Chapter 435, Blessing

Even if we don't mention that Jin helped Zero hide the surprise for Zhuo ten days ago, Jin had helped him a lot on weekdays. Including Kanda and Yurina who were not present, Zhuo also planned to ask them for help and thank them later. I'm afraid they guessed it too.

Although Zhuo was almost certain that he would be teased by Yurina, he planned to accept it willingly because it was nothing compared to the help Yurina gave him.

Zhuo was very glad that he also had such a group of friends who were willing to silently bless him, which made him feel happy. A classmate came over, seeming to have heard the conversation between the two.

"Hey, was there any happy event yesterday?"

"Yes, it was his birthday a few days ago."

After hearing Ren's affirmation, he shouted "Hey!" a little loudly, attracting the attention of other students.

“Why didn’t you tell us? Romanov didn’t mention it either, so I had no idea—”

"Well, because I want to prepare a surprise or something..."

"Is that so? But it was a bit too rude of you not to tell me. I really wanted to thank Utsunomiya for his help in the cultural festival two years ago, but I never had the chance... I didn't prepare anything today... How about a glass of juice?"

"If that's the case, we also want this opportunity. Then I'll give you this candy, it's durian rice bowl flavor."

"What does that taste like? If you don't want to eat it, don't force it on you."

"How could that be? This wonderful taste is obviously very addictive!"

"You are a foodie!"

"That's too much! It's obviously delicious!"

"Maybe it's delicious, but it's not my cup of tea. Come to think of it, I can't even imagine the taste of durian rice bowl. Also, although it's very simple, it's not rice bowl candy. This is the chocolate my mother made. Please accept it. Thank you for always being willing to help me on duty..."

"This is the star bottle I folded. I originally intended to give it to you. Thank you for your care. I remember that you got caught in the rain during the first cultural festival. Sorry, sorry..."

"This is……"

"It would be insincere to just take the money, Yuri!"

"Well--"

The classmates who heard the conversation gathered around, making Zhuo very confused.

On the contrary, Ren smiled as expected and whispered, "What a friendly bunch of guys. Just accept everyone's blessings honestly."

Although Zhuo has indeed communicated more with the people around him since he and Ling got together, Zhuo feels that such communication is not enough to bring everyone closer...but they don't seem to think so.

"...Um, thank you very much. I'm very happy."

Zhuo thanked them with a voice that could not hide his embarrassment, and seeing the bright smiles on the faces of the students around him, Zhuo added in a low voice, "Thank you."

……

"Even if he is a little eccentric, arrogant, inferior, timid, or sharp-tongued... after a while, everyone will find out what kind of person he is."

"Haha, before Zhihe introduced me to you, I never thought that Utsunomiya would be such an easy person to get along with."

"Hahaha, no wonder. Even if the previous Zhuo saw this, he would definitely be shocked."

"Well, I guess he'd be stunned."

Kanda, who was passing by with Moriya Kyousuke, also widened his eyes in surprise at the noise around Zhuo. After meeting Zhuo's eyes, Kanda smiled knowingly and walked into the classroom he had left.

"You're really much calmer now." Kanda walked over and said happily.

"Ren is right. Once you have someone you like, you will change. Zhuo is a good example."

"What's wrong with being long-winded?"

"Well, I think it's pretty good. I should say I'm a little jealous now, but Zhuo looks more sunny like this." Kanda tapped both sides of his face with his index fingers, pointing out the fact that Zhuo was smiling, which made Zhuo cover his face involuntarily.

"He has a much softer smile, doesn't he?"

"Yeah, the look in his eyes is different. Although it's nothing like when he saw Romanov..."

"You are asking for trouble with this analogy. You are so infatuated with Romanov. After all, you like her so much."

"Come to think of it, Her Majesty the Queen is more delicate today than ever before~"

"Eh, I haven't seen it yet. Is there anything specific that happened?"

"...I know, so stop looking at me. I know what kind of person I am."

After being pointed out by a female classmate, Zhuo didn't care about his shame and wanted to grab the topic. Although Zhuo blushed and shouted, it didn't draw the attention of the classmates back. Should I say that it's worthy of Zero, even if he didn't do anything, he can have such an impact. But this is not a good thing, Zhuo doesn't intend to share the things between him and Zero and let everyone know.

"What could it be?"

"Yeah, I can't imagine what could make Her Majesty the Queen become like you said..."

"It must be related to Utsunomiya..."

"This is the only possibility."

"..."

The heated discussion did not stop but intensified, but no one really guessed the truth.

Zhuo thought that this might be because no one would have thought that only after knowing Ling the longest and dating for several months, a couple would be able to reach that point... Zhuo was still aware of this. But he didn't feel regretful, but felt very comfortable. He was ready to devote his whole life to this, so that he could accept Ling's "gift" with a clear conscience. In any case, this should be the best result.

only……

...Zero Razumovskaya Romanov, who entered the classroom three minutes later, felt that she had exposed something when she saw all the inquiring eyes on her, so she took a step back.

This was probably the first time that her classmates saw her do something like "compromise".

...

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(Next, let’s talk about what happened this morning.)
(ps: This is mainly to test whether I can pass. If I can’t pass, this paragraph should have been written at the end, but I passed. So I added this paragraph.)
Tomorrow...oh, it's half past one in the morning.

Then I have to go to school today.

But the two still didn't feel sleepy.

Ling got up, put on the washed clothes, and put the school uniform into the dryer. It would be dry in a few tens of minutes, so he didn't have to worry about having nothing to wear to school in the morning.

The cooing of pigeons could be heard faintly outside.

There was also the gurgling of tires from vehicles passing by.

Zhuo blinked, turned around and wanted to pick up Ling again, but found that she had fallen asleep without realizing it.

Her breathing was steady, and her sleeping face was as peaceful as a baby's... except that the baby seemed to have cried, with tears hanging from the corners of her eyes. This was also the first time Zhuo saw tears on her face.

Zhuo thought for a moment, gently pulled out his phone from the table, then entered the password to unlock the screen, took a photo of her, and then gently placed the phone on the coffee table.

He once again wrapped his hands around the naked smooth skin, circled around the waist that seemed like it could be encircled with both hands, closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Today, the two of them still sleep in the same bed.

(End of this chapter)