The First Military Academy on Mingyang Star.
“Open the door! Is my midnight snack in there with you?!” Gao Haiyang shouted, banging on the door to Yan Yifei’s dorm room.
When he saw Gan Lan’s message that she had specially sent over midnight snacks, he had rushed back to his dorm in high spirits to welcome its arrival. However, he found nothing. After asking the dorm’s AI system, he learned that because he hadn’t been in his room, the delivery robot had taken the package next door to Yan Yifei’s place. Thus, this scene of him banging on the door occurred. He was terrified that Yan Yifei would hoard his midnight snack!
“Why are you here too?! I heard my midnight snack was also delivered here. I went to take a shower just now, so I missed the delivery!” Lu Ziyu charged right up to Yan Yifei’s dorm door and was just raising his hand to press the doorbell when he saw Gao Haiyang squatting in the corner by the door, pulling a long face.
“The Captain must be trying to hoard our midnight snacks. I’ve already pressed the doorbell for three minutes and banged on the door for two minutes, and he’s still pretending he can’t hear me!”
Hearing this, Lu Ziyu thought this was unacceptable! He immediately held down the doorbell with one hand and frantically pounded on the door with the other until his hand turned red. If the Captain really intended to hoard the food, they probably wouldn’t be able to get it back. At that thought, he pressed the doorbell even more frantically. His hand moved so fast it became a blur, pounding on the door until his palm was nearly swollen.
Meanwhile, Gao Haiyang simply sat on the ground, staring resentfully at the tightly shut dorm door with teary eyes. In his heart, he viciously cursed Yan Yifei hundreds of times. He was just short of bringing out a toolbox to dismantle the door.
“What are you guys doing here?” Yan Yifei asked, holding three temperature-controlled boxes. He stared in exasperation at Lu Ziyu, who was frantically pounding on the door, and Gao Haiyang, who looked as resentful as a neglected wife.
He had merely rushed back to grab the delivery and then went to retrieve something he had left in the training room. When he arrived, three delivery robots had been waiting for him, so he had taken their portions as well. The whole trip had taken no more than ten minutes.
Lu Ziyu and Gao Haiyang turned their heads and saw Yan Yifei standing behind them. “…” So he wasn’t even inside! One of them had pounded the door until his hand was swollen, and the other had nearly cried his eyes out, only to find out nobody was even in the room?!
Gao Haiyang stood up nimbly and chuckled dryly. “Captain, where did you go? We thought you were in your room and not making a sound. We were worried something had happened to you.”
“You were worried something had happened to your midnight snack, weren’t you?” Yan Yifei cast a sidelong glance at Gao Haiyang, whose eyes had been glued to the temperature-controlled boxes ever since Yan Yifei appeared with them. He wasn’t stupid. It didn’t take a genius to figure out what they were thinking.
Lu Ziyu clutched his slightly swollen palm and also chuckled sheepishly. “As long as you’re alright, Captain, then I can rest easy.”
“Oh. Well, I’m fine now, so you can leave.” Yan Yifei opened his door, showing no intention of handing the temperature-controlled boxes over to them, and was about to walk into his dorm.
“Captain, what about our midnight snacks…” Gao Haiyang reached out, ready to take the temperature-controlled boxes from Yan Yifei’s hands.
Yan Yifei pretended not to see him. He stepped to the side and moved to close the door.
Lu Ziyu, truly worthy of being a Mecha Warrior, unleashed his explosive speed and swiftly charged through the door. He grabbed the verge-of-tears Gao Haiyang in passing and squeezed inside just as the door was about to close shut.
Yan Yifei was speechless. Did his speed increase again? It seemed he needed to increase their training intensity.
Seeing Yan Yifei looking at him thoughtfully, Lu Ziyu felt like crying but had no tears left. The Captain was definitely thinking about giving him extra training again. How many times had he been assigned extra training already? Did the man even want him to live? However, now wasn’t the time to dwell on that. The midnight snacks were more important. He was really looking forward to seeing what his junior had sent them.
