The dormitory explicitly prohibits drinking, but a few girls sneaked in a can of beer each.
Susu said, "Co on, to our fourth sister’s success, cheers."
"Cheers." Mu Chenxi lifted her cup grandly, "Thank you all for your support these past days, buying als, making my bed, accompanying to the study room to grab seats, and encouraging when I wanted to give up. Without you guys, I definitely couldn’t have completed this experint. As the saying goes, behind every successful man, there’s a group of inconspicuous won..."
Quan Jin tapped her on the head, "Are you a man?"
"Aren’t you all my harem?" Mu Chenxi pointed at Susu, "This is the main consort, Xinyu is the imperial concubine, and little Quan... well, just little Quan."
Quan Jin snickered, "Are you still drinking or just babbling?"
Mu Chenxi said, "Drink, of course, drink. Watch finish this cup for you all."
"You better eat this pork liver first, you’ve drawn so much blood, need to replenish." Susu stuffed a piece of liver into her mouth.
Quan Jin scoffed, "Shouldn’t you be feeding her so pig brains instead?"
"Co on, everyone, cheers." The girls raised their cups and clinked them together.
Before they knew it, the dozen or so cans of beer Xinyu bought were all gone, with empty bottles and various kinds of trash piling up on the table.
Mu Chenxi drank the most and fell asleep on the bed as soon as she hit it. Success in the experint was just the first step; there were still many challenges ahead, so she couldn’t afford to relax like this anymore. When she woke up, she had to start over from scratch.
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Over the weekend, Mu Chenxi rarely went ho, as she had spent almost every day for more than a month in the library and lab without any chance to visit ho.
As soon as Luo ijuan saw her precious daughter, who had noticeably lost weight, she imdiately sighed with pity, "Dear, what have you been doing this month, turning yourself so thin and pale, looking malnourished. Co, what do you want to eat? Mom will cook for you."
Mu Chenxi quickly ordered a bunch, "Mom, I want to eat all of these."
"Can you manage all this? I’ll make a few of your favorites first, the rest can wait until tomorrow, and then I’ll make so for you to take back to school." Luo ijuan stroked her daughter’s head, "You don’t need to push yourself so hard, just graduating smoothly is fine. Your dad said finding a job won’t be a problem."
"Mom, I can’t rely on dad’s connections for everything; I want to find a job on my own." Mu Chenxi took a bite of an apple, "An eagle always protected by another won’t learn to fly."
"Tsk, you’ve beco so driven after just a few days, truly a transformation."
"Of course, I’m a late bloor."
At dinner ti, Luo ijuan asked Mu Chenxi to buy soy sauce, and she saw a familiar car next to the supermarket outside the complex.
"Professor Luo?" Mu Chenxi realized she had already approached the car window and was peering inside, only for the window to roll down, revealing Luo Shangqing’s infuriatingly handso face.
"Professor Luo, what are you doing here?" Mu Chenxi barely hid her excitent.
Luo Shangqing turned to look at the person leaning on the car window, smiled lightly: "Just passing by." He glanced at the ten yuan bill in her hand, "Going to buy sothing?"
"I ca down to buy soy sauce, my mom is waiting to cook."
"Has your family not had dinner yet?"
"No." Mu Chenxi nodded, then politely asked, "Professor Luo, have you had dinner? If not, why don’t you join us?"
"It might not be convenient," Luo Shangqing said, but he already turned the ignition key off and stepped out of the car.
Before Mu Chenxi could say "it’s no inconvenience at all," Luo Shangduan had already exited the car.
"Alright then," Luo Shangqing agreed readily, "I was just considering what to have for dinner myself."
Even as she fetched the keys to open the door, Mu Chenxi was still in a daze, she had only uttered a polite phrase – usually, people just refuse, right? Why did her idol suddenly decide to grace her humble abode like this? It was totally against all conventions.
"Professor Luo, co in." Mu Chenxi hurried to fetch slippers, Luo Shangqing had been here once before; his last pair was still covered in a plastic bag, perfect for him to use again.
"Thank you." Luo Shangqing naturally slipped on the slippers.
"Mom." Mu Chenxi yelled towards the kitchen, "We have a guest."
The sound of the kitchen exhaust fan was too loud, it took Luo ijuan a while to hear her, and she ca out holding a spatula, "Who’s here?"
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