Citrus Love Green Tea

(PS. The monthly ticket will be updated on 19/26.)

Section 〇309. The lingering shadow [Monthly ticket plus update]

Sunny weekend morning.

Ruo Xiaoxi is standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror in her bedroom, admiring herself alone. Unlike the past admiring her white body or admiring the newly bought skirt, today she has a pair of small wings behind her back.

The pair of vampire wings behind her seemed to represent her growth status as a vampire princess, and the sweet blood of the big sisters was the nourishment for the healthy growth of the pair of little wings.

"Hmm~ I feel more and more like a vampire princess." Ruo Xiaoxi looked at herself with satisfaction.

The growth of the vampire princess's physique also represents the improvement of her ability. She can master more magic, use magic better, and has enhancements in all aspects, and her hunger resistance has also been improved.

And... why do you feel that you are getting more and more beautiful?

But one thing that troubled Ruo Xiaoxi was that she seemed to need more and more blood.

Now she is more resistant to hunger. She probably won't die if she doesn't eat for more than a month, but she feels hungry faster. Of course, there may be reasons why she is more greedy. After all, the blood of the sisters is so delicious.

"Xiaoxi, are you still sleeping?"

Just when Ruo Xiaoxi was posing in the mirror with various posses, someone unexpectedly pushed open the bedroom door, and Lan Yinuo had already arrived at her home.

Ruo Xiaoxi was so frightened that she instantly retracted her wings, and her pair of ruby-like pupils slowly returned to color.

"Huh?" Lan Yinuo blinked, why did he seem to be hallucinating, and saw Xiaoxi's eyes were a pair of bright red, prettier than wearing colored contact lenses.

But in the blink of an eye, she suspected that she was dazzled just now.

"Huh...you scared me to death, Xiao Nuonuo, when did you come?" Ruo Xiaoxi went to the floor in shock and picked up the skirt, and pulled it tight around her waist.

Lan Yinuo smiled, and asked playfully, "Did your skirt fall off in fright?"

"No, no, changing clothes."

"Oh... I came here just now, your sister opened the door for me. When are we going to leave, we have to pick up the maltose first, and then go...to the home appliance store?"

"Well, we have sufficient funds to buy the best and most expensive heaters, so that the club won't be cold this winter!"

"No, not so expensive! It should be the best value for money."

Lan Yinuo reminded that she was afraid that Xiaoxi, who had been poor all along, would suddenly get a large sum of money, and would be unable to control the retaliatory spending and spending money indiscriminately, so she thought that she had to be a good supervisor.

But strictly speaking, the finances of the tea art club are also managed by Lan Yinuo.

This is called... the wallet for the wife, eh!

So after making some preparations, Ruo Xiaoxi and Lan Yinuo went out by car together.

They went to pick her up near Maltose's home first, and Xiaomei had already got her phone number, and they could contact her at any time. Maltose also agreed to come out and play with them today.

The community in her home is not high-end, but it is a very peaceful and peaceful community.

The community activity venue is also dominated by elderly people. Camphor trees surround the entire community. Under the shade of the trees, there are children chasing after them. An old man in a smart white cloth is doing Tai Chi vigorously.

If Xiaoxi called her, she heard the door close upstairs, and Maltose came down the stairs in a hurry.

"Long, long wait!" Maltose said anxiously.

But she seemed a little happy in her heart, because although this sentence was repeated a few words, being able to say it was a good start, and it might give her more confidence.

Under the accumulated psychological hints, she already has an inner interaction that evaluates every word she says.

This time she didn't dress so cosily, but simply wore a school uniform. The uniform was on this little girl, and with the braids, it also looked so peaceful and beautiful.

On the contrary, Ruo Xiaoxi was so hot that she wore a navel-baring dress, which was extremely sexy.

Lan Yinuo is probably in the middle of the two, not as rigid as the school uniform, nor as daring to show his figure as Ruo Xiaoxi, wearing a fresh sailor uniform.

"We just called you when we arrived. Now that we're all gathered, let's go!"

"Hmm..." Maltose nodded, followed them, and asked softly on the way out of the community: "Yes, yes, where are we going?"

"Go to the home appliance store. We're going to buy heating equipment for the community. No matter how cold the weather is, our community will be warm. Maltose is now a member of our community."

While the abbreviation is cute, the name Maltose already has a fairy-tale feel to it.

