Qian Huanyue said with a smile, "If we keep talking like this, it'll never end."
"Ha ha, yes."
Hearing that, Rinne smiled. "When we get back, should we bake some cake slices in the oven at home?"
"Can we?" Huanyue's eyes lit up, her tone rising slightly before she remembered something. "Would that clash with dinner?"
Seeing her like this, Rinne's smile deepened.
"Huanyue-chan," Rinne said with a smile, a rare hint of mischief in it—the same Rinne who had once said that Shiori spoiled Tohka too much with food, causing Tohka to overeat. "For girls, sweets and meals don't go into the same stomach—of course they don't clash."
This world really was one giant boomerang.
The principles she had once sworn by were now being broken by her own hands.
But every once in a while, this was fine too, wasn't it?
Rinne quietly thought to herself.
At this moment, she wanted to do more and more for Huanyue.
"Then I'll have some." Qian Huanyue followed her heart, her shining, craving eyes looking exactly like Tohka's.
"Okay."
Not long after.
"Mmm..." Huanyue bit into the cake. "This is amazing. It feels kind of addictive, and it's so good... With cooking skills like these, you could open a shop."
"Ha ha..." Rinne smiled a little embarrassedly. "Is it really that exaggerated? Besides, I only made these because I wanted Huanyue-chan to eat them."
"—Munch, it's too good." Qian Huanyue carefully speared the next piece with her fork and solemnly declared, "If Rinne ever plans to open a shop, I'll definitely be a super VIP member."
"No, no. I'm honored, but... that's a little too exaggerated." Rinne waved her hands. "As long as Huanyue-chan keeps liking it, I'll keep making it."
"Mm!" Qian Huanyue touched her gradually less-flat stomach through her