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"Please sit down, Soyorin. Could you help me with these decorations... Soyorin?"
Su Shi snapped out of her daze and realized that Ai Yin was observing her expression. She immediately felt a tightness in her chest, knowing she couldn't let anyone notice.
Otherwise, they'd definitely start saying all sorts of nonsense again.
"I see."
I sat down at the table, picked up the fabric, and cut it according to the pattern...
"Oh, right, homework."
Su Shi almost flinched, but asked nonchalantly, "What's wrong with the homework?"
"Did you bring it? We can make it later, or you can stay at my place overnight, no problem," Aine said with a smile.
She knew Aine didn't mean it, but seeing that smiling face still made her feel a little angry.
"You won't stay overnight. Is this how you kept Lixi last time?"
“Last time, I just grabbed her hand and pulled her over,” Ai Yin said.
“If you grab my hand, I won’t come back for at least a year.”
Ai Yin pouted: "I would never do that!"
What Li Xi can do, she won't do?
"There was nothing we could do last time."
That's true. Dealing with an awkward and troublesome girl like Li Xi requires some forceful methods. Su Shi thought to herself and nodded slightly.
"But if something happens to Soyorin too, I would do the same."
“That’s a bit annoying,” Su Shi said with a smile.
"It's better than never seeing each other again, isn't it?"
""
Aine doesn't really need to worry about these things. No matter what, Suze has already decided to continue.
This band contains the small happiness she wanted to grasp, and also carries the wishes of all its members.
But there's no need to say or emphasize things that everyone knows.
Su Shi glanced at Ai Yin; she was playing on her phone.
"You called people over but then slack off yourself?"
"We need to balance work and rest." Ai Yin pushed up her glasses; there was no need to wear contact lenses at home.
Su Shi sighed. If this "work-rest balance" is always going on, when will it ever end?
Could it be that Aine is planning to ask her to come and help again next time?
It's not impossible.
But mobile phones...
Su Shi suddenly had an idea. And by taking advantage of Aine's personality, this method might actually succeed.
"Have you heard? It seems like a really interesting app has recently been released that lets you adjust a lot of filters."
"Huh? From the phone?"
Su Shi nodded: "Yes, that's it—"
She took out her phone, moved next to Aiyin, and showed the software to Aiyin.
The camera accessed by the software showed Soseki's face and half of Aine's face.
That's how it is; if you move a little closer, you can "accidentally" press the shutter and take a group photo.
This is the brilliant plan devised by the wisdom of the world: to use coincidence to conceal one's true intentions.
"Oh, this is it. I've used it before, but it's not very good."
But Ai-yin lost interest after one glance and continued playing on her phone.
""
However, if Aine doesn't look at the camera, the photos taken can't be called group photos at all; they look more like candid shots.
Why aren't you looking over here? Su Shi took a breath and said softly, "But we recently updated a new feature that says it can deduce what the past and future will look like."
"...When did Soyorin become interested in this kind of thing?" Aine asked, puzzled.
She was suspicious.
Su Shi turned her face away: "What do you take me for? I'm a first-year high school girl too, it's not surprising that I would pay attention to these things."
"But Soyorin hasn't worn much makeup or taken many photos either."
"Can't I just do it on a whim?" Su Shi whispered, hoping to shut Ai Yin up.
"There must be a reason for a sudden impulse, right?"
Why do I always ask things I shouldn't ask at times like this?
Definitely intentional.
"...Everyone's just talking about this." Su Shi gave a vague but reasonable answer.
"Do they even talk about these kinds of things in the Moon Forest?"
"Yes, although they are all young ladies from wealthy families, but... well, it's precisely because they are young ladies from wealthy families that they pay attention to their appearance."
Aine suddenly realized that this made sense; for a young lady like her, her appearance must be a social weapon! Isn't that what they often say in anime and manga?
But she always felt that Su Shi had ulterior motives.
"So, Soyorin is just putting on a show in the Moon Forest?"
Deciding to learn about things one has never paid attention to before in order to disguise oneself is quite in line with Su Shi's style.
