Jiang Fuyue took twelve courses, full marks in every subject. After being deified in the college entrance examination, she created another legend.
“My Goddess Yue is simply god-tier!”
“From the grade sheet circulating online, she not only cleared all seven compulsory courses in the first semester of freshman year, she also took five electives.”
“It’s said she basically doesn’t attend those electives. Just by looking at the PPTs she can fully digest all the key points.”
“Believe me, if there were more credits, Sister Yue could even take a few more.”
“Tsk tsk, not human……”
“Cough!”
“This is clearly a learning machine! D*mn! Does she have some kind of superpower?”
“……”
But what truly shocked people was far more than this.
If Jiang Fuyue’s perfect scores were within everyone’s expectations and anticipation, shocking, yet not overly surprising then Liang Jingzhou’s near-perfect results were enough to make people’s eyes pop and jaws drop.
“Calculus 99? Statistics 98? Basic Accounting 99?”
“Th-this-this… are these Young Master Liang’s scores? Are you kidding me?”
“It’s real. The grade sheet’s been posted. If you don’t believe it, go check the forum, the pinned red post.”
Two minutes later—
“Holy cr*p! He actually got 98 in Microeconomics?! The calculation questions this time were insanely hard. How did he do it? I asked around and the highest anyone else got was only 82.”
“Did Young Master Liang get enlightened by an immortal patting his head? Or pick up some martial arts manual? Or get bound to a system? Transmigration? Rebirth?”
“Cough—this is getting a bit far.”
“……”
At this moment, in the boys’ dormitory.
Liang Jingzhou was surrounded by Li Chen and the others, like a little white rabbit that had fallen into a wolf’s den—
“Not going to explain?”
“They’re all saying outside that you got possessed. Let me see exactly which demon you are, report your name!”
Seeing him about to make a move, Liang Jingzhou quickly raised his arms to block.
“Possessed my *ss! Are you guys crazy?”
Gu Huaiyu and Cheng Lian exchanged a glance. “Yo, that little mouth of yours is pretty slick. When we asked you before, you didn’t even fart a word out. You’re really something!”
Liang Jingzhou’s gaze flickered, a little guilty.
Li Chen spoke coldly, “Talk. What’s going on?”
“Well… can I refuse?”
Gu Huaiyu: “No!”
Cheng Lian: “In your dreams!”
Li Chen: “Keep dreaming!”
Liang Jingzhou: “……”
Forced into a corner with no way out, he could only lay everything out, from start to finish.
Five minutes later—
“So, Jiang Fuyue revised the exam outline once, sent it to you, and even attached sample questions and those questions just happened to be on the exam?” Gu Huaiyu summarized.
Liang Jingzhou nodded. “M-more or less.”
Li Chen’s face was dark as ink. “And then you secretly ran off to the library by yourself to study?”
Liang Jingzhou refused to admit it. “How can a scholar’s business be called sneaking around?”
Cheng Lian laughed angrily. “Nice, eating alone behind everyone’s backs. Tastes pretty good, huh?”
“Cough… didn’t I just forget to share? Besides, who knew those things would be tested?”
“Cut it out! Besides the nickname ‘Full-Marks Maniac,’ Jiang Fuyue also has another nickname called ‘Question-Predicting Machine.’ Don’t tell me you didn’t know!”
Liang Jingzhou played dumb. “Does she? How come I’ve never heard of it?”
Gu Huaiyu: “Old Liang, this ‘get rich quietly’ move of yours is pretty impressive, completely unexpected, totally caught us off guard—awesome!”
“Hehe……” He dry-laughed twice. “Not at all, not at all……”
Cheng Lian: “Calculus 99, Basic Accounting 99, Microeconomics 99… I’ve never gotten scores this high in my life—high, truly high!” As he spoke, he gave a thumbs-up.
Liang Jingzhou coughed lightly. “98.”
“?”
“Microeconomics wasn’t 99, it was 98. You remembered wrong.”
“……”
Li Chen gave the order: “Brothers, beat him!”
It was an utterly peaceful afternoon, when suddenly pig-slaughter-like screams erupted from a certain boys’ dormitory: “Aow! I was wrong! I’ll definitely send it to you guys next time!”
