Chapter 9 Free Lunch Inside the student cafeteria at the Komaba campus of the University of Tokyo. Sawayama Haruno sat opposite Mine Shiori, and was typing a text message to Miyazawa Maki on his cell phone. Now it's time for lunch, and the other party should have gotten up. In order to prevent this guy from running out and disappearing again, he wants to send a message to tell him where the food is at home. If worst comes to worst, just let her order takeout herself. It’s not like she didn’t pay for it anyway. If I leave her alone and wait for her to disappear, it would be difficult for me to explain to Mana. "Is this all that Zeshan-san ordered?" Mine Shiori looked at the plate in front of her, then looked at the other person's, and couldn't help but ask, "Do you want to order some more?" Hearing this, Sawayama Haruno, who was originally editing a text message, stopped what he was doing. "No, I usually have a poor appetite at noon." He smiled gently, "Maybe it's affected by the recent weather."
"Well, it's really hot lately and I can't eat," Mine Shiori whispered. She was wondering if Sawayama Haruno didn't like the lunch provided in the cafeteria. After sitting down, she started to send text messages on her mobile phone. After she finished sending the text messages, she seemed to have lost her appetite. But after all, the University of Tokyo is the most famous school in the island country. Although the teaching facilities are a bit old, the student cafeteria is still pretty good, right? Needless to say, the interior layout is impressive, but the variety of cuisines is overwhelming, and the prices are not very high. No, maybe it’s because of this problem? Because the prices are not very high, the food is relatively not as delicious as that in other restaurants. After all, as the old saying goes - expensive things are not necessarily good, but good things are definitely expensive. Should I not invite Sawayama Haruno to the cafeteria for dinner? At least I should go somewhere else where I can show my sincerity. "What's wrong? Don't you have an appetite either?" Unlike Mine Shiori who was daydreaming, Sawayama Haruno was leisurely eating his "free lunch". When he looked up again, he saw the petite girl's expression that was obviously full of regret. Why does the other person suddenly look so depressed? I didn’t say anything wrong, did I? “No, I’m fine.” Mine Shiori quickly picked up a piece of pork chop and put it into her mouth, but she secretly made up her mind that she would find a better place to express her gratitude later. After all, the necklace was very important to her; it was the only relic her mother left her. I thought I would never find it again, but it was picked up by Sawayama Haruno and sent to the lost and found office. It can only be said that it is a blessing in disguise. "Speaking of which, Zeshan-san." "Just call me Haruno, after all, we are classmates." Zeshan Haruno shrugged and joked, "I see that you always have a hard time calling me by my name. Wouldn't it be easier to just call me Haruno?" "Then you can call me Shiori too." Mine Shiori raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and smiled: "Come to think of it, our names are both relatively rare." The surname Feng is indeed rare, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. At least it can be pronounced well. But Sawayama Haruno's last name is a little different. It is written as Zeshan and pronounced as Kiriyama. If you read it directly in Romanization, it is Kiriyama. Compared to other more popular names, Sawayama Haruno's name is undoubtedly several levels more difficult to pronounce, especially for someone like Mine Shiori who easily makes mistakes in pronunciation. It is not easy to persist in not pronouncing it wrong until now. "Because of this incident, my teacher mistook my name for something else when I was in junior high school. I was called by the wrong name for three years."
"Eh?!" Mine Shiori was startled. This is too much. As a teacher, he even got his student's name wrong. "It's nothing, I just got laughed at by other classmates." Sawayama Haruno said nonchalantly, "It's not the first time anyway, I'm used to it." Well. Rather than saying he was used to it, it would be better to say that he didn't take it seriously at all. Because it is indeed difficult to pronounce, and it is a surname that is written and pronounced differently, so it is normal to get it wrong. Anyway, I am not a real Japanese, so I won’t get depressed just because I have been called the wrong name for three years. Compared to this matter, he was more curious about what the other party had not finished saying just now. "What did Shiori want to say just now?" "Oh, I just wanted to ask you if you were busy this afternoon because you wanted to pick up your sister and take her home." "Well, that's not the case." Zeshan Haruno suddenly felt guilty and didn't dare to look directly at him. "I have an appointment with my high school classmates this afternoon. It has nothing to do with my sister." Oh, I lied again. It is said that one lie needs to be covered up with countless lies. The ancients were right. No, Miyazawa Mana is indeed my high school classmate, so this time I shouldn’t be considered lying, right? "Is that so? A high school classmate." Mine Shiori nodded and said nothing more. In this regard, she did not seem very discouraged. After all, she and Sawayama Haruno would still be together in school for a long time, so it would be easy to find another opportunity to treat them. In short, I want to get Sawayama Haruno's LINE number, so that it will be convenient to ask him when he is free later. "That" Thinking of this, Mine Shiori no longer hesitated, but just as she was about to speak, she saw two girls who had just come in from the cafeteria door. One of them had short curly hair and a very cold look in her eyes, but her face and figure were so pretty that people couldn't take their eyes off her. She was the type that would make people of the same sex's heart beat faster when they saw her. Mine Shiori was no stranger to this person. It’s just that this hairstyle and eyes don’t seem to match my usual impression. So Mine Shiori swallowed the words she hadn't finished saying and instead said "Huh" in a very strange voice. "what happened?" Sawayama Haruno was sitting with his back to the cafeteria entrance, his mind focused only on the lunch in front of him. When he heard Mine Shiori's cute puzzled sound, he looked up at her in confusion. "That person, is it Mana Miyazawa?" Mine Shiori pointed in the direction of the door and said uncertainly, "It's the one who just came in." "Mana Miyazawa?" Hearing this, Sawayama Haruno immediately turned around to search for the other party's location. Since I sent a text message to the other party this morning, he hasn't replied yet. If I meet him in the cafeteria, I can take the opportunity to ask him how to solve Maki's problem.
Thinking of this, Sawayama Haruno's sight easily locked onto a target, but after seeing it clearly, he was stunned. ——It’s Miyazawa, for sure, but not Mana. Why is he here? Even if he wakes up and finds that he is not at home, there is no reason for him to come to Tokyo University, right? However, before Sawayama Haruno could figure out the situation, the next moment, their eyes met in mid-air. (End of this chapter)