Chapter 4: Caught off guard! Lunch with Shizuka
Sitting for a long time is not a good habit. Ashton suffered from cervical spondylosis due to his job.
Although he has traveled back to a younger body, if he does not pay attention, he may repeat the same mistakes.
In addition to the first two breaks, many students in the class who are more interested in Ashton's identity as a transfer student from China and came to interact and ask some questions.
Later, basically all the questions everyone wanted to ask were answered by him.
So there was no phenomenon that Ashton was surrounded by a large number of classmates as soon as the class was over.
After all, his current identity is just an ordinary student, at most a transfer student with a special origin, not an international superstar.
Schools in Japan are generally full-time schools, that is, after going to school in the morning, they usually go home after school in the afternoon.
Generally, students are allowed to rest in school at noon.
Since Ashton is also attending school for the first time in Japan. Thus, after class, the other kids began eating lunch after removing the pre-made lunchboxes from their schoolbags.
Ashton was a little embarrassed to learn that he didn't seem to make lunch for himself beforehand.
Of course, with Ashton's adult physique before he crossed over, it didn't matter if he had a full meal or a hungry meal.
Anyway, he would wait until he felt hungry before he would just get some food to fill his stomach.
Although such eating habits may bring certain burdens and hidden dangers to the body.
But as a predecessor, he was able to barely survive in that material-rich city by eating the minimum living allowance of the comic website.
If he wanted to have any major breakthroughs in daily life and food expenses, it would basically be impossible.
However, it is different now. His current identity is a fifth-grade elementary school student, who is in the period of physical growth.
Then balanced nutrition at this time is very important.
If he can take in enough nutrition, his physique will also be changed accordingly and become stronger.
No matter which world he lives in, a weak physique is a big problem.
'Though I'm worried I can only handle it for the time being, today is truly unique.' Ashton thought
With his focus, he won't pass out from hunger due to a meal.
Just as he was thinking about how to earn more income in the future to improve his physique and ensure nutrition, a food box with exquisite rice balls was suddenly handed to him.
The rich aroma of food also penetrated into Ashton nostrils, and he turned his head in the direction of the lunch box.
A cute face with a smile appeared in the field of vision.
"Um, classmate Ashton, you shouldn't have had lunch yet. Mom packed an extra rice ball in the morning, just in time to eat together."
"I'm Shizuka Minamoto. Since we're classmates, let's get along well hehe."
After seeing Ashton's gaze shifted, Shizuka's soft and gentle voice also came over.
This is the first time Shizuka has taken the initiative to speak to him since morning.
Before, because other classmates rushed to Ashton after class, they all expressed their curiosity about him, a transfer student from China.
So basically during the break, Ashton went to answer some questions raised by other students.
And Shizuka was sitting next to him, smiling and being a quiet bystander.
By observing Ashton's communication with other students just now, Shizuka could also feel that he should be a person who is easy to get along with.
So now when she saw Ashton was a little embarrassed because he didn't prepare lunch in advance, Shizuka would lend him a helping hand.
Besides, this matter was not a big problem.
After all, Ashton's identity came from China, and perhaps the traditional customs there are different from those in Japan.
That led to him not preparing for lunch at school in advance.
And Shizuka's original personality was that of a very kind and helpful person, so helping her new deskmate was just a piece of cake for her, and she didn't think too much about it.
"Thank you, Shizuka-san."
Facing Shizuka's kindness, Ashton did not refuse. After showing a smile to Shizuka, he took a rice ball from the lunch box she handed over.
"We're going to be deskmates and classmates in the future, so we'll probably become good friends. There's no need to be too formal," Shizuka said before starting to eat her lunch.
It must be said that Shizuka's mother's cooking skills are really good. The rice balls are also soft, sweet, and very delicious, not greasy at all.
Wrapping the rice balls with seaweed, Ashton ate the rice balls in his hand in no time.
"How does it taste, Ashton?"
Seeing that he ate the rice balls in no time, Shizuka also covered her mouth and smiled, then looked up at hum and asked.
Compared with boys like Ashton, Shizuka is much more elegant as a girl.
She usually eats in small bites, and chewing slowly is her style.
"This is delicious. Thank you for sharing these rice balls. Shizuka-san, your mother's cooking is amazing."
Ashton nodded, and after affirming the taste of the rice balls, he smiled and expressed his gratitude to Shizuka again.
To be honest, he didn't eat much all morning just now, so he was really hungry.
The rice ball given by Shizuka really solved his urgent need.
Some of the customs here in Japan really caught Ashton off guard, who was used to living in China.
But now that we know the specific situation, it's not a big deal to prepare some lunch and bring it over tomorrow.
Although his predecessor was a third-rate cartoonist, he spent most of his time eating instant noodles.
But that's also because he doesn't have extra time to cook while drawing comics. In fact, his cooking skills were quite good due to the influence of his family when he was a child.
At least in terms of supporting oneself, there is no problem.
"I'm glad to hear that. I was a bit worried, since you just transferred from China, you might not be accustomed to the food here."
After hearing Ashton's praise, Shizuka was also very happy.