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Zhuang Nainai raised her hands and took two steps back, her movements agile as she jumped up. Because she did so, the red wine did not soak her clothes. As she gazed at her crab soaked in the puddle of wine, she suddenly felt like it was such a waste.

She loved eating crabs! However, crabs were particularly difficult to crack open, and she wasn’t a patient person. Thus, she rarely ate them. However, this time around, she didn’t even get to eat a single mouthful of the crab that Senior Su Jinhui had extracted the meat from!

She glared daggers at the culprit, but Si Zhengting acted as though nothing was wrong as he handed the plate over to the attendant. “Take it away.”

The attendant rushed over and cleaned up the mess on Zhuang Nainai’s side of the table.

Zhuang Nainai gritted her teeth as she stared at Si Zhengting. He was her unlucky star. Whenever they were together, misfortune befell her. She couldn’t even eat her meal in peace.

She sat down, about to vent her anger by gripping a lobster between her chopsticks in a death grip. Before she could do that, she suddenly saw a plate appearing in front of her.

Zhuang Nainai was surprised. She heard Si Zhengting say, “Here, I’ll repay you for your lost crab.”

Zhuang Nainai was taken aback once again. She looked down and saw the crab meat on the plate. She saw that the meat from the crab legs, the meat from the other parts of the crab, and the yolk of the crab were neatly separated. They were exquisitely arranged on the plate. That familiar feeling suddenly brought about a heaviness in her heart.

In those moments, she was reminded of what happened during her second year in high school.

Back then, she was always by Si Zhengting’s side. She had also trailed after him boldly during meal times.

Su Yanbin and Zuo Yiyi, who were part of Si Zhengting’s group of friends, had been used to it.

Back then, it was also crab season. As the school was one for the elite, the cafeteria had prepared a crab for everyone. When Zhuang Nainai had received her crab, she was overjoyed. The school hadn’t tried to skimp on expenses by providing tiny crabs — on the contrary, they were huge.

Once Zhuang Nainai had collected her crab, she had also asked for a tucker-bag.

She carried her plate of food and her tucker-bag to a table, then subconsciously sat by Si Zhengting’s side.

Zuo Yiyi and Su Yanbin had also walked toward the table, carrying their plates of food in their hands. They sat on the opposite side of the table.

Zhuang Nainai had picked up her crab with her chopsticks and placed it aside. Then, she’d opened her tucker-bag and planned to place the crab inside.

Su Yanbin had asked curiously, “Zhuang Nainai, why aren’t you eating it?”

Zhuang Nainai had smiled as she replied, “My mother also likes eating crab, so I’m bringing it home to share it with her.”

After she heard this, Zuo Yiyi had immediately scoffed. She icily said, “How disgraceful it is to be penniless!”

Zhuang Nainai had long been used to these kind of mean remarks. She smiled as she placed the crab carefully in her bag, then said to Zuo Yiyi, “That’s right, my family is poor. But so what if your family’s rich? How much of your family’s wealth was made as a result of your efforts?”

Zuo Yiyi smirked. “I don’t earn a single cent. I just do whatever I feel like doing. What about you?”

Zhuang Nainai pursed her lips, then replied, “I, too, do whatever I feel like doing. Haven’t I grown up healthy and well even though my family’s poor?”

Zuo Yiyi sarcastically replied, “But you can’t even bear to eat a crab! How is that doing whatever you please?”

Zhuang Nainai continued to rebut her words sarcastically, “It’s because I’m poor that when I share a crab with my mother, I’ll feel happy and blissful! But what about you, Zuo Yiyi? You’re able to eat crabs every day, so you don’t feel that happiness. You don’t care about doing well on exams either. You don’t even feel happy when you buy pretty dresses. So what makes you happy?”

Zuo Yiyi was taken aback after hearing this.