Chapter 299 Rewarding the Heroes: The Wonderful Use of a Plate of Braised Pork. Gao Kai felt that his carefully selected pieces of braised pork suddenly seemed so crude and unworthy of being served in front of that cleanly peeled egg.
Ms. Su... she doesn't hate me anymore, does she?
The thought of this possibility sank Gao Kai's heart to the bottom. He would rather be killed by Battalion No. 2 in the exercise than be disliked by Teacher Su.
Jiang Yan froze, forgetting even to pick up his chopsticks.
He looked at Su An's profile as she calmly ate, then glanced at Wang Xiaoya beside him, who was happily devouring "his" eggs, and his mind was in complete chaos.
For the first time in his life, he experienced a feeling of "helplessness".
Gao Kai buried his head and ate a couple of mouthfuls of bland white rice, but finally couldn't resist. He looked up and glared fiercely at Jiang Yan beside him.
Jiang Yan felt his gaze and slowly turned her head to meet his eyes. In his usually calm and steady eyes, a rare hint of bitterness and helplessness flashed.
It was as if invisible sparks were crackling in the air.
At the center of this storm, Su An himself seemed to be detached from it all.
She simply ate her meal quietly.
A steamed bun made of white flour, and some stir-fried cabbage.
As for the mountain of flesh next to her, which represented Gao Kai's "sincere heart," she didn't touch a single piece.
She ate slowly and intently, as if there was nothing more important in the world than accurately calculating calories and replenishing energy.
The roaring laughter around her, the scorching gazes from the left and right that seemed to ignite the air, and the venomous, snake-like stare from behind, all failed to affect her in the slightest.
Gao Kai watched as she ate only cabbage and steamed buns, not even glancing at his pile of meat, and a wave of bitter resentment welled up in his heart again.
Just then, Su An, who had been eating in silence, finally made a new move.
She put down the steamed bun in her hand, wiped her mouth with a napkin, and then picked up the serving chopsticks on the table.
Su An used his serving chopsticks to pick up the largest piece from the "mountain of meat"—the top-quality pork belly that Gao Kai had high hopes for, perfectly marbled with fat and lean meat, stewed until it trembled.
Gao Kai's eyes lit up instantly!
It's done! Teacher Su still wants to eat my meat! She's just... just shy! Yes! Women are shy!
He grinned, a silly smile about to bloom, when he saw Su An twist her wrist, and the piece of meat... didn't end up in her own bowl.
Instead, it landed precisely and steadily in Gao Kai's bowl.
“Comrade Gao Kai,” Su An’s voice was calm and even, as if stating a perfectly ordinary fact, “you are a key member of the assault team, you have the greatest physical exertion and need to replenish your energy the most. Eat more.”
Gao Kai was completely stunned. He stared blankly at the glistening, slightly trembling braised pork in his bowl.
She...she gave the meat back to me?
He...he even praised me?
What's this? A slap followed by a sweet treat?
The surrounding soldiers were stunned for a moment, then burst into even louder laughter than before!
Hahahaha!
"No, no, my stomach hurts! Gao Kai, Teacher Su is worried about you! She wants you to eat more to nourish yourself!"
"What do you call this? This is called returning the jade intact to its rightful owner! Hahahaha!"
Wang Jin and the others behind Gao Kai could no longer hold back their laughter. They were laughing so hard they were doubled over, pounding the table and unable to straighten up.
"Boss, I...I can't take it anymore...haha..."
"Boss, you've really delivered goodwill to your own home this time!"
Gao Kai's face turned red from the base of his neck to the tips of his ears, and he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into on the spot.
But Su An's words were so impeccable, full of "comradely concern" and "organizational affirmation," that he couldn't even muster a trace of anger.
To say, "Teacher Su, that's not what I meant; this meat was specially for you"? Wouldn't that be publicly admitting to having ulterior motives and engaging in that bourgeois sycophancy? What about political awareness?
He could only swallow his anger and frustration, feeling so suffocated he was almost internally injured.
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