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Xiong Ying Academy, cafeteria.
Confused, Prunus followed Bombardment Scorch to the cafeteria. To her dismay, she found that she had left her meal card in her suitcase. An Qiu had taken her suitcase away, so she was going to dine and dash.
Prunus. First time since school started. Almond. Panicked. What should I do?
"Let me pay for you."
Bombardment Scorch looked at the panicked girl and smiled helplessly. What she was worried about was not a problem at all.
"… Yes, yes, yes. I'll definitely return it to you tomorrow!"
Prunus nodded like she was pounding garlic. She could not run back to the dormitory from the cafeteria. Xiong Ying's dormitory was separated from the school, so it was very far away.
"Okay."
Noticing her persistence, Bombardment Scorch smiled and walked to the cafeteria's daily menu. There were not many people in the Xiong Ying cafeteria, so the menu showed that all the dishes were freshly made. There was no sign of [Sold Out], which made him feel very refreshed.
"There are so many dishes to choose from..."
Prunus, who also did not eat so early, was touched. After looking at the menu, she looked at him with sparkling eyes and suddenly approached him. "Plus, there are so many dishes to choose from!"
"Yes, yes." Oh, is that so?
Do you like to eat cooked rice?
But you are too close!
Being suddenly approached by the girl, the boy was a little startled and reflexively nodded.
Speaking of which, although he had impulsively invited her just now, now that she had approached him in such a hurry, the youth remembered another fact: he usually didn't spend time alone with girls, so now, he was really a little nervous.
Bombardment Scorch awkwardly took a step back and carefully looked at her.
"Ah, ah, this girl is a little different from before."
Not to mention that her baby fat had disappeared, Prunus had also improved her figure. She had grown taller, which made her look more feminine than before.
More importantly … She had taken off her old-fashioned black-rimmed glasses and was now wearing contact lenses to correct her vision. When their eyes met, it was even more direct.
Every time he met her clear red eyes, he would have an inexplicable feeling... that he was directly hit.
Thinking of this, Bombardment Scorch awkwardly turned his head and quickly pressed the menu he liked. After paying with his meal card, Prunus was confused. After three seconds, she reacted and grabbed him as fast as she could, "Wait, you said you would pay for me!"
Jiao Jue: Ah, sorry … I subconsciously escaped because of nervousness …
"Little Bombardment Scorch, why is he even more dazed than before?"
Bai Jian took back his meal card and ordered the pork chop rice that he had been looking forward to for a long time with a serious expression on his face as he muttered under his breath.
"This is all because you suddenly approached me." Bombardment Scorch frowned. What a scary girl.
"Huh?
What did you say just now? "Prunus blinked innocently.
"... Nothing." Bombardment Scorch was also very helpless.
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After a series of twists and turns, he finally took his food and sat down. With a boom, he started to eat dinner with Bai Jian.
Xiong Ying Cafeteria's chef was a superhero with a personality related to cooking, so the food was super delicious. Prunus ate with relish and said that she must drag An Qiu to eat earlier next time.
Bombardment Scorch, who was already a second-year student, was already used to it. Unable to feel touched by the food, he turned his attention from the food to the apricot-colored girl in front of him.
He felt that the little girl in his memory suddenly became a size bigger and appeared in front of him.
Bombardment Scorch stared at the girl in front of him unscrupulously and suddenly whispered, "... Hey."
"Hmm?"
Prunus blinked her big and round eyes. Her expression was exactly the same as before. Whenever she encountered something that she was curious about, she would have the expression of a curious baby.
"Is your face hurt?" Bombardment Scorch's voice was wooden, and his pair of heterochromatic eyes stared directly at her cheek.
Prunus tilted her head and reached out to touch her cheek. However, no matter how hard she touched it, she could not find the spot where Bombardment Scorch had found it. Seeing that she was getting more and more confused, Bombardment Scorch could not help but reach out his hand again.
He straightened up slightly from the table, reached out his hand to Prunus's face and touched the bottom of her right eye.
It was an extremely long and thin wound. The bloodstain had already dried, so it wouldn't cause any pain even if it was touched like this.
After Bombardment Scorch's instruction, Prunus came to her senses and smiled softly, "Oh, that should be the injury from the indoor training just now. I almost forgot about it."
Bombardment Scorch was dissatisfied after hearing this, "You should have treated it better."
Her reaction was too abnormal. If his sister in his family hurt her face, wouldn't she wail for a few days?
Prunus blinked and smiled again, "It's okay. It will be fine in a few days."
"You are really..." Bombardment Scorch said helplessly, "At least put a band-aid on it."
"Hehe, I feel that you are different from before."
Prunus held a spoon in her hand. She was a little surprised by Bombardment Scorch's concern. In the past, he had ignored her.
Was it because he had joined Xiong Ying?
"Little Bombardment Scorch" seemed to be more reliable than before.
Bombardment Scorch stared at the girl in front of him helplessly.
"I'm going to be a heroine, so I can't be so delicate." Bai Jian lowered her head, and the corners of her mouth curved into a big arc. "I have to be strong." After that, she continued to finish the rice in front of her.
Upon hearing her words, Hong Jiao Leng suddenly fell silent.
Because he remembered that she had said the same thing to him before. But at that time, there was a second half of the sentence, "Mommy said this."
Bombardment Scorch's thoughts gradually returned to the past.
He remembered that Prunus was famous for her poor balance since she was a child. Therefore, tripping and bumping into things was a common occurrence.
