Chapter 28: This harsh truth is truly heartbreaking!

“Teacher, you’ve made me an enemy right after I arrived. That little girl was targeting you.”

Yan Xiaoyue turned around, knelt down straight, and kowtowed. “Master, please accept your disciple’s bow. I don’t have tea right now, I’ll offer tea to Master next time.”

The elderly Chinese medicine practitioner, Fu Shoucheng, had been dejected, thinking he’d lost such a promising student, when he suddenly heard this.

He was shocked and helped Yan Xiaoyue up. Before he could speak, he was pushed and stumbled.

“What are you doing, bullying people? Old people shouldn’t act superior just because of their age.”

Yan Shu stood in front of her, making her startled. She quickly ran over to explain, “Second brother, this is the master I just accepted. Master is a giant in the field of traditional Chinese medicine; it’s worth my bow. Furthermore, Master values traditional etiquette.”

After hearing her explanation, Yan Shu realized he had made a mistake. He bowed and apologized to the old Chinese medicine practitioner.

Fu Shoucheng waved his hand. “This girl is good. Her brother knows how to protect her. It seems the family relationship is quite good.”

Yan Xiaoyue kept apologizing. Thankfully, the teacher didn’t fall. At his age, if he were to bump or injure himself, it would be a loss to the country.

She wasn’t interested in inheriting the Chinese medicine clinic. What she wanted was never limited to the already paved path.

“Master, I’m truly sorry. I’ll bring you tea next time.” Yan Xiaoyue had a treasured collection of high-quality tea leaves, which she had collected and processed herself.

They were grown by the spring water beside the tea trees, and she loved drinking them.

“Good, good, good.”

Fu Shoucheng clapped his hands and left.

After Yan Xiaoyue and the others could no longer see him, they turned around and began to reprimand Yan Shu.

“Second brother, it’s not that I’m saying this, but I told you to wait and see before acting, but you wouldn’t listen. Couldn’t you have waited and asked Xiaoyue before doing anything?” The eldest brother scolded his second brother.

“I… I was afraid my sister would be bullied. Xiaoyue even knelt down; what else could I do?”

Yan Shu felt uncomfortable, but it was more shocking to see his sister kneel down.

They say a man’s knees are worth their weight in gold, but these days, his sister has shown herself to be even more resilient and resourceful than before, making him, her second brother, look at her with new eyes.

“Second brother, you’ve spent more time with your sister these past few days. Is she someone who can be bullied?”

The eldest brother continued, “Even if you’re helping your sister, wouldn’t your sister-in-law and I be worried? We can’t just rely on what we see; we need to hear what Xiaoyue says.”

Yan Heng also didn’t expect that even if his sister had done something wrong, as young people, they shouldn’t resort to violence against an elderly person.

They could find his children…

“I understand, big brother.”

Yan Shu nodded seriously, thinking that if his sister was ever bullied again, he would find the old man’s children…

At that moment, the eldest son of the Fu family in Kyoto sneezed. A woman beside him, dressed rather poorly, looked at him with concern, but didn’t dare to show it.

“Still don’t understand?” Fu Jianzhang asked the female student standing before him again, the only one in the class who had failed the course.

“Professor, I didn’t understand.” Song Yaling shook her head again. She wanted to understand, but every time the professor lectured, all her attention was on the professor, and she couldn’t concentrate.

“Your family is from the countryside; you need to work harder than others, instead of not focusing on your studies at all. This is the tenth time I’ve explained this to you…”

Fu Jianzhang paused. His wife had told him not to get angry or scold students.

“I’m sorry.” Song Yaling bowed deeply, lowered her head, and tears fell drop by drop onto the floor.

“Go back and copy it ten more times. Think about why you failed. Go.”

Fu Jianzhang waved his hand, and Song Yaling fled the office.

He watched her leave, then looked at the girl’s photo on his desk and smiled. “Yaling, this girl has the same name as you, but she’s as stupid as a pig.”

“Don’t get angry, I didn’t scold her, I was just telling you…”

At the door, Song Yaling took a deep breath before leaving the office building with heavy steps.

She was clearly the pride of her village, yet she was called stupid as a pig?

Song Yaling looked up at the sky. It was clearly sunny, the surroundings were a beautiful blue, only the sun was hidden behind the clouds, unseen.

Seeming to understand something, she looked at the office building and made up her mind. This was only a midterm exam; she would prove Fu Jianzhang wrong.

“Hello, who is this?”

Fu Jianzhang put down the photo and answered the phone.

“It’s your father. I’ve found you a junior apprentice sister. Come and meet her when you have time.” Fu Shoucheng ended the call without waiting for Fu Jianzhang’s reply. If he didn’t come, he would regret it.

“Junior apprentice sister?”

Fu Jianzhang sneered. “Father is worried that he won’t be able to find a successor, so he’s found himself a disciple. With his health, he’s not afraid of overworking himself.”

While his words were harsh, his eyes showed worry.

At the adult education college.

Yan Xiaoyue watched her eldest brother scold her second brother without interfering. She thought her eldest brother was right; without absolute status, it’s best not to offend anyone easily.

If killing Jin Qingyang would end this book-transmigration journey, she would buy a ticket right now and rush to the Jin family to kill him.

“Now let’s go eat, then rent a shop, and then…” She slapped her thigh, suddenly remembering that if they set up shop near the university, it would be perfect.

“Then what?” Li Shumei hadn’t felt this lively in a long time.

After staying in the village for so long, she felt that all there was was farmland and children, which held no interest for her.

Yan Xiaoyue grabbed Li Shumei’s hand. “Sister-in-law, let’s go look around near the university.”

Universities have no shortage of people. If it’s near the university, the price shouldn’t be too high, ideally…

She remembered that their city’s university was a key university, and it was located on a bustling street. She wondered if there were any suitable shops there.

“Aren’t we going to eat?” Yan Shu touched his empty stomach; he hadn’t eaten much that morning.

“We will, I’ll take you to eat soon.” Yan Xiaoyue urged her second and eldest brothers to hurry and push their bicycles; she was in a hurry!

The city’s university wasn’t far from here. Looking at the students coming and going, she couldn’t help but admire them. “Those who can get into this university are amazing. My cousin even got into a university in Kyoto; she’s so impressive.”

Yan Zhitao was truly favored by heaven.

It’s a pity that, from what she can see, Yan Zhitao and she are merely plastic sisters. She always wondered why her second cousin’s life was so prosperous, while hers was so miserable, ending in a tragic death. It turned out that others never took her seriously.

“Don’t be sad, only one Yan Zhitao got into a university in the whole city this year.”

Li Shumei comforted her. This harsh truth was truly heartbreaking.