The next day, Yao Tongjia and Xiao Gengwu returned to their home at Huada University, only to unexpectedly see Professor Xue. Professor Xue lingered at their doorstep, glancing at them every now and then.

Yao Tongjia got out of the car: "Teacher Xue, what are you doing here?"

Teacher Xue seemed relieved to see Yao Tongjia: "Where have you been all this time? I've been looking for you for days! I've been knocking on your door for days!"

Yao Tongjia didn't know how to answer. She couldn't very well say that she deliberately ran away because she wanted to avoid them, could she? She changed the subject: "Did you need something from me?"

Teacher Xue pointed at her lightly and said, "Are you so young and already suffering from dementia? Didn't we agree before that we would reopen the pharmacy once the people over there were available?"

Yao Tongjia thought of those people's faces: "Don't you have enough manpower? You can drive it yourselves!"

Teacher Xue found Yao Tongjia's reaction rather strange: "You are my only apprentice. I run a pharmacy, why aren't I helping out? What nonsense are you spouting here?"

"There were so many people that day, all of them your apprentices, each one more experienced than me. How come I'm the only apprentice here?"

Teacher Xue seemed to understand something: "We in traditional Chinese medicine attach great importance to inheritance. I've told you before that I wanted to find someone with good qualifications, but I haven't taken on any apprentices yet."

"They're just employees, they came to the shop to learn how to dispense medicine. I only taught you medicine, so why are you denying it now that you've learned it?"

Yao Tongjia was a little embarrassed. When she saw so many people suddenly arrive that day and heard them asking her to call them "senior brother" and "senior sister," she forgot what Teacher Xue had said.

Later, when they heard that the jade pendant was with her, many people's faces turned sour, and they implied that she had obtained the jade pendant through improper means and demanded that she hand it over.

She got angry and left without saying a word to Teacher Xue.

"Did they tell you something? Those people used to live in the pharmacy. After my pharmacy was confiscated, they continued to live there."

“When I went to take over the pharmacy, they wanted to continue living there and even wanted me to provide them with jobs, but when I investigated, I found that they had completely forgotten the pharmacology.”

"What would I do with people like that? Of course, I'd make them all move out, but they'd never agree. Did they say something unpleasant to you?"

Yao Tongjia nodded, then rubbed her forehead, feeling that she would probably never escape the curse of her scumbag father for the rest of her life. Whenever someone questioned her, she would doubt the people around her.

Then you immediately want to escape, which is very bad.

Xiao Gengwu clearly knew this about Tongtong, and patted her hand reassuringly: "It's okay, just explain to Teacher Xue."

"They somehow found out I had the jade pendant, and they wanted it!"

These words made Teacher Xue's expression change: "You didn't give it to me, did you?"

"Of course I didn't give it to them. Just because they told me to give it to them doesn't mean I have to! I won't give it to them!" Yao Tongjia was genuinely angry at the time, and she turned and left!

"Luckily you didn't give it to us, otherwise our pharmacy and other businesses would be gone!"

"Is that jade pendant really that magical?" Yao Tongjia asked, puzzled.

"This jade pendant is like a company seal. If you stamp it and say you're transferring the shop, the shop will be gone!"

Yao Tongjia was dumbfounded: "You're giving me such an important seal?"

"I've already told you you're my only apprentice, who else would I give it to if not you?" Teacher Xue said as if he had heard a joke.

“I thought you had it inconvenient to put it here before, so you put it here with me. Now you can put things here. Why don’t you keep the jade pendant yourself? It will make things easier for you when you need to do things.”

"Since it's given to you, it's yours now. You're the person in charge of our shop now. When are you coming to help out? Why do I have to come all the way to you? My old bones are getting tired!"

Yao Tongjia glanced at Teacher Xue's hair and saw that it seemed to have darkened a bit: "Don't you look at your hair? It's gotten much darker. How dare you say it's old and frail?"

Teacher Xue: "..." This girl is really hard to please!

"I saw it last time, and it was a complete mess inside. It won't be easy for it to reopen, will it?"

Now Teacher Xue was in a bad mood: "It will take at least two months to renovate back to the original style!"

Yao Tongjia took out the jade pendant: "Take this jade pendant and decorate the shop first. We'll discuss how to open it after school starts!"

Teacher Xue really didn't want to take the jade pendant: "I won't take back something I've given away. Come with me now to complete some formalities, and then you can take the jade pendant away!"

"That stubborn old man!" Yao Tongjia looked helplessly at Xiao Gengwu, who nodded and said, "Teacher Xue, get in the car. Let's go together. I can drive faster!"

Yao Tongjia followed Teacher Xue to sit in the back seat. She sighed, "We've already arrived at school, and now we're leaving again. When are we going to take care of Mom's business?"

"What does your mother need you to do?"

Yao Tongjia could only tell Teacher Xue about it: "Teacher Xue, do you know any fashion design professors at our school? The kind who can supervise graduate students?"

Teacher Xue nodded: "There's a teacher in my dorm next door. She studied abroad and was sent to the countryside with me. We can still talk. If your mother really wants to study fashion design, she'll definitely be a good match for her!"

"Even the teachers at Huazhong University of Science and Technology aren't as good as her. I'll ask around for you when I get back today. Give me your phone number. Once the holidays start, you're like a fish out of water; how am I supposed to find you!"

Yao Tongjia looked a little embarrassed. Of course, Teacher Xue couldn't find her. She had been deliberately hiding before, so how could he find her?

Yao Tongjia wrote down the military district's home phone number for Teacher Xue: "This is our home number, you can reach me directly. Just be careful what you say, Teacher Xue, it's the military district's number!"

Teacher Xue immediately understood. The military region's phone was being tapped, and he could easily be arrested as a spy. He had to be careful what he said!

Having a car is so convenient. After going to several places, we went to the bank to get some money for Teacher Xue. When Yao Tongjia saw the large stack of passbooks and the amount of money inside, she was astonished.

If I were greedy and used the jade pendant to take all the money, wouldn't Teacher Xue be furious with me?

Yao Tongjia didn't mince words and asked Teacher Xue directly. Teacher Xue glared at her and said, "Take it if you want it. I'm giving you the whole Xue family!"

Look at how pedantic Teacher Xue is. He takes the money but doesn't do anything. What is he supposed to do?

Teacher Xue sighed, "Giving away the jade pendant is tantamount to handing over the entire Xue family to you. Whether you choose to fail or prosper is entirely up to you!"

“I’ll accept whatever happens! Life is unpredictable. When my father handed the business over to me, he never imagined it would fall to this state.”

These words weighed heavily on Yao Tongjia's heart. She decided to start her business journey from Xue Family Pharmacy.