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Chapter 14: (Alex's "Poor" Box of Food)

[Ch 14]

As Alex touched the box of food, it still felt warm, so his dormmates could still eat a warm meal. He carried the box into the hospital.

"Creak," the door squeaked as Alex pushed it open into the hospital room.

Rose Scott was staying in a single room. Her injuries weren't serious, so she only had some gauze on her injured leg.

Rose's friends were circled her hospital bed. Other than Joe and a few others, the rest of them were dressed quite stylishly.

Beside the bed lay the gifts they had brought with them. There were beautifully packaged fruit baskets, several red boxes of chocolate, and a few vases filled with brightly coloured flowers.

The group was talking and laughing, but everyone's gaze turned toward Alex as he came in with the box of food.

Alex was stunned by the crowd. He hadn't expected there to be so many people in Rose's room.

Alex was originally here to deliver food for Joe, but, after all, Rose was injured. Now that so many people were looking at him, he smiled and asked Rose, "Rose, are you okay?"

Rose didn't respond. She just looked coldly at him as if she wasn't happy to see him.

"What's that in your hand?" Rose's dormmate, Stacy Whitehouse, asked as she pointed at the box Alex was holding.

"Oh, I brought some food over for my friends," Alex said plainly as he glanced down at the box.

"You can't be bringing food to see Rose, right?" Stacy looked at Alex in surprise and said, "Coming to the hospital to visit patients with food?"

"Even if this isn't for Rose, they would still—" Alex started to explain.

Just as Alex was about to explain that this meal was for his roommates, Joe walked over quickly, patted Alex on the shoulder, and said with a smile to the others, "Alex is the real deal. We haven't eaten yet—this will feed everyone's hunger."

Alex had come to Rose's hospital room, so if he hadn't brought anything with him, her snobbish friends likely would have ridiculed him. Although this meal was meant for his roommates, now it looks like it was for Rose.

It was better to bring food than nothing, right? Alex thought.

"Haha—this is the first time I've heard of someone bringing food to see a patient!" said one person.

"I've heard of it before, but all I've seen were patients' mothers bringing food. You're still a university student, aren't you?" said another person.

A few of Rose's friends started to discuss among themselves.

"Hey—no one saw you when you came in with this thing just now, right?" Rose asked snappily. It was embarrassing for a classmate to bring her food.

"I saw it," said someone. Alex felt a bit uncomfortable.

Don't say that the food was not for her. Even if it was for her, it would still represent my generosity and shouldn't be looked down upon, right? Alex thought to himself.

"You saw it? How shameful!" Rose snorted and turned her head away.

"Why don't we take a look at what exactly he's giving us?" Stacy said plainly. After saying that, she walked over to Alex and opened the box he was holding.

Rose's friends started to talk to each other.

"There's no need to look. What good stuff can he possibly bring? I heard this person's name at university. His family is extremely poor, and he doesn't normally go to restaurants," one said.