A cute girl’s heart is capable of anything

Megumi Nakayama, who had been quiet while Saito Asuka was on the phone, asked after seeing him hang up the phone.

"Ah."

Saito Asuka lowered his head when he heard his girlfriend sitting next to him ask this question, and sighed leisurely: "It seems that Qingzhu Fengya's start of school will be postponed for a few more days."

"...Because the gift you want to give her has to be postponed, so as the chairman of Himeji Tereson Academy, why don't you just postpone the start of school?"

Nakayama Megumi, who heard Saito Asuka say this, couldn't hold it back and complained: "You, the chairman of Himeji Tereson Academy, can you be more serious?"

"What does it matter?"

Saito Asuka didn't care about Nakayama Megumi's complaints: "Besides, Qingzhu Fuga's return to school is several days earlier than other Teresin Colleges."

"Even if I postpone it for a few more days, it will just coincide with the start of other Teresin College semesters."

As he said this, he opened the address book of his mobile phone and found Qingzhu Fengya's contact number. He frowned and hovered his fingers over the screen of his mobile phone.

"what happened?"

Nakayama Megumi asked, seeing the hesitant expression on the man's face.

"...I'm trying to find some reason to make Qingzhu Fengya believe in me."

Saito Asuka frowned, with a distressed look on his face: "If I said that I have something to deal with a few days before school starts, so I have to delay my return for a few days, would that girl believe it?"

"Why do you have to make up a reason? Couldn't you just tell me the reason?"

"How about that!"

Saito Asuka answered without hesitation: "Can a 'surprise' that is known be considered a 'surprise'?"

"Ho~ When you prepare a surprise for me, you always let me know what you are going to do before giving a gift. How can you say such a thing..."

Nakayama Megumi, who heard Saito Asuka say this, stared at the black-haired man next to him and said this in a leisurely tone.

Every time he prepared a gift for himself, he didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. He always let her know that he was going to prepare a 'surprise' for himself before he gave the gift.

If only you could put half the thought into Fengya's child when preparing a surprise for me...

Thinking of this, Zhongshan Hui couldn't help but feel a little sad in his eyes.

"Ahem...Isn't that because Kei, your intuition is too strong."

Saito Asuka smiled awkwardly and looked away silently.

But... you will definitely not be able to guess the surprise I have prepared for you next.

Saito Asuka looked away and looked down at his empty fingers.

...The long-distance love race of so many years must come to an end.

"Are we going back?"

Seeing Saito Asuka lowering his head and saying nothing, Nakayama Kei patted him on the shoulder: "...We got up too early today to watch the sunrise. Why don't we go back and have a good sleep now?"

"No, it's okay, let's go shopping again."

Saito Asuka shook his head, then picked up the packages placed next to him and stood up under the gaze of Nakayama Keide.

"Before I call, let me think about what to say to her later."

Zhongshan Hui heard the man next to her smile and say: "... Let's enjoy this rare vacation."

……

"Jingle bell~!"

At eleven o'clock in the morning, the mobile phone placed by Qingzhu Fengya's pillow started playing sweet music again.

Qingzhu Fengya, who fell into sweet sleep again, frowned, and then reluctantly opened his eyes after a few seconds of struggle.

She grabbed her phone and didn't even look at the incoming call reminder displayed on the screen. She squinted her eyes and pressed connect, then put it to her ear and said "hello" to the other end of the phone in a daze.

"Have you not woken up yet?"

Then, the familiar voice coming from the other side of the phone suddenly made her chaotic brain sober.

"Trainer?"

Qingzhu Fengya took away the phone, looked at the current time, and then put it to her ear again.

"You haven't woken up yet?"

Saito Asuka frowned when he heard Qingzhu Fengya's confused voice: "...It's almost noon now, haven't you gotten up yet?"

"Because... I'm really tired."

Qingzhu Fengya lay on the bed, covered her mouth and yawned.

...I trained in a dream for a whole night, and after the training, all the fatigue in the dream was brought back to reality.

But the most important thing was the feeling of exhaustion that made her feel uncomfortable, as if she hadn't slept all night.

"Very tired? You won't secretly give yourself extra training, right?"

Hearing Qingzhu Fengya's tired voice, Saito Asuka frowned: "...have you forgotten how I can talk to you?"

"No... apart from my daily morning exercises, I only train in my dreams!"

Qingzhu Fengya answered with a smile.

"Training in the dream...you really didn't give yourself any extra training?"

"No, no, trainer, you should know me."

Qingzhu Fengya put her fair and tender arms against the bed and supported her chin: "...Do I look like the kind of disobedient horse girl?"

"...Anyway, you should have a good rest before school starts, and don't train yourself without permission."

After saying this, Saito Asuka paused, and then continued: "By the way, there is one more thing."

"I still have something to do here. The start of school will have to be postponed for a few days."

"Eh……?"

After hearing what Saito Asuka said on the phone, Qingzhu Fengya blinked and made a surprised sound.

