Chapter 271 "You miss him a little, right?"

He pretended to be calm and composed, but there was hesitation in every word he said. Ning Mingmei was still sitting there, looking at him from behind the table as usual: "Shi Zeqian, you were admitted to Piao Miao Peak three years ago. What are your plans next?"

If it were someone else, they might say, "Shi Zeqian, you were admitted to Piaomiao Peak three years ago. In these three years, you have published two papers." But this is something Ning Mingmei himself would not say.

In this case, wouldn't the person who said this find it funny? This seems to be a recount of the affection between the two, saying how much one has given to the other, and it seems like a code to try to repair the relationship - even if it is not for the purpose of repairing the relationship, it is enough to express one meaning: "I still care about you and I am unwilling to give up."

The speaker thinks that he is expressing a question and repairing the relationship, but for the listener, it is just an opportunity for the listener to find that he has the opportunity to attack the other party.

If you care, you will get hurt.

This is a misunderstanding that emotional people often fall into. But Ning Mingmei is really different from them. He is very rational and has no sympathy for others.

And can Shi Zeqian be considered a betrayer? Everyone has their own aspirations. Water flows to higher places, it seems that Shi Zeqian already has his own plans. Ning Mingmei didn't look at the past, but only looked at what he had to do now.

So the person with a distorted face became Shi Zeqian. The muscles around his lips twisted and he said, "Yes, I have been in Piao Miao Peak for three years..."

But then he said, "Dongtian Fudi gave me a place. Later, I will transfer there to study."

Ning Mingmei said, "Okay. I'll ask Pingzhou to handle the formalities for you. Your grades at Piaomiao Peak aren't bad, so you can go through the transfer process."

Jiang Jianyue couldn't help it. She said, "Shi Zeqian, what has Piao Miao Peak done to you, and what has Master done to you. When have the resources of Piao Miao Peak not been equally distributed to every disciple? Even if there is no future in the research direction, Master can still help us find ways to innovate and put it into practice. In the entire Piao Miao Peak, your qualifications are neither the best nor the worst. It is good enough for you to publish two journals in three years. I am many times more qualified than you, but I only published two journals in the three years since I came here! The new equipment in the laboratory is used by everyone in turn, regardless of the difference in qualifications, and no one can monopolize the good equipment. Tell me, how has Master done you wrong?!"

The genius girl still had a hot temper and asked all the questions. Jiang Jianyue's face twitched when Shi Zeqian saw him, and he sneered, "You ungrateful bastard!"

These words seemed to completely break down Shi Zeqian's defenses. Shi Zeqian said: "Yes, everyone knows that as long as you enter Piaomiao Peak, no matter how high or low your qualifications are, you can make good things, have a good resume, and do good projects... Everyone gets very average and good results. As long as you work hard, you will be rewarded. Master, you are also very good, but following you is too tiring."

"You must work hard. All opportunities are equal, but everyone is at the same starting line. If you don't work hard, you can't publish. If you don't keep thinking, you can't think of a breakthrough. Everyone has to run. Elder Guan Miao of the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land promised me that there are so many resources in the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land. As long as you enter the Cave Heaven and Blessed Land, you can get more and faster resources, more recommendations..."

"How dare you say that?" Jiang Jianyue was furious. "Don't you know that the people in Dongtianfudi like to get together to recommend each other? A few people run their own editorial department and work together to rate each other and raise all kinds of scores. As long as you can please them, even the most mediocre papers can be rated to the sky by them! Just by virtue of their status as the supreme elders! Do you think this is a good thing? Don't you think that the resources they have in their hands are not exploited from other disciples?"

"What do those disciples have to do with me... No, I'm different from them. My family is poor and they all rely on me. Master, I'm also a human being, I get tired too! Besides, am I doing something wrong? Isn't it right to use the resources in my hands reasonably? And the things in those disciples' hands were not taken away by me personally!" Shi Zeqian became excited, "Jiang Jianyue, you are a genius, you don't know how hard I worked to get into Piaomiao Peak. I repeated my studies for eight years, eight whole years! I never slacked off for a single day, and I didn't even dare to travel when others went, because I had no money and no time to waste! I practiced questions every day, practiced questions, practiced questions, just to seek fairness on the road to immortal cultivation... I finally got admitted to the most powerful peak of Qingji Sect... But after getting in, I still have to race with the disciples of other peaks and keep working hard..."

