The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

"Huh? That's going too far?"

Xu Xi covered her mouth in amazement.

"These people are nothing but robbers."

Wen Yao clicked her tongue, looking indignantly at the owner of the cold jelly shop who was being beaten up, and cursed inwardly that he deserved it.

The boomerang hit its own head, didn't it? Serves you right for messing with me!

"Stop it, all of you!"

The cafeteria manager, dressed in a suit and tie, arrived with a group of security guards and separated the students from the owners.

"Brother Li... Brother Li! You have to stand up for me! These brats beat me up for over ten minutes!"

The owner of the cold jelly shop, his face bruised and swollen, clung to the canteen manager's sleeve and sobbed.

The arrival of the cafeteria manager was like a lifeline for him.

The cafeteria manager glanced at him, then looked at the students who were being stopped by security guards.

"Students, I am the cafeteria manager for North Campus 2. If you have any requests regarding our cafeteria, please let me know. We will always put students first and do our best to serve you well..."

"Your cafeteria is outrageous! You've repeatedly cheated us students in broad daylight!"

"How do you explain charging for two bowls of noodles when you can only afford one?"

Following the sound, the cafeteria manager looked at Qi Yu, who was standing outside the crowd.

A smile spread across his face as he walked up to Qi Yu.

"Excuse me, do you mean you were charged for two bowls of cold noodles at this cold noodle shop in our cafeteria?"

Qi Yu nodded, showed the cafeteria manager the payment record on his phone, and then explained the whole story.

After hearing this, the cafeteria manager's face darkened, and he returned to the side of the cold noodle shop owner.

"Old Zhou, tell me the truth, did this student eat one bowl of noodles or two bowls?"

The owner of the cold jelly shop looked embarrassed.

He glanced at Qi Yu, then at the cafeteria manager, and swallowed hard.

Finally, he trembled as he held up two fingers.

"You're talking nonsense! I clearly ate a bowl of noodles!"

Qi Yu frowned and rebuked angrily.

The cafeteria manager's eyes darted around. He patted the owner of the cold noodle shop on the shoulder, stood up, faced Qi Yu, and said with a smile.

"Hey classmate, you say it's one bowl, but our liangfen (cold mung bean jelly) Lao Zhou says it's two bowls. There's no evidence, so it's really hard to draw a conclusion..."

"However, with the service attitude of a campus catering provider, we will definitely give you a satisfactory result."

"How about this, the cafeteria will cover the cost of the other bowl of noodles. Consider it a welcome dinner for our new students!"

Qi Yu felt awkward listening to this passage.

Does that mean I don't have to pay, but I have to admit that I ate two bowls of noodles?

Zhao Lin also felt a surge of inexplicable anger rising within her.

"Thank you for the cafeteria's kindness, but all I want is fairness."

Qi Yu pointed to the camera.

"Check the security camera footage and see how many bowls of noodles I actually ate."

"Old Zhou, check the security footage!"

The cafeteria manager shouted sternly.

"Brother Li... Brother Li, the security camera is broken..."

The owner of the cold jelly shop avoided eye contact.

The cafeteria manager frowned.

"Young man, our stall's surveillance camera is temporarily out of service, so we are unable to provide it to you. As the manager, I also bear responsibility for not being able to discover and point this out immediately."

"As an apology, I, on behalf of the cafeteria, will refund the money you paid for this bowl of noodles. Thank you for supervising our work!"

......

In the end, Qi Yu accepted the refund, chose to let the matter rest, and did not pursue the matter of the surveillance footage.

The cafeteria manager spoke politely and nicely on the surface, but this was only to save face for the cafeteria; he wasn't actually acting in the students' best interests.

Furthermore, Zhao Lin has already made a move against the owner of the cold noodle shop. If she pushes him too far, he might turn around and bite her back.

......

"This is outrageous! I never imagined the school cafeteria could be so greedy!"

On her way back to the dormitory, Wen Yao grumbled indignantly.

It's unbelievable that a prestigious university would have such a situation where cafeteria vendors bully students like this.

Moreover, this is not just a problem of a stall.

Instead, everyone from management to individual stall owners colluded.

Taking advantage of their monopoly on campus catering, they ruthlessly exploit students.

How awful!

Xu Xi kept her head down the whole way, gently stroking her chin with her fingers, as if deep in thought.

She noticed that the cafeteria was packed with students, with almost no empty seats.

This shows that the school cafeteria is the primary place for students to meet their dining needs.

The students' resentment towards the stall owners reveals that they know the cafeteria is engaging in deceptive practices, yet they still choose to eat there instead of considering the nearby affordable food street.

Why is that?

Before they knew it, they had arrived at the dormitory building.

"Xi Bao, why aren't you coming up?"

At the top of the stairs, Wen Yao turned around and looked at Xu Xi, who was standing outside the dormitory building, frowning in thought.

She's been like this for a while now; she always looks like this when she comes out of the cafeteria.

"You guys go up first, I'll go take another walk around the school."

Xu Xi smiled at them and turned to walk away from the dormitory building.

The little head was filled with questions, and he needed to find the answers.

Strolling along the campus paths, I felt the gentle breeze caressing my hair.

Xu Xi was in a state of turmoil throughout the journey.

The answer to the question seems to be right in front of us, yet it is shrouded in a veil of mist, making it impossible to see or grasp.

Before she knew it, she had stopped in front of the school gate.

Standing once again beneath the line, "Have you not seen the tall pine lying in the ravine, suffering from wind and frost, yet when the time comes, it stands tall and supports the hall," Xu Xi felt a slight ache in her legs.

The girl wiggled her heels to relieve the soreness.

Yuncheng University is very large; I walked quite a lot today...

The distance from the dormitory to the school gate is really long.

That's right! Distance!

A flash of lightning suddenly struck Xu Xi's little head.

She took out her phone, checked the time, and subtracted the time she left the dormitory from the current time; it was exactly 15 minutes.

It only takes five minutes to get from the cafeteria to the dormitory.

If you want to go from the dormitory to the food street for a meal, you need to walk for fifteen minutes to reach the school gate, and after leaving the school, you need to walk for almost ten more minutes.

She looked back at the long road she had traveled.

No wonder, no wonder no one wants to eat outside of school.

If you go to the food street for a meal, just one round trip takes fifty minutes!

This distance is too long, and this takes too much time!

The snack street appears to be right next to Yuncheng University, but in reality, you have to take a long detour to get there.

In this sweltering heat, how many people would be willing to travel such a long distance just to save a few dollars?

Xu Xi clenched her teeth, her face so gloomy it looked like it could drip water.

The fact that my brother's shop has no business has nothing to do with not playing GG.

Starting a food business in a food street is destined to be a losing proposition.

Damn it, why didn't I notice this simple truth when I persuaded my brother to open the shop?