Sometimes, she would appear in front of him with her wounds. Once, he was so curious that he asked her, "Why aren't you crying when you're injured?"
Obviously, most girls would cry and wail.
At that time, she answered him like this, "I am going to be a heroine. I can't be so delicate. I have to be strong. Mommy said this."
"Mommy said this." That was her catchphrase.
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Bombardment Scorch felt even more uncomfortable when he thought of this. He realized a fact: Just like the second half of the sentence that disappeared, Prunus had lost its mother.
The mother who had asked the talkative boy to apologize to her after causing trouble in Prunus.
The family that he had envied was no longer there.
Thinking of this, Hong Jiao Leng suddenly felt that he really wanted to know what had happened to Bai Jian in the past few years. However, when the words were about to come out of his mouth, he realized that he couldn't ask such a direct question to the almond-colored girl. In the end, all the words he wanted to say turned into one sentence: "Bai Jian, how have you been?" He was really worried about her.
When Prunus Almond heard this, she looked up at the young man with a dumbfounded expression. She almost spat out the rice in her mouth, "I am fine. Speaking of which... Little Bombardment Scorch, you are even more boring than before."
Bombardment Scorch felt wronged. Prunus was so direct with her words that it hurt.
He rubbed his eyebrows in annoyance and decided not to argue with the girl with low EQ. He changed the focus of his question, "Actually, there is something that I am very concerned about."
Prunus still had a piece of pork chop in her mouth, so she nodded and gestured for Bombardment Scorch to continue asking.
"I remember that you used to be a person with no personality..." Bombardment Scorch looked down at the plate. He felt a little offended and awkward when he said this kind of question about personality, "Now, you have a personality, right?
What kind of personality do you have? "
Prunus was stunned for a moment. She nodded and smiled, "Well, that sounds like a personality similar to the cement teacher. I can create clay and make it move."
As she said this, Prunus extended her right fist toward Bombardment Scorch, "Give me your hand!"
Bombardment Scorch very confidently extended his hand and spread it under Prunus' fist.
Prunus smiled and put a ball of white stuff in Bombardment Scorch's hand. Bombardment Scorch was stunned. Just as he was feeling puzzled, Prunus reached out and pinched the ball of white clay, poking it left and right, and made a bird.
Then, something miraculous happened. The clay bird in the shape of a small bird actually flapped its wings from Hong Charred's frozen palm and flew into the air.
His eyes were full of amazement. He opened his mouth and praised, "What a special personality. Isn't it amazing?"
"Amazing?" Prunus touched the back of her head a little embarrassedly.
"Are you not happy?"
Noticing the slight change in her expression, Hong Jiao Leng asked straightforwardly. He had always been like this. If there was something he cared about, he would immediately ask.
"You have a great personality."
Prunus was at a loss for words. She could only nod, "But when I awakened, I was not very happy. I didn't want to awaken."
Bombardment Scorch's expression gradually became serious, "Why?"
"Because this personality was awakened after my parents' accident. When I awakened, I hated myself. Have you heard of the Little Bombardment Scorch?
It's about the accident that happened to my parents. "Prunus said matter-of-factly.
Bombardment's expression froze, and he nodded expressionlessly. He wanted to ask her about it.
The smile on Prunus' face gradually faded. She reached out her hand and let the clay bird rest on her palm. Looking at the little bird in her hand, Prunus said the longest sentence she had ever said to Bombardment, "Sometimes I think that if I had awakened earlier, would I have been able to help my parents instead of being a burden?
If I wasn't so slow on this point, I might have been able to change that incident. "
Prunus had never told anyone about this. Today, she told Bombardment Scorch about it because Bombardment Scorch suddenly mentioned that she had no personality.
He was one of the few "elementary school classmates" and "kindergarten classmates" who knew that she had no personality.
... She thought that perhaps only Bombardment Scorch could understand her regret.
Bai Jian heaved a sigh of relief in his heart after he finished talking about these miscellaneous matters.
But as her mother said, she could not be so delicate. So, she had to grasp this hard-earned personality and learn it well. Then, she would become a hero who could stand on her own. After that, she would...
Prunus' red eyes were full of serious determination.
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Bombardment Scorch saw the determination on Prunus' face and smiled knowingly.
— Well, although so many years had passed, she was still so hardworking.
"Bai Jian, if there's anything I can help you with, please don't hesitate to tell me." Noticing this, Hong Jiao Leng spoke so warmly to Bai Jian, a rare sight in his life.
Prunus was still merciless. Her tone was full of sincere curiosity, "Well, although I'm very grateful, but... Little Bombardment Scorch, are you such a person?"
Bombardment Scorch's face darkened, "What kind of a bastard was I in your eyes?"
Speaking of this, Prunus happily recounted all the things that happened to him in the past, "He always said with a straight face that I was stupid, that I didn't know how to do this, and that I didn't know how to do anything. In short, he was a very cold person!
By the way, Little Bombardment Scorch became even more awkward, especially when he was in the second grade. "
"Isn't that because …" Hong Jiao Leng felt wronged. He wanted to argue that he was already very good to her at that time, but when the words were about to come out of his mouth, he was defeated by the excited expression on her face.
— He could not tell her that he had a little bit of affection for her at that time, could he?
Bombardment Scorch put down the chopsticks in his hand, picked up the plate, and looked away from this sad dinner, "... I'm full. I'm going to return the tableware."
Prunus:?????
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