Luo Yao Will Be My Research Subject from Now On! (Please Read On)

Wang Ye looked back and found that it was actually the class representative, Tang Dong, along with several others.

What he said was fairly normal—he simply wanted someone to explain a difficult problem—but the expression on Tang Dong's face was unpleasant, making Wang Ye feel as though he was ordering around an underling.

Wang Ye was about to make an excuse and decline, saying he had something to do, but his formidable roommate had already spoken. "That problem's so simple. I'm not explaining it."

Luo Yao had things to do and did not want to waste time on meaningless matters, so he directly refused.

"What kind of attitude is that, you little brat? Are you saying I'm stupid?" Tang Dong was immediately enraged. He stepped forward angrily and reached out to grab Luo Yao's clothes—

"Tang Dong, if you want to ask a question, then ask properly. Why are you getting physical?" Although Tang Dong was tall and sturdy, Wang Ye was no smaller. The moment the other man reached out, Wang Ye swiftly grabbed his wrist.

"We've got something to do right now. Tang Dong, how about I explain that problem to you when I get back?" Wu Tianming wore a smile, calm and composed, as if he had not seen the tense confrontation between Tang Dong and Wang Ye at all.

"Since you guys have something to do, go take care of it first. We'll talk when you get back." Seeing Wu Tianming step in, Tang Dong could not say much more. He glanced at Wang Ye before pulling back his hand.

Only after Tang Dong left with his group did Wu Tianming teasingly smile at Wang Ye. "Not bad, Boss Ye. You're pretty nimble. This is the first time I've seen it."

"Never seen an agile fat guy?" Wang Ye casually made a joke at his own expense, but he did not let Wu Tianming off either.

"But not bad yourself. You actually brought out the bearing of the Wu Family's Third Young Master. Even Tang Dong didn't dare go head-to-head with you."

Wu Tianming let out a breath. The powerful aura he had displayed moments ago seemed to vanish instantly as he said with a laugh, "It was all because of Santuo. Santuo, talk less in the future. Tang Dong nearly got mad to death because of you just now."

"Why would he be mad to death because of me?" Luo Yao could not figure it out. Wasn't he the stupid one?

Luo Yao believed he had not said anything wrong. Tang Dong should have been stupid enough to anger himself to death.

"Tang Dong is our class representative. To be honest, he's not a bad person, but he cares a little too much about saving face and likes to nitpick."

"Professor Xia has never praised him, but the moment you arrived, you got rid of Ke Zhan, and today you even received Professor Xia's praise. He's upset about it. Seeing how young you are, he probably came to take it out on you."

Wu Tianming had seen plenty of people like that, so he knew how to deal with such paper tigers who bullied the weak and feared the strong.

"People say college students are stupid. It seems that's true." After several seconds of silence, Luo Yao gave his assessment.

"But you two are a little better."

After indiscriminately attacking all college students, Luo Yao did not forget to single out Wu Tianming and Wang Ye.

Wu Tianming and Wang Ye were practically in tears.

The speechless pair knew Luo Yao's habit could not be changed, so they did not bother arguing with him.

"It's time to eat again. Let's go to the Third Canteen today. Their spaghetti and roasted chicken pieces are good!" Wang Ye patted his stomach, felt that it was empty, and suggested getting food.

"I'm not going."

Hearing Luo Yao say he was not going, Wu Tianming frowned slightly. "Why aren't you going again? Didn't I tell you that not eating can easily give you gallbladder inflammation?"

"I'm going to see my parents." Luo Yao looked at Wu Tianming strangely.

"Also, of course I remember what you said. I have camera-like memory. I can't forget these things even if I wanted to."

Holy shit!

Camera-like memory?!

Wu Tianming and Wang Ye suddenly understood why Luo Yao's brain was different from everyone else's. This was a goddamn cheat code!

"That's not fair! Why do you have camera-like memory when I don't?!" Hungry and angry, Wang Ye cried out.

"Alright, alright, Boss Ye, stop shouting. No matter how loudly you shout, you won't get it." After twisting the knife a little further, Wu Tianming turned to ask Luo Yao, "Your parents? Are they in East City too?"

"They run a shop in University Town." Luo Yao answered Wu Tianming's question succinctly.

They were actually in University Town!

Wu Tianming and Wang Ye exchanged a look, then said in unison, "We'll go with you."

They were far too curious. What kind of parents could give birth to such a bizarre genius as Luo Yao?

Luo Yao had no objection and led Wu Tianming and Wang Ye to the small shop his parents had recently opened.

"Yao'er?! Why are you here?" When Sun Xiulan spotted Luo Yao through the kitchen window, she hurriedly wiped her hands on her apron and came out of the kitchen.

"Mom, class is over."

"Class is over? Oh, are these your classmates?" The moment Sun Xiulan saw Wu Tianming and Wang Ye beside Luo Yao, her face lit up with joy.

Luo Yao actually had classmates keeping him company!

This was a first!

