Half an hour later, Luo Yu had helped Mashiro tidy up her room.
"Yu, you took so long."
"I wonder who made the room such a mess."
"But I helped too."
"You mean messing up the clothes I'd already folded?"
"Yu, you're so forceful."
"Forget it. Go wash your face. Your hair needs brushing too."
With that, Luo Yu took Mashiro by the hand and led her toward the washroom.
"Yu, help me."
"Can't you do it yourself?"
"Because Yu is here."
"I'm touched, but what did you do when I wasn't around before?"
"Rita was there."
That woman, Rita!
Luo Yu said, "What if neither Rita nor I were around?"
"That won't happen." Mashiro smiled. "I'll always be with Yu from now on."
Thump, thump!
Luo Yu felt his heartbeat speed up slightly.
"Enough, don't say any more." Luo Yu pressed Mashiro into a chair so she would not see his slightly reddened cheeks. "Sit still. I'll brush your hair."
Time quietly passed in the warm atmosphere.
On the street.
After buying the daily necessities Mashiro needed, Luo Yu took her around the neighborhood so she could familiarize herself with the area.
"Mashiro, do you remember the roads around here?"
No one answered.
Luo Yu turned around and saw Mashiro squatting by the roadside, staring at something.
Seeing this, Luo Yu leaned over as well.
"Mashiro, what are you looking at?"
"Meow."
A cardboard box containing two kittens appeared before Luo Yu.
So she was looking at cats. But judging by their condition... they looked abandoned.
"Yu, kittens, cute! Want to raise them."
Mashiro pointed expressionlessly at the two kittens in the box.
One black and one white, the two kittens looked at them timidly.
Luo Yu reached out and petted them. Neither kitten shrank away.
Raising cats did not sound bad. There was already one oversized cat at home anyway, so having two more little ones would not be a problem.
Luo Yu picked up the cardboard box and said to Mashiro, "Let's go, Mashiro."
"Yu, where are we going?"
"Didn't you want to raise these two little ones? We'll take them to the pet hospital first and see if they're sick."
Mashiro's eyes lit up.
"Yu, we're raising them?"
Luo Yu walked ahead without looking back. Only one sentence drifted back to her.
"You said you wanted them. I'm not going to refuse your request. Hurry up and catch up."
"Okay."
The boy and girl walking down the street looked so harmonious together.
"The checkup is done. Both little ones are very healthy." After examining the two kittens, the young female doctor gave Luo Yu the results.
"Thank you, Doctor."
The young female doctor smiled. "It's nothing, not troublesome at all. The two little ones were very well-behaved. They didn't make a fuss during the examination."
"Probably because they were abandoned before." Luo Yu looked at the two kittens playing with Mashiro and sighed.
"I see." The young female doctor sighed as well. "More and more people have been abandoning pets lately."
"Maybe they have their own reasons, but I still can't forgive that kind of behavior."
The young female doctor continued, "So, are you planning to adopt these two little ones?"
"Yeah, we've already decided." Luo Yu looked at Mashiro and answered firmly.
"Then would you like to buy some cat food? How about a cat tree? And toys—would you like to get some toys for the kittens?"
The young female doctor suddenly began making sales pitches.
"This is a pet hospital, right?"
Faced with the young female doctor's enthusiastic sales pitch, Luo Yu was temporarily at a loss.
"We also have a pet store here. You can basically buy anything you need from us," the young female doctor explained.
"All right. That's more convenient too. I won't have to make a special trip elsewhere to buy things."
After buying everything the kittens needed.
"Please deliver them to this address."
After giving his home address, Luo Yu carried the two kittens and headed home with Mashiro.
"Sorry to trouble you with setting up the cat tree for us too."
Luo Yu thanked the delivery worker from the pet hospital—or pet store, whatever it was.
The worker said, "It's no problem. It's part of our service. Goodbye, kid. If you need anything next time, come buy from us again."
"If I need anything else, I'll definitely choose your store."
With that, the worker drove away.
The moment Luo Yu entered the house, he saw Mashiro playing with the two kittens. When the kittens saw him, they both abandoned Mashiro and ran toward him.
For some reason, after leaving the pet hospital, the two little ones had become very attached to Luo Yu.
Seeing them run toward him, Luo Yu could only squat down and hold out his hands, then scoop both little ones up.
He had not noticed before, but both little ones were girls.
"Yu, unfair. You stole both kittens."
Mashiro was upset that the two little ones had abandoned her and run to Luo Yu.
"Yes, yes, my fault. But we should give the two little ones names, right?"
Luo Yu decided to name the two little ones.
"Little Black, Little White?"
Mashiro tilted her head as she spoke.
"Don't just name them after their colors."
Luo Yu was helpless before Mashiro.
But black and white?
I've got it!
Luo Yu looked at the two little ones.
"From now on, you'll be called Chocolate and Vanilla."
New Classmate in Class 1-A
In the end, the two kittens' names were settled just like that. The black one was called Chocolate, and the white one was called Vanilla.
Inside Hiratsuka Shizuka's office.
Looking at the boy and girl before her, Hiratsuka Shizuka sighed.
"So, what is the relationship between you two?"
"Mashiro and I have known each other since childhood. Mashiro's father asked me to take care of her."
"Oh?" Hiratsuka Shizuka looked at Luo Yu with a meaningful expression. "You're quite capable, kid."
"Anyway, Mashiro is in your care for now, Shizuka." Ignoring Hiratsuka Shizuka's meaningful look, Luo Yu left Mashiro with her and returned to the classroom.
That was right, Luo Yu's father had directly arranged for Mashiro to join Luo Yu's class.
"Call me Teacher properly!"
Hiratsuka Shizuka looked at the girl before her with a headache. She knew this girl—Mashiro Shiina, a world-class genius painter. She had not expected her to become one of her students.
"I have a feeling things are going to get troublesome from here on."
Inside the classroom,
Satou Kazuma leaned over. "Luo Yu, have you heard?"
"What?"
"A transfer student! You didn't know? Everyone's saying a beautiful girl transferred to our school."
"Yeah, I heard about it too." Kirigaya Kazuto joined in as well.
Satou Kazuma sighed. "I wonder if the transfer student will be assigned to our class."
"Class is about to start. Whether she'll be assigned here or not, we'll find out soon enough." Luo Yu wore a mysterious smile.
Ding-dong~
The class bell rang.
Everyone returned to their seats. Hiratsuka Shizuka entered the classroom, followed by a beautiful blonde girl.
"I'm sure you've all heard already." Hiratsuka Shizuka slapped the desk to get everyone's attention. "This is the new transfer student, Mashiro Shiina."
"She really is a beautiful girl. Luo Yu, we're so lucky." Satou Kazuma poked Luo Yu in the back as he spoke.
The other students began whispering among themselves as well.
Quiet! Hiratsuka Shizuka shouted, then said to Mashiro, "Shiina, introduce yourself."
"My name is Mashiro Shiina." That was all Mashiro said.
"That's it?"
Hiratsuka Shizuka looked at Mashiro with a headache.
"Forget it. You can sit at..."
Before Hiratsuka Shizuka could finish, Mashiro walked down from the podium and came to Luo Yu's side.
"Yu, I'm here."
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