Chapter 148: Sasha
Because of the arrival of Demeter University of Finance and Economics Affiliated High School students, Nongda Affiliated High School students’ topic throughout the morning was almost entirely about those first year high school students who had temporarily moved into the dormitory and the second year high school students who were about to arrive.
Nongda Affiliated High School first year high school students discussed with tension and expectation the peers who would spend the next half month of cooperation time with them. Second year high school students who already had experience from the previous year were much more calm; cooperating with a strange team—once is unfamiliar, twice is familiar.
Demeter University of Finance and Economics Affiliated High School students were startled during lunch break.
Finance and Economics Affiliated High School students who did not bring lunch took the meal cards worth one thousand star coins each, generously given by the Nongda Affiliated High School principal, to the canteen. They saw that on the counter were not the solid food and liquid food they had seen so much of over more than a decade, but rather the buns and dough drops from Yue Xiang Restaurant outside school, which had been extremely popular recently, where there were more monks than porridge and they sold out every day.
Finance and Economics Affiliated High School students who often went to Yue Xiang Restaurant to buy buns discovered that the varieties of food in this canteen seemed to be several kinds more than at Yue Xiang Restaurant?
Beef noodles? Egg noodles? What are these? Tomato beef buns? Pepper chicken buns? What are these again?
What is the background of this canteen? Does it have anyone from Yue Xiang inside?
So Nongda Affiliated High School students who came during lunch break to buy buns and dough drops saw many Finance and Economics Affiliated High School students standing at the counter for a long time, hesitating to place an order. Finance and Economics Affiliated High School students saw that the Nongda Affiliated High School students who had attended a morning of classes were starving, so they voluntarily stepped back from the counter and secretly observed the process of these students buying lunch.
They saw Nongda Affiliated High School students skillfully open the ordering light screen, glance at the menu, then quickly select a few meals. The terminal sounded a deduction prompt, and at the same time, the canteen counter’s output port delivered two bun-specific takeout meal boxes and one small food box.
—No way around it; today it was his turn to get food for that group of livestock in the dormitory.
The boy at the front of the line quickly picked up the meal boxes and food box, striding quickly out of the canteen. The canteen did not allow running; if caught by the patrol robot, lunch break time would have to be spent writing a repentance letter as long as a paper, and whether it could be finished within a week was unknown.
He walked so fast not to deliver the buns to his dormmates as soon as possible, but to rush to A Bite of China Club’s small restaurant to buy beverages. Although the school cafeteria had obtained sales authorization for Yue Xiang staple foods, even trial sales authorization for new foods, most beverage authorizations were still firmly held by Yue Xiang and Xiang Chuan. The cafeteria only had simple hot milk and juice, so if they wanted to drink mixed beverages like fruit milk, everyone still had to head straight to A Bite of China Club’s small restaurant.
After the demonstration by Nongda Affiliated High School students, although Finance and Economics Affiliated High School students had doubts about the cafeteria’s offerings, no one would refuse the delicious Yue Xiang foods, so they happily joined the queue.
The Logistics Department teacher looked at today’s cafeteria sales volume and remaining ingredients, then silently doubled the ingredient budget for the next two weeks.
These Finance and Economics Affiliated High School people are really something; she was now worried if the cafeteria’s ingredients could last until tomorrow noon. Afternoon would bring Finance and Economics Affiliated High School second year high school students, and for the next two weeks, their first and second year high school students would stay at school continuously, meaning all three meals would be handled by Nongda Affiliated High School cafeteria. Before today, ingredients could last until the regular restock day after tomorrow, but after just one noon today, consumption was already a third more than usual. Assuming second year high school students added another third… maybe after tomorrow’s breakfast, the cafeteria’s ingredients would be depleted. The Logistics Department teacher shivered; this was the first time he saw ingredient consumption exceed so much. He glanced at the soaring cafeteria turnover, felt a bit dizzy with success, then snapped awake and quickly opened the light screen:
“Principal, good news! Ah no, bad news! Ah, still not right—it’s good news and bad news at the same time…”
The cafeteria’s changes had no impact on A Bite of China Club people like Xiang Chuan, who brought large bento
Until the afternoon when club activities began.
Xiang Chuan saw the small restaurant full of seated customers in front of her and the long queue outside the door, and for a moment almost had a social phobia attack and wanted to flee directly.
“Why are there so many people? Are these all from the finance university?” To make space for the guests, Xiang Chuan had to squeeze by the small table next to the kitchen, biting the straw discontentedly and huffily drinking soy milk.
