The class monitor rushed to squeeze towards the table, having an accurate understanding of his classmates' appetites.
On the podium, there were disposable bowls and plates. The Class Teacher grabbed a disposable bowl and also went to the table to grab some food.
By the time the Class Teacher went to get food, some students with smaller appetites had already finished eating and left their seats.
Song Ying had a particularly small appetite. When she was young, she often didn't get enough to eat. Because of frequent hunger, even though she liked the feeling of being full, she couldn't eat much at each meal before feeling satisfied.
Song Ying rubbed her overly full stomach, "Teacher, come over here, I'm full."
While other classmates were still eating, Song Ying went to the water dispenser to get some hot water to ease the spiciness. She thought about how drinking milk tea after eating hot pot was simply heavenly.
So she took out her phone and opened a food delivery app. Considering the factor of quick delivery, she ordered milk tea from two different shops.
After ordering the milk tea, she saw a cream cake on the homepage recommendations that looked delicious.
When she was young, she never had a birthday cake on her birthdays, only tasting others' at classmates' birthday parties.
Since returning to the Xu family, her parents and relatives felt they had neglected her and gave her a lot of pocket money every month. Now she was a little rich girl who didn't lack money.
Song Ying went to school during the day and returned home at night, with car rides to and from school. She really couldn't think of ways to spend money.
So she had barely touched the pocket money given by the Xu family, and this behavior made the Xu family pity her even more.
Compared to Xu Xinxin, who used to run out of pocket money every month and had to find ways to ask for more from the family, they felt Song Ying was even more pitiful.
Their way of compensating Song Ying was to continue forcefully giving her more pocket money.
Song Ying herself didn't have places to spend money, and it was also her previous habit to save where she could.
She was frugal with herself but extremely generous when spending on her classmates.
She would think for half a day over a pen costing tens of yuan, eventually choosing one that cost just a few yuan.
But she bought a cream cake costing a small four-digit sum without batting an eye.
She chose a birthday cake style, but since it wasn't anyone's birthday today, the words "Happy Birthday" would be inappropriate. So Song Ying asked the shop owner in the notes to write: "Study hard and make progress every day"
The shop owner who chose to make cakes because they didn't like studying: ......
She noted "urgent" for the milk tea order but didn't rush the cream cake, considering that her classmates had just finished eating hot pot and might not be hungry yet. By the time the hot pot in everyone's stomachs had digested a bit, it wouldn't be too early for the cake to arrive.
Because the milk tea was marked urgent, it arrived quickly.
Seeing her classmates eating enthusiastically, Song Ying decided to go get the milk tea herself.
What's the big deal about thirty-something cups, right?
When she reached the school gate, Song Ying realized that thirty-something cups of milk tea were indeed a big deal.
Super heavy, she couldn't carry them!
Afraid that her classmates wouldn't drink to their heart's content, she had ordered extra-large cups for all the milk tea. When she tried to pick up the bags, she understood what it meant to lift a stone only to drop it on one's own feet.
Whimper, whimper, she really couldn't move them.
But she saw a familiar face also picking up takeout at the school gate. She didn't know the person's name, but remembered taking a morality and law class with them.
Since they had taken the morality and law class together and listened to Shi Li's inner thoughts together, they were acquaintances now.
Having known Shi Li for a while, she wasn't as shy as before now.
Well, in other words, she had become more shameless.
So she hesitantly called out to the other person, "Classmate, I ordered a bit too much milk tea, could you help me carry some?"
Li Yuqing had some impression of Song Ying. She had once looked for Shi Li during PE class with her classmates and remembered a little shadow always following behind Shi Li, which was the girl in front of her.
She looked down at the several large bags of milk tea at the other's feet, "Are you moonlighting as a delivery person?"
Song Ying smiled shyly, "I ordered milk tea for my classmates."
Li Yuqing glanced at the other's small frame, "Then why didn't anyone come out to help you?"
Song Ying explained earnestly, "My classmates are busy, they don't have time. They don't know I bought drinks. If they knew, they would definitely help me."
Li Yuqing thought the girl in front of her looked a bit silly and easy to bully. She picked up what looked like the two largest bags, "Let's go."
Seeing the other person reach out to pick up two large bags, Song Ying felt a bit embarrassed, "You take these two bags, they're lighter."
Song Ying was grateful for the help. When they reached the classroom door, she exchanged contact information with the other person and took out a cup of milk tea to thank them.
Song Ying brought the bags of milk tea into the classroom. Some classmates who had finished eating were sitting by the door resting. Seeing her struggling at the door, they were startled, "Oh my goodness, you should have called a couple of people to go with you to buy milk tea! Making you carry all this stuff alone, I feel terrible!"
Li Yuqing hadn't completely left yet and heard this commotion after the door to Class 1 opened. With the ice-cold milk tea in her hand, she couldn't help but laugh.
Everyone went to the podium to choose their preferred flavor. Because Song Ying had bought extra cups of milk tea, even after giving one away, there was no worry about not having enough to go around.
Song Ying had just sat down when she received a text from the delivery guy, telling her that the cake had arrived at the school gate and asking her to come pick it up soon.
The classmates sitting by the door noticed Song Ying's movement and learned that she was going to pick up another delivery. Worried that she couldn't carry it alone, they insisted on accompanying her.
Having eaten hot pot for a while and feeling especially full from the milk tea, another batch of people had left the table.
At this point, only a few male classmates and the Class Teacher, who had started eating last, were still holding out at the hot pot table.
When Song Ying returned carrying the cake, she was excitedly chatting with her classmate about the future, "After everyone finishes the hot pot, we can rest for a while before eating the cake. We can close the curtains and blow out some candles. I've never blown out candles before." At previous classmates' birthday parties, the birthday person was the main character, so she naturally didn't have the opportunity to blow out candles.
The classmate stroked her head sympathetically, "We'll let you blow out the candles later."
When the two returned to the classroom, they saw it empty and deserted, with only a mess of cups and plates left behind.
Where had all the classmates and the Class Teacher gone?
