Chapter 237 Nobody Can Steal the Show
"Yangmei, there's always someone better than you. If someone is good at something, that's their skill. Don't get jealous!"
"What are you saying? Even eating can't shut you up. I'm full, I'm going back to my dorm for a nap."
After she left, Li Xinxin curled her lip and said disdainfully, "That's how academic geniuses are; they don't allow anyone to surpass them. During military training this morning, she studied so diligently, but unfortunately, you stole all the limelight."
Faced with the jealousy of others, Yunxia was no longer afraid. Hearing this, she chuckled and brushed her bangs aside. "There's nothing I can do. Outstanding people are just prone to being envied... Hey, Hongxia, what's wrong with you? Why is your face so pale? Should we go to the hospital to get it checked out?"
Li Hongxia clutched her stomach and said painfully, "It's nothing, it's just that my stomach hurts a little, ouch!"
Her face was sallow, definitely from long-term malnutrition, and she was probably having menstrual cramps. I reached into my pocket, pulled out a box of Western medicine, and persuaded her to take one. Ten minutes later, the pill took effect, and her eyes lit up. She asked what kind of medicine it was, that it was so miraculous.
"You're supposed to be a medical student, yet you can't even take care of your own health, let alone distinguish between the most basic painkillers. I think you should apply to switch to accounting as soon as possible, and find a stable office job after graduation. Studying traditional Chinese medicine will be very difficult after graduation if you don't have connections."
It may be harsh to say, but it's absolutely true!
“In my hometown, the only people who are respected are teachers and barefoot doctors. I wanted to become a doctor and be respected since I was a child, but I was afraid of handling a knife, so I chose traditional Chinese medicine.”
Traditional Chinese medicine rarely involves knives, but that doesn't mean schools don't teach similar courses. "I've finished eating, I'll wait for you all to go back together later."
"Oh dear! I was so busy chatting that I forgot to eat!" With that, Li Xinxin took a big bite of chicken.
Li Hongxia only ordered rice, the cheapest stir-fried vegetables, and a large bowl of free soup. Upon hearing this, she picked up the soup bowl and gulped it down.
"You two slow down. No one's going to take it from you. If you choke, I'll be in big trouble."
Unfortunately, neither of them paid any attention to her. After lunch, they still had to train in the afternoon, so they had to make the most of their limited lunch break to get some rest.
Back in the dormitory, they found that Yang Mei was already asleep. Afraid of waking her, the three of them crouched down and tiptoed along.
Bang!
Li Hongxia accidentally bumped into a stool, and the pain made her face contort in pain.
An angry voice came from inside the bed curtains, "Yunxia, can you be quiet? I just fell asleep and you woke me up. Don't you have any sense of public decency?"
"It wasn't her, it was...me, I'm sorry!" Li Hongxia said timidly.
The only response she received was the sound of her body turning over heavily.
Yunxia gestured to Li Hongxia not to take it to heart, then went to bed.
The military training lasted for half a month, and Yang Mei was sarcastic and unpleasant for half a month. If Yun Xia was praised by the instructor during the day, or if she was forced to steal the limelight from everyone else like on the first day, she would definitely find fault with someone who was blinded by jealousy when she came back at night.
Tomorrow is the grand military parade. Yunxia was selected as a model soldier and will walk in a very conspicuous position next to the formation. However, Yangmei, who mustered up the courage to volunteer as a model soldier, was scolded by the instructor, who said that she did not know her place.
That night, the dormitory was filled with various bangs, pops, whooshes, and sizzles. Yang Mei, the one making the noise, would occasionally glance at Yun Xia provocatively. Unfortunately, behind the bed curtains, someone wearing earplugs was eating snacks and looking at the acupoint chart with great interest.
Li Hongxia, who is slightly insecure and timid, doesn't have earplugs and can only stuff cotton in her ears, but the effect is minimal. She wants to read more books and learn more knowledge, and work hard to get the scholarship at the beginning of her sophomore year so that she won't have to worry about tuition fees.
But she didn't dare to speak up to stop Yang Mei, and the noise made it impossible for her to concentrate on her book. Helpless, she could only sit in the corner of the corridor with her book in her arms. The stares of the students coming and going made her ears turn red, and she had no mood to study at all.
"Yang Mei, military training is almost over, what are you still up to? I knew you were a top student and admired you for a while, but I never expected you to be someone who can't stand seeing others do well. Let me tell you the truth, I've seen the class admission rankings. Your student ID ends in 2, and Yun Xia's student ID ends in 1, understand?"
Snap!
Yang Mei dropped the basin in her hand, spilling all the toiletries inside. Her college entrance exam score was something she had always been proud of. She stormed over to Yun Xia's bedside, flung open the curtain, and yelled, "Tell me, what was your score on the college entrance exam? Tell me now, or I'll... tear your face apart!"
A bewildered Yunxia silently pulled out her earplugs. Although she had a good temper, she was not someone to be trifled with. "Jiangcheng is tenth, 15 points higher than you. Yangmei, have you had enough? Look at yourself now, you don't look like a college student at all, you should be an illiterate shrew."
"You're the shrew, your whole family are shrews!"
After gritting his teeth and finishing his sentence, he was about to reach out and grab the person's hair when Yun Xia rolled up her sleeves, brushed it aside, and with a thud, the person fell on their backside. At this moment, the girl also got off the bed.
"Half a month of forbearance makes you think I'm easy to bully, doesn't it? Let me tell you, there are plenty of people who are jealous of me from childhood to adulthood, and you... don't even make the list."
After being repeatedly thwarted, Yang Mei became completely enraged. She jumped up and tried to pull out her hair, but Yun Xia subdued her in no time. "Heh, all you know is how to pull hair? Let me tell you, I'm a professional fighter. You've messed with the wrong person!"
"Let go! It's illegal to hurt others!"
"What? So standing there and letting you grab me is the right thing to do? This is defense, not attack. If this goes to the police station, at least you'll have a witness!"
"Yes, I am the witness. Yang Mei, you are too extreme. You can't stand seeing others do well. You even went so far as to pull someone's hair. Do you know how important hair is to a girl?"
She couldn't win the argument, she couldn't win the fight, and she even lost. Yang Mei struggled to break free, choked back tears, and ran out of the dormitory. When she encountered Li Hongxia, she angrily kicked her.
"Yang Mei, I didn't do anything to make you jealous, so why did you kick me?" After saying that, she went back to her dormitory with a pout and recounted what had just happened.
"Yunxia, it's so late, she wouldn't... buy a train ticket home tonight, would she?"
"No, given her mindset, she'd probably go to the counselor and cry, saying we ganged up on her, made us write apology letters, and even prevent me from being a model student."
It's not that she thinks badly of people, but human jealousy is truly terrifying!
"Yunxia, really? If you have to write a letter of self-criticism or a public apology, you'll lose your sophomore scholarship."
Upon hearing this, Li Hongxia panicked and burst into tears, muttering that she couldn't lose her scholarship.
"Relax, the three of us aren't pushovers, do you think she'll bully us? Being a model soldier is fine, I don't like being in the spotlight anyway, but it shouldn't be Yang Mei's turn, it should be Huang Ying's. Her attitude and the way she stands at attention, I admire her. As for the self-criticism and apology letter, make it as good as possible... is there anything wrong with that?"
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