Chapter 149: Second Week Cultural Festival

"I know the person taking a shower inside, it's Reina, right?"

Amemiya Iori whispered in Shimizumi's ear.

"I knew it from the beginning because her shoes were placed in the entrance hall."

"..."

In an instant, Qingshuijian felt his whole body lose strength.

This means that Amemiya Iori saw through everything from the very beginning, and Shimizu saw that all the hard work up to that point was in vain.

"Iori, the reason why Reina took a shower at my house was because..."

"My dear, please don't misunderstand me."

Amamiya Iori put her slender fingers to Shimizu's lips, interrupted him, and said:

"I won't be jealous, because Reina is your younger sister, right?"

"……Um."

Shimizu hesitated for a moment before he understood what Amemiya Iori meant and nodded.

Amemiya Iori was right, Shimizu Reina was his family after all, and since she was his sister, he would not regard her as that kind of person.

Of course, it's the same for both of us. Rena Shimizu should think the same way.

Qing Shuijian thought so.

"Um?"

Amemiya Iori moved her slender fingers away from Shimizu's lips, then gently touched her own tender lips, and then slid her fingertips between her mouth and tongue as if tasting.

"It would be nice if Reina could be like this..."

Shimizu seemed to hear Amamiya Iori whisper something...

But her voice was too soft and Qingshuijian couldn't hear it clearly.

"……What did you say?"

Shimizu wanted to ask for clarification, but Amemiya Iori just shook his head.

"No, nothing—"

Amemiya Iori shook her head slightly, suddenly stepped back, and moved away from the body that was pressed against Shimizu Mi.

"Well dear, I'll see you at school later."

Amemiya Iori bowed to Shimizu gracefully and politely, then left the courtyard and walked out to the street.

"..."

Qing Shuijian breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly felt very tired.

Thinking that the first day of the cultural festival had just begun, he really wanted to fall into a deep sleep.

Never mind. That's impossible.

But in the end, things did not turn out as Shimizu expected.

As before, Amemiya Iori showed great tolerance towards Shimizu Reina, and she never showed any jealousy even when Shimizu Reina took a bath in his house.

For a yandere, this kind of tolerance is simply incredible.

"elder brother……"

Reina Shimizu must have waited too long, her voice came from the bathroom.

After Shimizu saw the response, Reina Shimizu, with her long pink hair still a little wet, carefully poked her head out from behind the bathroom door.

"what happened?"

"Um...I don't seem to have brought any underwear..."

……

The cultural festival is about to begin, and all classes are preparing rigorously.

All the students in the class, except for a few, started moving at the same time to get ready.

The activity classroom applied for by Shimizu Mi's class is located on the first floor of the special building. There are two classrooms in total, numbered "Special 01" and "Special 02".

The "Special 01" classroom is the main store of the dessert shop that will be opened today, and the "Special 02" next door is a cooking classroom. After customers of the "Special 01" dessert shop place an order, the students of the "Special 02" classroom will prepare the desserts and deliver them to the store.

The students decorated the space, which is usually used as an empty classroom.

Girls are the main ones doing the decoration work, while boys are at most assistants.

What’s interesting is that girls are obviously better at this kind of decoration than boys.

There will be no problem leaving these tasks to Amamiya Iori alone.

The cultural festival will officially begin at 11:00 noon today.

There are a total of three programs that Shimizumi's class will eventually launch.

The first one, needless to say, is the dessert shop that everyone knows. The main revenue source is a variety of desserts, as well as beverages such as black tea and coffee.

The other two were temporarily added with the remaining funds. They were set up in the outdoor atrium and sold some common dishes such as takoyaki and Western bread.

Of course, the vendors outside also accept orders from the dessert shop. As long as someone orders in the store, the students in charge of delivery will go to the vendors in the atrium to pick up the food and then deliver it to the store.

Shimizu was in the Special Building's "Special 02" cooking classroom at this time to greet nine o'clock in the morning. As soon as the time came, an announcement was made to all students in the school.

There are still three hours before the cultural festival officially begins. There are about seven or eight girls in the class who can cook, and they have already started preparing today's dishes.

This also includes Shimizu Reina who volunteered to help, but she seemed to be very concerned and protected her butt with one hand...

