Chapter 277, Look at Your Eyes
"Would you like to go eat together?"

"it is good."

After buying drinks and returning, Zhuo saw Ling still waiting three meters behind the team, so he directly invited him. As expected, Ling nodded and agreed immediately.

I had already expected that my "ordinary life" would be gone, and Zero was clearly waiting for me, which showed that he wanted to have dinner together. Even if eating together would be a little bit unexpected, and it would make the freshmen around jealous, it didn't matter much compared to disappointing Zero.

After Ling was led to his seat by Zhuo, there was still no emotion on his face, and he remained expressionless as usual.

"Ah, should I give up my seat?"

"Please don't say that. I brought her here on my own initiative. You don't have to mind it."

Zhuo looked at him with dead fish eyes, and his words were full of the meaning of "don't mess around".

Of course, Zhuo also knew that Kanda had no intention of ruining the show. He probably had never had any contact with Ling, so he was a little nervous when facing her for the first time. He spoke to ease the mood - but the person involved, Her Royal Highness the Princess, had an expression that said, "I don't care about this world, can you sit down anytime?"

Ren was the same. I don't know if it was because he had seen Ling at Zhuo's house last time, or because he was happy to see Zhuo finally having dinner with Ling, but he said with his usual smile: "It's nice to have dinner together."

"Yes, that is indeed my intention."

"Haha, now it's getting lively."

Although Kanda said this cheerfully, Zhuo felt that the party wouldn't be lively even if Zero joined.

"Romanov, you brought your own lunch~"

Kanda and Ren usually eat with Zhuo in the cafeteria. The difference is that even though they occasionally bring lunch boxes, most of the time they eat the meals in the cafeteria.

By the way, Ling was sitting next to Zhuo.

Kanda and Ren were huddled together on the opposite sides, like little hamsters huddled together for warmth.

The two of them each bought a bento, and after sitting down, Kanda noticed the bento that Zero took out.

"Yeah." Zero responded lightly.

Then, Zhuo took out his lunch box.

Zhuo's portion was a size bigger than Ling's. Although Zhuo's appetite was not small, Ling's appetite was much bigger than that of girls. The size of Ling's lunch box was enough to satisfy the appetite of an average high school boy.

“Zhuo's bento is great~”

"No."

"Stingy~"

While listening to their conversation, Ling opened the lunch box.

The lunch box contained the leftover tomato chicken, spinach, corn fried with flavored butter, boiled broccoli, cherry tomatoes, octopus sausage, and Zhuo's favorite cheese bacon and fried beef... Now that Ling has cut off financial support and is relying only on Zhuo's savings, the Utsunomiya family not only needs to lower the grade of ingredients, but also needs to start saving on daily meals.

Zhuo basically eats everything, not to mention that the meals cooked by Ling are all very delicious. Plus, they are all prepared with Zhuo's appetite in mind, so he feels full of energy.

"Because it's the first time, we need to calculate the cost, so we might be careless. If it's not enough, you can eat my portion first, okay?"

"I actually think that if I can have Zero's food, I can continue to work hard in this 'troubled world'."

"too exaggerated."

"No, no, no, I'm serious. Haven't you noticed that I've lost so much weight recently? It's because I can't eat the food that Zero cooks~"

As Zhuo spoke, he said "I'm ready to eat" and followed the local customs. He was the first to reach for the cheese and bacon with his chopsticks.

When you hold it in your mouth, it feels moist and smooth; when you take a bite, the aroma of milk immediately bursts out of your mouth. The fresh fragrance and sweetness are intertwined together, making Zhuo naturally curl up the corners of his mouth.

The cheese bacon was so delicious, and because of economic reasons, two portions were made, so Zhuo couldn't bear to swallow it immediately. He chewed slowly, enjoying the delicious taste on the tip of his tongue.

Although the high-quality ingredients in the deluxe bento in the past were too much to eat, the more important thing was the maker himself. And now, although the quantity and grade have been reduced, Zhuo is 100% satisfied with the present, and he also looks forward to saving money in the future, buying more ingredients, and eating to his heart's content.

Zhuo ate his lunch box without hiding the joy in his expression, as if to say "this is what I've been waiting for." Kanda looked at him and sighed.

"...Zhuo is eating very delicious food."

"Yes, it smells good."

"I know that, but you're eating with such gusto, Romanov must be very proud of it."

After saying this, Kanda looked at Ling, then looked at Zhuo's frozen expression with a smile.

"how do you know……"

"The bentos are exactly the same, anyone can tell that."

Ling just lowered his head and ate the vegetables in small bites. He said calmly without raising his head: "Yes, Zhuo has been praising my delicious cooking. I am very grateful."

"I should be grateful that someone is willing to cook for me."

"The economy is a bit tight lately. I can go out and earn some money to ease the pressure during the holidays. Can I just hold on for now?"

“It’s okay to keep the status quo.”

"But we can't afford the wagyu and tuna you like to eat right now."

"I don't think it matters. It doesn't matter what you like to eat. Anyway, everything tastes good as long as it's made by you."

Before graduation, Zhuo had no intention of leaving Ling, so he didn't want Ling to just cater to him, he also wanted to taste the flavor that Ling liked.

He didn't want Ling to accommodate him, but wanted the two of them to get along properly. And Zhuo also wanted to cater to Ling's taste.

“But I don’t have any favorite flavors.”

"Ah? Oh." Zhuo said with emotion while eating the cute octopus sausage with sesame seeds on it, "But my taste is also selected from the food you cook. I have never eaten tuna before. The same goes for cheese bacon. I have never eaten such delicious food before."

When Zero heard his words, he looked embarrassed and started thinking.

Seeing the homely atmosphere emanating from Ling's face, Zhuo didn't bother to disturb him. Instead, he looked around and saw Kanda Kazuhito's dumbfounded expression.

"You're flirting with me without even saying hello? Is there really no hatred between us, Zhuo?"

"…This isn't flirting."

"Jen, listen to this."

"I understand. What I mean is that this level of flirting is simply not considered flirting between an old couple."

"I'm talking to you guys."

"Tell me about yourself first. Why haven't you started dating yet after all this?"

"I said……"

"Look at the look in your eyes! Look at yourself! This is a school, you need to be more restrained!"

Humans cannot see their own eyes without tools such as mirrors.

So when he heard this, Zhuoxian shifted his gaze from his desk to the seats around him and found that boys of the same grade and older grade were looking at him.

Even though their eyes were filled with murderous intent, they hurriedly looked away after Zero glanced in their direction. It was very understandable.

In order to confirm what his eyes were, Zhuo looked at Ling. But before he could ask, Ling actually avoided his gaze little by little and glanced away.

Zhuo's expression froze, and Kanda whispered: "I thought you did it on purpose..."

(End of this chapter)