Yama Reborn
Chapter 49 - 47 [You hit him!]

Chapter 49: Chapter 47 [You hit him!]

Chapter 47: Slap Him!

Chen Nuo didn’t go to school on Monday or Tuesday. Sun Keke called a few times during those two days, but Chen Nuo’s phone was off. Both Sun Keke and Li Yingwan went to Chen Nuo’s house and knocked, but no one answered.

It wasn’t until Wednesday morning, when Sun Keke saw Chen Nuo walk into the classroom, that she felt a bit dazed. The guy looked sickly, his face deathly pale as if he had just recovered from a serious illness. Once seated in the classroom, Chen Nuo let out a few coughs. His coughs made School Belle Sun’s heart ache; any lingering resentment from being unable to reach him by phone yesterday instantly vanished.

The long-legged girl, Li Yingwan, was more direct. She had been sitting there, muttering as she read a book, but the moment she saw Chen Nuo enter, she tossed her book aside, spun around, and stared at him intently for a moment. "Oppa, are you sick?" In her haste, she spoke in Korean.

Chen Nuo simply raised an eyebrow. "I don’t understand."

Li Yingwan pouted, feeling wronged, and asked again in her awkward Mandarin.

"Just a cold," Chen Nuo said. He paused, then after a moment’s thought, asked, "Nothing happened to you these past two days, right?"

"...No issues." Li Yingwan was overjoyed as long as Chen Nuo was willing to talk to her. "I’ve been practicing very hard!"

"...Hmm, has your family contacted you?" Chen Nuo asked.

"Yes, my brother called, complaining that studying is too hard. Mom also loves to nag..."

Watching the long-legged girl chatter away, Chen Nuo nodded. It seems the matter with The Abyss is settled for now.

"What’s wrong with you?" Luo Qing frowned at his deskmate. "You look like you’ve spent a month in a brothel, all drained."

Chen Nuo smirked. "You say that like you’ve actually been to one."

Luo Qing blushed and said nothing.

Chen Nuo observed him. Oh? A story there, is there?

During the break, School Belle Sun approached Chen Nuo. The young woman pressed her lips together tightly, still looking a bit strained, but eventually, she couldn’t hold back and asked in a low voice, "Where... where have you been these past two days? Why was your phone unreachable?"

Chen Nuo looked up, smiled, and coughed a few times before replying, "I was sick, sleeping at home."

"...I went to your house. No one answered the door."

"Hmm, I must have been sleeping too soundly. I took some cold medicine; that stuff makes you drowsy if you take too much," Chen Nuo replied nonchalantly.

School Belle Sun scrutinized the young man. "Are you feeling any better now? Your complexion still doesn’t look good." As she spoke, ignoring her shyness, she blushed and reached out her small hand to touch Chen Nuo’s forehead.

Chen Nuo was startled for a moment, then gently took her hand and moved it away, smiling. "I’m fine, I don’t have a fever."

School Belle Sun withdrew her hand. Noticing that Chen Nuo’s school uniform jacket zipper was open, revealing only a thin T-shirt underneath, she couldn’t help but complain, "How can you wear so little? It’s gotten colder these past two days; you’re not even wearing a sweater?"

She wanted to complain more, but the class bell rang.

Chen Nuo watched Sun Keke reluctantly leave. Just as he sighed in relief, he saw Li Yingwan, who sat in front of him, turn around. She was looking at him with a taut face, pouting lips, and an unhappy expression.

Look? What are you looking at! Have you memorized the tongue twisters yet? Keep looking, and I’ll make you recite a list of dishes to practice your elocution!

Chen Nuo was indeed feeling quite weak, for rather complex reasons. Generally speaking, it was the aftereffect of completing a 1v5 team wipe against his opponents, a consequence of pushing past his limits.

—Chen Yanluo’s strength, in fact, was far from its peak in his previous life. Wiping out The Abyss’s five-person team was purely due to him pushing past his limits.

And his two-day absence from class wasn’t actually because he was lying around at home. For two consecutive days, Chen Nuo had actually been lurking near his little sister’s kindergarten. Since his opponents had found him, theoretically, neither Old Sun’s family nor Li Yingwan would be the primary targets anymore. If there was to be further retaliation, the target would definitely be him. So, for two days, Chen Nuo watched over his sister. He deliberately sent Ye Zi to kindergarten and then hid nearby, observing for two days.

After confirming everything was uneventful, Chen Nuo relaxed slightly. It seemed the Captain had been bluffed by him.

At noon, Chen Nuo didn’t go for lunch but instead dozed off at his desk. He didn’t know how long he’d slept when the sound of hurried footsteps approached, and Li Yingwan ran up to him.

"Oppa."

Chen Nuo looked up.

The long-legged girl’s face was flushed, probably from rushing, and she was panting slightly, a single-strap bag slung over her shoulder. She fished out a thermos from inside.

"Oppa, ginseng chicken soup! Drink it quickly."

"Huh?"

Li Yingwan, smiling, sat down in Luo Qing’s seat next to Chen Nuo and opened the thermos. The thermos was two-tiered. The top tier was a small, built-in bowl containing some red and white kimchi. Beneath this bowl, the second tier held a thick ginseng chicken soup. As soon as she opened it, the distinctive, savory aroma of chicken soup filled the air.

The thermos couldn’t fit a whole chicken, only two drumsticks. Li Yingwan took another small bowl from her bag, used chopsticks to pick out a drumstick, and poured some soup. She then held the bowl out to Chen Nuo with both hands, her face full of anticipation.

"Oppa, have some. Mom said you should drink lots of chicken soup when you have a cold."

Chen Nuo took the bowl and the chopsticks Li Yingwan handed him. After a moment’s thought, he didn’t stand on ceremony. After all, he was Firefly; with their entanglements spanning two lifetimes, what was a bowl of her chicken soup?

