Translator: _Min
âAlas,â Ji Longtai sighed, âwe can only wait for Qingwei to recover next year and participate in the International Joint Examination. Perhaps then we can connect with President Ji.â
Research was of paramount importance.
Ji Yun was once a participant in the joint examination, single-handedly inventing the âOracle.â
Even the dukedoms of the Western Continent sought to woo him, and Ji Longtai was well aware that Ji Yun was not easily approached.
âFor the gameâs anniversary celebration, itâs not easy for Qingwei to leave home. You should take Qingyao with you,â Old Master Ji pondered. âDonât try to approach deliberately to avoid backfiring.â
Ji Longtai nodded in understanding, âI get it.â
âQingweiâs health has deteriorated again,â Old Master Ji cautioned, âmake sure to have no less than three doctors attending to her.â Qingweiâs illness was always a challenge.
But it was inevitable.
Talent often invitedjealousy; there was nothing to be done about it.
Mr. Ji shook his head and went to see Qingwei.
In An City.
Ye Zhenmianâs restaurant was bustling, thanks to its location by the school gate, ensuring a steady income every day.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
She saved all this money, intending to repay Si Fuqing one day.
Over the years, Ye Zhenmian had grown accustomed to frugality, continuing to live on simple meals.
With the students in class at this hour, the restaurant was quiet.
The sound of the glass door opening rang through the air. As Ye Zhenmian went to welcome the guest, her smile faded upon seeing who it was, âWhy are you here?â
âWow, old sister, this restaurant is quite fancy. Made some money?â Ye Huaiâanâs eyes flickered with interest. âI heard from your former boss that you struck out on your own, and I hardly believed it.â
âItâs borrowed,â Ye Zhenmian replied, her tone neither warm nor cold, âI owe ten million.â
Ye Huaiâan walked in casually, âSister, why do you have to be at odds with our family? You had to run off with some poor guy. Did our parents say anything?â Ye Zhenmian neither responded nor paid him any mind.
âSister, although Yiâan got into Northern State No.l Middle School, I heard his grades arenât great. Maybe you should just have him drop out,â Ye Huaiâan changed the subject. âLook at his cousin, heâs into eSports, has almost a hundred thousand followers in his live streaming room.â
âHeâs playing âOracleâ, you know how popular âOracleâ is. If he wins a prize, that would be something. Yiâan plays too, right? Maybe Little Yuan can bring him into the team.â
Ye Zhenmian never forced Yiâan to do anything he didnât like.
And recently, Yiâan had made significant progress in his studies.
In the first mock exam of his senior year, he ranked within the top three hundred of his grade.
But what Yiâan decides to do in the future is his business.
She wouldnât interfere.
âLittle Yuanâs team is in Sijiu City,â Ye Huaiâan perked up. âItâs a place teeming with celebrities and moguls, a chance to meet a lot of big bosses. I think itâs better for Yiâan to drop out and play games. Though it seems heâs not very good at them. â
Ye Zhenmianâs face grew cold, âAre you done?â
âYou know about NINE, right? Never mind, you probably donât. Heâs the top player of âOracle,ââ Ye Huaiâan said with a hint of pride. âLittle Yuan is the only direct disciple of NINE the God. Although Yiâan isnât that lucky, he could become NINEâs grand-disciple. How about that?â
Ye Zhenmian indeed knew nothing about âOracleâ and was thoroughly impatient by now, ready to close the shop early.
The door opened once again.
Ye Zhenmian was startled, then her eyes lit up, âQingqing, why are you back at this time?â
âAuntie,â Si Fuqing greeted with a nod.
She put down the local specialties she had brought back, unhurriedly adding,
âAfter all, if I didnât come back, I wouldnât have known I had a direct disciple..â