Endless Silver Machine

However, it didn't go as Ling hoped. She was woken up by the vibration of the PDA on her pillow early in the morning.

Wei Xi beside her moved slightly. She slept well, but occasionally took her hands out of the quilt. Ling doesn't have the habit of getting up in the middle of the night, so it's already morning when she finds out.

Thanks to the central heater that was left on all night, Wei Xi has not had a cold yet. She didn't know that the other three people didn't need to sleep with the heater on at night. This was a measure taken to take care of her body.

This time, Ling himself had to thank Huan Lu. When I get out of the quilt, I don't feel the resistance that is unique to winter. She picked up the still vibrating PDA and walked outside the room.

"Hey...Qiu Ke..."

"It's me, it's me. Why do I look listless? It's already eight o'clock."

"Um……"

"Actually, I've been thinking about something recently."

"Um……"

"Study meetings, study meetings. Think about it, wouldn't it be much more efficient if everyone reviewed together?"

"Yes, yes...then what?"

"So let's have one too. The location will be in your dormitory. There's nothing inconvenient about it, right?"

"There is really no inconvenient place..."

"Then it's decided, I'll be over in a while."

"Um……"

After finishing the call with Qiu Ke in a daze, Ling had no intention of returning to bed. Speaking of which, who is preparing breakfast today...

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"I feel hungry when I smell this." Aika was the second person to get up. "Has everyone else gotten up yet?"

"What do you think?"

"It seems like you asked a nonsense question."

Aika waved her hand and walked into the bathroom.

After washing up, Ling's breakfast has been prepared.

"Oh, I feel very rich today." Aika walked to the cooking table, "Is this apron newly bought? I don't think I have seen it before."

"It's just for changing your mood. By the way, Qiu Ke said in the morning that he would come to our house for a study session today."

"President? She must have reviewed it all. After all, she is the monitor of our class."

"She seems to be quite serious during class, she should be similar to Luo Luo."

"Did you go to bed late last night?"

"Eh?" Ling's hand paused for a moment, "How did you see that..."

"your eyes……"

"Don't go out of your way to say such things!"

"Obviously you asked me, so I told you."

Ling's fist landed on Aika's chest, a little hard.

"Idiot! I'll wake them both up."

All that's left is to put breakfast on the table. Ling took off her apron, hung it by the kitchen counter, and hurried to the second floor.

When Luoluo and Wei Xi were already seated at the dining table, Lingcai arrived late. The dark circles under my eyes that were not very obvious before are now completely invisible.

"Qiu Ke wants to come to our house? But there is a study meeting..."

"There's nothing we can do to help..."

Luo Luo and Wei Xi looked at each other awkwardly.

"Perhaps this was Teacher Letika asking the president to use this excuse to make a surprise inspection of our review status."

"No, no, no, this possibility basically does not exist."

Aika simply denied Ling's delusion of being murdered.

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Near noon, Qiu Ke visited the administrator's cabin.

After hearing the doorbell, Luoluo, who happened to be in the hall, got up and opened the door.

"Qiu Ke, welcome!"

"Oh, is this the rumored love nest of Aika?"

"What rumors did you hear..."

"Huh? It's nothing, just talking casually."

Qiu Ke took off his boots at the entrance and put on the plush slippers for guests.

"You hit a good time, Qiu Ke. It's almost lunch."

Aika noticed that Qiu Ke had arrived at the window of the room on the second floor.

Qiu Ke did not wear a cold-proof coat outside his uniform, but only wore a red scarf and a cute hat that could cover his ears.

"Ahaha, I got up very early to get ready, but when I was passing by the 'Moonlight Bath', I was stopped by Senior Sister Sera, so I wasted a little time..."

Qiu Ke was a little embarrassed to say it.

Speaking of Senior Sister Sera, I remember that I once made an agreement with Qiu Ke... By the way, it was to let Qiu Ke work in the "Moonlight Bath" as an employee for one day. I think we just discussed this matter.

