"Haha, that's strange...why did he leave..." Chen Yajie mustered her courage and made some more pleasantries.

"Hmm." Ran Jiang frowned in thought, then casually replied.

"Uh..."

Chen Yajie couldn't stand this kind of silent awkwardness. Before, she had Lin Mo with her, so she still had her backbone and wasn't afraid.

Even earlier, she had faced Li Qingran alongside the vice class monitor. Now, alone with such a cool and beautiful girl, her inner timidity and inferiority suddenly surfaced.

Chen Yajie ate the rice on the spoon in small bites, her fingers unconsciously clenching tightly. Even though there were no more grains of rice on the spoon, she still used it to cover her mouth.

It's as if this way you can avoid communication and the pressure from those in higher positions...

"good to eat."

She was still in a state of timid self-hypnosis when suddenly, Li Qingran across from her spoke up.

Chen Yajie didn't react.

The aloof girl placed a chicken leg into her bowl.

"Ah... I, I don't need it! I've already eaten... there was cabbage..." Chen Yajie was once again flattered, but this time the "pampering" was less, and the shock was more...

"It's delicious." Li Qingran tilted her head expressionlessly, staring straight at her. "You eat it."

In Chen Yajie's eyes, this evoked both anxiety and fear, revealing the twisted mindset of someone being given charity.

It's not instant noodles anymore, it's chicken legs...

Is she... a glutton who's only good for eating?

"Glutton" is quite a fitting name for her; it's such a pathetic and useless name...

Seeing Chen Yajie's bewildered expression, Li Qingran thoughtfully used chopsticks to peel off the chicken skin from the chicken leg, revealing the plump meat inside.

"I...actually..."

"Not enough?" Li Qingran pondered Jie Bao's meaning.

"Ah, that's not what I meant! It's..."

Li Qingran then took the chicken leg from Lin Mo's bowl, peeled it, and placed it in Chen Yajie's bowl.

"..."

"Woo..."

Chen Yajie pursed her lips in distress. The chicken leg smelled delicious, but wasn't it impolite of her to eat it like that...?

What is this girl thinking...? Is he pitying her? Is her predicament so obvious?

Well...she must look like a clown...

"Sharing with someone is more enjoyable than eating alone." Li Qingran picked up her spoon, took a bite of rice, and chewed it carefully.

The rice crumbs lightly between your teeth, with a subtle sweetness.

"He said so."

"Is that Lin Mo...?"

"Ah."

"you..."

“An orphanage,” Li Qingran said calmly. “Lin Mo, scavenging for food.”

"Ah? Lin Mo is actually me..." Chen Yajie exclaimed in surprise, then realized it was inappropriate to say such a thing aloud, and shut her mouth.

Is Li Qingran the same...? This is quite a shocking secret, isn't it? Should we just tell her like this?

Although Li Qingran spoke haltingly, for some reason she saw a reflection of herself in this seemingly glamorous girl...

"Ah."

"What is 'picking up trash'...?"

"Sell the trash and buy food," Li Qingran said, swallowing the rice in her mouth, narrowing her eyes, and smiling slightly at Chen Yajie.

He actually laughed...

She's saying things that are really hard to say, yet she can still laugh, even though you never see her laugh normally... How can she laugh when talking about picking up trash?

Chen Yajie's first impression was that the smile was adorable, then she felt it seemed a little stiff, and finally she really wanted to imprint Li Qingran's smile in her mind...

Is she trying to get closer to me...? In this way, and Lin Mo too...

Even someone as capable as Lin Mo has a tragic past.

They're all so optimistic.

Suddenly, a sense of distance lessened in her heart; it seemed that Li Qingran wasn't as unapproachable as she appeared...

"Lots of them."

Li Qingran's voice interrupted Chen Yajie's thoughts.

Li Qingran spread out the cabbage in the dish, imitating Chen Yajie's method, covering the entire plate.

Chen Yajie then realized that there wasn't much food in Li Qingran's bowl; the only meat dish was given to her...

"It seems like Duoduo will be happy too," Li Qingran explained, picking up a leaf of vegetable and placing it on the rice with a flourish.

Looking at the vegetable leaves covering the rice grains,

For some reason, Chen Yajie felt understood... and had an urge to cry.

Li Qingran understood her inferiority complex and showed her through her actions that it was okay.

Instead of exposing her vulnerability, we simply childishly piled a simple plate of green vegetables together...

It was as if she had fallen in front of a crowd, afraid of being laughed at, and was holding back her tears and feelings of inferiority.

But Li Qingran also tripped and fell, dusted off her pants, and said to her with a smile:

'Ugh, I fell too.'

