Love Healing Manual

Chapter 68 Not good
Lin Ze went home to get his lunchbox.

At lunchtime, when everyone was out eating, he stepped into the familiar old teaching building.

This building is mostly abandoned. It was used for a period of time before the new building was completed. Later, it was used to store equipment and sundries. Sometimes it was lent to clubs for their activities.

Lin Ze entered the equipment room and slammed the door shut.

He didn't even glance at the girl kneeling on the foam blanket.

A silence.

The slight sound of Lin Ze moving the table and chairs and putting down his schoolbag was so loud that Kitagawa Ayane didn't dare to breathe, let alone utter a sound.

She forced herself to kneel down.

Especially when Lin Ze passed by her, Kitagawa Ayane suddenly tensed up, clutching the hem of her clothes, her whole body stiffening.

She didn't dare to look up at Lin Ze, or rather, she couldn't face him.

After I fully regained consciousness during the day, I left home and went to the University of Tokyo to start classes and research, once the effects of the illness were no longer so severe.

Everything that happened last night appeared vividly in her mind, the scenes flashing before her eyes.

Kitagawa Ayane couldn't believe that she had been so humiliated last night.

Just one image was enough to make her blood rush to her head, her cheeks turn bright red, and she felt like banging her head against the ground.

Shameful, so shameful.

Before Lin Ze arrived, she was extremely conflicted and had no idea how to face him. She paced back and forth in the equipment room, and scratched at the walls with her fingers, making the already old walls crumble.

Even so, it still couldn't alleviate her anxiety.

Everything she did at night was indeed wrong. Under the influence of her illness, she completely forgot about saving face and acted solely on impulse.

Besides that, what frightened her the most was that Lin Ze clearly wouldn't let her off easily.

Kitagawa Ayane took a deep breath, turned around, and bowed directly towards the seat where Lin Ze was sitting.

She pressed her hands tightly against the foam blanket, and her forehead landed on it with a thud.

“Dr. Lin, I am deeply ashamed of my mistake. After thinking it over, even if the illness is the reason, it is still not enough to explain my frivolity,” she said, holding her breath and stammering, “I promise that I will cooperate fully with all your treatment plans in the future and will never cause you any more trouble.”

Click——

Lin Ze placed the lunchbox on the table without saying a word.

He just quietly went about his own business.

such.

Half a minute passed.

Kitagawa Ayane kept her arms and forehead pressed tightly against the foam blanket. Her face was so red it looked like it was about to bleed. Even without looking up, she could imagine Lin Ze's indifferent expression.

This made her even more uneasy.

After committing so many shameless acts, are we really going to just let it go so easily? That's far too lenient.

Kitagawa Ayane thought to herself in despair.

She did regret it. She was very determined before going, but she started to feel lost after arriving at the hotel arranged by the seminar. At that time, there was still a chance to make amends. She could buy a train ticket back and everything would be fine.

They didn't come back.

She fainted outside the station.

After regaining consciousness, a deep sense of lingering fear washed over me.

Time passed second by second, and she didn't dare to look up, while Lin Ze completely ignored her.

When Kitagawa Ayane couldn't hold back any longer, she tentatively raised her head and stole a glance at Lin Ze. Only then did she realize that he had already opened his lunchbox and picked up his utensils to eat.

Didn't he hear me when I shouted so loudly?

Of course not.

He's probably still angry, that's why he's giving me that cold look...

After realizing this, Kitagawa Ayane bit her lip, her heart pounding even harder. She lowered her head with a complicated expression, letting the atmosphere in the equipment room remain eerily quiet.

Everything has a price.

What's more.

Lin Ze gave Kitagawa Ayane more than one chance.

He wasn't someone who was particularly willing to do good deeds, but after getting to know Kitagawa Ayane, he found that she wasn't a bad person. That's why he was willing to show her some care while completing the task and earning points. He didn't expect his senior to be so good at taking advantage of the situation.

The lid of the bento box was opened, revealing a plate of Mapo Tofu that looked and smelled delicious, glistening with a reddish-brown sheen. It was covered with plump grains of rice, garnished with a few peeled peony shrimp, and on the far side were diced beef that had been braised, cut into small cubes, and smeared with black pepper sauce.

The peony shrimp were bought by Lin Yuning from the market and were very fresh. She set a timer on the steamer so that Lin Ze could eat them at noon. As for the black pepper beef cubes, they were a regular dish.

They're all included in this bento box.

Just opened it.

The aroma was irresistible, filling the air around the desks and making one's mouth water. Not to mention the wide variety of food in the lunchbox.

Lin Ze first tasted the Mapo Tofu he had made, mixed it with rice, and immediately showed a very satisfied expression before slowly eating it.

next to.

Kitagawa Ayane was stunned, looking at him in confusion as he immediately started eating. He hadn't said a word to her since he came in, as if he treated her as if she didn't exist.

The unique aroma of the food wafted around the senior student's nose, whether it was the rare, rich, spicy scent or the black pepper aroma of the beef drizzled with sauce.

"Guluulu——"

A shameful sound rang out; her stomach rumbled loudly. She instinctively covered her abdomen and lowered her face in embarrassment.