“Hey! Don’t hit my face!”
“D*mn, if you’re going to punch, then punch, why the h*ll are you kicking my balls?”
“I was wrong! I really was wrong—”
“Help!”
……
With the grades out, winter vacation followed close behind.
Ming University didn’t close the campus. The cafeteria and supermarket operated as usual, and students still came and went.
And the approval procedures Jiang Fuyue had been longing for were finally completed.
Shen Wenzhao: “Leaving already?”
“Mm. Thank you, Old Shen, for taking care of me during this period.”
Jiang Fuyue’s tone was sincere.
Shen Wenzhao looked at her in silence for a long while, then a sigh escaped his lips. “Before you, I didn’t believe there were truly people who could be all-rounders in every subject. After all, everyone has strengths and weaknesses.”
Even Xie Dingyuan, although his mathematics and computer science were very good, even excellent, biochemistry was still the subject he excelled at the most.
And Jiang Fuyue was both similar to him, and different.
If Xie Dingyuan was an already-formed large container, holding a bit of every kind of knowledge, then Jiang Fuyue was like a lump of clay that could freely switch forms and change shape according to different subjects and different knowledge.
The former was already framed in place, while the latter still had infinite possibilities.
Shen Wenzhao: “Although your physics and mathematics are very strong, I still hope you can go further down the path of biology. I’ve already had my assistant pack up the virus samples. Once the procedures are completed, they’ll be delivered to you.”
Jiang Fuyue: “Many thanks.”
Sure enough, the samples were delivered that afternoon.
From then on, Jiang Fuyue stopped going to Q University and devoted herself entirely to her own laboratory.
The happiest person, of course, was Zhou Zhengqi.
“Hoo—finally gone.”
But before half a day of happiness passed, he heard that Shen Wenzhao had gone to Ming University to teach.
Bang—
Zhou Zhengqi slammed the table in anger, old eyes wide open. “Defended day and night and still couldn’t stop it! That Jiang Fuyue! That Jiang Fuyue! Cough cough cough—”
She was simply his nemesis!
Seeing this, the vice president hurried forward, offering water and trying to soothe him. “Calm down, calm down, have some water first……”
Zhou Zhengqi waved his hand. “I’m fine. I’m going to Ming University right now to reason with Xiao Shan!”
“Don’t… it’s no use even if we go. This time they didn’t do anything. Old Shen went over on his own initiative to teach! If we just show up like this, wouldn’t it be inappropriate?”
Zhou Zhengqi froze on the spot. “Old Shen went over on his own?”
“Yes! Preparations for starting the class began a month ago. It seems to be some kind of special training class. It’s said the old gentleman discovered several extremely talented kids over there and got interested. Plus, Old Xu is also there, the two of them are old acquaintances and good friends……”
Zhou Zhengqi: “So, Old Shen wasn’t tricked over by Jiang Fuyue?”
“Of course not.”
“……Oh, then that’s fine.” Zhou Zhengqi’s riddled-with-holes heart finally found a sliver of comfort.
……
Back to Jiang Fuyue’s side, once she entered the lab, she went straight into seclusion mode.
Every day, aside from eating and sleeping, she locked herself in the core experimental zone for the rest of the time.
At first, she still returned to the dorm, but once final exams ended, Huo Fanjin and Cen Qiaoqiao went home.
Liu Sisi was invited by Liu Jinzhong to serve as a coach for a new batch of trainees in Camp A.
With the dorm empty, Jiang Fuyue had little interest anyway, so she simply stayed in the lab.
Back when Little Six designed and built it, he had specially set up a living space for her on the second floor.
It was even a suite.
Now Jiang Fuyue had even more time to devote to research.
Even Xu Kaiqing, the famously known “workaholic,” couldn’t stand it anymore—
“Old Pete, were you this hardcore when you were young?”
Peter shook his head. “Chou is too crazy!”
The environment in the core experimental zone was far harsher than that of an ordinary lab. Not only did one have to wear specially made protective suits and filtration masks, but going in and out, passing through layer after layer of checkpoints, one also had to undergo spray disinfection.
At her current work intensity, Jiang Fuyue was spending nearly the majority of every twenty-four-hour day either soaked in disinfectant or facing the threat of viral infection.
