Glacier sister, don't want to be a sandwich

Yue Ge blinked, then suddenly revealed an innocent expression: "Of course - disband~"

"Eh?" Yazi almost spit out the Coke in his hand.

"Hmm?" Yusaki also raised his eyebrows, looking a little caught off guard.

"Really?" Hai Ling just nodded, her expression calm, as if she had guessed it a long time ago.

Yue Ge was not frightened by their reactions. Instead, she smiled and placed her hands on the table, her tone gentle but firm: "I'm not kidding."

She looked around at everyone at the table, and there was no regret in her voice, but rather calmness and cherishment.

"Our performance this time is already one of my happiest and most satisfying memories. Besides, Ako-senpai is going to enter higher education this year, right? It's becoming increasingly difficult for Arisaki-senpai's schedule to match ours. After several rehearsals, you guys are already too late."

She paused, her eyes gently sweeping over everyone present, and a bright smile slowly appeared on the corner of her mouth, like the sunlight slanting through the window, gentle but not dazzling.

“Instead of waiting until everyone is too busy and exhausted from practicing and has to say goodbye hastily, it’s better to say goodbye when you are happiest.”

Her voice was not loud but firm, and her words were particularly clear against the noisy background of the fast food restaurant.

“Keep this memory…in the most beautiful place.”

After Yue Ge finished speaking, she smiled gently. Her smile was like a little flower swaying in the summer breeze, clean and bright.

She tilted her head, her eyes filled with the familiar mischief and frankness: "Besides, even if we don't form a band, we can still be friends~"

Ichigaya Yusaki sighed, his expression seemingly helpless, but the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise: "Really... I can't get angry at your smile at all."

She turned her face to the side and muttered in mock disgust, "So cunning."

Yazi looked down at the folded coupon in her hand, gently stroking the edge with her fingertips, and was silent for a moment.

Then, she sat up straight, her eyes rekindled with that familiar fire, and she adopted an exaggerated, middle school-like tone: "Hehehe! Now that the brave team has defeated the Dark Lord, then... it's time to disband! Let's each embark on a new journey!"

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"Ako-senpai, Arisaki-senpai, see you some other day!"

Yue Ge stood at the street corner, waving goodbye to the two of them, her smile bright and dazzling in the afterglow of the evening.

After seeing off the seniors, she turned around and immediately looked at the three people around her with great interest, with a small glimmer of some plan succeeding in her emerald green eyes.

"Alright, alright! Tomorrow is the weekend—do you have any plans?"

"Yue Ge...is there anything you want to do?" Gao Songdeng tilted his head as he looked at Yue Ge's excited look.

"Yeah!" Yue Ge nodded and showed the coupon in her hand.

"Everyone! Let's go shopping together tomorrow!"

"Sorry... I don't have time." Su Shi refused decisively, showing the message on his phone, "My parents said that we will go out together as a family tomorrow."

"Hmm..." Yue Ge's tone suddenly dropped an octave, and the corners of her mouth drooped slightly. She turned her head and placed her hope on the next person, "What about Hai Ling?"

Hai Ling lowered her head and adjusted the bag on her shoulder. As if she had anticipated being asked, her tone was as calm as water: "I'm not free either."

“Mmmm…” Yue Ge’s shoulders slumped, and the coupons in her hand fluttered like leaves in the wind.

Finally, her gaze slowly shifted to the last person: "Xiao-Xiao Deng...?"

"I have no problem." said Gao Songdeng.

"That's great!!" Yue Ge rushed over and hugged her like a koala. "Xiao Deng is really the best!"

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Chapter 143 Gao Song Penguin Says (Revised)

On Saturday morning, sunlight slanted through the curtains into Bingchuan's dining room, shining on the edge of the buttery toast on the dining table.

Yue Ge sat at the dining table, a sandwich in her hand, taking bite after bite, but she didn't feel the same excitement she usually felt when eating. She held her chin with her hand, her eyes a little vague, looking out the window as if she was contemplating life.

"Our band... from the time we formed to the time we disbanded, it seems like we never had a single good time hanging out?"

Yue Ge thought about it carefully and found that the only dinner that could be considered relaxing was that everyone just had a quick bite to eat at a fast food restaurant.

"I always feel like... such a failure." She muttered as she took a big bite of the sandwich emotionally, even biting her cheek, causing her to hum softly in pain.

"what? What?"