Shimizu glanced at her inconspicuously, because Shimizu Reina's home was far away in Setagaya, and if she made a round trip, she would definitely not have enough time.

So he had to lend to Shimizu Reina the underwear that Amemiya Iori had washed and left here when she stayed at his house before.

Unfortunately, the size doesn't seem to be right. Shimizu thought that with Reina Shimizu's petite figure, it would be a bit big after wearing it, but after putting it on, it was a bit tight at the hips...

It seems that I will have to put her in an inconvenient position for now.

The entire cooking classroom was filled with all kinds of sweet smells.

Iori Amamiya skillfully opened the small refrigerator that they had rented temporarily, took out the eggs, milk and other ingredients and placed them on the kitchen workbench, then skillfully took out the scale and bowl, and prepared the spoon and other cooking utensils.

Wherever cooking is involved, that's Iori Amamiya's home turf.

She quickly got ready, put on the pink apron she had worn in the morning, and was about to start the highlight of the day.

Reina Shimizu also got the same apron, but she seemed unskilled and tied the knot on the back in a mess.

"Sister Reina, your knot is crooked. Come here, let me help you tie it."

Amemiya Iori waved to Shimizu Reina, and she immediately ran over obediently.

Amemiya Iori went behind Shimizu Reina and tied the knot again.

"I always feel like... Sister Iori is really like my sister."

"Really? But I've always considered Reina my sister."

"what……?"

Shimizu Reina blinked twice quickly, her cheeks slightly flushed.

Qing Shuijian was watching the two people getting along very well and felt that this was a very homely feeling, and a warm feeling welled up in his heart.

If only the sisters could get along like this...

“Brother, brother…” Shimizu Reina raised her blushing face and looked at Shimizu Jian.

"what happened?"

"You, what do you think of homely girls?"

I thought she was going to ask something.

"That's not unpleasant. I think boys would all yearn to date this kind of girl."

"This, this is it..."

Shimizu Ken thought he had said something wrong, but upon hearing that, Shimizu Reina smiled in relief.

"Okay, I'll try harder!"

Reina Shimizu rolled up her sleeves enthusiastically and started beating the eggs.

What we are going to make now is the milk-flavored grape crisps that we are recommending today. Shimizu had eaten the one made by Amamiya Iori once before and it tasted absolutely amazing, so she was looking forward to Shimizu Reina's finished product.

She added wheat flour, sugar, butter, grapes, vanilla extract and other ingredients.

Even Shimizu Ken, who knew little about cooking, could see that Shimizu Reina's cooking skills were extraordinary.

Some people may think that it is just making a cookie, but precisely because it is a simple thing, it is easier to distinguish the good from the bad.

Because it is impossible to use small tricks, the chef’s true ability can be seen more clearly.

The first thing to do is to beat the eggs, but Rena Shimizu accidentally beat in the broken eggshells at the beginning.

If a customer eats it, there will definitely be a complaint.

But this should just be an accident. Everyone makes small mistakes sometimes. This little thing is not a big deal...

Then Reina Shimizu added flour, but the flour became a mess.

Next is the cream... To be frank, the cream did not melt at all.

When adding sugar, Reina Shimizu naturally added salt instead. The grapes that were supposed to be used for embellishment were added as if they were free, and the milk almost overflowed.

Amemiya Iori, who was standing by, put her hands on her cheeks and looked at Shimizu Reina's clumsy side with great amusement.

Shimizu looked at Amamiya Iori and asked her with his eyes, "Why did you ask Reina to come here?"

He said before that he would come to help, but it doesn't look like he can help at all.

"Because Reina said she really wanted to learn, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to teach her."

As the two exchanged glances——

"Next..."

Reina Shimizu took out instant coffee.

"Would you like some cookies with your coffee? Well, something to drink would be easier to swallow. You're quite thoughtful in preparing this."

Finally seeing a step that went smoothly, Shimizu nodded in approval.

"Ah? No, this is for seasoning. Don't you dislike sweets? Didn't you think the strawberry milk I gave you before was too sweet..."

As Shimizu Reina added coffee, she turned her head to Shimizumi and said, but because she was looking at Shimizumi and not at her hands, the coffee powder poured into the bowl instantly piled up into a small black mountain.

Although Shimizu Reina could clearly remember his preferences, which touched Shimizu Jian, this was obviously not at the level of seasoning...

