"Thank you, aunt."

"You're welcome, you're welcome. Go and have your meal."

Jiang Zao returned to his seat, and not long after, the aunt brought up their remaining dishes. After her instructions, the portions of these dishes were visibly larger.

"You young people are growing up, so eat more, eat more." After saying this, the old lady happily left with her plate of food.

Kita Ikuyo looked at the twenty fried dumplings and ten fried spring rolls in front of her and didn't know where to start.

"Jiang Zao, what did that aunt say?"

"Oh, she said young people need to eat more to grow."

"Did she speak Mandarin just now?"

"Yes, she is also from the Celestial Empire."

Mari Tamaki listened to the conversation between Jiang Zao and Kita Ikuyo, then looked at the mountain of egg fried rice in front of Hong Xia and the others, and swallowed hard: "I say...is it a bit too much for us to order egg fried rice with kelp and tofu soup?"

"I think so too..." Hinata Miyake felt her stomach was already full just by looking at the amount of fried rice.

Chapter 180 Eat or Kneel, Choose One

"Jiang Zao, is this really fried noodles?"

"Hmm?" Jiang Zao glanced at Goto Ichiri's fried noodles and didn't notice anything wrong: "Yeah, is there anything wrong?"

"Isn't this noodle... instant noodles?"

"Oh, that's what you're talking about. My hometown does use this noodles for frying. You can try it. If it doesn't taste good, try something else."

There is a big difference between the fried noodles in Neon and those sold at roadside stalls in China. The fried noodles in Neon use buckwheat noodles or ramen, while the roadside stalls in China use instant noodles. After cooking, they just need to be rinsed with cold water, drained, sprinkled with some oil and set aside. When customers order, they can be fried directly, which is quick and convenient.

Goto Ichiri maintained her confidence in her boyfriend, picked up some noodles and put them into her mouth, chewing them for a few times. The chewy noodles mixed with the aroma of eggs, soy sauce and sesame oil constantly stimulated her taste buds. The freshness of green vegetables and bean sprouts just neutralized the greasiness. Goto Ichiri used the chopsticks in her hand to continuously put the noodles into her mouth.

Seeing his girlfriend enjoying the meal so much, Jiang Zao also started to finish his own portion of Yangzhou fried rice and Kung Pao chicken which the aunt had kindly added.

When people are eating, time always passes quickly. Jiang Zao felt that he finished the meal in no time.

The delicate little hands grabbed the chopsticks and put a piece of fried chicken on his plate.

"Jiang Zao, I can't eat anymore... Can you help me eat a little?" Goto Ichiri finished her fried noodles, then ate four or five pieces of fried chicken. Finally, she barely used Coke to get the chicken in her mouth back into her stomach. The food seemed to be stuck in her throat and she couldn't eat any more.

"no problem."

Jiang Zao quickly finished the fried chicken for Goto Ichiri, and her sleeves were pulled by Kita Ikuyo again. She also had some dumplings and spring rolls left in front of her: "Jiang Zao..."

"Let me do it, let me do it." Jiang Zao's stomach seemed like a bottomless pit, and he finished all the dishes that the girls couldn't finish.

Hong Xia leaned back in her chair and sighed in her heart that Jiang Zao was worthy of being a boy and had a big appetite. At the same time, she was glad that she was smart enough to only order one serving of fried rice with egg.

With his cold index finger dipped in tea, he wrote on the table a string of words: "The portion is large, the kids like it very much", and then he lay on the table without moving.

Compared to the two of them, the situation at the next table was even worse. Mari Tamaki and the others had ordered an extra serving of kelp and tofu soup, but basically no one finished the food in front of them. They all leaned back in their chairs to take a break.

Seeing this, Jiang Zao ran over to say hello to the aunt, asked for a few disposable lunch boxes, and walked towards the four people who were full: "If you can't finish the food, just pack it up, don't force yourself to eat it."

"Jiang Zao, thank you." Tamaki Mari wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and gratefully took the lunch box: "House, Hinata, Yuzuki, pack up the remaining food and take it back for a midnight snack."

“Next time I will definitely check the portion size before ordering.”

"Feel the same."

After dinner, Mari Tamaki and the others discussed with each other and decided to go back to the hotel with Jiang Zao and the others.

On the way, Hinata Miyake deliberately lagged behind the others and came to Jiang Zao quietly and asked him in a low voice: "Jiang Zao, you need to show your passport during the immigration inspection, right?"

"Yes."

"Do you have your passport with you?"

"No, I left it in the hotel room."

“I see…”

Hinata Miyake's action reminded Jiang Zao that in the original work, she seemed to have given her passport to Kobuchizawa Housuke for safekeeping. As a result, both of them forgot about it and mistakenly thought that their passports were lost, which caused a big misunderstanding.

Jiang Zao couldn't tell her directly that her passport was in Xiao Yuanze Baoze's bag. After all, he wasn't always by their side, so how could he know such things? She could only remind her tactfully: "Anyway, the passport could only be in the bag. No one would put it anywhere else."

