After browsing through a few, Qiao Huaiyao felt that the fruits looked more appealing.
The house wasn’t fully stocked, and once the school started, Bai Jinyan wouldn’t return here; he would go to the school dorms.
He bought too many fruits, so he couldn’t store them all.
Since there were various types, Qiao Huaiyao selected a few of each.
After returning home, he washed the fruits and soaked them in water.
Qiao Huaiyao found the hangover tea tutorial he had read in the car and went through it again following his memory.
He didn’t forget to send a message to Bai Jinyan.
Qiao Huaiyao: [Brother, I’m home. Is everything going smoothly on your end? Cat poking head.jpg]
Bai Jinyan: [Yes. The celebration banquet has just started.]
Qiao Huaiyao took a picture of the materials for making the hangover tea and sent a message with the photo: [Remember to drink less alcohol.]
Bai Jinyan: [Okay.]
…
All the ingredients were ready, so Qiao Huaiyao first soaked the tea instead of boiling it directly.
Drinking it hot would be more effective.
Once Bai Jinyan could return, he would add the fruits.
As for the half of the apples he didn’t need, Qiao Huaiyao ate them himself.
In the military training group, Wang Zhan uploaded the PPT he had finished.
Qiao Huaiyao sat on the couch and looked through it.
Some data sets seemed familiar, so Qiao Huaiyao took screenshots of those and sent them to the group.
Qiao Huaiyao: [This data doesn’t belong to this experiment.]
Wang Zhan: [Oh my! I’ve been deceived. I bought a reference assignment at a high price from another senior, and the data is fake.]
Qiao Huaiyao: [It’s not fake. This data is from another experiment. It seems to have been copied incorrectly. You can ask and replace it with other data.]
Wang Zhan: [Okay! I’ll go do that. Thanks, Study God!]
Yu Luofan couldn’t help but type: [You can tell the data is incorrect with just a glance. The Study God truly deserves the title.]
Qiu Shufeng: [??? You, scram! I should be the one saying this! I’m the only member of the Study God’s fan support club.]
Wang Zhan: [Forget it, you. I’m already level three on the Study God’s super topic. What about you?]
Qiu Shufeng was greatly shocked: [!!!]
…
Qiao Huaiyao didn’t participate in the discussion, only explaining about the PPT by typing: [That data was from my brother’s previous experiment. I’ve seen it, so I remember.]
It also had Bai Jinyan’s filling habits, making it easy to distinguish.
If you removed these and just picked out the numbers, nobody would recognize them.
When Wang Zhan saw this message, he couldn’t help but feel sad: [Everyone only remembers that Bai Jinyan is the youngest dual-role Best Actor, but who knows he’s also an ordinary study god being fought over by major prestigious universities?]
Qiu Shufeng: [Outstanding people are outstanding everywhere, like me… forget it, I won’t say more. I’ll continue praising the Study God. Wang Zhan, share that super topic with me.]
Qiao Huaiyao sent a helpless emoji and was about to type when he heard the doorbell ring.
He was puzzled. Since Bai Jinyan had just started the celebration, it couldn’t be his brother returning.
Curious, he looked through the peephole and saw that it was Lu Lu.
He opened the door and asked, “Is there something?”
Lu Lu was holding a lot of things in both hands. “Brother Bai was worried that you wouldn’t eat dinner properly at home, so he asked me to deliver the food.”
Of course, Lu Lu didn’t say it like this, but he accurately conveyed Bai Jinyan’s message.
“Why did you buy so much?” Qiao Huaiyao reached out to take them, feeling their weight. These two bags were heavy.
It didn’t seem like a single portion; it would be enough for three or four people.
Looking at the different logos on each bag, it seemed like they were from different restaurants.
Lu Lu explained, “They were all ordered by Brother Bai.”
Two bags filled with food and drinks—everything was bought.
They were preordered, so they could be picked up upon arrival.
Lu Lu had some other matters, and after handing over dinner to Qiao Huaiyao, he said, “You eat first. If there’s anything missing, send me a message.”
Qiao Huaiyao nodded and said, “Okay, go do your things.”
The restaurant’s dishes were always small but exquisite.
However, when he opened these big boxes, they filled up the coffee table in the living room.
Qiao Huaiyao took a picture and sent it to his brother. [So much, can’t finish it.]
Bai Jinyan: [Choose what you like. If you can’t finish it, I’ll eat the leftovers. Patting head.jpg]
When he was with his brother, Qiao Huaiyao couldn’t eat much. He didn’t know how to make do when his brother wasn’t there.
Might as well buy some of what Qiao Huaiyao liked, and even a small bite of each would add up to a lot.
Qiao Huaiyao had just eaten half an apple earlier and wasn’t very hungry now.
So, he picked a box of fried rice and scooped a small bowl to eat.
As for the rest of the dishes, Qiao Huaiyao didn’t unwrap them.
Most celebration banquets mainly involved drinking, and Bai Jinyan probably wouldn’t eat much there.
He would wait for his brother to come back and eat together.
Apart from the small bowl of rice, he put the rest in a thermal box.
The movie on the TV was still playing.
Qiao Huaiyao ate slowly, and by the end, the rice at the bottom of the bowl had turned cold.
He cleaned up the bowl and chopsticks, glanced at the time, and it was past ten, but Bai Jinyan hadn’t come back yet.
While Qiao Huaiyao was sending messages to Bai Jinyan, his brother had been replying, but during their conversation, it seemed like Bai Jinyan had been drinking a bit.
But when he asked if Bai Jinyan was drunk, his responses were always that he wasn’t.
After some thought, he called Lu Lu.
“Hello.” Lu Lu picked up quickly. “What’s up, Brother Qiao?”