Chapter 36 (1/2)

Zhou Bai saw how upset Elsa was, and he tried to convince her. “Elsa, don’t throw a tantrum. We’re so poor right now, we’re lucky enough that we can eat this.”

Elsa sobbed.

“Don’t think two hundred points are a lot. I only get two hundred points a month. If I eat three meals a day, that’s three points. You eat three meals too, which adds up to six points between the two of us. That means we have to spend one hundred eighty points each month.”

Elsa sobbed some more.

“That’s just considering meals too, not including the other expenses of clothing and living necessities. It’s a good thing Christina doesn’t need to eat. Otherwise the two of you would eat me out of house and home.”

As he said this, Zhou Bai downed a few mouthfuls of rice. A content smile appeared on his face, and he said to Elsa, “It’s so good, Elsa. Eat it. This rice is delicious.”

Elsa sniffed it for a while and finally couldn’t resist opening her mouth and wolfing down her food.

Watching Elsa down her food, Zhou Bai smiled. He finished the rice in his bowl.

He instantly felt his body and mind recover after a day of exhaustion. He even felt like a completely new person.

“This is great. This costs only one point, and it probably can’t be exchanged for outside the school.”

Zhou Bai blinked. The same point could exchange for only a bowl or two of rice outside the school, but that definitely wouldn’t have any special effects. Being able to exchange for this type of food that quickly restored mental and physical strength with one point was a benefit of attending Tao academy.

Outside the school, the civilian population probably got only 100 to 200 points a month too. It seemed similar to the Tao academy students, but the quality of their lifestyles was completely different.

Zhou Bai had just finished eating when he saw Elsa walk over to him with the food bowl in her mouth. She set her food bowl in front of him.

“Elsa, what’s the matter?” Zhou Bai saw the half-finished rice in the food bowl and looked at Elsa strangely.

Elsa moved her head to point at Zhou Bai and then at the rice.

“You want me…to eat more?”

Elsa immediately widened her mouth and wagged her tail.

Zhou Bai patted Elsa’s head, looking at her drool and said, “That’s all right, Elsa. I’m full. You finish your food.”

Elsa still wouldn’t. She kept pushing the food bowl toward Zhou Bai.

Zhou Bai thought silently for a while. He looked at Elsa’s wide eyes and said slowly, “Elsa, what happened at the base has nothing to do with you. They…they didn’t die because you ate too much.

“Rest assured—eat. I’ll think of ways to earn more points in the future. When that time comes, the two of us will eat everything in this cafeteria until we vomit.”

Watching Elsa eat the rest of the rice obediently, Zhou Bai nodded with contentment.

Suddenly, a shadow loomed over him. A figure sat across from him with a tray of food.

Zhou Bai examined him. It was a young man with long blond hair, pale skin, and a beauty mark beneath his eye.

Zhou Bai looked at his plate, then swallowed.

Crystal Demon Core 20 points, Hundred Grass Porridge 20 points, Simmered Luan Wings 30 points.

These three dishes were already 70 points—not including the Bashe Bone Soup that cost 120 points.

Elsa opened her mouth, dumbfoundedly staring at the bone soup on the table. She didn’t even notice the rice falling out of her mouth.

“One hundred ninety points…” Zhou Bai swallowed again. He asked the blond young man in front of him, “Aren’t you in our class too? You used up one hundred ninety points so carelessly. Are you planning to starve for the rest of the month?”

The blond young man ate a spoon of Hundred Grass Porridge, and he looked at Zhou Bai with a smile. “Hello, first place. How unusual for a genius like you to recognize me. My name is Qian Wangsun, third place in the entering class.”