"Master, Master, Xiaoyu likes this bead." In Zhou Yuanyuan's sea of consciousness, Xiaoyu longed to reach out and pick up the bead from the ground. Xiaoyu searched her memories, but couldn't find the bead's origin. Oh! It failed at the crucial moment. It seems this bead is also part of Xiaoyu's amnesia! However, Xiaoyu only knew that she wanted this bead very much, a desire even stronger than the spiritual energy she had felt when she first saw the pot of white jade daffodils at Wen Ziqing's house.
Zhou Yuanyuan seemed to sense Xiaoyu's urgency and bent down to pick up a black marble-sized bead from the ground. It felt cool and heavy to the touch.
Zhou Yuanyuan gently brushed away the thick dust on the beads, and a thick and vast breath came to her face.
"Master, give it to me." Xiaoyu begged.
"Wait a minute, I'll let you play with it later when no one's looking," Zhou Yuanyuan reassured Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu's situation was Zhou Yuanyuan's biggest secret, unknown to anyone but herself. Even to Zhao Qingshan, Zhou Yuanyuan simply claimed she had inherited the immortal cultivation tradition from the Zhao family's ancestors, never once mentioning Xiaoyu. After all, Xiaoyu was trapped in Zhou Yuanyuan's sea of consciousness, unable to emerge without proper form. Even if Zhou Yuanyuan spoke about it, it would only add to Zhao Qingshan's worries.
At this moment, Hu Sanniang and Shi Xiong were still in the bear tribe's treasure cave. It is better to be safe than sorry. Zhou Yuanyuan couldn't put the beads into her sea of consciousness in front of them.
"Oh." Xiaoyu replied unhappily. She felt uneasy for some reason, as if something would happen if she didn't get the bead in her hands soon.
Sure enough, before Xiaoyu could continue begging, the beads in Zhou Yuanyuan's hand suddenly became hot.
"Ouch!" Zhou Yuanyuan cried out softly. When she looked down, she found that her originally white and tender palms had been burned by the beads, leaving a circle of charred scars.
As soon as Zhou Yuanyuan's hand was injured, the spiritual energy in her body involuntarily flowed to the burned area on her palm. Zhou Yuanyuan felt a chill on her palm. When she looked down, the burn on her palm had healed and her skin had returned to its smooth appearance.
A ray of light seemed to flash on the dark bead. Before Zhou Yuanyuan could take a closer look, the bead in her hand suddenly emitted a dazzling light. When the light passed, Zhou Yuanyuan and Hu Sanniang who was following behind her disappeared from the spot.
"Eh? Where's my brother Yuling?" The little bronze mirror finally managed to get out of the stone bear's arms, but Xiaoyu's presence was gone. The little bronze mirror couldn't help but feel a little melancholy. It still had a lot to say to its eldest brother!
Shi Xiong stared in amazement as Zhou Yuanyuan and Hu Sanniang vanished before his eyes. What had happened? In the blink of an eye, Sanniang and the female monk were gone?
Kyoto City, Chaoyang Middle School.
Teacher Wang Dandan frowned as she walked into the classroom.
Zhou Yuanyuan's seat has been empty for a week. This student didn't come to class and didn't ask for leave from her, which made Wang Dandan feel very uncomfortable.
I heard that Zhou Yuanyuan's family sold clothes. She was a small vendor who was ignorant and uneducated, not caring about her own child not attending school. Wang Dandan thought about what she had heard from other students and couldn't help but dislike Zhou Yuanyuan even more.
In this era, small vendors are still looked down upon. In the minds of some workers, they are like nouveau riche. Wang Dandan is no exception. As a teacher, she looks up to state officials but somewhat despises small vendors.
Zhou Yuanyuan and Zhou Jiasheng are both relatively low-key. They never use General Zhou's status to gain advantages for themselves at school. Even when some of their good friends ask what their parents do for a living, Zhou Yuanyuan will just use Zhao Yunxiang's job to downplay the situation, saying that her mother sells clothes. As for the fact that her father is a major general, Zhou Yuanyuan has never mentioned it to her classmates at all.
To be honest, Zhao Yunxiang's job is essentially to make clothes and sell them, but there is a fundamental difference between selling clothes on the street and selling clothes produced in her own factory to foreigners. At least for someone like Wang Dandan, who knows that Zhao Yunxiang is the boss of "Yunyun", her attitude towards Zhou Yuanyuan is definitely different.
The children of leaders are truly well-mannered! Wang Dandan glanced at the other empty seat in the classroom, her frown softening slightly. Although He Jingjing's grades weren't great, she was very polite to the teacher and even made sure her family visited her when she was sick. Of course, the gifts of candy and pastries brought by the He family also impressed Wang Dandan.
Besides, He Jingjing has a good family background. Her father He Boqian is the director of an important department in Kyoto, and her grandfather is the famous He Shumin. All of this makes Teacher Wang Dandan add a lot of points for He Jingjing.
Although Zhou Yuanyuan had good grades, she was a bit arrogant and didn't get along with her classmates (most importantly, she had a very bad relationship with He Jingjing). What was there for the daughter of a small vendor to be proud of? It seemed that her class no longer had room for a student like Zhou Yuanyuan.
Wang Dandan planned to report Zhou Yuanyuan's absences to the principal today. She didn't want her as a student anymore. She didn't care whether the principal wanted to expel her or not.
Zhao Yunxiang was stunned when she received a call from the teaching department of Chaoyang Middle School.
Her daughter, Yuanyuan, hadn't been to school for a week? She hadn't even asked for leave from the teacher yet? This couldn't be possible! This was Zhao Yunxiang's most honest thought after she answered the phone.
Zhao Yunxiang's company has been very busy lately. Thanks to Yu Meiru's promotion, Yunyun brand clothing has already secured distributors in over a dozen European and American countries. Each distributor is required to ship several containers of product at least once a quarter, with a total value exceeding $10 million. Zhao Yunxiang's two garment factories are simply overwhelmed, working overtime daily to catch up. Furthermore, with Hu Sanniang taking leave, Zhao Yunxiang has had to handle many things herself, which has inadvertently increased her workload and forced her to stay completely focused on the factory and office.
Zhao Yunxiang hadn't seen her daughter, Zhou Yuanyuan, since Zhou Zhixin went to the battlefield. However, Zhou Yuanyuan had always been a sensible child, and had rarely caused Zhao Yunxiang any worries since she was little. When Zhao Yunxiang was busy, she really didn't know what her daughter was doing during this period.
After receiving the call from the school, Zhao Yunxiang was stunned for a few minutes, then she grabbed the phone on the table and called her father, Zhao Qingshan. Zhao Yunxiang thought that Yuanyuan was closest to her grandfather and would report everything to Zhao Qingshan. Perhaps Zhao Qingshan had something for Yuanyuan to do, which was why she didn't go to school.
Zhao Qingshan was also stunned when he received his daughter's call. He hadn't seen his little granddaughter for a week. These days, the Zhao family's life was in chaos because of Yu Xiaohan.
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