Suotuo City was a medium-sized city, and its overall environment was quite nice.
People came and went, and carriages rolled along the streets!
Lin Ye brought three girls here, and they attracted plenty of attention along the way.
One man and three women. The man was handsome as a celestial being.
The women were captivating beauties, each with a distinct style.
How could a group like that not draw people's eyes?
"Rongrong, where should we go?"
Xiao Wu liked shopping too, but now that they were here, she really didn't know where they should go first.
Suotuo City seemed to have plenty of fun places.
Ning Rongrong thought for a moment and said, "Let's eat first, then go shopping!"
Wasn't that how women went shopping?
Eat, shop, eat, shop...
Ning Rongrong searched for a suitable restaurant, but there were so many choices that her eyes began to blur.
As they walked, Lin Ye's inner voice suddenly surfaced.
[Huh? Isn't that Dean Flender? Eating all by himself?]
[Tsk~ Wasn't he here to fleece that old lecher? Why's he eating by himself too?]
Hearing his thoughts, the three girls looked in the direction of his gaze.
Inside a restaurant, they spotted a middle-aged man wearing a monocle, eating.
With that slicked-back hair, he gave off the impression of someone shrewd.
Three dishes and a soup—he seemed to be eating pretty well.
"Let's eat there!"
Xiao Wu made the decision on the spot.
They'd already spotted the academy's dean. How could they not go over?
Lin Ye was taken aback. Why had they picked this place?
But the three girls had already headed over, so he could only follow.
Once inside the restaurant, the three girls went straight to Flender and sat down at his table.
Flender, who had been burying his head in his food, seemed startled when someone sat down.
He looked up. Three girls and a boy?
Then he glanced around the rest of the restaurant. All right, every other seat was taken.
His table was the only one with empty seats.
Sharing a table was no big deal.
Lin Ye wasn't surprised that the three girls had sat here.
The restaurant really was popular, and plenty of people were sharing tables.
Flender's table could easily seat six or seven people.
Once the four of them sat down, a waiter came over.
"What would you like to eat, folks?"
As he spoke, he set down the menu.
Ning Rongrong picked it up. "This one, this one, and this one..."
She ordered more than ten dishes in one go.
The waiter took one look and thought, Well now, we've got important customers!
They'd ordered all of the most expensive dishes!
"Please wait a moment. It'll be ready soon."
The waiter took the menu and hurried off, afraid Ning Rongrong might change her mind.
After he left, everyone finally looked at the food Flender was eating.
A bowl of white rice, two meat dishes, one vegetable dish, and a bowl of meat soup.
Was one person really going to eat all that?
Luo Feng could see what was going on. They were all fairly cheap dishes.
All of them together cost less than one of the expensive dishes Ning Rongrong had ordered.
[A little rich lady really is a little rich lady. She doesn't even blink when ordering.]
[She only picks the expensive stuff, not what she actually wants!]
[So extravagant, so lavish. Ugh~ I want to marry into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and never worry about food or drink again!]
Ning Rongrong: "..."
Was he hoping to marry into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect just so he'd never have to worry about food and drink?
In his dreams!
But she was used to it by now. Lin Ye's inner voice was just him grumbling.
Sometimes, you couldn't take him seriously.
Xiao Wu had long since grown immune to Lin Ye's thoughts too.
The guy didn't have a shred of guts when it came to women. At most, he'd have a little fun in his head.
Of course, he probably didn't have those kinds of thoughts anyway.
She'd slept beside him for six years, and he was still as pure as could be.
If she hadn't seen his lethal weapon standing at attention every morning, she really would have wondered if something was wrong with him.
The waiter soon brought out the dishes.
More than ten dishes, all bursting with color, aroma, and flavor!
When the dishes were set down, Flender couldn't help glancing at them a few times.
Then he looked at what he was eating.
What was this?!
Why was the gap between people so huge?
"Uncle, would you like some?"
Ning Rongrong's eyes shifted. She picked up a little with the serving chopsticks and put it on Flender's plate.
"This... That's too kind of you. I, ahem~"
"It's fine, it's fate that brought us together."
Ning Rongrong grinned and added a little of each dish to his plate.
Looking at the plate piled high, Flender felt a rush of emotion.
Sure enough, there were still plenty of good people in the world. Love was everywhere!
These kids were wonderful!
"Thank you!"
Flender said solemnly, then started eating.
It tasted especially good!
Or rather, food someone else paid for always tasted good!
He hadn't eaten this well in ages.
These dishes were ones he usually couldn't bring himself to order, and now he was lucky enough to taste them.
Ning Rongrong quietly nudged Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu on the arm, then started eating too.
And she was eating pretty fast!
The three girls buried their heads in their food, leaving Lin Ye stunned.
[Wait, Xiao Wu, you're not usually like this!]
[And Zhu Zhuqing, don't you usually eat slowly and savor every bite? What about your elegance?]
[Ning Rongrong, you're the Little Princess of the Seven Treasures Glazed Sect, not a starving ghost just released from prison!]
Clearly, the three girls' behavior had truly shocked him.
It had opened his eyes!
Not far away, the waiter watched them, his eyelids twitching.
Eating that fast?
Damn! Something was twelve out of ten wrong!
Thinking back, people who ate and ran without paying seemed to act just like this.
Unless he was mistaken, these people were planning to skip the bill!
He gave a signal, and several waiters quietly blocked the way out.
More than ten of the most expensive dishes came to over a hundred Gold Soul Coins!
If they skipped the bill, he'd get beaten with a board!
Flender was the first to finish. He ate every last bite on his plate.
His belly was so full it stuck out round, and he slumped straight back in his chair.
Ning Rongrong and the others soon finished too, then waved.
"Waiter, the bill!"
The waiter nearby was so surprised that he froze.
The bill?
Had he heard that right?
They really were going to pay?
He'd already prepared himself, even ready to pounce like a tiger and take down the people trying to skip the bill in one fell swoop.
But now they were actually asking to pay?
Do these people always eat this dramatically? Even soldiers on the front lines aren't this fast.
The waiter wondered to himself, but quickly walked over anyway.
"Hello. Your total is 121 Gold Soul Coins. I'll round it down for you—to 120 Gold Soul Coins."
The waiter beamed. His commission for the day was secured!
"Oh, ask him."
Ning Rongrong pointed at Flender.
The waiter froze, then walked over to Flender.
"Hello. It's 120 Gold Soul Coins, plus what you ate... Ah, never mind. That's just one Gold Soul Coin, so I'll waive it. It's still 120 Gold Soul Coins."
The waiter said with a cheerful smile.
Flender was dumbfounded. He pointed at himself. "Me?"
"Yes, you're paying."
"No, I..."
"Dean, the academy has rules. You can't take advantage of students. You can't eat their food and then pretend you don't owe them!"
"Our Shrek Academy can't afford to lose face like that!"
Ning Rongrong shouted, and quite a few people in the restaurant looked over.
Flender's head buzzed.
Wait, these people had called him Dean?
He didn't know them at all!
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