Chapter 1395

NO. 11: School hasn't even started yet, and you're already here like this.

Even though there is still one day until the start of school, students like Ailisuzhi who report early are not uncommon.

Students who return early for various reasons exist every year, which also forces the two dormitory heads from Lidong and Meipu to submit their reports earlier than usual, waiting for the many issues the little girls will raise as soon as they return to the dormitory.

Of course, Ailisuzhi has never been among those who raise such trivial matters.

As a researcher, she applies most of her strict requirements to the formatting indicators of experiments, while her life, conversely, stands out as rather casual.

If it weren't for her roommate being an exceptionally warm and friendly horse girl DD, who is willing to speak up for her on many occasions, it would be hard to say how much she suffers from life's mute losses.

Of course, even if Ailishuma's care is as thorough as possible, it still cannot cover all of Ailisuzhi's private life.

So you can still see her wearing everyday clothes that seem to pay homage to the legendary female giant Kalmira's bare-shoulder design in a power suit.

The loose suspenders, at first glance, look like some poorly conceived seductive design, but actually?

Actually, it's that she bought her online clothing size too big. jpg

Ailisuzhi does not want to spend time visiting physical clothing stores, so almost all her private clothing is purchased online, and similarly, the same reasoning and behavior almost cover all her daily necessities that her roommate has not interfered with.

Shampoo, body wash, toothpaste, and the like go without saying; during last summer's vacation, when she temporarily stayed at the office, the various daily necessities she brought were indeed not spared from Xiji's teasing.

And in the non-experimental domain, where she rarely shows refinement, her choice of black tea—especially her favored Sabaragamuwa and Qimen tea leaves—is similarly just wasting money.

This is evident when she is too lazy to even place a phone order, instead dumping the task onto Aomo, who then follows her real-time guidance: the more clicks, the deeper the steps, the more furrowed his brow.

Compared to her own tea-purchasing channels, it's bad enough that the price difference is this huge?

She bought it from the same origin, didn't she?

At that time, Aomo followed instructions exactly, but only bought one bag; after receiving and using it, upon comparing quality and finding little difference, he had to bring it up at dinner that night, only to receive her indifferent response.

She thought it was nothing, spending more money for convenience—why should she waste time finding channels herself? Even if Aomo said he would directly forward the link, she would stubbornly say it's troublesome, then add, 'At least the quality is fine.'

If you put it that way, it's indeed true.

Compared to the clothes she used to buy—either wrong size or poor material—tea leaves at least got the quality right, so in that sense, it's indeed a remarkable breakthrough.

But if you say that, the standard is admittedly too low.

Ailisuzhi's living situation is indeed worrying, but if you say the quality is low, it's actually not that low.

After all, in the past, she had no social life—either attending class or holed up in the lab doing experiments.

Under such a lifestyle, the hindrance of daily necessities on her is indeed limited, while her pickiness in drinks adds quite a bit to her lifestyle level, making her seem like a person from Hongying.

As for spending so much wasted money……

Ailisuzhi, who is never short of money, is indeed indifferent to this, although it's hard to spin, but this is indeed her comfort zone.

Habituated, even if exposed layer by layer, she is too lazy to change—unless you change it for her.

That's how it is.

In Aomo's team, Ailisuzhi has always been the synonym for laziness—lazy to the point of being unable to manage life, lazy to use her flexible mind to think of underhanded methods to compensate for inconvenience.

What are underhanded methods?

Not the proper way, but highly effective—she has always been skilled at inciting others' actions and extracting from them benefits that aid her own activities.

Given her keen insight into people, those involved often remain unaware of being used; by the time things are exposed, everything is already a done deal, and Ailisuzhi can comfortably sit among the beneficiaries, sneering at the damage to her reputation.

Unconcerned with others' gazes, even having no one she cares about, such Ailisuzhi is indeed the former overlord of Tresen and a key concern of the student council as a problem child—until——

She decided to become a trainer, turning into someone who seems to abide by the rules.

The student council once thought this meant Ailisuzhi had washed her hands of trouble, that the central office had lost one hazard, and even if they couldn't celebrate with gongs and drums, they should at least hold a good feast that night——only to discover that the trainer in charge had kept the campus forum's hot search going for nearly half a year.

The problem never disappeared; it merely shifted.

Not only shifted, but transformed into a more obvious problem, so that after the activity room saw off several trainers, it welcomed members of the student council.

"…Trainer, the vice president sent me to verify the situation—do you really plan to open a confessional tea room in the activity room?"

Compared to the godlike impression of the loose suspender T-shirt over a white coat at the experiment台, Thus line: Aimu Zhiji in shirt + sleeveless sweater appears much more ordinary, ordinary to the point that this outfit would hinder her aura of righteous indignation.

Of course, not only Aomo, but many in the team often forget that Thus line: Aimu Zhiji is also a member of the student council.

Even more so, she holds the position of general affairs committee member—a role that can be described as quite important and burdensome, to the extent that multiple people must share it.

"Ah, of course, early spring cherry blossoms naturally pair with a cup of relaxing tea, don't they? Aizhi."

"Interested in a cup too? Or perhaps hot cocoa would better match the current warm-toned temperament? Quite a nice outfit, miss."

"Perhaps you could also give some clothing advice to Miss Suzi."

"Hey! Enough! Those bothering me are just Xijun—enough, does Piggykun also need to point and stare?"

"..."

Not far away, Suzi is pointing and gesturing, while Aomo is lightly laughing and denying—this scene of daily interaction in the activity room, as usual, except that Thus line: Aimu Zhiji's silence feels particularly out of place.

She is somewhat dazed.

The sudden praise, ending with the formal Berde language 'Frau'/miss, made Aomo seem even more of an outsider than usual, and in that instant, Thus line: Aimu Zhiji felt the startled delight of being praised by a foreigner.

