Endless Silver Machine

The preparations for opening the "Moonlight Bath" store were actually basically completed in the morning. But no one was ready to leave the warm room yet, so Senior Sister Sera made everyone a cup of hot milk tea. In "Moonlight Bath", she has the most experience working on it. There are rumors that even the current interior decoration and uniform design of "Moonlight Bath" are handled by her. It is not an exaggeration to call her the store manager.

"Okay, okay, everyone has worked hard!" She skillfully placed the tray in the middle of the table, "This is my treat for you."

"Sister Sera is great!"

"It's such a blessing to be able to drink Sister Sera's milk tea."

Of course, one table cannot seat so many people, and the seats fixed on the ground cannot be moved. There is no way to put two tables together, so the boys and girls were divided into two small groups and sat together, but they were separated from each other. Not far apart.

The time passed quickly while chatting. Before we knew it, in addition to the original milk tea, there were all kinds of snacks on the table. Some boys even ran to the backstage and brought out the electric oven and started an indoor barbecue. .

Taking advantage of the noisy atmosphere there, the girls' topic direction changed subtly.

"Xiao Xi, Xiao Xi."

Wei Xi tilted her head when the second-year senior girl called her softly.

"I heard that during the winter vacation, you and the boy you lived with went to the Tebiri Kingdom for vacation?"

"And there are still two of us... eh!"

Another senior sister didn't know what scene she had imagined, and she shouted excitedly.

"Shh-" Sierra quietly raised her finger in front of her lips, "Keep your voice down, don't let the other side hear it."

Then, she also looked at Wei Xi, whose face was flushed, with interest.

"Just tell us a little bit, how far is it going?"

"Wait a minute, Sister Sierra, there is another person who needs to be avoided!"

The senior who had just screamed stood up suddenly, walked around the table and came to Luoluo's side. Luoluo immediately knew what she was going to do, but as soon as she stood up, she grabbed her arm.

"Come on, come on, Luo Luo, go grab some meat slices from the boys!"

"No! Why can't I listen?"

Luoluo struggled desperately, but the senior sister's strength was much greater than expected, and she couldn't pull out her tightly grasped arm at all.

"Don't you know the reason very well? Hahaha!"

Just like that, Luoluo was forcefully pulled away from the circle of girls by her senior sister and pushed towards the boys. The cheers of the boys completely drowned out Wei Xi's voice.

"By the way, Sister Sera, you have to tell me later!"

While being careful not to let Luo Luo escape back, the senior sister turned her head and smiled brightly at Wei Xi, whose mouth was open and unable to make a sound, and Sera, who was waving her hands.

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——Brother, for some reason, the store is in chaos again... Xiaoxi and I may come back very late, so dinner doesn't have to wait for us.

In the evening, Aika received a text message from Lolo.

"This is the case again..."

During lunch, there was also a trio of Qiu Ke who made the atmosphere lively at the table. And now...

As long as he thought about it for a moment, Aika could find that even if he talked to Ling as usual, when he thought about it from the perspective of a third party, he would realize that there was a strong sense of violation hidden in it. He was avoiding eye contact with Ling and also avoiding talking about certain sensitive topics. Ling probably had the same idea. Therefore, the connection between the two is even looser than the fried rice that he made in a few minutes.

Aika flipped the spatula casually.

After receiving Luoluo's text message, he knocked on Ling's closed door.

"Luoluo and Wei Xi won't be back tonight, what do you want to eat?"

Ling didn't come out of the room all afternoon. Probably before she woke up, her lazily-sounding answer came from inside the room.

"Anything is fine."

"Where's the fried rice? There's some left over from lunch, and I can only make this kind of rice."

"Then why are you asking me?" The volume of her voice suddenly increased by a few decibels, and she seemed to be angry, "Forget it, I'll do it."

"I've already told you, take a good rest now and wait until the wound on your hand heals."

"..."

"That's it. It doesn't matter. Luoluo thinks highly of my craftsmanship."

"Luoluo's evaluation of you cannot be used as a reference at all!"

"Anyway, just wait patiently. You won't be disappointed, probably..."