"Qiu Ke, we will go and see it too."

"Ah ah ah, don't say it!"

Qiu Ke ran over in a panic and wanted to cover Aika's mouth. But the height difference is too big.

Only Aika and Senior Sister Lilith knew about this agreement. Qiu Ke found out what kind of agreement he had accepted only after the fact. Regardless of whether he is the student council president or not, the agreement must be strictly adhered to, so Qiu Ke finally decided on a time with the waiters at the "Moonlight Bath".

She has been hiding this from other people. Of course, those part-time students will definitely spread the news. Now all Qiu Ke can do is try his best to reduce the number of people who will come to watch on that day.

"Brother, what are you going to see?"

Luoluo, who was behind Qiu Ke, didn't know what was going on, so he confusedly asked Aika, who seemed to know something.

"This..."

Qiu Ke, who was lying on Aika's chest, stared at him with big pitiful eyes.

"...It's nothing, don't worry about it."

Aika still used the same old-fashioned method to fool him. Just because the other party was Luo Luo, if she said this, she would not continue to ask.

"Where are Ling and Wei Xi?"

"The two of you are still in the room. I'll call them. It's almost time to prepare lunch."

"Brother, in your mind, we are just responsible for helping you prepare food, do we exist like servants?"

Luoluo showed a sad expression, but Aika could tell at a glance that she was pretending.

"It's up to you, Qiu Ke."

"Uh-huh."

"Eh...it's really like a family."

"We are family after all..."

"It must be because I am at home now. When I was in the classroom, this feeling was not as strong."

"Eh? Don't we feel like brothers and sisters outside?"

Luoluo was greatly shocked by Qiu Ke's words.

"It's just not that strong. Although I don't know how people outside the academy feel, but the entire Shigetsuki Academy knows about you siblings."

"It's really disturbing to be so famous..."

After Aika learned about everyone's rumors from senior Lilith, she asked the three girls around, but everyone said they had no idea. I asked the classmates in the class and they all gave Aika the same answer. In this case, it shouldn't be very important.

Because the final test was approaching, Aika temporarily put this matter behind her.

While the three of them were talking, the sound of a door closing was heard upstairs.

"I'm coming."

Aika looked towards the stairs, and the figures of Ling and Wei Xi were revealed.

"Qiu Ke, welcome..." Wei Xi's eyes lit up when she saw Qiu Ke. She carefully walked down the stairs and came to Qiu Ke, "This hat is so cute! Did you buy it in the business district?"

"No, my friend made this for me."

"Can I touch it?"

"please……"

"Wow!"

Wei Xi reached out and touched the pointed tips on both sides of the hat, and the ears wrapped inside twitched slightly.

"It feels a little itchy..."

"Ah, sorry..."

Wei Xi quickly let go of her hand.

"Aika, we are preparing lunch, please don't stand in the way."

"I'm not blocking the road!"

"It's really just like the rumors..."

Qiu Ke looked at the four people and muttered to himself.

"Qiu Ke, just wait here. It will be done soon."

But Qiu Ke didn't listen to Wei Xi.

"I want to come too!"

"Eh?"

"Well, it's me who's disturbing you after all, so I'm helping you prepare lunch as a thank you."

"But asking guests to help prepare, this kind of thing..."

Luoluo looked at Aika in embarrassment, asking for his opinion, and Ling also looked at him.

"Why, why are you all looking at me..."

"This matter requires the consent of the family head."

Qiu Ke teased Aika like this.

"What kind of family leader..." Aika sighed, "Isn't this good? And Qiu Ke hopes so, so let her do it."

Qiu Ke confidently made a scissors gesture to everyone.

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In terms of cooking, Qiu Ke can indeed be on the same level as Luo Luo.

"Because my home is a family restaurant, even if I don't want to learn, my parents will force me to watch from the side, and I will learn it without knowing it."