"Hahaha, you're right." Hinata Miyake laughed guiltily.

How come Jiang Zao seemed to know that I lost my passport? He must have just been talking casually and happened to match my situation.

What Jiang Zao didn't expect was that after returning to the hotel, Miyake Hinata did check the backpack carefully, but she only checked her own bag and didn't even think about other people's bags. Her abnormal behavior aroused the suspicion of Shiraishi Yuzuki, and finally under the "severe torture" of her three friends, she confessed that she had lost her passport.

Mari Tamaki: "Jiang Zao, please come to our room quickly. Hinata lost her passport and the embassy is closed tomorrow. What should we do?"

Didn’t I remind her to look in her bag? Didn’t she understand?

Jiang Zao hurried to their room. Small items such as spare clothes, umbrellas, cosmetics, and lipsticks were piled up in a mess on the bed. Miyake Hinata was arguing with Kobuchizawa Housuke.

"I've already told you guys to go first tomorrow, I'll follow you later, it's not like I'm not going." Miyake Hinata held her forehead impatiently, the irritation and regret of losing her passport made her feel very bad: "It's just going to the embassy to apply for a passport again, it's not a big deal."

"What if we miss the boarding date?" Kobuchizawa Hosase had a gloomy face and low pressure continued to be released around him.

"Then let's go back to Japan. It's no big deal. Although I'm not as rich as Jiang Zao, I can still afford the plane ticket."

"Didn't we agree to go to Antarctica as a group of four? How can I leave you here alone? I will go to the airport tomorrow to discuss changing the flight."

Hinata Miyake knew very well that Kobuchizawa Hosase was concerned about her, but she didn't like it, she really didn't like it. Maybe it was because of what happened in junior high school, she always felt that there must be some conspiracy behind this concern, or it was just false.

That's why she didn't go to high school and chose to work alone in a convenience store, studying on her own while preparing for the college entrance examination.

Jiang Zao saw that Miyake Hinata was getting more and more agitated, so he stopped her before she and Kobuchizawa Houze had a conflict: "Miyake, are you sure you have found your backpack?"

"Jiang Zao?" When Miyake Hinata saw Jiang Zao, her irritable mood eased a lot. This boy seemed to have a special temperament that could calm people down. She was very sure that she had checked her backpack but couldn't find her passport: "Yes, I can't find my passport in my bag at all."

"Then let's think about it another way. Maybe your passport is in someone else's bag?"

"How is that possible? Don't you hold your passport yourself?"

"Ah!" Kobuchizawa Hosase screamed loudly, rushed to his bag like lightning, rummaged inside, and finally took out Miyake Hinata's passport tremblingly.

At the airport ticket gate, Hinata Miyake gave her his passport for safekeeping because he needed to tie his shoelaces, but they both forgot about it.

Shiraishi Yuzuki had a dark face. He led Tamaki Mari downstairs to buy two opened durians. He placed them in front of the two "sinners", pinched his nose, smiled brightly and stretched out his hand: "Please start your performance."

Miyake Hinata and Kobuchizawa Housuke looked at each other.

Are we supposed to eat or kneel?

Chapter 181 The Eve of Departure

Hinata Miyake and Houze Kobuchizawa pinched their noses and finished a durian each. Most of their translucent souls floated out of their bodies. Although they tried hard to hypnotize themselves that durian was delicious, even if you have lost your sense of taste and smell for something you don't like, your brain can still simulate the corresponding taste when you put it in your mouth.

After solving the passport problem, Jiang Zao returned to his room with a hidden honor. In front of Kita Yuyo, he hugged the sweet and soft Goto Ichiri and lay down on the bed to sleep, almost making her think that Jiang Zao was going to have sex with Goto Ichiri in front of her.

Nothing happened that night. The next day, the three of them woke up to the rapid and shrill sound of the alarm clock. After washing and packing, they flew to Australia with everyone else and then drove to the port where the Antarctic research ship was docked.

When they arrived at the place, Kobuchizawa Housuke and Shiraishi Yuzuki immediately changed into orange and white jackets with the words "Antarctic Challenge" printed on them, and took out the camera and tripod that had been placed in their backpacks and set them up.

They had originally agreed that Kobuchizawa Housuke would accompany Shiraishi Yuzuki to complete the recording of the Antarctic Challenge program, but who knew that she would turn into a wimp when she saw the camera.

"Xiao Li... didn't you say that Houze was always cold and fearless in school?" Miyake Hinata raised an eyebrow and supported the camera, pointing at Xiaobuchizawa Houze who looked like a boiled red lobster: "It's not like what you said at all."

“Ahahaha…” Mari Tamaki laughed dryly and scratched her cheek with her index finger: “Maybe it’s because she has no enemies here.”

There are many people in school who laugh at Kobuchizawa Hosuke's dream of going to Antarctica, which is why she always keeps a distance from others.

Jiang Zao was standing on the deck of the research vessel, carrying Goto Ichiri's luggage, and looked down to see Shiraishi Yuzuki and the others who were working hard to record the beginning of the program: "Oh, they are really working hard."