"Hello, Auntie. We're Luo Yao's dorm roommates and classmates. My name is Wu Tianming, and his is Wang Ye." Knowing Luo Yao's personality of speaking as little as possible, Wu Tianming did not expect him to make introductions and simply took the task upon himself.

"That's right, hello, Auntie. I'm Wang Ye. Do you need any help? It looks like you're cleaning up here?"

Wu Tianming and Wang Ye were polite and smiling, and Sun Xiulan liked them immensely.

She had not expected Luo Yao to meet two such good classmates as soon as he went to college. It seemed Teacher Ouyang had truly not deceived their family.

How could Sun Xiulan possibly let Wang Ye and the others work? She hurriedly said, "No need. We're just tidying up a bit. Someone sublet this storefront to us, so we only need to do some basic cleaning. We're planning to open tomorrow."

"Auntie, are you opening a small restaurant? What kind of dishes will you specialize in?" Wu Tianming was genuinely curious. In his eyes, anyone who could cook was especially impressive.

"The dishes from our hometown. They're rather spicy. I wonder whether you like spicy food?"

The moment Wang Ye heard there would be food, he hurriedly answered, "Of course I like it! Auntie, what time are you opening tomorrow? I'll come eat."

As he spoke, Wang Ye's stomach gave a perfectly timed growl.

"No need to wait until tomorrow. If you want to eat, Auntie will make it for you right now. Have a seat first!" Sun Xiulan was delighted. The moment she heard Wang Ye's stomach growling, she knew they had not eaten.

Wang Ye had wanted to stop Sun Xiulan, but he really was starving, and even his reaction speed had slowed considerably. By the time he tried to stop her, Sun Xiulan had already entered the kitchen.

Before long, Sun Xiulan and Luo Xingguo appeared in the kitchen window.

"Xingguo, hurry up and chop the vegetables. Yao brought two classmates over, and the kids haven't eaten. Let's quickly stir-fry a few dishes and bring them out."

Wang Ye felt rather embarrassed. He knew the two people in the kitchen were Luo Yao's parents, and he said apologetically to Luo Yao, "Santuo, I really didn't mean to trouble your parents."

Luo Yao ignored Wang Ye. He was currently mulling over the IP Core algorithm, and his ears had automatically shut out all outside sounds.

"Tianming, do you think Santuo got mad?" Seeing that Luo Yao was ignoring him, Wang Ye walked to the entrance with Wu Tianming and spoke in a low voice.

"Probably not. Santuo isn't that petty. Looking at him, he's probably thinking about something else."

Wu Tianming looked at the sign of the small restaurant before him—Luo Family Restaurant—and inexplicably found it very warm.

"Santuo isn't from around here, right? Why are his parents here too?" Wang Ye could not figure it out. To open a shop in University Town, money alone was not enough; one needed connections too. From their brief interaction earlier, Luo Yao's parents seemed to have neither.

"The school probably made arrangements for them to open one here so Santuo could come. What does having money and connections matter? In University Town, wouldn't they still have to listen to the school leadership?"

Wu Tianming hit the key point in a single sentence, and only then did Wang Ye realize that the Luo family's ability to run a shop in University Town was all because of Luo Yao.

"Luo Yao is so outstanding. Why do his parents seem so ordinary?" Wang Ye simply could not imagine Luo Yao growing up in such an ordinary environment. He had assumed Luo Yao's parents would at least be intellectuals or something, but he had never expected them to run a restaurant.

"Probably a genetic mutation. Humans are fascinating. Luo Yao will be my research subject from now on."

"Tianming, don't go dissecting Luo Yao, okay?! That's way too scary!" Wu Tianming's words gave Wang Ye quite a fright.

Wu Tianming looked at him speechlessly. "What are you thinking? I mean observing his behavior. Dissection? I'm not Hannibal."

"Excuse me, are you two here to eat?" As the two joked around, a gentle-looking young woman approached them.

"Uh, no. We came with a classmate." As he spoke, Wu Tianming pointed at Luo Yao inside.

The young woman followed the direction of his finger and saw Luo Yao, and a smile immediately appeared on her face.

"Little Yao!" The young woman walked over.

Luo Yao finally reacted. He looked up at her and called out, "Sis."

Sis?!

That person was actually Luo Yao's older sister!

Wu Tianming had been about to say something to Wang Ye when he noticed the other man staring fixedly at Luo Yao's sister, his eyes practically glued to her.

"Restrain yourself, Boss Ye."

"Look at that gaze of yours. You're practically growing onto her."

Wang Ye did not care. He said excitedly, "What is this called? This is 'washed clear by the ripples, yet not seductive'! She isn't even wearing makeup, but look at her features. Doesn't she look like a lotus flower?"

Hearing Wang Ye's words, Wu Tianming said with amusement, "Since when did you have the ability to see flowers in someone's face?"

"Quit messing around, I'm serious. Luo Yao's sister is really beautiful. I'm going to find out more about her." Before entering the restaurant, Wang Ye even theatrically straightened his clothes, making Wu Tianming nearly laugh out loud.

