As soon as I stepped out of the restaurant, the entrance was already packed with students and passersby who had come to watch the spectacle.

Everyone was holding a mobile phone, constantly taking photos and videos, and posting them on WeChat Moments, Weibo, and Douyin.

Incidents like robbery, fighting, staged accidents, infidelity, catching someone in the act of cheating, and cheating on partners—although the plots are almost identical, just with different locations and names—are still discussed and spread with great enthusiasm.

This largely echoes what was said on the news: everyone else is living in dire straits, and in comparison, our lives are truly fortunate.

Indeed, at this moment, both Luo Li and Lin Kun felt a sense of satisfaction, as if they had been reborn.

"It's my treat today!" Luo Li said excitedly, pointing to the man selling oranges from a cart by the roadside. "I'm going to buy some oranges. You all just stay here and don't move."

“”

“”

This joke is so old, okay? Lin Kun and Li Lechen are speechless.

Soon, Luo Li returned carrying a whole bag of oranges. "Such a big bag for only ten yuan, that's so cheap! Come on, take a few!"

"I'll only eat two, the rest are yours," Li Lechen said to Lin Kun.

Lin Kun couldn't just take it like that, so he was already prepared with his next words: "You're going to eat two more? You can just soak some orange peels in water and drink it. Those were bought for my great-grandson."

"Chinese people love to put on airs. They're clearly the grandsons, but they act like grandpas, yet they can't help but drool over oranges. In the end, the oranges are given to the grandsons, and they can only eat the orange peels themselves."

"Huh?" Luo Li was immediately a little confused.

"Where did this come from?"

“That’s what Lu Xun said.” Li Lechen shrugged.

“”

“”

If Lao She's "Four Generations Under One Roof" can be targeted, why can't Lu Xun's? Besides, this passage is very much in Lu Xun's style.

So, Li Lechen happily skipped back to his dorm room with an orange in each hand.

Lin Kun and Luo Li weren't so lucky; regular classes were required to attend evening self-study sessions because the teachers would be explaining the summer homework during those sessions.

But the top students in the elite classes don't need to do that; they need to have their own unique learning methods.

For example, right now, Li Lechen and Zhou Mi appeared at the school store at the same time.

"Give me a bottle of water."

"Give me a bottle of that drink."

The two spoke almost in unison.

"Don't you not drink beverages?" Li Lechen asked first.

Zhou Mi also realized what was going on, and then asked in return, "Does buying a drink necessarily mean you're going to drink it?"

"If you're not going to drink it, are you going to use it to water the flowers?"

"Water the flowers?" Zhou Mi smirked. "Are you sure watering the flowers with a drink won't kill them?"

Will it?

"Tell me a way to water your plants with a beverage without killing them, and I'll treat you to this bottle of water today!"

Sure enough, that's when the smart assistant stepped in.

“Master, if you use this drink labeled as 100% freshly squeezed juice to water the flowers, they will definitely die. Even if it is diluted a hundred times, the flowers will die because this drink contains a lot of coloring, flavoring, and thickener. In addition, this drink does not actually contain any juice.”

“”

Li Lechen really didn't expect that this was Liu Shifu brand juice, produced by the family of that guy who can do magic tricks, a nationally famous trademark.

If you're going to claim it's 100% fruit juice, then 98% or 97% is understandable; even 50% is still half a bottle of juice. What the hell is this "no fruit juice at all" claim?

But intelligent assistants don't lie; they either don't know, or if they do know, they certainly won't say things they don't know.

"However, if it is real fruit juice, you can add brown sugar to ferment it into fruit enzyme, then dilute it a hundred times and use it to water flowers to achieve very good results."

The intelligent assistant is not only honest but also considerate of its owner; a simple "what if" solved Li Lechen's current predicament.

So he launched into a well-rehearsed explanation of "enzymes," completely confusing Zhou Mi.

"But you really can't drink this beverage, and you can't use it to water plants either, because it's all made with chemicals," Li Lechen earnestly reminded him at the end.

"Of course I won't drink it! Nor will I use it to water the plants!" Zhou Mi said, both embarrassed and annoyed. "I'm using it for experiments! Didn't you say you wanted to improve the water purifier to purify beverages?"

“”

Well, in the end, this mess has fallen on my shoulders again.

"Then I'll pay for this drink, okay?" Li Lechen pouted.

"Um."

They paid happily, and one went back to the dormitory while the other went to the laboratory.

In fact, Li Lechen was quite willing to do this. A bottle of drink cost four and a half yuan, and it was made with chemical reagents, enough for Zhou Mi's meal.

Of course, if she hadn't met Li Lechen, Zhou Mi would have preferred to skip a meal in order to conduct the experiment.

In the dormitory, Li Lechen peeled an orange and started a live stream.

"brush--"

[Level 27 user "Red Flame Bronze" tipped the streamer 1000 Sunshine Coins]

"brush--"

[Level 16 user "Antenna Baby" tipped the streamer 2000 Sunshine Coins]

"brush--"

User "Little Rascal" (level 33) tipped the streamer 3000 Sunshine Coins.

As soon as he opened the live stream, the screen was flooded with donations, leaving no chance for him to even utter a single comment, which startled Li Lechen.

I didn't even dare to eat the peeled oranges, and quickly said, "Don't rush to give me tips, say a few words to let me know you're all here."

"brush--"

[Level 21 user "Drunk_Awesome" tipped the streamer 5000 Sunshine Coins]

"brush--"

[Level 26 user "Nima Youbing" tipped the streamer 8000 Sunshine Coins]

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