135: Eat pig food

The next day, after a fifteen to sixteen-hour flight, they finally arrived in Boston. By the time they landed, it was already past midnight.

The school gates were closed to outsiders, so they found a hotel nearby to adjust to the time difference, truly exhausted.

The next morning, they went in early to find Xu Zhiyou. The four of them followed the map's instructions to the area where she might be.

"Call her. There's a prominent landmark here that's easy to find," Kim Ji-soo said, looking at Park Chaeyoung, who was intently studying the map.

"I'll call."

Xu Zhiyou was lying in bed, too lazy to move. Her phone rang incessantly, but she made no move to answer it.

"Let's call again later! She's probably still sleeping right now," Kim Ji-soo said, watching Park Chaeyoung call over and over, with no one answering.

"I'm really impressed by this Sleep God. What did MIT see in her? Good looks can't fill your stomach, can they?"

"Chaeyoung! Don't you know her terrible habits? It would be strange if she changed."

"So, are we just going to stand here in the cold wind waiting for her to wake up?"

"There's a coffee shop over there; I'll go buy a few cups."

Unfamiliar with the place and without a guide, they didn't dare to sightsee randomly. After all, they were public figures, so it was better to be cautious.

Park Chaeyoung called every ten minutes, and finally, on the eleventh ten-minute mark, her call went through.

"Did you just wake up?"

"It's still dark here. Why are you calling me?"

Park Chaeyoung's mouth twitched as she looked at the sky. "Zoe, you son of a gun, say that again if you dare. You really think I'm an idiot, don't you?"

"You tell me to say it, and I say it? That would be losing face. First, tell me what you want."

"We've been waiting for you at XX for over two hours. You've been sleeping like the dead. Where are you? We'll come find you."

She originally wanted to tell her to come over, but remembering her Sleep God's bad habit, she had no doubt that if she hung up, Xu Zhiyou would definitely go back to sleep.

"Wait! Are you here for a performance?"

"Mind your own business."

"Someone's on a short fuse, so much anger."

"You're making me angry. Hurry up and send your location."

"Alright, alright, alright! Immediately." She hung up the phone, sent her student ID and room number all at once, and then went back to sleep.

In this cold weather, she didn't even want to show her head outside. When she was needed for work, the professor would naturally come to her.

It wasn't far, but it still took half an hour to reach their dorm building. They followed the room number, almost getting dizzy trying to find it.

"Why are these room numbers so arbitrary? It's 505 here, and then suddenly 512 next door. Which crazy person designed this?"

Kim Ji-soo was startled by her and quickly interrupted her, then looked around at the people nearby. Fortunately, no one was paying attention to them. "Chaeyoung, if you want to die, don't drag us with you."

"Huh? I got carried away. I'll be careful!"

After searching for a while, they finally found her room in a small corner. Just as Park Chaeyoung was about to knock, she remembered that university dorms usually house several people.

"I should call first and ask. I remember university dorms have several people living together. Let's confirm, in case her roommates don't welcome strangers."

"Why ask? She already told us to come. Those problems don't exist." Kim Jennie went straight up and knocked on the door.

Xu Zhiyou heard the knock, looked through the peephole, and opened the door to let them in. "Chaeyoung! You've grown taller again. Come here, let me give you a kiss." She hugged her and gave her forehead a 'mua' sound.

"Did you brush your teeth before assaulting me? Oh, right, where are your roommates?"

"This entire floor is single rooms. I live alone. Don't you like coffee? The coffee beans are over there, help yourselves."

Kim Ji-soo saw the coffee machine in the living room. "Do all your dorms come with coffee machines?"

"My senior sister gave it to me."

Kim Ji-soo looked at the rows of coffee beans: Panama Geisha, Civet Cat, St. Helena, and so on. They were all very expensive brands.

"Where did you collect these coffee beans? You even have civet coffee. Is it really good?" The others also came forward to admire the so-called civet coffee.

This type of coffee bean is extracted from civet cat feces. Due to complex processing and rare production, it is not only expensive but also very difficult to buy.

"My senior sister gave them all to me. I don't really like drinking it. She gave me a lot. Take some when you leave; it's a waste to just leave them here."

"What does your senior sister do? She's so rich. It's not easy to collect these things without considerable assets."

"She's two years older than Show Ge, British, about the same height as me, 1.75 meters. Blonde hair and blue eyes, she looks like a mature woman, but she's actually a social introvert."

Kim Jennie looked at her curiously and asked, "Is it the normal kind of social introvert I understand, or a social terrorist like you?"

"The kind of homebody you understand. She lives next door."

While chatting and grinding coffee, Xu Zhiyou went to the kitchen to start cooking. Watching her skilled knife work and cool wok-tossing operation, Park Chaeyoung was stunned.

"When did you learn to cook? How come I didn't know?"

"I've been here for over half a year, and I just started doing it when I had nothing else to do. I didn't expect to be quite talented. Let me treat you to my cooking."

"I'm not immune to poison. Are you sure you can do it? Don't just show off with empty gestures."

"Chaeyoung! I might cut corners in other things, but never with food, absolutely not."

Kim Ji-soo looked at her smug expression with exasperation. "Can you not be so shameless? You make it sound like you're proud of cutting corners."

"Show Ge, did you miss the point? Although idols don't need academic qualifications, you can't be bad at reading comprehension, can you?"

"Get lost~~"

"Hahaha! Still the same. When we came, we thought you had become serious. I didn't expect you to still be as shameless and hilarious."

"Lisa, can you speak properly? If not, donate your mouth."

"Hmph~ ~"

Soon, the dishes were ready, all home-style: stir-fried lobster, twice-cooked pork, stir-fried broccoli, and a tomato and egg soup.

She handed chopsticks to Park Chaeyoung. "Come and try it. My cooking skills are super good now. I guarantee you'll fall in love with it after one bite."

"Let Lisa do it! She's immune to poison."

It looked decent, but she had truly been traumatized by Kim Ji-soo's and the others' 'dark cuisine,' so it was better to be cautious.

"Chaeyoung, so in your eyes, I'm not human, right?" Lisa really wanted to kill this scoundrel.

"You have good physical fitness, so you're best suited to be a guinea pig. You've tried plenty of Jennie-oni's dark cuisine, and nothing happened, right?"

"I'll try!" Kim Jennie smelled it and found it quite fragrant. She picked up a piece of meat and tasted it. With one bite, the meat was tender, fatty but not greasy, lean but not dry.

Her eyes lit up, and she then tried the other dishes. "Delicious, this is truly delicious."

"Alright!" Park Chaeyoung started eating. After tasting it, her expression was much like Kim Jennie's. "Zoe, you've got some skills!"

"What else? As long as I take things seriously, I can do anything easily. Do you still doubt me?"

"No doubt. When we go back, you'll be my exclusive little chef. I'll pay you five times the salary. I'm rich now."

"Oh, please. Me, a chef? Go take a rest."

Lisa then started eating, and as she ate, she actually started crying. "Wuwuwu~~"

"What's wrong? It's not *that* delicious, is it? I'm not a 'Little Chef of China.' You're overreacting."

"It's nothing! She's purely been poisoned by Jisoo's dark cuisine. She's used to eating pig slop, and now she occasionally eats human food, so she's happy to feel human again."

"Mhm, mhm, mhm! Chaeyoung, it's been so hard. Whenever Jisoo and she enter the kitchen, my legs start trembling."

Xu Zhiyou turned to look at Kim Ji-soo and the other. Their blushing, guilty expressions meant there was no need to ask. "You two have created some serious karma!"