"Wait...is this so important?"

The next moment, the black-haired horse girl reacted and asked hurriedly: "...Is it so important that the start of school needs to be moved back a few days?"

"Yeah, it's really important."

Saito Asuka affirmed: "That's why I deliberately postponed the start of school a few days later."

"Is that so...I see."

Although she didn't know what Asuka Saito was busy with, Qingzhu Fengya still added: "...But trainer, come back as soon as you are done with it."

"Well, well, I will."

Saito Asuka on the other end of the phone agreed and hung up the phone.

Please save this school that is about to be abandoned! : Chapter 90: Childhood playmates

"Oh... so boring."

At noon, Qingzhu Fengya, who was flustered because she didn't have breakfast, wrapped her long hair around her slender fingers out of boredom and sighed.

"...Xiao Fengya, are you here to have lunch, or are you here to complain about how boring you are?"

The aunt who came over with a large bowl of noodles looked at the black-haired horse girl who was leaning on the chair and playing with her long black hair out of boredom. After placing the bowl in front of her, she asked helplessly.

"Of course I came here especially to taste your craftsmanship, Aunt Mayumi!"

Seeing Mayumi Hihara approaching, Fuga Aotake put on a smile, and then took a deep breath after pulling the bowl in front of her.

"Wow...even though I haven't been here for a long time, the noodles you make, Aunt Mayumi, still taste as good as before~?"

"You are the only one with a sweet mouth."

After being praised, Mayumi Hihara patted the black-haired horse girl affectionately on the head: "...Eat slowly. If it's not enough, I'll make it for you again."

"I'm going to entertain the other guests first."

"Good~"

Qingzhu Fengya smiled and drawled out: "Then... let me start~?"

"Okay, eat slowly."

After saying this, Mayumi Hihara was busy greeting the customers who had just entered the store.

"Well--!"

After taking the first bite of noodles, Qingzhu Fengya narrowed his eyes with satisfaction.

...Although I haven’t eaten it for a long time, the taste is still the same as before!

Qingzhu Fengya, who was thinking this in his mind, stuffed another mouthful of noodles into his mouth.

"...Fengya? Are you here for lunch too?"

The two people who walked in chatted with Mayumi Hihara for a while, and then saw Fuga Qingzhu who had already begun to enjoy the meal.

They sat down at the table near Qingzhu Fengya and watched as the noodles in the big bowl in front of her were quickly destroyed by her at a speed visible to the naked eye: "Your appetite is still as good as ever."

"Mmmmmmmmmm!"

Qingzhu Fengya seemed to want to say hello to them, but because her mouth was filled with food, her words became unclear.

"Don't worry, eat slowly."

The two people who saw Qingzhu Fengya waving to them also smiled and waved to her: "Swallow what is in your mouth before you speak."

"Mmmmmmmmmmm!"

After struggling to swallow all the food in his mouth, Qingzhu Fengya said with a smile: "...Isn't this Saki-chan and Nami-chan? Long time no see~?"

"Hey, hey, you are obviously younger than us, okay?!"

The short-haired girl named Zaoji complained: "Even if you have to use the word 'little', is it okay for us to use it for you?"

They were both six or seven years old when she was found in a trash can at the age of four.

They are also one of those whose parents say, 'She will be your sister from now on, so treat her well.'

In other words, they actually watched her grow up little by little and finally became the person she is now.

But what they didn't expect was that when they were children, they often used 'Xiao Fengya' instead of her full name. In the future, Qingzhu Fengya, who was two or three years younger than them, would add a '小' prefix in front of their name.

"Hmm... Is there a possibility that my real age is actually a little older than your combined age?"

Qingzhu Fengya thought for a moment, then stretched out her finger to make a gesture.

"...Do you want to use the saying 'Actually, I am a time traveler' again?"

Zaoji looked helpless: "You can't substitute the fictional plots seen in novels into reality."

The short-haired girl said this to the black-haired horse girl not far away.

"Oh... Kozaaki-chan is like an older sister who is teaching her younger sister a lesson~?"

Qingzhu Fengya commented on Zaoji at this moment with a smile.

"I am your sister!"

Zaoji corrected him angrily: "...It would be better to say that the children on this street are all your brothers and sisters!"

"Yeah, I know."

Hearing Zaoji's words, Qingzhu Fengya nodded: "...because everyone on this street is my family!"

"..."

Saaki looked at the black-haired horse girl who was looking at him with a smile.

...When did the cute pony girl who liked to chase after them and call them "brother" and "sister" change when she was a child?

Zaoji, who missed the little dumplings who loved to chase them when they were young, fell into deep thought.

...She is still cute as she was when she was a child.

"Here, your face is here."

Carrying two bowls of normal size, Mayumi Hihara walked up to the two and put them down. She wiped her palms on her clothes, then looked at the three people not far away from each other, with a nostalgic expression on her face.