CHAPTER 818: CHAPTER 719: DISLOCATED LIVES 17

Every time Shuangshuang cooks, she follows a recipe. Jianyun and Liu Yun both have their own businesses to manage, so during lunchtime, they either eat at the company cafeteria or have a quick meal at a restaurant.

Foods prepared outside are often heavy on oil and seasoning to enhance flavor, sometimes even with spoonfuls of MSG or chicken essence. No matter how skilled the chef is, it’s never as reassuring as food made at home. In contrast, the food Shuangshuang prepares has healthy ingredients, and the nutritional balance is beneficial for the body.

Shuangshuang remembers that both Jianyun and Liu Yun have sensitive stomachs, so she specifically made dishes to nourish the stomach. She plans to make one last effort to be a good daughter during the three years before she switches back with Fang Zhijin.

If, after the separation, Jianyun and Liu Yun still choose their biological daughter and distance themselves from her, she would feel justified in cutting off the parental ties. If there’s another reason, she is determined to find out why Jianyun and Liu Yun truly abandoned her.

The companies of Jianyun and Liu Yun are not too far from home. It takes Shuangshuang half an hour to make a round trip in the car, and both are in meetings. Fortunately, people at both of their companies know Shuangshuang, the young lady of the house.

Shuangshuang directly entrusted the lunch boxes to their secretaries, so Jianyun and Liu Yun could eat after their meetings. The meals are kept in insulated containers, so they won’t easily get cold.

After delivering the meals, Shuangshuang started organizing her books and preparing the textbooks and stationery she would need for the first day of school tomorrow.

Shuangshuang started school earlier; at fifteen, she is already a high school freshman. She’s participated in summer camps, so there’s no need to worry about summer homework because the country encourages students to attend summer camps, and the school made some corresponding adjustments.

For instance, the summer holiday was extended to two months and five days, and students attending summer camps don’t need to do summer homework. However, the coaches’ evaluations are directly sent to their academic records on the computer for the teachers to view.

Shuangshuang’s summer camp evaluation was excellent. Plus, Shuangshuang has always been in the category of academic gods, leaving the second-ranking academic achiever far behind. Had she not voluntarily given up the scholarship, she could have earned enough for her tuition and living expenses, but not for luxury items.

In fact, at school, Shuangshuang really doesn’t have many friends, and now she is eager to start her own business and doesn’t want to waste time in school. She wants to skip grades to take the college entrance exam and directly enter university, as college students are allowed to start businesses.

Given that Shuangshuang has always had the best grades from a young age, she was always the child other parents compared theirs to. Jianyun and Liu Yun never had to worry about Shuangshuang’s studies. If they did worry, it was to suggest Shuangshuang take a break and have some fun, not to always bury her head in books.

This situation led Jianyun and Liu Yun to be unaware of Shuangshuang’s learning pace. In addition, Shuangshuang has a habit of studying higher-grade material in advance. So when Shuangshuang says she can skip grades, Jianyun and Liu Yun wouldn’t doubt it.

Furthermore, there’s still almost a year until the college entrance exam. This year, she is fifteen, and she will enter university at sixteen after the exam, with two years left before she turns eighteen—enough time for Shuangshuang to earn a substantial amount of money.

Once she has enough money, after the switch back with Fang Zhijin, Shuangshuang can completely live outside, sending monthly maintenance fees to the Fang Family. She will never return to the Fang Family.

Since she’s planning to skip grades, Shuangshuang has been busy reading lately. Previously, because she was an academic god, she had no friends at school. Nobody wanted to be outshined by the academic god, and Shuangshuang, being busy with studies, got used to being independent.

This time, Shuangshuang still needs to study for the university entrance examination. After all, even though each world’s knowledge may have the same fundamental meaning, their names and codes differ, so she has to learn it all over again. Fortunately, though Shuangshuang’s powers are sealed now, her mind remains sharp.

When a mind at the Main God level starts working, it’s not just opening a cheat code; it’s like her whole being is gold. With such brilliance, she could get through a university degree in no time, and in a year, she could earn ten to eight doctoral degrees.

Shuangshuang shows a diligent and focused demeanor mainly to avoid drawing too much extraordinary attention by having a learning speed beyond that of the world’s humans.

Though busy with her studies, Shuangshuang never forgets the three meals a day. Since once school starts, she won’t be able to cook lunch at home, Shuangshuang prepares it in the morning for Jianyun and Liu Yun to take to their companies.

Shuangshuang’s cooking skills have improved significantly, and her dishes are visually appealing, aromatic, and delicious. Early that morning, Shuangshuang made some rice noodles, and not just any rice noodles but a deluxe version with various additional ingredients. She packed the cooked rice noodles and the ingredients separately in a lunchbox.

For the stock, which uses dozens of ingredients, Shuangshuang spent an entire day at home on a Sunday to prepare a soup with an exemplary flavor, kept hot in a portable thermos. By lunchtime, the broth was still steaming. By combining the rice noodles and vegetables and pouring in the broth, a fresh and hot bowl of rice noodles is ready.

When Liu Yun was eating the rice noodles at noon, the aromatic broth filled the office and spread half a floor. Those outside who caught a whiff felt hungry enough to drool over it, making their own initially-tasty meals seem instantly bland.

Next to Jianyun was an old customer here to talk business, named Deng Hao, a friend and partner of Jianyun.

This time, Deng Hao came to discuss cooperation with Jianyun, but their discussion lasted until the lunch hour. Initially, Jianyun planned to invite him to a restaurant, but Deng Hao was pressed for time and couldn’t go to a restaurant at all.

Fortunately, Shuangshuang always prepared more than enough food for Jianyun and Liu Yun. Jianyun figured that Deng Hao didn’t have a big appetite, so the meal should be enough for two. Plus, these rice noodles were already prepared except for pouring in the broth, making them even quicker to serve than instant noodles.

Since Deng Hao had a stomach condition, he couldn’t drink alcohol or stay hungry. Jianyun’s actions were a way to show concern, strengthening their relationship through small gestures. Though small, these acts warm the heart.

When Jianyun suggested this, Deng Hao indeed felt warm-hearted. Caring down to such details is touching, and Deng Hao thought it was better to have something to eat now than to endure stomach pain all afternoon. So he accepted without further ado, but when he tasted the rice noodles, Deng Hao was instantly shocked by how delicious they were.