The training ground was a bit far, and Huang Junkai was worried that Ye Qingqing wouldn't be able to handle it, so he said, "How about I go and call Wuchen over? You wait here, Sister Ye."

"It's alright, I'm fine after walking around. Do you and Wuchen keep in touch often?"

Ye Qingqing wanted to take the opportunity to find out more; it seemed that Huang Junkai and Wuchen had a good relationship.

"We keep in touch quite often, but Wuchen has many friends, so we don't always keep in touch."

"Are they all men?"

"They're just ordinary friends. Wuchen treats them like brothers. Sister Ye, don't overthink it. Besides, Wuchen gets along very well with his female classmates. She's still as warm-hearted as she was when they were kids, always helping others," Huang Junkai quickly explained, afraid of causing Ye Qingqing to misunderstand.

Ye Qingqing sensed that the boy seemed to have a special feeling for Wuchen, and a thought popped into her head. She knew Huang Junkai well, he was handsome, spoke eloquently, and treated people generously. Apart from his poor family background, he was quite good in other aspects. If Wuchen and Huang Junkai were to date, she would definitely not object.

"I have a question for you. Is the food in your school cafeteria very expensive?" Ye Qingqing asked abruptly.

Huang Junkai paused for a moment, then shook his head. "It's not expensive. Meat dishes are two yuan, vegetable dishes are one yuan or fifty cents, and rice is one cent and one liang (50 grams). A meal costs three or four yuan."

I wonder what Sister Ye meant by asking about this?

Could it be that they're worried Wuchen won't have enough to eat?

"Wuchen is quite satisfied with the cafeteria food. She doesn't eat meat, so she usually gets vegetarian dishes, and sometimes she eats vegetarian buns. There are quite a few different kinds."

Ye Qingqing silently calculated that no matter how much that girl could eat, a pound of rice per meal would be the most, which would cost 1.5 yuan. Adding three vegetable dishes would only cost 3 yuan, making a total of 4.5 yuan. Even if she earned 15 yuan a day, including weekends, it would only cost 450 yuan a month.

Where did the remaining 550 go?

Ye Qingqing gritted her teeth. That brat had lied to her and Ye Mingcheng for a whole year. If she didn't come today, four years would have passed since she was fooled by that brat.

A few hundred yuan is a small matter; what angers her is the deception. If it were for an upright purpose, she would give any amount of money. But Wuchen dared not tell the truth, which means that the purpose of this money must be something she can't tell anyone.

Huang Junkai's heart trembled. The air seemed to have turned a little colder. He didn't know what he had said wrong that had upset Sister Ye.

Ye Qingqing took a deep breath, smiled at Huang Junkai, and decided not to scare the child. She would deal with that brat later.

Finally, they arrived at the training ground, where many young men and women were training, running, long jump, high jump... Wuchen was there too. She was sitting on the side resting, her face covered in sweat. She was startled when she saw Ye Qingqing, told the coach, and ran over.

"What are you doing at my school? You didn't even call before you came." Wuchen went to take Huang Junkai's bag of snacks. Lin Shufang had prepared a big bag full of Wuchen's favorite snacks.

Upon seeing the pickled bamboo shoots, Wuchen's eyes lit up. He took out a bag, opened it, and started eating. He also told Huang Junkai to get some snacks for himself. "How did you two run into each other? By the way, let me introduce you. This is my buddy Huang Junkai. We were in the same class in elementary and middle school."

Huang Junkai's eyes dimmed slightly, then he smiled and said, "I've already introduced her to Sister Ye."

Wuchen rolled his eyes. "You call me 'sister' more affectionately than I do. You sycophant."

"They're polite, unlike you, you rude brat." Ye Qingqing couldn't help but slap him a few times. If they weren't in public, she would definitely have lost her temper. "How much longer until get out of class ends?"

"It'll be about an hour. The snacks have been delivered. You can go home now. Big belly, stay home and don't wander around." Wuchen grumbled.