Hmm, the chicken wasn’t stewed until it was falling apart, but it tasted alright. Although he wasn’t particularly fond of the distinct flavor of Goryeo ginseng in South Korea’s ginseng chicken soup, the deliciousness of the chicken soup itself made him gulp down half the bowl in one go.

It was lunchtime, so there weren’t many people in the classroom. However, the few remaining students couldn’t help but point and whisper, some even wore expressions anticipating drama. Li Yingwan, of course, didn’t notice—or rather, given the long-legged girl’s personality, even if she did, she wouldn’t care.

Chen Nuo, while nibbling on a chicken drumstick, looked at Li Yingwan’s smiling face and asked, "Who made the chicken soup?"

Li Yingwan beamed. "I called and asked the company driver. I found a South Korean restaurant nearby, and I asked him to drive me there to buy it."

Chen Nuo sighed and smiled. "You went yourself?"

"Yes."

Silly kid. If you have a driver, you could have just asked him to buy it and deliver it to the school. But looking at the long-legged girl’s smiling face, Chen Nuo said nothing and finished the rest of the soup in one go.

He then picked up a few pieces of kimchi with his chopsticks and chewed on them. Hmm, although South Korean kimchi was just so-so, when one was sick and had no appetite, a few bites were quite appetizing.

After Chen Nuo finished the chicken soup, Li Yingwan packed up the thermos, thoughtfully pulled out a pack of tissues, and handed it to him. Then she smiled sweetly. "Oppa, what do you want to eat tonight? I’ll go buy it for you. How about seafood tofu soup for dinner?"

With a friendship spanning two lifetimes, Chen Nuo couldn’t be bothered with false pleasantries. He nodded, thought for a moment, and casually listed, "Add a crab roe bibimbap too; I suddenly have a craving for that. Oh, right, and get some cold noodles."

The surrounding students who were watching heard his shameless requests and gasped. What the... he’s actually placing an order?! Isn’t this the legendary freeloading off a woman?

Several boys secretly grimaced with jealousy. So being handsome means you can do whatever you want?! How can he be so audacious? Goryeo girl, slap him!

"Okay!!" Li Yingwan clenched her fists, smiling cheerfully. "Seafood tofu soup, crab roe bibimbap, and cold noodles! I’ll definitely prepare them!"

With that, Li Yingwan stood up, grabbed her bag, habitually bowed to Chen Nuo, then turned and strode out on her long legs.

Some boys watched Chen Nuo burp contentedly and stretch lazily.

Ptooey! Shameless!

Not long after the long-legged girl left, School Belle Sun entered the classroom. She was holding a paper bag, bulging with something, though it was unclear what was inside. She walked up to Chen Nuo and placed the bag gently on his desk.

"Um... that, could you put this on, please."

Hmm?

Chen Nuo looked up at School Belle Sun. The girl seemed somewhat shy and, as if she were a thief, glanced furtively at the surrounding students.

"What is this?"

"A sweater."

School Belle Sun opened the paper bag and took out an item of clothing. It was a dark blue woolen sweater with an old-fashioned V-neck. It felt quite soft to the touch. Brand new, with the tag still on.

But... this style, this design...

"Keke, you took your dad’s sweater. Does Old Sun know?"

Sun Keke’s face turned red. "My dad’s sleeping at home. Oh, just hurry up and put it on! It’s so cold, and you’re sick wearing so little... Don’t worry, my dad has so many clothes in his wardrobe; he won’t notice one missing."

Chen Nuo was still hesitating... not because he was afraid of Old Sun, but because the sweater was honestly a bit ugly.

This scumbag actually dared to be picky!

School Belle Sun’s cheeks reddened even more as she pouted, "You drink other people’s chicken soup..."

"I’ll wear it!!" Without a shred of hesitation, Chen Nuo immediately and swiftly took off his school uniform jacket and pulled the sweater on.

「·」

Old Sun only woke up around noon. He’d been on leave at home these past few days, which had made him quite idle. Last night, he’d gotten captivated by a book and ended up reading until dawn before sleeping—since he didn’t have to go to work anyway.

When he woke up at noon, the house was empty. Old Sun yawned, shuffled in his slippers to the living room for a glass of water. Remembering he had an appointment to meet someone in the afternoon, he went to the bathroom to take a shower. After his shower, Old Sun came out, toweling his wet hair, and went back to the bedroom to get dressed.

A moment later.

"Huh? Where’s that new sweater I bought?"

「·」

"Miss, the restaurant said they’re out of crab roe and can’t prepare the crab roe bibimbap."

"Out of stock? Then go buy some! Isn’t procuring the necessary ingredients for customers the most basic thing a restaurant should do?! ...What? They haven’t restocked recently? Then you drive to the seafood market yourself and buy the freshest crab roe! ...No crab roe? Then buy whole crabs. No matter what method you use, tonight’s dinner must include crab roe bibimbap!"

Li Yingwan, her face stern, watched the nodding, bowing driver scurry to the car and speed off before she finally let out a breath. This is outrageous! Oppa asked me for something for the first time, just a simple crab roe bibimbap; how could we fail to provide it! We absolutely must! Clenching her small fists tightly, Li Yingwan made a firm resolution.

When she returned to the classroom, the long-legged girl keenly noticed that Chen Nuo was wearing an extra sweater under his outer jacket! Li Yingwan reacted instantly, her gaze immediately flicking towards Sun Keke.

Sun Keke bit her lip and bravely met her gaze.

The two girls’ eyes met for a moment, then both turned away simultaneously.

Chen Nuo, sitting in the last row, vigorously rubbed his temples.

Hmm... Should I find a way to give Worker Liu a gift... and get Zhang Linsheng transferred to our class?

「·」

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