Midsummer in Jingzhou.
The cicadas chirped one after another.
With the middle school and college entrance exams approaching, even though most students at Huating Academy come from wealthy and privileged backgrounds, they are putting in their best effort—except for a few students who have secured direct admission to universities.
During a break, Yu Xiao found Mo Han and said, "Mo Han, my dad asked around and found out the list of candidates for the First Military Academy. Your name is on it. If you pass, you can go directly to the Rising Star Class."
Chen Mohan was looking at the sheet music, with an indifferent expression. "Didn't I tell Lao Chen not to waste this spot on me? I'm not going. I want to try my luck in Shanhe University's Wheat Mang Class."
"It seems this list was compiled by the First Affiliated Hospital itself, not submitted by the university. Guess who else is on the First Affiliated Hospital's list?"
"Say it or don't, it's up to you."
Seeing that Chen Han was not buying it, Yu Xiaoya was not angry, but simply said, "And Ruan Chen too!"
Silent Han's handsome eyebrows arched slightly upwards.
Ruan Chen has been missing for almost half a year.
He didn't show up, but he participated in all kinds of academic competitions without fail, and never won first place again, hovering around tenth place.
"Mohan, do you think Ruan Chen will come back to participate in the First Affiliated Hospital's assessment?"
Silent Han's slender fingers turned a page of sheet music. "Who knows? But I'm actually looking forward to her coming back."
"Who isn't? I get annoyed just seeing Ruan Yunhan's pretentious attitude, and Ruan Qin too. I heard he's quite extravagant in private, and he gets his dad to pay off any problems he can't handle himself. If Ruan Chen comes back, that'll be quite a sight."
Silent Han smiled and said, "You seem quite concerned about the Ruan family's affairs."
“I can’t stand pretentious people. You have to be careful even if you go to Shanhe University for the assessment this time. You gave Ruan Qin a hard time last time, and he hasn’t mentioned it. He’s probably waiting to give you a hard one.”
“It’s nothing,” Chen Mohan shrugged, his tone and expression remaining calm. “Let him come.”
The airport on the outlying island is under martial law today.
In just six months, Ruan Chen grew five or six centimeters taller, going from being a developmentally delayed girl to being considered tall among girls her age.
She looked no different from before, yet she seemed like a completely different person.
“I’m leaving now, Uncle,” she said, hugging Su Ze, who was wearing a half-silver-white mask. “I’ll come back to see you when I have time.”
"Why did you come back? Go do your own thing and don't stop me from being the local tyrant on Liuli Island."
Ruan Chen was about to retort with a smile when she caught a glimpse of an unusual light emanating from the terminal building behind Su Ze.
Her expression remained unchanged as she casually snatched the rifle from the guard beside Su Ze, raised her hand, aimed, and fired.
The sharpness and menacing aura in his eyes flashed and disappeared in an instant.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
Su Ze was not surprised, and didn't even bother to look back at what had happened. He took the gun from Ruan Chen and instructed, "When you get back to China, you need to rein in this temper of yours."
"knew."
"Build good relationships with your classmates."
"I'll try my best."
Study hard.
Ruan Chen rolled her eyes helplessly, waved her hand, and skipped up the gangway.
The moon-white pendant fluttered around her neck.
Ruan Wenlou had already received the news. He picked up Ruan Chen at the airport, and the two went straight back to Qinyuan.
The two walked side by side toward the dormitory, chatting casually.
"Miss, what are the plans for your return this time?"
"My uncle told me to study hard and get along well with my classmates, so I'll just listen to him for now."
As the two were walking, a figure blocked their way.
"Isn't this our Ruan family's dog? How come it doesn't even have eyes to carefully choose its owner when it changes masters?"
Ruan Yunhan recently moved out of the Ruan family home to participate in the training camp arranged by the First Affiliated Hospital for students admitted through the recommendation system, and coincidentally ran into Ruan Chen.
After not seeing each other for half a year, Ruan Yunhan assumed that the Ye family had other plans for Ruan Chen and didn't think much of it.
Ruan Wenlou frowned, said nothing, and walked towards Qinyuan while protecting Ruan Chen behind him.
Ruan Yunhan, however, persisted.
"After you left, Dad praised you at home for a long time. I never thought that the dog that the Ruan family had raised for more than forty years would turn around and lick the boots of its new master."
Ruan Chen inserted her phone, which was set to live streaming mode, into a flower bed.
"Grandpa Wenlou signed a contract of servitude with your Ruan family?"
She carried her schoolbag in one hand and had the other hand in her pocket, asking the question lazily.
Ruan Yunhan choked.
“Even ordinary families who hire a nanny know about respect and human rights. The Ruan family is a prestigious and wealthy family, so how could their daughter treat an elderly person who has served the Ruan family for more than forty years like this? Calling her a ‘dog’ and referring to herself as ‘master’? The Qing Dynasty has been gone for so many years, how can there still be such pedantic people?”
She just opened a live stream on the Huating Public School forum and hacked into the backend. Anyone on the forum will be automatically redirected to the live stream to enjoy the wonderful comments of the goddess Ruan Yunhan.
"Isn't this the academic genius who was all the rage six months ago? She's back?"
"Having been away for half a year, the academic genius is even more impressive than before!"
"Ruan Yunhan is at odds with the academic genius again. Those who defend Ruan Yunhan, come out and see the true face of your goddess."
"Everyone, take action! Record and report this person. How can someone like this be taking up a guaranteed admission spot?"
"If we even want people whose minds are full of feudal ideas, then I am really disappointed in the First Affiliated Hospital."
Ruan Yunhan bit her lip; she could also see the changes in Ruan Chen that she hadn't seen for half a year.
Ruan Chen was born with pride, wildness, and a bandit-like nature. After being honed on the island for half a year, he became even sharper, but he also learned to be more reserved.
Ruan Yunhan thought that the Ye family was carefully cultivating her.
"Ruan Chen, what right do you have to lecture me? You're just an outcast of the Ruan family. Whenever Dad is happy, he can crush you to the ground and never let you rise again! Don't think that just because the Ye family is backing you up, you can act arrogantly in front of me. To me, you're just an ant that I can crush at any time!"
Following Ruan Yunhan's words, the Huating Academy's internal forum even experienced lag due to a massive influx of traffic.
"Damn, did I hear that right? A threat to my personal safety?"
"Yo yo yo yo, the richest man's daughter has such a big attitude. This is her own sister, and she's threatening to kill herself. What would happen if it were us ordinary people?"
"I already said I'd report them. We can't give this kind of scum a spot in the top hospital's guaranteed admission program."
"The Ruan family has raised a daughter like this; she's no good either."
"Don't you guys think that a certain richest man doesn't look like a good person?"
Ruan Chen estimated that she had achieved her goal, so she ended the live stream, took Ruan Wenlou's arm, and said, "Grandpa, let's go."
Ruan Yunhan never expected that Ruan Chen would give up so easily, and it felt like she had punched cotton.
She reached out to stop him, but her phone rang at that moment.
It was Ruan Zhengde's voice on the other end of the phone, "Yunhan, don't embarrass me, come back right now!"
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