Goto Mariko found a place, arranged for Xia Hongyao and the others to sit down, chatted with the boss, and grabbed two nus from the front desk to hand to them.
"Uncle Fujii’s ran is super delicious, made with broth from wild boar from the mountains!"
While introducing, Goto Mariko went to the ice bucket to fetch three bottles of drinks.
"Let’s have ran then!"
Gu Qingqiu pinched the nu with her fingers and glanced over the dishes.
In such restaurants, the chefs cook in front of the custors, so the nu is written on wooden boards hanging above the kitchen counter.
"I’ll have a ran, plus a tempura, dumplings, and those small dishes, I’ll take one of each!"
Xia Hongyao ordered.
...
Goto Mariko is a very simple high school girl. After a al, even without using special conversational tactics, Gu Qingqiu managed to get lots of information from her just through casual chatting.
Her family lives in the mountains, and she’s moved to the town to live with her aunt in order to attend school.
Xia Hongyao casually ntioned wanting to visit Goto Mariko’s house, which made the enthusiastic high school girl hesitate and appear awkward for the first ti.
"Sothing’s up!"
Gu Qingqiu instantly realized that the village might not be simple.
But this issue was left for the fellow students to resolve.
After the three finished eating, Goto Mariko escorted Xia Hongyao and the others to a guesthouse before returning ho.
"She’s a good girl!"
Gu Qingqiu marveled.
Throughout the journey, Goto Mariko kept looking around, definitely wanting to thank Lin Baici.
In the evening, Lin Baici ca over, climbed through the window, discussed so details with Gu Qingqiu, and then left.
...
With bright morning sunshine, Goto Mariko indulged in a nice nap and reluctantly got out of bed under her aunt’s urging. She hastily ate a few bites of breakfast and ran to school with her lunch.
Arriving at school, she made her way to 2nd Year, 3rd Class.
The noise was ceaseless.
Classmates, who hadn’t seen each other over the break, were sharing holiday stories.
Goto Mariko’s seat was in the middle of the second row from the back.
"Mariko-chan!"
"You’ve gotten darker!"
Her friends greeted her.
Although it was the first day of class, everyone quickly slipped into their familiar routine.
At noon, so went to the school store to buy bread, while others ate their homade lunches.
After washing her lunch box at the sink, Goto Mariko returned only to see a few girls leaning on the windowsill, looking at the playground and chatting excitedly.
"Goto, co look, there’s a handso guy!"
"He’s so tall!"
"Is he a transfer student?"
"At that age, he should be a teacher, right?"
With nothing better to do, the girls, who were idle and bored, were instantly intrigued by the sudden appearance of a handso guy in the school, and discussions ensued.
Goto Mariko put away her lunch box, went to the window, and after just one glance, an expression of surprise appeared on her face.
"Looks like the guy from yesterday?"
The distance was a bit far at that ti, and added with the struggle from drowning, Goto Mariko didn’t really get a clear look at his face, but the height made it easy to confirm.
Because the person who saved her was the tallest she had ever seen.
"If he’s a PE teacher, I won’t pretend to have a stomach ache to skip class!"
"He might be a health teacher instead?"
"Then I’m dood; I’ll probably skip class even more!"
"He’s even more handso than the male idol groups on TV!"
A group of high school girls engaged in lively discussion.
Lin Baici was already incredibly handso, and after becoming a God Hunter, having money and status along with power, these combined traits cultivated a rather charismatic aura in him.
Mature, confident, strong, noble...
Compared with the ordinary, inexperienced high schoolers, his aura completely overshadowed them!
No wonder these high school girls were so fascinated.
Goto Mariko imdiately started running outside, wanting to express her gratitude.
But after exiting the school building, she didn’t rush to find Lin Baici; instead, she stood waiting in the direction Lin Baici was walking towards.
Because she didn’t want to be watched.
After waiting for about seven or eight minutes, the young man arrived, but there were three girls with him.
