Continuation 142

When Liu Chang'an arrived at the cafeteria, many students who upheld the principle of "never eager to study, always first in line for food" had already happily filled their trays with steaming meals.

For the dishes prepared in big basins at the cafeteria, the earliest diners got more meat in their servings. The last diners also got more meat in what remained. But if you came neither early nor late, you often ended up with barely a few pieces of meat.

Back when the whole country was studying Hua Luogeng's optimal selection method and operations research to improve work efficiency, Liu Chang'an had used the cafeteria as his practical subject and reached this conclusion, greatly improving his efficiency in studying, working, and eating.

Eating well, eating plenty, and eating happily was naturally beneficial to studying and working—as long as you didn't only know how to eat. Take little Zhou Dongdong, for example. All she knew was eating, so no matter how well she ate, how much she ate, or how happily she ate, her studies showed no improvement whatsoever.

The moment he entered the cafeteria, Liu Chang'an spotted Zhou Shuling and Li Hongfang. Since the cafeteria did not accept cash, they could only wait here for Liu Chang'an to treat them.

Liu Chang'an thought back and realized that he truly seldom treated others to meals. Aside from taking Shangguan Dandan and Zhou Dongdong out to eat, someone else usually paid the bill.

So Zhou Shuling and Li Hongfang were getting quite the special treatment today.

"How long have you been shopping?" Liu Chang'an asked. Zhou Shuling was still carrying a shopping bag. It seemed that, under Li Hongfang's guidance, she had discovered the pleasures of shopping. In the past, Zhou Shuling buying clothes two days in a row would have