Calling her the abbreviation seems a bit boring, so Ruo Xiaoxi also called her by her name affectionately.

"Okay, okay..."

"Don't be nervous, I brought you out to play. We already know about your situation, we won't laugh at you, and want to help you, so talk to us more?"

Ruo Xiaoxi moved towards Maltose with a smile on her face.

Maltose felt her shoulders suddenly sink, and it was Ruo Xiaoxi who knocked her chin up, and she was a little surprised by the intimate behavior, as if she could immediately understand that Ruo Xiaoxi was a lively and cheerful girl.

"I heard that when you chat with familiar people, your stuttering will be lighter. Then we have known each other for several days, and we are also familiar."

"A-Actually... I, I, I, I... I..."

"Huh?" Ruo Xiaoxi tilted her head, saw Maltose start to stutter, and encouraged her, "Try trying to say it! Actually what?"

"I...no, nothing..." Maltose blushed and found himself stuck, so he could only give up.

"So you're stuck on the word 'I'?"

"No, no, I, I am... that..." Maltose really wanted to explain something, but the more anxious she was, the more she couldn't say a word.

She opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a single syllable. She could only take a deep breath and fell silent.

In the eyes of those who don't know, this is definitely a very strange behavior, and it is something that Maltose herself is very worried about. She thinks that it will also make the listeners lose patience, and it is... too embarrassing.

"It's okay, it's okay, don't worry." Ruo Xiaoxi patted Maltose's chest with her small hands, helping her to relax.

"Hmm..." Maltose raised his helpless gaze, and also glanced at Lan Yinuo who was next to him. Little Nuonuo didn't laugh at her either. Instead, he wanted to encourage her more because he had seen similar ones in elementary school.

The two girls beside me are good people.

Later, inadvertently, as if she had adjusted her state, Maltose said the whole sentence. She just wanted to say that in fact, she sometimes stutters in front of familiar people.

The condition of stuttering may have really become a lingering shadow for her since she was a child...

(PS. The monthly ticket will be updated on 20/26.)

〇Section 310. The Injured Deer [Monthly Pass Added]

It's so painful... why is it only me.

I really want to speak freely like other people. Maybe people who enjoy the free use of language will never understand the pain that cannot be expressed.

Maltose sometimes feels that he would rather be a mute who can't speak.

At least, that way you won't be embarrassed in public, and you can try to tell others with paper and pen, and others won't look at you with ridicule, and won't laugh at a disabled person.

But she could make a sound, but she couldn't say what she had thought in her heart.

Gradually, sometimes she began to resent her incompetence, thinking that if she could speak well, she would actually want to participate in many speech contests and stage hosts.

She has a lot of things she wants to do, but she is blocked by her own communication barriers.

Would life be more exciting if I didn't have a stutter?Is it possible to seize more opportunities?Or talk about a sweet love on campus?

It would be fine if she really wanted to be a disabled person, but she has a stronger self-motivation than anyone else.

【A disabled bird that lost a wing, looking forward to the blue sky】...

This used to be one of her signatures. She yearned for a bright future more than anyone else. As her relatives and elders told her in private, she might be rejected by others in the future, and she would not even be able to get married.

Maltose really wants to be an excellent person, a very eye-catching and beautiful young girl.

Every time the accumulated pressure can only be released by crying loudly, every once in a while, she will cry bitterly overwhelmed, and then continue to face the cruel life...

Following Ruo Xiaoxi and Lan Yinuo, Maltose was still in a low mood.

She felt that the two girls in front of her were very beautiful. They were the rare girls she had ever seen who were so handsome. The more beautiful they were, the less she wanted to leave a bad impression on them.

So in the end she chose the usual way - silence.

Since talking will make you embarrassed, then don't say it, you can deal with many things just by nodding and shaking your head.

"It's strange... the navigation on the mobile phone shows that it is nearby, but I don't see it. Could it be another street?" Ruo Xiaoxi looked at the mobile phone, which showed the map instructions of the home appliance store.

"Why don't you ask the nearby residents?" Lan Yinuo suggested.

"Hmm... Go ask. Wait a minute... Maltose." Suddenly, Ruo Xiaoxi stopped, and turned to look at the girl behind her who had been silent for a long time.

Maltose was startled, blinked, and responded, "What's wrong?"