"almost."
"Hmm"
What's with the humming? Can't you just come closer already? Su Shi suppressed the urge to sigh.
"Let me see!"
Ai-yin ultimately decided to give it a try.
However—I was using my own phone.
She quickly downloaded the same app, then raised her phone and pointed the camera at them.
"Come on, soyorin, give me a cheese...look at the camera!"
Su Shi, unable to bear it any longer, said: "You're the one who should be looking at the camera."
"Eh?"
The next second, Su Shi pressed down on Aine's arm that was holding the phone, then picked up her own phone as if she had given up on herself, and without even looking at it, she started the burst mode and pressed the shutter on the two of their faces!
Click, click... The shutter clicked like a machine gun, capturing Aine's changing expressions perfectly.
From surprise to confusion to delight, if you strung the photos together, it would look like a stop-motion animation.
Ai Yin smiled, her face slightly flushed, "Soyorin~ So you just wanted to take pictures? Why didn't you say so earlier?"
“I didn’t think that way!” Su Shi said unhappily.
"But your photo album is now full of our pictures."
"That's schoolwork."
Aine looked incredulous: "What a lame lie! What school would assign this kind of homework? If it were elementary school, I could understand, since elementary schools have things like observation diaries—"
“It’s true, believe it or not,” Su Shi said with annoyance.
Judging from her expression, it seemed that she was indeed not lying.
Moon Forest is truly a mysterious place.
If we continue to tease Su Shi, she will definitely run away. In fact, given her reaction, it wouldn't be surprising if she bursts out the door at any moment.
“I believe you,” Ai Yin said.
"lie."
"You've gone too far. You want me to believe you, but you don't believe me when I tell you."
Su Shi sighed; she really wanted to go back right now.
Ai Yin asked curiously, "Let me see the photo from earlier?"
"No."
"You're stingy, but I know even without looking at it that it's not a very good photo. Since we're going to take one anyway, why not take a nice one?" Ai Yin said, taking off her glasses.
Why take off your glasses?
"Because it will look better this way. If I'm going to wear glasses for the photoshoot, I'd like to change my clothes first. Glasses need to match, you know! Ah!"
Ai Yin stood up: "I'm going to change my clothes—"
Su Shi grabbed her hand and pulled her down, making her sit back down.
"no need."
It's just homework anyway, no need to put too much effort into it. If Aine dressed up specially for it, it would only pointlessly add weight to the photo.
It is not special, and Su Shi does not want it to become special.
"Let's finish this quickly, I've had enough of this kind of homework," Su Shi sighed.
"Wait a minute, at least consider the position! We're high school girls, you know, we have to look a bit like JKs, right?"
"....for example?"
Ai Yin flicked her fingers, making half a heart shape. She naturally gave the other half to Su Shi.
Su Shi looked disgusted: "Absolutely not."
Ai Yin crossed her thumb and forefinger to make a heart shape.
"Be normal."
"This is perfectly normal!"
Su Shicai is the only one who doesn't look like a high school girl at all.
Aine made several more suggestions, but Su Shi rejected them all. In the end, the only one that was decided was the very ordinary Biye.
Once you've decided on your pose, all that's left is to take the picture.
"Come closer, it'll look weird if we're too far apart," Aine said.
"I know."
While there's no need to show how good their relationship is, there's also no need to make them seem distant.
Su Shi had no choice but to move a little closer to Ai Yin and awkwardly make a peace sign.
"It's still too far," Ai Yin said, dissatisfied.
"It's close enough."
If we got any closer, our faces would be touching.
Aine was not satisfied: "...She secretly told me before that she didn't want to leave me."
Su Shi frowned: "That has nothing to do with this."
"It's related! After being told those things, and then being told not to get too close, that's going too far."
Since Su Shi just took action and forcibly took photos, she can do the same.
Upon hearing this, Ai Yin pressed her face directly against Su Shi's.
"and many more--"
"Eggplant~"
Then she pressed Su Shi's finger and touched the shutter button.
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