102. The Feeling of Feeding Your Beloved a Sweet Treat
“Oh… it’s so lively! So many people!”
Ruo Xiaoxi hadn’t even fully entered yet, but she peeked her head out, looking at the booths on the sports field.
Various clubs had their own recruitment booths, each decorated and demonstrating their club’s activities. Some popular clubs even had entrance exams, with long lines of students.
“Hey, hey, which club did you end up joining?”
“I joined the singing club. How about you?”
“Ah, I’m in the instrumental music club. Maybe we’ll have a chance to meet during a club collaboration!”
As Ruo Xiaoxi walked alongside Xia Zhibai, she watched the students passing by with joyful smiles on their faces, and couldn’t help but have a few ideas of her own.
The club she wanted to establish would definitely bring happiness to everyone too.
Xia Zhibai walked in front, noticing that some clubs had girls dressed in cute, cartoonish outfits, holding up club signs as “kanban musume” (literally “signboard girls”), mostly petite girls.
Their adorable presence gave everyone a friendly impression, even as seniors.
And clubs with a “kanban musume” usually attracted a lot of people, even if they were unpopular, just to check them out. Chatting a few words with the cute senior was a delightful experience.
“Ruo Xiaoxi, why don’t you wear cat ears and a big cat paw glove to be a ‘kanban musume’ and recruit people?”
“Eh, why?”
“Look, I brought you here to show you how other clubs operate. Having such a club mascot standing at the front will definitely make people take a second look and subconsciously walk over.”
“Kanban musume, huh… But wouldn’t that mean I’m selling my cuteness to attract people? And most of them would probably be boys. My club isn’t planning to recruit boys for now…”
“I’ll go online and buy you a cat costume later.” Xia Zhibai hammered her fist into her palm, making up her mind.
“I said I won’t wear it!” Ruo Xiaoxi shouted, closing her eyes.
While other girls wore relatively cartoonish and anime-like outfits, they were still within the realm of normal clothing. Wearing a cat costume and holding two big cat paws would be too unconventional!
Oh, but imagining it, it does look a little cute.
“I’ll buy it for you, mainly because I suddenly thought of it. I want to see you dressed as a catgirl and hear you meow for me.” Xia Zhibai’s gaze towards Ruo Xiaoxi gradually became a bit… suggestive.
It was fine if she didn’t wear it outside. After all, it wasn’t just cute; it could also add some flavor at home.
Imagining Ruo Xiaoxi wearing cute cat ears, propped up on her two big cat paw gloves, lying on the floor…
Ruo Xiaoxi read some of the senior’s lewd fantasies in her eyes, and immediately felt both shy and startled. She lowered her head and mumbled softly:
“Ugh, this… I’m not wearing that…”
They continued to observe the bustling recruitment activities of various clubs. Ruo Xiaoxi was suddenly drawn to a club called “Dessert and Pastry Club.”
Strictly speaking, she was immediately drawn by the scent of the desserts.
There’s even a food-making club!
“Hello there, cute junior! Would you like to sample some of the desserts made by our club?” The girl from the pastry club gestured towards the various pastries displayed on the table, asking with a smile.
Ruo Xiaoxi leaned in. “Can I eat them?”
“Yes, these are for tasting. If you like desserts or are interested in making them, like us, you can sign up to join our club.”
“Wow, a dessert-making club! I bet your club smells amazing every day.”
“Indeed. Little gluttons often pass by our club and can’t help but want a piece of dessert. We’re very confident in our skills.”
“Then… I’d like to try this one, the mung bean pastry,” Ruo Xiaoxi pointed.
The pastry club girl, wearing transparent plastic gloves, lifted the lid of the dessert box, took out three mung bean pastries, and offered them to Ruo Xiaoxi with a smile.
Ruo Xiaoxi noticed that when the senior smiled, she had two cute dimples.
“I actually think your smile is sweeter than the desserts, Senior.”
“Ah?” The pastry girl was visibly surprised for a moment, then giggled even more happily, covering her mouth with the back of her hand, a little shy. “But I think the junior’s mouth is sweeter.”
As expected, seniors are all very humorous and interesting people. Ruo Xiaoxi suddenly thought joining the pastry club wouldn’t be bad.
And perhaps Xiaonuo would like this kind of club. She also made desserts by hand, didn’t she? She bought cocoa powder and milk to make her own chocolates with molds.
“Hmm? What are you looking at?” Xia Zhibai, seeing them chatting so happily, came over.
“Senior Xia, I’m sampling pastries. Want to try some? Here.” Ruo Xiaoxi picked up a mung bean pastry with two slender, jade-like fingers, stood on tiptoe, and held it to Xia Zhibai’s mouth.
Senior Xia, seeing this, didn’t use her own hand to take it. She slightly opened her mouth and took the mung bean pastry onto her tongue.
“How is it?” Ruo Xiaoxi asked, her large eyes fluttering with curiosity and anticipation.
“Mmm… mmm! It’s delicious. So refreshing. Much better than those overly sweet and cloying, low-quality mung bean pastries on the market.” Xia Zhibai gave a positive review.
“Ah…” The pastry girl, praised but unaware, focused entirely on Ruo Xiaoxi standing on tiptoe, feeding Xia Zhibai the pastry. She stood there like a statue.
Ruo Xiaoxi, seeing her distracted, waved her hand in front of her. “Miss, your pastries are delicious.”
“Ah! Oh, oh, yes, thank you very much!” The pastry girl said hurriedly, pushing a strand of hair from her cheek. “Seeing the scene between you two just now, I suddenly had some new insights.”
“New insights?” Ruo Xiaoxi took a small bite of mung bean pastry, chewing with her mouth full.
“That’s right. I realized I’ve always been researching how to make pastries even more delicious, but recently I’ve hit a wall and even felt frustrated by the lack of progress.”
“But after seeing you two, I suddenly realized that desserts are made to be eaten by people. So, one should also consider people’s feelings, such as the emotions when feeding a loved one a sweet treat, or when giving to a friend…”
The pastry girl stopped mid-sentence, realizing she had to write this feeling down. She quickly ran off.
Ruo Xiaoxi stared blankly at her retreating figure, then looked up at Xia Zhibai, exchanging a confused glance.
“Ahaha… don’t mind her. Xinran’s parents run a high-end pastry shop, and she’s loved making desserts since she was little. She takes it very seriously, and sometimes she just gets like this when inspiration strikes.”
Another senior from the pastry club, sitting nearby, explained to them.
Ruo Xiaoxi nodded, half-understanding. So, that girl named Xinran had just gotten some inspiration, right? She hoped she would make even more delicious desserts.
“Lo-lover, she just said ‘between lovers’…” Xia Zhibai murmured to herself, her face slightly flushed.
“Hmm? Senior Xia, what’s wrong? Did you get some inspiration too?” Ruo Xiaoxi asked at an inopportune moment, wondering if it was really that magical. She hadn’t felt any surge of inspiration from eating the pastry.
If eating this pastry helps with exams, wouldn’t everyone buy it?
Xia Zhibai realized she was also being scrutinized by the pastry club students, and her cheeks flushed even hotter from embarrassment. Her gaze darted around unnaturally.
She glanced down, seeing Ruo Xiaoxi looking up at her with an innocent expression, still chewing, her cheeks adorably puffed out. Those who understood, understood. Those who didn’t, also understood. Only Ruo Xiaoxi was focused on eating.
Xia Zhibai picked up a piece of mung bean pastry and shoved it into Ruo Xiaoxi’s mouth to shut her up.
“You idiot lolita, you’re too noisy. If you like it, eat more.”
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