There was no reply from Ling in the room. It took a while before her voice was captured by Aika's ears again.

"Then it's up to you..."

Her job was taken away, and the faint feeling of loss was mixed in her soft words. Even if you don't think from Ling's perspective, Aika can feel it.

The slightly shabby dinner was eaten by both of them in an unnatural silence. Aika quietly paid attention to Ling's reaction while eating, but Ling never raised her head, and her hanging bangs were dangling, blocking Aika's sight.

Ling seemed to swallow the browned rice without chewing it. Aika only knew that during this time, she reached for the cup and poured water down her throat no less than three times. Mostly because she ate too quickly and choked on the rice. Even so, she kept silent.

Aika, who saw this, also remained silent.

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Ling, who hurriedly cleared away the dinner, put the bowls and chopsticks on the table neatly, and finally said her first words since Aika called her downstairs.

"I don't have to do the housework, right?"

The look he looked at Aika was not that he was waiting for an answer, but that in order to make his departure seem more natural, Ling deliberately created some unnecessary conversations.

"Well, you can rest peacefully for a while." Aika reached across the table, took Ling's tableware, and stacked it with his own, "But there is one thing I still have to ask of you. You can wait here first. For a moment?"

"If it's not something very important, just say no tomorrow..."

Ling didn't want to stay here for a moment.

"It's just something important."

Aika's tone was very calm, but exuded a toughness that could not be rejected. Ling was slightly shocked by his attitude, and their eyes finally met. Aika responded to Ling's gaze with firm eyes. The stare-off lasted less than two seconds before Ling immediately turned around.

"I know, I know, just wait here until you finish."

She shook her long blond hair and walked straight to the sofa and sat down.

It seems that they have finally compromised, which should be considered half of the success of the plan. Aika breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, the stalemate with Ling was really tiring. Perhaps, as Qiu Ke and the others had guessed, Ling's current cold attitude was largely due to him. The only clue Aika could think of was this trip to the Tebiri Kingdom. After he and Wei Xi came back, she had always looked so strange. But when he saw her and Wei Xi together in the morning, there was nothing different between them than usual.

It's useless to think about it now... Aika sped up the movements of her hands.

Tonight, he had made up his mind to erase this sense of disobedience with his own hands.

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"Sorry for the waitting."

Aika wiped the water stains on the back of her hands and walked back to the hall.

Ling was nibbling on the biscuits on the coffee table, which Aika took out to entertain Qiu Ke and the others. Finding Aika walking towards this side, Ling immediately stood up from the sofa.

"If you have anything to say, please finish it quickly. I want to sleep."

She guiltily put her hands behind her back and deliberately kept a distance from Aika.

"Is that why you overeat to stay awake?"

"How is that possible! And this can't be called overeating at all!"

That's it. Aika nodded secretly in her heart. Seeing Ling looking so energetic, Aika felt that the atmosphere was much more relaxed.

"Luoluo and Wei Xi won't be back for a while, will they accompany me for a walk?"

"Has your head been frozen in the past two months?" Ling narrowed her eyes slightly, "It's so late, why should I change clothes and go out for a walk with you?"

Ling is now wearing plush pajamas that are divided into upper and lower garments. Black pantyhose wrap her well-shaped legs and protrude from the pajamas that only reach the top of her thighs.

"No need to change, we can just walk around the house."

There are still a few days until the official start of school, so there are not many students staying in school now, and even fewer people will approach the administrator's cabin. Moreover, it was already dark, and Ling's pajamas were of a more conservative type. If he didn't go too far, there was no need to change into uniform.

"Besides, you just finished dinner and you ate so many cookies. You can't just lie down and sleep."

"I only ate three biscuits, where did your eyes go?"

"Even so, if you don't exercise, you will gain weight..."

"You don't have to worry about this!" Ling smacked her lips, "...Since you said so, it's not impossible to accompany you."

"Then it's decided."

I originally thought that it would take more time to make Ling give up the idea of ​​persisting, but I didn't expect that she would take the bait with such a simple provocation.

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