Meng Huai naturally heard the girl's words and sped up her pace, feeling a bit embarrassed. After all, she had her pride. It was awkward to be put on display like this.
Li Wei looked at the large pot in Meng Huai's hands and exclaimed, "My goodness, this pot is quite big!"
Meng Huai waved her hand, thinking that if she infused it with spiritual energy, the pot could be even larger. It could be as big as a mecha!
"We have many people!" Meng Huai said.
Soon, everyone else returned. Gu Ping was carrying a strange object. Someone asked him, "Gu Ping, what is that?"
Gu Ping replied, "This is a simplified barbecue grill I just made with the materials. Time is tight, so it will have to do!"
Someone joked, "Good heavens, this 'simplified' grill looks quite luxurious!"
Meng Huai glanced at it. A grill made of rock iron wasn't luxurious? Does your teacher know you're using materials like this?
Someone else arrived with a pile of drinks, naturally it was Ju Yiqiu. Girls naturally excelled in their talent for snacks. A boy took the drinks from her.
"Let me get that, the drinks are quite heavy."
When someone offered to help, Ju Yiqiu didn't refuse. Seeing that the boy was being helpful, others began to follow suit.
"Meng Huai, let me carry this pot, it's pretty heavy!"
Meng Huai raised an eyebrow at this and asked, "Are you sure?"
The boy naturally replied, "Of course."
Meng Huai placed the pot on the ground, freeing up the handles for the boy to grab. The boy easily approached, but only managed to move it slightly, not lift it. With another attempt, the pot remained completely still.
Others who saw this scene began to mock him: "Zhou Pengxing, we know your command is weak, but it shouldn't be *this* weak!"
Zhou Pengxing didn't mind being mocked by his companions. He simply said to the one who had just teased him, "Come on, you try. Show us how strong you are!"
This person retorted, "If you say so, I will!"
However, the result was surprisingly consistent.
Seeing this, Meng Huai put away her amused expression and said, "Let me do it then!"
She then carried the pot and walked at the front, "I'll lead the way for you!"
Zhou Pengxing and another boy stood there, petrified for two seconds before looking at each other and sighing, "As expected of the top scorer in the assessment!"
As their group walked, the strange items they carried attracted a lot of attention. However, they pretended not to notice the stares. Fortunately, the destination wasn't far, it was indeed right next to the combat academy.
Meng Huai led the group to the area and greeted the security guard, Xiao Fang. "Hello, Xiao Fang."
Xiao Fang was surprised to see Meng Huai leading a group of people, but he didn't say anything.
Meng Huai brought them to the field and pointed, saying, "This is the plot of land I planted! Let's set up next to it."
The group cleared a spot next to the field, set up the barbecue grill, and placed the pot. It really looked like a picnic.
Xiao Fang was just guarding the entrance and didn't come over. However, after a while, he smelled something: "What's that smell? It's so fragrant!"
Xiao Fang followed the scent and saw the students barbecuing, with something bubbling in the pot.
Seeing Xiao Fang approach, Meng Huai called out, "Xiao Fang, come join us for a bite!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Fang quickly said, "No, no," and left.
After returning, Xiao Fang felt that the students' actions might not be appropriate: "How can they barbecue here!"
But then he thought again and muttered, "It seems there's no rule against eating here! Oh dear, should I inform Teacher Yun?"
Xiao Fang tossed and turned, finally deciding to report it. After all, if something went wrong, not reporting it would be his own fault. He was just informing them, yes, that was it, Xiao Fang thought.
Yun Sheng was surprised when Xiao Fang told him, and his voice rose: "What?"
Listening to Xiao Fang's report, Yun Sheng felt both amused and exasperated. Some people in the laboratory were still focused on their work, while others looked over curiously, but no one asked any questions.
Yun Sheng put down what he was doing and headed towards Meng Huai and the others.
"This Meng Huai, isn't she being reckless! Why are they barbecuing over there? What if a fire breaks out and all the plants are lost?!"
Yun Sheng's concern was for the plants in the field. However, upon arriving and seeing the students chatting and laughing while eating, he couldn't bring himself to interrupt them.
Meng Huai noticed Yun Sheng turning and called out, "Teacher Yun!"
Upon hearing Meng Huai's words, the others were startled, dropped their food, and looked at Yun Sheng with tense expressions.
Yun Sheng walked over and looked at them: "Your meal looks good! What are these things I haven't seen before? The floating bits, are those lettuce leaves? And this is..."
Yun Sheng looked at the red, bubbling soup in the pot and tried to identify the floating vegetables.
"Yes, we just picked them! They're very fresh!" Meng Huai pointed to the vegetables she had planted.
Yun Sheng listened to Meng Huai and felt her tone was quite proud. However, he was soon attracted by the aroma of the meat. He turned and saw the skewers on the barbecue grill.
He spoke sternly, his tone of criticism making everyone hold their breath: "How can you barbecue here! It's a serious matter if a fire breaks out!"
Hearing their teacher's words, the students quickly explained, "Teacher, we're sorry, we'll put it out immediately!"
"We're being very careful! There won't be a fire!"
The students spoke one after another, all watching Yun Sheng's expression. However, Yun Sheng, with a blank expression, pointed at a skewer and said, "Give me one too!"
Huh?
Huh? Did I hear that correctly?
I must be hallucinating!
I'm having auditory hallucinations from fright!
The students communicated with their eyes, but Meng Huai quickly grabbed a skewer and handed it to Yun Sheng.
"Here you go, Teacher Yun. But you have to eat one of these first, or you won't see the sun tomorrow!"
Yun Sheng was very confused: "What do you mean?" Why wouldn't he see the sun tomorrow?
Wang Ziming finally came to his senses. This teacher didn't seem like a difficult person to talk to. He explained, "These are detoxification pills. You can only eat star beast meat after taking this pill."
"Star beast meat! You're roasting star beast meat!"
Seeing the excited Yun Sheng, Meng Huai directly replied with a rather impudent statement: "What else?"