Chapter 123 Foodies are a family
Chao Yubo drove his private car out of the low-key sports ground, made a half circle to the west gate, left school and rushed to the supermarket non-stop, did some shopping and then drove back to Qingdao University.
Toward the evening, the roads outside the school were mostly crowded. People who were coming off work or picking up children from school were prone to traffic jams. In order to avoid wasting time, he parked his car inside the school after entering the school from the west gate. Go up, walk out, walk to the waiting station and wait.
The buses came one after another, and came and went. The delicate young man sat quietly at the corner of the bus station, watching the traffic coming and going.
The time hand ticked past five o'clock, slowly pointing to half past five, and twilight gradually began to infect the sky.
It was half past five, and three buses stopped at the bus station one after another. The handsome young man paid attention to the passengers getting off the bus. When he saw a brisk figure getting off the bus in the middle, he smiled. He stood up. The next moment, when he saw the cute short-haired little girl followed by two people, his beautiful and slender eyebrows frowned slightly. How could those two people be walking with Lele?
When the bus arrived at the station, Le Yun stepped on the ground and looked around quickly. She saw the beautiful boy standing to pick her up. She looked over and waved her paws happily, running with a ding-ding-dong sound: " Brother Chao, I'm here!"
Young Master Yan and Liu Xiangyang were a step behind and saw the little girl jumping to the side. When they looked over, they saw Brother Chao, which was quite unpleasant. , I was just going shopping, and the young man from the Chao family came to pick me up, which was too protective.
The crisp and sweet girl's voice is as sweet as a bell. The young man frowned slightly, with a smile in his eyes. He walked over unhurriedly, got closer, stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead. His little head said: "Lele is almost becoming a crazy girl. I must have found a lot of good things. I see your backpack is a bit heavy."
"It's not too heavy, about twenty kilograms. Le Yun quickly took down the hand that was pressing on the top of her head and took the beautiful boy's arm: "Brother Chao, let me tell you, I found an inkstone today and sold it out. I made a hundred times as much money as a hundred times." The lovely old man who worked on my inkstone was named Teng, and he gave me his business card. Am I very popular?"
The little girl clung to the boy from the Chao family affectionately, and that scene almost made her dazzle. Xing and Liu Xiangyang have such doggy eyes, but the little girl can actually act coquettishly? !
"Well, Lele's popularity is indeed very good. If I guessed correctly, the old man named Teng is named Teng Xiangqiang, right?" Little Lele ran to offer treasures like a child. Reporting made Chao Yubo feel warm in his heart, and he wanted to pinch her cheeks. Xiao Lele was lucky. She liked Mr. Teng. Whenever she found something valuable and wanted to sell it, Mr. Teng would help introduce her, so she would have no worries. for sale.
“Yes, the lovely old gentleman is named Teng Xiangqiang, do you know Brother Chao?”
“I know a little bit, but my friendship is not very deep. Mr. Teng is one of the most conscientious players in the collection industry. He has an excellent reputation. He is a private lover of ancient inkstones and collects high-value inkstones. No less than twenty yuan. The old man is also the most ancient-minded, approachable, and willing to support the younger generations. Lele is interested in antique knowledge and asks Mr. Teng for advice when he has time. "
" La la la, it seems that I really made good luck today and met a good person. Brother Chao, where is your car? Wait for me. I want to go to the small supermarket to buy something. "
"No need to go, I went to buy some vegetables. The car parked where you parked the bicycle and left. "
"What did Brother Chao buy? "
"I bought rapeseed, beans, bamboo shoots, green peppers, pumpkins, radishes, ribs and fish. ”
The boy let the little girl hold his arms as if they were holding his thighs, turned around with a smile on his face, and strolled towards the school.
Brother Chao and the little girl ignored him, being ignored Young Master Yan and Young Master Liu were filled with displeasure, and they were ignored, ignored, ignored...
The two resentful young men walked a few steps quickly and squeezed in next to the little girl. They were the only ones who could not come. They will just go to the main office, right?
"What a coincidence, Young Master Yan and Young Master Liu are also going back to school. "Seeing the two young men approaching, Chao Yubo couldn't pretend to ignore them. He smiled and said hello to the two handsome young men.
