Chapter 404: We Are Not Sisters!
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Cla.s.ses for the first semester in M.Uni officially start on October 8th.
The school forum of M.Uni had exploded when Zi Yi and Dou Xiangling partic.i.p.ated in the International Painting and Calligraphy Compet.i.tion.
Through this compet.i.tion, Zi Yi had gained a large group of fans from M.Uni. In particular, students of the School of Fine Arts wors.h.i.+pped her like a G.o.ddess.
There were all kinds of fancy compliments related to her, in which they felt that she had helped M.Uni gain a larger reputation.
Not only was there constant discussion about her on the school forum, but voices discussing Zi Yi could also be heard everywhere on the campus.
“She can clearly rely on her appearance and yet, she insists on relying on her capabilities. Moreover, there was no news that she was going to partic.i.p.ate and she even won the first place position!”
“Zi Yi is so outstanding. I feel that during the selections of the campus belle, she would definitely win against Murong You, and become the new campus belle.”
“I think it’ll be more than that. I feel that it’s time for the top four talented women in M.Uni to change. In any case, I will definitely vote for her when the time comes.”
“Me too.”
Two female students chatted as they walked further and further away.
On the other path, Murong You, who had just so happened to hear their conversation, stood there with her head lowered, and no one knew what she was thinking of.
Zhang Yuelan who was standing by her side revealed a sneer. “She merely won a painting compet.i.tion and she’s now all that great? I think that they must be new freshmen. Little You, take out all the awards you won for them to take a look at! I’d like to see who the ma.s.ses will vote for during the campus belle selection.”
Murong You’s head was lowered and she revealed an expression as if it did not matter to her. “It’s only the t.i.tle, she can just take it if she wants.”
She continued walking after saying that.
Her good friend immediately chased up to her and disagreed. “Little You, for you to have won the campus belle selection consecutively for two years, proves that you’re more capable than other girls. Moreover, the awards you won are also on an international level. Why should you give the position of the campus belle to her?”
Murong You remained silent for several seconds and said, “Everyone has sharp eyes. When the time comes, they will naturally judge who has more qualifications. If she can win, it means that I’m lacking and I have nothing much to say.”
“She’s better than you?”
Zhang Yuelan seemed to have heard a huge joke and said sarcastically, “She merely won first place in a Painting and Calligraphy Compet.i.tion. To put it bluntly, it is an unpopular subject in M.Uni. If she’s capable, she should try winning first place in other gold medal courses in M.Uni…
Little You, you’ve won first place in the International foreign language compet.i.tion. Moreover, you have also worked as an interpreter for foreign guests. Are you still afraid of a newcomer like her?”
Muring You did not fear Zi Yi at all. In fact, she did not place any importance on Zi Yi’s capabilities in the slightest.
She was only worried about one aspect. “She’s really beautiful.”
She was worried that Nangong Yu would fancy her due to her appearance.
Zhang Yuelan was unaware of Murong You’s train of thoughts. She disagreed with what she said, “If she wore slightly revealing clothes, perhaps people would think of her as a loose woman. How could she be compared to you, Little You? Back then when you enrolled into M.Uni, everyone in M.Uni knew about your existence and you were also regarded as the national daughter.”
Murong You’s moods improved for the better when she thought about the nickname the netizens had created for her. She nodded and continued walking forward.
Zhang Yuelan chased after her and said, “I heard from people in the Chinese Department that she did not attend Archaeology cla.s.s today at all. Say, she’s absent from cla.s.s on the first day of school, would the teacher deduct her points?”
“I feel that it doesn’t matter if she attends lessons or not with the majors she has chosen.”
“Hehe. You’re right, Little You. Perhaps Zi Yi is regretting choosing such a major and thus, decided to skip cla.s.s. To be honest, there’s no need for us to pay her any attention.”
“Mmh.”
…
On the other hand, Zi Xuan did not have an enjoyable national day holiday at all.
Even with the facts laid out before her, she was still unwilling to accept that Zi Yi was capable enough to enter M.Uni, with the results of first place in the independent enrollment exams.