"Can you ask passers-by for us, and ask where the home appliance store is. Try it, it's a good opportunity to communicate with strangers."

"No, no, I can't... I can't ask."

"Just ask the people nearby, 'Hello, where is the nearby home appliance store', just repeat the sentence, look, there is a person over there." Ruo Xiaoxi pointed to the distance .

"But I really..." Maltose said with an anxious face as if she was about to cry. She didn't want to refuse Ruo Xiaoxi's request. Asking directions to strangers was something she could never do.

Ruo Xiaoxi and Lan Yinuo looked at each other and smiled, "Then we will go with you."

………………

"You, you, you, you, hello, may I ask, nearby, nearby homes, home... home appliances! Where is the home appliance store?" Maltose asked a strange passerby stutteringly.

Ruo Xiaoxi and Lan Yinuo were beside her, each holding one shoulder, giving her confidence.

The passer-by didn't seem to understand what she said, so he frowned and asked, "Sorry, I didn't hear clearly, where are you looking for?"

"House, every home appliance..." Maltose's face seemed to be on fire, and he was so embarrassed that he couldn't bear it.

Her throat seemed to be cut off, and the airflow pushing the syllables disappeared. She couldn't say what she wanted to say. Seeing the other party's puzzled expression, she felt that she was once again ashamed.

"Ah, hello, actually we want to ask where the nearby home appliance store is? We saw it is here on the mobile phone navigation, but we couldn't find it."

Ruo Xiaoxi took the call in time and asked passers-by.

Passers-by pointed to a nearby entrance, "The front door is not here, but the back door can also enter, the second floor."

"Thank you~" Ruo Xiaoxi thanked her sweetly, and left with the girls.

Maltose lowered his head and ran away with him in shame.

"It's pretty good, at least I was able to say the whole sentence, although it was a bit stumbling." Ruo Xiaoxi comforted the frustrated Maltose, but she also realized the difficulty of treatment.

Frozen three feet is not a day's cold, nor can it be melted with a fire.

Later, they tried again and let Maltose go to the store alone to buy three bottles of orange juice.

Even with her friends by her side, and with as little mental burden as possible, Maltose still stuttered. She wanted to say orange juice, but the pronunciation of the first word stuck her.

She could only show a helpless look, and pointed at the counter with her finger under the boss's puzzled gaze.

But the boss thought she wanted Coke, so he gave her three bottles of Coke. Finally, when Maltose came back with three bottles of Coke, Ruo Xiaoxi and Lan Yinuo also happily took it and drank it.

This kind of thing happened too much to Maltose.

I went to the cafeteria and wanted to eat water noodles, and I wanted to add poached eggs and minced meat. Because I couldn’t tell, I was stared at by the cafeteria aunt and the students who lined up behind me with weird eyes.

I even ate noodles in clear soup several times because of this, but the tears of grievance can only be swallowed into my stomach.

In the end, Maltose's inner endurance collapsed, and she didn't want to try anymore, because she knew that no matter how she tried, she would fail. She had been trying for many years, always like this, always like this! !

Time and time again, time and time again, every courage must be thwarted.

No matter how cruel fate treats oneself, enough is enough!It's too much!And what can she do when she is furious, she knows that no one will understand her...

If Xiaoxi and Lan Yinuo talk to her again, she will try to respond with an ugly smile, but she will never try to socialize again.

She didn't want to live up to the expectations of Ruo Xiaoxi and Lan Yinuo anymore, and living up to expectations made her feel bruised all over her body.

When she went to buy heating equipment, she didn't follow them in, but sat alone on a bench outside, holding a cup of milk tea in her hand and feeling sad.

"Xiaoxi, Maltose...we couldn't help her..."

Looking at her deeply hurt appearance, Lan Yinuo felt a little sad, like a deer injured in the forest, licking his wound silently alone.

Ruo Xiaoxi, who was tinkering with home appliances, felt very heavy in her heart.

She lowered her gaze, pursed her lips tightly, and just said, "I won't give up on her."

They may not be able to save this poor girl for the time being, but they will continue to try. It's just that today's attempt has failed, and there must be... there will be a chance.

However, what they didn't expect was that the pressure of Maltose had already overwhelmed her.

Two days later, on Monday, when everyone was preparing for this week's campus festival, Ruo Xiaoxi fell silent as she looked at a resignation application form on the table of the tea art club...