TWWMABMTBH Chapter 26

Chapter 26 Little Doctor Rong, I’m Hungry QAQ

!!! These academic elites who came to check in were all dumbfounded. They thought, wasn’t Rong Ziyan, this straight-as-a-rod guy, supposed to take photos that were so blurry you couldn’t tell what they were of?

Are these photos that look like late-night poison from a food blogger fake?

The most infuriating thing is that Rong Ziyan even comments on the taste every now and then. It’s not like his descriptions are that exaggerated, it’s just that the timing is so awful.

Right at meal times, everyone is busy and hungry. To save time, those who can’t hold on are just stuffing a bun into their mouths or eating instant noodles. At this time, Rong Ziyan’s colorful and fragrant stir-fries are particularly tempting.

Suddenly, they felt even more miserable.

Same humans, different fates. They are all academic elites, all burning the midnight oil on their papers. They are greasy and starving, but Rong Ziyan is living a “luxurious” life of being waited on hand and foot. It’s too damn envy-inducing.

So what if someone brings him food! So what if he’s the group’s favorite!

Mmp, it really is amazing. Wuwuwu.

Thus, under extreme frustration, these academic elites who were originally working themselves to the bone, also followed Rong Ziyan down the path of abandoning their humanity.

They not only stopped forgetting to eat, but also rushed to the cafeteria to grab food at meal times. Even if they really couldn’t get away, they would have their friends or classmates deliver it to them.

Inspired by Rong Ziyan, these academic elites not only learned to find good light and angles for taking food photos, they even taught themselves to use filters.

Come on! Let’s take revenge on society together! Heh heh.

After that, the innocent classmates who clicked in at meal times were all dumbfounded.

They suddenly got what the legendary battle of gods was like, with themselves as cannon fodder.

In such a good atmosphere, a week later, Rong Ziyan was the first to announce that he had finished his paper.

Rong Ziyan: Brothers, keep going!

The academic elites chorused: Don’t touch me, get lost.

[Resentment Value 1000]

Rong Ziyan couldn’t help but laugh, knowing that these guys were just unwilling to be surpassed by him.

But looking at the current situation, Rong Ziyan was also sure that they would all finish their papers within the deadline, so Rong Ziyan stopped disturbing them. He packed up and logged out of the forum, ready to do his own things.

But the System didn’t quite understand and asked him when he wasn’t busy, “Host, why did you start this thread?”

It really didn’t get it. With Rong Ziyan’s self-control, he didn’t need to do something extra.

Rong Ziyan explained as he tidied up, “Because this matter is indeed related to me. If that Rich Second Generation hadn’t been competing with me, he wouldn’t have insisted on putting up a paper to make me look bad.”

“I read some of his paper. Although it was watered down, the person who wrote it did have real talent. Later, he was reported. Maybe it was a honey trap set up by the person who sold it to him.”

“Is that person sick? Didn’t he get paid to be a ghostwriter?”

Rong Ziyan couldn’t help but laugh, “Getting paid is getting paid, but the results are also real! I guess he probably didn’t want his research to be credited to someone else. So, after getting paid, he still had to report it.”

“That Rich Second Generation was reported, and he wouldn’t get any benefit!”

“Right, so he didn’t explicitly say who he reported. There were two people who submitted papers in the veterinary department. I’m also someone who had my recommendation for graduate school canceled, right!”

“He’s such trash!” The System was furious, feeling that this ghostwriter was just as much of a bastard as the Rich Second Generation.

“Yes! So, in this matter, I was the trigger. Those who had their papers rejected were just collateral damage.”

“The academic world is especially difficult. It’s not like if you focus on your research, you’ll definitely get results. Talent, diligence, and luck, you can’t lack any of them.”

“A publication in a core journal is a very rare opportunity. It’s always a pity if you had a chance to be selected but missed it.”

“I was going to work hard to the end anyway, so what’s the difference between me doing it alone or with a group of people?”

The System was silent for a while, not knowing what to say.

Just then, the System prompted, [Admiration Value from Academic Elite Wen Xiaoyu 5000], [Admiration Value from Academic Elite Yuan Shu 6214]… a total of seven in a row. The names sounded unfamiliar, but given the prefixes the System gave them, they should be the seven academic elites who had teamed up with Rong Ziyan to work on their papers.

Clearly, after this incident, they were all completely convinced by Rong Ziyan. Their admiration values had also reached the critical point for them to be recruited.

System: Do you want to accept them as underlings?

Rong Ziyan: No. I’m not a grandpa. Why would I need seven rescuing gourd brothers?

As soon as Rong Ziyan said this, another admiration value came, the eighth academic elite.

System: Now there are eight people, so they can’t be considered gourd brothers anymore.

Rong Ziyan confidently declared: Why not? There’s also the Gourd Little King Kong! The one who came out last is just perfect as Six-Gourd.