“So old—” Xu Kaiqing shook his head and walked away on his own.
Peter sighed inwardly: truly worthy of being Chou!
When you feel you’re about the same as her, she only needs to exert herself slightly, and she can easily leave you far behind again.
This is the gap.
Whether in talent, or in thinking, or age, mental state, physical condition, and so on.
No wonder even Xu Kaiqing has admitted he’s old.
Truly, you can’t help but accept it.
……
Once Jiang Fuyue got busy, she couldn’t even spare time to go home.
Han Yunru called, and it was Xu Kaiqing who helped answer.
After hearing that her daughter was doing some kind of experiment and had been staying in the core experimental area, where entry and exit were very inconvenient, Han Yunru immediately said, “No need to call her to the phone. It’s actually nothing urgent. I’ll call again when she’s not busy. Sorry to trouble you…”
This wait turned into a full week. Han Yunru never called again, afraid of affecting her daughter like last time.
It was only when Jiang Fuyue remembered that Xu Kaiqing had mentioned it to her before that she picked up her phone and called Han Yunru back.
After a round of mutual concern and greetings between mother and daughter, what came next was—
“Yueyue, when are you planning to come home?”
This “come home” naturally referred to returning to Linhuai.
“Your dad, Chenxing, and I all miss you.”
Jiang Fuyue fell silent for a moment: “…Mom, I’m sorry, this winter break I might not be able to go back.”
The other end seemed to have expected it and wasn’t too surprised.
There was just inevitably some disappointment.
But Han Yunru quickly adjusted her emotions and said gently, “It’s fine, studying is the most important. But you still need to pay attention to rest, don’t tire yourself out too much. Your body is your capital.”
“Mm.”
Just before hanging up, Jiang Da’s voice suddenly sounded, transmitted through the phone to Jiang Fuyue’s ears—
“Yueyue, take good care of yourself!”
It turned out he had been listening quietly by the side all along, and in the end still couldn’t help but speak up.
……
In the blink of an eye, January came to an end.
The Imperial Capital also welcomed its first snowfall of this winter.
Old Peter wasn’t used to the climate here. After winter began, no one knew how many times he’d caught a cold or how many trips he’d made to the hospital. Just as things were wrapping up, he simply gave his assistants an early Spring Festival holiday and bought a plane ticket back to his country to escape the cold.
At this moment, he was probably lying on a lush green lawn in California basking in the sun, with his big golden retriever curled up at his feet.
Xu Kaiqing also stopped coming to the lab.
Although he was alone, with no wife or children, he still had quite a few relatives back in his hometown, and over the years their relationships had been good, so he usually went back to spend the New Year.
As for Jiang Fuyue…
The laboratory was still her main battlefield, where she charged ahead.
During this period, the old man came to see her.
Upon meeting, the first thing he said was, “You’ve lost weight.”
“Your face is a whole circle smaller. It took so much effort to put on a bit of flesh when you were at home, and now it’s all gone.”
Jiang Fuyue smiled and reached out to touch her cheek: “Is it that obvious?”
She had weighed herself just last night, it clearly hadn’t changed much.
The old man said solemnly, “Of course it’s obvious! Look, your cheeks are all sunken!”
Han Qishan stayed for about forty minutes, personally watching Jiang Fuyue finish all the food he’d brought from home and drink every drop of the soup. When he left, his eyes were still full of heartache.
Look at this, what has the child been starved into?
After going back, the old man sat alone in the study for a long time. When he came out, his eyes were still a bit red.
After that, Han Shen, Han Ke, and Han Heng took turns acting as “little food-delivery angels.”
Every day, the old man directed Aunt Liu at home to prepare all kinds of tasty food and drinks for Jiang Fuyue, and demanded that they must be delivered before they got cold!
Think about it: one brother was a standard domineering CEO from romance novels, one was a gold-touching financial tycoon, and the other was a superstar, an award-winning actor, the nation’s husband yet they ended up running errands?
Han Qishan even complained, “What kind of uncles are you lot? You can’t even handle such a small thing!”
Han Shen: “We can! I’ll do it right now, immediately!”
Han Ke: “Big brother, wait for me, let’s go together.”
