While waiting, the two moved from outdoors to indoors.
Wang Tianwei took Zhang Lyra to a snack court on the upper floor of the mall. She swiped her finger across the ordering light screen to browse for a moment before frantically tapping on the screen.
"I'll have this, this, and this! Make it two portions of pan-fried dumplings too..."
Seeing her generous ordering style, Zhang Lyra said,
"You don't need to order so much. I just had a nutrient solution at noon, I'm not hungry yet."
Wang Tianwei looked up in shock.
"Oh shoot! I forgot about you!"
"..."
She then added two more items before pushing the light screen over.
"This meal is on me. See what you want to eat, don't be shy! We need full stomachs to talk business later."
The mind of the person in front of her had already completely drifted to the fragrant kitchen. Zhang Lyra silently tapped twice on the light screen.
The snacks arrived quickly, covering the entire table.
Zhang Lyra scooped up a spoonful of thick soup.
"...Can you finish all this?"
Wang Tianwei buried her head behind the food, unable to free her mouth to speak, and just raised a hand to flash her an "OK" gesture.
Zhang Lyra shrugged. The school cafeteria indeed didn't have these things... but if she couldn't finish it later, she would have to persuade her to pack it up!
But when she saw with her own eyes that the person ate every plate of snacks clean, even scooping the last spoonful of sweet syrup into her mouth...
"You were really hungry!?"
They hadn't seen each other for a few days, and her appetite had grown again?
"Yeah, didn't I just say so? Did you think I was joking!?"
The empty plates on the table were quickly cleared away by a robot. Just as Wang Tianwei finished her first round, a tall figure finally appeared at the entrance of the snack court.
Jian Jingyu wasn't wearing his school uniform today; he had headed out as soon as he received Wang Tianwei's message.
The white short-sleeved shirt and shorts made him look clean and sunny; just standing there, he was the center of attention.
Zhang Lyra's eyes widened when she saw who it was.
"You said we were waiting for a teammate... you meant him!!?"
Wang Tianwei didn't understand why she was so surprised.
"He's very strong, don't you know!? And based on my observations over this long period, classmate Jian is very upright and won't take advantage of you."
"...It's not a question of whether he's upright."
His dad is the Supreme Chief Justice of the Federation!!!
She could almost already picture herself being put on trial in court!!
How did she get so bewitched as to trust Wang Tianwei!?
The two girls were quite conspicuous, so Jian Jingyu quickly spotted Wang Tianwei's location and strode over.
"What are you two talking about?"
"Praising you!"
Wang Tianwei handed the ordering screen over.
"What do you want to eat? My treat."
Jian Jingyu wasn't going to be polite with her. With a big wave of his hand, the table was quickly covered once again.
Zhang Lyra frowned.
"We two have already eaten..."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Jian Jingyu's expression stiffen.
"Uh... right, there's also you two..."
"..."
She shouldn't have bothered asking!
Seeing Jian Jingyu eating so heartily, Wang Tianwei's gluttony was triggered again! She quietly picked up her chopsticks and grabbed a small piece of cake from the plate on the edge.
"How long has it been since you two last ate?"
Zhang Lyra finally couldn't help but ask. It had only been a week; how did both of them turn into big eaters!?
"Did they add some new training programs again?"
To burn so much energy!? Had she already fallen behind in progress?
Both of their mouths were stuffed with food. Facing Zhang Lyra's question, they could only furiously chew.
"It's just the live-action shooting training in the simulation pod, nothing else was added.
But recently it seems like I get hungry faster... I suspect I caught it from her."
After answering the question, Jian Jingyu threw himself back into the embrace of his food.
Wang Tianwei finally ate to her heart's content. She pulled out three pouches of nutrient solution from her spatial button, handed one to each person, and opened hers to sip slowly.
"Jian Jingyu, are you interested in participating in a mecha competition?"
"!!!"
Zhang Lyra's pupils quaked!
Big sis, are you going to be this direct!? No build-up at all!?
Wang Tianwei, who believed she had already paved the way perfectly with food, started counting the benefits on her fingers.
"The competition won't take up class time, and it won't take up more than a few hours of your weekend, plus it can increase your strength!
Haven't you already run out of opponents at school? The mecha competition has endless opponents to fight! You can also earn some pocket money, want to think about it?"
Jian Jingyu listened to her while eating. After swallowing the food in his mouth, he asked,
"Is it legal?"
"..."
No wonder you two can hang out together.
"It's legal..."
Zhang Lyra explained it again, and Wang Tianwei also enlarged the information about the Zero Boundary Arena she had looked up on the Star Network for Jian Jingyu to see.
"The various licenses I checked are all complete, and the legal representative is currently not a blacklisted defaulter. Isn't your family in the legal field? Take a close look. We are all students, we don't want to get scammed!"
Wang Tianwei shared the information with Jian Jingyu without any psychological burden. Watching him operate and check the data on the side, her hand unconsciously reached for a plate of nice-looking yogurt dessert.
Jian Jingyu did a round of searching, and Zhang Lyra watched nervously from opposite him!
She had just suffered a loss due to a lack of transparent information... Although she had checked it herself before, she definitely hadn't checked as carefully as they did...
After a long while, Jian Jingyu pushed the screen back.
"It's a legitimate venue, and there's no problem with the competition system."
Zhang Lyra finally breathed a sigh of relief! Since there was no problem with Zero Boundary...
"Then... will you consider giving it a try?"
Jian Jingyu's strength was even greater than hers, so of course there was nothing to be picky about!
But his identity was the main reason she had never dared to ask. She always felt that if things went south, they would be arrested and rot in an interstellar prison...
Another reason was that she felt this guy didn't lack money and probably wouldn't care for an outside bounty mecha tournament.
But when Wang Tianwei mentioned "earning pocket money," she clearly saw his eyes light up...
"Sure! But it looks like we need three people to register, so are the three of us signing up together?"
Zhang Lyra turned her head hopefully. Is she willing too?
Wang Tianwei was frowning tightly, her mouth constantly moving.
"..."
Jian Jingyu was a one-track mind. Seeing no answer, he patted her.
"Say something, are we three teaming up? Do we need to come up with a name then?"
Wang Tianwei still didn't make a sound, and just glared at him when he patted her arm.
Just as Jian Jingyu opened his mouth for the third time, a spoonful of something milky-smelling was stuffed into his mouth.
"..."
Jian Jingyu chewed twice and also quieted down with a frown.
Zhang Lyra was confused. Fortunately, Wang Tianwei was someone who shared the wealth, and directly fed the third bite to her.
"..."
The three of them sat in silence at the snack court, heads down, chewing bitterly, completely unable to open their mouths.
Wang Tianwei finally managed to swallow the yogurt in her mouth with great effort and picked up her nutrient solution again.
"Oh my god... I almost choked to death. What were you guys just saying?"
"..."
"Say something! Why aren't you talking?"
Jian Jingyu pushed her questioning face away. He hadn't swallowed yet!!
