"Taoxiang Rejects Confessions Battle Officially Begins"

The next day at noon, we were summoned to the activity room for lunch. The purpose was to hold a meeting for the Confessions Battle. Zhiye couldn't make it due to something that came up, so the only participants in the meeting were me, Wen Xiaojing, and Stella. Since they were students from other schools, they brought their own lunch boxes, while I had to settle for a pineapple bun and a green tea drink from the convenience store.

"What's the specific plan for implementation?"

"That's the whole purpose of gathering everyone," Wen Xiaojing said seriously.

"So, we still haven't figured out the specific plan?"

"That's why we called this impromptu meeting."

"..."

We had to brainstorm again, and it was really taxing on the brain. After the math class in the morning, my brain cells were already depleted.

"How about we brainstorm while eating?" Stella suggested.

"Well, you're the senpai, you should have come up with a strategy already," I complained.

Why are you blaming me again? Don't you know the stress of being a year above you in school?

"What did Youjie-senpai have for lunch?" Stella suddenly asked me.

"For me, I bought a bun and a drink from the convenience store," I pointed to the items on the table.

"You're having just that for lunch?"

"More or less. The food at the school cafeteria isn't tasty, and it's expensive too."

Compared to my previous school, where the food was equally bad and expensive, I was at least a day student. Now, I was a boarding student, and when I first entered this school, I thought the food would be better. But it turned out to be the same school food, and you still had to pay for it. After all, I couldn't work part-time like a day student to earn money for my expenses. I didn't want to rely on my parents too much, but they wouldn't give me much anyway. So, I suddenly had the idea of renting a place outside and doing odd jobs.

Thinking about this, I looked at the pineapple bun on the table and felt a surge of bitterness. When Stella saw it, she smiled at me and opened her lovely lunch box, which was truly eye-catching.

"All of this was cooked by me this morning, with a little help from my mom," she said.

Fried shrimp, chicken cutlet, and some refreshing plum. It was amazing. I hadn't had such a lunch in a long time.

"Can I have some?"

"Youjie-senpai, feel free to eat," Stella smiled warmly. It truly touched me that she shared her delicious lunch with me, knowing that I didn't have much money for food and could only buy bread to survive.

"Then I won't hold back," although I really didn't want to touch such a cute lunch, hunger made it impossible to resist the temptation of this exquisite meal.

"The chicken cutlet, fried shrimp, they all taste amazing," the fragrance was so enticing, I couldn't stop myself. Why was bento so delicious, even though it was supposed to be cold? Why couldn't I resist it?

"Youjie-senpai looks really hungry," said Stella.

"You should show some restraint in front of girls, senpai."

"Sorry... I couldn't help it." When I finally realized what I had done, I found that I had finished the lunch box. This wasn't good at all.

"Stella, as compensation, I'll give you my pineapple bun and drink."

"No... I don't need it," Stella declined, but after hearing her stomach growl, she blushed.

"Alright, don't refuse,"

"Yes..."

Stella shyly accepted the pineapple bun and drink,

"You're not considerate at all towards girls, you won't find a girlfriend like this,"

Stop being so naggy, Wen Xiaojing, can't you just eat your own lunch quietly? I glared at Wen Xiaojing, but she ignored me and opened her lunch box,

Inside were carefully made sushi, wrapped in seaweed and drizzled with what seemed to be tomato sauce, they looked very delicious,

"Eating bread is not nutritious, Taoxiang, ah..." This is against the rules, she's feeding me in front of everyone,

Stella blushed, but Wen Xiaojing already picked up a sushi with her hand and was about to feed it to Stella. Unable to resist her enthusiasm, Stella opened her mouth and the sushi was placed inside,

Chewing, chewing,

"So delicious," Stella's face immediately wore a look of happiness.

"Of course, this is my mom's masterpiece," Wen Xiaojing proudly said.

"I really want to learn the exact recipe from your mom," Stella looked eager to learn.

"Then come to my house afterwards and let my mom teach you,"

"Please make sure your mom teaches me."

It seems like Stella is also very interested in cooking,

"Senior, but you don't have any," Wen Xiaojing teased.

"I already ate a delicious lunch just now, so I'm good," I replied.

Not only did she not give me any to eat, why is she mocking me? But the lunch just now was a hundred times better than this,

"You don't look like you don't want to eat," Wen Xiaojing said.

