I Who Didn't Want to Work Hard Suddenly Became Busy

I don't know how much time had passed, but An Xiao, who had been lying on the bed, sat up at some point and was muttering something to himself.

"Forget it, I might as well go out for a walk. Staying in the room all the time isn't really a solution. I'll head to the cafeteria to take a look and pick up some daily necessities while I'm at it."

An Xiao climbed off the bed and walked toward the bathroom, step by step.

As the icy sensation of the water spread across his face, An Xiao's somewhat listless spirit improved significantly, and his gaze shifted to the figure reflected in the mirror.

The figure in the mirror was tall and slender, standing at about 176 centimeters, which was quite prominent among the generally shorter Japanese people. The messy hair on his forehead was long, scattered across his eyes.

He gently brushed the hair aside, revealing a remarkably refined face, though those lifeless eyes seemed completely out of place with the rest of his features.

"I'm still young, so why do I see such a sense of weariness and age on myself?" An Xiao sighed softly, feeling that the number of times he sighed had increased significantly since arriving at this school.

Was this some kind of alternative form of homesickness?

An Xiao thought to himself while wiping the remaining water from his face, and after tidying up a bit, he headed out.

The school cafeteria.

Although An Xiao had taken a look before the entrance ceremony began, it had been too early back then, and the food at the various windows hadn't been set out yet.

However...

An Xiao walked quickly toward one of the windows, bypassed a few students who were rushing over, and somewhat bewilderedly picked up the 'Mountain Vegetable Set Meal' provided at this window.

Well, it was very green. Aside from the white, it was all green.

But that wasn't the most important thing!

An Xiao stared at the bright, eye-catching word "free" displayed at the window serving the 'Mountain Vegetable Set Meal', and several question marks appeared directly over his head.

Why on earth is there free food here!?

But before An Xiao could think any further, a figure darted out from behind him, reaching out to snatch the set meal from his hands.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? I grabbed it first."

An Xiao dodged to the side, looking with an unfriendly gaze at the male student beside him who had stumbled.

The male student, having missed his target, stood there awkwardly. He glanced at the set meal in An Xiao's hand and said with a forced smile, "Hey, classmate, even though we're in different grades, we're both in Class D. Points are tight for everyone, and even more so for a senior like me, so could you please let me have this set meal, junior?"

Class D? Points are tight? Senior and junior?

Recalling the 100,000 points that had just been distributed, the eyebrows hidden beneath his messy hair twitched slightly, and he continued the conversation calmly.

"Senior, you can't say it like that. You're poor, but so am I. I didn't get many points this month either."

"That's definitely still more than me. I only received about 20,000 points total this month." The male student looked at the now-empty window beside him, then at An Xiao, who was holding the Mountain Vegetable Set Meal with one hand, and said with a hint of bitterness.

If he had enough points, who would come here to eat this kind of stuff? Even a cup of instant noodles would be better than this.

Listening to the man's complaints, An Xiao thought for a moment. He took out his phone with his other hand and glanced at it. Seeing the clear 100,000 points displayed on the student portal, he nodded with satisfaction, then handed the set meal in his hand to the other student.

"My points this month aren't many either, but they're still a bit more than yours. I'll let you have this set meal, senior."

Having said that, An Xiao paused, then suddenly smiled and said to the boy opposite him.

"I hope you don't mind if I sit with you, senior."

Friendships between men are simple and strange. After just a few complaints about the school, An Xiao had closed the distance with the boy opposite him, and the two were chatting happily... though most of the time, the male student was the one talking, while An Xiao simply kept the conversation flowing.

Although An Xiao knew nothing about the upperclassmen, there were always universal conversational tactics, weren't there?

For example: "Hmm," "Right," "Really?", "You're right," and "Exactly."

At the same time, by using the topic of "reminiscing about the days when I had 100,000 points upon enrollment," An Xiao easily extracted a lot of information from the boy, especially regarding the school's rules.

However, the more he heard, the more An Xiao's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

The evaluation faced in the first month of enrollment.

The class competition he had previously suspected, and the privileges enjoyed only by Class A.

The relationship between monthly personal points and class points.

The constant threat of expulsion and the 20 million points that could be used to offset expulsion or change classes.

"I still remember that in the first month of school, I thought I had arrived in paradise." The male student had finished his meal and was using his spoon to scrape the leftovers in the tray, his tone quite bitter.

"Who knew that because of noise in class, skipping lessons, and disrupting order, when the rules were officially announced in the second month, our class points were deducted by several hundred. Now, we only have about 200 left." As he said this, he sighed helplessly.

Although An Xiao felt that in a sense, he was 'getting what he deserved,' he still offered a few words of comfort.

"Thanks for the Mountain Vegetable Set Meal today."

Seeing that he was about to get up and leave, An Xiao quickly spoke up, asking his final question.

"Senior, how did you know I was also a student in Class D?"

"Who else but a Class D student would come to eat a free set meal on the first day of the month?" The male student was stunned for a moment by the question, then rolled his eyes at An Xiao. Seeing that An Xiao had no more questions, he picked up his tray and left, leaving An Xiao sitting there alone.

"Class D... it's quite different from the other classes." An Xiao muttered, closing his eyes. He let the words the senior had spoken pass through his mind one by one before opening them again.

Reaching across the dining table for his phone, he looked at the recording interface still glowing on the screen, his finger hovering before sliding over to the friends list.

Staring at the three lonely names in his friends list, he hesitated for a moment before finally sending the audio file to Honami Ichinose, who seemed the most socially adept of the three.

After finishing all this, An Xiao let out a helpless sigh.

Sigh.

This is getting troublesome!

Can't you just let me finish these three years normally?