Chapter 201 The Heavenly Snow Lotus Aims for Immortality 31 ...
Unfortunately, Zhang Xuelian couldn't laugh; she looked at him expressionlessly.
Upon seeing this, Que Hanri knew that if she continued laughing, she would be in serious trouble, so he quickly shut his mouth, saying, "Okay, I won't laugh anymore." He sealed his mouth like a zipper, but there was one thing he really needed to arrange for her: her studies. How could someone around him be illiterate?
Most importantly, reading makes one wise, and he suspected that her constant shouting and clamoring stemmed from a lack of reading.
So when Zhang Xuelian heard him say that studying could offset 500,000 yuan, she didn't think twice and did it. Studying is nothing, right? How could it possibly stump this shrewd old fox?
However, the more confident she was at that time, the more painful it became when she actually started learning.
How could there be something in this world that's harder to learn than cultivation techniques? A few days later, Zhang Xuelian's face was scrunched up as she stared at the problems with a look of utter disbelief. Spatial geometry, equations, linear algebra, and those distorted symbols—they were terrifying.
She glanced again at the books on the table, which were half her height, her gaze fixed on them, but they showed no sign of disappearing.
She longed to burn them all, her eyes gleaming with anticipation. However, thinking of the 500,000 yuan and Que Hanri's earlier mockery, she gritted her teeth and persevered.
Is being a person really this hard? Not only do they have to study, but they also have to work. In that instant, she felt sympathy for them. No, at this moment, she should feel more sympathy for herself.
Que Heyu noticed that Chenxuan Courtyard had been unusually quiet these past few days. "Could he have really fallen for that woman?" She had initially thought he was just trying to attract media attention and lower people's guard, but it seemed he was genuinely interested this time.
Que Shiyi: "The Second Young Master hired a tutor to teach Miss Xue how to read. He covered up all her background and so on. In addition, she always wore a mask, so we couldn't find out her identity."
That's surprising.
"Is there any movement from the old man's side?" Que Heyu asked. If he was just playing around, that would be fine, but if he really wanted to let a woman of unknown origin into the Que family, the old man would probably be the first to object.
Que Shiyi: "The patriarch summoned the second young master once, but I don't know what they talked about." Their people haven't been able to infiltrate the area yet.
Que Heyu became even more curious after hearing this, and seeing that he had nothing to report, he simply told him to leave.
To be honest, the Que family was so large, and Zhang Xuelian always stayed in Chenxuan Courtyard. Even when they went out, the two of them were always together. So, although he had seen her a few times, they had never spoken. But his intuition told him that Que Hanri kept her around not just because he liked her.
Hanri means dawn, the sun, and Chen signifies nobility and auspiciousness. His own name, however, is just ordinary: Heyu. Sometimes he envied his younger brother, who received all the love and care from birth—something he himself could never obtain despite his best efforts.
Thinking of this, Que Heyu concealed the jealousy in her eyes. Because she also wanted to know what tricks he was playing, she went to Chenxuan Courtyard that day and saw her annoying younger brother being beaten up.
Que Hanri was chased all over the yard by Zhang Xuelian. As he ran, he smiled apologetically and said, "Ah Xue, I was wrong. Please don't chase me and hit me."
"Don't forget who you are."
As Que and Yu were wondering about her identity, Zhang Xuelian clenched her fist, her voice tinged with a cold laugh, "I haven't forgotten, it's not a problem for a bodyguard to help his employer exercise, is it?" A grown man needs a woman to protect him, isn't that shameful?
But despite her thoughts, she did slow down her pursuit. She knew he was just teasing her; humans are so boring.
But it's really boring, and she won't fall for it every time.
When Zhang Xuelian saw Que Heyu appear, she stopped and looked at him. Through a mask, the two gazed at each other across the distance. Que Hanri appeared at that moment, interrupting their eye contact.
"Why is Big Brother here?" His smile was tinged with a hint of defensiveness and aggression; it was rare to see him like this.
Que Heyu: "Can't I come?"
Que Hanri's smile faded. "Of course he can come, but I don't have much to offer him." He didn't know what was wrong with the old man. He knew that everyone was fighting to the death outside, but when he came back to the Que family, he expected them to be harmonious and respectful to each other. He really thought he was the emperor.
Que Heyu's gaze fell on Zhang Xuelian. "Aren't you going to introduce her?"
Que Hanri pulled Zhang Xuelian over and made her stand beside him. "My bodyguard, Xuelian."