"Yeah, yeah, we happen to be on the same road. "The two brothers nodded hurriedly. They originally thought that the young man would ask them where they were, whether they had eaten or something, but in the end, the beautiful young man had nothing to say.
Uh!
Liu Xiangyang was so depressed that he wanted to pull his hair. Little Princess Chao didn’t ask them or chat with them. They had no way to find a reason to go to the little beauty’s place to eat. Why didn’t Little Princess Chao chat with them? Why not? Ask them "Have you had dinner?" If you ask that kind of question, he can just say "You haven't eaten yet, let's go to a restaurant together." Then, if the young man refuses to go and goes back to cook, he will be justified. I'm here to be a guest.
In line with the principle of not having to be immoral for the sake of delicious food, Mr. Liu originally wanted to find some way to bring the conversation to the important matter of eating, but the young man from the Chao family kept talking to the little girl. Explaining about tomorrow's military training, telling her about the process to be carried out tomorrow, telling her some coping experiences summed up by the old students, etc., he couldn't get in the middle of the conversation. Even if he succeeded, the young man would change the topic to military training. Here are all the things to pay attention to.
The plan failed, and Young Master Liu resigned in frustration. He was far less important than Young Master Chao in the heart of the little beauty. He was just a passerby, A, B, and C, and he had no sense of presence. .
He was so depressed that the road from the bus station to the west gate of Qingda University was completely trampled.At their feet, the four of them walked into the school gate and went to the parking spot to pick up their cars.
The motorcycles of Young Master Yan and Young Master Liu were also parked in the school, and they were still on the same road. When they got there, the beautiful young man opened the backup compartment, loaded Classmate Le's bicycle into it, and drove back to the dormitory.
"..." The two handsome young men looked at Chery walking away, feeling gloomy in their hearts. Little Princess Chao forgot about her friends!
"Xiao Xingxing, for the sake of food, can you please give in to the little beauty as soon as possible?" Thinking that the little beauty did not invite him to be a guest, Liu Xiangyang was heartbroken and bleeding. He wanted to do it again tonight. I'm eating public food, and I'm so sorry.
Yan Xing pursed his lips, and straddled the motorcycle with his straight long legs. The smile on his handsome face remained unchanged, his eyes were dark and gloomy, and the little loli's mind was smaller than a needle. Is it useful for him to admit his mistake?
Mr. Yan remained silent. Liu Xiangyang had no choice but to deal with such a brother. He was also drunk! He resignedly unlocked the door and got in the car. He was about to drive back to his dormitory when a cold voice came from behind: "If you don't go to the restaurant to find something to eat first, why don't you go back and drink the northwest wind?"
Liu Xiangyang almost choked to death. , it was obviously Xiao Xingxing who provoked the little beauty and offended others, so why open fire on him now? He paused and muttered in dissatisfaction: "...there are instant noodles in the dormitory."
"I am a patient and need to supplement my nutrition."
"...Okay, next step Restaurant." Liu Xiangyang choked again, turned around and drove out of the school. He is the elder brother, and he wants to protect his younger brother. He must protect his younger brother when he is bullied, his younger brother must be willing to spend money, and his younger brother must bear his anger...
Mr. Yan and Mr. Liu were in bad moods. Mr. Le Xiao was in a good mood. He successfully got rid of the two followers. He was so happy that his eyes almost narrowed to a slit, not to mention how happy he was.
The car returned to the Zhuangyuan building, and as soon as it braked, Le Yun smiled and hugged the handsome young brother's arm: "Brother Chao, I went shopping today, and handsome Liu and the others also ran to join in the fun. Then The guy surnamed Yan paid 440 yuan in advance. You can help me transfer the money from the money Yan paid for my medicine yesterday to him, so as not to have long nights and dreams."
"Okay. , I will transfer the money and pay him back immediately." Chao Yubo was about to unbuckle his safety belt, and when he heard that he was told to pay back the money, he immediately obeyed. He was also reluctant to see the favor that Xiao Lele owed Young Master Yan, and it would have been easy to pay back the money long ago.
Mr. Yan gave him a bank transfer of 11% yesterday, and he couldn't see Mr. Yan's bank account number. However, there was a QQ red envelope on his mobile phone, and he could deposit it into Young Master Yan's red envelope by transferring the money on his mobile phone.