This is how she explained it.

"If you have a chance, let me go and visit..."

"Me too……"

"Are you two so interested in cooking?"

"You don't have to worry about it."

"..."

Neither Ling nor Wei Xi answered Aika's question directly.

"Please be sure to come to my house and you can have free desserts."

"Great, I want to go too!"

"Luoluo, I'm so excited when it comes to dessert..."

Aika rubbed her head.

"hey-hey!"

With Qiu Ke's participation, today's lunch was the most luxurious one. All the ingredients stored in the freezer have been used up. In fact, this amount was too much for five people, but an inexplicable little competition seemed to have arisen between them, and when they came to their senses, they had already finished a table full of dishes.

Because they all tasted so good, everyone ate them all without any difficulty in the end.

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The study meeting officially started in an hour, and the location was unanimously decided to be Aika's room. Speaking of which, there really weren't many things in Aika's room, and his room wasn't as messy as an average boy's room. In Aika’s words, this is thanks to Luoluo’s educational achievements over the years.

But there was no table in the room where everyone could sit together.

"If this is the case, I have it in my room."

Ling raised her hand.

"When did you buy that thing?"

"Wei Xi and I live together. There will always be times when we need it. Just wait for me."

"Let me help you."

"You wait here, Wei Xi and I are enough."

Ling firmly refused to let Aika enter her room. After a while, the two slowly moved the round low table into Aika's room.

"Then, Qiu Ke, please give me some advice."

Everyone spread their books and notebooks on the table, and then all looked at the initiator of the study meeting.

"Eh?" Qiu Ke looked at everyone in confusion, "Is there something on my face?"

She reached out and touched her cheek, but of course she felt nothing.

"Shouldn't you be the one to host it?"

"Why!"

"Why?" Ling thought for a moment, "Because you are the monitor?"

"And he's also the student council president?"

Wei Xi added on the side.

"Well, that's what you think it should be..." Qiu Ke was convinced by them. She rolled up her sleeves, revealing her arms with no visible muscles, "Then..."

Qiu Ke couldn't hold on to this energy for even five minutes. If you want to ask why...

"Qiu Ke, when drawing the magic circle, how are the basic structural points determined?"

"It seems like both sides of this formula are not equal. Did I copy it wrong in my notes? Qiu Ke, please let me take a look at your notes."

"Qiu Ke, here, here..."

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Qiu Ke could barely answer the first few questions, but gradually, her ears drooped.

"I'm sorry..." Finally she couldn't stand it anymore and admitted the truth, "I came to the study meeting because I didn't know how to review at all..."

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Sitting in the first row of the classroom, Qiu Ke only remembered a few notes, and the key points in the book were simply marked. Of course, it would be impossible for one person to review in this case, and Aika, who was in exactly the same situation as Qiu Ke, felt this deeply.

"Qiu Ke, you are the monitor..."

"I know, that's why I can't find other students to hold study meetings!"

"Have you never thought of listening carefully to the class..."

Ling, you have no right to criticize her for sleeping in class! Aika kept these words in her heart.

"Only practical classes can allow me to show my true strength!"

"A certain guy with a simple mind and strong limbs also said the same thing as you."

"It's not your turn to speak!"

Seeing that the topic was suddenly pointed at him, Aika couldn't help but refute Ling.

"As you can see, Luoluo and Wei Xi, I can only leave this to you."

"What supports you in saying such a confident thing..."

"Because I take this test seriously."

"I mean it too."

"Brother, Sister Ling, let's come and study..."

"As long as I know, I will tell you, so you two should sit down..."

Aika and Ling became more and more excited as they argued, and unknowingly they both stood up. After being "comforted" by Luo Luo and Wei Xi, he finally calmed down.

The study session begins again, and this time Luoluo and Wei Xi become the central characters. Because the review of the other three people had no direction at all, so the two played the role of teachers and taught everyone a new lesson.

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