The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 631: Reckless and Shameless

"When it comes to treating, she treats. Ji You quickly paid off the bill, clutching her food tray. She lingered, not wanting to leave, hoping to chat with Senior Shi Ya for a bit. Yet seeing Senior Shi Ya continuously busy, averaging 10 seconds to serve each meal and with a still impressively long queue...

Ji You thought it over and decided not to disturb her. Instead, she just watched Senior Shi Ya and said with a smile, ’Senior, I will go and eat now, and we can catch up after class in the afternoon.’

Upon hearing this, Shi Ya looked up—

Ji You, observing her indifferent expression, initially thought she would surely be rejected, but unexpectedly, she heard a soft reply: ’Hmm.’

Just one word, and had Ji You not been all ears, she might have thought she misheard it.

Instinctively, Ji You’s eyes brightened. She stared at Senior Shi Ya with a smile tugging at the edges of her eyes and corners of her eyebrows, saying, ’Then it’s settled! I’m off to eat.’

Shi Ya remained silent.

Ji You, pleased with herself, held her tray looking for a spot to sit.

’Ji You, over here!’ Chu Jiaojiao spotted Ji You coming their way, immediately waved her hand, and called out, ’Come over, I saved you a spot.’

As Ji You walked over and set down her tray, she looked around at the table full of food lovers, and with a hint of pride, she asked, ’Do you know why you ended up with two extra pieces of meat?’

No one responded.

No one acknowledged her.

And—

With Shen Changqing, Yue Qiguang, Yue Qiyuan, and others leading, upon hearing Ji You say this, their previously leisurely pace of eating suddenly sped up. In the blink of an eye, they’d wolfed down two or three pieces of ribs.

Seeing no one interacting with her, Ji You wasn’t embarrassed and said directly, ’Because you all basked in my glory.’

Still, no one responded, their heads lowered, scrambling just to focus on their food.

Ji You: ’...’

Taking a deep breath, she asked, ’Am I that scary? I’m not about to blackmail each of you for a piece of meat.’

At this point—

Yue Qiguang finally looked up, still chewing on meat, and mumbled indistinctly, ’You are!’

Yue Qiyuan swallowed his food, looking at Ji You with disdain, and said, ’Exactly, you are! We’ve seen right through you.’

Sheng Qingyan, the only one who wasn’t worried about Ji You competing for meat, had, from the moment Ji You arrived, licked every piece of rib. Now leisurely chewing on the meat, he looked at Ji You slight contempt and said, ’Poor dead, you might as well give up, the meat we earned through skill will definitely not be shared with you.’

At this moment, Chu Jiaojiao also put down her chopsticks, raised her head, and looked at Ji You with a hint of apology, saying, ’Ji You, you really do look nice, but I like eating meat more.’

Ji You’s face darkened.

But!!!

That wasn’t enough.

Shen Changqing, who had been silent throughout, finally opened his mouth. Before he could speak, his face was already flushed, then, suddenly casting down his eyes, he muttered, ’Ahem... I’ve licked my meat too.’

Ji You: ’...’

Ji You stared at Shen Changqing, somewhat disbelieving, ’Shen Changqing, you really have changed.’

At this, Shen Changqing’s face turned even redder.

Subsequently, Lou, Lance, Xuzhou, Zhang Ye, and others, also protected their trays as if to say, ’Touch my meat, only over my dead body.’

Ji You gave up entirely, scornfully looking at these people, she cursed, ’I genuinely had no intention of taking your meat; you can now eat in peace.’ After speaking, she carefully moved her guarding elbow away and then swiftly hung her head and furiously licked the red-cooked ribs on her tray.

People: ’...’

Having done her part, Ji You thoroughly relaxed, began to chew slowly, and declared, ’What comes around goes around, don’t even think about targeting my meat.’

Everyone: "..."

Everyone decided not to talk to her anymore and started discussing the acting assessment in the afternoon. At this table, except for Sheng Qingyan and Ji You, everyone else was forced to participate by Teacher Mu Jianling. For a moment, everyone was looking at each other, feeling like crying but having no tears.

Because—

Teacher Mu Jianling said afterwards, students forced to participate, if the assessment is unqualified, would get 20 academic points deducted and the natural food supply for the next two weeks canceled.

That’s right!

academic points.

weeks of natural food supply.

For other students who didn’t pass the assessment, the punishment does not involve points deduction, just a one week cancellation of natural food supply.

In other words—

This red-braised pork rice at noon today might be their last meal of natural food for the next two weeks.

Ying~

Those who were called out are truly in a pitiful state...

Everyone was very nervous, even Chu Jiaojiao, who is usually fearless and likes to fight, was getting anxious as the afternoon assessment approached. She chewed a mouthful of rice and looked at everyone with a worried expression, asking: "What do you guess could be Teacher Mu’s trick?"

Everyone shook their heads.

Chu Jiaojiao then set her last hopes on Ji You, earnestly asking, "Ji You, you always have many ideas, how about you provide some thoughts for everyone to consider?"

Ji You calmly lifted her head, glanced at Chu Jiaojiao, then hooked her lips in a smile.

Chu Jiaojiao felt a surge of joy: Seems like Ji You has some ideas.

Then—

Ji You said: "Chu Jiaojiao, your question is off the mark. I’m not interested, what I like the most now is eating meat."

Chu Jiaojiao: "..."

Yue Qiguang cursed: "You idiot with number 4444, keep this up and you’ll lose all your friends."

Ji You unbotheredly continued eating, saying: "Plastic friends, who cares."

Yue Qiguang felt an itch in his hand.

Everyone else felt their hands itching unbearable; after all, knowing she’s the Rag Queen, it was hard enough to suppress the urge to beat her up once, now her remarks undoubtedly reignited the fire...

Looking at everyone’s murderous glances, Ji You’s heart trembled slightly, but she still kept a straight face and feigned calmness: "What’s the hurry? You definitely won’t guess Teacher Mu’s tricks. Just remember one principle for the assessment—if the teacher asks you to laugh, you cry; if the teacher asks you to cry, you laugh. Just do the opposite."

Everyone: "..."

Everyone at the table looked at each other.

Lou, with wide blue eyes, earnestly asked, "Really... is it really like that?"

Ji You swallowed a mouthful of rice: "I was just bluffing."

Everyone: "..."

Really want to strangle her!

Ji You, holding her spoon, mixed the braised pork sauce with the white rice and took another mouthful, facing everyone’s homicidal gaze, she cheerfully said: "Actually, I think you all are too nervous. Acting isn’t that hard, look at how calm I am right now, not afraid of being hit by you guys. But actually, I’m quite scared inside."

Everyone: "..."

Your nonchalant demeanor doesn’t seem scared at all.