Half a day of leisure.

Xie Jin originally wanted to book a high-end restaurant with more privacy, but Jue Lao refused.

Jue Lao is used to a simple life and doesn't like extravagant places.

Besides, none of them had ever been to Su Yan's restaurant before, so they immediately decided to eat there.

Xie Jin had only just returned to Guangzhou after finishing his work a couple of days ago.

When Su Yan and He Jinnian arrived, Elder Jue and his group had already been sitting in the private room for a while.

Feng Caixia warmly welcomed them and immediately arranged for the dishes to be served when she saw Su Yan open the door.

Su Yan called out to everyone and sat down between Li Juan and Old Man Jue.

Li Juan pulled Su Yan's hand and looked her up and down, saying with concern, "Why have you lost so much weight? You're too thin!"

Guo Ziming, sitting opposite her, immediately added insult to injury, "Junior sister, you've gotten so skinny, are you studying too hard?"

Master Jue immediately glared at him, "What nonsense are you spouting? I didn't assign her any homework, she's just worrying about everything!"

Su Yan touched her face and asked in confusion, "Have I lost weight?"

Xie Jin glanced at her and nodded, "You've lost some weight, but you seem to have gotten much stronger."

After Su Yan fell ill, she lost weight down to over 80 pounds, but gradually regained her strength and reached about 100 pounds. Now she looks to be around 90 pounds.

Wen Liangce would compile a report on her health every two weeks and put it in his office. He only finished reading it the day he returned to Guangzhou. The most recent report even showed that she weighed 98 jin (44 catties).

Old Jue said, "Stretch out your hand."

Su Yan obediently extended her hand to let her master take her pulse.

One minute later.

Old Master Jue's expression softened somewhat. "You're much better than when you first came to the school."

Before Su Yan could speak, Guo Ziming said in a low voice, "Senior brother, I heard you opened a dessert shop? You opened a restaurant, a dessert shop, and now you have a medicinal cuisine factory. Why are you making yourself so tired while also taking care of your studies?"

Su Yan realized something was wrong and immediately looked at Jue Lao.

Sure enough, Old Jue's face immediately turned ugly again.

"What dessert shop?" Old Jue's sharp gaze swept over Su Yan.

Guo Ziming suddenly realized that he had accidentally let something slip, and quickly covered his mouth. He dared not jump around anymore, feeling so guilty that he didn't dare to look at Su Yan at all.

Xie Jin rubbed his forehead.

This junior brother is such a pain in the ass!

Li Juan didn't know about this either, and asked blankly, "What dessert shop? Ah Yan, you opened another shop?"

Under double pressure, Su Yan had no choice but to explain everything clearly, having already cursed Guo Ziming hundreds of times in her heart!

The shop was rented directly opposite the school, not far from the mall, just a few hundred meters away. It was called "A Dessert Shop" and opened at the end of October after renovations. Deng Ziyi and her friends had already mastered the business and even hired two young girls so that they could watch the shop and make desserts while they were in class.

Su Yan has been very busy lately and hasn't had time to research new products, so there aren't many desserts in the shop. In addition to the original six flavors of egg tarts, there are two pineapple buns and coconut buns priced at four cents each. These two breads are currently the best-selling items, and there is always a queue at the shop entrance every day.

Upon hearing this, Old Jue let out a cold laugh and said in a sarcastic tone, "Hmph, no wonder you're so thin, so you've been busy making money!"

Su Yan quickly waved her hand, "Master, I assure you that there is absolutely no problem with my studies. I've been first in the entire grade in the last few quizzes! And I'm already studying second-year material on my own."

"What do you mean?" Guo Ziming, who had been quiet for a moment, exclaimed in shock again, "You want to skip a grade? With so many things going on, you still dare to skip? You might as well fly to the moon!"

Su Yan retorted, "Who says you can't skip grades if you have a lot of things to do? Are our brains on the same level?"

"Hey! You've got some nerve, daring to talk to me like that. Don't you even respect me as your senior brother?"

"Your senior brother has really screwed me over!"

Knowing he was in the wrong, Guo Ziming immediately shut up.

Tao Jin, who had been unable to get a word in edgewise, finally found an opportunity to speak, "Ayan, how confident are you?"

Successfully skipping a grade is certainly a source of pride, but failing would be a huge embarrassment.

They will also be labeled with negative tags such as "eager for quick success" and "impatient," which can be very damaging.

Even Jue Lao had some doubts.

After all, Su Yan has so many things on her plate, how much time does she actually spend studying?

"I didn't go back to Beijing during the National Day holiday because I was catching up on my studies in my dorm," Su Yan said calmly. "I know what you're worried about, but I wouldn't say something like that without a certainty."

She has hardly had a moment of free time in the past two months, and she rarely goes to dessert shops.

Every day, I shuttled between the medicinal cuisine factory training workers and the school. On weekends, I would study like crazy in the dormitory or go to the laboratory to do experiments.

Because studying this field only leads to more and more courses, especially in the second year, she decided to skip a grade.

"When do you plan to skip a grade and take the exam?" Jue Lao asked.

"I've already told Director Zhong that after I finish the first-year final exams this semester, I'll take the second-year exams. He, the Traditional Chinese Medicine teacher, and another leader will be proctoring me. If I pass both the second-year theory and experiments, I'll skip directly to the second semester of the second year."

Students skipping grades is no small matter. Su Yan made this request to Director Zhong in mid-November, and he was shocked for a long time before accepting it.

However, since there was still some time before the end of the semester, and to avoid causing a stir, he planned to tell others about it just before the end of the semester.

Or what if Su Yan changes her mind again?

Old Jue was both pleased and worried.

As expected of the disciple he chose!

"I believe in you. When you skip a grade and go to your senior year, you can take the postgraduate entrance exam and go to Beijing. Then you will have more opportunities to learn from me."

The university admission has already been made and cannot be changed, but if you take the postgraduate entrance exam, you can change to a better university.

Beijing is rich in resources, and once Su Yan arrives in Beijing, she will have countless choices.

"But one thing I support is your study of Western medicine, while I hope you can focus on traditional Chinese medicine."

Xie Jin, one of his three disciples, now sees more surgical patients.

Ye Feixu's research at the overseas research institute focused entirely on Western medicine.

Although Guo Ziming holds a nominal position as a traditional Chinese medicine expert at the hospital, he is actually seen by more people seeking Western medicine treatments, and his business also involves Western medicine and medical devices.

None of the three of them had fully studied traditional Chinese medicine.

But Jue Lao had to admit that Western medicine is more effective than traditional Chinese medicine, so now more and more people believe that traditional Chinese medicine is being phased out.

However, Master Jue did not think so.

Western medicine is fast-acting, but powerful drugs often have side effects.

Traditional Chinese medicine, however, does not behave this way.

Slowing down has its advantages!

He worried that Su Yan would gradually fall behind in traditional Chinese medicine, just like her three senior brothers.