The Nourishment Plan

"I'm taking a leave of absence?"

"How come I didn't know I was taking a leave of absence?"

"Don't lock the door!"

Outside the room in the shabby old apartment, Zhang Manqian fastened the lock, then headed off to Shengteng Academy for her vacation training without another worry.

Zhang Xuezhou looked at the barred security window, then at the locked room.

He had no choice but to settle down.

With the task of cramming an entire spoken and written language, Zhang Xuezhou really did have little time to go out and wander around.

As for taking a leave of absence, Zhang Weimeng had never discussed it with him.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't like this sort of decision being made for him one bit.

But it wouldn't be long.

Zhang Xuezhou figured his ranking should be pretty good. If a student ranked first or second at Yucai Middle School was forced to take a leave of absence, people would laugh if word got out.

His current behavior seemed strange to others, but Zhang Xuezhou felt that his mental state was still relatively stable and that he could lead a normal life.

Besides, his free doctor was at Canglan Academy. He had to get into its psychology program; there was no way he could take a leave of absence.

Zhang Manqian had offered a new way to treat schizophrenia, but Zhang Xuezhou didn't think it sounded reliable.

"Gene compatibility... who knows whether the final result will be good or bad? Either way, I don't like eating those genetically modified foods!"

Genetic modification had brought enormous benefits. Crops and livestock were disease-resistant and high-yielding, increasing production efficiency severalfold.

Poverty still existed, but hunger was now a distant concern for many, many people.

Even in the worst circumstances, people could collect relief grain. Few