The morning classes passed in reviews of the Monthly Exam papers for each subject.
When the lunch bell rang, the hungry hordes swarmed toward the cafeterias.
Chen Shi'an capped his pen and turned toward the Class Monitor beside him.
The girl took a sip of her stomach-soothing tea and glanced sideways at him, meeting his eyes.
"Class Monitor."
"...What?"
"Want to have lunch together?"
If Lin Meng Qiu remembered correctly, this was the third time Chen Shi'an had invited her to eat with him. The first had been at noon on the first day of school, and the second had been the afternoon they were on cleaning duty.
Thinking about it now, the Class Monitor felt a little regretful...
If she had accepted his invitation on the first day of school, would she have become his meal buddy back then?
Now that the opportunity was before her again, something flickered in Lin Meng Qiu's eyes.
She set down her cup and asked softly without looking at him:
"Isn't Wen Zhixia eating with you?"
"She is."
"..."
"Didn't you say you were staying in the classroom for your lunch break? Why not come eat with us? Then you can come back with me afterward."
"...Have you told Wen Zhixia?"
"Not yet. We're all friends. There's nothing wrong with having a meal together."
Then Chen Shi'an asked her again, "Coming, Class Monitor?"
"..."
Lin Meng Qiu hesitated for a long while before shaking her head. "No. You two go ahead."
She only had to imagine it to know what eating with Wen Zhixia would be like. That annoying cicada would absolutely try to get under her skin. She would probably be too full of anger to eat before she had even filled her stomach.
Of course! It wasn't because she was afraid