Chapter 9: School Bullying

"I'm back!"

Lin Xiu pushed open the door, walked into the entrance and sat on the steps, then took off his shoes, and then put on his slippers and walked into the house.

"Ernie sauce, I'm still cooking dinner, I'll be ready to eat it soon!" Reina heard Lin Xiuyi's voice and immediately responded.

Hearing Reina's voice, Lin Xiuyi walked through the hallway into the kitchen, only to see that there were already sumptuous dishes on the table. There are egg rolls, meatballs, tempura, pickled plums, and tofu skin. He asked Reina with some surprise:

"It's so rich, is there anything to celebrate?"

"No, I met a nice classmate, and they invited me to eat the bento she made, this is my return gift!" Ling Nai looked quite happy while laying out the tableware on the dining table while telling Lin Xiuyi about his experience at school.

"So, is this tomorrow's bento?"

"No, I'll get up in the morning and re-prepare, these are just for Ernie sauce to taste, listen to your suggestions!"

Lin Xiuyi looked at the variety of bento dishes in front of him, and couldn't help but move his index finger. Reina carefully divided the dishes into two plates, and then brought out two bowls of red bean rice and two bowls of steaming bonito flower tofu soup from the rice cooker.

"Come and try it!" After Reina set up the chopsticks, she beckoned Lin Xiuyi to sit down with anticipation.

Looking at the table full of rich dishes, Lin Xiuyi felt very happy, this feeling was not because of the sumptuous dinner, but because of a feeling of happiness.

"I feel that if I can eat such a sumptuous dinner every day in the future, I will definitely live to be a hundred years old!"

……

At noon the next day, at lunchtime at the private Morimura Middle School, Reina and Shizuka quietly came to the place where they had lunch together yesterday and began to enjoy the lunch box brought by Reina.

"Wow, it looks delicious, did you make all this, Reina-san?" Shizuka took the traditional willow bento box handed over by Reina, and couldn't wait to open the lid. There are a wide variety of snacks in the lunch box, and although there is only a little bit of each, it is not easy to make so many dishes.

"I made some casually, they are all liked by the family, and I don't know if I drink your taste or not, so I guess it's a return gift for you invited me to taste your bento last time!" Reina said to Shizuka with some embarrassment.

Shizuka put the lunch box on her lap, carefully picked up a piece of tamagoyaki with her chopsticks, and then carefully put it to her mouth and took a gentle bite.

"Wow, it's delicious! I feel more than usual, and it's not just the taste of tamako, but also the ......."

"I added minced shrimp to the egg mixture, I wonder if it will feel strange to eat like this!" Reina asked Shizuka expectantly.

"How can I feel strange, I've never eaten such delicious tamagoyaki, I feel like I can eat as much as I want!"

"It's so delicious, but it tastes very ordinary!" Reina said with some embarrassment.

Reina was very happy to be able to share food with friends other than her family. And the unhappiness caused by being ridiculed for Tsugaru's accent on the first day of school has also disappeared at this moment.

"Sure enough, it's better to eat lunch with friends, it's really not interesting to be alone!"

Reina's cooking skills are really popular, and before she knows it, a box of food is eaten by Shizuka. Looking at the empty willow lunch box, Shizuka suddenly said with some regret: "It's too bad now, I'm going to get fat!"

……

The pleasant lunchtime felt like it was going by quickly. After Reina and Shizuka put away the tableware, Shizuka continued to say to Reina: "I feel that Reina-chan is very good, and her cooking skills are so good." But I'll get my bento ready tomorrow.,I'll ask my mom to make every bento that doesn't lose to Reina-chan.。 ”

The two men said as they stood up and prepared to return to the classroom. When passing by the bathroom, the two of them pushed open the door of the bathroom together to make it easier.

However, when they entered the bathroom, they were very surprised by what they saw.

"Hey, why are there so many people here!"

Reina was surprised to see seven or eight girls crammed into the cramped bathroom, some chatting, some applying eyeliner, and some applying nail polish to themselves. Among them is the girl who laughed at Reina on her first day of school - Kaede Takasaka!

These girls, who knew at a glance that they were bad, saw Reina and Shizuka who broke in, and immediately showed unfriendly expressions. Seeing that the situation was not good, Shizuka quickly pulled Reina and wanted to escape from here.

"Rena-chan, let's change places!" Shizuka whispered nervously.

Reina didn't want to get into trouble, and she didn't like the girl who laughed at her, so she obediently followed Shizuka and turned around to leave. But at this moment, there was a slight crying sound in the bathroom. Reina, who felt that something was wrong, suddenly stopped in her steps.

"What are you doing!" Reina asked Takasaka curiously.

"Reina-chan, don't be troublesome, these people are not easy to mess with!" Shizuka said in a low voice, a little panicked.

It's a pity that as soon as Reina's words came out, it had already aroused the dissatisfaction of the girls present, and Takasaka Kaede, who had been tidying up his hair, stopped his actions and walked towards Reina step by step.

"Hey, country man, are you going to be nosy?"

"Ugly, you dare to care about our eldest sister's affairs!"

……

It's a pity that Reina seems to have the same personality as her brother by nature, and she faced the overwhelming number of people on the other side, and walked in front of these bad girls without hesitation, and quickly found a space following the source of the voice. When Shizuka saw this scene, although her legs were weak with fright, she still pulled the corners of Reina's clothes and followed with a cower.

"That...... Is anyone in there?"

Reina knocked cautiously, but there was no response from inside except for crying, and Reina tried to push the door with her hand, and the door was locked from the inside. However, Reina could see through the crack in the door that there was a girl sitting on the toilet, crying and eating the food in the lunch box.

"Hillbilly, I warned you not to meddle!" "The eldest sister, Takasaka Kaede, walked over to Reina, and raised her hand to give Reina a slap.

"Ah~" Shizuka covered her eyes with a scream.

At this moment, seeing that Takasaka's slap was about to hit Reina's fair face, suddenly, Reina gave way to a clever sideways turn, and then Takasaka fell to the ground like a stupid bear in the water.

The audience was dumbfounded......

Shizuka, who heard the wrong voice, opened her eyes, but saw her eldest sister Takasaka Kaede fall to the ground, and Shizuka, who was surprised, suddenly remembered Reina's self-introduction when she entered school.

"I used to participate in the athletics club and karate club at my previous school......"