Me Too

Shi Cheng rested his chin on her fragrant shoulder. "Wasn't I worried you'd cut your hand? I'm here to help."

"No need. Just sit there." Horikita Suzune stubbornly refused, her attention having been diverted.

She was not some helpless little girl.

"Really?" Shi Cheng chuckled. The stubborn Horikita Suzune was quite interesting. "Who was it that nearly dropped the pot just now?"

Horikita Suzune was immediately left speechless.

Shi Cheng took the opportunity to place his hands over her fair ones. "All right, let's start cutting the vegetables."

His movements were gentle, his knife work sharp.

Yet a misty haze slowly appeared in Horikita Suzune's beautiful eyes.

The final cut.

She bit her red lips hard and focused all her attention.

This was the last one. She did not want to make a mistake.

Seeing Horikita Suzune's face flushed red, Shi Cheng reminded her, "Suzune, I'll leave the rest to you."

With the important business done, he quickly stepped back.

He decided that after eating, he would visit Sakura Airi to deepen their relationship.

"Mm." Freed from her predicament, Horikita Suzune's eyes were red. "Don't call me that!"

Shi Cheng nodded to show that he understood.

Without the added stimulation, she regained her rationality quickly.

Since she had no appetite, Horikita Suzune only made Shi Cheng's portion.

"Get out already!" Seeing the several plates quickly become empty, Horikita Suzune did not want Shi Cheng to stay another second.

"Why are you so angry? It's bad for your health." Before leaving, Shi Cheng deliberately offered that reminder.

With an expressionless face, Horikita Suzune lowered her head and glanced down. If the plate before her had not been breakable—

She really wanted to smash it into Shi Cheng's shameless face.

Seeing through Horikita Suzune's intentions, Shi Cheng gave an awkward laugh and hurriedly left, giving her plenty of space to calm down.

"What's wrong? Do you need me to stay and keep you company?" Just as he stepped outside, Shi Cheng turned back with an improper smile.

Ignoring his indecent words.

Remembering something, Horikita Suzune chased him to the door, grabbed his clothes, and asked, "Did you slander me?"

The moment the words left her mouth, Horikita Suzune regretted them.

Not because she had doubted Shi Cheng.

But because she realized she had asked a stupid question.

After all, Sudo Ken had been the one to say it.

She had actually cared about baseless words from someone as muscle-brained as Sudo Ken.

Horikita Suzune was utterly convinced that Shi Cheng did not have the nerve to fabricate rumors about her.

And things were indeed as she expected.

"Huh?" Shi Cheng blinked in confusion.

After staring at Shi Cheng's face for a while and getting her answer, Horikita Suzune swiftly shut the door with satisfaction.

Her judgment had not been wrong after all.

As the fragrant breeze blowing against his face faded away, Shi Cheng came back to his senses.

Looking at the door that had suddenly shut him out.

The corner of his mouth twitched.

What the hell is wrong with you?

Shi Cheng cursed inwardly, but a faint smile appeared on his face.

Wasn't this perfect? He happened to have the medicine.

As he prepared to find a chance to cure Horikita Suzune's illness, the time quickly came to the next day.

Feeling refreshed, Shi Cheng sat in the noisy classroom with his eyes closed, resting.

While the teacher had yet to arrive.

He could rest for a while.

He had only just closed his eyes.

When a ball of paper accurately struck him.

Shi Cheng jolted awake.

He immediately looked toward the trio.

The only people in class who interacted with him and would do something this boring were those three.

Sure enough.

Yamauchi Haruki grinned foolishly and waved the phone in his hand.

His meaning was obvious.

Talk on the phone.

Shi Cheng took out his phone and looked at it.

A line of text quickly popped up in the chat group.

"Shi Cheng, because we gave you face, our young hearts were hurt. You have to compensate us."

"One cup of instant noodles!"

What a greedy demand.

Seeing the request, Shi Cheng laughed.

But even so.

Shi Cheng was completely unmoved.

Come on, they were about to be expelled. Why would he waste money on them for no reason?

"Me too!"

Seeing an opportunity to freeload, Ike Kanji decisively joined in.

Sudo Ken cared about his dignity, so he merely cast Shi Cheng a longing look.

Unlike the other two, he did not spend money recklessly.

But the problem was.

He was an athlete.

Not only did he eat a lot, he also had to make sure his diet was nutritious.

So that little living allowance was only barely enough.

Considering Sudo Ken had helped him out yesterday.

Shi Cheng thought for a moment and typed a line.

"I can still afford a cup of instant noodles, but there's a problem. You're about to be expelled, right? This investment would be a huge loss for me."

"Bullshit. With my abilities, as long as I get a little serious, I can easily get into the top ten!" Yamauchi Haruki boasted shamelessly without even blushing.

"Exactly, exactly. Before the exam, just reviewing a bit will be enough." Ike Kanji was more restrained and did not boast wildly.

Shi Cheng thought about it. That really did seem to be the case.

The passing score was only around thirty points. Any human being could safely pass, right?

Besides, most of the school's questions were not difficult.

It was practically as if exams were not the main theme.

"Didn't you go to the study session organized by Horikita?"

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka always chimed in at crucial moments.

Seeing that familiar name, Sudo Ken finally could not hold back and exploded in the chat group.

"Whoever wants to go to that hateful woman's study session can go. I'm not going!"

"Me too!"

The trio was unexpectedly united on this matter.

Shi Cheng was somewhat speechless.

Could they stop being so petty?

Although Horikita Suzune was somewhat sharp-tongued.

But, well, thinking of how he would be the only one benefiting in the end.

Shi Cheng decided not to say anything.

Having learned that things had fallen through, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka put down his phone and looked toward Shi Cheng for final confirmation.

Feeling a gaze even purer than Kato Megumi's, Shi Cheng helplessly shrugged.

It was exactly what you thought.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka nodded with a very slight movement.

He turned and glanced at the cold-faced Horikita Suzune.

Then shook his head.

Though they had only met once.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka had more or less grasped some of her personality.

Trying to persuade her now would not be very useful.

He should not waste his time.

"What are you looking at?" Horikita Suzune glared at him without any courtesy.

This was undoubtedly an interrogative sentence.

Yet it was clear in her eyes.

That it was not.

It was a declarative sentence.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka had not expected her to be so perceptive. Keeping a calm face, he said, "I was just curious about what Shi Cheng was talking about."

"Hmph!" Horikita Suzune readily believed him. With a cold snort, she turned away. "It must be with some shady people."

That attack covered quite a wide range.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka only felt deeply wounded inside.

How could you be like this?

But he also gained some information from it.

Horikita Suzune was paying rather excessive attention to Shi Cheng.

With her personality, she should not have been like this.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's calm eyes flickered slightly.

At that moment, he was extremely curious how Shi Cheng had managed it.

After all, even he was not confident he could melt that iceberg in such a short time.

Yet Shi Cheng had done it.

It was only because the two were not very familiar yet.

Otherwise, he would have wanted to investigate it immediately.