Chapter Thirty Benefits of Fluff

  Back in Tokyo, Gim Hee's home, it had only been a few days since she left, but Lee Chiu already felt like she was back in her own nest. It was afternoon, and Choi Soo-young was still at school, while BoA was busy promoting her new single. In fact, BoA also attended school - she was 17 and in high school - but her busy life as a performer meant that she rarely had time to attend classes.

  After tidying up her room at home, Li Qiu pulled Jin Min-hee out the door and headed to the supermarket to buy groceries.

  ……

  Choi Soo-young has been feeling down since returning to Tokyo from Kurashiki. For the past two days, she's lost interest in even going to her favorite restaurant for meals and instead just goes to the cafeteria with her classmates to quickly settle her hunger. As she eats, she complains about how bad the food is, thinking about the delicious meals Lee Qiu used to make. In reality, the school's food isn't that bad; it's just that her taste buds have been spoiled by someone else's cooking. Now, eating these mass-produced dishes feels like a chore. Of course, another thing that's been bothering her is Gao Chenggang, who's always following her around...

  "School's out, tomorrow and three more days!" Cui Xiuying hastily rushed home as soon as she stepped out of the school gate. The school food was really too terrible to eat, and she hadn't eaten much at noon. At least when she got home, she could eat the dishes cooked by the aunt next door, although they weren't as delicious as Li Qiu's cooking, but she was used to it anyway. Of course, another reason for her haste was Gao Chenggang, that annoying fly, although Cui Xiuying didn't dislike him very much, he had been bothering her every day, which wasn't a big deal either.

  "I'm back!"

  "Are you back? You must be tired." Kim Min-heok was sitting in the living room reading a newspaper. The Japanese teacher's matter had also been settled this afternoon. Choi Soo-young's return, he didn't respond, just nodded his head. The voice came from the kitchen.

  As soon as she opened the door and entered the house, Choi Soo-young's long legs took a few steps to reach the stairs. Just as she was about to go up to the second floor, her foot had already stepped halfway up the stairs. Suddenly, she felt that the sound from earlier seemed familiar. Her foot, which had just lifted off the ground, froze in mid-air for a long time without coming down. She couldn't help but wonder if she wasn't just hearing things.

  "Dinner is ready, but we have to wait for Uncle Minying and Sister Boa to come back before we can eat."

  "?" The previous sentence Cui Xiuying could think she was hallucinating, but this next sentence, she really and truly heard it, and it came from the kitchen, a familiar voice that couldn't be more familiar in the city, "Brother Qiu?"

  "Are you hungry? Ah... Xiuying, go change into your uniform, let's eat." Li Qiu came out of the kitchen with a dish and placed it on the table. She turned around to face Choi Xiuying, who was still standing at the stairs, and was about to tease her about her appetite when she saw something she shouldn't have seen - a white... thing on those long legs.

  "Brother Autumn! You're back!" Cui Xiuying followed Li Qiu out of the kitchen, her eyes fixed on his body as he moved, still disbelieving. It wasn't until Li Qiu spoke that she snapped out of it and immediately turned around to rush down the stairs. With a pounce, she threw herself at Li Qiu, and his small frame couldn't withstand her tackle. Cui Xiuying pushed Li Qiu onto the sofa, and as he landed on his chest, he felt a sudden tightness in his chest cavity. More importantly, the turmoil that had just been stirred up by seeing something he shouldn't have was also knocked askew.

  At the age of fourteen, it's the beginning of youth, everything is still vague, understanding a little but not too much. Because of not understanding, it's ambiguous, so at this age, it's easiest to be impulsive, the impulsiveness of adolescence. What did Li Qiu just see? Cui Xiu Ying had just returned from school, still wearing her uniform, what style was her uniform? Sailor suit, ultra-short skirt, earlier she stepped on the stairs, Li Qiu only took a glance, and truly saw the white shadow at the bottom of her skirt. Now being pushed onto the sofa by her, Li Qiu, very beautifully, impulsively...

  By the side was Kim Min-hee, who was reading a newspaper. Kim Min-hee folded up the newspaper, glanced at the two of them, and then very calmly stood up under their gaze, returning to her own room...

  "Get up!" After Kim Min-hee left, Lee Choo hurriedly pushed Choi Soo-young's body that was pressing down on her own, of course, pushing towards the direction of the sofa with a backrest. If not, she would have pushed Choi Soo-young off the sofa and onto the floor. After pushing Choi Soo-young away, Lee Choo immediately frantically adjusted her clothes, then hastily walked into the kitchen to continue busying herself.

