Chapter Thirteen: The Ruined Banquet

  Three people had just finished cleaning up when Captain Lao Niao led the basketball team members to rush to Room 302.

  As soon as he entered the door, Lao Niao team captain first walked to Meng Wei's side and asked about his injury. After hearing that Meng Wei said it was nothing serious, he walked to Chen Chufan's side, enthusiastically grasped Chen Chufan's hand, and emotionally said: "Brother, I always thought I was low-key enough, but I really didn't expect you to be even more low-key than me! How can you hide deeper than me? If I had known you still had a slam dunk trick up your sleeve, how could I have left you on the bench?"

  The old bird captain was talking, and his hands were still shaking Chen Chufan's hand back and forth, so much that the tiger mouth that had originally stopped hurting began to ache again.

  Chen Chufan hastily withdrew his hand from the old bird captain's, politely saying: "No, no! Ginger is still spicy when it's old, I'm a newcomer, how dare I compete with an old general for position. Captain, don't bury me!"

  Chen Chufan was very clear about his own strength, and he knew that on the court, he was just an amateur level. Being selected into the department basketball team was already a great luck, so how could he dare to ask for a main position? Especially today's dunk, Chen Chufan himself still didn't understand how it happened, and he even dared not confirm whether he could do it again, so naturally he had to lower his posture.

  When Chen Chufan finished speaking, the old bird captain immediately turned around and said to several third-year team members behind him: "How about it? I told you so! Chen is a straightforward person and will not take your main position. Look at your small thoughts! It's really using a villain's heart to measure a gentleman's abdomen!" After hanging up the book bag, the old bird captain turned his head again and said to Chen Chufan: "However, Chen, you can't be too modest. You see that our team leader Meng Wei is injured? For the remaining Nanhu Cup competition, you will replace Meng Wei as the main player on the court!"

  The three people behind Lao Niao's captain suddenly had a look of relief on their faces, and they all came forward to congratulate Chen Chufan.

  But Yang Tao on the other side didn't like what Captain Lao Niao said. Speaking of their relationship, Meng Wei was the oldest, he was the second, and Chen Chufan was only third. In terms of ranking in the basketball team, Yang Tao was the first substitute, so how could the main position be taken by Chen Chufan when the oldest was injured? So Yang Tao hastily interrupted: "I'm saying, Bright Ge, what about me? I'm the first substitute in the history department! You can't favor one over another!"

  "Haha, don't worry, we'll all have a main position. I've got some good news to tell you, the school just made a decision, the Law School has been disqualified from this Nanhu Cup competition, and we're advancing directly! Let's celebrate today! Come on, brothers, let's go have a drink! I'm treating!" Upon hearing Yang Tao's words, Old Bird captain chuckled and changed the subject.

  ##

  After leaving the East Second Gate of Zhongbei Minzu University, there is a row of small restaurants on the right side, the taste of the dishes is okay, and the price is also fair. So generally, classmates from Zhongbei Minzu University will choose to gather here. The old bird captain is even a regular customer of a Sichuan restaurant here. Under his leadership, the seven of them came to this Sichuan restaurant.

  Greeted the restaurant owner, and after his enthusiastic response, several people went straight up to the private room on the second floor.

  As soon as he sat down at the table, Yang Tao snatched the menu from the waiter and said, "Let's get the fish-flavored shredded pork first. Oh, Captain, you're treating us today, so I won't be polite. Mushrooms with eggs, by the way, is your Beijing-style shredded pork authentic? Never mind, let's try one first. The boiled fish slices are flavorful, let's get that too. Hmm, why don't I see any roasted duck on the menu? Ah, never mind, let's add an iron plate beef and a stir-fried pork intestine... do you have it?"

  The old captain snatched the menu from Yang Tao's hand and said in a deep voice, "Young man, listen to someone who has experienced it. Eating too much meat is not good for you! Haven't you seen that there are more and more people with high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and high triglycerides? It's all because of eating too much meat. A green and healthy lifestyle starts with vegetarianism! Waiter, cancel the iron plate beef we ordered earlier and change it to Mapo tofu instead. And why did you order two dishes with meat sauce? If we have fish-flavored meat sauce, then we don't need Beijing-style meat sauce, they taste similar, what a waste! Change the Beijing-style meat sauce to stir-fried bean sprouts. Fried intestines are too fatty and not good for you if eaten excessively, change it to sour and spicy cabbage instead. Also, bring us a crate of beer. Don't forget to send over the free peanuts and appetizers first!"

