Chapter 335 - 328: Ulterior Motives

“You’ll have it too,” Tang Yuxin grabbed her clothes, changed into them and when she came out, she wore her own clothes, took them to be washed at an outside tap. Even though she changed her clothes and washed her hands, everyone still felt a weird smell from her, and thus stayed far away.

Even during meal times, nobody ate with her anymore.

Tang Yuxin got a meal for herself and ate alone in the cafeteria, initially hoping for a peaceful meal. However, it didn’t go as planned as someone who didn’t mind her presence sat directly across from her.

Tang Yuxin raised her eyes and saw Zhang Yong’an sitting across from her, which somehow made her food taste bad.

“I’m Zhang Yong’an, do you remember me? You showed me the way on the first day of school.”

“Yeah, I remember,” Tang Yuxin took another bite of her rice, “the famous fart performer during the military training, I heard of you but seeing is believing, well met.”

Upon hearing the word fart, Zhang Yong’an’s face flushed in embarrassment and he wished he could dig a hole and bury himself in it.

“Well…” he tried to explain awkwardly, “I had a stomach upset that day, it was not as exaggerated as the rumors suggested. You know how people can overdramatize things when they are many.”

“Oh…” Tang Yuxin didn’t argue with him about it. Whether it was worse than he claimed, he knew better himself because she was the one who slipped him the medicine. It was an old Chen family recipe named King of Hundred Farts.

Its name made its function clear, it wouldn’t stop until you farted a hundred times, and if your stomach was sensitive, it might cause more than just that.

“Is this all you eat?” Zhang Yong’an pointed at her food, a bowl of rice, three dishes, and a soup: sweet and sour pork ribs, braised belt fish, four joy meatballs, and egg soup, all of which were indeed the most expensive dishes at the school’s cafeteria, each costing five to six dollars.

How can one person eat so much? No wonder she didn’t bother looking for the ten dollars she lost last time, because she simply didn’t care much for the money. Losing ten dollars was like losing one or two dollars to her, it didn’t make her blink an eye.

His meal costs about two dollars, but Tang Yuxin’s meal can feed two people.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Can you finish all this?” Zhang Yong’an asked tentatively, “This is a lot of food. You probably won’t be able to finish it all, as a girl.”

“It’s okay,” Tang Yuxin picked up a meatball, she didn’t care so much about what she eats, but she wouldn’t be as miserable as in her previous life, where she couldn’t afford anything. She sacrificed everything she had for others.

See? She was always generous-minded.

She was a model of serving the people,

Her slogan was, serve the people without regrets even in death.

But in the end, she didn’t regret. She was filled with hatred.

“The fish costs five dollars, right?” Zhang Yong’an seemed to feel a pain in his heart.

“Yeah,” like she was doing it on purpose, Tang Yuxin picked up a rib and started eating in a refined manner.

Zhang Yong’an was hoping that Tang Yuxin would say no, so he could politely say: Since you can’t finish it, it would be wasteful, and wouldn’t you want me to help you finish it so it doesn’t waste?

He would reluctantly agree because it’s good to not waste food. But everything turned out the opposite of what he imagined. Tang Yuxin wouldn’t cooperate and completely deviated from his script.

“Are you sure you can finish it?” He asked persistently as he refused to give up, “Don’t force yourself, be careful not to overeat.”

“It’s okay,” Tang Yuxin’s voice was as cold as ice, making it clear that she didn’t want to converse with others.

“Really, don’t force yourself, I won’t laugh at you.” Zhang Yong’an smiled, watching how almost all the ribs were gone and there were only a few meatballs left.

The taste of these ribs was so fragrant, as were the meatballs, and the fish tasted even better.

Five dollars for one dish was expensive, it was enough for a whole day’s meal for him.

“I’m not forcing myself,” Tang Yuxin picked up the last piece of rib. The pain of seeing without being able to eat, Zhang Yong’an had a complete understanding of it this time.

“Do your parents give you a lot of allowance every month?” Zhang Yong’an almost wanted to grab that piece of rib into his bowl.

Tang Yuxin didn’t feel like answering. In her previous life, she only received a hundred dollars of allowance a month, which she had to share with him. Even though she barely had enough for herself, she devoted everything to him while looking out for him. Yet, in the end, she reared an ungrateful wretch who consumed her physically and emotionally before kicking her to the curb.

In this life, her monthly allowance has always been a thousand dollars. Her family’s economic conditions improved, and this time she returned home, her dad gave her ten thousand, Ren Li also gave her five thousand, and her second uncle gave her five thousand more, in addition to an extra thousand dollars of pocket money each month. In this era, she could live a luxurious lifestyle with her monthly budget, as long as she felt like it.

She picked up a piece of fish and after a few bites, she threw it into the trash can.

“Why did you throw it away?” Zhang Yong’an pouted, feeling heartbroken over the wasted food. After he spoke, he took a bite of his own white rice, his chopsticks trembling in his hand.

“It doesn’t taste good,” Tang Yuxin picked up another piece of fish and threw it away without tasting it.

“You…” Zhang Yong’an got upset, it was such a good fish, even if it didn’t taste good, she couldn’t just throw it away, there’s still him. He could eat it, he was willing, no matter how bad it tasted, he wanted to eat.

“My dad said,” Tang Yuxin discarded another piece, “even if it’s not good, it’s better to throw it away than to give it to someone who is not well-intentioned.”

As she said the word “not well-intentioned,” her eyes were fixed on Zhang Yong’an, making him feel a hot flush on his face, as if the word was related to him.

Tang Yuxin lowered her head, took another meatball into her mouth, and ate it in a single bite.

Moreover, she looked indifferently at the man sitting across from her. He was so ordinary, but she had considered him everything and as the shining moonlight in her previous life. Thinking back, she felt so stupid to an extent that even thinking about it disgusts her.