Rebirth: Start to Save the Treasure Girl

Chapter 6: Eating Dumplings Without the Stuffing
"You are still the leader of the Beggars' Sect..."

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The two of them teased each other for a while until the students around them started to leave the classroom, and then they realized it was time for dinner.

"I've recharged the Nepal Cannon in CF for two months, and it will expire if I don't play it." Qiu Mengze said that he still wanted to go to the Internet cafe to play games.

There's no excuse to stay up all night surfing the Internet at home, but it's different at school.

As long as the teacher leaves, the sea will be wide enough for fish to leap and the sky will be high enough for birds to fly. The dog hole in the corner of the school is not a dog hole, but a passage to the biochemical pyramid.

"If you dare to go, I will tell the class teacher. Think about it yourself." Xue Rui threatened.

Qiu Mengze is addicted to the internet, although this is closely related to Xue Rui...

"You can't sell me out like this!" Qiu Mengze looked angry, but he didn't take it too seriously. Xue Rui just liked to joke.

"Lin Ruoxi." Xue Rui stood up and called out, then threw the meal card he found in the drawer over to her, and walked out of the classroom on his own, smiling, "Go get me some food."

Lin Ruoxi silently picked up the meal card on the ground, lowered her head and walked behind Xue Rui.

Xue Rui glanced back and just as he expected, Lin Ruoxi didn't know what rejection meant at all.

"It's not right for you to bully her like this. I feel sorry for her." Qiu Mengze said in a low voice.

"If she wants to run errands, just let her do it. How can giving her some money for running errands be considered bullying?" Xue Rui turned around and smiled at Lin Ruoxi: "Tell me, did I bully you?"

Xue Rui thought that he didn't know what kind of environment this kind of girl had lived in for a long time, and she had long lost the ability to resist; but she still had a strong self-esteem. He could not think of many solutions, so he decided to use this method to let her have enough food for the time being.

Lin Ruoxi lowered her head and pursed her lips tightly.

Bullying? Xue Rui didn't hit her, although he threw away her buns...

She was very afraid of Xue Rui, but she always felt that Xue Rui was different from other people.

Xue Rui looked at her differently from others. There was no pity or disgust in his eyes, but instead a sense of helplessness and a hint of hatred.

Lin Ruoxi bit her lower lip tightly, thinking in her heart: "Maybe... I really offended Xue Rui inadvertently, so I just need to run errands for him..."

"You're so quiet. You can't utter a word for such a long time." Xue Rui was a little annoyed and raised his hand to tap Lin Ruoxi on the head.

But just as he raised his hand, Lin Ruoxi suddenly squatted on the ground with her hands holding her head in fear, her fingertips pinched until they turned white.

"What the hell has this girl been through! Would a normal person react like this?" Xue Rui felt confused.

His face was gloomy, and he scolded, "Get up! If someone sees you, they'll think I did something to you."

At this moment, Qiu Mengze, who didn't know the reason, suddenly stood up and said righteously: "Xue Rui, this is too much!"

He subconsciously wanted to act like a hero in front of the girl, especially since there was no danger this time, he had to take the lead.

"What the hell does it have to do with you!" Xue Rui was so angry that he laughed. Relying on his stronger body, he pushed Qiu Mengze all the way to the cafeteria door.

"My image! My image! If girls who don't know me see me, they will think I'm your younger brother!" Qiu Mengze was furious, feeling that the image he had built up over the years had collapsed.

"Then tell me what you want to do." Xue Rui looked indifferent. What kind of image does Qiu Mengze have? He is just a pervert at the door of the men's toilet. Let him collapse.

The two of them often quarreled like this, so Qiu Mengze was only angry for a few minutes, then turned around and put on a smiling face. He couldn't get angry with Xue Rui, his childhood friend, and said leisurely: "Just accompany me to surf the Internet today, and give me a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes under your pillow."

"Take the cigarettes, but forget about surfing the Internet."

Xue Rui found a random seat in the cafeteria. Since the rows of tables and chairs were welded together, he felt uncomfortable no matter how he sat there, and he couldn't adjust the angle of the chair. So he simply put his feet on the pole, and like a big boss, he leaned over and watched Lin Ruoxi queue up obediently for food.

Qiu Mengze walked to the end of the line and said to Lin Ruoxi, "Don't wait, come with me to cut in line, there's someone I know in front of me."

