Ye Yiqing's smile visibly froze.

"What's wrong? You're reluctant to part with him?" Li Hu asked Ye Yiqing, who clearly looked reluctant, in a somewhat cheeky tone.

"No, no, it was my fault for bringing a weapon without permission. Instructor, it's only right that you confiscated it." Ye Yiqing quickly regained his composure and waved his hand lightly.

Upon hearing this, Li Hu smiled again, then turned and left with his knife.

"Don't worry, I'll take good care of it for you. The knife will be exactly the same as it is now, just like the one you take now," Li Hu assured him before leaving the canteen.

Ye Yiqing sighed softly, then sat back down in her seat.

"Hahahaha—!" Ye Ciqing burst into laughter as he looked at his brother.

"Brother, look at you, why did you do this? You did a good deed, and instead your knife was confiscated, hahahaha!" Ye Ciqing continued to mock mercilessly, even laughing so hard that a few tears came out.

Ye Yiqing shook his head helplessly, "It was only a matter of time before the knife was confiscated, since I did indeed violate the rules."

Then he stopped talking and focused on eating.

Ye Ciqing smiled as he ate, and the meal suddenly didn't seem so hard to swallow anymore.

Coco looked at Ye Yiqing and felt a pang of heartache. She wanted to offer some words of comfort, but she didn't know what to say.

Only Hera looked completely bewildered.

She didn't understand what Ye Ciqing was laughing at, nor did she understand why Ye Yiqing felt a little heartache.

The instructor clearly said he would return it to him, but I don't understand why Coco blushes whenever she sees the two brothers.