Chapter 1402: line with translation of chapter title

NO. 18: Sister Sang, is a legendary megaphone

The names of horse girls are determined by the souls of otherworldly racehorses, and this is now old news.

Not to mention the many strange and weird godly names born from this, in the past when the family system was relatively stable in feudal times, there were actually very straightforward disputes arising from names and surnames.

And families like the Symbol family and the Mejiro family, who used the horse girl's surname in reverse to mark the family, are also the result of having learned countless lessons and turning the tables.

However, such families that ultimately survived are also the extremely few that are well known.

More horse girls directly undergo transformation in ordinary families.

Fortunately, the times have changed now, and most families no longer emphasize surnames as obsessively as before, so the common situation where a family surname and one's own name are mismatched, like Aizhi, is no longer a worry for the majority.

The Aizhi family is clearly among the most enlightened majority, no different from the families of Bourbon, Chazuo, etc.

Although not as enlightened as the head of the Satomi family, they loved their daughter so much that they were willing to change her branch name, forcibly shifting from their original family name to Satomi, and in the following years they consecutively had offspring transform into horse girls, thus already possessing the initial conditions of a horse girl family.

Yet they were also equally willing to tolerate any abnormality in their daughter.

Including her recently 'found' sister Sang.

The youngest daughter, who had been forced to abandon from the womb due to an unknown fate curse, was lost and then found again, undoubtedly a surprise that could make the couple weep with joy.

And before that, there was also Aimu Zhiji, who for many years had refused to listen to persuasion, could not untangle her knots, and even later began to ignore everyday concern, letting her brother and parents finally only watch her become increasingly gaunt, increasingly thin, deteriorating yet increasingly sharp, worrying she might collapse one day—then suddenly one day, she began apologizing to her family, began to rein in her self-punishing exercise plan, began to understand rest, even at meals she was willing to add several more bowls of rice, no longer fussing over her own nutrition that worried everyone, willing to eat several more pieces of meat……

It can be said to be a string of surprises, almost to the point where the whole family would thank heaven.

And when it is learned that all these changes stem from a trainer, it is not hard to understand why yesterday's Aomo blurted out a remark that Aizhi misunderstood as mockery when she issued the invitation and explained it.

Indeed, it's not hard to understand why the other party's parents want to meet me, and even why they had been thinking about it for a long time, yet only today did Aizhi bring it up—given her unwillingness to show off, even saying she is quite low-key, and disliking lively occasions, she must have suppressed the family's suggestions from the start.

As for why the invitation was made at this point……

Aomo's original idea was that the first day of the new semester would be a normal opportunity for students' parents to bring it up again.

And upon learning that Ka Lian Jiang would also appear, he could not help but put forward a new subtle supposition:

Perhaps Miss Vega is creating an opportunity for her lovable, pitiable roommate.

Aizhi, who always seemed rather aloof, has always been a kind-hearted child at heart, and moreover her own enthusiasm, which she tries hard to conceal, is hard to hide.

It is not surprising that such a person, facing social barriers among those around her, would be willing to provide an opportunity.

Only the next day did he manage, with difficulty, to extricate himself from the emergency revised schedule, finally bringing Suzi, Aizhi, and Ka Lian Jiang together, and upon reaching the other party's doorstep, he narrowly avoided being 'attacked' by Jidong's characteristic heavy-handed thanks.

Had he not been earnestly observing the other party, able to interrupt the raised hand at the very moment the sign appeared, he would have truly been 'attacked' by them.

Even if this family had interrupted the raised hand, they still gathered together to express thanks, which also made Aomo feel that perhaps it was simply that Aizhi could not suppress it.

The family members insisted on personally thanking the trainer, otherwise they would likely perform this scene at the school gate.

However, after such an event passed, as everyone began chatting, waiting for dishes, sitting down to eat, and chatting again, Ka Lian Jiang started to proudly steer the conversation, continually bringing up past events, so that whether the original second supposition was true or not, it did not hinder the result from heading in that direction.