Zhang Xuelian nodded condescendingly to him, "Mm." Anyone who didn't know better would think it was a superior inspecting a subordinate.
Que Hanri laughed when she saw it. Although she sometimes makes you angry, when she puts on this face to others, it makes you feel good.
Que Heyu looked at the clothes and shoes she was wearing. This was supposed to be a bodyguard? Did she think he was easy to fool? He ignored his younger brother and looked at Zhang Xuelian, asking, "May I ask where Miss Xuelian is from? Are you interested in changing employers? I can offer you a price that will satisfy you better."
Zhang Xuelian's eyes lit up when she heard this, but just as she was about to ask how much her monthly salary was, the person next to her tugged at her sleeve. "I haven't even charged you for your food, drink, and lodging. Xuelian, how can you bear to abandon me like this?" The resentful look made the person who had just learned a little about morality hesitate for a moment.
It seems like things aren't going very well.
But she wasn't stupid; she bargained, "Then I owe you money?"
Que Han said with heartache, "I gave it to you, you don't need to return it." He wasn't heartbroken about the money, but rather about not having any leverage over her. To be honest, she could really hurt when she hit someone.
Zhang Xuelian: "Alright, then I won't leave." Compared to that cold-blooded person, he was obviously more familiar to her, and Zhang Xuelian also knew that he wouldn't hurt her.
The two talked as if no one else was around, creating an atmosphere that Que Hanri couldn't fit into. The truth was, she had changed a lot; at least she no longer meant it when she said she would kill. Now, although she said she was going to kill him, it sounded like empty talk. Compared to her initial state, Que Hanri felt she was much more human now.
Actually, it wasn't that he didn't believe what she said; it's just that whether one is human, demon, or immortal, one still abides by the rules and laws of this world when one doesn't have absolute power.
After Que and Yu left, he started settling accounts with her, saying, "You wanted to go with him just now. If you know what kind of person he is, you'll be betrayed before you even get the money."
"Oh right, I forgot to tell you, the batch of goods we burned last time belonged to him. He's been colluding with me. How could you still be thinking of defecting to the enemy?"
Zhang Xuelian listened to his rambling, turned around and left. She couldn't kill him, so couldn't she at least hide?
However, what she fears most now is not him, but her teacher. He is so fragile that he could be strangled with one hand, yet Zhang Xuelian is afraid of that old man. This is probably the innate pressure a teacher can exert on his students.
When Que Hanri saw her lower her head and not dare to look up after being scolded by the old professor, he chuckled. However, he still reminded the old professor not to be so strict when he left, otherwise he might find his corpse in an alley one day. After all, she had recently learned how to avoid surveillance cameras.
However, compared to ordinary people, Zhang Xuelian's learning speed is still very fast. The old professor said to her privately, "Miss Xue is very smart, but she started learning too late. Otherwise, our country would have had another famous scientist by now."
Que Han was proud when he heard this. He had personally found her and brought her back to raise her. Praising her was praising him, wasn't it?
However, this advantage crumbled when Zhang Xuelian took his card and ran away, leaving Que Hanri feeling as if the sky had fallen. He had been so good to her, and she had betrayed his trust like this?
"Ah Xue, don't let me catch you, or you'll regret it." In Chenxuan Courtyard, Que Hanri was so angry that his heart started to ache. He had spent a lot of money searching for her but still couldn't find her.
Where did Zhang Xuelian go? She went to find a way to become an immortal. As for why she took his card, well, she was just borrowing it for now. She originally thought that once he discovered the card was lost, he would quickly report it lost, but who would have thought it would still be usable. Every time she withdrew money, Que Hanri's men would chase after her, but each time they were a step too late.
And so, six months later, the man who had returned empty-handed went back to the Que family.
That day, Que Hanri returned to his courtyard and soon sensed something was wrong. He looked in one direction and saw the person who had disappeared for half a year. After disbelief, he gritted his teeth and said, "You actually dare to come back?"
Zhang Xuelian silently took out a thousand-year-old ginseng she had dug up somewhere and handed it over, saying, "A gift."
Seeing her sincere expression, Que Hanri took the item and smiled, saying, "At least you still have a conscience." He was instantly appeased.
Then, seeing her covered in dirt, as if she had rolled around somewhere, he immediately called her private doctor over, asking, "How did you get yourself into this state?"
Zhang Xuelian was too embarrassed to say that she had climbed a mountain, but ended up falling off. If she hadn't been quick-witted, her Tian Shan Snow Lotus would have died. It would have been too frustrating to die for that reason.
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