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Based on Zhou Shuren's principle that "if you want to open a window, you shouldn't just say you want to open the window, but rather say you want to lift the roof, then everyone will agree that you should open the window," Su Qing realized that in order not to be called a "hentai," he had to make some extremely excessive demands.
Of course, this request cannot be stated too explicitly, just as he absolutely cannot say something like, "Please let me see your panties, I'll do anything!"
"Hmm, I wish I could eat such delicious food every day, it would be so wonderful. It's just a pity that I can't even make instant noodles properly..."
"half!"
Upon hearing this, the girl suddenly looked up, her tone somewhat flustered, which startled Su Qing.
Not buddy, what half? Don't just say half! Could it be... could it be that I'm going to end up in two halves? Am I going to follow in Makoto's footsteps...?
"Um... it's just that we can split the food expenses 50/50, and I can come to your place to cook. No... is that not allowed?"
As the girl spoke, her voice suddenly became softer, and if Su Qing hadn't been so close, probably only the reader could have heard it.
"It's not that it's impossible, but wouldn't that be too much trouble for you?"
"No, as I said before, you always cook more when you're cooking for one person. Making one more serving doesn't actually increase the workload by much, and besides..."
The girl suddenly stopped, and just as Su Qing was about to ask, the angel's lips curled up slightly into two crescent moons. She raised her head slightly, her eyes gleaming with cunning, and added in an extremely light tone.
"And if I cook at your house, I won't pay for the gas or electricity, okay, Su Qingjun~"
Chapter 19 Su Qing, who loves reading
Therefore, Su Qing made a contract with the angel, the terms of which are as follows:
First, the dishes prepared each day are decided by Shiina Mahiru, and Su Qing can also tell her in advance if there is anything she wants to eat.
Second, if one party has something to do, they need to notify the other party one day in advance. In case of emergency, they also need to contact the other party using e.
Third, the cost of the ingredients will be shared equally by the two of them;
Fourth, purchasing ingredients and cleaning up utensils after the meal should be done by two people together or in turns.
Of course, this agreement is limited to dinner only. After all, having a girl come over early in the morning to make breakfast is practically the same as living together.
Not to mention that Su Qing almost always buys milk or something similar on her way to school after her morning run and brings it to school.
Similarly, since students can choose to eat in the school cafeteria or buy bread, and to slightly reduce Shiina Mahiru's burden, lunch boxes are not included in the contract. After all, no matter what, a portion for two people is definitely more than a portion for one person.
However, on weekends or holidays, lunch and dinner are included. As for breakfast? Su Qing thinks that skipping breakfast two days a week won't cause any problems.
Please, if you sleep until 11 o'clock and then get up to eat, is that breakfast or lunch?
However, being able to have dinner with the angel was a happy thing in itself, not to mention that the angel's cooking was so delicious. Who knows what kind of rumors would spread if word got back to the school. Su Qing herself was not afraid of any trouble, but it was better to have one less thing to do.
Therefore, Su Qing and Shiina Mahiru agreed not to tell others that they were neighbors, especially about the contract they made today.
Shiina Mahiru is doing alright, but Su Qing is actually worried that some of the men below her will come to her house under the guise of befriending her, thus getting close to the Angel.
Although Su Qing would resolutely and righteously reject these restless teenage boys, she would also find them annoying, just like dealing with mosquitoes in summer.
Of course, if it were absolutely necessary to expose it, Su Qing said that she would just admit it openly. It's not like they're newlyweds living together, right? There's nothing to be ashamed of.
After Su Qing finished her meal, she washed the lunchbox and returned it to Shiina Mahiru. Then, she said goodbye to Su Qing under the pretext of going back to study and returned to the next room. However, she had a blush on her face when she left, probably because of the hot weather.
"She really works hard. No wonder Yui described her as an all-rounder."
After Shiina Mahiru left, Su Qing muttered to himself.