"What do you mean by hard work?" Kita Ikuyo walked up to him and asked.

"I mean, Tamaki-san and the others are recording the Antarctic Challenge program."

"Eh!? Are we still going to be on TV?" Goto Ichiri didn't want to be filmed on a TV show and laughed at by the whole country. She secretly swore in her heart that if she saw Mari Tamaki and the others holding a camera, she would never get close to them.

"Not only on TV, it also seems that there will be live webcasts, but these should be things that we have to wait until we are at the Antarctic base."

“They’re not going to come over and interview me, are they?”

"Don't worry," Jiang Zao gave Goto Ichiri a reassuring look, "I will ask for your and my consent before interviewing you. I won't force you to do it."

After assigning rooms to everyone, Maekawa Kanae instructed, "Once you're on board, we'll treat you all as adults. You'll have to think about a lot of things on your own. If you really don't know what to do, you can ask Jiang Zao or me."

She also specifically told Jiang Zao, Xiaoling Xing, Hong Xia, and Zhou Fang Tianyin to go to the kitchen to help in half an hour. There would be a departure celebration party tonight, and many dishes needed to be prepared.

Jiang Zao solemnly held Kita Ikuyo's smooth hands: "Kita, Pochi-chan is now in your hands!"

"Don't worry," Kita Ikuyo pretended nothing had happened and quickly pulled her little hand out of his palm: "I won't lose Pochi-chan."

Jiang Zao smiled indifferently, said nothing, went out to gather Hong Xia and the others to help in the kitchen.

He is really greedy, even though he has so many girlfriends.

Kita Ikuyo sighed in her heart, then she pulled herself together and found Goto Ichiri who was hiding under the desk: "Pochi-chan, let's go out for a walk."

"No... There are so many strangers outside and I have to work. I don't want to go out."

"But you can't stay under the table forever, what if you hit your head?"

"When Jiang Zao comes back, I will hide in his arms. It's safe there." Goto Ichiri was complacent about his perfect plan.

"Obviously, he has a pretty good back..." Kita Ikuyo muttered softly, then forcibly pulled Goto Ichiri out: "You'll get moldy if you stay here all the time, let's go meet Satania or Tamaki-san."

When asked about meeting the fans of the band that had just ended, Goto Ichiri was not so resistant and obediently followed Kita Ikuyo out.

"Hello, four chefs, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Yumiko Samejima, wearing a headscarf and a kitchen apron, greeted the four people who came to the kitchen cheerfully.

"Only Jiang Zao can be considered a chef." Hong Xia rolled up her sleeves: "Sister Samejima, what do we need to do?"

Being addressed as "sister" by the youthful high school girl, Samejima Yumiko felt a lot younger, and the corners of her mouth raised even more: "I have experienced your cooking skills before, this time I will help you, the ingredients are in the kitchen, make whatever you want."

"Ah, try to make something with a larger portion, since there will be quite a few people at the celebration."

"Understood." Jiang Zao put on the apron handed to him by Samejima Yumiko and took out the kitchen knife swiftly: "Then let's make a curry that is suitable for all ages."

"I've been waiting for you to say something. I'll peel the potatoes." Thinking of being able to eat the delicious food she had tasted in the mountain inn again, Samejima Yumiko started preparing the dishes with all her might.

"Xiao Xing, we can't lose to Jiang Zao!"

"That's right, Ijichi-san, let's work hard together."

"Uh-huh."

The night drove the setting sun below the horizon. The deck of the Antarctic research vessel named "Penguin Bun" was brightly lit, and the joyous and noisy atmosphere dispelled the loneliness brought by the night.

Kanae Maekawa stood on the stage facing the sea breeze, holding a microphone and saying, "Long time no see, everyone. I am Kanae Maekawa. How are you all?"

"oh!!!"

"It has been three years since our last voyage. Although I wanted to ask everyone to introduce themselves again, we are already so familiar with each other, so let's move on to the introduction of our fellow travelers!"

"According to their thinking, the next person to come on stage is."

"Antarctic Expedition Team!"

"Angel and Devil Group!"

"End the band section!"

"Homeschool Group!"

As the girls came on stage, there was a warm cheer from the audience. Kanae Maekawa reminded them loudly: "They are all energetic high school students. Let me be frank with you. Don't have any tricks on them. This is a crime! I repeat, this is a crime!"

"In fact, there is another hidden figure. It is thanks to him that the conditions for this operation are so good. He is the representative of our biggest sponsor, Synapse Company - Jiang Zao!"

The black-haired, blue-eyed boy walked onto the stage with a maturity and steadiness that did not match his age, and took the microphone handed to him by Kanae Maekawa.

"Hello everyone, I'm the Synapse representative, Jiang Zao. I didn't want to appear in this capacity. After all, an hour ago, I was still waving a spatula in the kitchen cooking."

"By the way, Sister Samejima, did you steal the fried chicken that I made first? I clearly wanted to steal it first."

"I didn't! Don't slander my innocence out of thin air!"

"Hahahaha!"

Chapter 182: Almost wiped out

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