The young man neatly transferred 440 yuan from his mobile phone to Mr. Yan’s mobile phone, and then quickly typed out a line of text and sent it to explain the reason.
Liu Xiangyang drove Yan out of Qingdao University on a motorcycle to find a restaurant. He actually wanted to go to a restaurant. Of course he wanted to find a decent restaurant. Therefore, he did not go to the school near the school.Look for it nearby, but go to a famous restaurant farther away.
While they were still on the road, Mr. Yan’s cell phone screen shook. He didn’t have to drive, so he took out his cell phone and received two messages. The first one informed him that he had received a sum of money. When he saw the number, he Dao's eyebrows were twisted into a wicker shape. Isn't that number the total price he paid for the little loli?
Quickly read the second text message, which was from Brother Chao: Lele said that Young Master Yan had paid 440 yuan in advance, and now it is returned to Young Master Yan, thank you!
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Yan Xing stared at the text message, his face covered by the helmet suddenly turned black and black, he was cheated, he felt uncomfortable, at least he could accept it, but... He returned all the money he had earned. Doesn't this mean that the little loli didn't even bother to let him pay?
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He angrily put the phone back into the phone case and tried to keep it out of sight.
Mr. Liu didn’t know that Mr. Yan was about to explode. He was racing happily, enjoying the wonderful happiness of free riding, all the way to a famous restaurant.
Classmate Chao transferred the money to Mr. Yan, unbuckled the car, went to the trunk and took out the purchased items. He also bought a bag of rice and some long-lasting ingredients, such as Seaweed, kelp, yuba, and dried bamboo shoots.
Le Yun first sent the bicycle to the carport to park, then turned around and twisted the rice with one hand, and twisted away most of the heavier food with the other hand, leaving only a small amount for the beautiful young brother to carry.
The beautiful boy only carried a few dry ingredients and meat. He had gained enough strength in the past two days and was no longer out of breath when climbing stairs. He followed the little girl and climbed up to the fourth floor in one go.
Arriving at the dormitory, she saw that the door was open and there were some breathing sounds. Le Yun thought for a moment and rushed in to see if Brother Li was doing it. What a shameful thing.
Li Yubo and Cai Zijun walked back to the dormitory. They went up to the eighth floor first and went to the big Caizi dormitory to pick up the books. They moved all the books that Mr. Chen Shuyuan had moved to his dormitory yesterday but that Li had not had time to move out. After tying them up, each person would carry one bundle and take them to the little loli's dormitory, then turn back.
When I came back from delivering books, I happened to meet Chen Shuyuan who was returning from playing basketball. He had a rest in the afternoon and went to the sports field to do some exercise. Chen Shuyuan is a talented and handsome man. He is a fifth-year student this year. He is studying for a bachelor's degree and a bachelor's degree. In the eight-year system, this semester is also the last semester to live in Qingdao University. Most of the courses in the next semester will be in the hospital. He will also move to the dormitory of the Medical University for the convenience of studying nearby.
He was in his fifth year of college and had read a lot of books in four years. Considering that two juniors couldn’t move them all at once, he happened to be free and helped his juniors bundle the books and bundle them. Sent to elementary school girl's dormitory.
Classmate Chen lives on the eighth floor, and classmate Le lives on the fourth floor of another building. The three boys moved down the books from the eighth floor and climbed to the fourth floor. They were as tired as dogs when they arrived at their destination. , all of them were sitting on the floor in a shapeless manner, turning into a panda stall..
Before the three of them could catch their breath, they heard the thumping of footsteps. They did not think that it might be classmate Chao and the master who were back. After all, the freshmen had already reported that the sixth and seventh floors were also here. There are several top freshman students living there, so it's not surprising that someone would go upstairs at this time.
When they heard footsteps knocking on the floor, the three of them were startled. Just as they were about to get up, it was already too late. A petite girl rushed into the dormitory living room like a whirlwind. The little girl He was holding a ten-pound rice bag in one hand and twisting large and small bags in the other hand. His pink face was pink, and his watery eyes were looking straight at them.
"..." The three boys were dumbfounded at that time. It was over, and their handsome and unrestrained image was gone!
