As she hesitated, the two senior students, each carrying a large bag of clothes, stepped forward.
"Seniors, thank you so much, we can manage ourselves!" Su Xiaotian quickly said.
"You're a young girl, it's only right that we take care of you. This kind of strenuous work is meant for guys," the flat-topped student said with a grin, speaking casually.
Su Xiaotian could only express her gratitude, feeling a bit uneasy accepting the seniors' kindness.
The two seniors were quite strong, carrying the large bags of clothes with gusto.
Chang Zongyuan also quickly shouldered a large bag of men's clothes and followed.
Of the four, Su Xiaotian was empty-handed.
Soon, they arrived at the dormitory building.
The dormitory supervisor, Auntie, was particularly fond of Su Xiaotian, and her face lit up with joy when she saw her.
"Auntie, these two students are helping me deliver the military training clothes. Can they come in?"
Su Xiaotian was very polite, her voice sweet and tender, which made the dormitory supervisor's maternal instincts surge.
"These two students are good, knowing to help a little girl. Here, Auntie will pack some sunflower seeds for you."
The dormitory supervisor casually grabbed two handfuls of sunflower seeds from a basin on the table and deftly put them into the pockets of the two male students.
The two boys exchanged glances, wondering what was happening.
Were the aunties in the girls' dorms this nice?
The two quickly expressed their thanks before continuing to carry the large bags of clothes upstairs.
"Xiaotian, if you need anything, just tell Auntie, don't be shy!" the dormitory supervisor called out to Su Xiaotian's retreating back.
"Got it, thank you, Auntie!" Su Xiaotian replied sweetly before hurrying to catch up.
Even with their considerable strength, the two male students were panting after carrying the large bags of clothes upstairs.
Su Xiaotian opened the dormitory door and thanked them, then helped them lift the heavy bags of clothes off their shoulders.
"Little students, we're leaving now. If you need something like this done in the future, ask someone else. You're a young girl, you shouldn't have to deal with this!"
As they were leaving, the two still felt compelled to give her a piece of advice.
Su Xiaotian had wanted to offer them some water, but firstly, there were no guest cups in the dormitory, and secondly, the dormitory supervisor was waiting for these two to go downstairs.
Now that school had officially started, men were not allowed in the girls' dormitory building.
"Students, may I treat you to lunch?"
With no other way to repay their help, Su Xiaotian thought of the simplest solution.
However, the two students had only helped carry some things; how could they possibly accept Su Xiaotian treating them to a meal?
The two did not feel they deserved to be treated by Su Xiaotian, and after repeatedly waving their hands, they left in a hurry.
Watching the backs of the two male students as they walked away, Su Xiaotian felt that there were still more good people in the world!
Hurrying to the cafeteria, Su Xiaotian found the other classmates at the agreed-upon spot.
Two connected four-person tables, with eight seats in total, now had six people seated.
Except for Yin Ruyun and herself, everyone else from the dormitory was there.
Su Xiaotian was actually quite surprised to see Qi Xiaofang eating with these people.
However, she said nothing, simply sitting down in an empty seat.
"Xiaotian, there's braised pork ribs for lunch today. I ordered a portion for you and also got you eggplant with sauce," Zhao Hongmei said, pushing her lunchbox towards Su Xiaotian.
After thanking her, Su Xiaotian opened her lunchbox.
Before starting to eat, Su Xiaotian glanced at the lunchboxes of the others. Besides the ribs for her, the other few people's lunchboxes also contained a portion of meat.
This included Qi Xiaofang.
"Xiaotian, our dormitory decided to celebrate your election as class monitor by eating meat!" Chu Yue said cheerfully.
"Celebrate with meat?"
Could it be like that?
Su Xiaotian looked at Chu Yue with surprise.
"This should be considered good news, but since we have military training this afternoon, we can't celebrate with a meal," Zhao Hongmei said matter-of-factly.
"If it's to celebrate me, shouldn't I be the one treating?" Su Xiaotian finally asked after a long pause.
Zhao Hongmei clapped her hands and said, "It's good that you know about treating. You don't have to pay for this meal today. After our military training is over, you can treat us to a good meal to make up for it!"
They had been waiting for this very sentence from the little girl.
Su Xiaotian naturally agreed.
"That's easy. After the military training, on the weekend, we'll go to Yiming Pavilion to eat."
The students from out of town didn't know Yiming Pavilion.
Chu Yue, being a local, was startled by this.
"Xiaotian, I've heard that the food at Yiming Pavilion is very expensive."
Their families were well-off, but they had never dared to eat at Yiming Pavilion.
"It's alright, I can afford it," Su Xiaotian said with a smile.
This conversation between the few of them was overheard by Yin Ruyun, who had just finished eating with Ai Yu.
Yin Ruyun's expression immediately darkened.
Yiming Pavilion was considered a good place even in the capital, and ordinary families wouldn't dare to patronize it.
Yet, Su Xiaotian was planning to treat so many classmates to a meal at Yiming Pavilion.
More importantly, Qi Xiaofang was also going.
Her gaze towards Qi Xiaofang was filled with anger.
This traitor who had switched allegiances had clearly intended to ally with her at first.
Today, she had turned around and sided with Su Xiaotian.
Qi Xiaofang happened to see Yin Ruyun, but she offered no explanation, focusing instead on her meal.
She hadn't eaten meat in a long time, and she didn't expect to eat such delicious meat today; even the rice drizzled with meat broth was exceptionally tasty.
It was actually a coincidence that she was sitting here today.
Because they had come out of the same dormitory today, everyone had taken the same path and arrived at the same dormitory, maintaining a consistent pace.
Qian Xiaobei and Li Jianhong couldn't stand the awkwardness any longer and invited Qi Xiaofang to join them.
Qi Xiaofang didn't intend to fall out with everyone, so she proactively moved closer to them.
Who knew that on the way, the girls would express their desire to celebrate with meat.
Qi Xiaofang had actually wanted to back out, but in the end, she persisted.
At this age, everyone cared about their reputation, and Qi Xiaofang wouldn't let herself be looked down upon because of a meal.
At the table, some had ordered braised pork, while others had ordered ribs.
Qi Xiaofang felt that a spoonful of ribs contained bones, making it less cost-effective, so she opted for braised pork.
It was the same cafeteria auntie from the first day's conflict.
When the auntie saw Qi Xiaofang, besides scooping a spoonful of meat for her, she added an extra spoonful of meat broth, which made the other classmates envious.
And Qi Xiaofang herself ate with great relish.
Time was tight, and they still had to distribute clothes back in the dormitory, so Su Xiaotian began to quickly eat her rice.
Zhao Hongmei had almost finished eating, gnawing on the last piece of rib, and said with her eyes slightly squinted, "They say our school's food tastes quite good."
This point was agreed upon by everyone; the school's food was indeed delicious.