Once the matter of the swapped bento was over, the three of them sat back down together and started eating the bento again.
“This egg roll is so good. It’s even better than Classmate Yan Yan’s bento from yesterday.”
Xu Runhui chewed the dense, soft, and tender egg roll and couldn’t help softly exclaiming.
Yesterday Classmate Siji’s bento had only bitter melon, so she hadn’t really tasted much.
She hadn’t expected his little sister’s skills to be this good.
Yan Yanyan had no objections to that.
Anyway that bento had only been ordered from a restaurant, and she also agreed with Xu Runhui’s view.
“Of course. This was made by my little sister with her own hands.”
Zhong Siji grew immensely proud.
Hearing someone praise Xinya made him even happier than being praised himself.
“Not only can she cook, her skills are this good. Classmate Siji’s little sister must be very popular with the boys, right? I really don’t know which lucky boy will get to be her boyfriend.”
Knowing Zhong Siji was a sister-con, Xu Runhui went along and praised her.
Who knew Zhong Siji’s face would sink on the spot.
“Boyfriend or whatever, forget it. It’s still too early for Xinya. Something like that should at least wait until high school… no, university! …No, after graduation! …Cough, at the very least she has to be able to stand on her own first. Otherwise what if she gets tricked by a bad man? Don’t you think so, Classmate Runhui?”
“Ha… ha, yeah. Classmate Siji is right. There really are too many bad men these days.”
Seeing his reaction like this, how could Xu Runhui not know she had patted the horse on the leg instead of the rump?
But who says girls are afraid of being tricked by bad men?
Plenty of girls still wish they could get tricked by a bad man!
Besides, in most cases it’s the naive and innocent boys who get sweet-talked by girls with dyed yellow hair, right?
Classmate Siji was protecting his little sister way too much…
Generally speaking, don’t older brothers start finding their little sisters annoying as they get older?
“By the way, Classmate Siji, why don’t you just have your little sister teach you how to cook?”
Seeing the atmosphere seem to sink into awkwardness, Yan Yanyan hurriedly changed the subject.
“That way you can ask her anytime, and it would be more convenient to learn, right?”
Of course she understood Zhong Siji had his own considerations.
But that wasn’t important.
What was important was finding an excuse quickly to suppress the awkward atmosphere this pig Xu Runhui had caused.
But contrary to Yan Yanyan’s expectations, faced with this simple question, Zhong Siji did not answer right away.
The atmosphere instantly became even more awkwardly silent.
Just as Yan Yanyan and Xu Runhui were nervously wondering whether they had said the wrong thing and stepped on Zhong Siji’s landmine, Zhong Siji finally rubbed his nose and said in a shy expression they had never seen before and a faint voice they had never heard, “Um… I am her older brother no matter what. Having to rely on my little sister even for this is a little embarrassing… Sometimes I also want, how should I put it, to show the older-brother side of myself in front of her.”
Yan Yanyan and Xu Runhui looked at each other and both saw shock in the other’s eyes.
Was the person in front of them really Classmate Siji?
How could that Classmate Siji… be this cute!!
Although it wouldn’t be much if it were some other boy, but this was Classmate Siji, you know?
That Classmate Siji who had never shown a boy’s cute side before, you know?
It was like peeling a banana whose skin already looked fully ripe, only to be delighted to find the flesh inside was firm at just the right point!
“You two… at least say something?”
Seeing that Yan Yanyan and Xu Runhui weren’t speaking, Zhong Siji thought his words had awkwarded them out.
It was true.
He was already this old and still cared about this so-called dignity in front of his little sister like an elementary schooler.
It really was… pretty awkward.
“Just pretend I… didn’t say anything just now.” Zhong Siji awkwardly rubbed his nose.
It was at this moment that Yan Yanyan and Xu Runhui finally came back to their senses from their “binge-drinking.”
“Thank you for the meal. I’m full.” Xu Runhui put her palms together and said to Zhong Siji with great piety.
“Eh? Didn’t you only eat a few bites?”
“Classmate Siji, that’s not what Classmate Runhui means. And while we’re at it, I’m full too. Thank you for the meal.”
“Ah?”
The meaning was unclear.
It seemed that even if the world had changed, girls were just as hard to understand.
“I have a method. Since Classmate Siji wants to show his older-brother side in front of his little sister and it’s inconvenient for her to teach him, then have his little sister teach us, and we’ll teach Classmate Siji. Wouldn’t that work?”
Yan Yanyan continued.
“Then this Saturday, let’s go to Classmate Siji’s house and ask Classmate Siji’s little sister for guidance! Is that okay, Classmate Siji?”
Xu Runhui immediately understood her temporary ally’s intention.
She wanted to find a chance to scout the enemy situation before they even started making bento!
“…It’s fine, I guess.” Zhong Siji didn’t refuse.
This was something they had already agreed on anyway.
“It’s just that Saturday won’t work. Is Sunday okay?”
“Of course it’s okay!” Xu Runhui hurried to agree.
Yan Yanyan then said, “Does Classmate Siji have something on Saturday? Do you need help?”
“Ah, no need, no need. It’s just a small matter.” Zhong Siji declined Yan Yanyan’s kindness.
After all, there wasn’t an extra spot for the part-time job.
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“Whoa, the PE teacher finally came to class. I thought she wouldn’t show up this whole semester.”
“Isn’t the PE teacher just the math teacher?”
“We’re only first-years. We shouldn’t have to do this set yet, right?”
“Who cares. Anyway we finally have PE class~~”
“We finally get to see the boys’ gym clothes~~”
The next class was the PE class they still hadn’t had since school started.
Although it was still hot, the girls’ enthusiasm wasn’t suppressed in the slightest.
“It’s only a PE class. Do you need to be that excited? Girls really are all monkeys, huh?”
“How annoying! Wouldn’t it be better to just stay in the classroom under this huge sun?”
In comparison, the boys were much colder.
Running under the sun on such a hot day would not only make them sweat all over but also tan their skin.
And Zhong Siji?
He was thinking.
Thinking about the problem of Yan Yanyan and Xu Runhui coming to his house on Sunday to ask his little sister for cooking guidance.
Only after agreeing to them did he realize he had forgotten something.
Something rather fatal.
Why does my scalp go numb the moment I think about introducing Classmate Yan Yan and Classmate Runhui to Xinya…
Xinya had clearly been urging him to make more friends.
She shouldn’t have any objections.
Classmate Yan Yan and Classmate Runhui also shouldn’t randomly bring up those things that counted as a bit of a dark history for them too.
So why exactly did he feel a little uneasy?
Zhong Siji thought for a while and couldn’t figure it out, so he simply stopped thinking.
He was probably overthinking it.
Xinya was so well-behaved.
Although Classmate Yan Yan and Classmate Runhui were a little weird sometimes, they were still very good people.
They also had cooking as a common topic.
They would definitely get along well.
“Siji, class is about to start. Aren’t you changing yet?”
In this class, besides Teacher Wu Di, there was only one person who called him that.
“Got it, Class Monitor. I’ll change now.”
Zhong Siji replied to Zheng Zipan as he started to take off his top right there in the classroom.
“Wait wait wait wait wait wait!!!! Si… Siji????”