My brother couldn't be a corrupted magical girl.

Chapter 72 Mysterious Gift

Good times are always fleeting.

In a blink of an eye,

The holiday was over, and Bai Yuze lay sprawled on his desk, unwilling to move. He looked up, then suddenly remembered something—he'd almost forgotten that he'd finished Hoshino-sensei's snacks on Friday.

We haven't replenished Hoshino-sensei's storage yet!

Fortunately, he was prepared and picked up a bag of chocolate cookies from the ground and placed it on Hoshino-sensei's desk.

I also took some snacks and placed some on each colleague's desk.

This weekend, he made a special trip to the supermarket and bought a big bag of snacks.

Some of it is for my younger sister's favorite food, some is for the magical girl juniors, and some is for Hoshino-sensei.

Just as Bai Yuze placed a bag of snacks on Hoshino Seri's desk, Hoshino Seri had just walked into the office, looking puzzled.

"Good morning, Hoshino-sensei."

If we're talking about which teacher in the office is the most energetic and arrives first, it has to be Hoshino-sensei.

Bai Yuze was different; he was "forced" by his students. Sometimes, students studying too hard isn't a good thing, and that's how it was for him.

"Teacher Bai, what's this?"

"I was thinking that I had eaten all of Hoshino-sensei's little warehouse. If Hoshino-sensei were to crave something in the future and opened the drawer to find that there were hardly any of her favorite snacks left, how sad would she be? So I went to buy some supplies to replenish Hoshino-sensei's little warehouse."

"No way, I'm not a glutton..." Hoshino Seri retorted softly, then exclaimed in surprise as she opened the snack bag.

Then, she silently stared at Bai Yuze, who was distributing snacks, for a long time.

"Hoshino-sensei, what's wrong? Don't you like any of these snacks?"

Hoshino Seri stared at him for a long time before letting out a deep sigh. She picked out a few snack bags from the pack, then returned the bags to Bai Yuze's desk, saying helplessly,

"No, it's just that the snacks you bought, Ms. Bai, are all ones I like, which has caused me to develop severe anxiety about choosing between different options."

"This isn't my doing; it's the result of a Baidu search, a list of snacks that Japanese girls love. I just picked out some that I could buy in China."

As Bai Yuze spoke, the other teachers also arrived at the office one after another to express their gratitude for his help.

Young teacher Zhang, in particular, exclaimed joyfully as soon as she entered, "Teacher Bai, are these the chocolates and candies you gave out in advance for our wedding?"

"..."

This sparked a small discussion, which lasted for more than ten minutes before the teachers stopped talking and went back to their own business.

Hoshino Seri took out a pure white box from her drawer, blinked her cute eyes, and said mysteriously.

"Teacher Bai, I really liked the gift you gave me last time. I brought you a gift back from my trip this time. You can try to guess what it is."

As she spoke, Ms. Hoshino shook the small box with a touch of girlish charm, making the white box make a heavy "clattering" sound.

Bai Yuze blinked. "Is it a candied fruit?"

Sugar-coated fritters, a rice-based snack, also known as "swan eggs," are named for their resemblance to swans. They are a famous Chengdu snack and one of the three wonders of Qing Shi Qiao.

"Teacher Bai is a foodie too, but unfortunately it's not about food. Teacher Bai, guess again."

"..."

After guessing a few more times, Bai Yuzhe shook his head in great distress.

Hoshino Seri covered her mouth and laughed for a while before handing the box to Bai Yuze.

"Thank you so much for the gift, Hoshino-sensei."

Bai Yuze accepted it with both hands, feeling a bit curious.

The box was opened, revealing a black titanium alloy sports smart watch. It looked very beautiful and cool. Bai Yuze glanced at it, then put it away again and returned it to the other party.

For someone like him who wears watches regularly, this smart sports watch costs at least four or five thousand yuan, which is too expensive.

"Hoshino-sensei, this gift is too precious. I appreciate the sentiment, but I cannot accept it."

"Gifts given away are never meant to be taken back. Consider this an early birthday present for Teacher Bai next week!"

Hoshino Seri didn't take it, but smiled and said, "When school started, I noticed that Ms. Shiro was always wearing a watch, but it suddenly disappeared last week. I guessed it must be broken, so I thought I'd give you a new one."

"Ah...this."

Bai Yuze gave a wry smile and didn't refuse anymore. "Then I'm very grateful for the birthday gift from Hoshino-sensei."

Grade 11 Class A

During evening self-study, Bai Youqing was reading "Fortress Besieged".

"Xiaoqing, have you heard? It seems like a magical girl idol store has opened in Tianxin District. I heard there are real magical girls there. Should we go check it out this weekend? I've only ever seen magical girls in anime; I've never seen one in real life."

Chigen Mima sat next to her, naturally putting his arm around Bai Youqing's arm, and sharing their weekend travel experiences.

"Hmm, I'm also curious about what magical girls look like. But have you finished your homework this weekend, Mima? Your homework isn't even on the table yet. I'm going to call the subject group leaders to collect the homework soon. I won't turn a blind eye just because you're my deskmate."

Bai Youqing looked up and glanced at the clock on the classroom wall as a reminder.

"Oh, Xiaoqing, I almost forgot! I still have a few difficult math problems left to solve. They were so hard, and I didn't know how to do them, so I just left them blank."

Chigen Mima stuck out his tongue, grabbed Bai Youqing's arm and shook it, "Why don't you take advantage of the break and quickly explain your problem-solving approach to me?"

"You!" Bai Youqing had no choice but to take out a bright green bookmark and place it in the book.

Turning around, he began explaining the problem-solving strategies for the last few questions on the exam to Chigen Mima.

A dozen minutes later, the school bell rang.

Chigen Mima wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He had to admit that it was really too close to the limit; he almost didn't finish writing it.

Bai Youqing shook her head helplessly and stood up.

Walking up to the podium, he patted the lectern and said, "Please have each group's subject group leader collect the weekend homework from their group. Remember to spread the homework out before collecting it, don't collect it all together, otherwise it will be difficult for the teacher to grade it."

The soft sunlight made her snow-white skin appear even more radiant and translucent.

Upon hearing the instructions, the class immediately became noisy, and the group leaders stood up and began collecting homework.

They're still in their first year of high school, and some students aren't in a hurry at all. So when it comes to collecting homework, things naturally get chaotic.

The subject group leaders collected the homework in an orderly manner, and then the subject representatives took the homework to the teacher's office.

Bai Youqing then walked back off the stage and returned to her seat.

As soon as he returned to his seat, Chigen Yama approached him.

"Xiao Qing, see you at the usual place later."

"This isn't a good idea..."

"Oh dear, I've already bought the pastries, you can't expect me to return them."

"All right."

These days, Bai Youqing felt that she was being corrupted by Qian Yuan Mijian, who brought all kinds of pastries over every day.

They call it sharing good things.

But basically, she ate all these delicious pastries. She didn't have many hobbies, but she really loved food.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have held a grudge against my parents for their favoritism since I was a child for so many years.

Of course, she didn't just eat there for nothing.

After each meal, she would wholeheartedly tutor Chigen Mima in his various studies, lending him her notes and reflections.

Morning self-study is Chinese.

Usually, by the time you finish memorizing the classical Chinese text, get out of class is almost over.

The Chinese teacher said that there would be a dictation test during evening self-study tonight, and then left the classroom.

The students chattered as they left the classroom to go to the cafeteria for breakfast, while Bai Youqing went straight to the rooftop, feeling a little curious about what kind of pastries Qian Yuan Mijian had prepared this time.

It looks very mysterious.