Ch 36: He became shy.

In a short while, Rui Bu Si realized that this person wasn’t after her chocolate.

Although Mi Ya Xing was known for keeping people waiting, his actions often made people clench their fists, and even his reputation among his classmates wasn’t very good.

But she believed that the other party wasn’t immoral enough to steal her chocolate in broad daylight.

She stopped struggling, trying to keep the chocolate in the box undamaged while silently using her other hand to pry open the hand covering her mouth.

Obviously, she failed.

The harder she tried, the tighter the hand covering her mouth became, as if afraid she would make a sound.

With no progress in her struggle, Rui Bu Si kicked Mi Ya Xing. He winced in pain and awkwardly made a “be quiet” gesture with his other hand.

But he still didn’t let go of her mouth.

The chaotic sounds, like a surging tide, came and then receded just as quickly.

After waiting a while, Mi Ya Xing cautiously peeked outside, and after confirming that the crowd had completely left, he released his hand.

Turning to meet Rui Bu Si’s quiet gaze, he nervously touched his nose.

“What made you keep your hand over my mouth after you knew I recognized you?”

Her voice wasn’t loud, but her anger was significant.

She was angry, but she also remained rational.

If her voice were any louder, it might attract the girls who had just left, and neither of them would be able to leave without revealing something about President Eric’s whereabouts.

“You also know how terrifying those girls who like President Eric are.”

Wasn’t he worried that if he let go, Rui Bu Si would make a sound and attract the girls?

Rubbing the spot where he’d been kicked, feeling that the girls wouldn’t be back for a while, he didn’t immediately worry about finding a place to hide:

“You kicked me pretty hard too, so we’re even?”

That kick really hurt; he only managed to refrain from shouting thanks to his strong willpower.

Putting the last piece of chocolate—originally he’d been debating whether to save it for Ya Ya—into her mouth, Rui Bu Si nodded, quite pleased:

“Fine.”

Considering that the delicious chocolate was originally intended for President Eric.

“But weren’t you with Jian Ni and the others, sending Teacher to the Infirmary? How did you get back so quickly?”

It hasn’t been long, has it?

“Because Teacher woke up halfway and didn’t want to go to the Infirmary.”

Huh?

Without waiting for an answer, Mi Ya Xing pulled her along, sneaking forward like a thief:

“It’s not safe here; let’s find a safer place.”

If they didn’t find President Eric, those girls would return sooner or later.

No, she wasn’t very willing to go with him; she still wanted to wander around and get a few more boxes of chocolate.

Moreover, because of her chocolate-hunting, she hadn’t finished her task for the day.

She wasn’t worried about not completing the task.

It’s just that the System has been much quieter recently, but if she hadn’t finished the task by the end of the day, it might pop up again and spout a bunch of nonsense.

But…

So much chocolate is given to President Eric every year, openly and secretly. The openly given chocolate can be refused, but the secretly given portion, whose recipient is unknown, President Eric probably couldn’t finish it all.

Even if he didn’t eat any of it, since their relationship was so good, President Eric would certainly be happy to tell Mi Ya Xing where the chocolate was.

If it was for chocolate, listening to the System’s nagging wasn’t a bad trade-off.

For the sake of my mouth and stomach, brain, I have to sacrifice you for a bit.

Focused on avoiding detection by the girls, Mi Ya Xing was completely unaware of what the person behind him was thinking.

The so-called safe place was an attic that looked quite dilapidated at first glance.

Several chairs and tables were scattered haphazardly in the attic; otherwise, there was only dust.

Closing the door leading to this place, the outside noise immediately became distant.

As the sweetness of the chocolate in her mouth gradually faded, Rui Bu Si regretted following him.

The feeling of being chased was too strong, she completely forgot that she wasn’t on the list of those being chased, and there was no need to hide at all.

As for the chocolate, she believed that, as a member of the Student Council, Ya Ya would certainly be able to find out something from President Eric.

But speaking of which, this place looks familiar.

Opening the window, the wind barely dissipated some of the unpleasant smell in the attic. Mi Ya Xing turned his head and found Rui Bu Si staring out the window in a daze.

“I can’t take you to the attic that only the Meng Knights can go to, so you’ll have to put up with this place.”

Eh? Wait.

Without the threat of being discovered by the girls, Mi Ya Xing finally regained his composure.

Why did he drag Rui Bu Si along?

This place was dilapidated; if he hadn’t been with her, he wouldn’t have had any reason to come here. He could have easily hidden back in the dormitory.

But now that they were already hiding, and he could still vaguely hear Ba Bi’s commanding voice from below, it was clearly inappropriate to risk going back.

The two, equally regretful, fell silent.

After a while, Rui Bu Si opened her chocolate box, blew off the dust on the table, placed the opened cardboard box on the table, and sat down on it.

She remembered why this place seemed familiar.

During the short time she had spent at Meng Academy, she had quite liked this place.

Well, it seems that Meng Academy hasn’t been renovated much in these few hundred years.

Wow, thinking about it, her memory is surprisingly good; she could still remember this place after so long.

Although she doesn’t remember other things very clearly.

“Even so, it’s impossible to completely avoid getting your clothes dirty, right?”

After watching her series of actions, Mi Ya Xing showed a slight hint of disgust.

“Judging by the noise below, they won’t give up until they find President Eric, and we won’t be able to leave for a while. Do you want to stand here until evening?”

“Makes sense.”

Torn between standing until evening and getting her clothes dirty, he took out Ru Guo and quickly tore off a large piece of fabric.

Ru Guo: ?

Ru Guo: !

The light bulb on his forehead went out with a pop , and the extinguished light bulb almost fell off.

The advantage of being well-wrapped was here. Rui Bu Si looked at Ru Guo for a while and politely asked:

“Can you tear some off for me?”

Before Mi Ya Xing could agree or disagree, Ru Guo disappeared on the spot.

Placing the folded cloth on the undamaged chair, Mi Ya Xing sat down and explained Ru Guo’s behavior:

“He’s shy.”

Rui Bu Si sighed, expressing her deep regret for this shyness.