Before Su Yu could think any further, a stern gaze was cast over from the doorway.
Su Yu of course knew it was Xianyun, and he didn’t dare dawdle.
He didn’t want to be made to stand at the back the next day for stepping into the classroom with his left foot first.
He got up and followed after her.
Watching Su Yu’s departing figure, the expression on Kaeya’s face gradually turned pleased.
He, Kaeya, was not a man who repaid even the smallest slight.
If he had to go clean a room, that would be no problem at all.
But that fellow Alice’s laboratory was comparable to Raccoon City after a biohazard outbreak—a mess, and that was putting it lightly.
A mess was one thing.
At most it just meant a bit more work.
But the key was that among the scattered wreck of items littering the floor, some were still usable, and he’d have to sort through them all.
The workload was simply explosive.
There was no way he wouldn’t hold a grudge against Su Yu.
Of course, even without this whole mess, he probably still would have…
Not being in class was different from being in class.
Without the stern Teacher Xianyun around, Kaeya naturally wouldn’t bother suppressing the smile on his face.
And that smile was far too “malicious,” which drew the thick-headed Arataki Itto over to pick a fight.
“Hey, in class just now, was it you who screwed over my best bro?”
A large hand pressed down on Kaeya’s shoulder, but Kaeya wasn’t flustered at all: “Classmate Itto, you’ve misunderstood.
I wonder if you still remember that Classmate Su Yu coughed twice in class.”
“Of course I remember.
What about it?
Didn’t the teacher say…”
Thrown off by this interruption, Arataki Itto’s previously aggressive demeanor instantly turned blank and bewildered.
And this was exactly what Kaeya had been counting on.
“Teacher Xianyun was just being rather tactful.
And don’t you think that Su Yu today seems a bit different from usual?”
“Uh, now that you mention it, that does seem to be the case.
My best bro’s dark circles look a bit heavier today.
Do you know the reason?”
How would I possibly know?
Heaven knows what he was up to last night…
Kaeya thought to himself, but his mouth said something entirely different: “It might be that kind of reason.
Men, you know, staying up late at night watching some good stuff.
Getting a sudden urge and pulling an all-nighter is perfectly normal, isn’t it?”
“Aiya, my best bro really doesn’t take good care of his own body.
I’ve got to go find Cyno, his hometown should have some folk remedy.
I have to help my buddy build his health back up, even if it means listening to him tell hours of utterly illogical stories…
it’s—it’s no big deal at all!”
“Ah right, thanks for the intel.”
After shuddering, Arataki Itto gave Kaeya a thumbs-up, then hurriedly ran out of the classroom.
See, he even has to thank me!
Watching the door still swaying from Arataki Itto’s reckless departure, Kaeya couldn’t help but shake his head.
…
Teacher’s office.
“Do you recognize your mistake?”
Although Xianyun was only wearing an ordinary teacher’s uniform and no makeup, her naturally beautiful looks were still far too off the charts.
If this were anyone else, they might not dare harbor wicked thoughts because of their respective positions.
But Su Yu’s past life had seen plenty of good-looking fan-art of Xianyun, even comics.
Now a lone man and woman were sharing a room, and in the teacher’s office, no less.
It was hard not to make Su Yu think of certain office plotlines.
Su Yu was, after all, a gentleman.
Even though Xianyun’s anger hadn’t subsided and the rise and fall of her chest as she took deep breaths was quite noticeable, he could still keep up appearances on the surface.
“I recognize it.
I deeply reflect on my improper behavior in class, so…
please accept this little cake and calm down.”
The little cake was naturally one of the items Su Yu always carried, prepared for Furina’s unexpected needs.
Commandeering it on the spot was more than fitting.
Looking at the little cake Su Yu had produced from who-knows-where, there was even a little fork on top.
It was giving off wisps of cold air, and Xianyun was stunned.
In that moment of daze, Su Yu had already speared a piece and brought it to Xianyun’s lips.
