Rebirth of a Girl in a Boys' School

"I just heard a student shouting through a megaphone at the dormitory entrance: 'Students who have finished checking into their dorms can go back to the cafeteria on the first floor of Building 4 to top up their meal cards...'" Before Ding Yilin could finish speaking, Lin Ruofei interrupted:

"Let's go, let's go! Let's hurry to the cafeteria, we can't eat without topping up our meal cards!"

Lin Ruofei has always had a special fondness for food.

"Don't rush!" Ding Yilin said with a smile, "That student even shouted through a megaphone: 'You can also go to the logistics department on the fourth floor of Building 6 to get your school uniform. I think...'"

"Shouldn't we get our food supplies sorted out first?" Lin Ruofei suggested that they top up their meal cards first.

“It’s still early, and the cafeteria hasn’t opened yet. We can go to the logistics department to pick up our school uniforms first,” Ding Yilin suggested softly. “Then we can go to the cafeteria to top up our meal cards. By the time the cards are topped up, it should be lunchtime, and we can go straight to the cafeteria to eat.”

"Hmm..." Lin Ruofei nodded in agreement, "The steps are well arranged, no unnecessary detours, let's go with it!"

Lin Ruofei and Ding Yilin stood up together, walked out of the dormitory and headed straight for the logistics department of Building 6.

There were many people going to the logistics department on the fourth floor of Building 6 to pick up their school uniforms. Lin Ruofei and Ding Yilin queued for quite a while before it was their turn to get their uniforms.

All the new students received two sets of summer short-sleeved thin school uniforms and two sets of spring and autumn long-sleeved thick school uniforms according to the size they were given when they enrolled. After Lin Ruofei and Ding Yilin returned the school uniforms to their dormitories, they immediately went to the cafeteria.

Because both new and returning students need to top up their meal cards, there are many more students topping up their meal cards than to receiving school uniforms. However, there are more than ten meal card top-up windows in the cafeteria, so although the queue is long, the process of topping up meal cards is quite fast.

You can top up your meal card with cash or by card. Lin Ruofei thought about it for a long time when she was choosing a side. She felt that she didn't know how long she could hide in the all-boys school, so it was not advisable to put too much money on her meal card. Besides, if the money on the meal card ran out, she could top it up at any time. Therefore, Lin Ruofei decided that it was best to put a small amount of money on her meal card first.

Ding Yilin lined up in front of Lin Ruofei and swiped his card to deposit 3,000 yuan into his meal card.

"You've topped up way too much, haven't you?" Lin Ruofei said to Ding Yilin as she handed him the bank card her father had given her through the window.

"I don't even know how many days this will last!" Ding Yilin muttered under his breath.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Lin Ruofei turned to look at Ding Yilin and asked.

Before Ding Yilin could answer, a staff member inside the window shouted to Lin Ruofei, "Student, how much money are you topping up?"

"I'll top up 500." Lin Ruofei held out her hand.

"Enter your password!" The service staff at the window typed a few times into the computer and then pointed to the keypad, loudly telling Lin Ruofei.

"Oh." Lin Ruofei entered her birthday into the keypad.

"Student, your card balance is less than 500!" the service staff at the window told Lin Ruofei loudly.

"No way? That's impossible!" Lin Ruofei shook her head in disbelief, saying, "I have five thousand yuan in this card!"

"Then try again!" the staff member at the window said loudly.

"Thank you so much!" Lin Ruofei said, then re-entered the password...

After numerous trials, the balance in Lin Ruofei's bank card was finally determined.

"One hundred yuan?" Lin Ruofei stared wide-eyed in surprise, hardly believing her ears.

"That's right, it's one hundred yuan." The staff member at the window asked somewhat impatiently, "Are you going to top up or not?"

"Recharge! Of course we have to recharge!" Lin Ruofei nodded hurriedly, saying, "We can't eat if we don't have money in our cards!"

After topping up her meal card, Lin Ruofei took her bank card back.

"How is that possible?" Lin Ruofei stepped out of the line, looking at the bank card in her hand and muttering in confusion, "Dad clearly said this morning that there was five thousand yuan in this card, how come it only has one hundred here?"

“The card-recharging system in this cafeteria is foolproof; it’s all computer-operated,” Ding Yilin, standing to the side, whispered a reminder. “Did you mix up your cards?”

"I only have this one card, and it's been in my bag the whole time without me moving it. How could I have mixed it up?" Lin Ruofei scratched her head, completely baffled.

