After deciding to give up, I became popular

220. Small Actions Under the Table

There's not much to say about the meal selection; the basic ingredients were traditional Japanese style, matching the inn's tatami rooms. Although the taste wasn't much different from the nutritious breakfast made by Angel-san, the latter clearly had a bit more of a "home taste"\n…because it was usually eaten at his house.

Senpai ate slowly, but not with the elegance of chewing carefully; it was just because she was constantly distracted, making mischief—during the meal, her feet seemed to have nowhere to rest, and she had to rub against him. Her pearl-like toes were constantly drawing circles on his thighs, and occasionally she would pretend to be a rock climber, so several times they peeked out from behind the tablecloth and were discovered by him.

Xia Chuan Zou glared at her several times with a dark face, but Senpai was unmoved. She figured he wouldn't dare to react in public, so she became even more unscrupulous. He had no choice, afraid of being noticed by the people around him, so he sped up his eating, hoping to get away from her devilish toes as soon as possible.

However, the more you fear something, the more likely it is to happen. A table of guests seemed to have noticed their movements and started pointing at them.

"That's great, wuu… I clearly wanted to open with a JK too…" That guest, who was obviously still hungover, stared at them with very obvious envious eyes, and was about to make his own rebellious remarks when he was interrupted by a friend.

"Shut up, you idiot, what nonsense are you talking about so early in the morning? Shouldn't you be sober by now?!" His friend next to him cursed in a low voice, then lowered his head and apologized to Xia Chuan Zou, who had already noticed their movements.

Xia Chuan Zou naturally wouldn't bother with a drunk too much, and he himself hoped to attract less attention, lest their movements disturb someone… and lead to his social death.

Sometimes he really felt that Senpai's mental state was weird. Why wasn't she afraid of attracting other people's attention at all? She was really very independent.

But in fact, Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu was even more excessive than he thought. She was not only not afraid of attracting other people's attention, but even after discovering Xia Chuan Zou's interaction with others, her small movements became even more intensified. She had completely given up eating and was concentrating on controlling the attack below.

"…"

Damn it, can't stand it at all! Going to explode with her!

So Xia Chuan Zou couldn't bear it any longer, and finally stretched out a hand to grab her jade foot, and the other hand simply put down the chopsticks and reached under the table, using his feeling to output against Senpai's soles.

He was about to start a counterattack.

The effect was of course also obvious.

Xia Zhiqiu Senpai, with high attack and paper defense, trembled obviously after he grabbed her jade foot, and then immediately broke through the defense under his attack.

"Ugh… ugh wuu…"

She tried her best to hold back her face, trying her best not to laugh, but that was not enough. Xia Chuan Zou seemed to be putting in all his effort and had no intention of bypassing her at all, so a constant stream of laughter was generated from the soles of her feet and then transported to her brain, instructing her to vent it out.

"Hou… Senior… Stop… Stop it…" Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu lowered her voice and gave him a pleading look. She was hunched over the table, one hand covering her mouth and the other clenched into a fist, her delicate body trembling uncontrollably.

However, Xia Chuan Zou just glanced at her lightly, and then responded in a low voice: "What do you say when you beg for mercy, Senpai?"

"Ugh… Sorry…"

"No, that's not sincere enough." Xia Chuan Zou shook his head.

"Sorry… Sorry! …I, I won't dare to do it again in the future…"

"That's right." Xia Chuan Zou nodded in satisfaction, and then released Senpai's jade foot.

So Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu's nerves were finally able to relax, and then she completely collapsed on the table, only caring about burying her head and panting.

"…"

The situation has achieved victory! This was a good thing, but Xia Chuan Zou didn't have time to be happy. A staff member suddenly came up to them and asked, "Um, this customer? Are you feeling unwell? Do you need me to contact a hospital?"

"No, no, no, she just… just suddenly thought of something happy." Xia Chuan Zou quickly explained.

It could be seen that this young staff member was indeed very enthusiastic, but it was obvious that this was not the time for him to show his enthusiasm.

So the staff member next to him was dubious, but in the end he didn't ask anything more: "Okay then… If there's anything else you need, just tell me."

After the staff member left, Xia Chuan Zou turned his head to look at Senpai again.

She had calmed down a little, but her face still had the afterglow of a violent reaction. When she saw Xia Chuan Zou looking at her, she immediately glared at him fiercely, but said words that didn't match her expression at all: "Wuu… Junior is really a beast, I won't be able to marry like this…"

"Stop it, if you really count it like that, you wouldn't have been able to marry a long, long time ago…" Xia Chuan Zou retorted, then rolled his eyes at her and sarcastically said, "And this is clearly your own fault. If you had known this, wouldn't it have been better to eat your meal properly?"