Yan Yifei set down two of the temperature-controlled boxes. “Take them and leave. I don’t want to see you.” After saying that, he opened his own box, curious about what could be inside that made Gan Lan specially send it over in the middle of the night.
Still, he was very happy. He pulled out noodles packaged similarly to instant noodles. Were they instant noodles? Carefully examining the simple packaging, he noticed the name and eating instructions on the front. It seemed it really was instant noodles. However, the previous kind had soup, while for this one, he needed to pour out the water after soaking the noodles, then add the seasoning packets and mix it.
He should be able to do this properly, right? Yan Yifei read the eating instructions and began boiling water. He even specially prepared a beautiful bowl and sat waiting for the water to boil.
“Why haven’t you left yet?” he asked, seeing the two fools still shamelessly sitting off to the side.
“Captain, it’s already so late. How about I finish eating here before I go? Lend me a bowl, will you?” Gao Haiyang was happy and excited, completely forgetting his miserable state from just moments ago. As soon as he finished speaking, he familiarly scurried into the kitchen and grabbed two bowls. He handed one to his good brother Lu Ziyu, thanking him for being quick-witted enough to drag him inside earlier, even if the method had been a bit too rough.
Lu Ziyu took the bowl and shot Gao Haiyang an appreciative look. It hadn’t been in vain that he had rushed in and, in a moment of desperation, thought to grab a scapegoat since he couldn’t face the Captain’s wrath alone. As it turned out, this scapegoat hadn’t disappointed him and was extremely useful. If Gao Haiyang knew what Lu Ziyu was thinking, he would definitely fight him to the death. Although he was usually the one getting beaten up, he possessed the spirit of fighting on despite repeated defeats!
“That’s right, Haiyang makes a good point! Delicious food always tastes better when eaten together with more people!” Lu Ziyu ran over to grab the kettle. “Captain, leave yours for Haiyang to do. His instant noodle-making skills are pretty good.”
Yan Yifei was silent. Was that an insinuation? Was he someone who couldn’t even prepare instant noodles properly?
Facts proved that he indeed was. Thinking back to the first time he had made instant noodles, he had soaked them until they swelled up so much they broke as soon as he picked them up with chopsticks. He had eaten them with tears in his eyes—after all, Gan Lan had specially prepared them for him, yet he had actually ruined them…? Refusing to believe in his bad luck, he had tried making them again. Using the same method and the exact same time, why had the result not changed?
Yan Yifei had completely withdrawn into himself. In the days that followed, whenever he wanted to eat instant noodles, he would either have Lu Ziyu or Gao Haiyang make them for him. He didn’t dare to do it himself anymore.
After pondering for a moment, he decided he didn’t want to ruin the midnight snack Gan Lan had specially sent. He silently set down the Flame Noodles in his hand and stared fixedly at Gao Haiyang making the noodles. He used this exact same method, so why were their results so drastically different?
He was truly unwilling to accept this. It was just a bowl of instant noodles! Next time, he would definitely make it perfectly! Yan Yifei immersed himself in self-loathing over his inability to prepare instant noodles, unable to extricate himself.
Gao Haiyang and Lu Ziyu didn’t dare to disturb him, afraid that the Captain would start weeping pitifully. Of course, that was impossible, but just thinking about it gave them a secret thrill. There was finally something the Captain didn’t know how to do! A genius actually couldn’t even make a bowl of instant noodles properly! It was truly too pathetic. If he ever left them, what would the Captain do?!
Gao Haiyang nimbly poured out the boiling water from the soaked noodles, added the abnormally spicy seasoning packets, and mixed it evenly. He then handed it to Yan Yifei, who had been drawn in by the aroma and had finally snapped out of his funk.
“Captain, your Flame Noodles,” Gao Haiyang said, smiling as he handed it over.
Yan Yifei nodded in satisfaction. Aside from whining and crying, Little Yangyang was still somewhat useful.
Yan Yifei looked at the bright red Flame Noodles in his bowl, which emitted a captivating aroma. The color indeed somewhat resembled flames, though a bit darker. Unable to resist, he picked up a chopstick-ful and was just about to put it into his mouth…