Chapter 65: Overthinking

  For two whole months, Yang Yunqiu was oppressed by Mr. Hu, and she worked desperately hard, as if her head was hanging in the air with a sharp stake piercing her buttocks.

  Mr. Hu brought back the topics from previous years and asked his old classmates to come up with new ones, just one thing, which was to let Yang Yunqiu write a composition, finish it, have a group of people review and criticize it, criticize him mercilessly, then revise, and then review again, until they were satisfied.

  It's actually Yang Yunqiu's own fault.

  Mr. Hu was not so particular at first, thinking that he is almost done with the imperial examination for the title of "Juren", and even if his ranking is a bit lower, it won't affect the overall situation; anyway, he still doesn't qualify to take the imperial examination for the title of "Jinshi", and he can still afford to spend another year or two studying.

  Yang Yunqiu himself made a big splash, but it was Mr. Hu who took him there, and his friends all knew that Yang Yunqiu was his student, so if he didn't do well, wouldn't it be very embarrassing?

  Yang Yunqiu, however, was unwilling to drag on for another two years before taking the exam again, so Mr. Hu had no choice but to think of ways to strengthen his composition skills. As for posting essays and ink meanings, since he had seen Yang Yunqiu's ability to recite books from memory, he hadn't worried about it anymore, only requiring him to practice reciting various taboos every day, making sure not to make any mistakes at all.

  Busy to the point of not knowing day and night, it was King Wei's arrival that finally rescued him from Mr. Hu's clutches.

  Wei Wang thanked Sun Zhifu for his hospitality and went to the study room to find Yang Yunqiu, who had a bewildered expression on his face, with an incredulous bitter smile - this man, as long as he didn't do too badly in the exam, why would he not pass? Why was he so desperate?

  "Master Sun, have you forgotten? The dog is still waiting for Dr. Lai's treatment."

  Yang Yunqiu suddenly remembered and hurriedly asked for leave from Mr. Hu and Sun Zhifu.

  Since it was the prince who came to find him, Sun Zhifu didn't ask much. He heard that the prince also wanted to build a hot spring villa in Wenshan for the young master's illness, so he just instructed a few sentences: don't cause trouble, do your best, and come back quickly after finishing the task, then let them go.

  When Wei Wang left, he was uneasy and didn't expect to see Lai Mu Rong. This old man gave Yang Yun Qiu a lot of face, not treating him like an outsider at all, just like a considerate elder, where was the legendary eccentric temper?

  Lai Mu Rong carefully examined his son's pulse, and even had the servants bring over wooden dolls and toy horse carriages to amuse the child. He was extremely patient, but couldn't help but think to himself: who said that Lai Mu Rong is a devil, that before treating someone he doesn't first peel off two layers of skin?

  Lai Mu Rong couldn't care less about what a prince thought, he was different from other divine doctors, his background was strong, the Lai family had produced national masters for generations, even though Lai Mu Rong didn't have much contact with his family now and wasn't doing a proper job as a doctor, he still couldn't deny that he was a member of the Lai family. Who didn't know that several generations of emperors in the Yin Dynasty would secretly select their crown princes after consulting with national masters to calculate their fate? Although most of the time, as long as the emperor had made his choice, the national master wouldn't have any objections, but if they really encountered someone with a bad fate, they absolutely wouldn't hide it.

  The reputation accumulated over hundreds of years makes every word spoken by the people of Lai's family unquestionable, from officials and nobles to ordinary citizens. Moreover, the Lai family may have been peeping at the heavenly machine, causing the heavenly way to punish them, and almost every generation of the Lai family has had a single child, with a short lifespan, and those who can live beyond thirty years are rare.

  It was just a rumor at first, but when Lai Mu Rong appeared and became a doctor, even becoming a renowned divine physician, and lived to be over 70 years old, people believed that the Lai family really had a special connection with heaven. So, it was said that heaven wanted to eliminate them, which actually made the Lai family's reputation even more prominent. After Lai Mu Rong left the Lai family and changed his profession, he finally gained understanding from his family members.

  Someone like him wouldn't care about a prince or even an emperor, they're all his juniors.

  After finishing the pulse diagnosis for Xiao Shizi, Lai Mugong looked at Yang Yunqiu and said in a bad mood: "You just know how to add trouble for me. This is a disease that he brought with him since birth, or it's a toxic syndrome... Forget it, I'll try my best. First, let's get rid of the toxins that are entwining his meridians, and then we can talk about other things."

  "After some thought, he furrowed his brow: 'In short, it's very troublesome. If in the future we can find a cultivation method that can change one's innate nature, and have him practice it, perhaps he'll be able to eliminate this weakness. For now, we can only try to make up for it; even if it goes well, he'll still be slightly weaker than ordinary people.'"

  Yang Yunqiu smiled: "You old man is idle and has nothing to do, challenge him, isn't it good?"

  Lai Mu Rong shook his head and ignored him, only saying to Wei Wang: "Your son's illness will take at least three years to recover from. Let him stay on Wen Mountain. To be honest with you, this place is not simple. The vital energy here is endless, and if one can live here for a long time, they will definitely live a longer and healthier life."

  Wei Wang first let out a sigh of relief, and his eyes lit up. The words spoken by the people from the Lai family were certainly trustworthy. He had originally just made an excuse to build a villa on the mountain in order to go up the mountain with Yang Yuxiu, but now he really wanted to be neighbors with a high-ranking official and a divine doctor.

