Shocking! Long Aotian's Cafeteria Story.

Long Aotian sidestepped and jumped away, then swung a kick from the side. "I can't be bothered to talk to you; you aren't worth listening to."

The middle-aged man was kicked flying and fell to the ground once again.

Long Aotian didn't hold back, rushing forward to deliver a kick to the man's head, knocking him unconscious.

There was surveillance in the shop, so the lecherous middle-aged man could explain himself to the school later.

The noise finally died down...

Sakura Airi quietly lifted her head to take a look, seeing that familiar face appear once again.

Still shaken from what had just happened, Sakura Airi remained fearful and stammered, "Lo... Long... classmate."

"Hm? Wipe your eyes; they're all red, it doesn't look good." Long Aotian wasn't angry that Sakura Airi hadn't contacted him about the matter, and he handed her a tissue.

Long Aotian's face and the tissue he held out were like a beam of light reaching out in the darkness; at that moment, Sakura Airi was stunned.

Seeing that Sakura Airi didn't take the tissue, Long Aotian asked in confusion, "You don't need it?"

"I do, I do," Sakura Airi said, snapping out of it and hurriedly taking the tissue.

He took the opportunity to pull Sakura Airi up.

"Ah," Sakura Airi let out a sound as she was pulled to her feet.

"Thank you."

At this moment, Sakura Airi wasn't even stammering.

She lowered her head to wipe her eyes, and no one noticed that her face had turned slightly red.

Long Aotian didn't notice either, as he was currently using his phone to call Class A homeroom teacher Mashima Tomoya.

"It's like this, uh-huh, yes, yes, that's right."

After hanging up the phone, Long Aotian turned around and said, "A teacher will be here shortly to handle this, so don't worry. Have you eaten yet?"

"No."

"Then let's go eat together in a bit."

"Okay."

"Classmate Airi, what business brought you to this electronics store?"

"To fix my camera," Sakura Airi said, lowering her head as if she had done something wrong.

"Fixing a camera? I can do that. You could have actually sent me a message on your friends list; I could have helped you fix it."

"If you trust me, give the camera to me. I'll give it back to you once it's fixed."

"Okay." Sakura Airi lowered her head and snuck a peek at Long Aotian, then handed the camera over. "Here."

Hm? Although you don't say much, you've actually stopped stammering? That's progress.

[Ding! Interfering with the normal progression of the plot.]

[Reward: Double Points Card (limited to one day)]

Use Double Points Card.

[Points: Originally 5.88 million points → Now 11.76 million points (won't display the rest, too lazy to calculate)]

[Ding! Mission complete.]

[Reward: 20% points gain.]

[Buff: Points gain increased by 20%.]

Good grief, I'm a multi-millionaire in points now.

Once Mashima Tomoya arrived with two school staff members to take the lecherous middle-aged man away and briefly discussed the situation, it was all over.

As for why Long Aotian shouted, "My meal!", please watch the VCR playback.

At this moment, Long Aotian had finished getting his food in the cafeteria and found a seat.

Long Aotian picked up his chopsticks and grabbed a piece of meat; it smelled fragrant and delicious.

The first bite—mm~~, eating is truly a wonderful thing.

One more bite, open mouth~ ah~ ah~

[Ding! Danger Sense alert.]

Hm???

I can run into an accident even while eating? Is there poison in the food?

No, it's coming from Sakura Airi's direction.

[Flying Thunder God!!!]

PS: Actually, the protagonist should have run to the restroom to use Flying Thunder God so that he wouldn't be caught on surveillance or discovered by others, but I'm too lazy to write that; let's just consider it reasonable.

Long Aotian vanished in an instant while eating in the cafeteria.

Not far from where Long Aotian had been eating, two upperclassmen were having a vegetable set meal.

One of them rubbed his eyes, looking completely bewildered, and said to the other, "Wasn't there a student sitting right there just a second ago?"

"I don't know. I don't think so."

"No, look, the food and utensils are still there. He just went whoosh and disappeared."

"He probably went to the bathroom, or maybe he couldn't finish his meal. I told you to stop watching that stuff; you're starting to hallucinate."

"Forget that! We've been eating dirt for almost a month without much meat. Since there's no one there and the food is untouched, it shouldn't be a problem if we sneak a few pieces of meat, right?"

"Ehh! That doesn't seem right."

The other student, despite saying that, had already walked over and taken Long Aotian's tray and utensils.

"Forget that! Leave some for me!"

On the way to the cafeteria with Sakura Airi.

He walked shoulder to shoulder with Sakura Airi.

"Sakura Airi, could you call me next time you go out to take photos?"

The main reason was the fight involving the red-haired boy the month after next; he really didn't want to watch a pretty girl taking photos on the scene.

"Ah," Sakura Airi panicked, lowering her head to think for a moment, "Okay."

Hm? Incredible, she actually agreed.

Sakura Airi remembered the camera, "Th-that... Long Aotian, I haven't... haven't returned the points to you yet."

Long Aotian waved his hand, "No need to return those. It was just a tiny bit of points. What do you want to eat later? My treat."

