# Chapter 25
Seeing that I'd truly made up my mind, Xiao Wei had no choice but to agree to let me rest, but she wasn't willing to let me off that easily. So the four of us, like Siamese twins, migrated once again—this time to McDonald's.
The McDonald's in the downtown area always had ridiculously good business, and especially today being Saturday, especially now being lunchtime, six long lines stretched from the counter all the way to the door. My head started spinning—there were so many people, just standing in line would kill us.
No choice but to leave again. Shangguan suggested "Wei Mei," and this time I didn't even bother about the price, nodding immediately in agreement.
"Wei Mei" was a chain restaurant in City N. I didn't have much of an impression about whether the food was actually delicious—I was more used to eating what Shangguan made anyway—but the environment and service were truly decent. Of course, so was the price. It was precisely thanks to that steep price that we managed to snag a private room.
On the way from McDonald's to here, I'd been racking my brain trying to figure out how to escape, but no matter how much I thought, I couldn't come up with anything practical. I could only look for an opportunity to secretly ask Shangguan for help.
"You seemed to be having a lot of fun out there." Shangguan glanced at me, tone not quite sarcastic but not quite not either. Before I could protest, he continued, "When did you meet Shangguan Yun?"
"I don't know him—I only learned his name today. I've only met him once."
"When?"
"At that doll meetup last time."
Shangguan stared at me: "You sure remember that clearly!" There was a distinct grinding-teeth quality to his words.
How could I possibly forget? That was such an embarrassing incident. I rolled my eyes internally: "Come on, hurry up and figure something out. If I keep following them to go shopping, I'm a dead man."
"Then you'll just have to die." He said it so lightly, then turned away and ignored me.
I was so furious I could choke. Finally I understood how people could die from anger. But even if I was furious, it changed absolutely nothing about the situation. The only thing I could do was unleash all my rage on the food. I ate, I ate, I ate and ate and ate…
Steak, bread, egg tarts, sweet rice porridge, flaky pastries… whenever the serving cart came by, I didn't wait for introductions. I just immediately pointed to whatever food was closest to me, then stuffed it into my mouth as fast as possible. At this moment, I felt like I'd transformed into a glutton, sweeping away everything in my path with a conquering spirit.
I don't know how long it was, but when I finally looked up again, those three were all staring at me in stunned silence.
Xiao Wei said dazedly: "A Yi, I didn't know you were this hungry."
I waved my hand and managed to speak: "Nobody touch me—if anyone touches me, I'll throw up. And right now I'm so full I can't even stand up, so absolutely no more shopping!" I finished, striking a pose that said 'do whatever you want to me, I'm not moving.' I'd figured it out—there was no point trying to reason with these people.
The three of them froze, then burst out laughing. Shangguan was laughing the hardest, which made me grind my teeth. If you hadn't just sat there watching me suffer, would I have needed to do this? When I was eating, I hadn't felt it that much, but now I was about to burst.
"A Yi, if you really don't want to shop, I wasn't going to force you anyway." Xiao Wei said with a sweet smile, her expression practically saying I'd been the one dying to shop just moments ago.
"Okay, okay, stop glaring. I know you hate me—how about I just disappear now?" She said, standing up along with Yang Yun.
I was completely confused. Did I hate Xiao Wei? Probably not—I just didn't want to be dragged shopping by her. But with the way she put it, didn't it seem like I was being totally unreasonable? How did it become about me lacking school spirit when I was the one who'd been exhausted, miserable, and stuffed to the gills?
I thought about it for a long time, and finally reached a conclusion: Xiao Wei was my nemesis. From now on, I'd stay as far away from her as possible!
I sat in that chair for almost another half hour before I could勉强勉强勉强勉强 stand up. Dragging my belly, I slowly walked along the street, carefully avoiding people, terrified that even the slightest bump would make me puke all over the place. Right now I really regretted eating so much—even if I hadn't stuffed myself this much, wouldn't Xiao Wei have let me off the hook? But it wasn't like I'd planned to use this tactic from the start. Back then, I just wanted to vent through food. It was only when I was almost done eating that I remembered I could try using this method. I didn't expect it to actually work.
Sigh, you always have to pay a price for everything you do, but my price really was a bit too high. Thinking of this, I cast another resentful glance at Shangguan. Ever since earlier, he'd been in such a great mood—his usually stern face was practically glowing like spring had arrived, the corners of his mouth perking up non-stop. This attracted all the girls nearby to keep looking his way.
Hmph! Heartless jerk. Happy to see me suffer. Someday, someday I'm going to get my revenge!
Okay, from now on I'll try to update regularly around midnight~~~~