75 Frailty (1/2)

Although his face was quite green and his mood was quite sour, Qi Shaoqiu didn't say anything.

His own younger sister had an awful personality. She had a sharp tongue and loved to pull the rug out from under his feet. She had a lot of flaws, but she was ultimately his sister.

He wasn't willing to scold her.

This was why he could only show a green face and not say anything.

Although he was called a foolish wastrel, Roland didn't seem enraged at all. This was because he saw a strange ray of light flicker in the girl's eyes. It was a little sharp and seemed to implore him, as if she were saying: If you dare not pay the tuition now, disappointing my brother, I'll break your legs.

Roland could often see such an expression in one's eyes.

As close friends, they usually acted this way, pulling out the rug from under each other's feet, fickle in their emotions, but this was a daily interaction amongst childhood friends. If any outsiders dared to use similar words to insult one of them, they would undoubtedly rush to give them a good beating.

This was why Roland didn't mind. He took out his phone and said, ”I'll scan it!”

The girl took a smartphone in a light pink casing and opened her own payment code.

Roland scanned it. The girl's avatar and online alias appeared on his phone.

The avatar was a small sprouting tree; her online alias was Night Tide Sands.

The online alias was quite a pleasant name.

Roland entered the amount in his phone. Shortly, the girl saw the transfer notification on her phone, the amount paid in full. She looked strangely at Roland and said, ”Let's eat some noodles together.”

”No need, I already ate breakfast before I came.”

The noodles inside the pot really smelled delicious. It really got Roland's appetite going, but he wasn't a foodie. In addition, this was their second time meeting and they weren't familiar with each other—her invitation was a form of courtesy. If you really rushed to eat the noodles, then you'd be a clueless idiot.

However, the girl sincerely said, ”Since you've paid the tuition, you should eat these noodles.”

Huh? Roland was somewhat surprised. This place also took care of the student's meals?

”Our orthodox miaodao technique training will be quite exhausting, and it's more demanding on one's constitution and endurance. We'll add some body strengthening and invigorating Chinese medicine into our breakfast to improve blood circulation,” Qi Shaoqiu explained. ”However, I'm sorry that I can't give you the recipe for this Chinese medicine. Even so, since we're responsible for your training, we'll cover your breakfast in the future.”

”Was this a last-minute idea, or was this stipulated when you guys opened for business?” Roland asked out of curiosity.

”It was set when we opened up for business, and the other students will eat with us as well.”

”Don't rush, wipe off your sweat first.” Night Tide Sands' expression was distinctly gentler towards these young boys compared to her expression when facing her own older brother—she was clearly two different people.

While these young boys were wiping off their sweat, the girl ladled out four large bowls of noodles and placed them on the table.

Then, Qi Shaoqiu and Roland both received a bowl.

The girl had her own small bowl. There was only soup left in the large pot.

The four youngsters sat down by the table and started gobbling up the noodles.

Qi Shaoqiu held his large bowl and squatted down in a corner. As he ate, he signaled with his eyes to Roland to eat quickly.

The girl held her own bowl and watched him silently.

Okay… Roland imitated Qi Shaoqiu and ate squatting in a corner. After a mouthful, he discovered that these noodles really did taste pretty good.

Although there was a medicinal taste, it miraculously blended with the noodles. It was quite delicious.

After eating a large bowl of noodles, Roland felt nice and warm all over. He couldn't help but ask, ”Is it very costly for you guys to use Chinese medicine every day to simmer noodles?”