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A luxury business vehicle stopped in an urban village that seemed entirely out of place, attracting the attention of many passersby.
Soon, the car door opened, and Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan got out.
After the car had driven away.
Lin Zichen looked at Shen Qinghan the first chance he got and couldnât help but complain, âI mean, this is just weird. You went to take an adaptation test, how did you end up with a master out of the blue?â
âI find it strange too, it was so suddenâ¦â
Shen Qinghan still thought the whole situation was ridiculous, blaming her own too-gentle nature and inability to argue, leading to haphazardly becoming someoneâs disciple.
Lin Zichen felt a bit of a headache, âForget it, letâs wait and see. If the person has no ill will and seems to be of good character, then thereâs no harm in acknowledging this cheap master. If their character is not good, once youâre strong and independent, you can just end this so-called master-disciple relationship.â
âMhm.â
Shen Qinghan gave a barely audible response, like a child who had done something wrong.
At that moment, the family door opened.
Zhang Wanxin stood at the doorway, calling out to the two by the roadside, âWhat are you standing there for? Arenât you coming in?â
Hearing her, the two stopped chatting and quickly went inside the house.
Shen Jianye and Xu Meng had been very busy lately, and Shen Qinghan was mostly eating at Lin Zichenâs home, rarely going back to her own.
In the evening, at Mingxiang Restaurant.
The two families put aside all other matters, finding time to gather together to celebrate the childrenâs great results in the adaptation test they took that day.
Lin Zichen scored second in the entire province, which surprised no one as it seemed very reasonable.
But Shen Qinghan became the provincial top scorer. Both sets of parents were stunned, thinking the kids were playing a joke on them.
It wasnât until they witnessed Shen Qinghan checking the adaptation test scores on the official college entrance examination website and saw the figure of 16% displayed that the parents believed it was real.
âMy daughter really is the top scorer, Jianye, am I dreaming?â
Xu Mengâs face was full of disbelief, feeling it was too surreal.
Her daughter had always been just a pretty face without anything extraordinary about her from childhood till now.
Yet, today, she had suddenly emerged from obscurity, surpassing Lin Zichen to become the provincial top scorer?
She wouldnât even dare to dream of this!
On the other hand, Shen Jianye also found it hard to believe, but with the evidence right before his eyes, he had to forcefully explain,
âThere have always been dark horse candidates like Qinghan in previous years, many of whom seemed ordinary during their three years of high school and not particularly athletic, but they just surprised everyone in the adaptation test.â
âThatâs true, but going from a dark horse to the top scorer is a bit much.â
Xu Meng still felt it was so unreal.
Zhang Wanxin laughed, âWell, thereâs no need to fuss over these details. Whatâs important is that the two of them can go to the same university now, itâs predestined fate.â
âThatâs right.â
Xu Meng sincerely smiled.
She had always worried her daughter couldnât keep up with Lin Zichen and that the two would drift apart as they grew up.
Now that problem was solved, no need to worry anymore.
The childhood sweethearts, one a top scorer and the other a runner-up, were a perfect match, destined to become an enviable couple that no one could split apart.
Around nine in the evening.
The family dinner ended.
Each family took their leave to their respective homes.
Around ten-thirty at night.
Shen Qinghan, having taken a bath, dressed in pajamas and went to find Lin Zichen.
Seeing her come looking for Lin Zichen in pajamas late at night, Zhang Wanxin teased, âHan Han, are you here to sleep with Xiao Chen again?â
âNo, itâs not that, I just have some important things to talk about with Xiao Chen in person.â
Shen Qinghan, her face flushed, denied it.
The words âsleep togetherâ sounded too misleading, as if implying something more intimate, making her quite embarrassed.
âAunt Xin, Iâm going upstairs to find Xiao Chen.â
After dropping that line, Shen Qinghan walked towards the staircase.
Once she had vanished at the stairwell, Zhang Wanxin immediately said to Lin Yansheng, âTheyâve just finished their exams and she has something so important that she must discuss face-to-face, do you think Han Han is going to confess to Xiao Chen?â
âProbably.â
Lin Yansheng, engrossed in the kung fu soccer match on TV, replied absently.
