“Yu, what gift are you going to give Miss Huo to thank her this time?” asked Zhuo Yun quickly.
He had already contemplated what other rare objects his boss had, including those antiques in his collection. However, he felt they were not good enough.
Yang Yi glanced at Zhuo Yun. He seriously found Zhuo Yun’s actions traitorous, even though he also felt reluctantly that Zhuo Yun made sense.
Min Yu pursed his lips and did not feel like replying to Zhuo Yun at the moment. “Are you too bored or something?”
Zhuo Yun touched his nose. “It’s not that. I was just asking.” Then he smiled sheepishly.
Yang Yi recalled how ordinary and old the estate was where Huo Yao lived. He could not help suggesting, “Why don’t we gift a house to Miss Huo?”
Zhuo Yun’s eyes instantly lit up. “That’s a great idea. Even better if she could stay next door and be neighbors with us.”
Zhuo Yun recalled how Min Yu’s next-door neighbor rarely resided there. Although they seemed to be renovating recently, they would probably be willing to sell it if they offered them two times the market rate, right?
Zhuo Yun instantly said enthusiastically, “Why don’t I check with your next-door neighbor and see if they are interested in selling their place?”
It was not a bad idea to be neighbors with a consummate apothecary!
Min Yu pressed his forehead when he heard their conversation. Then he took the pills and got up. He headed upstairs without bothering to respond.
After Min Yu went up to the second floor, Zhuo Yun looked at Yang Yi and suddenly said, “I think it’s more practical for Boss to offer himself to Miss Huo.”
Yang Yi: “…”
Was he crazy?
***
Time went by swiftly. A month after the National Quiz Contest came to a close, the International Quiz Contest date was announced.
It was going to take place at the end of the month.
Since the International Quiz Contest was much harder than at the national levels, the Principal obtained some questions from the past contests for Huo Yao and Yi Lianfan to practice. Huo Yao spent all her time practicing for about half a month.
The entertainment program that Huo Xiang had agreed to participate in, ‘Countryside Life With My Family’, finally declared the filming time. It was almost clashing with Huo Yao’s International Quiz Contest.
They were taking place one after another, one at the month-end and the second at the beginning of the next month.
Before long, it was time for the International Quiz Contest.
The International Quiz Contest was being held in Country M. Huo Yao’s third older brother, Huo Yulin, whom she had yet to lay eyes on, happened to reside there.
Hence, two days ahead of the contest, her folks contacted Huo Yulin and told him to pick his baby sister up at the airport and send her to the hotel personally.
Huo Yao did not want to go through the trouble, but Song Ning insisted, so she agreed.
Since Huo Yulin and Huo Yao were both reserved people, they only interacted briefly after exchanging their phone numbers. After verifying the flight time, they did not converse any further.
Huo Yao and Yi Lianfan were the only people in No.1 Middle School who made it into the International Quiz Contest. However, this time, the Principal was not going to accompany them. Instead, a teacher from Tsing University would be taking the lead.
All five contestants were to meet at the airport in the capital. The other three students arrived around the same time when Huo Yao and Yi Lianfan got there.
The flight to Country M was scheduled for 6:00 pm, and the flight was 15 hours long.
Due to the time difference, they would arrive at around 1:00 am in the morning.
After getting off the plane, Huo Yao pulled out a jacket from her bag. The temperature in Country M was at least five to six degrees lower from her native place.
She took out her phone and turned it on.