Aomo understood Ka Lian Jiang's intention.

Frequently guiding the topic, chatting about the past, talking about bygone days.

On the surface, she stimulated herself with the secret of Umastar and Vega, while also emphasizing her own forgotten, thorough past.

Since among the horse girls present, only Suzi is someone Aomo met this year, there might still be a hint of emphasizing who came first.

Moreover, Suzi herself did not grasp the drug's effect well, and indeed it caused Aizhi's appearance to regress to that of a middle school student, making this topic develop naturally, even easily attracting Aizhi's mother's enthusiastic participation—she somehow produced a classic photo album and began recounting, in detail, the girl's baby photos, leaving the person involved completely flustered.

Likewise, Aizhi, who also underwent some personality regression, was comparatively more indecisive than now; her failure to immediately interrupt her mother's preparatory gesture before casting a spell was her biggest mistake, resulting in her fleeing in self-abandonment within less than half an hour, locking herself in her bedroom, putting on a show of covering her ears while stealing a bell, and rejecting the world.

Only after another one and a half hours, when Aomo knocked on the door having finished listening to a round of past stories from his aunt, did he manage to pull open a crack in the door.

"What are you here for?"

Even though her appearance had regressed several years, her cold tone remained unchanged—Aizhi Miss revealed a slightly baby‑fat little face from the crack in the door.

It is clear that these three years from middle to high school were a crucial period of her development; now her height of barely 1.5 meters is noticeably different from her previous 1.61 meters.

As for that little face…… after her heart‑knot was undone, she indeed ate and drank well, and even received guidance from the genuine nutrition researcher Linton trainer; compared to her previously obviously plump self, Aomo could not say whether her condition had fully regressed or she simply had that baby‑fat look all along.

After all, even though Vega Miss, whom he had known since then and who dared to reveal a bit of her address when going camping, had never actually sent him her own photo.

"Depending on Vega Miss's reply, I'll decide whether to say goodbye or just chat." Aomo smiled faintly, his words carrying the kind of tone that little Zhi Ji would have used back then when she was fuming.

But she is not entirely the same as she used to be.

"Are you all leaving now?"

"Suzi keeps insisting on going by the office for a bit, and her chatting with Ka Lian Jiang there makes it awkward for me to join in."

"Then why did you agree to let her come along?"

"I thought it was Vega Miss who agreed to let her come, and even agreed to let Ka Lian Jiang come so we could relax, right?"

Although in reality nobody can really relax, the original intention is not hard to guess— to?

"I…" the girl, wanting to speak but stopping, made Aomo raise his eyebrows slightly.

"It was I who asked her to come…"

"Oh?" Aomo raised his index finger to push up his right eyeglass frame, "Vega Miss's timidity also has a certain charm."

"No, don't say that, and it's not…" the girl, narrowing the crack in the door a little more, whispered in a mosquito‑weak voice, "It's not for courage either."

"Then what is it for?"

"It… it… don't bother me!" After a brief silence, as if remembering she could still be angry, the girl's tone suddenly grew heavier, and in the still‑not‑fully‑gone soft, childish cadence of a middle‑schooler, it sounded even more adorable.

"All right, then getting back to the original topic, what should we talk about, or should we just send you home?"

"It's the older sister's idea to have Ka Lian Jiang play support! If we hold back Suzi sister, we can be alone with the trainer!!

"……"x2

As soon as she finished speaking, a voice came from the crack in the door—unfamiliar due to its liveliness, and even more unfamiliar because of its content—amid the silence that fell once again.

"Bang!"

The door slammed shut, leaving Aomo alone staring at the pattern on the door, as if he were observing it intently, though in fact his gaze had no focus.

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After a seven‑second brainstorm, Aomo took off his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose, and just as he was about to turn and leave, he heard a faint sound of the door opening, then turned his head to see the crack reopened a little.

That... uh... do you want to come in?

I think I can just stand at the doorway; it's fine.

... you might as well come in.

Then I won't refuse.