Hikawa Hina, who was drinking milk nearby, heard Yue Ge's complaint and immediately came over like a cat smelling gossip.

Yue Ge sighed, her shoulders drooping in frustration. "I was just thinking... I finally got the chance to hang out with Xiao Deng, but she was the only one who responded to my invitation. Everyone else was busy."

Without waiting for Hinata to respond, Sayo came over, gently placed the milk on the table, and her eyes fell on Yuege's face: "Yuege, is your pocket money enough?"

"Hmm..." Yue Ge's whole body wilted when he heard the word money.

Taking the last bite of her sandwich, she lamented, "I was thinking about having a good time this time... but now the thought of spending money gives me a headache. I haven't even bought a guitar yet..."

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Although she complained about not having money, Bingchuan Yuege finally changed into her favorite denim skirt and white jacket, and appeared at the station entrance on time.

People continued to pour out of the tram doors, and unfamiliar faces flashed before her eyes. Yue Ge stood on tiptoe and poked her head out to search for familiar figures in the crowd.

finally--

"Little light!"

Her eyes lit up, and she immediately waved her hands, her voice like a silver bell cutting through the clamor, "This way, this way!"

Gao Songdeng finally managed to "swim" out of the throng of people at the station, braving the chaotic flow of people. Her bangs were a little messy, the small bag on her shoulder was squeezed a little crooked, and her cheeks were slightly flushed, as if she had just finished gym class.

"Huh... Yuege..." She walked up to Yuege and greeted her breathlessly.

"Here, Xiao Deng!"

Like a magic trick, Yue Ge pulled out a hot croquette he had just bought from behind him, wrapped it neatly in a paper bag, and handed it to Xiao Deng. "I saw that there weren't many people in the line, so I bought two. Come on, eat them while they're still hot!"

"Thank you, Yuege..." she said softly, taking the paper bag with Bei Ze written on it from Yuege's hand.

"Hey, it's okay!" Yue Ge scratched the back of his head, smiling as brightly as the sun. "Only when you're full can you have the energy to go shopping!"

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After a simple meal of croquettes, Yue Ge and Xiao Deng walked side by side on the familiar street.

The afternoon sun shone on their shoulders, and shops on both sides of the street opened one after another. The air was mixed with the aroma of bread, milk tea, and a little bit of early summer heat.

The setting sun stretched the two people's shadows into long and thin ones, like kittens walking side by side.

"Yue Ge..." Xiao Deng turned her head and asked softly, "Where do you want to go first?"

Yue Ge tapped her chin with her index finger and thought seriously for a moment. A familiar mischievous glint flashed in her emerald green eyes. "Hmm... then let's go to Yamabuki Bakery first! The bread they had there last time was really delicious!"

As she spoke, she recalled the taste of the bread and couldn't help but smile a little.

But as she smiled, she wrinkled her nose again and added with a little annoyance, "But I just had croquettes... I don't feel very hungry now. Maybe there won't be anything I want to buy when I go there."

"Then..." Xiao Deng thought for a moment and suggested softly, "How about going somewhere else first?"

Yue Ge's eyes lit up, and she nodded immediately as if she had hit upon something: "Yeah! That's a good idea~!"

"What a pity... there is no musical instrument store on this street." Yue Ge felt a little regretful. If the half-price coupon could be used for musical instruments, then she could buy a guitar.

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After the two of them solved the food problem, they felt a little thirsty, so their first stop was Yuze Coffee Shop.

The moment you push open the wooden door, the crisp sound of wind chimes rings in your ears, and the aroma of coffee beans and baked desserts hits you in the face, making you relax.

"Welcome!" Tsugumi Hanezawa, who was wearing an apron and sorting coffee beans at the bar, raised her head, smiled and waved.

"Senior Yuze!" Yue Ge also waved vigorously in response, the smile on his face as bright as the long-lost sun.

"Hmm, it's Uta-chan and Kotobuki!" Tugumi smiled familiarly, put down the towel, and walked over quickly. She had some impression of these two junior schoolmates, having briefly met them during Afterglow performances.

She took the two of them to a wooden table by the window and sat down. On the table stood a small vase with a few fresh cornflowers in it. Their pale blue petals shimmered in the sunlight.

"What would you like to drink?" Thrush leaned over and asked with a smile.

"Hmm..." Yue Ge opened the menu, her fingers sliding across the lines of letters, her eyes sparkling.

