Through Xiao Ye and Huang Li's unremitting efforts, upholding the fine virtues of cherishing food and refusing to lose face to anyone, they finally managed to polish off every single grain of that white rice.
Xiao Ye rubbed her round, painfully stuffed belly, not wanting to move an inch. Turning her head, she threatened Huang Li in a whisper: "If you drag me into your suicidal stunts next time, I'll kill you!"
"Heh heh! I won't trouble you with that. If there's a next time, I'll kill myself!" Huang Li, equally paralyzed from overeating, squeezed out a few laughs from her throat.
"Did you both eat well?" He Yi asked, still wearing a smile.
"Mmhmm!" the two responded weakly.
Huang Li nudged Yao Na'er, who was sitting beside her: "Go pay the bill."
"Let me, my treat. Thanks for sharing half your table with us," He Yi chimed in as he took out his money.
Huh?
"Okay, sure!" Yao Na'er was definitely the fastest to respond.
Are you kidding me? A campus heartthrob offering to treat her to a meal! She could brag about this for ages!
"No need!" Xiao Ye spoke up first. "Sharing a table is no big deal, plus the table isn't even ours."
"Exactly," Huang Li also refused. "Eating with you guys should be our lucky break. We're already embarrassed we didn't treat you, we can't let you spend your money."
"Oh, come on!" Su Jue interrupted. "How can we let girls pay? Our Brother Yi isn't short on cash! Besides, don't you guys still owe someone eight hundred yuan? Stop arguing about it!"
"..." Huang Li let out a soft click of her tongue: "Must you bring up every single sore spot?"
Xiao Ye dug the only ten-yuan bill she had out of her pocket, fished another dozen or so yuan out of Huang Li's pocket, stacked them neatly, placed them on the table, and pushed them in front of He Yi, staring intently at him: "So, when you owe too much debt, you stop worrying about it!"
She stood up, patted Huang Li on the shoulder: "Let's go."
The two of them yanked a reluctant Yao Na'er and walked out of the shop.
"Hey! Wait! Don't rush!" Yao Na'er, being dragged along, still craned her neck to look inside the shop. "Let's chat a bit more!"
Xiao Ye let go of her hand and said with disdain: "Enough! Look at how spineless you are!"
Huang Li was equally disgusted: "When you go out, absolutely don't tell people you know us! We have thin skin and can't afford to lose it like this."
"It... it's not that exaggerated, is it?" Yao Na'er said, looking a bit sheepish.
"Ha!" Xiao Ye let out a light laugh. "Exaggerated? The way you looked just now, it was like you'd never seen a guy in your entire life! I bet if the two of us weren't sitting there, you would have pounced on him!"
"There's definitely a chance of that!" Huang Li nodded in agreement.
"Hey! Wait!" Yao Na'er suddenly remembered something. "Lord Xiao, I think Brother Yi might be interested in you!"
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
Two sounds of confusion rang out simultaneously.
Yao Na'er looked at the two of them: "No way! Didn't either of you notice? During the meal, Brother Yi was basically staring at Lord Xiao the whole time!"
Xiao Ye rolled her eyes and said, somewhat speechlessly: "Duh! I was sitting right across from him. All he had to do was raise his head and he'd see me, wouldn't he!"
Huang Li also thought the idea was a bit unrealistic: "He'd see her even without raising his head." After all, the guy was tall.
Xiao Ye: "You! Read fewer romance novels and study more! Your head is full of romance and love stuff all day long."
Huang Li: "Exactly! Can you eat that stuff as a meal?"
"Hey?" Xiao Ye suddenly remembered something important. "Who was it that said they were treating us to a meal today?"
A certain girl scratched the back of her head and looked slightly up at the sky: "Nice weather today!"
Xiao Ye and Huang Li crossed their arms over their chests, staying silent as they just stared at her.
"I'll treat you to milk tea! Alright?!" Feeling guilty under their gaze, Yao Na'er said a bit loudly.
"Fine!" Huang Li gave a slight toss of her head: "Let's go, then!"