Zhang Wanxin went on to herself, âThe two of them are both eighteen and have graduated from high school, they are proper adults now, itâs indeed time for them to be together.â
âYeah, date for four years in college, and get married right after graduation.â
âAfter graduation, get pregnant, with twins, a boy, and a girl.â
âTsk, perfect!â
As she spoke, Zhang Wanxinâs charming face, still full of allure, was covered with a smile, blissfully imagining the wonderful life of three generations living together in the future.
Upstairs, in the corridor.
Shen Qinghan knocked on Lin Zichenâs room door, and as soon as she entered, she said to him, âZi Chen, I have something very important to tell you.â
âWhat is it?â
âItâs about what happened at the base during the day.â
âSomething at the base?â
Lin Zichen was somewhat puzzled and closed the door, inviting her to sit on the bed and talk slowly.
Shen Qinghan kicked off her slippers, sat cross-legged on the bed hugging a pillow, and then said:
âToday at the base, that inexplicable master who acknowledged me used spiritual power to give me a full-body checkup to see why my genetic fusion compatibility was so high.â n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âThe final result was that there is nothing special about my body, no different from an ordinary person.â
âShe couldnât find out anything about my body leaking water.â
After listening to Shen Qinghan, Lin Zichen felt quite surprised.
Could Yuan Dongzhi, who could manipulate dozens of meters high surging waves at sea, not discern the secrets of Shen Qinghanâs body?
It seems that Shen Qinghanâs body is even more mysterious than imaginedâ¦
Thinking this, Lin Zichen seriously said to Shen Qinghan, âAbout your body leaking water and having an extremely high water affinity, letâs not let a third person know for now, letâs wait and see how things develop.â
âOur current understanding of this world is still very naive. What we know is only limited to what we can see in front of us, we could say we know nothing.â
âSome things, once exposed, we cannot judge what kind of consequences will follow, whether good or bad.â
âTherefore, for now, letâs be conservative and prioritize stability.â
Lin Zichen continued, âWhether itâs your body leaking water, having an extremely high water affinity, or the strange sounds heard twice in the sea, weâll gradually research them as we grow stronger and more knowledgeable. Thereâs no need to rush.â
âOkay, I understand. Iâll listen to you,â Shen Qinghan obediently nodded.
After speaking, she then added, âOh right, I forgot to tell you something.â
âBack at the base, my master told me I have a senior sister, and when I saw her photo, I found she looks a lot like Bai Xue.â
âYou should remember Bai Xue, right? The white-haired girl we got along well with in the second grade, then suddenly transferred schools and left.â
âI have her photo. Iâll send it to you to see.â
Shen Qinghan took out her phone and sent the photo to Lin Zichen through WeChat.
Bai Xue?
At the mention of this name, Lin Zichenâs eyebrows twitched, and dormant memories began to assail him.
Quickly, he took out his phone, opened WeChat, and clicked on the photo Shen Qinghan sent. What he saw was a pretty-faced, white-haired girl with a good figure.
Indeed, she looked somewhat like Bai Xue.
But the eyes were too sharp, the aura too imposing, not at all like the Bai Xue from his memories, making it difficult to confirm if it was the same person.
However, Lin Zichen didnât care much about whether this white-haired girl was Bai Xue or not.
Unlike Shen Qinghan, in his heart, Bai Xue was just a passerby from his elementary school days, not someone with whom he had any special connection.
At this moment, what captivated him the most was the background in the photo, with the plants looking very peculiar, almost like alien species.
âDo you know where this photoâs background is?â
âI donât know, I didnât askâ¦â
âWhy donât you ask your cheap master about it on WeChat?â
âSure, Iâll ask right now.â
Although Shen Qinghan was somewhat embarrassed to contact Yuan Dongzhi, seeing Lin Zichenâs desire to know about the photoâs background, she braced herself to inquire for him.
After sending the message, Yuan Dongzhi did not reply immediately.
She must be away from her phone at the moment.
Lin Zichen wasnât in a hurry and asked Shen Qinghan to open Yuan Dongzhiâs WeChat Moments to see what kind of person this so-called master was.
Unfortunately, the Moments were set to be visible for only three days, and there was nothing to see.
The only thing they could see was the WeChat profile picture, which was a solitary lotus flower growing atop the water.
About ten minutes later, Yuan Dongzhi replied.
Just two brief words: Origin Land.
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