The Interstellar's Expert Plant Tamer

11

Maine was slightly stunned, and then asked, “Is something wrong?” 

Xie Sen raised the bag in his left hand. “To thank you for taking me in yesterday, I’m giving you breakfast in return.”

Even if it was exam day, he couldn’t forget to collect energy. One breakfast could earn two energy!

“You’re welcome. Taking you home was not entirely voluntary on my part.”

Xie Sen didn’t know about Maine being ‘educated’ by the enthusiastic crowd. He thought his involuntariness was Maine seeing him unconscious, recognizing his predecessor and being forced to save him out of humanitarianism.

“Anyway, you should be thanked for helping me. Besides, we’re friends.” Xie Sen raised his smile. “I have another happy thing to share with you.” He gestured inside the house. “How about going inside?”

Maine had never met anyone who acted so familiar. People who knew him, avoided him from afar. Sharing happy things was too foreign to him. The other person’s expression was open and clear-eyed, not at all like he had an agenda, as if he really just considered him a friend. He hesitated for a moment, then shifted his body to make way in the doorway.

In front of Xie Sen’s eyes appeared: grateful energy 1, total value 1.

Xie Sen froze and looked at Maine in surprise, only to see that the gratitude value above his head was 9/10.

It was a good sign that he got one energy before he even started eating!

He smiled more brightly, walked into the living room, quickly took out the food box and put it on the dining table. He turned back and said, “Come and eat. I specially used the insulated food box, so it’s still hot.”

Maine closed the door, walked back to the table and sat down. He looked at Xie Sen’s face full of smiles, and after a little thought said, “You are really different from before.”

“I’ve come to a great realization,” Xie Sen said, then asked, as if curious, “What do you think I was like before?”

Maine used a knife and fork to divide the fried meat into small pieces, and answered with little thought, “Silent and unsmiling.” After he said that, he gave Xie Sen a look.

Could a person really change so much? It was almost like two extremes from before.

“You’re quite good at using idioms.” He thought of his predecessor’s situation and sighed. “People’s words can be too stressful. Now that I’ve decided to ignore other people’s opinions, I instantly feel much more relaxed.”

Maine considered that, and thought it made sense, so he stopped thinking about it. His personality might change, but his appearance would always remain the same. He started to focus on eating his breakfast.

Xie Sen’s eyes were eagerly fixed on him. He was hoping for the same grateful energy he had received yesterday.

Maine finished eating and looked up at him. “You didn’t eat?” Xie Sen’s gaze was so intense that it was hard for him not to notice.

“Yes, I ate at home,” Xie Sen made sure he didn’t get any energy, looked at the empty plate, and couldn’t help but ask, “Didn’t I make it well?”