"Hello, I'm Luo Yao's classmate. My name is Wang Ye." Wang Ye acted as soon as he said it, walking straight up to Luo Zhu the moment he entered.

"Hello, I'm Luo Zhu, Little Yao's sister. Little Yao has really been fortunate to have you looking after him at school." Luo Zhu knew perfectly well what her younger brother was like. Anyone who could put up with him definitely had an exceptionally good temperament.

Otherwise, they would either have been angered into leaving or wanted to beat Luo Yao up.

Yet these people were still willing to come back with her brother. It seemed their relationship was quite good.

The moment Wang Ye saw that she had dozens of times more emotional intelligence than Luo Yao, he was even more delighted.

He could not resist asking about Luo Zhu. When he learned that she was only one year older than him, he became even more excited.

If Wu Tianming had not been watching beside him, Wang Ye would already have asked Luo Zhu whether she had a boyfriend.

Fortunately, Sun Xiulan and Luo Xingguo had finished preparing the food by then.

The six of them soon gathered around the table.

"Auntie, is this Shuizhu Roupian? It's seriously delicious!" Wang Ye and Wu Tianming did not stand on ceremony once they sat down and began eating. After one bite, both of their appetites were completely awakened.

"If it's good, then eat more." Afraid they would be too polite to help themselves, Sun Xiulan kept urging them to eat.

Before long, both of their bellies had become round and full.

"Auntie, I'm done eating. Shall I wash the dishes?" Whether because he felt embarrassed about eating so much of their food or because he wanted to make an impression in front of Luo Zhu, Wang Ye stood up to clear the dishes after finishing his third bowl of rice.

"No, no. You go rest. We can clean these up ourselves."

Wu Tianming could tell that Sun Xiulan wanted to speak with Luo Yao some more, so he told the Luo family that they had something to do and left for the dormitory first.

The moment they came out, Wang Ye was dissatisfied and complained that Wu Tianming had ruined his chance. Wu Tianming did not bother arguing with him, merely reminding him that Luo Yao and his family had barely spoken at the dinner table.

"Is it normal for a family not to talk while sitting at the same table?"

"Uh, it really isn't very normal." Thinking back on it, Wang Ye felt that there had indeed been something unusual.

"They saw the two of us outsiders there, so it wasn't convenient."

"So why were we still standing around after we'd finished eating?"

Wu Tianming's words reminded Wang Ye. He patted Wu Tianming on the shoulder and said, "Now that you put it that way, it does make sense. Thanks, brother. If it weren't for your help today, I probably would've embarrassed myself in front of Luo Zhu."

"Speaking of Luo Zhu, you don't seriously have feelings for her, do you? You heard what she said just now—she still has to repeat her senior year of high school."

Wang Ye shook his head as if he did not care much. "I don't care about that. Besides, you saw how Luo Yao tutors Luo Zhu. With Luo Yao around, are you really worried Luo Zhu won't get into college?"

Wu Tianming thought that was indeed true.

"But I never expected Luo Yao to have the patience to tutor Luo Zhu. By Luo Yao's way of thinking, Luo Zhu's problems should be ridiculously easy. They shouldn't be worth wasting his time on," Wang Ye muttered.

"What's so strange about that? Haven't you noticed that Luo Yao cares about his family? He probably didn't have many friends growing up, so he treasures his family even more."

"Hey, that makes sense. I'll have to take good care of Luo Yao from now on!"

Seeing Wang Ye's righteous expression, Wu Tianming could not help exposing him. "For Luo Zhu's sake, right?"

"Bullshit!" Wang Ye retorted without so much as a blush.

Elsewhere.

After Wu Tianming and Wang Ye left, Sun Xiulan indeed went to discuss something with Luo Yao.

"Yao, we don't dare touch the five hundred thousand yuan reward the school gave you. Your father and I were thinking that now that you're in college, you should decide how to use this money."

"But the family..."

"Your father and I are still here. Don't worry." Sun Xiulan reached out and affectionately stroked Luo Yao's head.

"Do you remember our livestream before? The gifts the viewers sent added up to over sixty thousand yuan. Mom used that money for household expenses. You don't mind, do you?"

Luo Yao shook his head. He knew the family's situation very well. The whole family had accompanied him to East City, and now they did not even have their own home. To save money, his parents were living in the school staff dormitories.

Although his parents had not said anything, Luo Yao had always kept the matter in mind.

After dinner, Luo Zhu asked whether he had time to tutor her once a week. Luo Yao agreed.

When he left, Sun Xiulan stuffed the bank card containing five hundred thousand yuan into Luo Yao's hand.

Afterward, Luo Xingguo still felt that Sun Xiulan's decision had been far too rash. It was too dangerous for a sixteen-year-old child to hold five hundred thousand yuan!

"You really do spoil him too much!"

Sun Xiulan merely smiled and said, "My son may not know how to say nice things, but he's smart. I believe in him."

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