She thought about how deeply Zhou Yi loved Su Qingjiao, and how he would be very worried if something happened to her.

But what does it have to do with her?

She's already given up, hasn't she?

Shen Bingyan closed her eyes, her drooping fingertips slightly cold: "Let the waiter tell Zhou Yi."

The bodyguard behind him looked away in disappointment and immediately beckoned a waiter to explain the situation.

After doing all this, Shen Bingyan withdrew her gaze, got into the Audi armored car parked at the door, and left the Black Pearl Restaurant.

Inside the private room at this moment.

The set meals are expensive and offer a wide variety of dishes, but the portions are very small, with only a few bites on a huge plate. It's far less economical than ordering individual dishes.

Most students put down their knives and forks when the main courses were finished and the final dessert was served.

Seeing that Su Qingjiao had been out delivering a bag for almost half an hour and hadn't returned yet, some classmates started to worry: "Why hasn't Miss Su come back yet? Didn't she say she just gave the thing to the driver?"

"Will it take this long?"

Seeing that someone had spoken up, the other students nodded in agreement, but a sense of unease began to creep in: "We don't know either, should we go to the entrance and take a look?"

"Miss, is something holding you up? You're all in such a hurry. The dessert has just been served. Please wait a little longer."

Xu Ping couldn't help but sigh, this set meal included a dozen or twenty different dishes.

But the portion was too small, so I only ate until I was about 70% full.

He looked at the food in front of Zhou Yi, which was almost untouched. The imported sea cucumber, which cost several thousand yuan per kilogram, was still lying intact on the plate, emitting an enticing aroma.

Xu Ping swallowed hard, filled with envy: "Could what you just said be true? You really don't just like Western or French food because you're concerned about saving face?"

Zhou Yi glanced at him and said, "How many times do I have to say it? I've already told you I'm not poor, I'm rich."

Xu Ping sighed enviously, thinking to herself that being a nanny in the Zhou family was such a good job, that she could eat all these things as she pleased.

He was still trying to persuade Zhou Yi, but little did he know that he was the one who was most pitiful.

Xu Ping said, "We're both from impoverished backgrounds, so why is there such a big difference between us?"

"Although some professions don't sound very appealing to outsiders, to be honest, I envy you. I even want to be a nanny."

"Look, your mother is still alive and well, and she can still earn money."

“But my mother… is bedridden for many years. Not only can she not help me, but I also need to change her sheets and wipe her body every day after school.”

“If I don’t change her sheets on time one day, our rented house will definitely stink, and the landlord will come to kick us out the next day.”

Xu Ping didn't want to continue talking at this point. He also had his pride and didn't want his classmates to know about these things.

But Zhou Yi raised an eyebrow and asked, "First of all, it wasn't my mom who went to the school that day, really not. Can't you use your brain? You believe everything people say?"

"Forget it, you'll find out next month. Is your family really that poor? I only knew you had younger siblings to support before."

Where's your dad?

Xu Ping looked directly into Zhou Yi's eyes and saw that Zhou Yi's eyes were dark and calm, without any curiosity to pry into gossip or any hint of mockery. It seemed that he was really just chatting with him.

He didn't want to talk about it, but for some reason, this time he actually wanted to find someone to tell him about the hardships he had endured over the years.

Xu Ping thought to himself that perhaps it was because Zhou Yi was the only one in the class who was poor, so he could empathize with him and that's why he told Zhou Yi about his family's troubles.

"My father... passed away a long time ago."

"My mother was paralyzed due to a car accident. The other party was powerful and influential and used connections, so the compensation for the car accident was very little, only enough for my brother to finish college. At that time, I was still in high school, and I also had a five-year-old twin brother and sister."

“My brother is a very good student, he’s a genius. If it weren’t for the accident that happened to my family that year, my brother would have already been recommended by the school for a spot as an exchange student abroad.”

“Once my brother had the experience of being an exchange student, his life should have been much more successful, instead of being like this now, over thirty years old and not even daring to find a girlfriend, with the entire burden of the family on his shoulders.”

“Actually, I wanted to drop out of school many times, but my brother disagreed. He said that for us poor people, the only way out is to study.”

“He said that if I dropped out of school to work in a factory, without a diploma, I would only be fit to work on the assembly line.”

“I was thinking, if it weren’t for us family members holding him back, my brother is a handsome and talented man who works at the Zhou Group, he would definitely be living a very good life.”

"Maybe they'd already have a son, instead of being so implicated that they don't even have the right to date..."

Zhou Yi was somewhat moved by Xu Ping's words.

Since the founding of the Zhou Group by the grandmother, she has been sponsoring impoverished students. Having experienced the pain of losing her son and daughter-in-law, the grandmother wanted to accumulate some merit for her grandson, hoping that he would be well and safe.

But there are many poor and miserable people in this world, and one person cannot help them all by their own efforts.

Zhou Yi laughed and said, "No matter how tough things get, you'll get through it soon. Once you graduate from university, you'll be able to help ease your brother's burden."

Xu Ping looked at Zhou Yi with a complicated expression and said, "Now you know how much I envy you."

Just then.

The waiter knocked on the door and came in.

As the waiter walked in, everyone seemed to realize something and exchanged uneasy glances.

Now that Su Qingjiao isn't here, they don't have any money to pay the bill!

The waiter approached Zhou Yi with an official smile, covered one side of his face, and whispered in Zhou Yi's ear, "Hello Mr. Zhou, our restaurant staff just saw Ms. Su being kidnapped."

"Do you think we should call the police?"

Zhou Yi raised his eyelids slightly, but his expression remained unchanged.

What should I report?

What a cause for celebration!

He immediately waved his hand: "No need, don't meddle in other people's business."

"Oh, and three more of the same set meal to go."

Zhou Yi didn't lower his voice intentionally. The students who were close by heard that Zhou Yi was even going to eat and take things away, and they immediately thought that Zhou Yi was too shameless.

Taking food and taking things away at the same time, that's going too far!

So you didn't pay for it yourself?

Everyone criticized, "How could you do this! Did I hear that right? You're going to pack three meals to take home?"

"This set meal costs 6,988 yuan, and if you pack three together, it'll be 20,000 yuan!"

“Zhou Yi, you’ve gone too far. Even though you’re staying at her house, you can’t just take advantage of Miss Su’s wealth to do things like this, taking food and money without permission.”

The boy deliberately spoke loudly, making sure everyone in the private room could hear him.

At this moment, everyone looked at Zhou Yi with deep scrutiny.

Xu Ping opened his mouth, tugged at Zhou Yi's sleeve, wanting to whisper and persuade him not to be so blatant!

What if Su Qingjiao denies it?

At this moment, Zhou Yi casually said, "Put these three on my head."