Facing Shiina Mahiru's displeased gaze, Lin Mu shook his head.
"I'm just a little incredulous. Just yesterday, Student Shiina wouldn't let me mooch off her food, and now the person I've been longing for suddenly brings me the food I want most. I'm a bit slow to react—is this a dream?"
Hearing this, Shiina Mahiru's small face flushed slightly, feeling a bit embarrassed.
"I just accidentally made an extra portion and didn't want to waste it, so I gave it to you. If you can help me finish it, it would be a great help to me."
Lin Mu stared at her intently, "But if Student Shiina is so good to me, I might misunderstand."
Shiina Mahiru's heart trembled, and she instinctively asked aloud.
"Misunderstand what?"
"Misunderstand that you have feelings for me, this bad guy. People like me, we love to take an inch when given a mile. Once we receive kindness, we want to possess it even more excessively."
Lin Mu said suggestively, his gaze slowly sweeping from her delicate and lovely face, down to her graceful figure, and her long legs encased in black stockings.
At school, she usually dressed like this, making her legs appear slender, and paired with her stunning beauty, she looked incredibly girlish and very eye-catching.
There was another reason Lin Mu would stare.
That night, and that morning, he had unceremoniously touched her calves without the stockings.
In short, she was very alluring, super cute.
Shiina Mahiru heard his teasing words and couldn't help but frown and glare at him.
"Stop with your strange talk, if you're not going to eat it, give it back to me!"
"No, I'm definitely going to eat it. Student Shiina's cooking is what all the boys in class look forward to, isn't it? It's an honor for me to taste it."
Lin Mu naturally wouldn't return the bento that was already in his hands.
With that, he extended an invitation to her.
"Want to come to my room and study together?"
This was a clear invitation, obvious to anyone.
If she went into his room, what would she do if he made a move on her?
Shiina Mahiru, however, quickly took two steps back, looking at him warily and saying:
"No need, just eat your meal… I… I'm going back to rest."
After saying that, she turned and left, leaving him with a beautiful retreating figure.
Lin Mu sighed softly, looking at the bento in his hand.
Although he had deliberately eaten so frugally at noon to evoke Shiina Mahiru's sympathy, he was still very touched when she actually delivered the bento to him.
He couldn't bear for such a good girl to leave him.
So, the strength gained from eating must be put to use.
...
Back in her room, Shiina Mahiru clutched her beating heart and couldn't help but murmur.
"Don't misunderstand me… I just threw the extra ingredients I made to you to deal with; it didn't mean anything else."
Even as she said this, facing this scoundrel, her feelings were still complicated, and she had no idea how to interact with him normally.
Ten minutes later.
Shiina Mahiru's doorbell rang.
She instinctively walked to the door and opened it.
Her heart skipped a beat when she saw Lin Mu.
"Why are you here? Is something wrong?"
Shiina Mahiru was a little nervous, instinctively wary of him.
He had a record.
Last night, he had even forcibly hugged her and occupied her bed to sleep together.
Lin Mu took in her wary actions and calmly handed her the bento box.
"I'm done eating, I came to return it to you."
"By the way, Student Shiina's cooking is simply superb, it was delicious!"
He gave her an unceremonious thumbs-up.
Praised, Shiina Mahiru immediately felt a little shy and was no longer as wary.
"It's just home cooking, not as good as you say. But you even washed the bento box clean, that's really nice."
If he had brought her a messy bento box full of food scraps, she would definitely have deducted a lot of points from her impression of him.
Lin Mu looked at her somewhat helplessly, "Don't treat me like some kind of good-for-nothing; after eating your bento, of course I'd wash the box clean before returning it to you."
"So, what kind of image do I have in Student Shiina's eyes?"
Facing his question, Shiina Mahiru propped her chin with her small hand in a thinking pose.
"Hmm, let me think… a perverted otaku who takes advantage of others when they're vulnerable?"
"Uh… taking advantage, pervert, I'll admit that, but what's with the otaku part?"
Lin Mu was very puzzled.
Shiina Mahiru lifted her chin and snorted.
This guy actually admitted to being a bad person!
"You still have the nerve to ask? Bringing your computer to school to play games. If you're not an otaku, what are you?"
"Please call me a consumer otaku or a creator otaku," Lin Mu demanded seriously.
"Consumer otaku and creator otaku? What's the difference?"
Shiina Mahiru mumbled, then waved him away.
"Since the bento box is returned, you should go back; I need to rest too."
"Wait a moment! There's one more important thing," Lin Mu quickly stopped her from closing the door, looking at her seriously.
"What important thing?" Shiina Mahiru was stunned, subconsciously showing a curious expression and not rushing to close the door.
Then.
The next second, accompanied by her gasp.
Lin Mu swiftly picked her up, then closed the door and walked towards her bed.
"As a token of gratitude for Student Shiina filling me up, I will use this replenished strength to repay you."
Shiina Mahiru's eyes widened, looking at him in disbelief.
"You… what are you going to do? M-m-m!"
Is this guy even speaking human language?
What does he mean by using his strength on her as a repayment for her feeding him?
Lin Mu directly lowered his head and kissed her small mouth, not giving her a chance to protest.
He needed to teach her a good lesson.
Men are very dangerous; if she, so defenseless, even sent him, this scoundrel, a bento, it would make him very tempted, and he wouldn't be able to resist hugging her.
With his lesson, she should be more wary of boys, right?
Of course, these were all excuses.
The actual situation was that he wanted her.
Moreover, he was truly warmed to the core by the delicious bento she sent, so he thought of rewarding her.
...