Lin Mu didn't check her phone too much. He entered his phone number, then dialed it.
Finally, he added his name as a note and returned the phone to her.
Next.
The two remained silent.
Shiina Mahiru finished her bento, hesitated for a moment, and then bravely looked at him.
"Give me the bento box. I'll wash it along with mine."
Lin Mu didn't dwell on it. After thanking her, he handed her the bento box.
Looking at the sparkling clean bento box, Shiina Mahiru felt a warmth in her heart.
With a somewhat joyful mood, she left to wash the bento box.
Then, as if by a ghost, the girl returned to the flowerbed where she had been.
Looking at the man sitting in the shade, tapping away at his computer, she felt an inexplicable surprise in her heart.
After thinking for a moment, Shiina Mahiru carefully sat down again, clutching her chest, but she didn't know what to say.
In fact, she was also a little uneasy.
Would he misunderstand her initiative approach?
But if he didn't misunderstand, she felt she would be even more uncomfortable.
As she was struggling, Lin Mu's voice rang out.
"Move a little closer. If you want to see, just look."
"Oh."
Shiina Mahiru replied softly and obediently moved closer.
Her gaze fell on his screen, watching rows of text appear, and she couldn't help but show a surprised expression.
"Are you writing a light novel?"
"Yes." Lin Mu nodded, his fingers moving non-stop, quickly depicting the plot he was thinking of.
"After all, I'm very poor right now, I can't always shamelessly freeload off your meals, and I still owe you a pair of black stockings."
Hearing that term, Shiina Mahiru's mind involuntarily conjured up the image of the crumpled, tattered black stockings from that day. Her small face flushed, and she glared at him in embarrassment.
"You're still talking about that! Pervert!"
After saying that, she couldn't help but hit him with her small fist, her gaze falling on his neck again.
There had been a scar there, one she had bitten, but now it was completely gone.
Lin Mu turned to look at her, a slight smile on his face.
"What, are you still thinking about the mark you left on me? My recovery ability is very good, probably because Student Shiina's cooking provided enough energy."
As he spoke, he boldly took her small hand and placed it on his neck.
"Come on, if you want to leave your mark, you can bite me again."
"Mmm... Pervert, what nonsense are you talking about? I won't bite you."
Shiina Mahiru pulled her hand back as if she had been electrocuted.
"And my cooking doesn't have that effect..."
Lin Mu shrugged with a smile, finished this chapter, and then handed her the computer.
"Want to take a look? This is my first step to becoming a light novel author. Once I have money, I can support you."
"Who wants you to support them?" Shiina Mahiru rolled her eyes at him, but her heart couldn't help but quicken.
She took the laptop and started looking at it seriously.
Soon, she pouted in dissatisfaction.
"Why are there so many heroines? And they're all beautiful girls?"
Lin Mu spread his hands, "Boys just like to fantasize about several beautiful girls liking them, that's how it sells well."
Shiina Mahiru looked at him suspiciously, "Are you sure you don't have that idea yourself?"
Lin Mu smiled but said nothing.
This was practically an admission.
Shiina Mahiru immediately felt displeased.
He had treated her that way, yet he was still thinking about other girls.
How could this scoundrel be like this?
After glaring at him fiercely, Shiina Mahiru shoved the laptop back to him, turned, and walked away.
"I'm going back! You can think about it slowly, pervert!"
However.
Her small hand was quickly grabbed by someone.
Then, she was pulled into his arms.
"Mahiru, although I admit I'm a pervert, being called that by you still hurts a lot."
"Ugh... you... what are you doing? This... this is school."
Shiina Mahiru noticed the heat in his eyes and immediately panicked, while also looking around nervously, afraid of being seen by other classmates.
Lin Mu, however, just lowered his head, kissed her on the lips once, then let her go.
"I know, so just one quick one, alright, go back."
"You... shameless!"
Shiina Mahiru covered her lips, not knowing what to say.
"You know I'm bad, yet you still get close to me. Are you planning on making me responsible?"
Lin Mu said with a smile.
Shiina Mahiru's small face flushed red, and she lifted her small leather shoe to step on his foot, "Dream on!"
After doing this, she turned and ran.
As if some beast was chasing her from behind.
Lin Mu, meanwhile, licked his lips, looking at her beautiful back, a slight smile playing on his lips.
Little Angel Mahiru actually took the initiative to talk to him; did this mean she didn't dislike him after all?
It seemed he would soon be able to upgrade his abilities.
...
"Student Shiina, your face is so red, what's wrong?"
Yui Yuigahama looked at the rosy-faced, even cuter Shiina Mahiru and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Ah, nothing, the lunch bento was a bit spicy."
Shiina Mahiru replied with a smile, but her heart was still pounding fiercely.
She didn't know what was wrong with her.
Whenever she was in front of that scoundrel Lin Mu, her body seemed to lose all strength.
Just now, when he held her in his arms, her first reaction wasn't to push him away, but to have an impulse to act spoiled with him.
Just like that night, she wanted to rest her cheek against his chest.
She knew clearly.
He was so bad; if she got close, he would definitely make a move.
But she still went to him.
She was now filled with curiosity about him; she urgently wanted to know what kind of person he truly was.
Why did he make her so shy?
Returning to her seat, just then, a certain person also sauntered in, and he even smiled at her.
Shiina Mahiru quickly lowered her head, not daring to look into his eyes.
Just then, a message arrived on her phone.
Opening it, she saw it was from Lin Mu.
"Let's go home together this afternoon. You can't not wait for me, or else I'll have to work hard to buy you black stockings."
When Shiina Mahiru saw this, her head was so hot it felt like it was about to smoke.
She gritted her teeth and replied.
"Got it, I'll wait for you, okay! Pervert!"
She was quite speechless.
This guy, he was clearly very gentle, yet he always had to say things like this.
Did bullying her make him so happy?
Speaking of bullying...
Shiina Mahiru thought of the scene from last night, and her heart pounded even faster.
She mumbled stubbornly, "I won't be happy..."