Coupled with the fact that Zi Xu had gone abroad for work the moment the national day holiday started. Li Peirong had also disappeared somewhere and did not answer her calls. She became even more anxious.
In particular, during the first day of lessons when she entered her cla.s.s, she heard many students discussing Zi Yi partic.i.p.ating in the International Painting and Calligraphy Compet.i.tion during the national day holidays. Moreover, she came in first place.
Zi Xuan only felt that she had heard the greatest joke of the year and directly refuted in a loud voice. “How is that possible? She doesn’t know how to draw at all. How could she have come in first place in the compet.i.tion!”
Her words caused the group of people, who were still excitedly discussing Zi Yi, to suddenly turn silent and look at her at the same time.
After a moment of silence, one of the female students with thick-rimmed gla.s.ses looked at her with an odd expression. “Zi Yi’s compet.i.tion was broadcasted live and our school’s forum also broadcasted it. You’re such a strange person to not believe it.”
Another male student said, “I heard that you’re sisters. You should be Zi Xuan? Since you’re sisters, you didn’t even know that your sister had won first place? Could it be…”
The male student did not finish his sentence, but it made everyone think of how perhaps they were at odds with each other.
The gazes directed at Zi Xuan had changed.
With such an outstanding older sister, she definitely must have been jealous.
Zi Xuan stared at their sympathetic gazes and felt as if thunder had struck her from the top of her head; her whole body stiffened.
How could this be real? That person was clearly an idiot and she would always skip lessons when she studied in the past. Her reputation in school was bad, so why were there so many people praising her in M.Uni!
Zi Xuan subconsciously felt that the current Zi Yi was not that older sister that was of the same father as her.
As she listened to their not-so-friendly words, she loudly shouted at them, “We’re not sisters in the first place!”
She then bit her lips and hugged her books as she quickly found a seat to sit down in. She buried her head and flipped through the pages of her books, while pretending not to hear the voices of discussion around her, and started to concentrate on reading.
…
Zi Yi, who had been in the center of the discussions, was still in the Lu Family’s secret base at that point in time.
After Zi Yi explained to Elder Hu about her treatment plan, his gaze towards her had changed.
To him, not to mention being her a.s.sistant, he was willing to be an apprentice who stood by the side and learned from her.
After several hours of trying to resuscitate Lu Yunxiao, they finally caused all the purple spots on Lu Yunxiao’s body to completely disappear.
Shortly after, Zi Yi buried herself in the research lab and only opened the door and walked out the next day at 8 a.m.
As soon as she walked out, she was startled by the young man and old man standing outside.
The dark eye circles around Elder Hu’s eyes were so severe that it was similar to panda eyes. Even though Lu Jingye appeared to be in a better condition, someone like him who always paid great attention to his own image had unexpectedly grown out a beard.
Zi Yi glanced at him several times and felt that he was handsome no matter how he looked.
The moment they saw Zi Yi making her way out, Elder Hu asked before Lu Jingye could speak, “Little friend, how’s the progress of your experiment?”
“It’s still acceptable.” Zi Yi touched her tummy. In actual fact, she came out due to her tummy grumbling.
Lu Jingye said, “Go and have breakfast first, then rest after you’re done. Otherwise, your body won’t be able to take it.”
Zi Yi nodded and the three of them walked outside together. On the way, Zi Yi said to Elder Hu, “I still have to make some adjustments to the machine used to treat Lu Yunxiao. We can only operate the day after tomorrow at the earliest.”
“Sure, that’s great. Anything works as long as we can have the surgery.”
The piece of stone pressing on Elder Hu’s heart finally decreased and he felt extremely sleepy. As soon as they made their way outside, he yawned and said, “Then I’ll go and take a nap first. When you’re old, it’s hard to even stay up for a night.”
Having said that, he headed somewhere else.
Zi Yi and Lu Jingye headed towards another direction.
As soon as Zi Yi took a few steps, she suddenly recalled something and slapped her head.. “Lessons started today and I actually forgot to request for leave of absence in advance.”