Chapter 313, Fool

Now, every day after entering the school gate, Zhuo would remind himself repeatedly not to be complacent or let his guard down.

Because he and Zero lived in the same place and their seats in school were next to each other, the distance between them was too close, so they always caused a lot of trouble without realizing it.

Although they were not aware of it, their current relationship should be regarded as the beginning of the passionate love period, but both of them were stable and could not show it (they thought). In the final analysis, they always had the urge to look at each other in their hearts, and Zhuo tried his best to endure it.

Of course, Ling was more tolerant. At least when Zhuo was bored or distracted and looked at her unconsciously, he never met her eyes. It was just that Ren said that Ling always secretly paid attention to him; and she was gentler now, and could endure even when facing the people surrounding her. Zhuo thought that he should have contributed to this.

During the break, most of the discussions were about Ling. Seeing their excited expressions and self-proclaimed humorous jokes, Zhuo had a hard time in school these past two days. He wished the holiday would come sooner so that he could stay at home all day with Ling and watch how they discussed things.

Zhuo couldn't figure out how Ling viewed this matter. In fact, this matter had nothing to do with Ling, and even if it was her, there was probably nothing she could do.

Zhuoben was not such a petty person, and had originally decided to be more generous - but after going through those trivial discussions, he felt completely different.

After dinner and washing the dishes, Zhuo was about to go to the balcony to exercise for a while. But Ling called her over. She sat on the sofa and patted the cushion next to her, roughly indicating that Zhuo should come over and sit over.

“…Is there something wrong?”

"What did you do in gym class today?"

"Nothing, just sitting and chatting normally, then retreating."

Facing Ling's question, which seemed to be out of curiosity, Zhuo thought about it carefully and it was indeed true. Today was indeed an ordinary day, and nothing special happened. If there was anything special, it was that he saw Ling surrounded by people playing games on the lawn of the playground again.

Zhuo knew that Ling had not ignored his thoughts and was always concerned about him, so he did not choose a game that made him happy and left him aside. Strictly speaking, it was just that those people were playing games near Zero.

Zhuo was thinking about all these random things.

"Chatting with a girl..."

"Oh, you mean that, well, we talked about it for a while."

"You don't look like you're in our grade. What's your name?"

"I don't know, Caihu? Kido? Under the public rest shed, she came to ask about learning experience. How could I know these things? I really asked the wrong person."

As Zhuo spoke, he thought about it again and found that there was nothing wrong. He was a middle-class student, and he could sleep well every day and still maintain an average level, all thanks to the all-powerful three-no loli beside him. Even so, he still spoke with confidence - Ling is no longer considered someone else, so it doesn't matter if he is not good enough, he can still be proud.

Zhuo thought so.

I couldn't help but think of something deeper.

For example, the girl’s identity is very special—Lu Mingze can send Zero to approach him, so even if Odin also sends someone, it doesn’t seem surprising.

But if that's the case... Isn't this person a bit hasty? At least compared to Zero, I don't have any impression of her at all.

You know, when Ling herself discovered her peeping, Zhuo still remembers the cold look in her eyes.

Therefore, there must be some deep meaning behind Zero's questions.

"Oh, so what did she tell you?"

Ling crossed her arms while saying these words. Zhuo looked at her and felt something was a little strange. Ling showed a very interested look and didn't look serious. In fact, on the contrary, she seemed to be in a good mood.

As a lazy guy, such ineffective communication and boring conversations usually don't occupy his brain. But since Ling asked him, Zhuo had to recall it again.

"Ah... First she asked me what I like to eat, then she talked about how I study and other things for a while, then she said there's a new buffet restaurant opened on Pupu Road, it's very cost-effective and the taste is also very good, and that's it." It was all meaningless and irrelevant nonsense, Zhuo felt that it was good enough that he could remember all of this.

But Zero seemed to want to ask more.

"Is there nothing else?"

Ling crossed her arms and stared into his eyes. Although her face was expressionless, Zhuo had the feeling that he was being teased. Then he looked at her more carefully and could no longer see that meaning.

Zhuo had no choice but to continue recalling what Ling said while feeling puzzled.

"Also, which store was having a promotion? A 20% discount for both of you? I don't remember anything else, and I didn't ask about the price."

When Zero heard what he said, he nodded with an expression that said "I understand".

"Then what do you say?"

"The physical education class was about to end, so we had to go back early to change clothes. I said hello and said I got it, then I took Ren with me. By the way, do you want to go to that restaurant? I didn't ask the price, but the buffet shouldn't be too expensive, and since there's a 20% discount, it must be a good deal."

Zhuo didn't know why Ling asked these questions, but he had said everything he needed to say anyway.

Moreover, the buffet restaurants in Japan are really cost-effective. Students usually choose to have buffets when they dine together. If you don’t believe it, please refer to "Kaguya-sama: Love is War" and so on.

"You really don't understand what that girl wants to say to you and me?"

Zero's expression was a little strange, with his brows furrowed and eyes narrowed, as if he was smiling faintly, but he clearly had no expression, but his beautiful deep blue eyes seemed very gentle for some reason - well, his eyes were much more normal, as if he was looking at a fool.

Zhuo sat there wondering what the problem was and whether he had overlooked anything.

"Is that girl someone close to Herzog? What trap is he trying to set for me? What does she want to say? Is she trying to trick me into saying something? Or is she trying to test me? But why is she testing me by talking about the hotel? Is there something wrong with that hotel too..."

Zhuo frowned as he spoke, trying hard to find the logical relationship here.

Until Zero suddenly reached out and held his face.

"Okay. Don't think about it anymore..."

As she spoke, she looked into Zhuo's eyes. The distance between them was very close. She seemed to be smiling but also seemed not to be, but her eyes were still looking at him as if he was a fool.

"Then tell me, what exactly does she want to say?"

"You don't need to know, it's fine like this."

The hot breath exhaled by Ling hit his face and felt itchy. His chest also felt itchy. Zhuo couldn't help feeling a little flustered and quickly added a sentence to cover up his panic.

Ling used his hands to rub his face up and down, cleared his throat and told him not to pursue the matter any further.

Anyway, she said so, Zhuo couldn't win the argument with Ling now, so he could only stop asking questions. But fortunately, he seemed to have been defeated by her before, so he didn't need to care.

Put these aside.

He still felt that Zero was in a particularly good mood today, especially now - was it because he was making fun of himself by treating him like a fool?
Well, the fool himself didn’t even realize that he was being made fun of, so he really deserves to be treated as a fool.

Zhuo, who was careless, thought about it and just let the matter go.

(End of this chapter)