……
The following day, Class C, after finishing their math class, seemed a bit noisy and restless.
"No way, dude, this is way too slow!"
"Hehe, people really do laugh when they're speechless."
"Mathematics is the real thing I've been searching for. If I can't do it, I can't do it. Math doesn't lie!"
"Unbelievable! How come I can't solve a single one of these math problems?"
……
After listening briefly to everyone's passion for the god of mathematics, Su Qing smiled with satisfaction, then continued reading, focusing mainly on the book.
Although Japanese mathematics, like Western mathematics, is scorned by many mainland Chinese, only those who have experienced it firsthand understand that it is all a lie.
This is Asia, specifically East Asia, known for its "curves".
Although the questions, knowledge points, and homework in the neon high school before the time travel were simple, if you followed the rules step by step, you would be unemployed after graduating from high school.
If you want to get into a better university through academics, then attending tutoring classes is actually the choice for most people.
Despite advocating for educational equity, Japan has implemented a teacher mobility system, which requires public school teachers to transfer to other public schools after serving for a certain number of years, ostensibly to ensure the rational allocation of educational resources.
However, the reality is that relying solely on what teachers teach in class and those exercises is completely insufficient to prepare for the college entrance examination and university entrance tests.
Want exam papers or study materials? Sorry, you'll have to pay.
If there's anything you don't understand or can't do, and you want to ask, sorry, you'll have to pay.
You say you're exceptionally gifted? Don't be ridiculous. Not everyone is Gauss, the prince of mathematics, or a genius. Let me show you a few of the 22 National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) math papers and you'll be honest.
The kind of thing that would be criticized as illogical if written in a light novel is "Because a top math professor accidentally put a problem he'd been thinking about for years into my homework, I racked my brains all night and finally 'laboriously' succeeded in proving it!"
But our math prince says: What I write and do is logic!
However, as a top-tier institution of higher learning in Tokyo and even the entire country, Sobu High School would not engage in such a monopolistic practice of educational resources in order to protect its reputation.
Therefore, the elite teachers' instruction and the high-intensity, high-difficulty, self-created homework assignments have resulted in the class receiving widespread praise.
No problem, Su Qing will take care of it.
As the saying goes, "Ignore everything outside the window and focus solely on studying the classics"...
"Xiao Qing is a bit quiet today, what is she doing?"
"Reading a book."
"Huh? What book? I want to read it too!"
It was Yui Yuigahama who spoke, as lively as ever. After speaking, she moved closer to Su Qing without waiting for his reaction.
"A love letter, what else could it be?"
"Oh, a love letter... Ah, a love letter!?"
Chapter 20 Boyfriend?!
Upon hearing the words "love letter," Yui Yuigahama, who had been about to approach, immediately shrank back. It was unclear whether it was because she had spoken a little too loudly or for some other reason. Fortunately, the classroom was unusually noisy today, and no one paid attention to her.
"What's wrong? A love letter isn't a book?"
Su Qing stood up for the love letter, arguing that reading a love letter was not considered reading a book.
"Oh right, love letters... well, they should count as books, right? No, no, where did these love letters come from?"
Yui Yuigahama's little brain clearly didn't catch on; rather, she was more interested in what came next.
"Where did they come from? I saw them as soon as I opened the shoe cabinet this morning, and there were quite a few..."
"Wow, I didn't expect Xiao Qing to be so popular... Not bad, not bad."
Yui Yuigahama said something strange, but Su Qing didn't care whether she was being sarcastic or not, and continued reading.
Seeing that Su Qing ignored her and turned back to look at the pink letters, Yui Yuigahama was a little annoyed.
→_→ This guy!
She asked somewhat casually, "So, what does Xiaoqing plan to do with these love letters? Will she pick one that looks nice to accept?"
Upon hearing this, Su Qing chuckled, waved the love letter in her hand, and replied, "Why do you seem more excited than I am about receiving a love letter? What, is there a love letter from Yui in here?"
