Su Daidai’s exclusive feeder

The cafeteria was bustling with noise as children crowded together, lining up for food.

Su Dai-dai still consciously stood at the very back of the line, waiting until everyone else had gotten their food before she slowly walked forward.

The caregiver, Auntie Zhang, gave her a small spoonful of rice and a few bland vegetables, asking with concern.

“Dai-dai, oh, is this little bit of food enough for you?”

“It’s enough… Auntie!”

Dejected, Su Dai-dai took the tray and sat alone in the most remote, least noticeable corner.

She ate silently, her pace slow.

The meager meal was quickly finished. Through the strands of her long bangs, her eyes secretly glanced at the other children’s trays.

Su Dai-dai’s little mouth was slightly pouted, her face showing a pitiful expression of not having eaten enough and still being hungry.

Yang Yuan watched her pitiful appearance from the side and finally couldn’t bear it anymore.

‘Just this once… I’ll definitely stay out of it after this.’

He found a flimsy excuse for himself in his heart, then took a deep breath, stood up, and walked to the serving window.

“Auntie, can you give me another serving? I’m still growing and need to eat more.”

Auntie Zhang was taken aback for a moment. She glanced at Yang Yuan’s already somewhat full belly, but she still did as he asked, piling the food on the tray so high it was about to overflow.

Yang Yuan carried the tray, which was almost spilling over with food, and walked straight to the corner where Su Dai-dai was sitting.

“Bang!”

With a soft sound, Yang Yuan placed the tray on the table in front of Su Dai-dai.

Su Dai-dai was startled by the sudden noise, her body trembling so violently she almost fell off her chair.

She timidly raised her head, looking at Yang Yuan through the gaps in her bangs, her eyes filled with fear and confusion.

Yang Yuan ignored her surprised gaze. He pretended he was already full and deliberately said in a casual tone.

“Oh dear, I got too much food and can’t finish it at all. What a waste of food.”

As he said this, he even put on a distressed expression, casually poking at the food on the tray with his spoon.

The girl across from him stared blankly at Yang Yuan, her eyes still hesitant at first, but she was finally moved by the words “waste of food.”

“Th… that, wasting food isn’t good. C-can… can I help you finish it?”

Su Dai-dai’s words were intermittent, but her tone carried an instinctive craving for food.

Seeing that she had finally spoken up on her own initiative, Yang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and pushed the tray a little closer to Su Dai-dai.

“Here, no wasting allowed.”

Su Dai-dai’s eyes lit up instantly. Having been hungry for so long, she was clearly ravenous. Forgetting her usual timidity and restraint, she picked up the spoon with a trembling hand and prepared to bring it to her mouth.

Before she could bring that spoonful of rice to her lips, Yang Yuan suddenly reached out and gently pressed down on her wrist, stopping the girl’s enthusiastic eating.

“Mmm?”

Su Dai-dai’s movements came to a halt. She stared foolishly at her restrained hand, then looked up at Yang Yuan.

The innocent girl thought Yang Yuan was teasing her and didn’t really want her to eat. Her originally sparkling eyes immediately dimmed.

Seeing her expression, Yang Yuan quickly let go of her hand, his tone softening a little, but still carrying his usual coldness.

“I’m not saying you can’t eat, I just want you to answer a few questions first.”

“Answer them well, and you can eat all of this food.”

Hearing this, Su Dai-dai’s little face immediately shed its wronged expression.

She sat up straight, placing her small hands properly on her knees, waiting for Yang Yuan’s questions.

Looking at her instantly obedient appearance, Yang Yuan sighed again in his heart, thinking this little girl was truly simple to the point of being a bit silly.

“Ahem… why are you always the last one to get food?”

He softened his tone, trying to make his voice sound less harsh.

“They said… they said they don’t want to eat the food I’ve touched, so, so they told… me to go last every time, so I won’t contaminate the food.”

Su Dai-dai’s words were very soft, but each word and sentence struck Yang Yuan’s heart like a heavy hammer, leaving a bitter taste in his mouth.

Isolated, disliked, even her right to get food was stripped away to the very end.

‘Damn… how can children who are only a few years old say such vicious things.’

Yang Yuan took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, and continued to ask.

“Then why don’t you get more food if you’re not full? It’s not like there isn’t enough food.”

He glanced at Su Dai-dai’s small, thin frame, unable to imagine how much this child normally ate to maintain basic physical strength.

Faced with this question, Su Dai-dai’s head bowed even lower.

“Because… because if I get too much, they’ll say… say I’m a glutton.”

“I don’t like being called that, so I decided to eat less…”

“Glutton?”

Yang Yuan sneered inwardly. This group of little brats really had a knack for bullying people.

He clenched his fists tightly, feeling an unprecedented anger burning in his chest.

What Yang Yuan hadn’t expected was that bullying among children could be so severe.

Even a child under ten had to starve herself to avoid being laughed at.

Yang Yuan closed his eyes and took a deep breath, trying to calm his emotions, knowing that now was not the time to get angry.

When he opened his eyes again, his gaze fell on Su Dai-dai in front of him. The girl was still sitting obediently.

Su Dai-dai was hungry, very hungry. Yang Yuan could even hear her stomach growl again, but the girl was still waiting for his permission.

“Eat.”

Yang Yuan watched as Su Dai-dai wolfed down her food, suddenly realizing that she probably hadn’t had a truly full meal in a long time.

“From now on, when you eat, remember to sit next to me.”

“I’m used to getting a lot of food, but I often can’t finish it. I need someone to help me eat some.”

Su Dai-dai had food in her mouth, her cheeks puffed out. Upon hearing this, the girl stopped chewing.

Although she was ditzy, she wasn’t stupid. She could hear the hidden kindness in Yang Yuan’s words.

Tears of gratitude instantly welled up in her eyes. With her mouth full of food, Su Dai-dai tried hard to make a sound.

“Tank… tank… you…”

Yang Yuan didn’t say anything, just silently picked up his own water cup, walked to the water dispenser, and got the girl a glass of warm water.

“Eat slowly, don’t choke.”

The food was quickly finished by Su Dai-dai, and her little belly finally bulged.

After eating her fill, Su Dai-dai’s face was filled with a long-lost sense of satisfaction.

She looked up at Yang Yuan, and the shyness and restraint in her eyes had faded a little.

“Also, you don’t have to say thank you to me in the future.”

“I’m only helping you because you’re my deskmate, and I don’t want to sit next to someone whose stomach is always growling with hunger. That’s too noisy.”

When he said the word “growling,” Yang Yuan even imitated the sound of her stomach rumbling, his tone full of teasing.

Hearing this, Su Dai-dai’s ears instantly turned red again. She opened her mouth as if wanting to say thank you one more time.

“Th… wait, no.”

But remembering that Yang Yuan had just said she couldn’t say that word, Su Dai-dai swallowed her words.

“Mhm!”

Su Dai-dai tried hard to look like she understood, but the corners of her mouth rose involuntarily, and a silly but extremely cute smile appeared on her little face.

The girl’s soft and cute look made Yang Yuan a little dazed.

He couldn’t help but turn his head away, not wanting Su Daidai to see the excited look on his face.

“This little guy… is so easily satisfied.”

Yang Yuan, who originally just wanted to help out, suddenly realized that this might happen more than once.