Han Heng: “Don’t leave me behind…”
That day, the three uncles appeared together, standing outside the laboratory door, like a neat row of little white… oh no, old poplars!
They scared Jiang Fuyue into thinking something big had happened at home.
As it turned out—
Han Shen: “I’m here to deliver food.”
Han Ke: “I’m here to deliver soup.”
Han Heng: “Uh… I’m here…”
Right, why was he here again?
“I—I’m here to liven things up! Yes, liven things up! When you see me, Yueyue will eat two more bowls of rice!”
Jiang Fuyue: “……” Are you planning to put on a performance too?
Han Shen: “……” Actually, he really wanted to say that there weren’t even two bowls of rice in total.
Of course, they couldn’t see Jiang Fuyue every time they came.
Sometimes she would be in the core experimental area, and the entire lab would be in a sealed state. They could only leave the food behind and then send a message to let her know.
In that case, the food getting cold was unavoidable.
Fortunately, there was a small kitchen in her second-floor living quarters, with a microwave inside.
Later, the old man no longer allowed them to deliver food to the school either. No one knew who he’d heard it from—
“Every time Yueyue comes out to see you, then finishes eating the food and drinking the soup, she has to put down her work to do all that. The delayed progress can only be made up with her rest time at night.”
“Sometimes when she’s just entered the lab, she still has to come out once because of you. When she goes back in, she has to redo all the protective procedures. Just the preparation alone takes half an hour.”
“By that calculation, our daily food deliveries actually end up becoming a burden to her.”
The old man’s heart ached!
And just like that, the matter was put to a stop.
Han Qishan: “Even if we can’t help Yueyue, we absolutely can’t become her burden.”
The three brothers never expected that delivering a meal could involve so many twists and turns.
In fact, Jiang Fuyue didn’t have to come out to see them at all, she could’ve just had an assistant or someone else bring the food in.
But except for a few times, she would basically always come out to greet them, or chat with them while eating.
When leaving, she would always walk them to the outermost door, only going back after the car drove away.
Han Shen sighed softly, his heart melting.
Yueyue is too well-behaved…
“Once a week, then. We’ll just deliver it and leave, won’t stay long.”
The old man thought for a moment. “That works.”
……
As New Year’s Eve drew closer day by day, the festive atmosphere in the streets and alleys, in every household, grew stronger and stronger.
Jiang Fuyue was still immersed in the lab, working day and night. Even Xiao Shan came to try to persuade her, but unfortunately couldn’t even get through the door.
In the end, Jiang Da and Han Yunru decided to bring their son to the Imperial Capital to spend the New Year!
Mainly to accommodate their daughter.
The happiest upon hearing the news was none other than Han Qishan. “Little Ru is coming back? She’s really willing to come back? I—I…”
The old man was so excited he became incoherent.
Han Shen: “It’s true! This time little sister, brother-in-law, and Chenxing are all coming. You’re happy now, right?”
“Happy! I—I’m so happy!”
Even Shi Qingzhi uncharacteristically called the old man: “I know you don’t like Jiang Da, but this time your daughter is finally coming home. Curb that dog temper of yours a bit, don’t drive people away.”
The old man was in high spirits thanks to the good news. These days his face was always smiling. Hearing her barbed words, he didn’t get angry—
“Am I that kind of person? Besides, when have I ever disliked Jiang Da? Do I need you to teach me?”
Shi Qingzhi sneered. “As long as you know!”
After that, with a bang, she hung up.
This old man now speaks more tactfully, is willing to reason things out, and doesn’t lose his temper recklessly anymore but why does he feel even more infuriating than before?
Over in Linhuai, once Jiang Da and Han Yunru made the decision, they began arranging matters at the shop, then packed their things and booked their tickets.
They arrived in the capital two days before New Year’s Eve.
The entire Han family mobilized: the old man, the three brothers, plus Han Ting all went to pick them up at the airport.
The couple had originally thought this way they could spend the New Year together with their daughter, but this New Year’s Eve was destined to not be a full family reunion.
Because—
Jiang Fuyue’s application to “lead a team in providing aid to F Continent” had been approved, and she was leaving tomorrow!
Yes, my Sister Yue is heading out!
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