Le Yun rushed into the dormitory and saw three people lying dead at a glance. She could only recognize Brother Li, who was leaning against the wall and collapsed into strips of flesh. The other two, one stretched out his legs, He puts his hands back on the ground to support his own weight, wears gold-rimmed glasses, has a long and well-proportioned figure, and has a rich book smell; the other person rests his elbows on a bundle of books. In comparison, he is smaller and also has a white face. Scholar, he is still a very quiet scholar.
"Oh, Xiao Lele, you're back." Li Yubo was dumbfounded for three seconds, jumped up, patted his butt, and said with a smile: "Let me introduce it to you. The one without glasses is Senior Chen Shuyuan. He is a fifth-year senior this year. Senior Chen is handsome, handsome, talented, and knowledgeable. He is a top scholar in the clinical field of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine. I have been beaten to the point where my body is completely bruised;
The man wearing glasses is Cai Zijun, who is in the same grade as me, a junior, majoring in clinical Western medicine. She is beautiful and has a good temperament. She is also the deputy director of the Literature Department of the Student Union. The existence of these two people has killed the talents of the Medical Department countless times. Lele, please don't be polite. You can try your best to surpass them and let the waves in the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. Beat these two former waves to death on the beach."
"How can you introduce people like this?" Chen Shuyuan got up dumbfounded, and turned to the little Loli girl with a shy smile: "Little girl Loli elementary school girl, don’t listen to his nonsense. The Medical Department is Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Our level is still far away from the level of talents who can instantly kill the Medical Department. This guy is purely jealous of us, so he is trying to flatter us. Revenge."
"That's right, little lolita, don't listen to Minister Li's bragging for us. This guy has very bad intentions and is helping us to attract hatred." Cai Zijun stood up and said While flicking the non-existent dust, he pushed up his glasses with one hand, his demeanor was graceful and gentle.
The two young men stood up, and their heights became apparent. Student Chen was less than 1.7 meters tall, and compared with classmates Li and Cai, he looked even smaller. He was shy, and his fair face appeared. A hint of clouds.
“Hello, two seniors., thank you for your hard work. "Le Yun was so amused by Brother Li's introduction that she grinned so much that she almost moved her mouth behind her ears, blinked her watery almond eyes, and said hello to the two seniors.
"You're welcome, you're welcome. "Two young men, one tall and one short, responded hurriedly.
"Senior Chen, a great talent, you can sit by yourself, just like you did in Da Li and I's dormitory, without any restraint. "Chao Yubo was two steps behind. He saw the two boys slightly embarrassed and greeted him with a smile.
Chen Shuyuan and Cai Zijun secretly rolled their eyes at President Chao for being casual in front of such a cute little loli. Just for sex, if a little loli elementary school girl makes her cry, will you help her?
When the two saw classmate Li running to sit down, they were not polite, they straightened their appearance, and went elegantly and calmly. Sit down and rest.
Chao Yubo put the things he was carrying next to the refrigerator and went to accompany the guests first.
As the host, Le Yun couldn’t be idle and put down the big bag. I took the small bag, twisted the rice and backpack into the bedroom, threw them all aside, and took the cucumbers and tomatoes from the balcony to the small kitchen. I washed the fruits, put the tomatoes on a plate, cut the cucumbers into slices with a knife, and brought them out to the seniors for tea. Drink.
Smelling the refreshing aroma of cucumber, the four boys’ throats were already on fire. When the fruit was served, the four of them looked at each other and almost at the same time, each grabbed a toothpick. Move quickly.
"..." Le Yun's eyes almost dropped to the ground. This speed is amazing!
The four people over there were shapeless. Entering the eating mode, she returned to the small kitchen, washed the rice and cooked it first, collected the rice water, put it in a small basin and put it on the balcony. Then she went back to find the ribs, cleaned off the blood and water, and when she was ready to cook, He stuck his head out and asked: "Superior seniors, do you prefer fried pork ribs or pork rib soup?" "
"Well, I'm not picky about food. "
"We eat whatever the school girls cook. "
"Lele just decides. "
The four handsome guys who were grabbing the melon slices almost choked. After a second, they hurriedly expressed that they had no objection.
Okay, Le Yun is funny. Shaking his head, Brother Chao is right. Most of the people he knows are foodies. When they encounter food, they only see food and won’t think about other things for the time being.
