Late at night.
"Knock, knock..."
While flipping through a hefty volume at the dining table, Xia Yu was startled awake by a series of crisp knocking sounds.
"I'm going back to my room to sleep!"
Yawning and stretching, Zhu Qing paused before stepping out of the door, "Don't stay up too late. There's plenty of time. I'm already on my way, and in two more days, I'll be able to get the hang of it! Don't worry!"
Xia Yu nodded towards her retreating figure, "Then get some sleep!"
After she left, he bowed his head back to his reading.
There's no doubt.
This book in front of him was the medicinal culinary notebook he had discovered in the attic of their restaurant, where the old man had recorded a lifetime of research. Given that the book contained knowledge of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements in Chinese medicine and food therapy, Xia Yu was essentially seeking guidance from the old man across space as he perused the book.
"Old dough..."