The script wasn't so easy to write.

Dubian Che's self-righteous heart slightly converged.

He was only the top student in the nation, not some incredible scriptwriter.

As for the demands of the two young ladies being too harsh, in the end, it was still his own writing that wasn't good enough.

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Akiko and Miyazaki Miyuki returned home, and Xiaoquan Aonai, who had come home early from school, was already preparing dinner in the kitchen.

"There's also that little shop we often visit after school, the snack place we always patronize."

"And the endless nagging, the scolded mornings."

Accompanied by the slight sound of the gas stove's flames burning, there was also a gentle humming sound.

"It smells so good," Miyazaki Miyuki sniffed.

"Aonai, what are we eating today?" Akiko impatiently walked into the kitchen.

Xiaoquan Aonai was using both hands to repeatedly slap the meatball to remove the air inside and to constantly adjust the shape of the meatball.

Without needing her to answer, Akiko understood immediately.

"Hamburger steak? That's awesome! I love you so much, Aonai!" She hugged Xiaoquan Aonai and rubbed her face against Xiaoquan Aonai's shoulder, "I don't want to let that Dubian kid have you."

"If it wasn't for Dubian, Aonai wouldn't be making hamburger steak," Miyazaki Miyuki leaned against the kitchen door, leisurely watching the two.

"That's not true!" Xiaoquan Aonai covered up her shyness, "I'd make it for you if you wanted to eat too."

"Though I'd like to believe you, our years of takeaway life remind me to face reality," Akiko straightened her body and left Xiaoquan Aonai.

She washed her hands in the sink, then picked up a portion of the meatball and began helping to slap it together.

"To avoid takeaway, let me just use that Dubian kid," Akiko said menacingly.

Xiaoquan Aonai didn't say anything, just focused on making the hamburger steak.

Before today, although she couldn't explain clearly, she still tried to explain, but now... after a month of being misunderstood, it didn't matter anymore.

Also, it had been a long time since she had made a hamburger steak, what if it didn't taste good?

Suddenly being asked to make hamburger steak, why couldn't she cook something she was good at? Really.

"Aonai? Aonai!"

"Huh?" Akiko's sudden voice brought Xiaoquan Aonai back to her senses, "What's wrong?"

"What are you thinking about? I'm asking you if it's okay to be shaped like this?" Akiko held up the hamburger steak in the palm of her hand.

Xiaoquan Aonai hurriedly sized up the meatball in her hand: "Make it thinner, about 1.5 centimeters in thickness."

"Okay." Akiko continued to slap the meatball back and forth, "Are you really going to date that kid?"

"..." Xiaoquan Aonai patted one into shape and picked up another.

"Don't blame me for talking too much, but that kid has been dating Kiyono behind his girlfriend's back, you..."

"Akiko." Miyazaki Miyuki interrupted Akiko, "There's no such thing as absolutely safe love in this world. Aonai is only 25, she can start over if she makes a mistake."

Akiko couldn't help but express her concern, "But..."

"Just look," Miyazaki Miyuki pointed to Xiaoquan Aonai, "Doesn't she look very happy now?"

Akiko's gaze swept over Xiaoquan Aonai's flushed face, as well as the dinner carefully prepared on the cooking table.

"Snap!" She slapped the progressively shapelier meatball onto the chopping board, reducing its thickness to 0.3 centimeters, "If Dubian dares to make Aonai sad, I'll end him!"

Xiaoquan Aonai said nothing but was deeply moved in her heart.

Miyuki's understanding and support, Akiko's concerns and worries, different ways but the same care.

She had also pondered her future with Dubian Che.

They might not get married, might not live together openly, even if there... were children, they couldn't live together.

But to live her whole life with her best friend and have a child while occasionally dating Dubian, such a future also seemed blissful enough for her to aspire to.

The hamburger steak, after being shaped, was placed in the refrigerator for thirty minutes, during which time she prepared some side dishes.

Waiting for the hamburger steak to be fried and beautifully plated, the three of them waited at the dining table.

"Did that kid really say he was coming to eat tonight?" Akiko leaned back with her hands behind her head.

"Mhmm." Xiaoquan Aonai rolled up her left sleeve and checked her watch.

She didn't need to check to know; she had prepared the meal early and planned the timing to ensure Dubian Che could eat freshly cooked food as soon as he returned.

Now that the dinner was ready, but there was no sign of Dubian Che.

"He's so slow, he should have been out of school by now," Miyazaki Miyuki said.

"Maybe something came up, let's wait a little longer," Xiaoquan Aonai said with a smile.

"Could he have gone out for a feast with the young ladies?" Akiko's face darkened.

"If Dubian said he's coming to eat, he'll definitely come," Xiaoquan Aonai affirmed.

Akiko snorted dismissively, "You believe him, but if his real girlfriend calls him to eat, he can't just..."

"Ding-dong~," the doorbell rang.

Xiaoquan Aonai immediately stood up and headed over, fixing her bangs and skirt hem as she walked.

Opening the door, it was Dubian Che in his school uniform.

"Sorry, something came up, I'm late. Mmm—smells good, I'm hungry."

"Then come in and eat quickly," Xiaoquan Aonai said gently, smiling as she helped him with his schoolbag.

She didn't ask what had happened.

Dubian Che changed his shoes and as he walked into the dining room, Akiko, who was sitting cross-legged in her chair, immediately made a stinky face and said:

"Making a teacher wait for you, you've got some nerve, Dubian kid."

"Teacher, can you put your feet down during mealtime?" Dubian Che sat down next to Xiaoquan Aonai.

"You're teaching me?!"

"Alright, alright, let's eat, I'm starving." Miyazaki Miyuki put her hands together, said 'I'm starting,' and began eating.

Akiko glared fiercely at Dubian Che, as if she wanted to devour him, and took a big bite of her hamburger steak.

Dubian Che ignored her and after taking a bite, exclaimed with a mouthful, "Mmm, delicious!" and then took another few bites.

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