Chapter 415: Disdain! Drinking northwest wind!

Listening to Natsume Chikage's inquiry, which carried a trace of confusion, Qiutian Shana reacted faster than Jin Teng Weixi beside her, a bright smile immediately blooming on her face, answering in a light tone:

"We just finished dinner and were walking past here; seeing so many people queuing, we thought we'd come in to drink something and taste the dessert."

"I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence to find that you were working here, Natsume-kun—what an unexpected surprise!"

Jin Teng Weixi and Shankou Botai behind her couldn't help but remain speechless in their hearts.

Coincidence?

This is clearly looking for him on purpose, right?

It's just that they both tacitly agreed not to expose you!

Chao Wu Heye looked at Qiutian Shana's happy expression from the bottom of her heart when facing Natsume Chikage, only feeling that it was very uncomfortable, as if something was tugging at his heart.

He looked at Natsume Chikage with a trace of displeasure unconsciously.

Natsume Chikage was startled, revealing a polite and gentle clerk-like smile:

"So that's how it is."

"Since you're here, you can try our shop's signature cappuccino and tiramisu; I've tried them personally, and the taste is indeed not bad."

Qiutian Shana's eyes lit up and she immediately nodded:

"Mm-hmm! Then I'll order these two!"

She hugged Jin Teng Weixi's arm and shook it gently, asking:

"Weixi, what about you? What do you want to drink?"

Jin Teng Weixi glanced at her angrily, and when she turned her gaze back to Natsume Chikage, she was silent for a moment before speaking in her usual, slightly cold tone:

"A cup of black coffee, a brownie."

Natsume Chikage skillfully operated the computer screen at the cash register, entered the order, and then raised his head, looking at Shankou Botai and Chao Wu Heye behind.

"The two guests behind, what would you like to order?"

Shankou Botai ordered two common drinks and snacks casually, and then took advantage of Natsume Chikage's operation to take the initiative to speak, his tone carrying a trace of friendly greeting:

"Long time no see, Natsume-kun. My name is Shankou Botai; I didn't expect to meet you here."

"But you are working now, so I won't disturb you more; let's chat next time if we have a chance."

Natsume Chikage's movements paused; although he had no impression of this person, the school uniform he was wearing was indeed that of Private Moonlight Academy.

Clearly, he was a classmate from the same school.

He quickly sized up the other party's appearance and searched his memory.

A few seconds later, he remembered—this person seemed to be Shankou Botai, who had given a speech on stage as a freshman representative at the opening ceremony.

Looking at it this way, he was also a high school freshman.

Natsume Chikage felt that the other party was just a normal polite greeting, so he didn't say more, just nodded and responded:

"Mm, let's chat next time if we have a chance."

Conversely, Chao Wu Heye just ordered the most ordinary coffee and a dessert with an expressionless face, and after that, he never looked at Natsume Chikage again, nor did he say another word, just looked at him deeply with complex emotions, and then followed Jin Teng Weixi and the others away from the front desk to find a seat by the window in the shop.

Natsume Chikage didn't take this small episode to heart and soon threw himself back into the busy reception work.

And Qiutian Shana, who was sitting down, held her cheeks with both hands, elbows propped on the tabletop, smiling and looking at Natsume Chikage busy at the front desk, her eyes shining brightly.

"Natsume-kun working seriously is also so handsome..."

Jin Teng Weixi noticed that Chao Wu Heye's face next to her was clearly not looking good, and couldn't stand it anymore; she frowned and whispered to Qiutian Shana:

"Stop being a flower-crazed girl. Natsume Chikage and us are simply not people from the same world."

"Even if you like him so much now, by next semester, he probably won't continue to stay at Private Moonlight Academy."

"By then, the chance for you two to even meet will be slim; what's the use of liking him again?"

Qiutian Shana muttered dissatisfiedly:

"Then... then I'll just pay his tuition for him, right?"

Jin Teng Weixi snorted coldly, her tone even more realistic:

"Don't be naive. Your family gives you at most 200,000 to 300,000 yen in pocket money a month."

"And the tuition for one semester at our school starts at at least 600,000 yen."

"There are three semesters in a year; you calculate it? If you use all your pocket money to pay his tuition, how will you live yourself?"

"Drinking northwest wind?"

Qiutian Shana was choked, stammering a rebuttal:

"Anyway... if I save a bit, I won't starve to death..."

Shankou Botai, hearing their conversation, asked curiously:

"Wait a minute, Jin Teng-san, you just said that Natsume-kun might not continue at our school next semester? What's the situation?"

Chao Wu Heye also immediately pricked up his ears, his gaze turning to Jin Teng Weixi.

Jin Teng Weixi picked up her water glass and took a sip, explaining in a flat tone:

"Natsume Chikage is able to study at our school now because his father prepaid the tuition for this semester before he passed away."

"But after this semester ends... given his family's current situation, they simply can't afford the high tuition of our school."

"By then, besides transferring to a public school with low tuition, what other choice can he have?"

"And what is the educational quality of Japanese public schools, you all know in your hearts, so I won't say more."

Shankou Botai finished listening, a look of realization and a trace of regret appearing on his face, then smiled helplessly:

"So that's how it is... no wonder you said that, Jin Teng-san."

He turned to Qiutian Shana, his tone becoming more serious:

"Qiutian-san, you should think about it carefully yourself. What Jin Teng-san said is not completely unreasonable."

"You can't keep 'helping' like this forever."

"If you really date, he might become a very heavy burden for you."

"I personally... actually don't really suggest you really develop in that direction."

"After all, people not from the same circle really find it hard to play together and get together."

Chao Wu Heye's gaze turned to Natsume Chikage, who was busy behind the counter, the corners of his mouth unconsciously hooking into a trace of disdain.

He knew Natsume Chikage's family background wouldn't be very good before, but he didn't expect it to be so destitute that even next semester's tuition was a problem.

In this way, things became simple.

The money Natsume Chikage earns working at the coffee shop for a whole year might not be as much as the pocket money they get in a month.

In this case, as Jin Teng Weixi said, next semester's tuition is basically hopeless.

Afterward, he will inevitably have to transfer to those public schools with weak teaching staff and basically follow "relaxed education."

By then, they and Natsume Chikage will really no longer be people from the same world.

Just the family background and the environment of study alone have already left Natsume Chikage far behind at the starting line.

Because even if their grades are poor, they have their families as a solid backing.

They have plenty of money to sign up for cram schools, and they can always bring their grades up.