyes fell on Quan's student uniform. He was obviously concerned about why a student would come here specifically to order desserts made by Shioyama Ryoune.

But despite being surprised, he still fulfilled his job responsibilities and introduced some desserts made by Shioyama Ryoune to Quan.

"Well, take three of each and pack them separately."

After staring at it for a while, seeing that there were only two different types of desserts and the prices were not expensive, they ordered three of each.

"Thank you for your patronage. The total is 2,880 yen."

He paid the money neatly, watched the clerk put the desserts into a paper bag, picked up the bag, and stuffed the receipt into his pocket. Then he left the dessert shop and headed towards Tokinoya's house.

After Quan left for a while, a petite, pink-haired woman wearing a red pastry chef's hat was working in the kitchen when the waiter who had just served Quan quietly came up behind her.

"Liang Yin~"

"……What's wrong?"

Shioyama Ryouin, who was staring at the oven, didn't have any intention of paying attention to the other party, but considering that the other party came to see her specifically, she asked anyway.

"Just now, a customer came over and specifically asked to buy the dessert you made."

"and then?"

"The other party is still a student."

"student?"

Shioyama Ryoune, who had a childish face, like a student, but exuded a strong aura, looked at the clerk.

She wasn't really surprised that someone came all the way to buy the desserts she made.

Having participated in many dessert competitions, she has accumulated a little fame. In addition, she has opened her own account and often promotes her works on SNS. Some people would come specially for her, which is within her understanding, but she still cares about a student coming.

"girl?"

"Boys!"

"..."

For a moment, Shioyama Ryoin thought of her stupid brother, but quickly denied it in her heart.

Her younger brother only knew how to buy some obscene games all day long, and he didn't have any extra living expenses to come to this dessert shop to spend money.

"I see."

After thinking about it, Xishan Liangyin did not try to find out the other party's identity anymore. No matter what the other party's identity was, he was just a customer who liked desserts to her. There was no need to make a fuss about it.

Looking at Shioyama Ryoune's indifferent reaction, the clerk, who wanted to tell her to cheer her up, shrugged helplessly and continued to work.

……

He carried Mio, who was unable to move freely, onto his lap, and the two of them sat at the low table in the room.

He took out the dessert he bought from the paper bag beside him, placed it in front of Mio, and gently opened the exquisite packaging.

Sitting on his lap, Tokinoya Mion felt the warmth behind her and the familiar scent that enveloped her. She lowered her head and watched Izumi unpack the dessert for her, her heart filled with happiness and satisfaction.

"Has Brother Quan tried it?"

With her hands on the table and looking at the white Daifuku in front of her, Tokinoya Mion asked Izumi curiously.

"Well, I've already tasted it at noon."

Thinking back to the Daifuku he had at noon, Quan felt that it should be considered a special edition.

129. She knew nothing but that the lamp needed her!

"What was the name of the song I heard in the activity room just now...Haruhi Kage?"

Unable to find suitable band members, Chihaya Aine set her sights on Takamatsu Tomori, who was treated as a mascot by her classmates. But by coincidence, seeing that Takamatsu Tomori was in a low mood, she took the initiative to invite him to the karaoke.

I originally wanted to let the other person vent his emotions by singing loudly, but when I asked him what song he could sing, he became silent again, lowered his head and said nothing.

Helplessly, Chihaya Aine recalled the song she saw in Takamatsu Deng's notes when she was in the astronomy club, and prepared to search for the song in the playlist.

"Haru...Hi...Kage...ah, it says it can't find this song?"

There was a familiar feeling in his heart, but at the moment, thinking about Aine who could help Takamatsu Deng relax, he didn't pay too much attention to this familiar feeling. After failing to search for the song, he looked at Takamatsu Deng opposite him.

“That’s a song we all wrote together.”

Seeing that Chihaya Aine didn't retrieve any songs, Takamatsu Deng was not too surprised.

It was just a song made by their small band, the first and last song they made together, and it wasn't popular enough to be included in karaoke playlists.

Gao Songdeng picked up the maraca on the table and shook it gently. Listening to the "squeaking" sound inside, she couldn't help but recall the last time she went to karaoke with everyone from "CRYCHIC". Her already lost mood became even more depressed.

"You said you would fail again, what's going on?"

After learning that it was not a popular song, Chihaya Aine didn't take it to heart and asked the question that was most important to her.

Previously in the Astronomy Club, she heard Takamatsu, a classmate in front of her, say that she would "fail again" in response to her invitation, which made Chihaya Aine very concerned. Now she heard it again from the other party. If she wanted to calm Takamatsu Deng's emotions, she had to know the specific circumstances of this "failure" so that she could take reasonable actions and comfort the girl in front of her.

"Eh?"

Gao Songdeng looked up in surprise, feeling a little sensitive about this topic.

"Just now, you said that even if you formed a band again, it would fail again. Why? Did the previous band have conflicts?"

Reaching out to touch the song-selecting device, Chihaya Aine was looking for a suitable song for the two of them to sing while asking the guess in her mind. This question was like a sharp arrow that pierced into Takamatsu Deng's heart and made her lower her head.

The comments that Toyokawa Shoko made about her that day still clearly echoed in her ears.

[The disbandment of 'CRYCHIC' was caused by me.]

During the days when the band disbanded, this sentence kept appearing in Gao Songdeng's mind.

“Could it be that the pursuit of music is different?”

"...Well, I don't think that's the case."

Facing Chihaya Aine who suddenly raised her head and looked at him, Takamatsu Deng's lips moved slightly and he gave a hesitant answer.

“That’s not the case…”

She originally thought that the other party's band disbanded due to ideological reasons, an image of a band that disbanded in pursuit of its own musical ideals, but before it could be established in Chihaya Aine's mind, it was shattered. She lowered her head in disappointment and continued to order songs.

"Maybe it's because of me..."

Gao Songdeng lowered his head and told the reason for his deep pain with a heavy heart.