  Yang Yunqiu introduced Wei Wang to Lai Shen Yi and then left immediately, he didn't have time to deal with these things now.

  Time flies, Tongzi Yang Yunqiu passed the exam smoothly and successfully.

  The roll had not been read yet, and Mr. Hu already knew that Yang Yunqiu was the first in the exam. It is said that at that time in the examination hall, the examiner had already pointed him out as the first, anyway, for such a small test, whatever the county magistrate says goes.

  Besides, the articles he wrote are obviously not in the same league as those who can't even speak properly, it's no surprise that he won first prize, what would be surprising is if he didn't win this prize.

  After the exam, Mr. Hu only let Yang Yunqiu go to pay a visit to the county magistrate, and didn't gather with those Confucian scholars at all, but instead pulled him back to continue studying, making all the students in the family school feel sympathetic towards this poor kid.

  Yang Yunqiu himself endured hardships, and also dragged Li Shanshan to be busy with him. Now that he is alone in Mr. Hu's study, Li Shanshan occasionally takes the maid to the kitchen to make some small dishes for him, and also helps him flip through books, put away the books he has read, find out the ones he hasn't read, and when he writes articles, it is also Li Shanshan who sends them to Mr. Hu for review.

  The little girl was busy to the point of being flustered, originally this body wasn't very healthy, but after being so busy for a while, her cheeks were rosy and her complexion was full, it seemed she had greatly improved.

  Magistrate Sun didn't stop him either, and none of the servants in the house had anything to say about it.

  Yang Yunqiu guessed that his cheap father really wanted him to take over Li Shanshan, so that Sun Zhaoyang could pursue the princess with a clear conscience. He didn't mind either way, as long as Li Shanshan didn't want to marry someone of lower status, he would marry her himself, or find Wang Yi, and if not, he could still choose someone else to take her in marriage.

  It can be seen from here that a group of people travel together, which is much more convenient than one person traveling alone. Many things are difficult for one person to encounter, but with many people, there will always be a way to solve them.

  Yang Yunqiu has been busy lately and had no time to take care of things on Earth, so Lu Lan stepped in and bought the garden he is currently using for 50 million, not 10 million.

  Anyway, Yang Yunqiu is not short of money now and doesn't take too much advantage of others. Such a big garden in Nanshi is absolutely a bargain at 500 million. However, once this 500 million is taken out, the account will be almost empty again. Fortunately, there is the "world" as a cash-absorbing machine, which is almost zero-cost and pure profit, and it's still possible to pay employees' salaries.

  Luran also has to thank Yang Yunqiu for having good parents, Fang Ru left him with wealth, which saved him a lot of trouble, otherwise, like him, who wants to read books in two worlds, cultivate, earn merits, and make money at the same time, he might really have to find a way to learn how to split himself.

  Yang Yunqiu was a bit tired, but Li Shanshan was different from him. Even if he was on earth, he seemed to be lively and almost restored to normal. His parents, especially General Li Jing, were good men who couldn't help but shed tears when they saw their daughter smiling and cooking for them in the kitchen.

  On this day, Yang Yunqiu was sitting in the courtyard reading a book when suddenly a shadow appeared before his eyes. He looked up to see a 13 or 14-year-old girl with a very pretty face standing in front of him.

  The doll smiled and said: "This person seems to be the third miss of the Yu family. You have offended her?"

  "This little girl's face was covered with frost, truly cold as ice and frost. Standing in front of him, she gritted her teeth and said: 'You'd better not think about eating swan meat, you're nothing, how dare you say you want to be engaged to me? Let me tell you, don't even think about it! Don't assume that just because I took pity on you and didn't make things difficult for you, you can get arrogant and presumptuous?'"

  Yang Yunqiu blinked: "Sorry, who are you?"

  Third Miss was stunned, and she looked up in shock. She saw Yang Yunqiu with a puzzled face, seemingly really not knowing who she was, "You..."

  The third young lady of the Yu family, in order to accompany her cousin Sun Zhaoyang, insisted on coming to the Sun family to study. In school, she was even more popular than Sun Zhaoyang, and she had always looked down on everyone in the Sun family except for Sun Zhaoyang. However, she knew that in other people's eyes, she was a high-and-mighty princess after all, being a young lady from a noble family, who wouldn't like her?

  It was going well, but Yang Yunqiu suddenly said she didn't recognize her. Many of the Sun family's younger generation who were present couldn't help but be curious, pointing and whispering to each other. She felt a sudden blockage in her chest, almost unable to breathe.

  Yang Yunqiu saw that she didn't say anything, so he picked up his book and left.

  Third Miss saw him turn a deaf ear and walk away, so angry that she almost tore off her sleeve - when she first came to the Sun family's home school, the Sun family's girls flattered her, just because Yang Yunqiu politely invited those little girls to have a snack, they said Yang Yunqiu had been infatuated with Third Miss for a long time. She was disdainful in her words, but actually thought it must be so, as long as she was there, how could other boys have the heart to pay attention to others?

  Unexpectedly, today she overheard her father and friends saying that Sun's Mingge was not bad, if he could be a son-in-law it would be pretty good, in a fit of anger, she ran to warn him, but was given face by the other party, how could she not be angry?

  Yang Yunqiu was really wronged, he truly didn't know who Third Miss was.

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