After thinking for a moment, she looked up and made up her mind: "Hot cocoa! I want to drink something sweet~"

"Then...I'm as good as Yuege."

"Okay, two cups of hot cocoa," Thrush skillfully wrote in the small notebook in her hand with a light tone.

Just as Tsugumi Yuzawa went to the bar, Yuege started talking with Xiaodeng.

"Xiao Deng, do you want to buy anything?" Yue Ge asked Xiao Deng.

"The latest series of Band-Aids?" Xiao Deng said after thinking for a long time.

"Hmm... Band-Aids?" Yue Ge blinked, a little surprised, but soon her eyes lit up. "Ah! Come to think of it... I think I've seen several different patterns of Band-Aids in the Astronomy Department. You brought these, right?"

Xiao Deng nodded slightly, a small smile on her lips: "Well... there are new patterns recently, a transparent star pattern, and there is also a limited set with an astronomical theme... I want to collect them all."

"Hmm...it seems quite cute!" Yue Ge held her face with both hands and moved closer, her eyes sparkling. "From the stones in the past to the band-aids now, Xiao Deng has always been good at collecting."

"Because..." Xiao Deng's voice was as soft as the wind blowing by the window, with a hint of tenderness, "I feel that if I collect these things, I can preserve them forever and never forget them."

"Really..." Yue Ge couldn't help but chuckle and blinked, as if imagining some funny scene. "Xiao Deng, you always make me feel like a bird...who likes to collect shiny little things."

She thought for a moment, biting the end of the straw again and adding, "But if it's a bird... it seems a little too skinny... um... a penguin, right?"

"Penguin?" Xiao Deng tilted his head, seemingly unable to react.

"Right, right! Penguin!" Yue Ge's eyes lit up, as if she had suddenly figured it out. "Just like a penguin, it walks a little slowly, its movements are round, but it's super cute! And... it always brings back its favorite things little by little and piles them up around it."

As she spoke, she couldn't help laughing, and the corners of her eyes curved into crescents.

Xiao Deng was stunned, her cheeks slightly warmed, and her ears were quietly stained with a faint red: "...I don't look like a penguin."

"It would be strange if it doesn't look like that!" Yue Ge smiled even brighter, "Little Penguin Gao Songdeng, you are also carefully collecting memories today~"

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Chapter 144: Foodie Moon Song (Revised)

Yuege and Xiaodeng took a short break at Yuze Coffee Shop, drank some hot cocoa, and then resumed their shopping journey.

The sunlight shines through the tall windows of shops on both sides of the street, and the commercial street is still bustling in the afternoon.

The aroma wafting from various street food stalls interweaves with the noise of the crowd to form a typical urban concerto.

"It's too dangerous here..." Yue Ge muttered softly while tightly pulling Xiao Deng's sleeve.

Her original goal was to take Xiao Deng to buy the latest set of Band-Aids.

But less than five minutes after walking out of the coffee shop, her pace slowed down and her eyes were attracted by a snack stall not far away.

"Hmm..." She bit her lower lip subconsciously and covered her slightly bulging belly with her hands.

Her eyes were shining as she stared ahead. "That takoyaki... looks so delicious..."

Steam rose from the stall, takoyaki sizzled, and the aroma seduced her nerves like an invisible hand.

Xiao Deng noticed she stopped, followed her gaze, then looked down at her stomach and asked, "Yue Ge...didn't you just finish eating croquettes and drinking hot cocoa?"

"Yeah, that's right..." Yue Ge replied softly, pressing her hand against her stomach, but she couldn't move her eyes away. "But those are croquettes and hot cocoa, and this is takoyaki!"

Her tone was full of justification, just like a child looking for an excuse to eat one more bite of dessert.

Although he said this, his eyes were almost glued to the takoyaki stall.

Xiao Deng looked at Yue Ge's face, which showed "I really want to eat" and asked softly:

"So... do you want to go eat something?"

When Yue Ge heard this, she felt like she was electrocuted and froze in place, with a hint of expectation on the corner of her mouth that she hadn't had time to retract.

She swallowed and rubbed her small hands on the hem of her skirt, as if she was trying to restrain something.

"I..." Her eyes jumped back and forth between the takoyaki stall and her wallet, and she was torn between her conscience and her desires.

Finally, she lowered her head in distress, her mouth pursed, and shook her head with some reluctance:

“…I guess not.”