Chapter 39

She had no reason to deny it, and instead silently made a note of it in her heart.

Xiyuanji Qilai in the neighboring seat blinked her lively eyes, her long eyelashes trembling slightly.

She also hadn't expected that Natsume Chikage's dream would be the University of Tokyo.

Her superb memory immediately reminded her of the report card posted on the junior high school bulletin board—Natsume Chikage's name seemed to always appear among the last few...

She had a slight sweat on her forehead, but she was still silently cheering for him in her heart.

No matter what, having a dream was always a good thing.

Soon.

The bell announcing the lunch break rang crisply.

Homeroom teacher Jiu Jing Ziyuan picked up her lesson plan and left the classroom with a calm gait.

As soon as the door closed, the class instantly became as noisy as boiling water, and the freshmen seized the time to get to know each other and chat.

Natsume Chikage had wanted to take advantage of this gap to take out his phone and type.

But as soon as his fingertips touched the cold surface of the screen, he was surrounded by the girls in the class.

The chattering questions came like a tide.

"Natsume-kun, which school did you attend before?" a girl tilted her head and asked curiously.

"Natsume-kun, I have snacks here, do you want to eat some?" another girl blushed and handed over a bag of beautifully packaged candies.

Several boys' gazes from not far away carried obvious envy and undisguised jealousy.

This situation lasted for an entire morning, leaving him not a moment of leisure.

When the lunch break arrived.

Natsume Chikage had been thinking about writing the novel "The Devotion of Suspect X" as soon as possible, so he desperately needed quiet, alone time to type.

But if he continued to stay in the classroom during the lunch break, he feared he would be surrounded by that group of enthusiastic girls again.

He had no choice but to seize the brief gap before the girls had completely surrounded him, quickly pick up the bento box he had prepared, and walk out of the classroom quickly as if fleeing.

Xiyuanji Qilai witnessed his hurried back, her lips parted slightly, and it ultimately turned into an inaudible sigh, a hint of regret flashing in her heart.

She had actually wanted to ask Natsume Chikage something, but he had been surrounded by girls all morning, and she had never found a suitable opportunity.

She had thought she could take the opportunity to talk during lunch, but it seemed there was no chance...

On the other side, Xuecun Lingyin, because she had been deeply immersed in the world of book pages all morning, turned a deaf ear to most of the chatting and commotion around her.

In just one morning, an invisible wall seemed to have been built around her, radiating an aura of "strangers keep away," and almost no one dared to approach her easily, giving her a sense of coldness as if she were being "isolated" by the whole class.

Xiyuanji Qilai, as an old acquaintance of Xuecun Lingyin, had had a very good relationship with her since childhood.

And now that they were lucky enough to be in the same class and sitting so close.

She suggested with a smile: "Lingyin, shall we eat lunch together?"

Xuecun Lingyin's attitude toward her best friend was completely different; upon hearing this, she immediately raised her face from the book pages and nodded slightly: "Mm."

She closed the book and stood up, preparing to move the table over to put them together.

Just at this moment—

A short-haired beautiful girl with a healthy wheat-colored complexion appeared at the classroom door.

Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui poked her head in, her gaze scanning left and right in the classroom, as if searching for someone.

Her appearance was like a stone thrown into a calm water surface, making the originally noisy classroom instantly quiet down a bit, and many gazes were attracted by her sunny and energetic figure.

Xuecun Lingyin and Xiyuanji Qilai naturally also noticed the movement at the door.

Nan Cun Zhiyan, a boy in the class who looked somewhat handsome, felt his heart beat faster, feeling that his "first love" had finally arrived.

He couldn't help but raise his hand to tidy his hair, took a deep breath, and took the initiative to walk up and smile: "Um... who are you looking for? I'll help you!"

Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui turned her head at the sound and asked curiously: "I'm looking for Natsume Chikage, he's in this class, right?"

Hearing this name, the smile on Nan Cun Zhiyan's face instantly froze, and then his shoulders slumped like a deflated ball, feeling that his budding "first love" had completely ended before it even began.

If she were looking for someone else, he felt that with his looks, he might still be able to compete.

But the person she was looking for was Natsume Chikage... that was a gap so wide he couldn't even conceive of comparing himself.

If girls think a boy is handsome, it might be due to the filter of the opposite sex.

But when a boy also sincerely feels that another boy is truly super handsome.

Then, that boy's looks are beyond doubt.

Natsume Chikage was that kind of case.

It could even be said that it wasn't just him who felt that way.

The boys in the class all privately acknowledged it.

And most importantly, this girl in front of them had come specifically to find Natsume Chikage with a bento on the first day of school, and her intentions were already clear.

He feared that no matter how hard he tried, it would be meaningless.

Nan Cun Zhiyan explained in a low voice, his tone carrying a hint of undisguised sadness: "Natsume-kun... he left with his lunch box as soon as the lunch bell rang, I don't know where he went..."

Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui was stunned, her face instantly filled with the regret of "coming a step too late," and her shoulders drooped slightly: "Is that so..."

However, she still bowed politely to thank him: "Thank you."

After speaking, she turned and left the classroom, her pace carrying a hint of disappointment.

In the classroom, the whispers about the relationship between this strange beautiful girl and Natsume Chikage instantly spread like a tide.

Could she be his girlfriend?

This almost became a question lingering in the hearts of many girls.

School only started today.

If they didn't know each other before, how could she come specifically to find someone so clearly on the first day?

And looking at the bento Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui was clearly carrying, it looked like she wanted to have lunch with Natsume Chikage no matter how you looked at it!

But before knowing the truth, many people in the class didn't dare to be sure that this Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui was Natsume Chikage's girlfriend.

Because he had clearly said himself that he didn't have a girlfriend at the moment.

Xiyuanji Qilai ate her exquisite bento in small bites while blinking her large eyes, watching Classmate Classmate Tengyuan Kui's figure disappear around the corner of the corridor at the door.

And Xuecun Lingyin only then raised her eyelids belatedly, discovering that Natsume Chikage's seat was already empty.

No wonder the restlessness and whispers around his seat that had lasted all morning had quieted down a lot since just now.

Being quiet was a good thing.

A hint of realization flashed in her heart, and she then continued to focus on the action of moving the table to join it with Xiyuanji Qilai's.