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If the physical training of the Dong Brothers group is all at this level, it's normal that they can't push themselves.
Upon closer inspection, Ai Yin is quite tall. When Ai Yin hugged me just now, the top of my head was about the height of her nose. Speaking of which, she just said that she is still a first-year high school student, right?
With only a two-year developmental gap, they've already caught up with me.
Regardless of what Nina was thinking, Aine suddenly realized something. It turned out that Nina was also one of those who admired Momoi Taro.
She naturally noticed Nina's resistance, loosened her embrace, and began to converse harmoniously with Nina.
During their conversation, Aine learned that Nina wanted to learn guitar, so she offered to teach her.
"Really?" Nina looked at Aine cautiously. Aine nodded readily and said with a smile, "Of course!"
"To be honest, I only recently learned to play the guitar so well." She glanced around, then whispered in Renna's ear:
"Actually, a month ago, I only knew a few basic chords on my guitar."
"Really? But I want to see your first live performance too, you played so well...?" Nina's eyes widened, completely incredulous.
"Hehe, this is also the result of practice." Ai-yin's eyes narrowed as she laughed.
"Then..."
The two people were having a very pleasant conversation, which made one of them somewhat unhappy.
Lying on the sofa, Ruomai was practically grinding her teeth to powder. "No, girl, it's only been a few minutes, and you've become so close to my rival. Are you even from the same hometown anymore?"
Thinking this, Ruomai sighed helplessly. However, that was Chihaya Aine after all; having overcome her lack of patience, she was an undeniable numerical monster.
I used to... no, I still like Aine a lot. Without a doubt, being friends with Aine would be very comfortable.
At that moment, Taro came out of the kitchen. He glanced around the living room and asked Nina, "Where's Ebizuka?"
"Ah!" Upon hearing Taro's question, Nina stood up reflexively and answered seriously, "Ash is taking a bath right now."
Taro nodded knowingly, then continued, "Then, ask Rupa if he's coming back for dinner."
“Yes! But, Mr. Momoi, won’t you ask him yourself?” Nina answered first, then asked with some curiosity.
Taro took his phone out of his pocket, shook it, and said, "I don't have any Rupa Link friends!"
Nina nodded, took her phone out of her skirt pocket, and sent a message to Rupa:
"Rupa-san, are you coming back for dinner today? Taro-san is cooking today. Will you be able to come back?"
Then I showed it to Taro: "Sent!"
Aine asked curiously, "Does Nina often get to eat Taro's cooking? I'm so envious."
“It doesn’t happen often. Mr. Momoi doesn’t usually cook. He mainly takes care of himself…” Nina stared at her phone, then exclaimed, “Ah, it’s read now.”
"Come back~ Please make a little more, Mr. Momoi." The voice came from behind, and Nina and Aine subconsciously turned around to look at a short-haired girl with an exotic look.
"So tall!" Aine's eyes widened. It was rare to see someone taller than her. Was this one of Taro's current roommates?
Thinking about it this way, the four roommates saw three of them, which means there's only one left...
"You're back, I know." Taro nodded and turned to walk back into the kitchen.
"Rupa-san!" Nina seemed startled and shrank back. Aine stepped forward and greeted her:
"Hello, I'm Chihaya Aine, the guitarist of the Toon Brothers group, the same band as Taro. If you're willing, please call me Aine. Nice to meet you."
"Yes, I'm Rupa, the bassist in the same band as Rina, the one with no thorns and thorns. Nice to meet you." Rupa bowed slightly, performing a very standard Japanese greeting.
As they were talking, Ebizuka Tomo saw Rupa from upstairs. Just as he was about to say something, Taro came out again.
"Dinner's ready, go wash your hands," Taro said casually. Nina said in disbelief, "So fast?"
Aine patted Nina on the shoulder and said cheerfully, "Nina, aren't you used to it yet? That's Momoi Taro, you know."
Nina paused for a moment, then smiled, nodded, and agreed, saying, "That's true."
As the group of people were jokingly heading to wash their hands, a muffled shout came from the sofa in the living room: "Hey—hey—who's going to do something about us?"
Rupa looked at the people on the sofa in surprise and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with these people?"
"Haha... I guess I overdid it." Aine laughed awkwardly. Luckily, she had gone to a meeting today, otherwise she wouldn't be in much better shape.
"That's really something!" Rupa exclaimed in surprise. "Do you need any help?"
"Yes... thank you for your help." Hailin said first, and Rupa helped her up and carefully carried her to the dining table: "Ash, could you please bring me a basin of water?"
After hearing this, Ebizuka Satoshi silently fetched a basin of water from the bathroom.
Aine took the initiative to walk over and pick up Ryuna, who had turned into a puddle. Nina also carefully helped Wakana to the dining table.
A sumptuous feast had appeared on the table sometime during the day, which the group was not surprised by. They then washed their hands in the basin of water that Ebizuka Tomo had brought.
Taro distributed the rice bowls and announced, "Dinner's ready!"
#9 Meeting
Delicious food always puts people in a good mood. The three sisters in the Dong Brothers group were too exhausted to chat and just focused on eating to relieve their fatigue.
At the dinner table, Nina casually brought up Rupa's trip: "By the way, Rupa-san, how's the new store going?"
"It went surprisingly smoothly," Rupa said with a smile. "It seems that a store manager resigned, and I was able to take over smoothly."
"That's great!" Rencai picked up a chicken wing and said with a smile, "That's great, Momoka-san has also found a good job."
"Wow? Momoka found a good job, that's great." Taro pointed his chopsticks at Nina: "It feels like things are gradually developing."