"Huh? Ah, then add some sugar to adjust it."

Reina Shimizu built a small hill of white sugar next to the black hill of coffee, and then the two hills were submerged by a tsunami of egg juice and finally turned into a hell.

Now, Shimizu Mi can come to the conclusion that his sister lacks cooking skills, but has a talent for chemical experiments.

Just as Qing Shuijian was thinking this, the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

I took out my phone and saw that it was a video call from someone I expected.

Seeing the caller's name, Qingshuijian said he wanted to go to the bathroom, so he walked out of the classroom and clicked to connect the video call.

Then, the other person's face appeared on the phone screen.

The two people stared at each other through the screen, but said nothing.

Through the five-inch screen in his hand, what kind of future the other person's eyes saw, Shimizu still couldn't know, but it should be revealed soon...

There is only a little time left before the celebration of youth, deception, fanaticism and hypocrisy begins.

……

The broadcast sounded at nine o'clock in the morning, and as the cultural festival was about to begin, the gate of Haichuan Ikusei College began to open to the outside world.

The guests of this cultural festival include the school's operators and all the students' families, covering a wide age range, from the elderly to young children, and there will also be many elementary school students visiting.

Of course, this also includes students from another school that co-organizes the cultural festival - Makoto High School.

There were still two hours before the official start, and the first people to enter through the school gate were students from Mahokuda High School wearing stand-up collar uniforms.

"Is this the Haichuan Ikusei College that I heard has a high admission rate? It doesn't seem as good as our Zhenbeitian. These teaching buildings and old facilities, are they living in the last century?"

"That's why we have to co-host the cultural festival with these commoners, and why do we have to come all the way here?"

"This is nothing. You don't know, right? This piece of land under your feet was originally sold to them by my father to build a school. If I had known that they were going to build such a poor and shabby school, I would not have sold it to them at that time."

"Alright, alright, all of you, be careful and don't talk nonsense outside these few days."

This conversation came from Subaru Miura, who had his usual smile on his face, and several male students who were leading him and following behind him.

Compared with Kaikawa Ikusei College, although the newly established Shin Kitada High School in recent years does not have such a long history, many of its students are children of big figures active in Japan's political and economic circles.

Simply put, most of the students at Shinhokuda High School are from wealthy families.

"Oh, oh, brother Miura, I heard that there is a pair of Sakurai sisters in this school who are your fiancées. Is this true?"

One of the boys following Miura Subaru walked up and asked curiously, and then another person immediately agreed.

"Yes, yes, I heard about it too, and I've seen their photos. They are truly a pair of beautiful sisters. Not only do they have pretty faces, but their skin is also whiter than the other. I've never seen such beautiful girls in any of the upper-class dinners my dad took me to before."

"I also heard that sister is an internationally renowned actress and model. Not only does she have a pretty face, she also has a nice figure..."

"I think the younger sister is better. I like the way she looks at everyone as if they were trash. And her figure is also better than her older sister's..."

"As expected of you, Miura-nii. You can actually tie the knot with such a pair of sisters."

I don't know if these people were having a great time chatting or what, but one of them suddenly said:

"Brother Miura, if you marry one of them in the future, can the remaining one..."

Before the man could finish his words, he immediately felt a chilling gaze coming at him.

Subaru Miura usually has a smile on his face, but when he stops smiling, his silent expression becomes terrifying.

Someone nearby noticed the subtle change in Miura Subaru's expression and immediately signaled the person who had said the wrong thing to shut up.

"What are you talking about? Only children make choices. A mature man like Miura-nii, of course, would..."

"Alright, alright, stop talking nonsense, don't forget we are here to participate in the cultural festival."

After saying that, Subaru Miura took a step forward, and the others looked at each other in confusion before following him.

Not far from the track and field, we came to an open space in front of the teaching building. In front of the open space was a slightly raised platform.

This cultural festival, co-organized by Haichuan Ikusei College and Shin Kitada High School, will last for three days. According to the program schedule, a grand music performance evening will be held here on the last day of the cultural festival.

Subaru Miura lowered his head in front of the podium and looked at the palm-sized black box in his hand.

In the exquisite little box, something was lying quietly, shining with silver-white light.

(End of this chapter)