"No?" Ye Yinan sneered. "If you really didn't, you wouldn't keep calling me Third Young Master Ye. Could it be that you've secretly fallen for my Third Brother and are seeing Yao Yao as a rival?"

Upon hearing this, the others looked on with sudden realization.

I knew it! Assistant Yao always seems to have a problem with Xie Yuyao, even though Xie Yuyao has practically no connection with her. If she sees her as a rival in love, then it's understandable.

Unable to defend herself, Yao Qian ran away crying.

The matter ended just like that, all bark and no bite. Director Zhu called Xie Yuyao to his office, told her about Yao Qian's identity, and that even he had to give her some face, so he told Xie Yuyao not to take those arguments to heart.

"Director Zhu, you know how sharp her tongue is; she can talk a dead person back to life. If I don't teach her a lesson, she'll keep picking on me." Xie Yuyao can let things go, but only if there's no chance of a resurgence.

Yao Qian is clearly not the type to swallow her anger; this matter is not over yet.

"That's enough, things have come to this. If the Yao family makes trouble for you, do you have a plan to deal with it?" Director Zhu thought of the worst possible outcome, after all, Xie Yuyao had hit their precious daughter.

"Not yet, but as long as I act uprightly, they can't bend the law and frame me," Xie Yuyao said. "If they use underhanded methods, I'll let them know what it means to reap what you sow."

"Tell me honestly, what is your relationship with the third young master of the Ye family?"

“He’s my boyfriend’s brother, so what Yao Qian said is absolutely impossible,” Xie Yuyao told Director Zhu the most crucial point.

Director Zhu was surprised, "Then why did he come to see you?"

"As you know, I'm a sanitation worker in Qingshan Village. He's currently studying traditional Chinese medicine theory on his own, so we'll exchange ideas together," Xie Yuyao explained her prepared reason.

"Alright, then be more careful in the future. If anything happens, ask Ye Yinan and her brother for help." Director Zhu advised, "If the Ye family protects you, the Yao family won't be able to cause any trouble."

"Thank you, Director Zhu," Xie Yuyao said with a smile.

Xie Yuyao knew all too well that the upper class had always enjoyed privileges. If necessary, she would seek Ye Xingchang's help.

As long as she can play a role in Old Master Ye's illness, she will have the Ye family as her backing, and she will be able to avoid a lot of trouble when she encounters someone like Yao Qian in the future.

The reason she agreed to Ye Xingchang's offer was because he had helped her with many things, from Ye's father initially asking her to marry the leader's mentally challenged son to now buying her a house; the details were countless.

I wonder if Ye Yinan's visit to the hospital this morning had any butterfly effect.

She received the news very quickly.

In the evening, Ye Xingchang came to see her and told her about the changes that happened that morning, adding that the excuse of using spring water could no longer be used.

"Does your grandfather know?" Xie Yuyao asked curiously.

Ye Xingchang had been thinking about this question for a whole day. He sensed that his grandfather was becoming suspicious and wondered if he would suspect Xie Yuyao. "It's hard to say."

"If, if my grandfather finds out, I'm very sorry." Ye Xingchang said apologetically.

Will he force me to do anything?

"Of course not!" Ye Xingchang immediately replied.

"Well, you know now, you know now. I was mentally prepared from the moment I made my move," Xie Yuyao chuckled.

So far, she has only managed to deceive Yu Wenbo; everyone else is incredibly shrewd.

However, she is no longer the person she was when she first came into this world.

She felt a connection to this world and wanted to do what she could to give back to it while ensuring her own safety.

But if she is asked to serve only the powerful and wealthy, then she will not comply.

"What do we do next?" Xie Yuyao asked.

"If we stop providing the water, will there be any backlash?"

Xie Yuyao shook her head: "No, it's just that my body won't recover as quickly in the future, and it will be easy for people to notice."

"Then I'll think of another way. Wait for my news."

"good."

*

In the following days, Ye Xingchang stopped coming to see Xie Yuyao around 8 a.m. Everyone in the crew felt that Yao Qian had caused trouble for no reason, since Ye Yinan had denied it outright.

Just when they thought Xie Yuyao was avoiding suspicion, Ye Xingchang reappeared, and from then on, Xie Yuyao became a regular at the Ye family home. If she wasn't filming at night, she would even stay at the Ye family home.

This turn of events took them by surprise. After inquiring, they learned that Xie Yuyao's main profession was medicine, and she was said to be quite skilled in medicine.

The story begins with a private conversation between Ye Xingchang and his grandfather.

After much deliberation, he finally decided to test his grandfather.

Unexpectedly, after his roundabout and circuitous tactics, his grandfather struck at the heart of the matter: "I know Xie Yuyao has a secret."

These words startled Ye Xingchang, who turned pale and asked cautiously, "What do you think?"

"What is she thinking?" Old Master Ye had initially guessed with an 80% certainty, but seeing his grandson, who was usually unfazed even by the collapse of Mount Tai, lose his composure so much, his 80% became 100%.

His certainty stemmed from his own experience drinking the so-called "spring water" for several days, finding it virtually indistinguishable from other well water. If Xie Yuyao were truly a skilled physician, she would have delivered medicinal soup instead of "spring water."

"She doesn't care about fame or fortune, has her own life plans for the future, and just wants to live a peaceful life." Ye Xingchang's words indirectly told the old man that she did not want her peaceful life to be disturbed.

"I haven't seen you collect spring water these past few days. What are your plans for the next step?" Grandpa Ye asked with a smile.

"I haven't decided yet."

"Then please invite her over for a visit this weekend. I'd like to meet her."

"good."

So on that day, Xie Yuyao went to the Ye family with gifts.

This was her second time here. Compared to her first time, when she was eager and had an awkward dinner, she was much more relaxed this time because she had no expectations and therefore felt less constrained.

Grandpa Ye personally hosted Xie Yuyao, and during their private conversation over tea in his study, he inquired about her future plans.

"I want to learn more about traditional Chinese and Western medicine and make breakthroughs in pharmacology." This was the idea that came to Xie Yuyao after her drug was patented.

If one can become familiar with the properties of various medicines and artificially replicate the effects of the spiritual spring, even if it is only one-tenth of the effect, it can still greatly benefit people.

"Really? I heard from Xingchang that you're making a movie. You're not planning to pursue an acting career?"

"No, I'd much rather be an investor than act in a film myself." At this point, Xie Yuyao suddenly realized that personal investment was no longer allowed. But the more she explained, the more wrong she became; one lie required countless more to cover it up. So she simply smiled and sipped her tea.

She hadn't been strict enough to keep it a secret because Old Master Ye already knew she harbored a secret. Now that she'd let it slip, so be it.

The old man glanced at Ye Xingchang discreetly, and seeing that he seemed confident, he knew it was another "forbidden zone," so he simply stopped asking.

Ye Xingchang had already guessed that she was from the future. After all, she was just a child from an ordinary family. How could she know about the college entrance examination? If he wasn't certain that the college entrance examination would be reinstated, Ye Xingchang wouldn't have told her.