Jiang Jianyue couldn't understand it at all: "What's the problem with this? Do you want this exam to determine your whole life? Isn't the purpose of passing the exam to Piao Miao Peak to allow you to enter a better platform to continue practicing, not to allow you to fight for resources that match your efforts, but to give you an ID card with noble blood? To separate you from other disciples who didn't pass the exam to Piao Miao Peak? According to what you said, the person who is most qualified to despise you should be me. If I don't give you this opportunity to take the exam, you will never be able to surpass me who comes from a big family and has high qualifications. The master gave you the opportunity to enter Piao Miao Peak, but you turned around and insulted this opportunity."

Shi Zeqian was suddenly speechless. It was not because he didn't want to refute Jiang Jianyue, nor because Jiang Jianyue's words were impeccable, nor because he didn't want to recount his own hardships and his past of hardships... but because he suddenly didn't know what to say.

So he looked at the girl in white standing next to Ning Mingmei and stared at her straight.

Finally, Ye Xuefei spoke.

"Don't look at me. You make me sick," she said.

Shi Zeqian looked at her and suddenly chuckled.

"When you spoke up for your master just now, I envied you, Ye Xuefei. People like you will never understand this in this lifetime. You are Master Bai's beloved first disciple, so you dare to say this, and you dare to scold those people in the blessed land. Because no matter how they make things difficult for you, no matter how they make you lose the resources you should have, your master will support you, and even if you suffer losses, she will make up for it for you." Shi Zeqian said, "I envy you so much, Ye Xuefei."

Ye Xuefei was silent for a long time, and finally she said: "The friendship between people must be exchanged for friendship. Even if you stay in Piaomiao Peak, Peak Master Ning will give you what you deserve and will not let your interests suffer."

"Don't make excuses. You are not pursuing fairness. You just want to get more. Because you want to get more and don't want to work as hard as others, you hate fairness and say it is unfair to you."

All the words Jiang Jianyue said just now failed to completely break down Shi Zeqian's defense. But Ye Xuefei's words made Shi Zeqian blush and he couldn't say a word.

"I also took the exam for five years." Liang Pingzhou said calmly, "Shi Zeqian, Senior Brother Wen and I are both poorer than you. What you seek is not fairness, but to climb to the top and then give others unfair power."

“…”

After a long silence, Shi Zeqian turned and left. Jiang Jianyue was still angry, but Liang Pingzhou said, "Shi Zeqian, Elder Guan Miao is suspicious of you. You won't have an easy time in the blessed land."

"Piaomiao Peak can no longer accommodate me. I still have a chance in the blessed land of Dongtian." Shi Zeqian said.

At this moment, Ning Mingmei's voice came from behind him: "Three years ago, when you entered the retest, your written test score was not as high as another disciple. I chose to admit you because of your persistence. Your persistence is not useless. It changed the trajectory of your destiny."

It feels like something is stuck in my throat. Before Shi Zeqian could digest these words, Ning Mingmei said again: "Since you have chosen the blessed land, I wish you can make full use of the resources at hand in the blessed land to continue your research and your project. I hope your commitment is still there, and you are still full of research interest in the topic you chose."

“I hope you can still produce effective research results. The academic path is still bright.”

Shi Zeqian paused. His shoulders trembled slightly, as if he was crying. In the end, he responded sullenly and left.

"Master, I will go and watch over him and tell him not to secretly take away our confidential data." Jiang Jianyue said.

Jiang Jianyue is a girl who is very meticulous and quick-witted. Ning Mingmei just nodded and found that the little girl was looking at him.

Jiang Jianyue said: "Master, I didn't expect you to be so gentle."

It doesn't cost anything to say a few nice farewell words to people, and you see, the loyalty of the disciples around you will increase by 5. Ning Mingmei nodded and said, "Remember to submit the accident report of your broken pipette this week."

The little girl ran away.

Bai Ruoru didn't come over until everything was over. While the peak master and the head of the sect were talking, the disciples retreated obediently. Before Ye Xuefei left, Bai Ruoru gently tidied up her messy hair.

Fang Wu Yu and Yin Xisheng took the opportunity to comfort Ning Mingmei. Fang Wuyu said: "These supreme elders took advantage of Senior Brother Qi's absence to bully you in various ways. These people just took advantage of Senior Brother Qi's absence... Fortunately, Master was fair in his dealings."

Ning Mingmei said: "Yes, it's a pity that my brother is gone."

Although Fang Wu Yu still has a filter for Wu Wei Zhenren, but looking at Fang Wu Yu's reaction on the battlefield, perhaps Fang Wu Yu's filter for Wu Wei Zhenren is a good thing that can help him to defeat the enemy suddenly.

Fang Wu Yu said, "When I went out today, I felt that the visit from the royal family was strange. So I specifically found out the reason and found Senior Brother Yin and Junior Sister Bai to come together. From now on, I am here, and you can also think that Senior Brother Qi is no longer here."

