Royal Academy, it was lunchtime a few days later, and most of the students came to the school's cafeteria, or rather, the vast majority of them.
In the Royal Academy, no one would try to stand out by bringing their own extravagant lunch, because doing so would affect their image and make people resentful.
At the same time, this is also prohibited by the academy. If every student did this, it would create a very awkward situation.
Of course, bringing a bento or something similar that doesn't affect others is allowed. However, in this environment, few students bring their own lunch, as it would make them lose face.
Generally, there are three types of people who bring their own lunch: first, those who want to save time, which is quite common; second, those who cannot adapt to the food here, which is very few; and third, an absolute rarity, those who want to save money. There would be many of these in other places, but very few here.
In this Royal Academy, full of upper-class nobles, few people know how to save money. Wastrels, on the other hand, are everywhere, like a certain person in the middle.
As a young lady of the Ye family, Ye Lanyu naturally does not need to save money, nor does she do anything out of the ordinary. She always has lunch in the school cafeteria, usually with two people. However, one of them is someone she likes, and the other is someone she dislikes.
These two people are Ye Lang and the Seventh Princess. As for who she likes and dislikes, everyone knows.
And for a long time recently, one of these two people has not been with her. If it's the Seventh Princess, she would definitely rejoice. Unfortunately, it is Ye Lang, her beloved brother, who hasn't been having lunch with her lately, which has made her very annoyed.
"Ye Lanyu, where's Ye Lang? Is he not having lunch with us again today?" the Seventh Princess, upon entering the cafeteria, once again saw Ye Lanyu alone, without seeing Ye Lang.
At this moment, if Ye Lang doesn't show up, it means he won't be there again today.
"Yeah, no matter how I call him, he never comes. He must insist on eating the food made by that woman. You, as his wife, are completely useless. You can't even keep your own husband," Ye Lanyu sighed and immediately made her habitual attack on the Seventh Princess.
Although these two people frequently meet and are getting to know each other more and more, to the point that they may even know each other better than themselves, their antagonistic identities have never changed. They always argue whenever they meet, each asserting right, even if one is right, the other will still express a different opinion.
Of course, they also have moments of agreement, which is about Ye Lang, and the reason they often spend time together is Ye Lang.
"I'm just a fiancée for now, I can't control him, he belongs to you as his sister. You're the useless one...," the Seventh Princess retorted unreservedly, and they also often mention the engagement between Ye Lang and the Seventh Princess without any reservation.
For many years, the Seventh Princess appears to have never refuted, as if she tacitly accepted this relationship. On the contrary, Ye Lang sometimes disputes it, although very rarely.
"You should be glad he is with her. If it were another woman, your position as his fiancée might not be secure. Although you hate her, I don't oppose you being together in the future," Ye Lanyu reluctantly said, as she didn't want her brother to marry a woman she quarreled with every day.
However, she understood the Seventh Princess very well, knowing that she cared deeply for her brother, and this concern came from the heart. As long as she was good to him, regardless of how much she disliked her, she wouldn't object.
Of course, not objecting doesn't mean she approves. She also knows that the Seventh Princess doesn't love Ye Lang, it's a kind of special and complicated feeling, a feeling that is hard to explain.
Despite spending a lot of time together and having a good relationship, there has never been a spark between them, which made both sets of parents very anxious, but there was nothing they could do, this was something that could not be forced.
"Hmph, even with another woman, my position won't be threatened, even if she's better than me!" the Seventh Princess snorted, and no one knew if this was a casual remark or a serious one.
Soon after, she quickly shifted the topic, leaving no opportunity to delve deeper into this issue.
"Ye Lanyu, why do you think he likes being with her? Is it just for the food?" the Seventh Princess asked.
"What else do you think it could be? With her qualities, other than her food, what else can attract my brother? My brother isn't that blind," Ye Lanyu said naturally.
"It's not necessarily so. He has always liked odd things, maybe he..." the Seventh Princess dissented. Ye Lang's preferences are very peculiar, and at times, when others praise something, he disagrees, while he approves of things that are not good.
This made her suspect whether he has an unusual taste, and has taken a liking to the girl they talk about, though this was only a suspicion, one that no one considered possible.
"Pah! Nonsense! If he liked her, I would lock him up immediately!" Ye Lanyu immediately objected strongly.
"Hehe, I'm just kidding. Why are you getting worked up? Do you think it's possible?" the Seventh Princess asked.
"It's impossible, absolutely impossible!!" Ye Lanyu shook her head and continued eating her lunch.
What kind of girl made both of them feel it was impossible, with not even a slight chance? That girl is none other than the one currently with Ye Lang. Despite her appearances, she is indeed a perfectly ordinary girl of eighteen years.
Of course, she is not a beauty!
In the classroom of the alchemy academy where Ye Lang is, a drama is now unfolding, a scene that has been happening every day recently.
"Ye Lang, you stole my bento again, give it back to me right away!!" a voice resounded, carrying anger, but what was surprising was the sense of resignation and habit that seemed even more prevalent.
The owner of the voice is a girl of considerable size, none other than the girl named Zhen Xiaoyan in their class. She is also the girl Ye Lanyu described as absolutely impossible.
For a long time, Ye Lang has been having lunch with her, as Ye Lanyu said, for the food.