Just as Aomo often forgets that Thus line: Aimu Zhiji is also a student council member, his fluent and natural Jidong speech also often leads Thus line: Aimu Zhiji to overlook that his somewhat European-looking face represents his origin.

But her consistently cold demeanor can easily conceal that momentary wobble; looking at his joking work state, she instead reveals a few degrees of deviation from her usual temperament as a trainer, Thus line: Aimu Zhiji collected herself and asked: "Won't you find it very troublesome?"

"The student council has no reason nor need to stop this, but it will make the activity room very noisy."

"Exactly! I find it annoying, I need to do experiments!" This opinion, Suzi immediately followed.

"Actually, noise-related annoyances will happen regardless; I hope the guests are more trainers than horse girls." Aomo said while reaching into the cabinet to pull out Thus line: Aimu Zhiji's cup to gesture to her, and, assuming she had no reaction, he nodded and began to bring out the dedicated container for roasted cocoa powder that had long been stationed in the activity room as Thus line: Aimu Zhiji's regular fixture.

"Actually, annoyances without people would occur in noisy ways; I hope the guests are more trainers than horse girls."

"... But that would also be very crowded."

"Set a limit, install a reservation system—done." Aomo stirred water into the cocoa powder, then used his magical claw to bring out the sugar and milk to be added later.

"However, this was originally something I planned to implement in a few days; currently in the initial stage, there should not be that many people, and if anything were to be said, it wouldn't be that long……but perhaps I underestimated Xizi Qianbei's influence, or perhaps I underestimated the resentment in my colleagues' hearts."

"Both together could also be possible~"

Ailisuzhi, shaking the test tube solution, said while looking up and calling out: "Guineapigkun~! I also want a cup!!"

"Received, but I only want to put in three sugars."

"Six sugars!"

"Four sugars."

"Five sugars! This is the bare minimum!"

"I truly hope you can burn off these sugars in tomorrow's run."

"Ha! No need for tomorrow—my high-speed intellect right now is consuming all the carbohydrates!"

"Then do I have the right to pay respects to that intellect's honor?"

"You can only pay respects to the fruit of that intellect!"

"That really lets one down," sighed Aomo with milk and sugar, turning back to look at Thus line: Aimu Zhiji sitting opposite, "The usual two sugars?"

"Mm."

Having finally spoken up here, Thus line: Aimu Zhiji glanced at the seemingly empty sofa beside her, then turned back: "Regarding the trainer's matter, is it also related to those preparations?"

"Preparations? If it's gossiping about my love life, then it's unrelated—this counts as a hobby, a form of relaxation." Aomo calmly stirred the contents of his cup, having already appraised these girls' curiosity about his three-month period multiple times over these two months, and not really caring.

"But this cannot replace true rest."

"Indeed, even merely listening and thinking doesn't count as true rest, but my current life doesn't require worrying about glutamate buildup."

Releasing his grip, Aomo's ten fingers came together as magic claws took over the repetitive labor, gazing at this young girl who, like Suzi, had arrived early at school.

"Still, thank you for your concern—I'll pay attention."

"... Best to keep it that way. If you act like you did three months ago, you'll hinder everyone's training."

"Noted." Aomo nodded.

As the only team member who won't be staying long at the office during summer break, merely coming by a few days each week as a guest, Aomo, while not missing her initial unruly demeanor, also feels a touch of emotion at how rare this current concern is.

Especially this repeated effort to restrain himself, trying to make all concern seem cold and icy.

There's a certain awkward charm in having good feelings heightened yet still forcing a cold demeanor—though teasing is fun, if you drive someone out of the activity room, this hot cocoa would be somewhat wasted.

As for resolving it myself...

The fluffy little sheep pattern on the container was especially conspicuous, proving this was Aizhi's cup.

Some distance should always be respected; when he thought that, he also noticed the other party occasionally glancing at her sister beside her, wanting to speak but stopping for a while before finally speaking:

"... You... free tomorrow?"

"That depends on the specific time slot," Aomo glanced at the suddenly ear-pricked Suzi, inevitably finding it somewhat amusing how this duty, which always seems to trigger a bit of possessiveness, "You should know I have things to attend to daily, but I can usually adjust the order to squeeze out some time—I'm thinking, tomorrow, roughly one to two and a half hours, aren't we all supposed to gather for a meal?"

On the first day of school, we always gather.

Either with classmates, or with trainers, or all together—on this point, the former Aomo would refuse most invitations, only hoping the girls would maintain friendships with classmates on their own, and he couldn't be bothered with colleague socializing.

But now, he's changed his style, naturally also enjoying learning some little-known past events amidst the laughter and chatter.

"... My parents want to invite you to lunch; they've been thinking about it for a long time."

"Ah... that's actually not hard to understand."

"?" Thus line: Aimu Zhiji sharply detected a hint of mockery.

"Think back to our state when we first met—they were the ones most worried about you."

"... I know..." Thus line: Aimu Zhiji lowered her head and ears, then lifted it slightly, "Then... can you come?"

"Of course—I can't possibly miss the chance to thank your uncle and aunt."

"I want to go too!"

"?" x2

A sudden shout made both turn their heads, Aomo's gaze becoming especially subtle.

"You're going?"

"I want to go! Uh... may I visit!"

When Ailisuzhi has no one to rally, she can't help but personally take the field.

And this made her trainer look, only to remain silent for a few seconds, then turn toward Aizhi opposite.

"Mm, yes, let's come together."

Thus line: Aimu Zhiji nodded, even subtly sighing in relief, causing Aomo to raise his brows, quite puzzled.

"Then... just right... Machi also often mentions wanting to come."

"Uh..."

Aomo suddenly didn't really want to go.