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nTranslator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

nIt was six o’clock at night when Lu Zhou went into the kitchen and put on an apron before he started to cook. This was part of their agreement. The chick also followed him into the kitchen and watched him as she was very interested.

nThe kitchen was stock with fresh food that Mrs. Yang probably bought.

nThere was tofu, pork tenderloin, and some fresh vegetables. Not only that, the almost used up salt and herbs were also replenished.

nIt seemed that Mrs. Yang acquiesced him using her kitchen. After all, she did not want her daughter to eat junk food and takeout every day.

nBut…

nWhy doesn’t she hire a maid?

nIt did not bother Lu Zhou. He was happy to eat dinner at his customer’s house because he did not have to spend money. He asked if Han Mengqi could eat spicy food before he started to cook.

nHan Mengqi asked, “Have you been a tutor before?”

nLu Zhou replied while pouring the oil into the pot, “This is my first time.”

nHan Mengqi’s eyes widened. She had not expected his answer and said, “Really? I think you’re pretty good at teaching.”

n“You think so? Probably because I used to occasionally tutor my little sister,” said Lu Zhou. He stir-fried the mincemeat, put in the tofu, added water, and covered the pot with a lid. He then turned the fire to a simmer and went to chop tomatoes.

nHe was making mapo tofu. As for the tomatoes, he was preparing it for fried eggs with tomatoes.

n“You have a little sister?” asked Han Mengqi in surprise. She then added, “How old is she?”

n“Same age as you. Grade 10 now and she’ll be Grade 11 after this summer.”

nHan Mengqi twitched her nose. She was envious and sighed.

n“I’m so jealous…”

n“What are you jealous for? A little sister is very annoying.”

nHan Mengqi tilted her head and asked, “Do you hate your sister?”

nLu Zhou thought for a bit and shook his head, “Of course not, she’s my family. Why would I hate her?”

nHe did not mention that one should love your family no matter what.

n“I’m still jealous…” said Han Mengqi. She pouted, “I wish I have a brother.”

nWhat? Maybe she wants to be the troublesome sibling?

nLu Zhou rolled his eyes.

nHan Mengqi stood next to him as she looked at the boiling pot and did not say anything. Suddenly she asked curiously, “Would my parents still make me a brother if they divorced?”

nLu Zhou thought and replied, “I don’t know… Even if they did, it’d be a younger brother.”

nSpeaking of which, why are you so looking forward to your parents’ divorce?

nUnexplainable.

nHan Mengqi blushed and realized that she had asked a stupid question. She stuck her tongue out and did not say anything.

nLu Zhou placed the rice on the table. This time, he cooked three cups so that they did not have to worry about running out of rice to eat.

nHan Mengqi sat on the dining table and started to eat the mapo tofu. Her fair forehead was full of sweat and her neck was moist from the steam but she did not complain as she ate happily.

nLu Zhou looked at this chick. He smiled and said, “You’re like your cousin. You guys both like spicy food.”

nHan Mengqi opened her mouth and was about to eat when she put down the spoon and tilted her head, “What? My cousin doesn’t like spicy food.”

nLu Zhou: ? ? ?

nHan Mengqi tilted her head and confused, she asked Lu Zhou, “What?”

n“Nothing?” replied Lu Zhou with an awkward expression.

nI’ll apologize to her the next time I buy her food…

nThey finished eating and Lu Zhou tidied up the table. He warned Han Mengqi to stay safe when she was alone at home and left.

nHe called a DiDi cab outside the apartment and went back to school.

nJust as Lu Zhou was getting off the car in front of the school, he received a WeChat message from Mrs. Yang.

nTransfer: 1000

nAlso…

nYang Danqi: Thank you.

nLu Zhou saw the thank you message and paused. He smiled and typed, You’re welcome.

nHe was going to put his phone back into his pocket when a call came through.

nHe saw that Liu Rui was calling. Lu Zhou laughed. He thought that Liu Rui must have forgotten his keys and picked up the call.

nHowever, just as he was about to tease the kid, an eager voice came through.

n“Brother Zhou, something bad happened!”

n…

nLiu Rui immediately notified Lu Zhou.

nLiu Rui was pretty arrogant sometimes, but he was not malevolent. Therefore, Lu Zhou decided to put up with him.

nThe important thing was, what exactly happened?

nLu Zhou went back to the dorm, picked up Liu Rui’s phone, and started to read the article.

nOn the topic of modern Chinese university academics: Starting from an undergraduate student’s thesis

nThe article discussed the overall situation of Chinese academics, from mathematics to physics, from computer science to philosophy. The last sentence talked about why China did not produce great scientists like Einstein and Newton.

nAnyone that had written an article would know that the broader a question was, the more one could bullsh*t about it. One did not even have to be an expert to answer the question.

nThen the article criticized the academic value of posting nine SCI theses into one journal. It portrayed this undergraduate student as an “academic cancer” that did not know anything.

nCorrect, they actually used the word “academic cancer”.

nFinally, it said that this undergraduate student came from the University of Jin Ling and the first name was Zhou.

nThe author was a scholar, commentator, scientific writer and a well known intellectual. He even had a “verified” check mark next to his profile picture.

nThis guy has millions of followers.

nHowever…

nLu Zhou was muddled.

nWho is this guy?

nI don’t even know you. What the hell are you doing?

nI wrote the theses with my own abilities so why shouldn’t I publish them? How did it affect you?

nLiu Rui did not realize the seriousness of the situation and he laughed as he said, “When did you learn computer science? When did you submit to SCI?”

nHe had a thought but did not say it. It was: “I’ll try submitting as well.”

n“I learned it while watching a movie! Why?” answered Lu Zhou angrily as he stared at him.

nLiu Rui saw that Lu Zhou was angry so he shut his mouth up.

nLu Zhou took in a deep breath and once he calmed down, he asked, “Where did you see this?”

nHe did not believe that this kid would be bored enough to follow some so-called education commentator.

n“A computer science student from my mathematical modeling training group posted it and I saw it… But I didn’t post it to my news feed!” clarified Liu Rui.

nJealousy was still jealousy. Just because he was competitive did not mean that he was malevolent. Lu Zhou knew that his own roommate would not stab him in the back.

nLu Zhou did not respond and continued to read Weibo.

nLiu Rui saw that Liu Rui did not speak so he asked, “What are we going to do?”

nLu Zhou did not know either. He did not even have a Weibo account. He had heard of Weibo before but never signed up.

nLu Zhou, “Insult him for me.”

nLiu Rui, “Insult for what? Wait, why don’t you insult him yourself?”

nLu Zhou, “I don’t have a Weibo account.”

nLiu Rui: “…”

nFinally, Liu Rui and Lu Zhou decided not to bother with this scum.

nWho cares if you criticize me?

nLittle boy, I won’t even respond to you. Go and play with yourself! Who cares about you!

nThen, Lu Zhou carried his computer bag and went to the library.

nHowever, his analysis of the situation was oversimplified.

nHe was not just Lu Zhou, but he was also a University of Jin Ling student…

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