When Su Li saw Chi Qingya, she didn’t have any emotional fluctuations.
When Chi Qingyao asked her to lead the way, she had already anticipated this outcome.
But Su Li didn’t really care about it.
She also didn’t care whether there would be another Chi Qingya.
She wouldn’t refund the money.
Chi Qingya wasn’t her client, so it was fine if she ignored her.
She just needed to take the two of them to the dining hall.
Chi Qingyao didn’t need to spend that money in the first place, but it was all her own choice.
Of course, she could also have her own sister, who knew the way, take her to the dining hall, but the fee still wouldn’t be refunded.
Chi Qingyao observed Su Li’s expression, originally thinking that if she suddenly called her sister over, Su Li would be angry.
But she wasn’t.
Even a normal person probably couldn’t be as expressionless as Su Li.
If it were her, and her friend had to go the same way but invited someone she didn’t like without her consent, she would also consider whether the friendship boat between them would capsize.
She couldn’t be as expressionless as Su Li.
Chi Qingyao further confirmed in her heart that Su Li was an NPC.
Cold, too cold.
Clearly, the two had known each other before and had some unpleasant conflicts.
But now Su Li treated her own sister like a stranger.
In Chi Qingyao’s eyes, it wasn’t the kind of deliberate distance.
It was just like how Su Li treated everyone else.
Chi Qingyao guessed that Su Li’s affinity toward her sister was zero.
Perhaps in Su Li’s system, there was no negative affinity at all.
Sure enough, everything was designed.
It wasn’t her sister’s fault.
Of course, the premise for her sister not being at fault was that she didn’t regret it.
If there was no regret, then the two were just incompatible, and Su Li eventually moved out.
After all, although her sister didn’t like cleanliness, which in normal people’s eyes wasn’t normal, if she liked being dirty, no one could stop her.
If her sister regretted it, then she would have too many flaws.
Based on her experience with her phone, her sister was definitely a T0-level little fairy.
Even if her sister might not think so.
Dirty, lazy, and with a withdrawn personality.
Chi Qingyao rubbed her head, her gaze falling on the expressionless Su Li in front of her, then glanced at her sister beside her.
Her sister’s gaze never left Su Li, but Su Li acted as if she didn’t see it.
Many people looked at Su Li like that, and Su Li also acted as if she didn’t see them.
“We’re at the entrance of the dining hall.”
Su Li said to Chi Qingyao beside her, then turned and left.
But Chi Qingyao still followed behind her.
She suddenly started thinking: if when she had the transaction with Su Li, she had asked Su Li to take her to the dining hall and also introduce the food there along the way, would she have been able to see what Su Li wanted to eat?
The input was too straightforward, giving her no way to find any fault.
It was like an AI.
Of course, an AI had its benefits too.
Having seen other people’s roundabout ways, Chi Qingyao felt she really liked this kind of AI like Su Li.
As long as there was money, if she asked Su Li for help, Su Li basically wouldn’t refuse.
And Su Li treated everyone the same, with clear distinctions between kindness and grievance—she didn’t dislike that at all.
It was originally her sister’s problem; even she herself couldn’t stand it a little, so she certainly wouldn’t blame Su Li.
Su Li immediately spotted Cat sitting in a seat inside the dining hall.
At that moment, a few people were gathered around Cat, apparently asking if the nearby seats were taken.
But not long after, those people left.
Su Li knew Cat had rejected them.
At noon, the dining hall was quite crowded.
If one didn’t rush over right after class, it was normal to not even find a seat.
In the past, Su Li didn’t like eating in the dining hall after class; it was too troublesome.
Instead, she would just eat something casually.
For her, there wasn’t much difference in what she ate.
When Cat saw Su Li, her eyes immediately sparkled.
But when she saw that there were other people around Su Li, Cat got a little nervous, yet she still sat obediently in her seat, waiting for Su Li to arrive.
After Su Li brought Chi Qingyao to the dining hall, she ignored her again.
She didn’t care that Chi Qingyao was following her.
The transaction was over.
There was no connection between them anymore.
But Chi Qingyao still followed Su Li, noticing that there were no empty seats in the dining hall.
However, the seat area where the girl waiting for Su Li was located had free spots.
“Su Li, fifty yuan. Can my sister and I sit next to you?”
Chi Qingyao asked Su Li.
She originally thought Su Li would agree directly, but Su Li shook her head and told her to ask for Cat’s opinion.
The seats were Cat’s. Whether Cat would let others sit or not was of course Cat’s own decision.
Cat saw the three people walking toward her and was stunned when she heard Chi Qingyao’s words.
Then she looked at Su Li and saw no change in Su Li’s expression.
She realized that perhaps the two were not Su Li’s friends.
She had thought Su Li had made good friends at school.
Fifty yuan.
That was already a lot.
Thinking that she could help Su Li save money, Cat nodded obediently.
After Chi Qingyao transferred the money to Cat, she looked at Cat warily.
She could feel that Cat was her opponent.
But whether Cat was a player or an NPC, she couldn’t be sure.
Maybe everyone in this world except herself was an NPC.
Everything operated under the program’s settings.
Of course, love could also happen between NPCs.
After all, that was how her own parents had fallen in love.
Su Li was clearly an NPC, but if everyone was an NPC, then Su Li wasn’t that special anymore.
Still, Chi Qingyao thought that a NPC like Su Li must be a high-level NPC.
Because she had reached a state of returning to simplicity, regaining the purest part of an NPC.
Feeling the gaze of others, Cat lowered her little head shyly.
She pushed the meal she had prepared for Su Li toward her.
The meal Cat had prepared was packed in a light blue bento box.
The rice grains were distinct and glossy.
Neatly arranged beside it was a sunny-side-up egg fried to golden brown, with the crispy edges sprinkled with a few black sesame seeds.
The tender green broccoli florets nestled against the deep red sweet-and-sour ribs, and the sweet and sour sauce stained the rice next to it amber.
In a small compartment in the corner lay a few round octopus sausages.
The smiley faces made of nori were slightly curled at the edges from the steaming heat.
On the top layer were star-shaped carrot slices cut with a mold, and peach canned fruit was cut into crescent moons and placed on the side.
The syrup sloshed with faint light in the transparent container.
The bento Cat prepared was exquisite.
Chi Qingya’s gaze also focused on Cat.
The moment she saw Cat and the bento in front of Cat, she remembered who Cat was.
Because of Cat, her own previously failed bento came to mind.
Su Li must have known this girl for a long time.
And it was because of this girl that she appeared even more unsuccessful.
She was better at cooking than her.
And could better capture Su Li’s appetite.