Lunch break. Today, the Nap Club had lost its only member who actually napped.
Rarely, the three girls had returned to how things used to be. Without An Yu around, only the three of them were gathered together.
However, unlike before, they weren’t particularly talkative. Each of them seemed preoccupied with their own thoughts as they ate their lunch in silence.
Huai Xiang kept her head down, taking small bites of her food. It was obvious her mind was elsewhere.
Ning Wanciu was the same, only worse. She felt like something was missing from her arms, and even her lunch didn’t taste as good as usual.
She had grown used to the daily routine of An Yu appearing in her embrace every lunch break. Now that it suddenly didn’t happen, she felt a faint sense of loneliness.
Ning Wanciu shifted her legs slightly. The newfound freedom felt strangely uncomfortable.
At the same time, she was very curious about what An Yu was doing.
Mainly because she had never seen An Yu interact much with anyone else at school.
Ah…
Ning Wanciu suddenly realized that even though An Yu wasn’t there, her mind was still full of her… This wouldn’t do.
After all… she had fallen for An Yu. But there was nothing she could do about it, right? It was only natural to care this much.
Huu—
Ning Wanciu subconsciously took a deep breath, trying to calm her complicated emotions.
She lowered her head and continued eating her lunch in small bites.
However, she suddenly noticed how unusually quiet the activity room had become.
She was distracted because of An Yu, but what about the others?
Just because An Yu wasn’t here, the atmosphere had turned this awkward.
Even though An Yu usually didn’t talk much anyway.
Ning Wanciu continued eating in silence, not voicing her doubts, only thinking about how to break this awkward atmosphere.
On the other side, Cheng Shimumeng looked at the two silent girls with some speechlessness.
Seeing them both chewing away without a word, she found it rather amusing.
An Yu had simply skipped lunch break, and these two were already like this. They used to spend time together like this all the time before. This was really…
Cheng Shimumeng didn’t even know what to say.
Still, Ning Wanciu acting this way was understandable. Today she had stolen glances at An Yu far more often than usual.
Moreover, she was practically announcing that something had happened between her and An Yu. For someone who loved observing people like Cheng Shimumeng, Ning Wanciu’s behavior—occasionally blushing and always staring at An Yu’s lips—was very telling.
So… what exactly had happened?
Cheng Shimumeng smiled, looking quite pleased.
It wasn’t hard to guess. Just looking at Ning Wanciu made it obvious.
She looked very embarrassed, kept sneaking glances at An Yu’s lips, and there was clear longing in her eyes.
They probably… kissed, didn’t they?
However, An Yu still acted like nothing had happened. Her behavior and logic remained completely unchanged.
She didn’t seem to care about it at all.
Only Ning Wanciu cared a great deal.
So… if they ruled out the possibility that An Yu was actually a carnivore, then it was likely just a small accident.
For example, Ning Wanciu couldn’t hold back and secretly kissed the sleeping An Yu or something like that.
Only that could lead to this kind of result.
But no matter what An Yu thought, since Ning Wanciu had secretly kissed her, she must have realized her own feelings by now.
Even if their relationship hadn’t changed substantially yet, this was still major progress.
Cheng Shimumeng was very pleased. Things were developing exactly as she had hoped. She really wanted to see what kind of expression would appear on An Yu’s usually cold but adorable little face if Ning Wanciu ever couldn’t hold back and confessed to her one day…
Although it was only her intuition, Cheng Shimumeng felt that if Ning Wanciu really confessed, An Yu wouldn’t reject her.
Of course, she wouldn’t point this out.
Ning Wanciu’s shyness and desires were also quite entertaining to watch in Cheng Shimumeng’s opinion.
Cheng Shimumeng narrowed her eyes, glanced at Ning Wanciu who seemed lost in thought, and quietly looked away.
On the other side, Huai Xiang wore a similar expression.
Cheng Shimumeng had never considered the red-haired fool as anything more than a noisy side character.
Until this morning, she had only seen Huai Xiang as a silly girl trying to butt in.
She never expected the fool to actually have a moment of enlightenment.
Cheng Shimumeng rested her chin on her hand, lightly tapping her cheek with her finger.
What exactly was Huai Xiang thinking?
She was different from Ning Wanciu. Ning Wanciu’s feelings were easy to read.
But with Huai Xiang, even Cheng Shimumeng found it hard to figure her out for the moment.
Because she was a complete idiot—she couldn’t read the room and wouldn’t take a hint even if given one. It was truly exasperating.
If Cheng Shimumeng had to categorize her, she would probably put her in the same group as An Yu.
The difference was that An Yu’s behavior patterns were incomprehensible, while Huai Xiang was just too silly to understand.
But now, even this idiot Huai Xiang was starting to change because of An Yu.
She couldn’t figure it out, but it was indeed very interesting…
Spending time with An Yu never got boring.
From the very beginning, deciding to become friends with An Yu was probably the best choice Cheng Shimumeng had ever made.
Still, just because An Yu wasn’t here, these two looked like they had lost their souls. It was pretty ridiculous.
Cheng Shimumeng really didn’t know what to say.
She could only guess; she wasn’t a mind reader. How could she know what two silent people were thinking?
The one who noticed the strange atmosphere wasn’t just Cheng Shimumeng and Ning Wanciu.
Huai Xiang felt the same.
She had just been thinking about how to get closer to An Yu. While thinking, she suddenly realized the activity room had gone completely silent.
She appeared to be calmly eating her lunch, but in reality she was panicking inside.
Was this awkward atmosphere her fault?!
Was it because she had stayed silent the whole time?
Huai Xiang was starting to sweat.
But… but it wasn’t entirely her fault, right?
It was Ning Wanciu who sneaked off and didn’t share any experience!
She had been looking forward to playing with little An Yu so much!
The first time they went out to play, she had been pinned down by Cheng Shimumeng at the arcade the entire time and barely interacted with An Yu.
The second time, An Yu ate the chocolate she brought and immediately went to sleep with Ning Wanciu, leaving her out again!
Seriously, she just wanted to play with An Yu. What did she do wrong?!
However…
Hmm.
Thinking about it carefully, both times it actually seemed to be her own fault.
The first time her competitive spirit got the better of her, and the second time she bought chocolate with alcohol in it…
Ah, whatever. In any case, she hated when people played favorites!
For now, she’d stop thinking about all that.
Looking at this awkward atmosphere, Huai Xiang felt like crying. She couldn’t remember what topics they used to talk about before An Yu started joining them.