The slender, pale woman lowered her eyes, took a plate, served Yin Xiu a meal, and then handed it out through the window.
She gazed at Yin Xiu outside the window, her thin, scarlet lips twitching slightly as if she wanted to say something, but her unfocused pupils remained unfocused, and in the end, she said nothing.
Yin Xiu noticed her unusual behavior, stared at her for a moment, and said softly, "Auntie, are you feeling unwell?"
The cafeteria lady slowly shook her head, staring intently at Yin Xiu, muttering, "Eat, eat first."
Yin Xiu ignored the plate and continued to ask, "I'm not hungry yet. Is there anything you'd like to talk to me about, Auntie?"
Auntie shook her head blankly, only repeating, "Eat, eat first."
Yin Xiu silently lowered his eyes and stared at the plate in front of him. It still contained his favorite dishes, but for some reason, they didn't look appetizing today.
He reached out and touched the edge of the plate, and discovered the problem.
The food was completely cold, unlike the hot and delicious meals his aunt usually prepared for him. This was very strange.
Yin Xiu frowned, feeling uneasy, but he couldn't quite put his finger on why.
His aunt, who had suddenly become abnormal, was accompanied by strange, unseen entities. Clearly, something unusual had happened, but he hadn't yet realized it.
Yin Xiu touched the plate and then looked up at the figure in the window. "Auntie, this dish is cold."
"Can't you give me a different one?"
But his aunt ignored him and just kept repeating, "Eat, eat first."
Yin Xiu looked at her helplessly, picked up his plate, turned around and sat down in the seat closest to the window, with his aunt staring at him from behind.
His aunt became very strange and kept urging him to eat, which made Yin Xiu instinctively wary of food.
With his back to his aunt, he carefully peeled open a small piece of his favorite chicken leg. When he saw what was inside, Yin Xiu was instantly stunned.
The chicken leg was still raw inside. As Yin Xiu peeled off the crispy skin, blood instantly flowed out, and the bright red muscle cut surface was even trembling, as if it were alive.
Yin Xiu immediately threw the chicken leg back, staring blankly at the food in front of him.
"Hey classmate, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Yin Xiu carelessly throwing food around, someone next to him asked softly, with a strange smile on their face. "You can't waste food, you have to eat it."
Yin Xiu frowned as he stared at the half-cooked, even trembling, pink meat on the table, feeling a strange sense of nausea. "This food isn't cooked."
He wanted to get up to go find his aunt to get a different dish, but before he could even pick up his plate, the student in front of him pressed down on it and said earnestly, "This food is perfectly fine. There's nothing undercooked. You can't waste food. You have to eat it."
The other party spoke politely, but acted very firmly, as if they really didn't want Yin Xiu to exchange it.
Yin Xiu frowned, staring intently at the student in front of him. This strange student was special among the students. He didn't have as many extra parts on his body; he only had an extra finger on the hand holding the plate. Among the students, he could barely be considered disabled. However, compared to the friendliness of the other strange students, he was particularly sharp.
"You should eat it, just one bite. Maybe what you think isn't cooked is just an illusion," he said with a smile, but his tone was very unfriendly.
Yin Xiu stared at him coldly, "Do I absolutely have to eat this?"
The other person nodded, and the next second Yin Xiu shoved the rice into their face, saying, "If you're worried about wasting food, why don't you eat it?"
"You!" The student paused for a second, then suddenly lunged at Yin Xiu with a face full of anger.
Yin Xiu took a step back to avoid him, drew his long sword, and prepared to retaliate.
But before he could fully draw the knife, it was suddenly pushed back down by some force, preventing him from pulling it out.
Yin Xiu frowned, staring intently at the hilt of his sword. He wasn't allowed to open the refrigerator door, he wasn't allowed to respond to the students, and now he wasn't even allowed to draw his sword. What was this mysterious power all about? Just how much restriction was it going to impose on him?
Everyone could see Yin Xiu's displeasure. The student who had been shoved in the face with rice wanted to continue attacking Yin Xiu, but instead, all the strange students nearby rushed over and pushed him away, loudly accusing the student, "How could you bully your classmate! He already said he didn't want to eat anymore!"
"Classmates should get along peacefully. Who gave you permission to lay a hand on someone!"
"Everyone knows this school forbids you from hitting your classmates! You knowingly broke the rule, didn't you!"
With the students' support, the student glared at Yin Xiu through gritted teeth, but unable to break through their obstruction, he could only turn around and leave angrily.
As soon as he left, the atmosphere in the cafeteria became lively. Students looked at Yin Xiu with concern and asked him, "Are you hurt? Did he bully you?"
"Don't be sad. If you don't want to eat, you don't have to. I can share my food with you."
"The food at that window is no good. Come and eat at our place."
As he was met with the concerned gazes of his classmates, Yin Xiu began to feel dizzy again.
He raised his hand to deflect his classmates' questions, then turned around, carrying his tray, intending to go back to the window to get a new one.
Turning around, Yin Xiu was shocked to find that there was no one at the window; the auntie who served meals was gone.
"Where did it go? Is it gone?" Yin Xiu stared blankly at the window, looking at the plate in his hand with confusion.
He was confused, but the comments section was filled with screams.
"Right in front of you!! Your auntie is right in front of you!"
"Brother Xiu really can't even see Auntie anymore! Before, when Auntie was talking to him, he seemed to have trouble hearing her. I suspected that Brother Xiu's perception of Auntie had changed, but I didn't expect it to be true!"
"Waaah, Auntie put that cognitive-restoring gummy candy in Xiu-ge's chicken leg, but I don't know what Xiu-ge thought it was, he just threw it away."
"It's hopeless, it's hopeless. My roommate can't see it, my aunt can't see it either. The only two people in the dungeon who can regain their senses have suddenly become invisible."
"And have you noticed how clever these students are?"
"Based on Boss Ye's deduction and the teacher's diary, it can be proven that all the students are one entity, controlled by that monster. It's impossible for anyone to cause trouble for Brother Xiu. What happened just now was clearly an act!"
"Yes, yes, I think so too. As soon as that student has a conflict with Brother Xiu, the other students immediately come to care about Brother Xiu and try to win his favor! They're so cunning!"
"Moreover, there's a rule that you can't kill classmates, and the other party deliberately provoked Xiu Ge to take action, deepening his corruption. Luckily, my roommate stopped him!"
"Wow, the monsters in this dungeon are really cunning, with one trick after another! Do they really want our Brother Xiu that badly?!"
"First, pollute his cognition, isolate him from the people who can keep him clear-headed, isolate him layer by layer, and then arrange for his classmates' care to break down his heart so that he will be led to a deeper level of pollution. It's terrifying."
The entire cafeteria was packed around Yin Xiu, and distorted faces swayed in his vision. Everywhere he looked, there were bizarre appearances. If he looked at them for too long, Yin Xiu would feel dizzy.
"Don't eat at that window, come and eat our food, you'll definitely like it." A classmate enthusiastically piled food in front of Yin Xiu, trying to get him to taste the strange food.
"Yeah, yeah, you're not a disabled student, there's no need for you to eat that. Come eat with us, we'll always be with you."
"Come and eat, come and eat!"
The food served to Yin Xiu was a great temptation for him, who was extremely hungry at the moment.
Last night he tried to get something to eat from the refrigerator, but something he didn't recognize stopped him. He can't eat the food in the cafeteria today either. He's very hungry now.
The silent temptation, along with the food being handed to him, made Yin Xiu swallow hard.
Seeing Yin Xiu waver, the comments section became tense.
No way! The handsome Xiu-ge turned into a monster!