So, who exactly was Six-Gourd… the System couldn’t help but check, and then immediately understood. Oh, Six-Gourd is the one who can turn invisible.

So, to compare such a sturdy man to the delicate and small Six-Gourd, Rong Ziyan’s mouth was a little too wicked.

But this time, the System didn’t ask Rong Ziyan why he didn’t take them as underlings, because Rong Ziyan’s words and actions along the way had fully explained everything.

Rong Ziyan wasn’t without ambition, but he was sticking to the bottom line. If it’s not his, he won’t covet it. Since he was a child, he had struggled his way through, all just to achieve a clear conscience, to be upright.

After handling the relationships with the academic elites, Rong Ziyan also did a final check on the three papers he had written. Then, he sent all three papers to his advisor’s email address and called his advisor.

After all of this was done, Rong Ziyan went to the incubator to check on the status of the incubating goose eggs. After flipping them over, he packed up his things to go home.

It was already nine o’clock at night, and it was completely dark. But because it was summer, you could still see the villagers sitting at the entrances of their yards enjoying the cool air.

“Little Doctor Rong, you’re done with work!” Someone greeted Rong Ziyan warmly.

“Yeah, I’m done.” Rong Ziyan also replied with a smile to each one of them.

Just like that, exchanging greetings along the way, Rong Ziyan didn’t feel lonely, and soon he reached his doorstep.

But unexpectedly, Rong Ziyan found that the door to his own small yard was open.

Had someone come in? Rong Ziyan instinctively became cautious. He quietly peeked inside, but found that someone was squatting in front of his door, holding a big white goose in their arms.

This was… Ji Shu? The person’s face was blurry, but Rong Ziyan had a deep impression of this goose. Wasn’t it the goose that had acted like a scammer and asked him to call it daddy that day?

And at this time, Ji Shu, who was sitting at the door, also heard movement and looked up at Rong Ziyan.

“Little Doctor Rong, you’re back!” Ji Shu’s originally somewhat dejected eyes lit up the moment he saw Rong Ziyan, but his tone sounded pitiful.

Rong Ziyan walked closer. In the moonlight, the edges of Ji Shu’s beautiful peach blossom eyes were tinged with pink, as if he had suffered a great injustice, making people want to coax him.

At the same time, the top of the goose in Ji Shu’s arms accurately sprouted a small, bright red heart, and a line of pitiful comments floated out, “Daddy, why did you only come back now QAQ”

Rong Ziyan was silent for a moment, then turned to look around. It was indeed his home. So what exactly was going on with this human and this goose?

But Ji Shu had already familiarized himself and moved closer to Rong Ziyan. He stretched out his arm to put it around Rong Ziyan’s shoulders, and started to act spoiled with him, “Little Doctor Rong, I’m hungry QAQ.”

The goose nodded desperately in agreement, “I’m also hungry, Daddy. If you give me something to eat, you’ll be my daddy forever!”

So why did they become so pitiful? Weren’t they supposed to be a wealthy young master? Rong Ziyan was amused by these two. He simply asked some questions.

It turned out that Ji Shu wanted to buy land in the village, so he had to spend a few days in the village to check it out. After discussing it, the village chief decided to let Ji Shu stay temporarily in Rong Ziyan’s yard.

Mainly because Rong Ziyan’s yard had the best environment, and half of the house was empty. They had originally assigned this place to Rong Ziyan because they were afraid that he wouldn’t be used to living there after returning from the city. Now that there was another Ji Shu, the village chief didn’t think it was a problem.

But Rong Ziyan had been busy writing his papers for the past couple of days, so the village chief hadn’t found a chance to talk to him about it in detail. However, Ji Shu had arrived quickly. He had shown up with his luggage today. The village chief had no choice but to let Ji Shu wait at the door for Rong Ziyan to come back.

“So you haven’t eaten?”

“No. I thought I could wait for you to come back and eat together, but… the snack shop closed at just eight o’clock.” Probably because he was hungry, Ji Shu became increasingly listless. He slumped onto Rong Ziyan’s shoulder, “There’s no food delivery here. I’ve even lost weight because I’m so hungry.”

“It’s just one meal. You’re a grown man, be strong.” Rong Ziyan pulled the man off of him, made him stand to the side, and then went towards the stove.

He was also a little hungry, so he might as well make something for Ji Shu as well. After all, he was the village chief’s guest, and he was also here to buy land. They couldn’t just let the man starve to death.

System: That’s weird. This guy didn’t hit on you today.

Rong Ziyan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Only then did he remember that Ji Shu seemed to have been trying to flirt with him before. But looking at the current situation, Rong Ziyan felt that Ji Shu had probably forgotten about that whole thing. After all, he was almost starving to death, eating was the most important thing.

He lit the stove and put water on to boil. Then, Rong Ziyan went to the yard to pick a few tomatoes and some small greens.

For a late-night snack, it was best to make something that was easy on the stomach and easy to digest. So Rong Ziyan decided to make a noodle soup.