"Wh...what?! There's no such thing!"
Yui Yuigahama's ears turned red instantly, and a strange sense of shame welled up inside her.
This guy must be playing a trick on me! Ugh, so what if I received a love letter!
Seeing this, Su Qing stopped teasing the girl, neatly put the love letters into his bag, flicked the girl's forehead, and said:
"This is the first time I've ever received a love letter, and besides, I would never date someone I've never even met, right?"
"Ouch, ouch, ouch! Xiaoqing, why do you like to flick my forehead so much?"
Yui Yuigahama feigned pain, took a step back, and covered her forehead with her hands, displaying a wary posture. After observing that Su Qing did not make any further moves, she lowered her hands and said with some surprise:
"Really? Is this your first time, Xiaoqing? Has no girl ever given you a love letter before?"
"Well, more or less. Writing love letters isn't popular in mainland China. It's more often seen as just teasing between friends."
Su Qing reflected on the first half of her life and answered truthfully.
"That's true. I've heard that things are quite different between the mainland and us."
"But how do people usually confess their feelings if they're from mainland China?"
Yui Yuigahama, ever the curious child, came closer again, but this time she covered her forehead with both hands, which will probably become Yui's usual fighting stance from now on.
He glanced helplessly at the girl, but finally couldn't resist her sparkling eyes, and slowly said, "Well... I'm not really sure. As far as I know, most people confess their feelings through QQ or Fetion, the chat software we use back home."
"Oh, I know! I've heard of QQ and Fetion too!"
The girl excitedly raised her hand, bouncing up and down, the pink bun on her head bouncing along with her.
"Okay, okay, I know you know."
Su Qing chose to calm her down; if she jumped down again, the students in the classrooms downstairs might have to come upstairs and knock on their doors.
"Hum..."
Yui didn't say anything more after hearing this, but her heart was not at peace.
So, Xiaoqing has probably never been in a relationship before?
And most likely they're not even dating yet... otherwise they would have just rejected those love letters by saying "I already have a girlfriend".
Yui Yuigahama nodded, never having felt that her brain was so smart.
At that moment, a commotion arose outside the classroom.
Good morning, Shiina-kun.
Good morning, Sato-kun.
Hearing the familiar voice, Su Qing turned around and looked out the window. Sure enough, it was Shiina Mahiru.
At that moment, she was smiling and greeting a girl named Sato warmly.
The girl's pleated skirt swayed gently with her steps, and below were her legs, which were encased in tight pantyhose, long and shapely with graceful lines.
Su Qing fell into thought, not about jade, of course... but she just felt that Shiina Mahiru's smile was somewhat stiff.
"The angel is as perfect as ever!"
"That's right, that's right, I wish I could talk to the angels..."
"No, can the paramecium just shut up...?"
……
The angel quickly disappeared outside the classroom, leaving only a few strange boys inside arguing about something inexplicable.
Please don't call me an angel...
Su Qing recalled a sentence in his mind. He originally thought it was the shame of a girl as a high school student, but now it seems that there might be another interpretation.
……
After school in the afternoon, Su Qing packed her schoolbag and prepared to go back to her apartment. She didn't plan to visit any clubs, probably because she had suffered some kind of psychological trauma...
If you really can't find any clubs, you should ask Ms. Jing for recommendations...
"Shiina, what are you doing here?"
Su Qing left the school, somewhat surprised that Shiina Mahiru, who was standing at the intersection near the school, had not left yet.
Is this someone they're waiting for?
"Of course I'm waiting for you. Has Su Qingjun forgotten our contract?"
Looking around and seeing no students from Soubu High School, Shiina Mahiru appropriately reminded them of the agreement.
Su Qing thought for a moment and asked with some doubt, "Was it... an agreement to buy groceries together?"
"Of course, do you expect me to carry groceries for two people all by myself?"
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