"Junior is bullying me…" Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu pretended to be weak and powerless, "I'm just not good at chopsticks… And Junior clearly said before that he would feed me breakfast for the rest of my life…"

"…"

Not good at chopsticks… You can even say such nonsense? You're not some newly returned foreign child!

"The past is the past, the present is the present, people can't always look to the past, Senpai." Xia Chuan Zou shook his head.

After confirming that Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu was no longer preparing to do evil, he retracted his hands and placed them back on the table. But when he was about to pick up his chopsticks, a complicated expression suddenly appeared on his face:

This hand… If I remember correctly, I just used it to punish Senpai, right? Now I'm going to use it to eat…

It's not that I can't eat it, although Senpai's looks very refreshing and clean, but it's really difficult for him to do it without caring.

"…"

Just when Xia Chuan Zou was hesitating whether to wash his hands first, Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu blinked her eyes, and then immediately saw through his predicament, so she put on an expression as if she was the winner: "Hmph, reaping what you sow, Junior?"

"But you don't have to be so entangled? You know how many people want to have such treatment but it's too late, only Junior can do it easily but always complains about this and that…"

"Bullshit, normal people wouldn't not care, okay!" Xia Chuan Zou immediately rolled his eyes at her, then simply stood up and started cleaning up the tableware.

He felt that even if he washed his hands and came back, he would still eat uncomfortably. Anyway, he had replenished a lot of energy, which was more than enough to maintain his physical strength, so he simply didn't eat it, so as not to be teased by Senpai later.

"I'm full, Senpai, do as you please."

After leaving a word, he picked up the plate and left.

Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu immediately curled her lips. Seeing that she couldn't tease him, she ate a few more bites hastily and then cleaned up.

221. Encountering Junior

After finishing breakfast and checking out, the two went straight to the train station.

Because their movements were a bit procrastinating, the first train had already left, so the two could only wait patiently on the platform.

Xia Chuan Zou's phone had long been out of power and turned off, so he couldn't take it out to pass the time. But Senpai next to him was very leisurely. As soon as she sat down next to him, she yawned.

"Junior, I'll take a nap, please take care of me…"

"…" Xia Chuan Zou glanced at her. Although he didn't respond, he nodded to indicate.

But obviously Senpai not only wanted him to pay attention to the train, but also found a comfortable position and leaned on him to take a nap.

The sleeping Senpai looked much quieter and more beautiful, and really looked like a beautiful literary girl.

Today is the weekend, and there are not many people going out so early. Most of them are combinations of a man and a woman, and they seem to be going out on dates, so Xia Chuan Zou and the two of them have perfectly blended into the crowd.

After waiting for a while, the train came. Xia Chuan Zou tried to wake up Senpai but found that it was useless, so he had no choice but to rudely grab her hand and forcefully drag her into the train.

There are quite a few empty seats on the train without office workers. The two casually found a seat close to each other and sat down. As soon as they sat down, Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu started making trouble again:

"Ugh… Junior is so mean… His movements are always so rough… I'm going to break…"

"Who told you to keep calling me and not wake up? If I didn't pull you onto the train, the train would have left." Xia Chuan Zou's expression was normal. After getting along with Senpai a lot, some very common lewd jokes can be resolved very easily.

For example, this kind of statement that is clearly meant to deliberately cause misunderstanding among passers-by, he only needs to maintain a calm attitude to retell the incident.

"It's clearly Junior's fault… Last night too, I was already asleep, but you had to wake me up…"

"No, don't talk nonsense…" Xia Chuan Zou's face changed. He was about to find a way to save his reputation among passers-by, but realized that there seemed to be more important things he needed to explore.

"Wait, you just said… woke you up? I don't remember waking you up?"

"Junior, don't pretend to be stupid…" Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu closed her eyes and continued to lean on his shoulder in the same position. She clearly looked like she had no energy at all, but her mouth was still outputting as usual, "I was woken up last night when you sneaked into my quilt."

"…" Xia Chuan Zou opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

His face suddenly became a little ugly.

It's not because the couple sitting across from them were so ashamed by their conversation that they didn't know where to put their eyes, but because he suddenly realized that Senpai really wasn't pretending to be asleep last night, but was completely awakened by his actions of getting into the quilt.

"…"

Damn it, so it's his own problem?

If I had known this, I might as well have gotten into the quilt earlier! It would have saved him from being worried all the time, and even not sleeping well in the end.

