Where are you going?
Although Patika appeared strong, her tone was already full of exhaustion.
"Let's go to the cafeteria for lunch," Xiao He replied.
"The cafeteria?" Patika frowned. "Is it crowded?"
"yes."
"I'm not going."
"So what will you eat?"
"When we get back to the dorm, you cook for me."
"I can't cook."
"Then buy me some fruit."
"oh."
Xiao He had just agreed when he thought about it again: if she were to remain so passive and withdrawn from the world, when would she ever be able to integrate into ordinary society?
"No, I've changed my mind. I'm going to take you to the cafeteria."
"What did you say?" Patika's eyes widened, her temper clearly flaring up again.
“This is what your mother instructed.” Xiao He glanced at her in the rearview mirror: “You need to act like a human being.”
“Don’t mention her!” Patika immediately snapped.
"Don't argue with me, I don't like arguing. If you listen to me, I'll take you shopping tonight," Xiao He said expressionlessly.
Upon hearing this, Patika paused, seemingly weighing the pros and cons in her mind.
What does "strolling around" mean?
Visiting a lantern festival? Or a festival like that?
Wearing a mask, so no one knows who you are?
...
"Fine! You have to keep your word!"
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The High Court has more than a dozen canteens, and Xiao He chose the nearest one to drive there.
Throughout the journey, Patika's mind was indeed distracted by "shopping." She didn't hide it very well, but Xiao He was too lazy to keep an eye on her.
Because Valerie had taken quite a while to arrive, the cafeteria doors were now mostly for exiting, not entering.
Xiao He led Patika against the flow of people up the open-air staircase.
The higher the floor, the more refined the food; this seems to be a common practice among universities.
Patika had a cold expression, clearly disliking the rude stares around her.
The people here are different from those pilgrims.
From the eyes of the worshippers, she felt like a goddess. But from the eyes of the people here, she saw a variety of indescribable meanings.
Whether it was curiosity, jealousy, or even fantasies... she categorized all these emotions as "rude" and "disrespectful."
This made her very uncomfortable, so she never relaxed her brow.
Finally, at a corner of the stairs, Xiao He couldn't bear to look at her any longer and changed into the same holy robe as her with a single click.
“You…?” Patika was stunned.
Xiao He naturally understood that wearing such clothes in a big city was like cosplaying on the streets of the real world, and it would indeed easily attract attention.
"Now that you're not alone, can you walk faster?" Xiao He crossed his arms without any apparent reaction.
Patika couldn't ask her why she had this outfit, for fear that she would bring up her mother as soon as she opened her mouth.
In this way, even though Xiao He looked about 80% similar to Boris in the mural, he was easily overlooked by Patika because of a moment of distraction, as there was only a physical resemblance and no spiritual resemblance.
Because Xiao He was walking in front, people's attention naturally fell on her more, and Patika immediately felt much less pressured, and couldn't help but be very curious about Xiao He's identity.
The name "Xiao He" may be unfamiliar, but if it was entrusted by her mother, her abilities must be extraordinary.
Patika silently watched the figure in front of her, a jumble of thoughts flashing through her mind.
"Since I can't avoid it, I'll try to get along with her. If I can get her to help me keep it from my mother, that would be even better..."
Xiao He didn't have mind-reading abilities and didn't know what she was planning. He just wanted her to study quietly.
At the unassuming dining table.
Patika ate at an incredibly slow pace, almost unbelievably so.
Like someone with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, they can only put one type of food into their mouth at a time, and the quantity can only be one.
For example, a kernel of corn.
A shredded carrot.
A leaf of green vegetable...
By the time she finished eating, the afternoon school bell had already rung...
Xiao He had a bit of a headache.
While she was listening to the lesson in the classroom, Xiao He lay down in the corner and fell asleep.
This body is no longer virtual data; it can't be disconnected, so it naturally needs proper rest.
It turns out that even gods need to sleep; they just won't die if they don't.
Patika's tutor teaches one-on-one because her progress is different from others and her physical condition is also different, so special teaching content needs to be customized, which is quite similar to the feeling of "personal disciple".
This tutor is a woman, and although she was only in the class of '97, her teaching level is among the best.
In this new environment, the only person Patika didn't reject was her.
Once Wang Xuefeng was on the spaceship, he heard Xiao He's even breathing and silently cut off the voice connection to prevent any noise from getting through.
Valerie was naturally unaware of this "black technology" between them, and chatted with Wang Xuefeng for a long time after boarding the ship.
The conversation revolved entirely around "how to get along with Commander Lucadi" and "what kind of person Commander Lucadi is".
It would be a lie for Valerie to say she wasn't nervous sitting here on the first day.
After all, Xiao He wasn't around, and apart from Commander Lucadi, the only person she had seen most often here was Wang Xuefeng.
The latter did not deliberately distance himself from her, maintaining the distance of an ordinary friend while answering all her questions.
However, to others, things are not so simple...
For example, first he pestered Luca Di, then he switched targets and pestered Wang Xuefeng.
"So young, yet so cunning," some people scoffed.
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