Chapter 49

"By the way, you guys are here for dinner, right? What would you like to eat? How about the special duck neck?"

The middle-aged woman asked four people.

Hongbai nodded: "Okay."

The middle-aged woman looked at the others and asked, "How about you? Would you like some rice and soup? We have seaweed egg soup and soft glutinous rice, or if you like eight-treasure glutinous rice flour, that's fine too."

Huang Bai asked: "Anything else?"

The middle-aged woman thought for a moment and answered, "Light-shadow beef, stir-fried zucchini and shredded reed, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, egg fried rice, pearl jade white jade soup..."

Lan Bai said: "Just give them each a bowl of rice. I won't eat. I'm not that hungry."

The middle-aged woman looked at Jongin and asked, "What about you?"

Jongin replied, "No, I'm just coming to take a look."

The middle-aged woman nodded. "Then I will prepare two bowls of rice and two bowls of seaweed egg soup for you, plus tomato scrambled eggs, lantern-shaped beef, shredded zucchini and duck neck?"

Hongbai nodded: "Okay."

The middle-aged woman turned around and went back to the kitchen, closing the door as she went in.

With a bang, the cafeteria regained the empty feeling it had when I first entered.

Hongbai found a seat at the side and sat down, saying to everyone, "Please sit down. We have to eat later."

Huang Bai nodded.

Lan Bai also sat next to them and looked at Zhong Ren.

Jongin picked a seat and sat down. Lanbai opened his backpack, took out two sandwiches, looked at Jongin and asked, "Would you like to have one?"

Jongin shook his head and refused: "Thank you, but no."

Lan Bai didn't force it, nodded, took the bread back, put it in his backpack, opened one, and started eating.

The yellow and red ones beside him looked at him eating with green eyes looking somewhat hungry.

Lan Bai asked, "Do you want some too? If you eat it now, you might not be able to eat the food here later."

Hongbai shook his head: "Then I won't eat more."

Huang Bai stretched out his hand: "Give me one."

Lan Bai handed the bread to Huang Bai, who took it back, opened it and started eating.

Lan Bai found a bottle of water and handed it to Huang Bai. Huang Bai gulped down half the bottle of water and squinted his eyes and said, "Okay, this is normal! Who would be hungry in the cafeteria?"

Kohaku nodded.

Huang Bai and Lan Bai looked at her, and they all smiled at each other. The cold atmosphere eased a little.

The air seemed to be filled with a happy atmosphere.

The door to the kitchen opened, and a middle-aged woman came out with a tray and shouted to them, "The food is here! You don't have to eat what you brought! Don't be polite."

She came over, put the things down, wiped her hands on her apron, and asked a little shyly, "Well, you left your cell phones outside, right?"

Hongbai was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why put it outside?"

The middle-aged woman widened her eyes in surprise and asked, "Didn't you see the rules sign hanging at the door before you came in? We have written down the rules clearly, that is, you are not allowed to bring electronic devices into the cafeteria! We are full of food here, and the smell of smoke is everywhere. If you accidentally get something greasy, the food will be ruined, isn't it? We are also thinking about the guests. What do you think?"

Huang Bai stretched his neck and obediently took out his cell phone from his pocket.

Hongbai glanced at him and smiled at the middle-aged woman, "So when will you return the things you took from us?"

The middle-aged woman replied, "When you leave here, your things will be returned to you."

Kohaku asked, "Where should we put our things?"

The middle-aged woman replied, "We were going to put your things in the pocket at the door, but since you're all here, we'll just hang them in the pocket on the wall next to us. How about that? When you sit here to eat, you can see where your things are to see if anyone has touched them. It's safe. There are also cameras here so your things won't get lost."

She smiled at everyone and said in a friendly manner: "There is no one else in the cafeteria except you. Your things are just temporarily placed a little further away from you. It's nothing. Isn't it?"

Kohaku said, "How can there be no other people? You are a human being, and you say there are other people inside."

The middle-aged woman nodded. "Yes, I said that, but we are all inside, we won't suddenly appear. You are all outside, and we can't avoid your sight and take your things. It's good that other people are here, but you can't see them. They are only inside to process the ingredients for you. What's wrong with just pretending that they don't exist?"

Hongbai muttered, "How can this be? They don't exist, but you are still here. Besides, just because we think they don't exist doesn't mean they really don't exist. Although you won't come out, what if you want to get something from us and use our things..."

The middle-aged woman smiled and said, "We won't do that. Anyway, this is the rule and we can't disobey it. Please take out your electronic products."

