"Chen Yu, have some tea."
Inside the girl's simple boudoir, Xing Biqi placed a teacup on the desk.
"Mhm." Glancing at the tea, Chen Yu refrained from drinking it. "Do you usually take the bus to school?"
"I take it when it's dark," Xing Biqi said as she gently twirled her hair.
"You don't take it during the day?"
"It's not far. I can walk there during the day. I can also train my body," Xing Biqi said. Seemingly unwilling to discuss the matter further, she turned around and left. "Hungry?
I'll go make dinner. "
After seeing the girl leave, Chen Yu stood up and raised his right hand, revealing his watch.
He then manipulated the floating camera to scan his surroundings for any surveillance devices or listening devices.
However, even after scanning the entire bungalow several times, he found nothing.
"Quite cautious, huh?"
With his hands behind his back, Chen Yu strolled around the room and looked around.
He was quite interested in a girl's room.
This was especially true for the half-hidden wardrobe in the corner. The pink light inside seemed to be tempting him to open it...
There must be underwear inside. She's trying to seduce a pure boy like me.
Haha, honey trap?
Do you think I'll fall for it?
Although Chen Yu's brain thought so, his head had already curiously moved closer to the wardrobe...
"C-Chen Yu?"
"Huh?"
Turning around abruptly, Chen Yu saw Xing Biqi's blushing face and couldn't help but blush as well. Pretending to be calm, he said, "Your wardrobe door seems to be broken. I-I can't close it no matter how hard I try."
"T-The door's screw fell off. I can't close it."
"Oh, I'll help you fix it, then."
"O-Okay."
"Is it fine to open the wardrobe door?"
"It's fine..."
After receiving permission, Chen Yu immediately opened the wardrobe door and observed the neatly arranged down jackets and school uniforms. Not seeing what he wanted, he closed the door again and said, "No, I can't fix it."
Xing Biqi: "..."
"By the way, weren't you cooking?
Why did you come in? "
"T-There's a lot of vegetables. Can you help me peel the potatoes?" Lowering her head shyly, Xing Biqi said, "M-Mainly, I wanted to chat with you."
"Oh." Taking one last look around the room, Chen Yu nodded. "Okay, let's go."
After leaving the bedroom and entering the kitchen, Xing Biqi handed two potatoes to Chen Yu and said, "Just two. I'll go cut the vegetables."
"Sure."
Picking up the knife and receiving the potatoes, Chen Yu noticed that one of the potatoes was already half-skinned.
That's right, it was "scraping" the skin, not peeling it …
Chen Yu, who similarly came from a poor family, instantly understood Xing Biqi's words. Raising his head, he looked at Xing Biqi and asked, "You use a spoon to peel potatoes, right?"
"Yeah."
"This way, the potatoes won't be wasted. Only the skin is scraped off, and the meat is still there."
"Yes."
"But scraping old potatoes like this is very tiring."
"So … so I prepared a knife for you," Xing Biqi pursed her lips.
"… Give me a spoon."
Tossing away the knife, Chen Yu picked up a small spoon from the kitchen counter and skillfully scraped the potato skin. "I know how to scrape potatoes as well.
Looking at Chen Yu, who was peeling the potatoes in a daze, Xing Biqi turned her head away and smiled...
After scraping the two potatoes, Chen Yu gave them a simple wash. Suddenly, he discovered something familiar.
Under the kitchen faucet was a red bucket.
Drops of water were dripping from the faucet into the bucket.
The weak flow of water was not enough to make the water meter rotate, so naturally, there was no way to charge it. So, the buckets of water were free.
It was only a waste of time.
Strictly speaking, this behavior was considered water theft.
However, could it be considered theft when it came to commoners?
This was called the wisdom of life...
"Go ahead and cut the meat. I'll handle the rest of the vegetables," Chen Yu said as he grabbed the bag and skillfully picked the vegetables.
"Chen Yu, you know how to do this as well?"
"Heh, I'm also a poor farmer with good roots. Who do you think you're laughing at?"
Xing Biqi: "..."
After processing all the ingredients, Xing Biqi lit the fire, heated the oil, added the meat, stir-fried, and added the seasoning... Her movements were smooth and smooth.
Taking a step back, Chen Yu looked at Xing Biqi and asked, "You really know how to cook?"
"Grandma goes to church every weekend, so I cook on Saturdays and Sundays. Practice makes perfect."
"This is your grandparents' home, right?"
"Mhm."
"What about your parents?
Are they working outside? "
Xing Biqi's stir-frying movements paused for a moment. Pursing her lips, she said, "They passed away."
"Sorry, I don't know about that."
"It's fine.
They deserve it. "
Biting her lower lip, Xing Biqi vigorously flipped the vegetables in the wok. "Drunk driving and driving in the wrong direction. They deserve it."
"..."
…
A dozen or so minutes later, Chen Yu finished cooking two simple dishes. The main dish was fried egg rice.
As Xing Biqi's kitchen did not have a dining table, she could only eat in the living room.
While Xing Biqi went to the bathroom to wash her hands, Chen Yu had the floating camera scan the food. The screen displayed a green color without any red dots or alarms, proving that the food should be safe.
Although this kind of spectral scanning was far less accurate than mass spectrometry, Chen Yu still relaxed and sat down at the dining table, waiting for the meal to be served.
After washing her hands and drying them with a towel, Xing Biqi walked out of the bathroom and sat across from Chen Yu. Blushing slightly, she said, "Chen Yu, thank you for coming to my house to teach me today. The food is simple, so don't mind it."
"It's already very good." Picking up his chopsticks, Chen Yu said, "Hurry up and eat. I'll teach you once you're done."
Hearing this, Xing Biqi's face turned even redder. After hesitating for a moment, she pulled out two bottles of beer from the kitchen and said, "Drink this."
"We're both students. How can we drink?"
"I-It's fine. Just drink a little."
"I still have to study later."
"I heard that studying won't... hurt after drinking..." Xing Biqi said with her head lowered.
A thoughtful look appeared on Chen Yu's face. "Oh ~ So there's such a saying..."
The two sat across from each other and finished their dinner with different thoughts. They then "tacitly" returned to the girl's room.
After entering her bedroom, Xing Biqi locked the door and drew the curtains tightly. She then stood before Chen Yu and said in a trembling voice, "W-Let's start."
"Mhm." Chen Yu nodded. "Let's start."
"Mhm!" Sitting on the bed, Xing Biqi nervously closed her eyes and said, "L-Let's start..."
Immediately, Chen Yu opened his bag and took out a physics textbook and a physics exam paper. He then asked, "Do you want to learn first or do it first?"
With her eyes still closed, the girl said softly, "C-If Chen Yu knows how to do it, then do... do it first."
"Of course I know how to do this. Can I teach you if I don't?" Raising the physics exam paper, Chen Yu asked, "Let's do it first, then?"
"Okay..."
"What time is it now?" Pulling out his phone and looking at the time, Chen Yu asked, "It's half past eight. How long do you want to do it?"
"I-Anything is fine."
"Anything?
Heh. "Flipping open the physics exam paper, Chen Yu picked up a pen and said," I can do it as long as I want. "
"T-Then, let's do it …" Xing Biqi's delicate face was nearly as red as an apple.
"If that's what you said, then I won't stand on ceremony."
"Mhm!" The girl covered her burning face.
"It's starting!"
"Mhm ~? ~"
"First, the first question."
Sitting before the study table, Chen Yu quickly wrote on the exam paper. While writing, he said, "As shown in the picture, an inclined plane with mass m is placed on a rough, horizontal ground. The inclined plane's inclination angle is 0..."
Xing Biqi opened her eyes in shock. "???"