New Year's was a busy time.
Chen Shu had to cook every day, and there was a useless older sister at home who specialized in ordering dishes. For a while, he felt as though he had become her personal chef.
His only day off was the second day of the new year, when they visited his grandmother's house. Once they returned on the third, he was back to cooking. He still had to cultivate, study, and do research every day. As a result, all he had done for fun this year was see a movie with them, spend an afternoon singing, and go out for barbecue one evening. In previous years, he would have gone gaming or eaten skewers with his classmates from Qing Academy.
This year, none of his classmates had asked him out.
Probably a side effect of his fame exploding last year.
It gave Chen Shu quite a headache.
By contrast, the older couple had plenty of free time.
Professor Chen had returned from Jade Capital last autumn, just as Cao Ci was preparing to become a god and calamity was rising in Southern Continent. Before the end of the year, he had published his analysis of the Sacred Ancestor's autobiography. It was already on sale, and rumor had it the book had caused a sensation and was selling like hotcakes. Since his return from Jade Capital, his standing in Yuanzhou Academy's History Department had climbed again. He had become its resident heavyweight, and they even used his name to promote admissions.
These days, Professor Chen stayed home reading the news and letting financial bloggers fill his head with ideas. Occasionally, he took his Flying Car out for a spin.
According to Lawyer Wei, when Professor Chen first returned to the academy, he hadn't been assigned any