Because they were too close, the tip of Xianyun’s nose could clearly catch the aroma of the cake.
She’d originally wanted to sternly refuse, but after unconsciously swallowing, Xianyun obediently opened her mouth and passively took a bite.
“Don’t think that just because you brought out a cake I’ll…
mmm.”
Before she could even finish, the next second the cake in Su Yu’s hand and the fork he held were snatched away, and within a few breaths the cake was completely devoured.
“How is it?
Is the teacher no longer angry now?”
Of course, the answer to that question was already made clear by the smooth, enraptured expression on Xianyun’s face.
“Ahem ahem, you brat.
I, your teacher, originally wasn’t much interested in these sweet things…
forget it, forget it.
After all, it’s the thought that counts.
I suppose it’s barely passable.”
“So…
Su Yu, um, where did you buy this cake?
Oh, of course it’s not that I want to eat it.
It’s just that I have a friend who’s very interested in sweets.
Hey!
Don’t look at me like you don’t believe it!”
The tsundere archetype is already outdated, Teacher Xianyun.
The look on Xianyun’s face, expectant yet pretending to be uninterested, was far too obvious.
Her inner thoughts were all written across her face.
But this made Su Yu unable to help but marvel at the power of the System.
Culinary Mastery really did have that much strength.
As expected of System products.
Nothing but the finest!
Perhaps through a culinary offensive, he could make those two brothers-in-law…
“I didn’t buy this.
I made it myself at home.
Teacher, if you want to eat some, I can bring you some tomorrow.”
After hearing what Su Yu said, Xianyun was first stunned, then, as if remembering something, she looked at Su Yu with ill intent.
“Teacher, let’s talk this over nicely.
What are you looking at me like that for?”
“As a student of your teacher, shouldn’t you do your teacher a favor?” Xianyun said slowly, wearing an expression of having Su Yu firmly in her grasp.
“Tell me what it is first.”
“It’s actually nothing much, just a club matter.
Do you know Raiden Ei?
She’s the younger sister of Raiden Makoto, one of the seven school directors.
She joined the cooking club, but she’s never been able to cook well.”
“Our academy is professional enough, right?
That cooking teacher, Chef Mao, is a top-tier chef.
But even with his heaven-reaching skills, the moment he faces Classmate Raiden he’s completely helpless.
No matter how he teaches, it doesn’t work.
Last time she even poisoned Chef Mao with a single bite and sent him to the hospital.
If not for Sigewinne, Chef Mao would probably…
by now…”
“But after that, Chef Mao wouldn’t dare go to the cooking department even if you beat him to death.
And in a normal situation, if you can’t teach someone, you just can’t teach them.
Everyone has their own areas of expertise.
But our academy is professional, after all.
We can’t possibly fail to teach even the simplest egg-fried rice, can we?”
“But don’t worry.
Even though what I’m saying is pretty scary, and in reality it’s pretty scary too, I feel your cooking is one level above Chef Mao’s.
Maybe you can teach her.”
Chef Mao was the founder of Wanmin Restaurant.
That skill, anyone who tasted it would have to say it was authentic.
By common reason, being good at cooking doesn’t mean being good at teaching.
But who told him to have taught someone not the least bit inferior to himself, even vaguely surpassing the master, Xiangling!
Yet even with such strong teaching ability, he still had absolutely no way with Raiden Ei.
Originally the teachers had discussed letting Xiangling give it a try, but Chef Mao, who knew his own daughter extremely well, strongly protested.
Chef Mao’s opinion was still quite important, so there was no other way.
But this really was strange.
The more Xianyun thought about it, the stranger it seemed.
Clearly Raiden Makoto, the twin elder sister, even though she was one of the school directors and busy every day, she still remembered that Raiden Makoto had even won the championship of that year’s cooking competition when she was in school.
But who would have thought her younger sister’s cooking talent would be so…
As she thought about it, even Xianyun felt it was too unreasonable.
Dumping such a big mess on Su Yu like this didn’t seem very honorable.