"That's not true, I... I'm quite full already,"

"Senior, don't you want to taste the masterpiece sushi?"

Didn't she say there was no more for me? What's with this act? Trying to tempt me to eat it,

"Of course I want to taste it. I just want to know what's so special about this 'masterpiece' sushi, it's just regular sushi," I said in a challenging tone.

"Hmph, senior, you'll know once you taste it,"

Wen Xiaojing fell for it, now I can finally try this sushi and see how it tastes,

Wen Xiaojing picked up the sushi and without hesitation, I ate it,

"This... are you kidding me? This taste... it's too delicious,"

I really wanted to not show it, but I couldn't control my emotions, because it really was too delicious. It's completely different from street food, it has its own unique flavor. In short, no words can describe it accurately. Damn it, it's just sushi, why is it so good?

"How is it? Delicious, right?"

"I have to admit, but Stella's lunch is also delicious,"

Wen Xiaojing grinned with satisfaction, and I couldn't forget that Stella's lunch gave my stomach a satisfying treat.

In my heart, I express my deepest gratitude.

After lunch, after packing up the lunch box, the theme of coming here is the great battle about Stella's rejection of confession.

"So, do you have any good strategies, senior?"

Wen Xiaojing still likes to ask me as always, and she also thinks about it.

"Since we came here for this theme, naturally we should come up with a plan, right?"

"A plan, a battle plan? Yes...it is a battle plan." Wen Xiaojing clenched her fists and patted her palms, looking unreliable.

"Specific steps, methods, response measures, and considerations for unexpected situations must all be taken into account."

"Senior, I suddenly admire you."

"Please don't say such flattering words. Anyway, let's take it step by step."

"That's true. So, the first step is to ask him out and make sure there are no other people present."

"Correct, this is the first step of the plan."

"The second step is to reject the confession."

"That's close, but what lines should we use?"

"Use the ones from yesterday."

"Yesterday's lines definitely won't work." I felt a little embarrassed, especially the queen-like quality at the end, absolutely won't work.

"So what should we do?"

"We just need Stella to express her rejection accurately." I looked at Stella, who seemed a little unsure of herself.

"This can only depend on Stella herself. All we can do is try to prevent any unexpected things from happening, such as other students suddenly appearing during the rejection. That's all we can do."

After all, in the end, it still depends on Stella herself to overcome it. It may be difficult for her, but taking the first step, I think the rest can be resolved easily.

"Yes, just as senior said, no matter how many suggestions we make, it's up to Stella herself. So Stella needs to learn to refuse and resist." Wen Xiaojing said seriously.

"So believe in yourself, Stella. There's nothing you can't overcome."

That's all I can do. After all, when it comes to rejecting a confession, no one can replace her. Just express her thoughts without any concern, liking is liking, not liking is not liking, that's it.

"Yes, conquer yourself, Xiaojing." This guy Wen Xiaojing has been agreeing with everything I say. Can't you say something else?

"So let's execute the first step now, which is to ask that fat otaku out."

"Good!" Wen Xiaojing and I raised our arms at the same time, for some reason we were both excited, feeling like it would be an exciting battle.

And so the plan unfolded. First, Wen Xiaojing and I went to Stella's classroom. When Stella left school, we intercepted Cao Nan on her way.

"Who are you?" When I saw Cao Nan face to face, I realized that this guy indeed radiated the aura of an otaku.

"Senior, this is the fat otaku." Wen Xiaojing leaned close to my ear and whispered.

"Alright, well, I actually already know," Cao Nan noticed our hesitation and showed a gesture of not wanting to communicate further, "There's nothing, I'm just leaving."

"Wait! There's something for you." It was a letter with details about the agreed meeting place.

"What's this?"

"Just read the contents carefully and you'll know, make sure to read it thoroughly, no absence allowed."

After saying that, Wen Xiaojing and I ran away, leaning against the wall to watch Cao Nan's reaction. He opened the envelope, read the contents, and then showed an extremely excited smile.

"It seems like the plan is progressing smoothly."

"Uh... barely, I guess." It's just that I'm not used to secretly observing behind someone's back, and I suddenly became worried if the progress will really go smoothly. But let's follow the plan, there shouldn't be any problems. By the way, our performance just now was really embarrassing.