Ji Shu was always sticking close to Rong Ziyan, looking at everything curiously. The goose was also excitedly running around the room, and finally, it ran up to Rong Ziyan with a piece of leafy green in its beak.

“Daddy~ can I eat it?” With its beady eyes blinking and its fluffy down wobbling, the goose looked utterly silly.

Rong Ziyan couldn’t help but smile and pinched the fluffy down, “Go ahead and eat it!”

The goose happily flapped its wings.

Rong Ziyan lowered his head to continue chopping vegetables, but unexpectedly felt Ji Shu’s burning gaze beside him.

[Lust Value 9999]

System: Holy crap, holy crap! He still hasn’t given up! But Host, I’m telling you, this guy might be shameless, but he’s a true hair-producing machine. If you let him look a little more, we’ll have enough money to buy anything.

Rong Ziyan was instantly even more speechless.

He turned his head to meet Ji Shu’s gaze, but was met with a perfect smile from Ji Shu.

So, Rong Ziyan took a bowl and scooped a bowl of feed out of the feed bag in the back and put it in Ji Shu’s hand.

Ji Shu: What’s this?

Rong Ziyan: Don’t stare at me all the time. Go to the backyard and feed the ducks!

Ji Shu: …

[Depression Value 100]

However, feeding the ducks didn’t waste much time. In just a few minutes, Ji Shu returned and, as before, walked around Rong Ziyan while watching him cook.

Rong Ziyan wasn’t good at cooking, but he could still make a simple late-night snack like noodle soup.

He started a pot with water and put the crushed tomatoes in. It only cooked for a little while, but the aroma of the fruit gradually filled the air.

Ji Shu curiously used a spoon to scoop up a bit and taste it.

Sour! That was Ji Shu’s first impression. But soon, the unique fragrance of tomatoes spread in his mouth. The sourness, which gave a strong stimulation to the taste buds, became the hook that caught his stomach.

“Delicious!” Ji Shu gave a fair review.

Rong Ziyan saw that he liked it, so he added the noodles.

The red of the tomatoes, the green of the vegetables, and the golden color of the egg drops. The rich colors visually tempted the hungry stomach. And a bit of salt made the bland noodles flavorful, satisfying the human’s greedy cravings.

Ji Shu had rarely eaten food like this. Sitting next to Rong Ziyan, he ate without lifting his head.

Seeing that this young master was really hungry, Rong Ziyan looked Ji Shu over a few more times. He felt that he was a little different from the last time he had met. He didn’t seem as wanton. Instead, he was soft and kind of cute.

After dinner, the two leaned back in their chairs, enjoying the night breeze to digest their food.

Ji Shu was very charming when he was being serious. He was also very knowledgeable and had a lot to say. It was always very comfortable to chat with him.

The two chatted very congenially. By the time they came back to their senses, it was already almost twelve o’clock. Rong Ziyan had to work tomorrow. It was time to call it a night.

Seeing this, Ji Shu quickly found a chance to say to Rong Ziyan, “We can be considered friends now, right? Always calling each other Mr. Ji, and Little Doctor Rong, is too formal.”

“What do you mean?” Rong Ziyan didn’t understand.

“Well…” Ji Shu pulled his chair closer to Rong Ziyan. With one arm propped on the table, he leaned forward and discussed with Rong Ziyan, “Let’s give each other nicknames!”

“Something that makes it clear that we are very close!” Ji Shu’s face was very close to Rong Ziyan’s, and the look in his eyes became more unrestrained.

“Don’t get so close.” Rong Ziyan stretched out a finger and pushed Ji Shu’s head away.

Ji Shu persisted, “So, do you agree?”

“I guess so. But I can’t think of anything particularly suitable at the moment.”

“There are so many!” Ji Shu gave Rong Ziyan examples, “Look, baby, darling…”

Ji Shu’s tone was full of innuendo. The more he talked, the more ambiguous he got, but he was interrupted by Rong Ziyan with one word.

“Old iron?”

Ji Shu: “???”

Rong Ziyan: “Isn’t it appropriate? Then how about brother?”

Ji Shu: “…”

Rong Ziyan saw that he didn’t seem to like either of those. He thought for a while, “It’s not urgent. It’s too late, let’s sleep. We’ll talk about it tomorrow!”

Then he sent Ji Shu to his own room, and then he also returned to his room to prepare for bed.

[Ji Shu’s Confusion Value +1000].

The system laughed until its head fell off: Hahahaha, putting your heart on a straight man like you, Ji Shu, you’re ultimately still in the wrong place!

But Rong Ziyan was indifferent and prepared to shower and go to bed. Ji Shu was a good person. He wasn’t the type to forcefully take something. He also knew his limits, so as long as he didn’t try to get into his bed, Rong Ziyan didn’t mind getting along well with him.

System: What if he tries to force you?

Rong Ziyan pondered for a moment: Then he probably can’t beat me. After all, he’s sick!