Kitagawa Ayane came over without having eaten lunch, and she was starving.

Normally it would be fine, she could endure being hungry.

But watching Lin Ze put spoonfuls of what looked incredibly delicious food into his mouth, and take increasingly larger bites, it wasn't long before most of the food in the lunchbox was gone.

The fragrance lingered, swirling around the girl's nose.

She swallowed hard, tilted her head slightly, and tried to see what kind of bento Lin Ze was eating, since it smelled so different from what she expected.

"pat-"

Lin Ze suddenly put down his spoon, turned his head, and glanced at Kitagawa Ayane.

She instinctively sat up straight and blinked. However.

Lin Ze ignored him and instead took out a bottle of mineral water from his schoolbag, unscrewed the cap, and gulped down a few mouthfuls.

With a few quick movements of his Adam's apple, the bottled water was placed on the desk.

Lin Ze then continued eating, but his expression became even more focused.

Kitagawa Ayane was practically in tears. She had been full of hope, thinking that the other person was finally going to talk to her, but in the end, they just gave her a look and then ignored her.

She suddenly felt utterly hopeless.

This kind of torment was more painful for her than a merciless reprimand. It would have been more comfortable for Lin Ze to just belittle her and trample on her dignity.

"Are you hungry?" Suddenly, Lin Ze's voice reached her ears, just as Kitagawa Ayane was in great pain.

"Hmm?" With her mouth full of saliva, she raised her delicate, beautiful face to look at Lin Ze, and reflexively pursed her lips and shook her head. But when she realized what was happening, she nodded vigorously.

Click frantically, keep clicking.

After a short while, the senior student felt a little dizzy.

The only unquestionable, supreme, and ever-present principle is—never to lie to Lin Ze.

She remembered.

Lin Ze raised an eyebrow.

He swallowed hard, then spoke to me.

Upon hearing this, Kitagawa Ayane made a gulping sound in her throat.

"hungry."

Lin Ze calmly took out an identical bento box from his schoolbag and placed it on the desk next to him. Clearly, this method was much more effective than his previous earnest persuasion.

To deal with disobedient people, you must take sufficiently firm and decisive measures to get them to behave.

Kitagawa Ayane's eyes lit up, and a feeling of joy welled up inside her.

She knew Lin Ze wouldn't be so cold and indifferent as to ignore her, after all, Dr. Lin is such a good person.

"Can I get up now?" she asked, her tone becoming cheerful.

"Nobody is forcing you to kneel."

Kitagawa Ayane quickly stood up, bowed deeply to him to express her gratitude, then pulled out a chair and sat down, staring at the food on the desk with great interest.

She was really curious about what Lin Ze was eating.

Before Kitagawa could speak...

"Move the table," Lin Ze said coldly without even looking at her. "Go eat over in the classroom."

"Wh...what?" She was taken aback.

"Don't stay with me, keep your distance."

"Why?"

In an instant, Kitagawa Ayane's brows furrowed. She sat to Lin Ze's left, her eyes filled with confusion, unable to understand his meaning.

Why do we suddenly have to keep our distance?
Is she really that annoying...?

"No reason."

"Then can't I eat here...?"

"The treatment will be postponed by five minutes, and one reassurance action will be canceled."

"Why is this again?"

"Postpone it for another five minutes," he said calmly.

Kitagawa Ayane immediately shut up. Looking at Lin Ze's calm profile, she seemed to understand something. Her shoulders relaxed, and her expression showed utter disappointment.

She suppressed her inner turmoil, silently got up, and with her face down, moved the desk, which was easy to lift but felt particularly heavy, to the other end of the equipment room.

Open the lunch box.

Alone, she looked up at Lin Ze, then lowered her head again.

There was no more sound of speaking.

They ate together, but were at opposite ends of the table.

There was no sunlight outside the window, and there was no sunlight inside the house either.

……

"One aspect of lifestyle intervention: Meal feeding (1/5)"

The mission has successfully taken its first step.

Lin Ze felt somewhat comforted.

After finishing the last bite of rice in her bento box with a spoon, Kitagawa Ayane let out a long sigh of relief.

To be honest, the bento box that Lin Ze brought not only smelled great, but also tasted incredibly delicious. She felt like her taste buds were undergoing an unprecedented transformation—it wasn't just one meal that was having an effect.

Lin Yuning is a master chef; her steamed peony shrimp and black pepper beef cubes are almost as good as the ones she makes, and they are definitely more flavorful than the food you buy outside.

Kitagawa Ayane had finished it all without realizing it, and even licked her lips with a hint of lingering satisfaction.

She looked at Lin Ze again.

"I am full?"

"I'm full. It was delicious. Thank you for your hospitality, Dr. Lin."

“Given your disappointing performance, I’ve decided to change the treatment plan.” Lin Ze looked into her eyes.

Do not know why.

Even though he had no expression, Kitagawa Ayane suddenly had a very bad feeling.

"Wh...what plan?"

A grain of rice clung to the corner of her mouth, and coupled with her bewildered expression, she exuded a charmingly naive and clumsy charm.

"Trust me, it will definitely be more effective than before."

(End of this chapter)