Chapter 6: Turned Into a Girl That Even Love Rivals Admire?
Not greedy, not proud. Wow, what a well-mannered girl.
But honestly, she was mainly just trying to act refined in front of her love rival. In simple words, she didn’t want her rival to look down on her, get it?
Now let’s look at the table where her love rival, Xia Changyu, was sitting.
“Munch munch!”
“Slurp~”
“Smack, slurp~~”
Xia Changyu was now sitting up straight, looking serious.
If it wasn’t for the fact that his new girlfriend was there, he might’ve just stood up and wished he could disappear into a hole in the ground.
Trying to be polite, he gently reminded them. “Hey, you all can slow down a bit. No one’s trying to steal your food.”
Also, there were 16 dishes!
Xia Changyu wondered, can they even finish all that?
One of the slightly chubby girls was tearing into a whole roasted pig, her hands greasy and oil nearly dripping from her face. Yang Yueping was biting hard into a crab claw with her teeth.
Xia Changyu was considering whether he should tell her that the restaurant actually had tools to help open crab shells.
“Changyu, I...”
Gu Xiaoxue was also getting embarrassed.
But she couldn’t just kick her roommates out right now, even though she was getting so mad she could almost kill someone.
Xia Changyu took a deep breath and gave Gu Xiaoxue a look that said, “It’s okay, I understand.”
You might understand, but why should the other diners have to?
Everyone came to the restaurant to enjoy a quiet meal. Why should they put up with your noisy table?
The table next to them couldn’t stand it anymore. Before their food was even fully served, someone slammed the table and said, “We’re leaving. What a mood killer.”
In a calm, classy restaurant, a group of loud, messy eaters really ruined the atmosphere. It’s like when you’re quietly eating and suddenly a screaming, hyper kid shows up. Annoying, right?
And they didn’t even give Xia Changyu a friendly look.
Who the heck do you think you are?
Trying to act cool in front of a girl just because you're rich?
What does that have to do with the rest of us?
As they walked past Xia Changyu’s table, one guy even shook his head and let out a sarcastic, “Tsk tsk tsk.”
Xia Changyu thought, “I want to die.” He had just been openly mocked.
Considering his family background and the way he was raised since he was a kid, Xia Changyu had never been treated like this before.
He could tolerate Gu Xiaoxue’s noisy roommates, but he couldn’t stand the judgmental stares from others. Especially that “tsk tsk tsk” sound. It made him feel like he was sitting on needles.
But they’re Xiaoxue’s roommates… Can’t he just endure it for her?
Xia Changyu used to believe that as long as it was for Gu Xiaoxue, he could tolerate anything.
But that was before he saw a light in the corner of his eye, a girl with a sweet face and perfect table manners.
Lin Yibai first received praise from the restaurant’s floor manager.
“Miss, you are truly amazing. But our restaurant isn’t stingy either, since you’re being so considerate and don’t want us to spend too much on you, I’ll make the decision, we’ll give you a permanent 50% discount membership card!”
A lifetime half-price card, is that a loss? Those who say it's a loss are all idiots.
It can only be said that they're earning a little less than they could be, and if every day they were getting female customers with such high quality like Lin Yibai's transformed self, then the manager and the boss would be laughing in their dreams, and they'd need to consider raising the restaurant's level.
Then came praise from the nearby diners:
“She really surprised me. I thought she would order everything on the menu, but she only picked what she actually liked. Not many people can do that.”
“If it were me, I’d just order the expensive stuff.”
“This is what you call true class.”
“Unlike some other tables… tsk tsk tsk!”
Xia Changyu turned bright red. It was obvious the guests were really annoyed by all the noise from his table.
He suddenly wanted to run away from here. Or at least, just get away from this table.
When he looked over at Lin Yibai’s table, and saw how gracefully and quietly she ate, taking small bites. Then he looked back at Gu Xiaoxue’s roommates...
Ahhh, is it possible to switch tables, please?
If... just if, Xia Changyu thought, the girl eating with him right now was that girl sitting at the diagonal table, it would be something to be proud of, right?
Meanwhile, Lin Yibai was still seriously eating her rice. She had no idea that the love rival she used to be jealous of, was now actually wishing to eat at the same table with her, and even felt it would make him look good.
She was a bit out of breath from eating, and patted her chest while letting out a small sigh.
“What’s going on? Why is eating so tiring now that I’ve become a girl?”
But in the eyes of others, her little action just made her look cute.
Forget it, I’m done eating. The more I eat, the more tired I feel. What’s wrong with me?
This little move from Lin Yibai was, of course, noticed by Xia Changyu. He felt like something had poked his heart. And he thought, "She’s so cute!"
Then he looked back at Gu Xiaoxue and her roommates. His face fell instantly and he muttered, “Sigh, forget it, just forget it... I’m begging you now, please finish eating so I can go pay the bill.”
In this painful waiting, the table was a complete mess, like a storm had passed through. And as expected, the sixteen dishes couldn’t be finished.
So why did they order so much? Just to waste it?
Most of the food had just a bite or two taken, then left untouched.
Xia Changyu took a deep breath and told himself, “Okay! The good news is, it’s finally over.”
At that moment, a waiter finally came over, holding clear food-safe takeout bags, clearly prepared.
She pointed at the leftovers and asked, “Sir, would you like us to pack up the remaining food for you?”
What? Pack it up?
Xia Changyu hadn’t even thought of that!
But looking at the huge amount of leftovers on the table, even he had to admit it was a bit wasteful.
But there’s no way he’d eat leftovers from them, that was just impossible.
So the best option now was for Gu Xiaoxue’s roommates to ask to pack the food themselves.
So Xia Changyu said, “Ask them what they want.”
He pushed the decision to Xiaoxue’s roommates. Yang Yueping and the others looked at each other.
They all thought, “We can’t lose face in front of a rich guy like him by asking to pack up leftovers!”
So they all shook their heads.
To make her point even clearer, Yang Yueping grabbed some trash and dumped it into the untouched food, then proudly said, “I’m doing this so when they recycle the food, they won’t take it out and serve it to other customers.”
Xia Changyu: …
Waiter: …
Especially the waiter, who looked like she had something to say, but also felt like, what’s the point? Explaining things to them would just ruin her mood.
Just then, from not far away, Lin Yibai called out, “Waiter, could you help me pack this up, please?”
“Yes, coming!” The waiter happily replied and went over to pack up Lin Yibai’s leftovers.
Since Gu Xiaoxue and her love rival were about to leave, Lin Yibai naturally followed after them.
In her heart, she still thought about her brothers. Besides the roast goose and grilled pork belly she had ordered for them, she made sure to only eat from one side of the dishes, keeping the rest untouched.
What? The boys might say there’s saliva on it?
Too bad! I’ll pry their mouths open and force-feed them if I have to!
“Miss, you only touched one side of each dish. That makes it really easy to pack,” the waiter said, clearly impressed.
“I want to bring it back for my brothers, I mean, my friends. I’m afraid they’ll mind if I ate from both sides.”
“The food you left is still really clean,” the waiter replied, amazed at her manners.
When Xia Changyu went to pay the bill, he even looked at what Lin Yibai had packed up.
Just how clean could her leftovers be?