This... huh? Uh-huh?

Yin Xisheng coughed. Today, people from Yin Xisheng's mother's family came to visit Yuting Peak. Because his mother became ill after giving birth and died early, Yin Xisheng had a very deep relationship with his mother's family, which became the reason why he was led away. He said to Ning Mingmei: "This game is full of loopholes. It seems to be aimed at you, but in fact it is aimed at Junior Sister Bai."

Ning Mingmei said, "That's true. But from my point of view, they didn't intend to bring me down from the beginning. They just wanted to sow a seed of suspicion - after all, I have communicated too much with the six realms. But a thousand-mile dam is destroyed by ants. I don't know what tricks they will come up with in the next few hundred years."

Yin Xisheng sighed softly. Then, he said to Bai Ruoru, "I didn't expect that Junior Sister Bai would react like this."

Bai Ruoru just smiled faintly. Then, she said to Ning Mingmei: "Junior brother."

"You don't need to protect Qingji Sect alone. We are not that fragile." She said solemnly, "Good people should not leave themselves defenseless. All good people will become stronger."

Ning Mingmei just said: "No way."

Yin Xisheng and Fang Wuyu had their own things to do, so they left. The sunlight shines through the window lattices of the palace and falls on the wooden table. Ning Mingmei asked Bai Ruoru: "Is Senior Sister feeling better?"

Bai Ruoru was looking down at the place where the sunlight landed. She said, "Better now. Junior Brother has helped me remove the curse, right?"

"Yes." Ning Mingmei said, "Senior sister, remember to report my travel expenses."

He suddenly realized that Bai Ruoru's mood at the moment did not seem to be very high.

"Junior brother," she suddenly said, "I saw you were hesitating when we entered the palace. Was it because you were afraid that telling me about the Bai family would cause harm to me?"

Ning Mingmei did not answer. Bai Ruoru's voice became a little hoarse. She said, "Junior brother, in your heart, I am a very good senior sister, right? Actually, I am not that good."

I'm not some selfless heroine.

"...I hated my family. When I first came to Qingji Sect, I always wanted to get all the attention of my master - at least, I wanted to be the most noticeable one. They all said that I was the most beloved little daughter of King Yunnan, but I knew that was not the case. I wanted to make myself able to do something and help others. Only in this way would others see me." She said, taking a deep breath, "Besides, I did bad things and was very arrogant. I was angry with Senior Brother Xiang - so when I said I wanted to go to Xinghuo Island, I did it on purpose. I knew Senior Brother Xiang would be punished, but I didn't know he would be punished so severely."

"Later, Senior Brother Xiang had his legs broken, and I was scared and cried. I always thought he would betray me, but he didn't. I went to his bedside, trying to imitate the girls in those storybooks, pretending to be very weak and crying to apologize to him. But Senior Brother Xiang didn't react like those people in the storybooks, nor did he scold me. He just said that he wanted to eat dumplings. I went to make dumplings for him, and he said that my dumplings were not tasty. He also said that when he got better, he would show me his skills and show me how to make authentic dumplings." Bai Ruoru's eyes gradually became teary. "I have had several bad thoughts, but he didn't know."

"He knows." Ning Mingmei said firmly and slowly, "He has always known."

Bai Ruoru was already very good. But Xiang Wuxing's one thought can make Bai Ruoru surrounded by warm love. So from now on, she will be more determined to always be a good person.

——He knew that she was a little dark, but it didn't matter.

——Even if the whole world knows that a person has a little bit of darkness, it doesn’t matter.

It turns out that at the fork in the road, just a little light is enough.

Even if there have been stains, even if there are stains, even if there will always be stains on and behind you from the past, present, and future. She is still a good person.

"Now there is one more person who knows this secret." Bai Ruoru wiped away her tears and smiled at Ning Mingmei.

Ning Mingmei also smiled. Bai Ruoru said: "Junior brother, you actually have a problem."

"What's the matter?"

"You always have no expectations of other people's friendship. If you keep going like this, you'll be very tired." Bai Ruoru said, "Are all people who are too smart and value logic and rationality like this? In order to protect themselves, they use interests as a measure and have no expectations of human nature."

"I..." Ning Mingmei pushed his glasses and was about to explain his point.

But Bai Ruoru said something that he didn't expect.

"That's what Senior Brother Qi said." Bai Ruoru laughed, her eyes curved into crescents, "When he was still awake, he once said this about you to me. There is a limit to what a person can endure. He said, let me help you more."

“…”

Ning Mingmei began to push his glasses frantically. Bai Ruoru asked, "You miss him a little too, right?"

"Shall we go see him?"