Goto Mariko recognized them; they were senior year delinquents from the school.
...
Lin Baici was stunned.
Never in his life did he think he would be entangled by three female high school students.
He was trying to catch Goto Mariko, who knew these three would show up.
Their languages didn’t match, but the three female students were enthusiastic, gesturing wildly.
Just then, Lin Baici’s stomach growled, and he quickly turned his head, scanning the area, spotting half a head poking out behind the corner of the wall on the west side.
It was that Sakura girl.
"Should I smile? Or pretend not to see?"
While Lin Baici was still hesitating, a female delinquent with dyed blonde hair had already spotted Goto Mariko and glared at her.
The aning was simple: Don’t co over, get lost now!
Lin Baici, of course, noticed this little episode and wished he could smack the delinquent away.
You scared away my prey, what do I do now?
Lin Baici took out his wallet, grabbed three ten-thousand yen notes, handed them to the three girls, and then hurried away.
The three delinquents froze, looking at each other, unable to grasp Lin Baici’s intentions, but they could clearly feel that the handso guy didn’t want to pay attention to them.
Is this...
A breakup fee?
How generous!
Goto Mariko wasn’t the shy, timid girl type. After seeing Lin Baici alone, she took a few deep breaths and then ran over.
"Thank you!"
Goto Mariko ran up to Lin Baici and bowed at a ninety-degree angle.
"Are you alright now?"
Lin Baici smiled, and to increase his likability, he even activated Mantra Buddha Resound to make his voice more magnetic and pleasant.
Sure enough, when Goto Mariko heard Lin Baici’s voice, she imdiately felt comfortable. When she looked up, she saw a handso face smiling at her.
Warm like the morning sun in spring.
"Thanks for your concern, I’m fine now!"
He asked if I was okay?
He recognized !
Goto Mariko let out a breath, feeling a little happy inside.
"Saving soone is a very brave act, especially since you’re a young girl; it’s even more praiseworthy!"
Lin Baici imdiately complinted generously, "But you should also act within your limits!"
"If sothing happens to you, your family would be very sad!"
"I know, I’ll be more careful next ti!"
Goto Mariko felt this big brother was really nice, but after speaking, she got a little stuck.
She didn’t interact much with boys usually, and now eting a handso guy, and a foreigner at that, she didn’t know what to say.
"I’m here as a tourist. I’ve always been interested in your campus culture, so I ca to have a look!"
Lin Baici smiled, "I got the security guard’s permission, so I ca in openly and honestly, please don’t misunderstand and report it to a teacher!"
"No, of course, not!"
Goto Mariko quickly waved her hand.
Ding dong!
The class bell rang.
Goto Mariko got anxious, "Can you wait for after school? I’d like to treat you to a al."
"Oh right, if you’re free in the afternoon, I can show you around the campus?"
"Was that the class bell?"
Lin Baici checked his watch, "You should go to class first!"
"Be a good student, okay!"
Goto Mariko didn’t get a reply from Lin Baici and couldn’t keep waiting, so she had to run back to the classroom.
During the first class, Goto Mariko couldn’t focus.
She finally made it to the end of class, hurrying out of the classroom to find Lin Baici, but after looking around, she couldn’t find him.
She was very disappointed.
At 4 PM, the school bell rang.
Goto Mariko was the baseball club’s manager and usually helped out there, but today, she asked a friend to take her place, then wandered around the campus.
After wandering around, she still found nothing.
Just when Goto Mariko was feeling lost, she suddenly rembered she could get a good view from the rooftop, so she could look over the campus!
Goto Mariko imdiately dashed into the building, heading for the rooftop.
Out of breath, after opening the iron door to the rooftop, Goto Mariko found that the handso guy was leaning on the railing, watching the baseball team practice on the field.
"He’s actually here?"
Goto Mariko quickly adjusted her breathing, then walked over.
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