Chapter 15 Dinner

"But..." Yu Zhi thought about it and swallowed the words that were about to come out. She changed the topic and asked, "Then...Brother Wei Yuan, do you want to eat now?"

Wei Yuan glanced at his computer. It was almost six o'clock. "Okay."

Yu Zhi nodded obediently, ran to the dining table and pulled out a chair for him: "Then you sit down first."

"No need to be like this." Wei Yuan felt a little amused. The little girl seemed to treat him as an elder who needed to be respected, but it was not easy to refuse her kindness.

Yu Zhi hurried to the kitchen again and put the prepared meals in the insulated box to keep them warm, but there was only enough for one person.

She took a nutritional supplement and put it in her pocket, then put the food on a tray and took them out to the table.

"I'll go get it." Wei Yuan said as he was about to stand up.

"Brother Wei Yuan," Yu Zhi stopped him, "I only made these dishes for dinner. You can eat them, and I'll just drink the nutritional supplements."

Wei Yuan was startled, unable to help but laugh, yet also felt a little distressed. It turned out that she had been a little reluctant to speak up because of this, and she had silently decided to leave the food for him and only take the nutritional supplements herself.

"How could I possibly let you take nutritional supplements?" He pushed the food in front of Yu Zhi, "Eat it quickly."

"I'll just take the nutritional supplements, really." Seeing that he didn't eat, Yu Zhi said anxiously, "The nutritional supplements at home taste very good, completely different from what I'm used to..."

But no matter how delicious nutritional supplements are, how good can they be? No matter how advanced interstellar technology becomes, it can never compare to the taste and texture of natural food.

She thought Wei Yuan didn't believe her, and like a child eager to prove that he was not lying, she simply took out the nutritional supplement from her pocket and wanted to open it and drink it all in one gulp.

However, in just a moment, Wei Yuan stood up from his chair and appeared beside her. His long, strong, bony hands firmly grasped Yu Zhi's left hand holding the nutrient, making it impossible for her to break free.

The scorching heat penetrated her thin sleeves and burned her skin.

"Are you disobedient again?" Wei Yuan's voice seemed to contain a hint of anger, and his other hand easily took the nutrient solution from her hand.

Yu Zhi stared at him blankly, her pink lips slightly parted and her deer eyes wide open.

Wei Yuan frowned and looked at her in confusion: "What's wrong?"

But the little girl wrinkled her nose, pursed her lips, and said aggrievedly: "...It hurts."

Wei Yuan quickly let go of her hand, but a clearly visible blue and red mark appeared on her wrist, which was as white as a piece of fine mutton-fat jade.

He had been dealing only with high-level extraordinary people in the First Legion for many years, and they were all used to having thick skin and flesh, so they forgot for a moment that the girl's skin was so delicate and tender.

"...I'm sorry." Wei Yuan apologized honestly, "Does it still hurt? Do you want some medicine?"

Yu Zhi shook her hands lightly and rubbed it twice: "It doesn't hurt anymore, no need to apply medicine."

Wei Yuan "got into trouble" and his expression was no longer as calm and composed as at the beginning, but was mixed with a hint of helplessness.

"Sorry," he apologized again, "Then go ahead and eat. I'll order takeout."

Yu Zhi didn't insist anymore, as if she didn't want her wrist to be "ruined" by Wei Yuan again, so she started eating it in small bites like a hamster.

*

The delivery speed of StarCraft's takeout was extremely fast. It took a total of 15 minutes to deliver it from another district to Yu's house. It must have been a "pre-prepared meal" that was kept warm in advance.

After the little episode just now, the relationship between the two became closer, and Yu Zhi was less embarrassed in front of him.

"Where were you before?" Wei Yuan opened the specially made takeout lunch box and took out the dishes layer by layer. "In the welfare home?"

He didn't know the specific details of Yu Zhi's past, he only knew that she was the biological daughter that the Yu family had just found.

Yu Zhi nodded, then shook her head: "On Planet 845. We went to the welfare home later, after the federal government came to build it."

Wei Yuan paused, a little incredulous: "845 planet? That garbage planet?"

He was not cursing Planet 845, but because this planet was a place specially used by the Federation to dispose of various garbage and waste, and all living there were the poorest lower-class citizens and serving criminal laborers.

However, later, because a precious rare mineral was discovered on the planet with huge output, the Federation happily revised the development policy of Star 845 and approved funds to build it into a dedicated resource planet.

But the reconstruction only took place in recent years. How could Yu Zhi have lived alone in such a place at such a young age before?

Wei Yuan had a complicated expression, and all the prejudices he had against her disappeared at this moment.

Should we criticize a girl who is able to be tenacious and strive to grow up in such a place for not being gentle, sensible, and well-educated?

He suddenly remembered the scene where he saw Yu Ji scolding Yu Zhi for her rude behavior, and a sense of absurdity of "Why not eat meat porridge" arose in his heart.

He didn't want to criticize her parents in front of Yu Zhi, but he also kept this matter in mind.

"So what are your plans for the future?" Wei Yuan took the initiative to ask.

Yu Zhi's face showed some confusion about the future, but after meeting Wei Yuan's gaze, she seemed to have a backbone: "Do you have any suggestions?"

Wei Yuan said without hesitation: "I think you should go to school. Your brothers and sisters are all in the Central Military Academy."

"But I'm not a healer, can I still go to military school?" She was a little distressed.

"Have you taken the affinity talent test?" Wei Yuan asked, "And even if you haven't awakened your healing talent, you can still choose to study other subjects."

Yu Zhi nodded, not quite understanding, "I don't think I've taken the test? I also want to go to school... I'll tell Dad."

Wei Yuan guessed that she might be worried that Yu Ji would not allow her to go to the military academy, so he comforted her: "Don't worry, I will also talk to your father."

As long as Wei Yuan opened his mouth, Yu Ji would definitely agree.

"Thank you...Brother Wei Yuan." The worry between Yu Zhi's brows disappeared, her eyes curved into crescents, and she smiled like a baby bird, full of trust.

"Are you full?" Wei Yuan saw her thin, sharply defined collarbone and moved the untouched dishes toward her. "Would you like to eat some more?"

Yu Zhi nodded a little embarrassedly: "Okay."

She was still in her growth period and had been malnourished for a long time. The single-person meals prepared by the servants according to Yu Yi's appetite were not enough to fill her stomach.

Wei Yuan saw that her meal was not large, so he intentionally ordered more dishes. As he expected, Yu Zhi was indeed not full.

But she probably had too many concerns in her mind and was too embarrassed to mention it to her parents, so she decided to just let him speak for her.

*

Tianji District, in the banquet hall of Yunyin Hotel.

Yu Yu was a little uneasy, and he would raise his hand to look at the computer from time to time.

Yu Yao, who was standing by, stuffed a small piece of cake into his stomach before he could focus and asked, "Has Brother Wei Yuan not replied to you yet?"

Yu Yu pursed his lips, then looked at the computer again to confirm, and said with some disappointment: "No."

But when she asked before, Wei Yuan clearly said that he would come to participate.

"Maybe something happened to delay him." Yu Yao shrugged. He waved to the waiter to pack a separate chestnut cake and planned to take it back to Yu Zhi.