Gu Rong put his card on the machine and swiped it for her. He Manting smiled at him.

Originally, the shot here should have been the two of them smiling at each other, but Luo Hua saw from the camera that He Manting was smiling quite sweetly, but only Gu Rong had a blank expression, as if someone owed him money.

Luo Hua paused the machine, walked over and told Gu Rong to be more friendly and to give He Manting a smile in return.

Gu Rong said that he always had this expression, and if he deliberately smiled, it would seem very deliberate.

Luo Hua nodded thoughtfully.

After He Manting finished filming her part, she found a place to sit down with her plate and looked up at Gu Rong, as if she hoped Gu Rong would come and sit with her.

Gu Rong suddenly said to Luo Hua: "The whole plot of the cafeteria is very abrupt."

Luo Hua: "Doesn't this plot show the friendship between classmates?"

Gu Rong: "I don't think it's a good idea. You will film me playing basketball with the basketball team in the afternoon, which can also show the friendship among classmates, and it will overlap with the cafeteria part."

Luo Hua: "Then what do you want?"

“My suggestion is to delete it.”

Luo Hua hesitated: "Just delete it like that?"

Gu Rong: "Well, so as not to affect the length of the promotional video."

Luo Hua: “…Okay.”

So he planned to keep the footage of Gu Rong coming to the cafeteria and delete all the shots of He Manting afterwards.

However, He Manting herself did not know about this. She was still wondering what Gu Rong and Luo Hua were talking about for so long.

Pei Tiantian had already walked to the cafeteria. When she saw the scene in the hall, she couldn't help but twitch her lips.

Because the cafeteria had informed in advance, the students did not have to crowd together and rush to get food like they did on normal days.

Instead, the queues are orderly and neatly arranged.

Even the marble floor, which usually had a layer of oily sheen, was mopped to a shine.

The tables, chairs and benches in the cafeteria were also wiped clean.

The cafeteria, which used to be noisy, now seemed a little quiet. Everyone knew that there were photographers shooting material for the promotional video, so everyone deliberately lowered their voices.

Pei Tiantian: ...

Okay, it’s contrived.

Pei Tiantian found a short queue and queued up, then took out a Taiwanese melodramatic romance novel that she had bought at a street stall and read it while waiting in line.

Luo Hua did not stay in the cafeteria to eat. Gu Rong took the prepared food and found a seat to sit down. He looked around as if he was looking for someone.

Seeing that Gu Rong didn't come over to sit at the same table with her, He Manting stood up calmly with her plate and walked over: "Gu Rong, thank you for treating me to dinner today."

He Manting was about to sit next to Gu Rong, but unexpectedly Gu Rong put a book on the seat: "Someone is here."

There was a flash of anger in He Manting's eyes, but she didn't leave. She sat down opposite Gu Rong as the next best option.

Seeing that He Manting and Gu Rong not only did not leave after the photo shoot, but also sat at a table to eat, this attracted the attention of many people in the cafeteria.

He Manting actually enjoyed such a look, but Gu Rong frowned and suddenly said, "Two dollars in total."

He Manting was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't understand what he was saying.

"I just lent you my meal card just now. It was just for filming purposes. The meal you ordered cost a total of two dollars."

He Manting: "What do you mean?"

"I mean you should give me my money back."

He Manting's face became colorful and beautiful. She didn't expect Gu Rong to be so stingy that he even asked for money back when he treated her to a meal in the cafeteria.

But He Manting couldn't lose her temper in front of so many people, so she could only swallow her anger and took out two dollars from her pocket and put them on Gu Rong's table: "Here you go, okay."

After Pei Tiantian finished getting her meal, she picked up her tray and immediately saw where Gu Rong was sitting, but she also saw He Manting sitting opposite him.

There was no ambiguous atmosphere between the two of them, because He Manting's face looked visibly unhappy.

As soon as Gu Rong saw Pei Tiantian coming, he picked up the book on the seat and asked her to sit down.

When He Manting saw this scene, her face darkened even more.

"Brother Gu Rong, what is this money on the table?"

Pei Tiantian asked softly.

Gu Rong: "Meal money. I just used her meal card for the filming."

Pei Tiantian's expression became somewhat puzzled.

So Gu Rong just gave He Manting two dollars for meal expenses for the filming, and then is he asking He Manting to return the two dollars?

This... Isn't the villain such a stingy person? How could he behave like such a straight man?

No wonder the atmosphere between the two of them was weird.

After Pei Tiantian sat down, she started to eat the food on the plate. She habitually picked out the celery from the stir-fried beef with celery and put it on Gu Rong's plate.

Gu Rong didn't say anything, as if he was used to it, and ate all the celery.

He Manting's gaze paused on the two people.

Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong are not biological siblings. Everyone in the school knows that Gu Rong is an orphan and was adopted by the Pei family.

But isn’t the behavior between Pei Tiantian and Gu Rong a little too intimate?

Pei Tiantian was eating spicy chicken, and her little mouth was covered with chili peppers. When Gu Rong saw this, he subconsciously took out a tissue and wiped it off for her.

Pei Tiantian smiled, picked up a piece of spicy chicken and put it into Gu Rong's rice, and said maliciously: "Brother Gu Rong, why don't you try it? The spicy chicken in the cafeteria is really delicious!"

Gu Rong looked at the piece of spicy chicken on his plate. He slowly picked it up and ate it.

Although he always looked cold, making it difficult for outsiders to tell whether he liked it or not, Pei Tiantian could tell the word "unpalatable" from his disdainful look.

Pei Tiantian just didn't understand why there were villains in this world who didn't like spicy, sweet, or sour food, and had a light taste like an old man.

Gu Rong saw that there were still some vegetables left on Pei Tiantian's plate, so he said, "Don't be too picky. You can't not eat any vegetables at all."

Pei Tiantian's face wrinkled into a ball. She had clearly eaten two pieces of this vegetable, but she really didn't want to eat it anymore.

She was a carnivore and didn't like vegetarian food very much. Pei Tiantian always felt that vegetables had a bitter taste. She didn't know if it was her illusion, but at Gu Rong's strong request, Pei Tiantian reluctantly ate some more vegetables before putting down her chopsticks.

Only then was Gu Rong satisfied.

After Pei Tiantian finished eating the evil vegetables, she looked up and found that He Manting, who was sitting opposite her, had disappeared.

He Manting was completely looked down upon by these two people, and no matter how thick-skinned she was, she could not stay there any longer.

She ate two quick bites and left.

However, when she thought about the relationship between Gu Rong and Pei Tiantian, He Manting felt more and more that something was not right.