Day Student Provocation (Please Vote! QAQ)

They left the dormitory building.

Led by Wang Sheng, the group headed toward the cafeteria behind the dormitory building.

Nuoding Academy's cafeteria was enormous. It had been designed to accommodate all the teachers and students eating at once, with a maximum capacity of a thousand people! To separate teachers from students, the cafeteria had been built with two floors.

The first floor was for most ordinary students, while the second floor was for teachers and the children of wealthy nobles and merchants.

Don't ask why a place built to give teachers somewhere to eat had ultimately also been opened to the children of nobles and wealthy merchants.

After all, they had to make a living!

They arrived before the cafeteria.

Standing at its entrance, Lin Ye looked inside and saw a bright, spacious hall.

The floor and surrounding walls were covered in grayish-white marble tiles, clean, bright, and neat. Quite a few ornaments and decorative paintings hung on the walls as well, making the place especially pleasing to the eye.

At that moment, the hall was packed with people, with long lines stretching everywhere.

At the end of each line was a serving window. Behind every window stood someone in white robes, constantly scooping up the food before them with a spatula and serving it to the student at the front of the line.

"Boss Lin Ye, see those? Those windows are where we get our food. But remember to line up."

After entering the hall, Wang Sheng pointed at the rows of windows as he explained them to Lin Ye.

"I know."

Lin Ye nodded indifferently.

In fact, even if Wang Sheng had not said anything, he would have known.

Before entering the hall, he had taken a brief look around and already understood almost everything.

Still, although he knew the windows were for serving food, each one probably offered different dishes. Before getting anything, Lin Ye decided to take a look first.

Just as Lin Ye was about to inspect the various windows, a mocking voice suddenly rang out from above.

"Oh! Isn't this Wang Sheng? What, you bunch of paupers dare come to the cafeteria to eat too? Why don't you hurry up, buy a few steamed buns, pair them with some pickles, and roll back to your dormitory!"

Hearing the voice, Lin Ye could not help looking up.

There was a second floor above the cafeteria hall.

At that moment, several youths dressed in brocade and fine clothing stood before the wooden railing on the second floor, sneering down at them.

"Hmph! You Day Students, so what if you have money?!"

A little boy from Dormitory Seven could not help shouting angrily.

"Why can't we eat in the cafeteria? It's not like we can't afford the first floor!"

Another little boy said angrily as well.

"Having money is of course a big deal!"

Hearing the little boy's words, the well-dressed youths on the second floor exchanged glances, then burst into laughter.

"You bunch of paupers probably won't ever get to eat on the second floor in your whole lives!"

A Day Student on the second floor mocked them again.

As they listened to the Day Students' mockery from above, Lin Ye remained calm, Tang San did not take it seriously, and Wang Sheng and the others were already used to it.

Only Xiao Wu clenched her little fists, her tiny face puffed up with anger as she shouted, "You guys, who says we can't eat on the second floor? It's just the second floor. What's so special about it?!"

"Sister Xiao Wu, stop talking. We really can't afford the second floor. You have to order dishes separately there, and it's too expensive!"

As Xiao Wu spoke furiously, a little boy beside her hurriedly grabbed her and lowered his voice.

"Very expensive? Does it cost a lot of money?"

Hearing the boy's words, Xiao Wu froze.

Though her way of thinking was simple, she understood that she had no money. Although Lin Ye was treating them now, Xiao Wu was still innocent and would not deliberately order something very expensive.

So when she heard that eating on the second floor required a lot of money, Xiao Wu was momentarily stunned.

"Haha! They really are all paupers!"

Seeing that Xiao Wu had been furious just moments ago but froze the instant money was mentioned, the Day Students on the second floor burst into laughter.

"Ah! Such a cute little girl, but what a pity she's a Work-Study Student!"

One of the Day Students shook his head and sighed as he looked at Xiao Wu.

"You!"

Although Xiao Wu did not understand what the Day Student meant, her instincts told her it was definitely not something nice. The hot-tempered Xiao Wu grew angry again.

But when Xiao Wu flared up, the little boy beside her hurriedly pulled her back. "Sister Xiao Wu, let's go. We really can't afford the second floor, so just ignore them!"

Wang Sheng sighed as well. "Let's go eat first. The second floor only lets you order dishes separately. There's nothing special about it, so there's no need to get tangled up with them."

Lin Ye frowned slightly as he looked at the arrogant group of Day Students on the second floor.

He had actually wanted to use these Day Students to establish his authority.

But he had only just started school and did not yet understand the academy's rules. Besides, these people had merely taken verbal advantage of them. After thinking it over, Lin Ye decided to let it go.

But just as Lin Ye was about to leave and continue looking at the dishes at the serving windows, a Day Student eating a chicken leg noticed him.

Unlike most ordinary Work-Study Students, thanks to his innate inheritance and the nourishment of the Nine Yang True Qi, Lin Ye did not look like an ordinary commoner at all.

Not only was his skin fair, his features were especially refined. Calling him picturesque and saying his lips were red and his teeth white would not be an exaggeration in the slightest.

Even his worn linen clothes could not conceal Lin Ye's natural beauty.

Seeing Lin Ye, the Day Student chewing on a chicken leg froze for a moment before a surge of jealousy rose in his heart.

Damn it! I'm a noble, yet I'm not even as handsome as you! You're just a Work-Study Student, and you dare be this handsome? Outrageous! Driven by the malice in his heart, the Day Student suddenly hurled the half-eaten chicken leg in his hand at Lin Ye.

But hearing the whistle through the air, Lin Ye instantly sensed the attack coming from behind. With a flicker of movement, he dodged it.

Splat!

After missing its target, the greasy chicken leg fell to the ground with a crisp splat!

The sound was not loud, but it was enough for Tang San, Wang Sheng, and the others, who had not gone far, to hear it.

Swish! Everyone turned around in unison and saw the chicken leg beside Lin Ye, as well as the Day Student still holding his throwing pose in midair.

Time seemed to freeze for an instant.

Anyone who was not an idiot could tell what had happened from a scene like this. I have to make a move! The moment Lin Ye realized Wang Sheng and the others had seen him being attacked, he made his decision.

He had originally planned to put off establishing his authority until the timing was right.

But he had not expected these Day Students to be so eager to court death.

Now that he had been attacked, if he did not strike back, his authority as boss would be gone.

He had to make a move!