"A tiny bit?" Sakura Airi recalled that day, holding the camera and the price tag for the batteries; if she remembered correctly, it was around 50,000 points.

PS: The camera was quite expensive, and Long Aotian had been showing off a bit too much at the time, saying, "I want the most expensive camera."

Arrived at the cafeteria~

Long Aotian wasn't in a rush to get food since his previous meal was still at his seat, so he planned to check on it first.

Seeing that Long Aotian wasn't getting food, Sakura Airi didn't rush either and followed him.

Hm??? Where is my food? I remember it was right here, no mistake!!!

From Sakura Airi's perspective, Long Aotian was currently standing in front of a set of utensils, looking left and right.

Long Aotian stared at the utensils in front of him in silence...

Well, you guys are certainly kind, leaving the utensils behind for me.

Forget it, forget it.

Long Aotian chose to stop thinking and just eat, "Sakura Airi, let's go get some food. My treat, don't be polite, order whatever you want."

"Okay," Sakura Airi nodded, then asked curiously, "Long Aotian, is... is there something wrong with those utensils?"

"Nothing wrong, just a bit heartbroken."

Long Aotian chose to brush it off.

"Ah, you're heartbroken?"

Oh my, what are you doing~

"It's nothing, let's eat first, let's eat."

"Mm-hmm."

Damn it, don't let me catch the culprit, or I will send you to the afterlife.

Sakura Airi and Long Aotian finished getting their food and found a place to sit down.

Eating is truly a wonderful thing~

Opening my mouth for the first bite~ Ah~ Ah~ Ah~

[Danger Alert]

What the hell, don't mess with me, I'm about to take a bite.

[Hehe, just kidding.]

PS: The author was being mischievous, please don't mind.

"Sakura Airi, do you usually not come to the cafeteria to eat?" When they were getting food earlier, he noticed Sakura Airi looking around, and she seemed quite hesitant when choosing her meal.

"Y-yes," Sakura Airi nodded, hesitated for a moment, and then added, "I... I usually just go to the convenience store to buy something to eat, or buy groceries to cook for myself."

"Would you let me taste your cooking if there's a chance?"

Sakura Airi lowered her head and whispered, "O-okay."

"Sakura Airi, you're actually quite pretty. There's no need to always keep your head down or hunch your back. You can lift your head and look ahead."

"I... is that so?" Hearing this, Sakura Airi lifted her head slightly to glance at Long Aotian's face before lowering it again to eat.

Seeing Sakura Airi bow her head once more, he decided to let it go and focus on his own meal; after all, this wasn't something that could be changed overnight.

After finishing the meal, he said goodbye to Sakura Airi.

"Bye-bye," Long Aotian waved his hand and walked away.

Watching Long Aotian's retreating figure, Sakura Airi waved her hand and whispered, "Bye-bye."

As for where Long Aotian was headed, he was obviously going to buy tools to fix the camera. It wasn't as if he could perform a magic trick and fix it with his bare hands.

Once he had purchased the tools, he prepared to head back to the dormitory.

ps: After the meal and buying the tools, the remaining points are [11,750,000 points].

The dormitory was co-ed, with the lower four floors for boys and the upper four floors for girls.

Long Aotian's room was 402 on the fourth floor. He stepped out of the elevator and returned to his room.

He took out the camera and the tools, and with a flurry of sparks and clattering, he set to work, finally getting it fixed.

The sky had turned dark. He checked the time and realized tomorrow was Saturday, a day off. That was fine; he could sleep in.

Long Aotian stepped out of the bathroom after a shower. "Refreshing!"

The camera was fixed, so he decided to send Sakura Airi a text to see when he should give it back to her.

He took out his phone, found Sakura Airi's contact, and sent a message.

[Long: I've fixed your camera. Let me know when you'd like me to return it.]

[Sakura: Okay]

??? Seriously, man? What is "okay"?

Back in her own room, Sakura Airi thought about what happened today and recalled Long Aotian's handsome face.

Lying on her bed, Sakura Airi muttered to herself, "He's really so handsome."

Whether it was the effect of the damsel-in-distress scenario or not, Long Aotian seemed to have gained a few more filters in Sakura Airi's eyes.

Without realizing it, Sakura Airi drifted off to sleep.

In her dream, Sakura Airi returned to that scene, but with one difference: this time, Long Aotian was riding a white horse.

He arrived in front of Sakura Airi, dismounted, knelt on one knee, and pulled out a ring box. Opening it, he said, "Sakura, I like you. Will you marry me?"

Just as Sakura Airi was about to say yes...

Suddenly! Her phone chimed.

Sakura Airi opened her eyes groggily, her hand reaching for the phone that had just made the sound. "Long~ classmate sent a message."

Her eyelids were fighting to stay open, and she replied in a daze.

[Sakura: Okay]

He figured she must be sleeping and was probably out of it.

Whatever, time to sleep. He'd deal with it tomorrow.

Long Aotian yawned, lay down on his bed, and fell asleep.

As if drawing a period at the end of a sentence, the day came to an end...

Saturday morning.

Long Aotian was still under the covers. Getting up early? Getting up early was impossible; he was going to stay in bed for a while longer.