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At last, he revealed a warm smile as he looked at the young lady,
"How about it, Chiba... I really thought about this for a long time..."
"Boring..." As she met the deceptive gaze of the boy, Chiba Shimizu's eyes remained still, without a hint of fluctuation. After a moment, she returned her attention to the book in her hands.
How could the young lady not guess that Haruka Yuzan's recent remark was meant to tease her?
Her fingers gently caressed the hard material, and at this moment, she wondered if she could really continue reading the thick book in her hands...
"Classmate Haruka, please don't waste your energy on such trivial things, all right?"
"It's just that I thought about helping you relieve some of your work stress..."
"I'm not talking about that..."
"Whether the name sounds good or not, Chiba, you pick..."
Seeing the girl's reaction, Haruka Yuzan also became more enthusiastic, leaned in close, propped his hands on the desk, and said teasingly,
"Once it's confirmed, I'll use that one..."
In response to the boy's teasing, Chiba Shimizu flipped a page in her book unhurriedly and said indifferently,
"I've heard that for the sports festival, there's a shortage of boys signing up in our class, and the class president has to pick and force some to sign up..."
"No way, you must be joking, Chiba... I think Heisuke and the others are very enthusiastic and proactive!"
"It shouldn't come down to me..."
"Alright, alright, I'll think some more about the name of the café then..."
"By the way, Chiba, what exactly do you want me to agree to? If we drag this until after the sports festival, even though I am a person of my word, but..."
"I'll tell you about it then..."
A breeze carrying pink petals swept across the entire campus, creating a scene filled with romance and poetry. Through a window, young men and women in school uniforms were discussing something...
Even without hearing the sound, one could assume from the couple's demeanor that they were probably talking about life and philosophy...
"Sister Reiko, let me help you..."
In the convenience store,
Even though she was wearing a plain work vest, it couldn't conceal the Spice Girl's cool attire and her sexy and fiery figure, which made her quite famous in the vicinity of the convenience store...
Arisugawa Hoshina also took snacks out of a box and started arranging them on the shelves.
Seeing the Spice Girl standing by and helping, Reiko Onodera also revealed a warm smile, continuing her movements without pause, and her rich red lips uttered words of thanks,
"Thank you, Hoshina."
Madam felt that her luck had been getting better ever since she arrived in Tokyo, having met her beloved and even finding hope in her job. Fortunately, she also met Arisugawa Hoshina at the convenience store.
Initially, when she first saw this Spice Girl, Arisugawa Hoshina was sprawled in the prepared food section playing with her phone. Her bold makeup and cold gaze made Reiko Onodera's heart skip a beat. Despite the Spice Girl's beauty, someone like madam, who had lived more than twenty years as a good girl, would never have imagined crossing paths with her.
It was the same back when she was in school.
However, the Spice Girl turned out to be warm on the inside despite her cool exterior. Even though Reiko didn't know why she dressed that way, she could feel the Spice Girl's deep kindness as she often helped...
A person who had put up a protective façade...
"Ah, Sister Reiko, you are just too polite. What's this little help worth?" Arisugawa Hoshina sighed softly and said,
"You, you're just too kind, too nice. With a personality like that, you're bound to suffer in the future."
Even though Reiko was older, the Spice Girl seemed to have experienced much more. It was as if she was the elder sister and madam had become the younger?
Staring at the obviously immature makeup and attire, Arisugawa Hoshina gave a long, instructive talk,
"When you work outside, being too kind will definitely lead to being bullied, especially if you're a beautiful girl. So, we have to disguise ourselves, make others feel intimidated at first glance. Only then can we avoid being bullied!"
As if reminded of something, her fingers, painted with bright pink nail polish, involuntarily tightened around the packet of chips in her hand,
One minute, two minutes, after a brief silence, Reiko Onodera slowly spoke,
"So, Hoshina, are you also wearing protective camouflage right now?"
With a gentle voice, Reiko Onodera looked at the Spice Girl with a pained expression...
Fingers gently straightened out, and the chips returned to their original state. Arisugawa Hoshina placed them on the shelf, laughing as she said,
"How could that be? I've been this way from the start! I've been a Spice Girl for many years now!"
The girl's voice sounded strained as she spoke...