“It seems the dorm side for boarding students told them. As students, everyone has their own class group chat, and also some friends from other classes. In just this short time, it spread everywhere.” Ouyang Yating was also sitting nearby holding a cup of soy milk. The table was occupied, so these A Bite of China Club club members couldn’t practice knife skills or cake decorating. The kitchen was running at full speed making desserts and beverages for these new guests full of curiosity. The things in their hands were just distributed to them by Xiang Chuan in the club activity room that afternoon; otherwise, everyone could only drink plain water, because beverages like juice and fruit milk were all supplied to the small restaurant’s guests and those taking away from outside.
On the other hand, the Class Eight crowd arrived at the club side early to secure good spots. Each person had a cake and fruit milk, starting to enjoy afternoon tea while discussing maid outfit styles.
In the end, the project of boys in girls’ clothing and girls in boys’ clothing still wasn’t overturned, but at least they managed to avoid wearing that super short skirt maid outfit, changing it to the later Victorian style long skirt.
Xiang Chuan imagined in her mind the sight of her two club members wearing super short skirt maid outfits. Liang Gong was quite delicate-looking, so it should be fine on him, while Ainuo… the scene was too beautiful, but she kind of wanted to see it.
Sensing Xiang Chuan’s probing gaze, Ainuo instinctively knew this guy was definitely thinking some silly things again, and was just about to speak up to verbally teach her own club president a lesson.
“—Ainuo Classmate?”
A somewhat familiar voice rang out. Ainuo looked up and saw a girl with light golden hair looking at her in surprise. The pin on her chest from the Finance University Affiliated High School explained her identity, and the surprise on the girl’s face gradually turned into delight.
Who was this person? She seemed a bit familiar but also not? Ainuo frowned and began racking her brains. Unbeknownst to her, Ouyang Yating standing beside Xiang Chuan and Nancy sitting with the Class Eight crowd enjoying strawberries also slightly frowned at this moment.
“Long time no see, Ainuo Classmate. We haven’t met since the February party.” Sasha stood in front of him, her face showing uncontainable happiness.
“I heard earlier that you transferred to Nongda Affiliated High School, and was thinking of inviting you and Yating out to play during the holiday—” “Ainuo.”
Sasha was stunned, not expecting to be interrupted.
And Ainuo’s expression also became a bit abnormal. Upon hearing this call, he knew his childhood friend was in an extremely bad mood. To be honest, he really couldn’t recall where he’d seen this girl before, but considering his childhood friend’s mood, he still planned to quickly send her away.
“Isn’t this Sasha.” At that moment, Nancy suddenly walked over, forcing Ainuo to swallow the words he was about to say.
Sasha? This name was somewhat familiar? When Ainuo wanted to ask, he glanced at Ouyang Yating whose expression was very bad and Xiang Chuan biting her straw watching them like it was a show, and in the end chose to obediently shut up.
He didn’t want to expose his mild prosopagnosia in front of Xiang Chuan; that would make him, this “math teacher,” seem a bit amateurish.
“Nancy, long time no see.” Sasha was very happy to see a familiar person come over. “The last time we met was at the junior high graduation ceremony. You three are still inseparable as always.”
Junior high, graduation ceremony. Ainuo suddenly understood.
He remembered.
Sasha Delta, his junior high classmate, the youngest daughter of the Delta family.
“Inseparable is too exaggerated.” Nancy smiled and shook her head. “After starting high school, studies and clubs are so busy, and since our interests are different, we only get together in class.”
“That’s true. Has Ainuo joined a club now? I heard from my middle school classmates that you really like the Information Technology Club.” Sasha looked at Ainuo. Seeing this handsome face, the tension in her heart grew even stronger. After not seeing each other for a few months, Ainuo seemed a bit more mature.
What is this? Inquiring about his personal information? Ainuo frowned, but in front of so many people, and since the other person was at least his middle school classmate, Ainuo could be more unrestrained with acquaintances, but when facing strangers, he instead didn’t know what to say.
“Not at all. Ainuo here has a playful nature and likes trying new things, so—” Nancy looked at Xiang Chuan, “he joined this ancient food research club, A Bite of China Club. This is his club president Xiang Chuan.”
Hmm? Xiang Chuan bit on her straw and stared blankly at Nancy. Why did it get dragged onto her again?
Seeing Sasha’s gaze filled with some doubt and curiosity, Xiang Chuan didn’t know what to say, so she directly returned a smile.
This little sister is so pretty. If I smile more at her, it can bring us closer, right? Xiang Chuan thought.