Lin Ruoxi shook her head, but she saw Xue Rui waving at her from a distance, motioning her to go forward. She hesitated for a long time, then walked over and stood in front of Qiu Mengze. This was her first time cutting in line, and she hurriedly lowered her head, fearing that someone would come and scold her.

Until she walked to the food window, what she imagined did not happen, and she felt relieved.

"I...I want tomato and eggs, braised chicken legs...and a serving of pork dumplings."

The cafeteria was noisy, and the roar of various appliances came from the kitchen. The auntie serving food didn't hear Lin Ruoxi's mumbling at all. She shouted loudly: "Student, what did you say!"

"She wants two vegetarian dishes, two meat dishes, and a serving of dumplings!" Qiu Mengze shouted.

The auntie who served the food took the plate and shook the spoon again and again, and in the end only one third of the full spoonful of food was left.

But when she looked up, she accidentally caught a glimpse of Lin Ruoxi's surprisingly thin wrists. She suddenly felt guilty and scooped up a few more spoonfuls, filling the plate to the brim: "Kid, eat more. You look so thin."

Qiu Mengze was stunned. He had never seen such a large amount of food. When it was his turn, he smiled and said, "Auntie, I am growing up too. Please give me more food too."

The auntie who served the food pretended not to hear. The hand holding the big spoon seemed to have Parkinson's disease again, shaking again and again...

"Here." Lin Ruoxi said in a low voice. She carefully pushed the plate in front of Xue Rui, poured a bowl of seaweed soup for Xue Rui, and placed the chopsticks in place.

Lin Ruoxi sat aside and waited quietly. She had eaten very full at noon and her stomach was still a little bloated.

"This is not my order."

Xue Rui remembered that he ordered braised chicken legs and scrambled eggs with tomatoes, as well as a portion of green vegetables and three fresh vegetables. But now, apart from the tomatoes and eggs, nothing else on the plate was what he wanted. However, the portion was so large that it was almost overflowing from the plate.

Lin Ruoxi said weakly: "I'm...I'm sorry."

She felt so useless that she couldn't even name the dish clearly.

When she eats out by herself, she only buys one dish at most. She just needs to point to any dish in the "cheap" section. Even if the cafeteria aunt makes a mistake, she won't say anything and just eats it silently.

Xue Rui's mouth curled up slightly. It was just right that they ordered the wrong dish. It gave him a reason to let Lin Ruoxi eat.

He said, "People have to pay for their mistakes. The scrambled eggs with tomatoes are mine. You can either eat the rest or throw it away."

"I... will give you the money back."

"I owe you that little bit of money? Don't waste it. Pick out the tomato skins too." Xue Rui pointed at the plate and ordered. The more he looked at it, the less appetite he had. The tomatoes in the cafeteria's fried eggs with tomatoes were never peeled.

"Hmm..." Lin Ruoxi didn't dare to refute Xue Rui. She carefully used chopsticks to pick out the tomato skin that was curled into strips.

Xue Rui picked up a dumpling skillfully, poked the middle with his chopsticks, picked out the dumpling filling, then dipped the dumpling skin in aged vinegar, put it in his mouth and chewed it.

Lin Ruoxi had been watching Xue Rui eat. She thought Xue Rui only ate the dumpling fillings, but she didn't expect that he only ate the skins.

She felt inexplicably sad that the good meat filling was wasted.

Qiu Mengze noticed that Lin Ruoxi suddenly froze, and naturally knew what she was thinking, because everyone who had eaten dumplings with Xue Rui would be confused. He explained to Lin Ruoxi: "Xue Rui has been like this since he was a child, eating dumplings without eating the stuffing."

"Take out all the dumpling stuffing, I'll eat the skin and you eat the stuffing." Xue Rui ordered.

"Oh... okay..." Lin Ruoxi became even more curious about Xue Rui. While peeling the dumpling filling, she would peek at him from time to time through his bangs. It was the first time she saw someone who only ate dumpling skins.

"Eat quickly and return the plate when you're done."

"I..." Lin Ruoxi really wanted to tell Xue Rui that she couldn't eat anymore, but Xue Rui's attitude was too tough and she didn't dare to say it.

Finally, Xue Rui saw that Lin Ruoxi's stomach was indeed full, so he pulled the plate away and went to throw away the leftovers himself.

(End of this chapter)