Some water got on and possibly in my laptop since some soup spilled in my backpack. It wasn’t much so I thought it was okay and turned it on after drying it with paper towels. After ~3-5min a little bit of smoke came out the side where you plug in the charger. I then turned the laptop off immediately and put it over a towel. I did not see a latch to remove the battery so I didn’t. I’m awful with technology and afraid of damaging my laptop more, anyway.

On the internet I see that you are supposed to wait for at least 24 hours for the laptop to dry, however I don’t have the luxury of waiting so long because I need to use my laptop for school.

Is there anything else I can do? Will my laptop be okay or do I need to buy a new one?