Chapter 71: Simply Too Earnest

But Ye Luo did not answer the call. Instead, she simply blocked An Qianqian’s number, making it impossible for An Qianqian to ever reach her again.

Qin Zhaoyu had bought a small gift for everyone in the class, but since he didn’t know there was a new student while he was abroad, and although Lei Xingxing had mentioned the newcomer early that morning, a misunderstanding had kept him from preparing a gift for Ye Luo. As it happened, there was a box of chocolates he’d bought abroad in his backpack, so he took it out to offer as a present for Ye Luo.

“Here, this is also from overseas, though it’s cheaper than the others. Just accept it, will you? Otherwise, I’ll feel bad that everyone else has something and you’re the only one left out,” he said, placing the chocolates on her desk.

The next moment, he apologized, “Sorry about earlier. I misunderstood, and you retaliated, too. I’m still sore all over. Let’s just pretend none of it happened, okay?”

Ye Luo, not one to hold a grudge, simply nodded. “Alright.”

At that moment, Lei Xingxing arrived, lugging a large bag of breakfast. He hadn’t entered the classroom with Ye Wuqi and Yan Baba because he’d gone to the cafeteria to buy breakfast.

The big bag was filled with smaller bags, each containing something different: steamed buns, rolled pancakes, fried flatbreads, tea eggs, fried dough sticks, sesame balls, savory pancakes, soy milk, and milk—everything.

“Why did you buy so much?” Yan Baba asked.

Lei Xingxing replied, “Qi-ge said Zhaowen and Zhaoyu might not have eaten, so he told me to get extra.”

Qin Zhaoyu said, “Zhaowen and I already had breakfast, but Gorilla, you nearly got me killed!”

“What happened?” Lei Xingxing was still clueless.

Yan Baba hurried to fill him in on everything that had just occurred.

Lei Xingxing stared at Ye Luo in shock, as if to say, “You’re really that tough? You handled Zhaoyu?”

“Even if you’ve already eaten, have a little more or we won’t finish it all. We used Luo-jie’s meal card, but we can’t let it go to waste,” Ye Wuqi said, inviting Qin Zhaowen and Qin Zhaoyu to eat more.

He also asked Ye Luo if she wanted any.

Ye Luo just shook her head.

Ye Wuqi didn’t insist.

Qin Zhaowen ate with polite elegance, sitting upright and composed. Qin Zhaoyu, on the other hand, sprawled out casually, legs stretched, peeling a tea egg while laughing. “Qi-ge, I didn’t expect Zhaowen and I would benefit from this too.”

Ye Wuqi immediately turned to Ye Luo and asked, “Do you mind?”

She had given her meal card to the old ancestor, and how it was used or how many people got to eat with it was entirely up to him.

As always, Ye Luo shook her head, showing she didn’t mind.

Still, her face remained expressionless.

Qin Zhaoyu looked at her and laughed even more. “Qi-ge, Luo-jie is a bit aloof, isn’t she?”

Ye Wuqi, biting into a rolled pancake, replied with a grin, “That’s just her nature, but she’s a good person.”

“I can vouch for that! Luo-jie is really great,” Yan Baba chimed in, raising his hand to show his stance. But with his mouth full, his words came out a little muffled.

After swallowing his food and taking a sip of soy milk, Yan Baba continued, “She’s just a bit too serious. It was just a promise between her and Qi-ge, but she had to draw up two copies of a formal statement—one for her, one for Qi-ge. Hey, Qi-ge, where’s your copy of the statement? Show it to Zhaowen and Zhaoyu so they can see.”

“My brother has it. I can’t get it now.” He had just received a message from Song Linfeng before entering the classroom, letting him know that the statement was with his lawyer brother at the moment.