Huang Bai handed the phone over, and the middle-aged woman extended her hand to Hong Bai and Lan Bai. Hong Bai and Lan Bai looked at each other and shook their heads.

The middle-aged woman was stunned for a moment, then she withdrew her hand in confusion and asked, "Don't you have any?"

Kohaku said, "I didn't bring my cell phone."

Lan Bai said: "I don't use a cell phone."

The middle-aged woman smiled grimly and said, "How is that possible? Who doesn't bring a cell phone with them at this hour? Who doesn't have a cell phone?"

Hongbai sighed: "Well, since you've discovered it, I won't hide it anymore."

She took out her cell phone and handed it over: "This is mine."

The middle-aged woman looked towards Lan Bai.

Lan Bai said: "No."

The middle-aged woman didn't believe it, frowned, and tried to get her backpack. She said, "Then I'll check it. You're not obedient, you're not a good kid. The food here can't be given to people like you. In fact, it's useless for you to take it, because we don't have internet here."

Lan Bai frowned and picked up the backpack. "These are my things. I remember the rules didn't say that staff can check other people's things at will, right? You are invading privacy! I will report you! I warn you, I am not someone who can be bullied easily. There are several of us here. No matter how many people you have, they are still in there, right? They must be in trouble and can't get out for a while, right? I advise you to stay calm."

The middle-aged woman's face turned red, white, green, and black: "Okay!"

She glared at Lan Bai and said, "Just don't regret it. I warn you, don't post any information on the public network! Otherwise, don't blame us for not reminding you that violating the rules will have serious consequences!"

Lan Bai nodded indifferently.

After the middle-aged woman turned around and went back to the kitchen, Lan Bai looked at Zhong Ren and asked, "Why didn't she ask you just now?"

Jongin replied, "Because I have nothing."

He smiled and spread his hands and said, "Look, I don't have a backpack, a shoulder bag, a pocket, or anything in my hands. Even if she suspects that I have a cell phone, she has to find where I put it before she can take it away!"

Lan Bai glanced at Zhong Ren suspiciously, nodded, and murmured, "Indeed."

Jongin didn't have a single pocket on his body, and he didn't bring his own bag with him, so there was no place to put his cell phone. But his hands were empty, and it was impossible for him to put his cell phone in his empty hands. No wonder the middle-aged woman came over and glanced at Jongin before not asking any more questions.

For others, it looks like it can be used to store mobile phones, so it's normal to be a little suspicious.

After all, the middle-aged woman did not really attack Lan Bai or search his backpack. Lan Bai just thought that the other party followed the rules, was a little strict, and did not like disobedient students. He did not think that the other party was extremely vicious. In his heart, he thought that she was a good person, but he vaguely felt that something was not right, and for a moment he did not realize what the problem was.

Jongin didn’t remind them.

Hongbai and Huangbai lowered their heads and picked up their chopsticks, ready to eat.

They paused and realized something was wrong.

Hongbai frowned and pointed to the chopsticks in his hand. "They are so dirty and sticky. It feels like someone just used them and they haven't washed them clean. Didn't you see it? There are still some white rice grains here. Ah, we came here when a large number of students just left. Didn't they clean the kitchen utensils for so long?"

Lan Bai glanced at the chopsticks and nodded: "So dirty."

Hongbai quickly put the chopsticks next to the plate, took out a tissue from her bag, wiped her hands and chopsticks, rummaged in her bag again, found a transparent box, opened the box, inside were her chopsticks and spoon, she took them out, trying to try the food again, but she saw a yellow-green sticky thing in the place where the soup was placed in the plate.

Hongbai's hand stopped.

She looked at Huang Bai.

Huang Bai was holding the chopsticks, which were also wet and sticky and looked very dirty. However, Huang Bai was not that particular and did not find it unbearable. He was using the chopsticks to stir the food in the plate when he found a black thing. He picked up the food with the chopsticks and looked at it in mid-air. For a moment he did not recognize what it was.

Lan Bai said: "It looks like a mouse's head."

Huang Bai quickly put the mouse back, and Lan Bai looked very ugly.

"How could there be rats? Aren't the rules outside clearly stated? There are no pets or rats here! What did you order?"

A middle-aged woman came out from inside and heard the question. She came closer and asked, "Didn't you order duck neck? Where did the rat come from? We don't have any rats here."

Lan Bai pointed at Huang Bai's plate and asked, "What is this?"

The middle-aged woman took a look and said with a smile: "This is a duck neck!"