Trading with Horikita Suzune

"I don't know how to swim."

Xia Mu looked full of regret, "Otherwise, I would have gone down there. Even if it's just soaking in a pool with the girls, it would be quite fragrant, right?"

Ayanokoji glanced at Xia Mu sideways, "Is that so?"

His expression was calm, revealing not a shred of emotion.

But Xia Mu, who had delved deep into psychology, could see a flicker of interest dancing within his eyes.

He couldn't help but cover his backside tightly and move a little further away.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka merely watched Xia Mu's actions with indifference.

What exactly is he hiding himself for?

Is he the same as me, or is he plotting something?

Based on his observations over these past few days, he discovered that Xia Mu's athletic nerves and learning ability were both top-tier.

Moreover, he remained extremely calm almost anytime and anywhere.

He was very similar to the guys who competed with him back in the White Room.

But unlike them, he possessed something that he had always been pursuing: emotions.

School pool.

"Click."

Xia Mu pressed the shutter button and then handed the camera to Sakura, "Take a look."

Sakura took it and looked, her small face instantly covered in an excited flush.

In the photo, her figure was glowing under the reflection of the sunset on the water, showing off her beauty to the fullest.

"Mm, it's great!"

Sakura nodded heavily, then put on her glasses and baggy school uniform, sealing away her attractiveness.

"Alright, then I'm going to eat."

Xia Mu waved his hand. The Correction progress of Sakura Airi was steadily improving; it was much easier than with Kushida.

He believed it wouldn't be long before the Correction was complete.

Just as he was about to turn around, he observed Sakura slightly parting her lips, as if she had something she wanted to say to him.

"Is there something else?" he asked.

He wanted to avoid Sakura making him wait again.

"Mm-hmm..."

Sakura nodded, but as if she had thought of something, she quickly shook her head with a blushing face, "No, no..."

Under Xia Mu's puzzled gaze, she waved her phone and hurried away with her head bowed.

"Ding-dong."

Not long after, Xia Mu's phone chimed with a message notification.

Picking it up, he saw it was an email from Sakura.

[Xia Mu-kun, could you come to my room tonight? I want to take some photos, please!]

After a moment of thought, Xia Mu replied: "Sure."

[Really? That's great, thank you.]

[My room number is 502, see you tonight.]

Putting his phone away, Xia Mu dragged his famished body toward the cafeteria.

If nothing else, ever since he started practicing Wing Chun and Boxing, his appetite had been growing larger and larger.

Every time, he had to eat the super-duper deluxe set meal just to fill his stomach, making it impossible to save any points even if he wanted to.

"Sigh." He let out a soft sigh.

It seemed he had to find a way to earn points, if only as a final safeguard to prevent himself or the fat guy from being maliciously targeted and expelled.

Although such a thing was basically impossible to happen, one still had to take precautions.

Just as he stepped into the cafeteria entrance, a figure leaning against the wall with arms crossed walked over and blocked Xia Mu's path.

At the same time, her face wore a serious expression, her willow-leaf eyebrows arched in anger.

She was definitely going to trouble him with something.

Thinking this, Xia Mu moved a little to the right.

She leaned to the right as well.

Xia Mu moved to the left, she moved to the left; Xia Mu stepped forward, she stepped back.

Unable to bear it any longer, Xia Mu extended his finger and gave the person in front of him a hard "thump" on the skull.

I have to say, that was quite a crisp sound.

"What are you doing?" Horikita Suzune felt a sharp pain in her head, clutching her smoking scalp with a pained expression.

She was completely stunned, never having imagined that Xia Mu would actually dare to knock her on the head.

From childhood to the present, even her older brother had never flicked her forehead or knocked her on the head.

"I'm the one who should be asking what you're doing," Xia Mu glared at Suzune and stepped past her. "My deluxe set meal is about to sell out, and you're standing in my way. Are you looking for death?"

"?" Horikita Suzune.

"Wait, I'll treat you," she said, stepping forward to catch up with Xia Mu's figure, speaking with solemnity.

To be hit and then still offer to pay, how truly...

"Forget it." Xia Mu ordered his set meal and pulled out his phone, intending to pay, but Suzune, who had been lying in wait, swiped her phone across the reader and paid instead.

"I'm not paying you back," Xia Mu frowned. "You paid for this voluntarily."

Saying this, he picked up his tray and quickly turned to leave.

Horikita Suzune definitely had some troublesome matter she needed his help with.

"Wait." Realizing that Xia Mu had no intention of getting entangled with her, Horikita Suzune hurried to catch up, and without caring whether Xia Mu was listening, she spoke on her own, "I need you to do me a favor."

"No time, no interest, no hands, no feet."

"You ate my deluxe set meal."

"What do you mean 'yours'? It's mine now."

"I paid for it!"

"That still makes it mine."

"Tsk, you really are thick-skinned."

"Hey, you got that right. Now that you know, get lost and don't disturb my meal."

"You, you..."

Horikita Suzune gripped her phone tightly, wishing she could land a punch on Xia Mu as he wolfed down his food.

Was she really less important than the bowl of rice in front of him?

Regardless of anything else, she had received quite a few love letters from childhood until now.

"Hirata is holding a study session, and I need you to invite Sudo Ken and those other two to attend."

"Although I don't know what you did, those three are usually quite afraid of you. I think if you go, you will definitely succeed; I haven't been able to persuade them no matter what I say."

Horikita Suzune stated her request concisely, afraid that if she spoke too slowly, Xia Mu would finish his meal and leave.

Xia Mu did not respond to her, simply continuing to eat.

Seeing this, she sighed slightly, "I'll cover your deluxe set meals for a week."

"No, at least a month!" At this moment, Xia Mu's eyes lit up, and he reacted instantly, holding up one finger.

"Deal!" Suzune responded without hesitation.

Damn it, I asked for too little. I got played by this woman, Xia Mu grumbled to himself.

However...

He swallowed a potato ball and scanned Horikita Suzune up and down. Given her personality, there would surely be many times in the future where she would need his help.

By then, he might be able to squeeze even more points out of her.

"Ew..."

Stared at by Xia Mu's wolf-like gaze, Horikita crossed her arms over her chest and felt a sudden chill. "Don't look at me with those disgusting eyes."

"The door is right there; if you don't like it, you can get lost," Xia Mu said without a hint of politeness.

"You really are a person who speaks without any mercy," Suzune said, her two braided locks of hair swaying slightly.

"Isn't that how you usually speak?"

"Are you saying only officials are allowed to burn down houses, while commoners aren't even allowed to light a lamp?"

Xia Mu responded without showing any weakness. Once full, he carried his tray to the return area. Seeing that Horikita Suzune was still following him, he spread his hands, "Stop following me. I promised you, and I will definitely do it."

"I hope you keep your word."

In just this short time, the surrounding gazes had already converged on him.

This feeling of being placed under a bright spotlight and attracting attention was not pleasant.

After saying this, he stood up and left the cafeteria.

He left Horikita Suzune standing where she was, raising her eyebrows.

This guy really is strange enough.