"Jiang Ning, someone sent you an email."
Xue Yuantong said, as an email notification had just popped up on the screen.
It was probably a work email from Shao Shuangshuang. Jiang Ning was in no hurry to reply and said, "It's fine. Keep playing."
A few more people came in through the door.
Ma Shicheng led the way, followed by Shan Kaiquan, Guo Kunnan, and the others.
"Oh, Jiang Ning, you're here too." Ma Shicheng found it surprising. Jiang Ning usually went home for lunch, and this was the first time he had run into him outside school.
"It's raining, so it's not easy to get back," Jiang Ning said.
After hearing that, Ma Shicheng led several classmates to the table beside Jiang Ning's. There were six of them, with two sitting by the aisle, but they all fit.
The shop owner came over to serve them. While ordering, Ma Shicheng consulted the others, and after discussing it, they settled on five dishes for the six of them.
Ma Shicheng had previously eaten lunch alone. Since he was short on money, he could only order one dish, which was never enough to satisfy him.
After all, at the restaurants here, even a plate of stir-fried shredded potatoes cost eight or ten yuan. Many boarding students had an average daily allowance of only around twenty-five yuan, so they could not afford to order two dishes in one meal.
So he had organized a few classmates to eat lunch together. That way, they could have more variety and save a yuan or two.
They were all high school students and had gone hungry all morning. Ma Shicheng was starving. He absentmindedly held his phone, scrolling through Tieba while waiting for the food to arrive.
Before his own food came, Jiang Ning's was