“That’s strange,” Ding Yilin frowned and muttered softly, “This card is clearly yours, and the PIN is correct, but the amount is wrong… Could it be that your father deposited the money into the wrong account or you misheard the amount?”

"Impossible!" Lin Ruofei shook her head firmly. "My dad couldn't possibly have deposited the money by mistake! I couldn't possibly have misheard!! This morning, my dad clearly said in front of Mom and Xiao Xuanxuan... Wait!"

Lin Ruofei suddenly remembered that on the way here, Lin Ruoxuan had inexplicably started pulling at her as soon as he got on the bus. Moreover, he had gotten off in the city center and was delayed for quite a while before returning. After returning, he continued to pull at her for a while before obediently sitting down until the final stop. Could it be... that this kid stole my card and withdrew the money along the way?

Thinking of this, Lin Ruofei immediately took out her phone and dialed Lin Ruoxuan's number.

"Hey Garfield, don't worry about me, I'm home safely..." Lin Ruoxuan's cheerful voice came from the phone.

"Xiao Xuanxuan, did you steal the money from my card?" Lin Ruofei asked angrily.

"What do you mean by stealing? It sounds so awful!" Lin Ruoxuan said, displeased. "We're siblings, what's yours is mine. Besides, you definitely can't spend that much money. What's wrong with lending it to me, your older brother, for a while?"

"I'm telling you, Lin Ruoxuan," Lin Ruofei said sternly, "I'm sending you my bank account number. You'd better transfer the money back to my account right away, or I won't let you off the hook!"

"I'll use the money first," Lin Ruoxuan said calmly on the other end of the phone. "Our Garfield is so capable, this little problem won't be a problem for you!"

"Even a hero can be brought down by a penny!" Lin Ruofei shouted angrily, "You're too cruel! You only left me a hundred yuan in my card. How am I supposed to live this month?"

"There's no money left. You're on your own now!" Lin Ruoxuan said, then decisively hung up the phone.

"Hello! Hello!! ......" Lin Ruofei said "hello" for a long time, but the phone just kept beeping.

"That stinky bighead Xuan!" Lin Ruofei angrily put away her phone.

"Do you know what happened to the money in the card?" Ding Yilin asked softly.

"My brother stole it!" Lin Ruofei clenched her fists and said angrily, "When I get home and catch him, I'm going to beat him into a miniature statue!!"

Seeing that Lin Ruofei was quite angry, Ding Yilin smiled and comforted her, "Look at you, even your own brother gets angry?! Let's go, it's almost time, the cafeteria should be open for lunch. It's on me today!"

“No need for you to treat me,” Lin Ruofei hurriedly waved her hand and said, “I still have a hundred yuan in this card, which should be enough for a while.”

Ding Yilin smiled and stopped talking. He simply followed Lin Ruofei to the cafeteria hall opposite the card recharge counter.

The spacious dining hall of Yucai Boys' High School is 500 square meters in size, with rows of plastic tables and chairs arranged like those in a fast food restaurant filling the entire hall.

"Wow..." Lin Ruofei exclaimed, looking at the enormous cafeteria, "This cafeteria is huge! It could hold a wedding banquet!"

"Anyone who holds a banquet here will regret it to death!" Ding Yilin said, pointing to the menu hanging above the cafeteria's serving window for Lin Ruofei to see.

Lin Ruofei looked up and carefully examined the menu above the window...

"Sweet and sour pork...48 yuan, sweet and sour fish...55 yuan, stir-fried mutton with scallions...60 yuan!" Lin Ruofei grabbed Ding Yilin, who was standing next to her, and asked in surprise, "I say, is there a mistake on this menu?"

Ding Yilin nodded and said, "Fortunately, the prices of vegetables here are generally only a few yuan more expensive than those at Yucai Junior High School."

"My goodness! The prices of these dishes are almost comparable to those of a five-star hotel like the Royal Dynasty Hotel, right?" Lin Ruofei asked timidly, clutching her meal card which she had just topped up with 100 yuan. "At these prices, the portions must be huge, right?"

"Sweet and sour pork..." Ding Yilin stretched out his two hands, making a square the size of a 32mo book, and nodded, saying, "Our junior high school cafeteria should have a plate this big, but it's hard to say here."

"This isn't a cafeteria!" Lin Ruofei wiped the sweat from her brow and exclaimed, "This is practically a mountain!"

"What do you mean by that?" Ding Yilin asked, puzzled.