  Yang Tao gave the old bird captain a resentful look, originally a table of his favorite dishes had been changed beyond recognition. "Being petty is being petty, and yet you talk about green living starting from eating vegetarian! Last time when our department paid for the basketball team's meal, why didn't I see you order a single vegetarian dish?" Yang Tao muttered to himself.

  As soon as the dishes were served, everyone downed a glass together. Then they started devouring the food on the table like a whirlwind. They were all young men with big appetites, and in an instant, half of the dishes on the table were gone.

  Just as the old bird captain felt that he had already toasted enough, picked up his wine glass and was about to toast again. Yang Tao, who had been eating with his head down, suddenly changed his expression, shouted "Ah, my stomach hurts!" and ran directly to the bathroom downstairs in the restaurant. It left everyone at the table bewildered. However, no one paid much attention to Yang Tao's departure. The old bird captain had already picked up his glass, saw that there was one less person at the table, and instead of calling for a group toast, he spoke alone to Chen Chufan: "Little Chen, thanks to you today! If it weren't for you saving the scene, who knows how the school would have handled it? Come on, old brother will first toast you alone, I'll drink to that!" He then poured a whole glass of wine into his stomach.

  Before Chen Chufan could even lift his wine glass, Meng Wei, who was standing beside him, suddenly changed color and made a rumbling noise in his stomach. He then pushed the stool and rushed downstairs. Immediately after, the sound of "bang bang" knocking on the door came from downstairs, followed by Meng Wei's anxious voice, "Yang Tao, hurry up! I'm suffocating!"

  The small restaurants outside the school are not very large, and they only have a small toilet with just one hole, which is shared by both men and women. When someone goes in, the person inside locks the door from the inside. If someone else wants to use the toilet, they can only wait outside. So, Meng Wei has to wait for Yang Tao to come out before he can go in.

  The people sitting at the table in the private room upstairs looked at each other in dismay. The two who were eating enthusiastically began to hesitate and put down their chopsticks, looking at the still sumptuous dishes on the table with a hesitant expression.

  "Boss! Boss!" The old bird captain shouted loudly.

  "What's going on?" The boss hurried over and asked.

  "Is today's dish fresh?" asked Captain Old Bird

  "Don't worry, those who often come to our place for meals know that we have fresh vegetables every day!" The boss replied with a serious face.

  "Oh, that's good! Nothing to worry about!" The old captain waved off the boss. He picked up his chopsticks and took another bite of food, "Come on, come on. Eat and drink, I bet Xiao Yang and Xiao Meng ate something bad for lunch, I told you so! Even if the food here isn't fresh, it wouldn't take effect this quickly, would it? They're as useful as a fart!"

  As soon as the old bird captain's voice fell, Yang Tao had already walked up and returned to his own position.

  "Xiao Yang, what's wrong with you?" asked Captain Old Bird with concern.

  "Nothing, just my stomach suddenly feels a bit uncomfortable! Ahh!" As soon as Yang Tao's voice fell, his face changed again, and he let out a loud and smelly fart. Yang Tao covered his stomach again and rushed downstairs. A moment later, the sound of knocking on the door was heard from downstairs again, but this time it was Yang Tao's voice: "Boss, open the door quickly! I couldn't hold it in again!"

  The private dining room where everyone was eating was a partitioned room made by the boss himself, which happened to have no windows. After Yang Tao farted, the entire room was filled with an absolutely unpleasant smell, especially when they were eating.

  Today's host, the old bird captain, smiled awkwardly, "This little Yang, what's going on today, too sloppy! Come on, don't mind them, eat your food!" As he spoke, the old bird captain picked up a piece of tofu and prepared to put it in his own mouth.

  At this time, Meng Wei returned to the private room with a dark face and sat down in his own seat.

  When Meng Wei came back, Lao Niao team captain didn't hurry to eat tofu, put the tofu on the edge of his mouth, and asked with concern: "Xiao Meng ah, what's going on between you and Xiao Yang today? Did you two eat something wrong at noon?"

  Meng Wei's face was awkward, and his dark complexion seemed to have a flush, but it could also be an illusion. After all, people with dark skin are hard to tell when they blush.

  Meng Wei hadn't even had time to respond to the old captain's words when another "pfft" sound came, this time from Meng Wei's buttocks. Meng Wei's face changed again, and he immediately covered his stomach and ran downstairs. Then, the familiar "bang bang" sound came from the bathroom downstairs once more.

  The flavor that had just faded out a bit became rich and intense again, filling the enclosed private room. The old bird captain's chopsticks still held a piece of tofu in front of his mouth, not having had time to put it in yet.