Seeing that Xia Chuan Zou didn't respond to her anymore, Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu sat up straight, opened her eyes and looked at him suspiciously, but found that he was full of sorrow and looked like he had no love for life.

"What's wrong? Why do you suddenly have this expression…"

"…"

Xia Chuan Zou naturally ignored her, because he was in a completely self-enclosed state.

Senpai felt bored, so she curled her lips, and then returned to her original posture and took a nap.

So there was no conversation along the way.

After a while, the train finally arrived at the station. Xia Chuan Zou, who had recovered a little, heard the voice broadcast and hurriedly took Senpai off the train.

Now it's daytime after all, and Xia Chuan Zou himself still has something to do, so he ignored Senpai's resentful eyes and directly told her to go home by herself.

Then he happily won the title of "scumbag".

"Anyway, I'm just one of the collections that Junior has. If I'm useless, I'll be thrown away, and I don't even have the right to ask for concern…"

Senpai's remarks were more rebellious than the last, but Xia Chuan Zou didn't care anymore. Anyway, there were only the couple who had been sitting across from them in the people getting off the train at this station.

"I'm already concerned enough about you, otherwise I would have left you on the train and ignored you." Xia Chuan Zou replied expressionlessly, "Anyway, that's it. If you're still sleepy, Senpai, hurry up and go home to sleep… And don't forget that you're still wearing yesterday's clothes."

At the end, Xia Chuan Zou didn't forget to "remind" her in a low voice.

So as expected, Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu suddenly became a little nervous, and subconsciously raised her sleeves and smelled them.

"Tch… then that's it… I should go back too…" Xia Zhiqiu Shiyu's expression quickly calmed down.

She didn't actually smell anything, but after he mentioned it, she felt itchy in her heart, and always felt like there was some kind of smell that she couldn't feel.

"Then I'm leaving, be careful on the road." Xia Chuan Zou waved his hand and said goodbye to Senpai.

"Junior too, be careful not to be deceived by a girl who suddenly pops up…"

The corners of Xia Chuan Zou's mouth twitched, but he didn't bother to pay attention to her anymore, and turned around and strode away.

He was also planning to go back to sleep first, after all, he really didn't rest well yesterday. Fortunately, the study session with Ying Lili had been changed to the afternoon, so he had time to catch up on sleep.

Of course, before that, he still had to go to the breakfast shop he often patronized.

It's not that he's particularly fond of it, but compared to some localized sweet buns and so on, the more original flavors can arouse his appetite.

But what he didn't expect was that at this time on the weekend, he could actually run into an acquaintance in this kind of place—Yi Jing Yuzi.

She happened to be at the very end of the line, and also happened to be in front of him.

"Yi Jing?" Xia Chuan Zou tentatively greeted.

So the casually dressed little loli in front turned her head in response, revealing a pair of curious expressions: "Who… who is calling me?"

"It's really you, Yi Jing classmate…" Xia Chuan Zou nodded, as expected, his eyes were not wrong, the other party's hairstyle and body shape were too conspicuous, it was difficult not to recognize her.

"President?" Miko Iino tilted her head, looking somewhat puzzled. "Why is the president here...? No, no! I'm not Miko Iino, I don't know anyone by that name..."

"..."

Seriously, haven't you already exposed yourself?

Kanade Natsukawa looked blank, not understanding why she was denying it.

"But you turned around..."

"Ugh... that's because... that's... Guu... Can't argue with that..."

"..."

So... so weak! Kanade Natsukawa suddenly thought the girl in front of him was quite cute.

Unlike the very aggressive Utaha Kasumigaoka, Miko Iino's conversational skills were truly terrible. He hadn't even said much, but it felt like he'd already cornered her.

"Wow, darn it, I actually got recognized..." Miko Iino looked frustrated. Seeing that she had been exposed, she simply took off her mask. "I should have come a little earlier... But how could the president recognize me? I was wearing a mask."

"..." Kanade Natsukawa looked at her speechlessly, thinking, 'Wasn't I recognizing you from behind? Wearing a mask or not makes no difference.'

And is it even possible that wearing a mask wouldn't disguise you at all?

More like, where did you get this idea from, some cheesy drama?!

"Actually, you're pretty easy to recognize. After all, we're colleagues, and whether it's your hairstyle or your... figure, it's quite noticeable. How could I mistake you for someone else?"

"Ugh... really...? I didn't expect the president to pay so much attention to me..." Miko Iino suddenly became fidgety, looking very embarrassed.