Chapter 17 Neighbors

For high school students, no, scratch that, for male high school students, what are the top three most satisfying moments?

Let's see the answers from the guys; you're impressive if you can guess them.

"Dad!"

This one cannot be shaken; it's too significant.

"Dad!"

This is a tradition of filial piety passed down for thousands of years and must be included.

Aside from that, there's only the chorus of 'Ooooohs!' from the guys.

"Chen Yuan, someone's looking for you~"

"I brought you food, hurry up, it's getting cold~"

"Bro, you're awesome, awesome~"

Almost all the guys still in the class were jeering in this direction.

The remaining girls were quieter, but they kept glancing at the girl outside the door.

So beautiful.

As delicate and perfect as a Japanese princess, with smooth black hair, a small face, and a gentle, obedient look. There's almost nothing to criticize about her. The only flaw might be—she doesn't belong to me.

Zhou Fu is pretty, but her advantage is entirely due to her ample bosom. In terms of pure looks, they're not on the same level. Of course, this girl wins because she's wearing a casual dress. If Zhou Fu dressed a little more revealingly, she could put up a fight.

"I'm sorry, you guys go ahead and eat. My neighbor brought me food..."

"You bastard, betrayal! The wounds of betrayal never heal!" Zhou Yu cried. He painfully realized that his buddy, who had been single with him, was actually doing well, and damn well at that.

As a brother, it's not like I don't want you to be happy.

Just don't starve; some simple food is fine.

Who told you to have a feast every meal?!

Tell me, you hired her, right? You spent half a month's allowance just for this moment of vanity.

You're so vain, you deserve to die, Chen Yuan!

"Sorry, gotta go." Chen Yuan apologized to Zhou Yu and the others with a fist bump, then went out to find Xia Xinyu.

This girl is looking for Chen Yuan...

Seeing Xia Xinyu at the door, Zhou Fu's expression froze for a moment, revealing a rather surprised look.

Something's not right.

Meanwhile, Zhou Yu suddenly realized that if Chen Yuan went to eat with that girl right now, wouldn't that mean he could be with…?

He turned his head with hidden joy, looking at Zhou Fu and He Sijiao, but a look of embarrassment gradually appeared on Zhou Yu's face, as if he wanted to dig a hole and bury himself...

Wait, I'm not familiar with either of these two.

Chen Yuan, come back and take me with you!

"I didn't expect you to bring me food. How did you find this class?"

It wasn't good to eat in the classroom, so Chen Yuan took Xia Xinyu to the circular flower bed in front of the school gate. Sitting on the stone platform of the flower bed with an arched canopy for shade, the two placed the food on their laps and began to eat lunch together.

"I looked at the school's science ranking list. There was only one class 18 in the top hundred, and then I asked at the entrance, and you were indeed in this class."

"Is that 'indeed' used a little maliciously?"

"You, you're actually in this class?" Xia Xinyu changed her words and asked seriously.

"It sounds even more embarrassing." Chen Yuan clasped his hands holding the chopsticks, begging her to stop.

"The eel rice is so delicious... I'm really sorry for making you spend so much again." Xia Xinyu was most embarrassed that she had even postponed her suicide to eat a lobster.

What a shameful glutton.

"Didn't you also pack a few small bowls of dishes? Consider it a treat back." Chen Yuan didn't mind and ate the other dishes with big bites.

"No, I made these."

"..." Hearing this, Chen Yuan was stunned, looking at the colorful and fragrant stir-fried cucumber with ham, poached eggs, and stir-fried green peppers with shredded meat in the food box, with an incredible expression.

Is this the kind of delicious food a 17-year-old can make?

No wonder she praised me for 'knowing how to cook rice.'

It's like Sun Wukong saying that Yamcha's Wolf Fang Fist is quite powerful. Insincere praise sounds fake.

"I used your lunch box. I'll wash it clean for you when I get back." Xia Xinyu was still very polite.

Such a girl, with such a virtuous act, should have made Chen Yuan feel flattered and his heart flutter. But seeing her unwavering lifespan, which was already at [2], he felt that all these emotions were superfluous.

She wasn't unconditionally good to him, acting like a little nanny taking care of him.

She just wanted to pay back the favor before she died.

The object of repayment could be that Boston lobster, or this box of eel rice, but not just him.

While Chen Yuan was lost in thought, his hand holding the chopsticks suddenly trembled, and a piece of eel fell onto Xia Xinyu's skirt, probably on her thigh.

"My bad, my bad." Chen Yuan apologized immediately when he saw this.

"Ah? Ah, it's okay." Xia Xinyu was stunned for a moment, then picked up the piece of eel and quickly placed it in Chen Yuan's bowl, saying weakly, "Yours, it's yours."

"..."

Looking at the eel slice lying in his lunch box, which had touched Xia Xinyu's thigh before he did, Chen Yuan didn't react for a moment.

After reviewing it in his mind, he immediately wanted to bury his idiot self in the ground and put up a small tombstone.

No, you misunderstood.

I meant, it's my fault.

It's short for 'this is my problem.'

Damn it, I should watch less live streams and learn less abstract language!

Language had lost its meaning at this moment!

"My... my problem, did I get your skirt dirty? Are you okay?" Chen Yuan asked.

My problem?

Ah!

After realizing it, Xia Xinyu had the same thought as Chen Yuan, but hers was more extreme and more practical—since she would think of this embarrassing moment when she went to bed tonight, she might as well go back and commit suicide.

Goodbye, Mr. Chen Yuan.

Am I an idiot? How could such a generous person be possessive? Especially about something that fell on my leg; he would definitely dislike it.

So silly, so silly, so silly...

I might as well just die when I get back.

Thinking about these things, Xia Xinyu's face turned red. Seeing this, Chen Yuan naturally picked up the piece of eel with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth: "It's still edible within three seconds."

"It's okay if it fell..."

"At the original price, this piece of eel is worth three yuan."

When this was converted into price, it directly triggered Xia Xinyu's thriftiness buff, but it was too embarrassing to let Chen Yuan eat it, so she directly stretched her mouth over and ate the eel from his chopsticks.

Indirectly... ah, no, it's kissing.

Although Chen Yuan thought this behavior was okay, as long as the other person didn't have Helicobacter pylori, atypical pneumonia, hand-foot-mouth disease, hepatitis A, or other infectious diseases that could be transmitted through saliva, and this girl had a faint fragrance when he got close, which clearly showed that she was a very clean person.

It's just that Xia Xinyu seemed a little concerned. After eating, she turned her head completely to the side, leaving him only a slightly chewing, almost flushed face.

I've wanted to say this for a long time. This girl's skin is too sensitive. Why does she blush so easily?

A beautiful girl who doesn't fit the constitution of a Chinese baby.

"Chen Yuan, what are you doing!"

Just then, Lao Mo, carrying a lunch box bag in his hand, stood in front of the two like the Armored Titan, with a very bad expression.