"I can't find him!"
After walking out of the teaching building, Xuan Ying began looking around for Su Cheng, but unfortunately, she couldn't spot him.
"What a shame, I even made a lunch box today, hoping to eat with him."
Xuan Ying muttered, her voice tinged with disappointment.
"Oh, is that a lunch box in your shoulder bag?"
Zhao Yan asked with surprise, looking at Xuan Ying's bag.
"Ah, yes, I forgot to give it to him earlier."
Xuan Ying nodded and said: "I made it to thank him for helping me deal with that jerk last time!"
After speaking, she looked at her shoulder bag with regret and sighed: "Well, let's eat it ourselves today!"
"You made it yourself?"
"Yes, I spent the whole weekend learning, and only managed to make the perfect one last night!"
Zhao Yan's expression froze upon hearing this.
This was too intense.
She had secretly learned a new skill!
And then wanted to surprise everyone!
At this moment, Zhao Yan felt a deep sense of crisis, as she suddenly realized her other advantages no longer existed.
Xuan Ying knew Su Cheng liked maturity and started changing herself.
She even started taking bridal courses in advance for Su Cheng.
Previously, she found it amusing when Xuan Ying deliberately acted mature, but now she couldn't laugh anymore.
"Wow, then I'm really lucky, I must try it and see how it tastes."
Zhao Yan quickly recovered and linked arms with Xuan Ying.
"Yes, let's go back and eat, there's plenty enough for both of us."
Xuan Ying nodded and walked arm in arm with Zhao Yan back toward the teaching building.
.....................
On a quiet lawn somewhere in the school
Su Cheng stood on the steps, looking down at the grass below.
After checking the surroundings to ensure there were no surveillance cameras or people around, he took out a blanket from his system space.
He walked to the lawn and spread it on the ground, then took out a thermos and bread and started eating.
He had originally wanted to go to the rooftop, but remembering there was an unresolved B-level trouble there, he just found a random quiet spot around the school to eat and take his noon break.
While munching on his bread, he started planning today's confession target.
Now he couldn't confess in front of everyone anymore.
This was a very troublesome matter.
The classmates had helped him remove the title of "Confession Maniac," he couldn't just take it back, could he?
If he did, it would make the whole class's efforts to defend Eddie seem like malicious behavior.
That would tarnish the entire class's reputation, so he couldn't confess in public anymore.
Su Cheng frowned, took another bite of bread, and pondered about confession methods.
The bread was quickly finished this way.
Su Cheng picked up the glass thermos from the ground and opened it, took a few sips, then tightened the cap and continued thinking.
"Even if there's no one else around, the person I confess to might still tell others."
After a while, he muttered to himself, his voice full of worry, then he put his hand on his chin and tapped it lightly, but accidentally touched some bread crumbs.
So, he reached into his pocket to find a tissue.
He had just raised his hand when he stopped.
Because suddenly in his vision appeared a delicate white hand, also holding a tissue.
"Oh, thanks."
Su Cheng said reflexively, taking it and wiping his face.
But just after one wipe, he suddenly realized something, his pupils constricting sharply as he turned to look beside him.
There sat a girl with long black hair, head down, reading a book.
Su Cheng: σ(°△°|||)|||！！！
"Holy crap, when did you appear?!"
He exclaimed, instinctively crawling backward a bit.
This isn't a ghost, is it?!
You're the one with the ghost blade!
"This is where I usually rest, but now you're occupying it."
The long-haired girl raised her head, revealing an exquisitely beautiful face, though it was expressionless, without any emotion.
Her tone was also very formal, as if she would respond the same way to any situation.
"Akarin force field?!"
Su Cheng blurted out the reference involuntarily.
"Please don't confuse me with anime characters."
The long-haired girl slightly furrowed her brows, seeming somewhat displeased.
"Then how come I didn't notice you arrive?!"
Su Cheng started feeling nervous, as he had just taken things out from his system space and even talked to himself.
The long-haired girl remained silent for a while before slowly saying: "You were thinking too intensely, so you didn't notice my arrival."
"I mean, is there a possibility that it's because your presence is too low?"
"Su Cheng, let me state one last time, please don't associate me with anime characters, I am fundamentally different from them!"
The long-haired girl's tone clearly became impatient, she put down her book, lowered her eyes, her voice turning cold as she pointed outside the school: "Large trucks often pass by there, if you're lucky, you might get reincarnated into the anime world to find your 2D wife!"
Seeing that he had triggered her, Su Cheng quickly apologized and stood up: "I was just surprised, I didn't mean anything else, I'm sorry."
"My facial nerves have lost the ability to control muscles, that's why I'm expressionless, do you understand now?!"
The long-haired girl looked at Su Cheng, her gaze still cold, but her tone slightly softer than before.
"I'm sorry, I was thoughtless."
Su Cheng immediately bowed his head in apology.
"No need to apologize, I did startle you just now."
The long-haired girl saw Su Cheng's softened attitude and dropped her cold tone, her voice returning to its initial neutrality.
"Are you into anime?"
Su Cheng couldn't help but look up at the long-haired girl.
He remembered she was the girl who had greeted him this morning, originally thinking she was a classmate, but he hadn't found her in class.
This was his first time meeting a female anime fan.
"Thanks to her, I have some understanding."
The girl's eyes flashed with a hint of gloom at his words.
Obviously, she had been forced to learn about anime because people often said she resembled anime characters.
Seeing this, Su Cheng earnestly apologized again: "I'm sorry."
He felt extremely ashamed in his heart, as making fun of someone's condition was very inappropriate behavior.
"No need to apologize."
She said flatly, then continued turning pages in her book, looking every bit like a literary girl.
Su Cheng looked at the girl's head, where there was also a big question mark, thinking that once his confession failed, her character information would appear.
And this girl clearly disliked him.
"Can we talk?"
Su Cheng suddenly said, then looked around again, and seeing no one else around, carefully sat back in his spot.
"Sure."
The girl placed a bookmark in her book, closed it, and looked up at Su Cheng.
"Do we know each other?"
Su Cheng recalled the morning greeting and how she had just called him "Su Cheng," feeling confused.
Perhaps she knew him from the newspaper?
After all, he was the former "Confession Maniac."
"Yes."
The girl frowned, clearly puzzled by this question.
"If someone confesses to you, would you tell others about it after rejecting them?"
This was Su Cheng's strategy - investigate before confessing.
"No."
Her answer was short and decisive.
"If someone you barely know suddenly confesses to you, would you accept?"
"Of course not."
Hearing this, Su Cheng's heart leaped with joy. He stood up, bent at the waist with one hand behind his back, and extended the other hand toward her: "I like you, please go out with me."
However, as soon as he finished speaking, he felt a strong sense of foreboding wash over him.
Sure enough,
The girl stood up expressionlessly, dusted off her skirt, and walked step by step toward Su Cheng.
Then his pupils dilated sharply again.
"You..."
Before he could finish speaking, the girl had already extended her slender hand and gently grasped Su Cheng's palm.
At this moment, Su Cheng felt his entire body freeze in place.
"Okay~"
The long-haired girl held Su Cheng's hand and moved her lips slightly, softly uttering these words.
Su Cheng completely turned to stone, as if struck by lightning, standing there dumbfounded.
But this wasn't even the worst part; the worst was that the system prompt suddenly rang out.
[Ding——]
[Confession Successful]
[Victory shall be rewarded, defeat shall be punished - this is an eternal and unchanging principle]
[System punishment will arrive in five minutes!]
[Countdown begins!]