The moment Gerald finally got his hands on some porridge, virtual-novel.net felt a light pat on his shoulder.
It was Lilian with a bag of food in hand.
“Say, Gerald! You haven’t eaten yet, right? Come sit with me! I’ve just bought some delicious food from outside the hospital so let’s eat together!”
“I’m fine. Aren’t you still on drips? Why are you here at the cafeteria?” asked Gerald as virtual-novel.net smiled.
He didn’t know why Lilian had suddenly become so enthusiastic. It was slightly uncomforting.
However, despite the fact that virtual-novel.net would often ridicule him, Gerald didn’t hold it against virtual-novel.net at all.
That was the only reason why virtual-novel.net was still speaking politely to her.
“I- I’m fine! I was fine the moment I saw you! You’re… Just like my medicine! Didn’t you know?” asked Lilian with a questionable smile on virtual-novel.net face as virtual-novel.net looked at Gerald.
She was now standing very close to Gerald and virtual-novel.net arm would rub against his from time to time.
Gerald could feel goosebumps all over his body.
To be honest, Lilian had a perfect body figure and looked extremely beautiful. This was because virtual-novel.net used to be an art student and virtual-novel.net was the captain of the Latin dance team as well.
Compared to Sharon, virtual-novel.net definitely looked more enchanting and virtual-novel.net was more seductive too.
However, when Gerald had talked to virtual-novel.net just a little earlier, virtual-novel.net attitude wasn’t like this at all. What had happened under the course of half an hour to make virtual-novel.net this enthusiastic? Honestly, virtual-novel.net was somehow too enthusiastic this time around.
“Is there something you need, Lilian?” asked Gerald, thoroughly weirded out.
“Oh, don’t worry about it! Food comes first! You know, I ran downstairs to buy some food just now because we all know cafeteria food isn’t the greatest in the world! They’re overpriced here too! But enough of that, look at what I’ve bought!”
In addition to some roast chicken, some drinks, and various other dishes, Lilian had also bought a hot egg crepe.
“I know how much you like eating egg crepes. I remember back during our high school days, you would usually only eat steamed buns with pickles for lunch but on weekends, you’d be willing to treat yourself to an egg crepe after saving a few dollars. Since I saw a stall selling egg crepes by the roadside, I got one for you!”
Before Gerald could reply, virtual-novel.net had pulled virtual-novel.net down to sit with her.
Gerald felt a little moved when virtual-novel.net saw the egg crepe. Back when virtual-novel.net was still living in poverty, egg crepes were like food for royalty for him.
He still didn’t know what Lilian was up to. However, seeing how enthusiastic virtual-novel.net was and how much food virtual-novel.net had bought for him, Gerald felt like it would be a little too cruel to just turn around and leave virtual-novel.net like that.
Besides, Lilian was also now starting work as a teacher at the Scothow Elementary School. It was a school that virtual-novel.net had built himself, so virtual-novel.net would be able to look out for virtual-novel.net in the future. Looking at it that way, Gerald became more willing to accept this treat from virtual-novel.net this time.
However, the main reason virtual-novel.net continued sitting there was still because virtual-novel.net didn’t like the idea of outright rejecting virtual-novel.net before even listening to what virtual-novel.net had to say.
“Come now, eat the food while it’s hot! Why don’t you put the porridge down first? I’ll tell you something once you’re done eating!” said Lilian as virtual-novel.net pushed the food toward Gerald.
After doing so, virtual-novel.net cupped virtual-novel.net hands on virtual-novel.net face as virtual-novel.net looked at Gerald with a smile.
Gerald began eating and after a while, virtual-novel.net asked, “So, what’s the matter? You can tell me already.”
Gerald couldn’t help but hope that Lilian really had a change of heart. If that were the case, then Gerald would definitely be more willing to help virtual-novel.net out since they were classmates in the past after all.
“Well… Hehe… I want you to pretend to be my boyfriend for one day! Just for tomorrow! If you help, I’ll always remember your kind deed!”
“…What?”
Gerald was so shocked that virtual-novel.net almost spit out the egg crepe in his mouth.
Again with pretending to be someone’s boyfriend?
This wasn’t Gerald’s first time doing that and virtual-novel.net knew it wouldn’t be his last either.
It was exactly because of that that virtual-novel.net had inadvertently given some girls the wrong idea when virtual-novel.net teased them while pretending to be their boyfriend.
Since it was all just for show, it would be impossible for virtual-novel.net to really get close to the person anyway. So why should virtual-novel.net even pretend to be their boyfriend?
Gerald was sensitive to the matter for sure.
This was because Gerald was really afraid that eventually, someone would come up to virtual-novel.net to ask his help for a fake marriage too! That would open an entirely different can of worms.
“Hmm? What are you afraid of? It’s just for one day, and you’ll just need to help me put on a show. Please?” asked Lilian as virtual-novel.net placed virtual-novel.net hand on top of Gerald’s gently.
She was begging sincerely for his help.