Tears began to fall from Lu Chuwanâs eyes when she saw her mother. âIâm the top scorer in the Physics paper and I have every right to participate in the competition, but Fu Zhi kicked me out of her team!
âWhy does she have to be so mean to me? If I join the competition and make it to the final round, itâll be like the icing on the cake and Iâll be able to get an acceptance letter directly from Tsinghua University. I seriously donât understand why Fu Zhi has to hog the spot. Itâs no use to her at all! Mom, you have to help me!â
Bai Yaoâs hand suddenly stopped in midair after she heard what her daughter said.
Help her? How could she help her?
All this while, Bai Yao had thought that considering Fu Zhiâs poor academic performance, there was no way she would make it to the Physics competition, and even if she was lucky enough to be chosen as one of the participants, she would not make it far in the competition.
She had not expected that she would actually be very good in Physics, and she and her team would be the only team in No.1 High School to enter the preliminary round. Furthermore, when she had gone to the school today, other than the students from Class 1, who held her in contempt, all the students from the other classes had admired her as if she was their goddess.
The teachers were all the same. They held Fu Zhi in high regard, especially Director Liu. Even though he had said that he was going to reprimand Fu Zhi, he had only talked about how good Fu Zhi was and how smart she was.
All this time, she had been the one suppressing Xu Wei with her daughter. Never in her wildest dreams had she imagined that Xu Wei would be able to turn the tide one day! And it was all because she had brought Fu Zhi into the Lu Family!
Lu Chuwan was still crying, which was getting on Bai Yaoâs nerves. She shouted, âOkay, stop crying! If you had prepared better for the competition, none of this wouldâve happened! How come Fu Zhi could advance to the next round, while you could not?â
It sounded to Lu Chuwan like her mother was admonishing her.
Her face turned scarlet from rage, and she clenched her knuckles so tightly that they started shaking. She shouted back, âI just slipped up on one small detail! Besides, Iâm Fu Zhiâs cousin, so whatâs wrong with her taking care of me? It isnât true that Iâm not good at Physics! Besides, if you think sheâs really that great, then go and tell her to stop being so mean to me! Iâm sure the reason she doesnât want me in her team is that Iâm better than her and she doesnât want me to steal her thunder!â
Bai Yao did not comment, as her brain was a muddled mess. There was nothing she could say right now.
Seeing that her mother was not responding, Lu Chuwan threw a pillow on the floor and continued throwing a tantrum. âI donât care, mom! This is my only chance, and I have to take part in that competition! Do you know what my classmates must think of me after finding out that Fu Zhiâs results are better than mine? All of them know how much effort Iâve put into this competition, and now that Fu Zhiâs team advanced to the next round, they must be laughing at me behind my back!â
Bai Yao did not say anything, and Madam Lu came downstairs when she heard the commotion.
Bai Yao then told everything to Madam Lu.
âThis is not a big deal. Iâll talk to your teacher tomorrow,â Madam Lu said. Then, she turned to Lu Chuwan and said, âIâve finished the medicine. You go get me some more. My chest has been hurting these days because of your second uncle.â
Lu Chuwan, who was stunned, stopped crying. âYouâve finished the medicine already? Didnât I just give you a new bottle the day before yesterday? There are many pills in one bottle. Youâve finished all of them?â
âMy chest hurts, so of course I had to take the medicine!â Madam Lu frowned at Lu Chuwan. âDidnât you tell me to take as much medicine as I wanted because you have a lot? Why are you shouting at me right now?â
Well, it was because the researcher had told Lu Chuwan that he had a lot of stock and he also had the formula.
Initially, Lu Chuwan had thought that the medicine could be mass-produced since they had the formula. It was only until very recently that she had been told that one of the ingredients necessary to make the medicine cost about 20 million yuan. That was the cheapest one!
Therefore, there was no way she could supply so much medicine to her grandmother.
However, considering Madam Luâs fence-sitting attitude, she was certain that she would turn to Fu Zhi if she could not give her the medicine.
Since she did not want that to happen, Lu Chuwan had no other choice but to take a bottle of medicine from her room. After she handed the medicine to Madam Lu, she said, âThe doctor said taking too much of this medicine will have an adverse effect on your body, so the recommended dose is one pill per day.â