Dating sim loading: My girlfriend is a cunning young lady
Chapter 157 - 103. Summer Festival (1)

Chapter 157: 103. Summer Festival (1)

"Starting tomorrow is a two-day break for the Obon Festival, so everyone should use this last bit of time before cram school to switch gears and give your bodies a good rest," announced Kiyono Lin to the Wind Instrument Club at nine o’clock on the evening of August 14th.

"Hooray!!!" Ichiki Aoi shouted, raising her arms.

The already exhausted members all showed excited expressions as they packed up their instruments and discussed where to go the next day.

Dubian Che turned his stiff neck, bones cracking with a pop, which startled Ayane Kumi next to him.

"Are you okay, Mr. Dubian?"

"Just a bit sore, it’s fine, I’ll loosen up with some movement."

"Thanks for your hard work."

"That’s nothing," Dubian Che said nonchalantly, "Anyway, I only plan to work hard until I’m 25, might as well get the hardships of the second half of my life over with."

"25?" Ayane Kumi tilted her head, puzzled, but soon stopped fussing over such details, "Do you have any plans for tomorrow, Mr. Dubian?"

"Reading, studying, and... cleaning, I guess, I’ll be joining my girlfriend in the evening at the Obon event in Hibiya Park." Dubian Che deliberately used the word ’girlfriend’, worried about Ayane Kumi taking a liking to him.

Perhaps a bit narcissistic, but anything’s possible. And up to now, he still received letters of confession in his locker daily, proving the probability of such a possibility was very high.

"I see," Ayane Kumi’s face remained unchanged as she continued, "I’ve made plans with a few other girls from the Wind Instrument Club to go swimming at the pool tomorrow. It’s a rare opportunity, so we wanted to invite more people."

"Me? I’ll pass."

"You’ll get to see lots of cute girls in swimsuits," Ayane Kumi coaxed him like a nursery school teacher persuading a child to eat their meal.

"I’m not interested in that," replied Dubian Che in an even tone.

Of course, he was interested! Extremely interested! What man wouldn’t be?

But the thing was... he didn’t dare.

"The Wind Instrument Club’s three beauties: Mayi, Chaozi, and Yuzao Haomei will all be there. As a man, are you really not interested?" Those three were a handful, but undeniably pretty. Viewing them was certainly a tempting offer...

Wait a second.

Sure, he was popular, but that was amongst the girls outside the Wind Instrument Club—at least on the surface. It didn’t make sense for the club members to invite him swimming and to be so insistent about it.

Dubian Che looked at Ayane Kumi with a doubtful expression.

Ayane Kumi covered her mouth, trying to suppress a laugh, and awkwardly said, "Actually, we wanted Mr. Dubian to help persuade Kiyono to come with us."

"Kiyono Lin? Why invite her?"

"We’re grateful for her help, and Kiyono always seems to be alone, so we thought of inviting her to hang out during the holidays."

"Save the pity."

Kiyono Lin needed no pity—that’s what Dubian Che believed.

"It’s not pity, okay. Yuzao and I want to be her friends, and... although Kiyono’s chest is a bit small, she has a great figure and would look really cute in a swimsuit!"

"...That’s a reason for you—to invite her?" Dubian Che emphasized her gender.

"Mr. Dubian," Ayane Kumi’s voice was soft like a gently convincing teacher, "even us girls like cute girls, you know."

"..."

This woman was off.

If you used a "detector" on her, she’d absolutely be a weirdo.

But then again, doesn’t everyone have their quirks?

"Then why don’t you invite her yourselves?" Dubian Che glanced at the podium where Kiyono Lin was being bombarded by a crowd of girls with questions.

Ayane Kumi wore a wry smile, her gaze also on Kiyono Lin, "We’ve tried, but Kiyono said she doesn’t like group activities and refused us."

"Oh, that one hates humans and isn’t too fond of group activities."

"That’s why we thought we’d invite you first."

"Why?" Dubian Che was surprised.

"Uh—" Ayane Kumi pondered, "How should I put it, there’s no particular reason but if you were to invite her, I just feel like Kiyono would surely come."

"You’re overestimating me," Dubian Che waved his hand dismissively, "Besides, I can’t go. Going out with other girls while having a girlfriend isn’t something I would do."

Hanaoka Asako, who had been watching the situation, seemed to want to say something, but with a cute, flushed face and clenched fists, she struggled to hold back.

"Let’s do this!" Ayane Kumi suddenly clasped her hands together, happily exclaiming, "Let’s invite Jiutiao Meiji as well! She has big breasts!"

"..." Dubian Che removed the reed from his bassoon and started to pack up, ready to go home.

He couldn’t get along with people who didn’t like legs.

Besides, Jiutiao Meijie was his girlfriend. Whether her breasts were large or not was his business alone, wasn’t it? What did it have to do with others?

"Wait, Mr. Dubian, please! We really want to become friends with Kiyono," Ayane Kumi sat back down, bowing slightly toward Dubian Che.

Dubian Che sighed, "Just hanging out a few times won’t be enough to become her friend, it’s not that simple."

Given Kiyono Lin’s hatred for lying, chances are the longer she spent with someone, the more irritable she’d get, right? It was probably also the reason why she lived alone since high school and always spent lunchtime reading in the activity room by herself... probably.

"How will you know it won’t work if you never try?" Yuzao Haomei popped up from nowhere, her pretty face peeking out from behind Ayane Kumi’s shoulder.

"You can actually say something like that?" Dubian Che glanced at her heavy chest pressed upon Ayane Kumi’s slender shoulders.

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