The next day.
It was 7:30 in the morning.
Linna and the others arrived at the cafeteria one after another, waiting for their meal to be served.
Surprisingly, these newcomers were even arranged to be in a private room.
"We're getting pretty good treatment here?" Meng Feifei looked around. "We even have a private room for breakfast?"
"Lin Nai, Mu Xun." At this moment, a cafeteria staff member walked in and said, "Your dining place is not here. You need to go to table number 19 in the main dining room outside."
Lin Nai and Mu Xun exchanged a glance, stood up, and without saying anything more, followed him out.
The private room was actually separated from the outside world by a soundproof glass, so Meng Feifei and the others inside the private room could see Lin Nai and Mu Xun sitting at table number 19 in the main restaurant outside.
“Hey, that’s really strange,” Meng Feifei said. “Those of us who didn’t finish can still eat in the private room, while the two of them who did finish can only sit in the lobby outside. I don’t understand.”
Truman paused for a moment, then touched his glasses. "I have a bad feeling..."
The food was served quickly.
In front of each person was a large, round black pot, covered with a lid.
Everyone knew that today's breakfast was their "punishment" for not completing yesterday's warm-up cross-country run, so they didn't have high expectations for the meal from the start.
But when the pot lid was opened, everyone's faces turned deathly pale.
It was a pot of black, gooey stuff, in both paste and strip-like forms, making it impossible to discern its original shape. It resembled black mud mixed with water, or blackened, constipated feces, and emitted an unbelievable, nauseating odor.
It was a smell that no one had ever smelled before. Just smelling it was enough to make one's stomach churn, let alone eating it!
Hua Yingwen, Yu Yuanyuan, and Tong Yi, the three girls, even felt a bit nauseous.
"Holy crap..."
Meng Feifei pinched her nose: "What is this?"
Everyone immediately understood the purpose of the private room!
It's not taking care of them at all!
Rather, they didn't want the disgusting smell to affect other people's dining in the cafeteria!
"This is a nutritious breakfast I made for you myself. Isn't it delicious?"
Zheng Longhai's voice came over, and then he walked out of a door in the private room, still wearing a beige apron.
"Chief of Staff..." Fang Wu pinched his nose, "What exactly is this?"
As a military strategist, Fang Wu believed that he had been trained and raised according to the standard military model since childhood.
On the battlefield, food isn't so fussy; you have to eat anything! So, from childhood to adulthood, he's eaten all sorts of strange foods: insects, tree bark, raw meat, even rotting flesh and his own urine...
Even after experiencing all that, seeing these dark, gooey things and smelling that incredibly terrifying odor still made him a little overwhelmed!
Fang Wu's face turned green, not to mention the others!
The monkey looked disgusted: "Damn... I was so sleepy, and this has completely woken me up..."
"I told you, this is a sumptuous breakfast I made for you myself!" Zheng Longhai grinned coldly. "Don't worry, it's absolutely edible and very nutritious! There aren't many people in the entire base who would ask me to cook for them; you should feel honored!"
"Oh, right, you, don't forget." Zheng Longhai pointed at Meng Feifei: "You have to eat two pots, not a single bite less. Someone, bring him another pot!"
"Yes!" Upon hearing this, a staff member immediately brought over another pot and placed it in front of Meng Feifei.
Meng Feifei: "...Good brother, handsome uncle, I was wrong, I will never talk back to you again."
Zheng Longhai sneered: "Don't give me that crap. Even if you call me 'good dad' now, it won't work!"
Meng Feifei: "......"
"Today's meal is meant to teach you a lesson," Zheng Longhai said solemnly. "In this base, if you fail to meet the training targets I set for you, you will be punished! Yesterday's was just a warm-up; don't think it was some kind of tough test."
"Everyone must not leave a single bite of the contents of this pot in front of you. If you leave even one bite, you will be punished with twenty warm-up cross-country runs!"
"Alright, you can enjoy your meal now."
After saying that, Zheng Longhai turned and left.
The group looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Are we... really going to eat this kind of thing?"
Yu Yuanyuan looked at the terrifying mass of food in the black pot with a complicated expression. She hesitated for a few moments but didn't have the courage to reach out and touch it.
Hua Lingze gave a wry smile and said, "There aren't even any cutlery. I'm really not used to it..."
For the usually elegant, clean-cut, and noble young master of the Hua family, this kind of food was indeed quite a shock...
"Look!" Fang Wu pointed to the restaurant outside the glass.
At table number 19, where Lin Nai and Mu Xun were seated, their breakfast had been served.
Plates of exquisitely prepared food were served to them. The table for just two was laden with over a dozen dishes, all beautifully presented, rich in color, and exuding an irresistible aroma—it was incredibly luxurious. Even the plates were made of soul crystals! It was as if even the world's most prestigious restaurants couldn't have served them anything better!
Meng Feifei stared wide-eyed: "This is way too much of a difference!!"
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