Chapter 818 - 818 818 Recognizing Relatives (7)

Chapter 818: Chapter 818: Recognizing Relatives (7) Chapter 818: Chapter 818: Recognizing Relatives (7) When they arrived at the canteen, there weren’t many students left. Ruan Feng, Ruan Lei, and Lu Zishu were sitting on one side eating, while three portions of food were laid out opposite them, one portion divided out using the lids of Ruan Lei’s and Zishu’s food containers.

“Xiu Xun, you eat this; if it’s not enough… um, if it’s not enough, there’s nothing to be done, there’s no more food,” Little Fatty pointed at the container opposite himself and said. He intended to tell him to speak up if it wasn’t enough, but then he thought that he wouldn’t be full himself, and if they divided it further, he figured he’d starve to death by midnight.

Xiu Xun was a person with a strong sense of pride. Under normal circumstances, he probably would have refused, but today he didn’t. Instead, he sat down opposite, Ruan Jiaojiao’s food container was originally in the middle, but Xiu Xi moved it to the side and sat down in the center himself, separating Ruan Jiaojiao and Xiu Xun.

Six people were sitting together for a meal, which under normal circumstances would have been lively, but today, due to Xiu Xun’s presence, it became somewhat strange, even Little Fatty, who usually loved to talk, didn’t know what to say.

The atmosphere was indeed odd.

Ruan Jiaojiao guessed that Xiu Xun might be acting so peculiarly because of issues with his background, but she couldn’t figure out why he was looking for her, so she just focused on eating.

As they ate, fewer and fewer people remained in the canteen. The canteen lady had already come out from the back kitchen, and upon seeing Ruan Jiaojiao and the others still eating, she was surprised and said, “Young girl, how come you didn’t come to get food today?” She then looked at the not so plentiful food in Ruan Jiaojiao’s bowl and immediately added, “Have you got enough to eat? If not, Auntie can serve you some more.”

“…” Ruan Lei, lifting his head to look at the lady, thought to himself, what happened to no more food or dishes?

The lady didn’t look at him but kept asking Ruan Jiaojiao instead. Knowing that her brothers probably hadn’t had enough after dividing their food with her today, Ruan Jiaojiao sweetly said, “Yes, please, thank you, Auntie.”

“Eh, no need to be so polite, child.” The canteen lady said with a smile, took Ruan Jiaojiao’s bowl to the back kitchen, and came back with a full bowl.

“!!!” Little Fatty.

Munching miserably on his own food, even though Ruan Jiaojiao still shared with him, he just felt aggrieved, an indescribable taste in his mouth.

After all, they had said there was no more food or dishes. So what was this? Why treat his sister so kindly but deceive him? Was it because he wasn’t cute enough? Little Fatty felt like his young soul was hurt.

Thanks to the big bowl of rice the canteen lady served, the six of them were finally full. Now that it was autumn, Ruan Lei and the others didn’t need to bathe every day, so they didn’t hurry back to the dorms and instead went to play ball on the playground.

Xiu Xi was hesitant to join Xiu Xun, not wanting to play, but Ruan Jiaojiao guessed that Xiu Xun also didn’t want to talk because they were there. So she coaxed Xiu Xi into playing by saying she really wanted to see him play, and Xiu Xi unwillingly agreed.

While a few boys were playing basketball, Ruan Jiaojiao finally asked, “Xiu Xun, do you need anything?”

Xiu Xun looked at her, glanced at Xiu Xi on the playground who was occasionally looking in their direction, and after a pause, he finally asked, “Back then, did your family adopt Xiu Xi because he was more outstanding?”

Upon hearing this, Ruan Jiaojiao was genuinely stunned, gazing blankly at Xiu Xun. What kind of question was that?

Too shocked to speak, Ruan Jiaojiao remained silent, and Xiu Xun retracted his gaze, the light in his eyes dimming: “I understand.” With these words, he stood up and said to Ruan Jiaojiao, “I will be leaving in the next few days. Thank you.”