Chapter 16: The Ancestor Is So Poor, She Cannot Stand By and Do Nothing!

The once-crowded cafeteria was suddenly left with far fewer people. Those who remained kept a considerable distance from them. One of the food service windows was left completely unattended.

Ye Luo glanced suspiciously at Ye Wuqi and the other two.

Ye Wuqi shrugged, looking utterly unfazed. “You’ll have to get used to it. At first it baffled me too—why everyone would avoid us the moment they saw someone from our class. Later, I asked someone about it. He said it’s because we’re from the ‘problem class,’ and since the school bully is in our class too, they’re all scared of us. That’s why.”

Ye Luo found this excuse a bit far-fetched, but said nothing.

“This is great! We don’t even have to queue for food,” Yan Baba said, clearly delighted. He dashed straight to the empty window and leaned forward to see what dishes were available.

Ye Wuqi and Lei Xingxing hurried over as well, excitement lighting up their faces as they checked out the day’s menu.

When they saw there was braised pork, the three of them immediately began to salivate.

“Auntie, how much is a serving of braised pork?” Ye Wuqi called out loudly.

“Ten yuan,” came the reply.

“What?! Ten yuan for such a tiny portion? These days, even pork is unaffordable!” Yan Baba exclaimed indignantly.

The cafeteria lady replied, “Haven’t you heard that pork prices have gone up? The cafeteria has to raise prices too.”

Yan Baba looked pitifully at Ye Wuqi.

Ye Wuqi turned to Lei Xingxing. “Big Gorilla, maybe we should just get one serving?”

The three of them always shared a single meal card, which Lei Xingxing was in charge of. Lei Xingxing also wanted the braised pork, but, “There’s only a hundred yuan left on the card, and it’s only the beginning of the week…”

Yan Baba and Ye Wuqi immediately wilted, their heads drooping like children denied a treat, all full of grievance.

Lei Xingxing looked just as disheartened.

The shortest among the three was still over 1.8 meters tall, and yet here they were, acting like this…

Ye Luo: “…”

Never one for subtlety and always direct, Ye Luo simply extended her meal card, making it clear they could use it.

Yan Baba and Lei Xingxing immediately became indignant. “Don’t insult us! We have our pride too! Just because you have money doesn’t mean you can look down on us!”

Ye Luo: “…”

“I have no pride, so please, by all means, insult me~” Ye Wuqi said shamelessly, snatching Ye Luo’s card and calling out to the cafeteria lady, “Auntie, three servings of braised pork here!”

Ye Luo: “…………”

Ye Wuqi was completely shameless, not only ordering three servings of braised pork, but also three vegetable dishes, and three large bowls of rice, all charged to Ye Luo’s card.

After swiping the card, Ye Wuqi finally returned it to Ye Luo.

Ye Luo, who didn’t like greasy food, only got a serving of stir-fried mushrooms and greens, a bowl of seaweed soup, and a small bowl of rice.

By the time she finished getting her food, Ye Wuqi and the others had already chosen a four-person table.

No one else sat within five meters of them.

The other students in the cafeteria all kept their distance, at least five meters away.

Ye Luo frowned almost imperceptibly.

But seeing Yan Baba and Lei Xingxing—who’d just been protesting about being insulted—now devouring the braised pork with their heads buried so low they could barely look up, Ye Luo just: “……”

There was an empty seat across from Ye Wuqi, clearly reserved for her. Ye Luo carried her tray over, sat down, and placed her meal card on the table, sliding it over to Ye Wuqi.

If even her ancestor was so poor that braised pork was out of reach, she couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.

Ye Wuqi immediately picked up the card, beaming. “Egg Sis, you’re so good to us. If you keep ‘insulting’ me like this, I won’t hold back. Big Gorilla, take this. From now on, make sure we come eat with Egg Sis every day—there’s no way we can keep taking her meal card while she goes hungry herself.”