Watching the young girl charging at him with fierce momentum, Su Yichen wasn’t flustered at all.
As long as he took off his glasses, he believed this girl wouldn’t be able to make a move.
But there was another reason he wasn’t flustered.
The girl’s voice lacked energy, as if she hadn’t had enough to eat.
Now, watching her run, Su Yichen was almost certain she was starving.
From the very beginning, he had noticed that the girl’s gaze kept uncontrollably drifting toward the instant noodles.
As for instant noodles, whether they were good or not could be debated, but they sure were fragrant.
Even someone who wasn’t hungry would involuntarily produce saliva just from smelling it.
Let alone someone who was starving. Her voice lacked energy, and her footsteps were weak and feeble.
Su Yichen only had to lightly step aside to dodge the girl’s charge, without much effort.
But that short sprint seemed to be an extremely strenuous exercise for the girl.
“Pant… pant…”
Even two meters away, Su Yichen could hear her heavy breathing.
Her pale lips were parted, greedily inhaling the somewhat stuffy air of the rooftop into her lungs.
‘Just as I thought…’
Su Yichen glanced at his own instant noodles and sausage on the bench, a thoughtful expression on his face.
Su Yichen instinctively dodged, then reached out and grabbed.
Before he could speak again, a white object whistled toward him.
It was the girl’s coat. The girl maintained the pose of having thrown something, still panting heavily.
After taking off the coat, the goose-yellow short-sleeve underneath was fully exposed, stained with dark gray marks.
“Weren’t you just being arrogant? Why dodge?” The girl grinned, with a victorious posture.
“You’re this dirty, and I’m this clean. If I don’t dodge, am I waiting for you to take advantage of me?”
The girl looked down at herself and saw that she was indeed very dirty.
The girl fell silent again, just looking coldly at the guy.
Just as she pursed her lips and was about to say something else, that little nose, stained with a bit of dust, suddenly twitched.
The girl’s sense of smell had been particularly sensitive since childhood. Even from two meters away, she could smell a very comfortable scent on this unfamiliar guy.
She closed her mouth and stood still, but her gaze still stared at him coldly.
“Heh~”
Su Yichen chuckled lightly and casually tossed the coat in his hand onto the bench.
Along with it, he placed the unopened bottle of mineral water.
With a slight twist of his wrist, Su Yichen unscrewed the cap a little.
Then his expression suddenly changed. His tone was icy, with undisguised disdain:
“Your clothes have a weird smell.”
“Like a stray cat.”
“Find time to take a bath and change your clothes. You look like a little stray cat when you go out.”
“Also, next time you want to jump, remember not to greet anyone. Just jump yourself.”
“Learning not to affect others’ moods is a virtue. The school teachers might not have taught you that.”
“But now I’m teaching you.”
“Small fry little sister.”
Having said that, Su Yichen turned and left, as if staying even one more second here was torture.
The girl didn’t speak, just watched Su Yichen leave with the same cold gaze.
***
After a full five minutes, when she was sure Su Yichen had left, she turned her gaze to the instant noodles on the bench.
She had seen the guy bring the instant noodles to the rooftop, and she was sure those noodles hadn’t been eaten.
In fact, the girl had already been on the rooftop, just on the other side.
After another moment, the girl walked to the bench. The scent of the instant noodles made her swallow a big gulp of saliva.
Finally unable to resist, she opened the instant noodles and took a big bite.
It was as if she hadn’t eaten for many days and was starving.
That single bite was forced into her mouth with difficulty, and she immediately choked.
As the girl jumped around in panic, trying to bounce the noodles down into her stomach, she suddenly noticed the mineral water on the bench.
Her eyes lit up; she ran to the bench and picked up the water.
A look of hope immediately appeared on her pained face. She used all her strength to twist open the cap.
Then she was surprised to find that she could open it easily with little effort.
Then she gulped down several big mouthfuls of water, finally calming down.
It was then that she remembered some of the guy’s actions.
‘Charity?’
‘Charity? I won’t accept charity.’
‘But this isn’t charity, right?’
‘That guy’s words were so infuriating.’
‘Consider this compensation for being scolded.’
‘Eat his sausage, take revenge on him fiercely!’
The girl tore open the sausage packaging and took a fierce bite, not thinking too much.
For her, being able to fill her stomach was the most important thing now.
What could fill her stomach were only the instant noodles, sausage, and water.
Not that guy. That guy couldn’t fill her stomach.
Since she had already eaten, even if it were charity, there was no reason to throw it away.
Just as the girl picked up the instant noodles to continue eating, she suddenly remembered the scent she had smelled earlier.
After a moment of hesitation, she picked up the coat he had thrown on the bench and took a deep sniff.
Her nose, naturally sharper than others, instantly captured a scent she had never smelled on anyone else.
The girl committed it to memory.
“Mr. Su, why did you have to say that to her?” Spark asked in confusion. “She’s already pitiful enough.”
“Her being pitiful isn’t my fault, and I left my lunch for her.”
Su Yichen said casually, “If this were in a void realm with a disaster-torn background, she’d at least kowtow to me. Didn’t I do well enough?”
“Hehe… It’s not that. I’ve always thought you were super gentle.”
“It’s just that I don’t understand why you had to say that to her.”
“The girl’s defense is so strong. If I don’t give her a bit of attitude, she’ll think I’m giving charity.”
Su Yichen shook his head:
“If I scold her a few times, she’ll feel like she’s eating my stuff to get back at me, and she can enjoy it. Understand?”
“You’re still too young.”
“Speaking of which, you’ve been pretty quiet from yesterday afternoon until now. Only now did you come out to talk.”
“I always feel like you’re secretly up to something behind my back.”
“Ah?!”
Little Spark immediately perked up:
“Mr. Su, you don’t trust Little Spark?”
“No, I was just joking. I’m completely at ease with you.”
Su Yichen said:
“Besides, with your intelligence and ability… you can’t really cause any harm to me.”
“Mr. Su, you’re such a jerk!”
Su Yichen was about to reply, “Oh really? I—”
The phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.
He took out his phone and opened VX. He saw a red 1 next to Mo Qingqiu’s avatar.
【Su Yichen Junior, are you free this afternoon? If so, please come to the Literary and Artistic Union Department. I’ll be waiting for you in my office.】