"Hehehe..." Rencai chuckled a few times, took a bite of the chicken wing, and revealed a happy expression: "Delicious...!"
"Tsk..." Ebisuka spat in frustration, though he was very unhappy, he had no reason to refute it. His cooking skills were far inferior to Momoi Taro's.
Dissatisfied, she forcefully poked her chopsticks into the rice grains, hitting the bottom of the bowl with a thud.
"Satoshi," Rupa whispered a reminder. Ebisuka Satoshi paused slightly, then continued eating.
"I hope your band can find work as smoothly as you did," Taro said calmly.
"Yes! Thank you." Nina excitedly accepted Taro's blessing.
"Is Nina also in a band?" Aine asked softly.
“Yes,” Nina replied with a smile. Her impression of Aine was quite good.
"So, when are you planning to hold a live concert?" Aine asked curiously, "And where are you planning to hold the live concert?"
"As for the location, I'm planning to go to RiNG in Ikebukuro. Aine goes there often, right?" Nina replied with a smile, then her mood turned slightly disappointed: "But, we haven't decided on a time yet."
Ai Yin closed her eyes, rested her chin on her hand, and thought for a moment. Then she took out her phone from her skirt pocket, tapped a few times, and said:
"Yes, this one—"
She handed the phone over with the screen facing up. Nina looked at Aine with a bit of surprise, not quite understanding what Aine meant.
“A friend on LINE~” Aine chuckled, “That way, I can come over when it’s decided.”
"Thank you...!" Nina happily picked up her phone, scanned the QR code, and added Aine as a friend.
"By the way, Mr. Momoi, you don't have any friends with Rupa and Subaru, right? I'll recommend them to you." Thinking it was just a convenient thing to do, Nina did a little bit of the work.
Taro slowly finished the last bite of his rice, then took his phone out of his pocket and accepted the friend's notification.
Aine ate her food in silence, and only spoke up when Nina sat back down in her original seat: "By the way, speaking of the band, didn't we go to a meeting today?"
Aine's words drew everyone's attention to her. She calmly took out a stack of papers from her bag and handed them to Taro.
After Taro took the paper, Aine explained, "This is the complete result of today's meeting."
"What is this?" Hailing asked with some curiosity.
"Lyrics~" Aine said with a proud smile, "These lyrics are the result of everyone's combined efforts!"
"The outcome of the meeting?" Ruomai gradually recovered and asked casually.
"Yes!" Ai Yin was even more proud: "The lyrics were written by everyone, and I also put in a lot of effort!"
Hearing this discussion, Nina and Ebizuka Tomo were inevitably drawn in, and Rupa also turned her head slightly.
Taro calmly picked up the paper in his hand, flipped through a few pages, and Aine quickly said, "Also, there's a blank section here, and everyone hopes you can fill it in, as well as the composition part..."
"I know!" Taro said in a raised voice, "I'll get it done right away!"
"Hey, there's no need to rush, is there?" Aine said, reaching out her hand. "We can take our time. Minato-senpai said he's not free tomorrow."
“This and that are two separate matters. What needs to be done today must be completed today.” Taro raised his head, his eyes filled with unwavering resolve.
"I know, I know, whatever you want." Ai waved her hand, not intending to delve deeper into the topic.
"Speaking of which, has Mr. Momoi always been such a great composer and lyricist?" Nina asked curiously, then added after thinking for a moment, "Today I was watching the Dong Brothers' training... I guess you could call it training?"
"This isn't training! It's abuse!" Ruomai angrily pointed out the error in Rencai's words!
"Haha..." What could she do? She could only laugh it off. All she could say was that Momoi Taro's training intensity was a bit too extreme. Ignoring the curious expressions of Rupa and Ebisuka Satoshi, Nina continued:
"In short, I finished the lyrics for one song and two songs while driving. This is really dangerous! What if I hit Nyanmu-san?"
Ebizuka Tomo and Rupa were completely bewildered. How did exercising lead to bumping into someone? Aine chuckled dryly. She could totally picture that scene, and she even knew how Taro would retort.
"If anything were to happen, I'm confident I could bring the vehicle to a complete stop! Besides, I was keeping an eye on the attendants the whole time while composing and writing the lyrics!"
Aine's thoughts overlapped with Momoi Taro's voice. Nina thought for a moment and remembered the scene on the mountaintop where Momoi Taro used his body to turn the vehicle. She was speechless.
"More importantly than that," Aine calmly interjected, asking, "Taro, what do you think of the lyrics?"
"Hmm...not bad." Taro nodded, took a pen out of his pocket. Due to his professional habits, he habitually carried a pen in his pocket.
"Taro talks just like Mitake-senpai." Ai-si whispered a couple of times, then saw Taro's actions and widened her eyes: "Hey! You're already writing it? Would it be better to think about it some more?"
"No, I've already decided. This is the best way." With that, Taro wrote the last blank on the paper. Aine stood up, leaning on the table, and looked over.
"It feels...good!" That was all she could say.
Taro smiled confidently: "After all, I wrote the lyrics! Alright! Let's have a meeting in the living room after dinner!"
After saying that, he stood up, turned around and sat down in the living room. From Ai Yin's perspective, he took something out from under the table and was writing something.
Has she already found inspiration for composing a piece? Aine thought quickly, then turned around and saw the dishes on the table rapidly disappearing.
"Ah! You guys sneaked away! Leave some for me!" Hearing Ai Yin's shout, everyone's speed in picking up food didn't decrease, but instead increased.
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