He accidentally bumped into the witch while flying on his sword.

"Chen Shun, are you free? I need to talk to you about something..."

"Well, I want to go cook."

"Can't you see how dejected all the girls here are? How can you possibly eat?"

"Maybe they're hungry?"

"you……"

goo...

Yunyi's stomach growled a few times, much to her dismay.

"See, you're hungry too."

"I'm not hungry."

goo...

"Elbow! We can talk about anything after we finish eating! If we stay any longer, all the food will be eaten by the younger students!"

Chen Shun grabbed Yun Yi's wrist and, under Yun Yi's astonished gaze, jogged towards the cafeteria.

When Yun Yi came to her senses, Chen Shun had already grabbed her wrist and pulled her to the cafeteria window, where she was now standing in line behind him.

Yun Yi touched her slightly reddened wrist, looked at the back of someone peeking into the cafeteria window, and sighed deeply.

what is this?

Was I forced to hold hands?

If we take it literally, then yes, it is?

But how can you hold hands so roughly?

I couldn't break free for a moment!

That's really going too far. Can't they be a little gentler?

Yun Yi was certain that no girl would ever fall for Chen Shun, given his personality.

"Auntie, do you have any special dishes today?"

"Hey, Shun-ge'er's here! Yes, yes, yes, I've saved today's special dish for you!"

"Give me some! And a stir-fried pork with ginger, and a steamed egg!"

"Okay, Auntie will give you a bigger serving..."

When Chen Shun saw the stir-fried tomatoes and cherry tomatoes on the plate, his face twitched almost imperceptibly.

What's wrong with my aunt today?

Has he been possessed?

Where are those delicious local specialties like "stewed goose with potatoes"? Why does this taste so strange?

The cafeteria lady smiled and gave Chen Shun extra food, urging him to eat more so he could grow taller, even though Chen Shun was already close to 1.8 meters tall.

Amidst the aunt's pleasantries and the surprised gazes of the others, Chen Shun finally took his tray and walked to the side, waiting for Yun Yi.

Yun Yi disliked attracting attention, and even something as simple as what others had used made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

The aunt glanced at Yun Yi, paused for two seconds, and sighed inwardly, "What a charming girl. It seems like she was just brought here by Shun-ge'er..." Then her smile widened, and she greeted Yun Yi with great enthusiasm.

"Come here, little one, what would you like to eat? Auntie will give you a generous portion, I guarantee it will be more than that little bastard Chen Shun's!"

Chen Shun was speechless. Just a moment ago he was calling him "Brother Shun," and the next second he turned into a little bastard...

Yun Yi stood there, unsure how to deal with the enthusiastic cafeteria lady.

"I...I, well...just like Chen Shun is fine."

"Like Shun-ge? Okay! Let me tell you, Shun-ge is a good boy. Ever since I met him in the first year of high school, I've really liked this little rascal. He can eat a lot, and he shamelessly asked me for extra food three times..."

Yunyi stared blankly as the amount of food in her hands piled up, not listening to a single word of her aunt's nagging.

"Auntie, this is too much... I can't eat this much..."

"This isn't much at all. It's not even enough for half a meal of Shun-ge's during military training. Kid, you need to eat more, look how skinny you are..."

"I……"

"Alright, alright, no need to thank me, Auntie. Remember to come here for your food from now on!"

……

So, carrying the plate that looked like a miniature Mount Fuji—the first time she'd seen it in her three years of high school—Yun Yi mechanically followed Chen Shun to a seat against the wall.

Wherever the two went, they were always met with envious glances.

However, most of the attention was focused on the dishes the two had ordered.

They racked their brains trying to figure out how the aunt, whose hands usually trembled like she had Parkinson's, managed to put a portion of food—more than one spoonful would fit on the two people's plates—into their plates.

Some people were so angry that they went to confront the aunt.

"Auntie, why do they have so many dishes?"

As it turns out, experience truly matters.

"Oh, that's the last bit, so I'll give it all to them."

The man pointed to the still-present stir-fried pork with ginger in the window, completely bewildered.

"Then what is this?"

The aunt paused for a moment, then silently took the bowl containing the stir-fried ginger and meat off the window.

"What did you say? There's no ginger stir-fried with meat here!"

"???"

……

Yun Yi's thoughts were completely jumbled up by Chen Shun and his aunt.

Chen Shun stared at the stir-fried tomatoes and cherry tomatoes on the plate, lost in thought.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Shun gritted his teeth and picked up a whole cherry tomato.

Put it in your mouth.

With a shudder, Chen Shun put on the Pain Mask, and the cherry tomato fell from his mouth onto the dining table.

So sour!

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What to do? Chen Shun discovered the first food in his life that he couldn't handle.

Seeing Chen Shun's furrowed brows and grimacing expression, Yun Yi silently picked up a cherry tomato, calmly put it in her mouth, and swallowed it expressionlessly under Chen Shun's expectant yet reluctant gaze.

"That witch is awesome, I'm bowing down!"

Yun Yi rolled her eyes.

"These cherry tomatoes have a high sugar content and are not sour at all."

"I don't believe you for a second..."

"Really, you can try it if you don't believe me!"

Yun Yi picked up an unused spoon, picked out a cherry tomato, and put it into Chen Shun's plate.

Cherry tomatoes are a food that Yunyi really likes to eat. Mainly because her older sister said that they can beautify the skin and are rich in nutrients. She ate a lot of them with her sister when she was little, and gradually came to like them.

It smells sweet and delicious, but it doesn't taste like the exaggerated flavor that Chen Shun's appearance suggests.

Chen Shun looked conflicted, glancing at Yun Yi, who was giving him an encouraging look, and then at the bright red cherry tomatoes.

Swallowing hard, Chen Shun closed his eyes and put the cherry tomato into his mouth again.

This time, Chen Shun trembled three times.

===Chapter 8 The Witch Has No Tears

Is it really that sour?

Yunyi ate another one, but still didn't find it sour.

"Anyway, I don't like to eat it!"

Chen Shun was sulking like a child.

"Really? I quite like it."

Yunyi had never heard of this window serving specialty dishes before; it seemed to be a cuisine created by the auntie herself.

But isn't stir-frying tomatoes and cherry tomatoes a bit too hasty?

Picking up a cherry tomato, Yun Yi closed her eyes with a satisfied look.

Chen Shun looked at Yun Yi's blissful expression, muttered a few words, picked up an unused spoon, and picked out all the cherry tomatoes from the plate, placing them into Yun Yi's plate.

"If you like it, then eat more. It's not good to throw it away. I'm not someone who likes to waste food..."

As the cherry tomatoes fell from the chopsticks, Yun Yi's hand holding the chopsticks froze in mid-air, her small mouth slightly open, looking incredulously at Chen Shun, who was carefully moving the cherry tomatoes.

"Chen Shun! You! You, you, what are you doing?"

"What's wrong? You don't like it? Then why did you say you liked it..."

Chen Shun silently picked the cherry tomatoes back.

Yun Yi got angry.

what is this?

If someone sees this, they're bound to misunderstand!

However, not far away, Xiao Di, who was lying on her side in a chair, propping her cheek with one hand and eating rice with the other with a lifeless expression, had already seen through everything.

"Hey, I never thought that someone as handsome and stern as you, Yi Yi, would betray the revolution..."

"Ton ton ton..."

Xiao Di angrily grabbed the Coke on the table and gulped down several mouthfuls.