She was as gentle as Lin Mo, cold on the outside but kind on the inside, Chen Yajie thought.

"I'll eat it, but only one, is that okay..." she asked sweetly.

"Okay." Li Qingran nodded and picked up a chicken leg.

"eat together."

"What about Lin Mo..."

"He is...Action Man." Li Qingran looked towards the spot where the boy's figure had disappeared, a slight smile playing on her lips.

"it does not matter."

"Huh?" Chen Yajie didn't know what Action Kamen was...

"You can start eating now," Li Qingran said, pressing her palms together.

Chen Yajie was stunned for a moment, then saw the girl in front of her take a small bite of the chicken leg...

"I...I'm starting..." Chen Yajie said nervously.

"Spicy food, do you... do you want some?"

"Ah."

"good to eat."

"Yes, right? It goes really well with rice!"

"Lin Mo loves to eat."

......

"This number can't be any less." The cafeteria owner gestured to him.

"Boss, it's just one window, and I'm already splitting the profits with you. If we lose money, I'll subsidize you; if we make a profit, I'll give you a share of the profits. Isn't that enough?"

"Hey, I don't know where you found this outsourcing guy, but I'm not comfortable with him not having some money to back him up..."

The boss and Lin Mo squatted on the steps, took a puff of their cigarettes.

He didn't want to talk to this kid at first, but then he remembered how the kid had amazingly pulled out a 10,000 yuan meal card to buy cigarettes from him, and how his manner of speaking was so roguish and unlike that of a child.

He seemed more like an old homeless man who staged accidents on the street... so I patiently talked to him about the outsourcing of the cafeteria window service.

But he didn't leak a single word out, so how did Xiao Deng figure it out?!

"Boss, the cash flow has been a bit tight lately, hasn't it..." Seeing that normal negotiation was useless, Lin Mo rubbed his hands together and decided to use threats and inducements, "If the cafeteria is shortchanging students, it will be hard to explain to them."

The boss paused for a moment, thinking to himself, "Isn't this little guy a bit over the top...?"

"Did your sister-in-law lose money gambling on Mark Six? The amount I gave you is just enough to cover it..."

"Divorce must be tough, right? Having some money makes it easier to get the kids back." Lin Mo inadvertently touched on his sensitive topic.

The Liqun cigarette in his mouth suddenly lost its flavor, and the boss looked on incredulously.

It's really like a small knife pulling your butt and opening your eyes...

"Want one?" The shopkeeper found it perfectly natural to offer a cigarette to the young man.

"No, thank you."

"Why isn't it Hua Zi?" Lin Mo retorted, adding fuel to the fire.

"I'm tired of this. Let me smoke a Liqun cigarette to change things up..." the shopkeeper said with a weary expression.

Smoke rings rose one after another.

Two completely unrelated families are connected by Lin Mo through a strange information gap, and they complement each other perfectly to save each other.

Although he still paid the difference in price, Lin Mo had managed to save a considerable amount of money over the past ten days or so through [Growth Cashback] and [Grooming Cashback]...

Back in the cafeteria,

Ranbao and Jiebao get along exceptionally well; it seems Ranjiang has fulfilled his request very well.

It was just a sudden idea; he thought the two girls might have a lot in common, so he did it.

Ran Bao needed this "help" to get rid of the feeling that "I am a burden to you."

Let her know that she can help, not that she's a burden.

Of course, even if Ran Jiang didn't do a good job, Lin Mo was confident he could comfort Jie Bao, but the effect would definitely not be as good as it is now.

Two lonely girls, each with their own secrets and sad pasts.

Isn't this a form of mutual redemption?

"Lin Mo, I've saved some meat for you."

"She also stayed..."

"Hey, hey, we can't let Lin Mo eat what we've already eaten!"

Chen Yajie blushed and panicked, trying to stop Li Qingran's dazed behavior.

Seeing Lin Mo,

Oh, I almost forgot, Lin Mo helped with the dorm... I should thank him.

However, he's also quite familiar with the class monitor...

Are you still good friends with Qingran...?

Lin Mo heard Jie Bao's inner thoughts and thought, "Oh no, there's a hole I haven't filled yet..."

Chapter 44 Indirect Kiss

"Lin Mo, about the dormitory..."

Chen Yajie paced back and forth, one small hand clutching the hem of her dress, the other clutching her collar, her expression full of caution.

She wanted to properly thank Lin Mo, since it was just empty words... it lacked sincerity. She had learned to clean ears from her mother, although many girls in Xichuan knew how to do it...

But this is one of the few things she can be proud of.

Lin Mo could lie down and clean his ears to make him feel better... If necessary, he could even lie on her lap.

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