Christmas Eve.
Paper Night.
The five members of the Hofstadter family—three PhDs, one future PhD, and one future associate professor—all went to their rooms, retrieved their latest papers, and came back out.
The sight was inexplicably hilarious.
Adam and Paige also took out the papers they had brought.
"I'm a biologist, so I'll exchange papers with you and Dr. Duncan first."
Lecher, Leonard's sister, directly handed Paige the paper in her hand, then reached for the one Adam was holding.
"Eh!"
The moment she got it and flipped open the first page, she immediately cried out in surprise.
"What is it?"
Michael, Leonard's younger brother, had been watching that side the whole time and immediately asked.
"Is this picture a cover for The Lancet?"
Lecher pulled out an illustration and looked at Adam.
"Not yet."
Adam smiled. "When I heard they were coming to photograph Paige and me for the cover, I casually sketched out a cover design.
They can use it as a reference when the time comes, so they don't shoot something we don't like."
"This wasn't photographed? You drew it?"
Lecher was even more astonished.
"What drawing? Let me see!"
Michael could not help walking over. He took the illustration, looked at it, and immediately froze.
"I want to see too."
Leonard was also extremely curious when he saw that. He walked over, took one look, and exclaimed, "It looks exactly like a photograph, and there are even special effects added to certain parts."
As the perennial second-to-last place holder on Paper Night, Alfred did not actually like Paper Night that much. He was delighted to have something to distract everyone with, so he also leaned in.
"What a great drawing!"
Alfred looked at the illustration, then at the real people sitting together, and sighed. "They really