Since the seniors are not Being a picky eater, she happily decided to make soup and threw the ribs into the rice cooker. She went to the bedroom first and pretended to get the ingredients. She took out the yams and dried mushrooms and put them in the small kitchen for later use. Then she went to choose beans, rapeseed, and pumpkin for that night. For meals, green peppers and green onions are used as condiments.
Pick out the dinner dishes, take the fish and fish to the kitchen for processing, secretly mix the green vegetables, remove half of them, and mix them with space products and purchased ones.
Le Xiao’s classmates are busy doing dinnerDuring the meal, the four top-ranked boys ate up the cucumber in a flurry. Each of them reached out to grab a tomato and gnawed it beautifully.
There were four tomatoes, one for each person. There was nothing to grab. Therefore, the four of them had a tacit understanding to carve up the cucumbers and then eat the tomatoes.
It was the first time that Chen Shuyuan and Cai Zijun ate such delicious cucumbers. Their hearts were so beautiful that they flew away. After taking a bite of tomatoes, they felt as light as flying in the clouds.
A tomato is only that big, and no matter how slowly it is chewed, it will still be eaten up. The four of them ate up the fruit one after another, wiped their mouths, and still had unfinished thoughts. They looked at the small kitchen eagerly, and just wanted to say: Still. What? Let’s have another one.
Cai Zijun regretted endlessly. In order to protect his hands yesterday, he refused to do hard work and missed out on delicious food. Fortunately, he did not become a deserter today, otherwise he would not be able to eat pollution-free fruit.
Chen Shuyuan was particularly proud. Fortunately, he felt compassion for the moment and was afraid that Junior Brother Li would be exhausted, so he did a little favor, so he ate the kind of food that Junior Junior Brother Li mentioned brought by the little girl from his hometown. specialty.
The four of them sat for a while, without anyone urging them, and went to move books again. After moving twice before, only a small copy of Chen’s professional books had not been moved, and there were also Some are professional books written by Cai classmates.
The four of them packed the books and divided them into small portions for Classmate Chao to hold. Each person held a bundle, then went downstairs and moved the books to Little Loli’s dormitory. Classmate Chen’s four-year professional textbooks , plus the textbooks of my classmates who were just two years old, several large bundles of books were coded together, and the number looked quite scary.
The top academic boys crawled back to Little Loli’s dormitory, smelled the fragrance of cooking, and closed the door smartly. The smell was so fragrant. If someone smelled it and came in to inquire about information, if they knew each other, Yes, it's not good not to stay. If you keep people to eat, they will take away their share. It's better to close the door, isolate yourself from the outside world, and prevent prying eyes.
With nothing to do, the four foodies sat and waited for dinner.
Around six o'clock, the sky becomes dark, and then the twilight becomes thicker and thicker. At half past six, night covers the earth.
Mr. Le Xiaoxiao fried beans, rapeseed, and marinated the fish in the seasoning water before frying the pumpkin. When the pumpkin comes out of the pot, the fish will be almost marinated. Put it in the pot and boil the water, and then put it in the pot. Steam the fish in the pot.
That dish was one of the recipes she found online last night. It was her first time trying it. The specific steps were to cut the ginger and green onions into shreds and soak them in water for about fifteen minutes. About; the second step is to marinate the fish in the soaked water for about ten minutes. Make a few cuts on the back of the fish to make it more flavorful;
The third step is to add water to the pot and bring to a boil , add an appropriate amount of cooking wine, put the fish in and steam it. When steaming the fish, just put a rack to isolate it from the water. Steam over high heat for 8 to 10 minutes;
The fourth step is to burn the oil. Put the fish in before burning the oil. dishesIn it, pour an appropriate amount of soy sauce, put shredded ginger and green onion on the fish, bring the oil to a boil, and pour it on the fish, so that a fresh and tender steamed fish comes out of the oven.
The fish was put on the plate, and the last dish was ready. Little classmate Le shouted, and the exquisite young man and Mr. Li rushed into the small kitchen to serve the dishes, grab the bowls and chopsticks, and were very busy. .
Three vegetables, fish, yam and pork ribs soup, four vegetables and one soup, rich in fragrance, making people want to eat just looking at it.
There were five people again in the evening. When the master moved his chopsticks symbolically, the fourth student, who secretly swallowed saliva a hundred and one times in the morning, and his eyes were as bright as torches, transformed into a wolf in one second. Start the crazy food-grabbing attack again.