  "Brother Autumn, are you still carrying a stick in your waist?" Cui Xiuying was pushed onto the sofa and lay down, her small hands touching the abdomen that had just been poked by the stick. She got up and walked towards the kitchen, standing at the door and saying a sentence to Li Qiu who was busy.

  This made Li Qiu even more embarrassed, her face immediately turned red, and she continued to busy herself, "Go change your clothes, it's time to eat."

  "What dish shall we have for dinner tonight? What dish!"

  ……

  Until dinner time, Boa still hadn't returned. When Kim Min-young called her, she was recording a show in Yokohama and probably wouldn't be back until late at night, so she wouldn't be able to return today either.

  Choi Soo-young was very happy today, with her mouth stuffed with food, and her cheeks puffed up without wiping the smile off her face. Looking at Lee Chaeun sitting across from her, eating seriously, Choi Soo-young's mischievous heart became restless again. She glanced around at Kim Min-hee and Kim Min-young on either side of her, making sure no one was paying attention to her before putting her face down and pretending to eat a big mouthful of rice...

  Li Qiu was eating his meal with a serious expression, but in his mind, he couldn't stop thinking about the white figure he saw before dinner. The figure was like a tempting cotton candy that kept teasing his appetite. Suddenly, under the table, a slender leg brushed against his, and through his pants, he could still feel the smoothness of her foot. Slowly, the delicate foot crept up to Li Qiu's knee and started swinging back and forth. Li Qiu looked down at the tender white skin and almost spat out the rice in his mouth, but managed to hold it in, with only a few grains slipping out from between his lips and landing on one of her bright red toenails.

  Kim Min-hee and Kim Min-young looked at Lee Choo with puzzlement on their faces.

  "I was choked by the rice... sorry... cough, cough..." He pulled out a tissue from beside him and wiped his mouth, feeling embarrassed. To cover it up, he used a cough as an excuse, and while wiping his mouth, he couldn't help but glance at Choi Soo-young who was eating across from him. Finally, he discreetly wiped away the grain of rice stuck to his toenail, then put that foot back under his own knee before continuing to eat.

  Choi Soo-young smiled inwardly, and when Lee Choo spit out food, she, who had been on countless shows, was practiced at this point. She didn't reveal her true feelings in the face of Lee Choo's questioning gaze, but instead looked back at him innocently, enjoying the sensation of having her toes massaged. It wasn't until Kim Min-young and Kim Min-hee started eating seriously again that she revealed a sly smile. Her legs under the table swayed back and forth, and with a pleased expression, she pouted at Lee Choo, who was sulking, before continuing to devour her food.

  After dinner, after cleaning up the bowls and chopsticks, Li Qiu took a bath at the fastest speed, then drilled into her own room, locked the door, sat on the bed in a daze, staring at the poster of Lee Hyori on the wall, but couldn't get rid of that cotton candy floating in her mind.

  "Brother Qiu, why did you lock the door?" Li Qiu was still lost in thought when the culprit returned. Now he didn't have the heart to face Cui Xiangying again. He pulled out that basic Japanese textbook from his desk and started flipping through it, but the noise outside the door and the images in his mind made it impossible for him to focus on a single word.

  "Brother Qiu, I know I was wrong! I won't mess with you again!" Do you also know what's wrong? Is this a joke? Who is so bored during meals that they put their foot on someone else's leg and let others see...

  "Bang bang bang! Open the door......" No response......

  "Bang!" Still no response...

  "Minhe Uncle asked me to come teach you Japanese! Open the door!" Choe Su-yeong kept waving her hand and knocking on the door, seeing that it wouldn't open, she leaned her body against it, pressing herself against the door, "Open the door..."

  "The door opened with a creak, and in the blink of an eye, it was wide open. However, Cui Xiuying was still leaning on the door, and her center of gravity suddenly shifted forward as the door swung open violently. When people lose their balance, they will naturally flail their arms to find something to hold onto for support, and Cui Xiuying was no exception."

  Very coincidental

  She caught is

  Li Qiu's pants...

  Then

  Li Qiu was again pushed by Cui Xiuying

  And

  This fall is quite magnificent

  Li Qiu's pants... tell your friends