His cry of "Sis" was loud enough to carry for miles, and the lips of everyone sitting in the cafeteria twitched, as though they could hardly bear to hear it.
The cafeteria lady, however, seemed not to have seen a man from outside the hospital in far too long-especially a handsome one. Her fierce features instantly lit up with delight. "Two chicken drumsticks it is."
She had just put them on his tray when she suddenly leaned closer, waggling her eyebrows and lowering her voice. "Going to film in the morgue tonight?"
Jian Ran feigned surprise. "Oh, Sis, you're so well informed!"
"Ah, the old man who guards the morgue told me." She paused, her expression turning sinister for a moment. "Be careful. That place is eerie."
"Don't go throwing up all the extra food I gave you."
Jian Ran flashed a brilliant smile. "Don't worry. How could I waste food?"
With that, he carried his tray back to his seat with a spring in his step.
His backside had barely touched the chair when Lu Yanting's stiff voice hit him. "You sure called her Sis readily enough. Was all that necessary for two drumsticks?"
Jian Ran looked up, disbelief in his eyes. "How was it not? Food is everything."
"I call her Sis, and I get two extra drumsticks. If I call you Sis, can you give me any?"
Lu Yanting pressed his cold, thin lips together, his sculpted features seemingly covered in a layer of frost.
Just then, Qin Xiao's voice rang out at the cafeteria entrance, interrupting their conversation.
"Everyone, meet in the small garden in front of the staff Dormitory Building in ten minutes."
At that, Jian Ran picked up the pace of his eating.
Actually, it wasn't so much that he loved good food. The