With four people, you pick up this dish, and he goes to pick up that dish. He picks up this side and that side. First, he picks up a little of each dish and puts it in the bowl, starts eating, and then grabs it again.
Don’t you like to eat fish?
Le Yun looked around and found that no one was eating fish. She couldn't help but wonder, was she not confident in the fish she cooked?
No one appreciated it, so she had no choice but to cook and sell it herself. She picked a piece of meat from the belly of the fish, tasted it, and took a bite. The meat was very tender. She felt that it was her first time cooking it. Steamed fish still gets a passing grade.
When she finished chewing a piece of meat and wanted to pick another fish to eat, she realized that in just a short moment, only the bones were left in half of the fish.
This?
Classmate Le was confused. No one had eaten just now, but in the blink of an eye, half of it was eaten. What on earth can you say? After a few glances, she suddenly understood that they didn't like to eat because they were afraid of wasting time.
To eat fish, you have to pick out the meat pieces from the fish piece by piece, but it doesn’t have to be so troublesome to pick up other dishes. Therefore, when she is not open, no one wants to be the first person. When she is rowing After taking away a piece of meat and opening the mouth, they ran to taste it, split half of the meat, and were busy grabbing other dishes, so no one turned over the fish.
The world of foodies is a strange world.
Classmate Le turned the fish over silently, picked out all the meat, and took away the fish head. As soon as she removed her hand, four pairs of chopsticks reached into the fish plate, one person at a time. One piece, carve it up, and then take out the chopsticks again and snatch up all the fish meat.
When all the other dishes were divided, Classmate Chao used chopsticks to move the fish bones with fish tails and meat into the bowl, and occupied the spareribs soup. The other three were not far behind, Divide the vegetable soup and fish soup and mix with rice.
Le Yun: "..." Do your family members and elders know that you are like this? Do your relatives and friends know?
The four top foodies picked up the last grain of rice in the bowl, wiped their mouths with paper towels, wiped their fingers slowly, and in a second they regained their gentle and noble demeanor.
"Little loli, I just want to say that I will give you the food expenses, two thousand a month, and you can cook whatever you want."
"Same as above, no need to ask. If you have more, you can take care of two meals a day, one dish for each meal is fine.”
Classmates Chen and Cai each said one sentence, looking at the little Loli with expectant eyes. Elementary school girl, “Little Loli, please take care of me!” Asking for a meal!
"Alas, someone has followed in my footsteps again. They are all guys with big dreams." Li Yubo shook his head sympathetically. He also wanted to pay living expenses, but it was a pity that he was photographed back.
"Back, my sister doesn't have time to eat in M country. In addition to these books, there are countless books waiting to be read. If you have time during the holidays, maybe I can treat you to a meal. Of course , when I ask you to guide me in my studies when I don’t understand something, I usually do it by the person who is in charge of the job.”
“Are you telling the truth?”
“Aren’t you lying?”
It is a good job to guide little Lolita to study. You can admire the beautiful little beauties and little Lolita schoolgirls, and you have something to eat. Who doesn't like it is a fool.
"Liar barking."
"It's settled, remember to call us if anything happens. Also, we cover these two subjects, no. For other people, if it comes to other disciplines, we can also help introduce the most suitable academic masters. After all, we know the level of talents in the medical department relatively well."
Li Yubo is vomiting blood, damn it , What kind of brothers do you think you are if you take credit like this? Is it his job to help Lele find books and seek guidance from masters to study? Anyone who takes his job will be beaten to death!
Chao Yubo has a bright smile. If he wants to win people's hearts, he must first buy his stomach. Lele has a popular face and good cooking skills. If he wants to develop in an all-round way, he wants to seek guidance from academic masters to get twice the result with half the effort. .
The boy and Mr. Li smiled and went to wash the dishes. Senior Chen and classmate Cai also wanted to help, and they were reassured by the sentence "From now on, we will take turns following the principle of not cooking and washing dishes."
The talented man left his phone number with classmate Chen, and added his Q number and WeChat account. He also wanted to invite the elementary school girls to go shopping at the night street, but classmate Chao said that Xiao Lele had to get up early tomorrow to gather. , twist the three people away.
After sending away the four foodie seniors, Le Yun rushed to the dormitory without saying anything. It was important to deal with the antiques and second-hand goods she had bought.