Chapter 38 Part 2
Wu Heng returned to Chengde Medical Clinic, contacted a courier online, and prepared to ship the pre-ordered ointments to avoid delays.
Zhou Yi had already started school. Wu Heng thought of He Yunxiao and the others, the start of the school year should be around the same time nationwide, right?
He opened WeChat and checked the “Wu Heng Protection Squad” group chat. Li Hao was the group owner, Wang Dong and the others were administrators, while He Yunxiao and Shi Xuan, who had just been added yesterday, were just members.
[HengHengBaby: Have you all started school?]
Li Hao replied first: [Yes, yes, our homeroom teacher is creating a tense atmosphere, even asking if we want to live on campus.]
[He Yunxiao: I signed the agreement to live on campus, please don’t let me be in the same dorm as @Group Owner Li Hao and his gang.]
[Group Owner – Li Hao: Even if you wanted to be our roommate, we wouldn’t want you! I’m not living on campus, I’m renting an apartment off-campus.]
Shi Xuan sent a voice message, his voice low as usual: “I’m a day student.”
[Administrator – Wang Dong: ? Why a voice message?]
No manners!
Couldn’t he see that Doctor Wu used text? No situational awareness.
Li Hao and the others felt Shi Xuan didn’t belong in this group, he didn’t have the initiative to protect and support Wu Heng.
He Yunxiao, however, was relieved. He would rather share a dorm with Li Hao and his gang than with Shi Xuan. Luckily he was a day student.
The school wasn’t far from his villa, but then again, Shi Xuan was the top student, he wasn’t afraid of wasting a bit of time on commuting.
[HengHengBaby: @Group Owner – Li Hao, don’t rent an apartment facing west.]
Li Hao and the others were smug, this was a sign of Doctor Wu’s favor.
They wouldn’t rent just any apartment, of course. It had to be in a good school district, a luxury complex with good feng shui, which was easy to find with their money.
Li Hao, after registering at school, had already looked around the area and had a few places in mind.
The colorful-haired friends were still sending voice messages, whining, “Doctor Wu Heng, we dyed our hair back to black for school, please don’t forget about us!”
[He Yunxiao: Without your trademark hair, definitely forgetting you.]
Wu Heng, seeing Li Hao and the others teasing He Yunxiao in the group chat, felt like he was the odd one out, all these young people his age were studying.
[HengHengBaby: @He Yunxiao, I’ll come pick up Xi Xi tonight.]
Now that school had started, He Yunxiao would have less time to take care of Xi Xi, it was time to return her to Wu Heng.
He Yunxiao, knowing that Chengde Medical Clinic was all over the internet, and Wu Heng was receiving a lot of attention, was worried that Wu Heng might be recognized, and it wouldn’t be easy to explain his sudden appearance in Beijing.
He Yunxiao, stroking the little gray snake’s smooth scales, replied.
[He Yunxiao: Doctor Wu, why not ask the little white snake to pick her up?]
[HengHengBaby: No, I’ll come personally.]
He Yunxiao was slightly surprised, then deeply moved.
As expected of Xi Xi’s godfather, look! How good he was to his goddaughter! He wasn’t willing to let just any random snake handle his precious daughter, he wanted to come himself.
He Yunxiao then sent Wu Heng a private message.
[He Yunxiao: Hehe, Doctor Wu, you can tell me your travel plans directly from now on, no need to post in the group chat.]
To prevent Li Hao and his gang from intercepting him.
[HengHengBaby: It’s no trouble.]
He Yunxiao immediately interpreted this as—
This was true favoritism, Wu Heng’s favoritism towards him.
Everyone in the group chat saw his message earlier. Li Hao, Wang Dong, and the others must be envious that he had carried snake babies, right?
Hahaha, the luckiest thing that happened to him this summer vacation was giving birth to a little gray snake.
Wu Heng, having heard from He Yunxiao that their senior year classes ended at 9 p.m., arrived at the well at 9:30 p.m.
He heard these students had an entrance exam on their first day back. He, on the other hand, was free.
High school teachers were surprisingly efficient at grading papers, the test papers from today were already graded by evening.
Zhou Yi’s parents immediately contacted his homeroom teacher, a middle-aged man, who was beaming on the other end of the phone.
“Zhou Yi did exceptionally well in the entrance exam! He scored first in the entire grade. If he keeps this up, getting into a 985 university will be easy, with a bit more effort, even Tsinghua or Peking University is within reach.”
A potential Tsinghua or Peking University student! Their town hadn’t produced many.
The teacher added, “He was just a little careless, actually getting a simple math multiple-choice question wrong. But it didn’t affect his overall ranking.”
Father Zhou frowned. “A multiple-choice question is worth four points, lost just because of carelessness?”
Mother Zhou nodded. “I heard one point can mean a difference of a thousand students in ranking, how can he be so careless? I’ll have a talk with him when he gets back.”
The teacher chuckled. “It’s just a placement test, his overall performance is excellent.”
As the teacher was discussing Zhou Yi’s academic performance with his parents, the office door suddenly opened, and the class president rushed in, panting, and shouted, “Teacher, you should come quickly! Zhou Yi has gone crazy! He got a math question wrong because of carelessness, and he’s been crying and laughing, now he’s even trying to jump off the building! We can’t stop him!”
Zhou Yi’s parents felt their world turn dark. What? Jumping off the building?!
Wu Heng had already climbed out of the well, calmly taking the dry towel and wiping his hair, then taking a bite of a freshly baked cookie from the table, still warm and crispy.
Wu Heng glanced at the empty well, making sure the crying little white snake hadn’t followed him.
He arrived at the foot of Shi Xuan’s building and saw his bedroom window wide open, a soft light spilling out.
As he was about to climb up like a thief, he faintly heard voices inside.
“Young Master, Mr. Shi wants you to live on campus, if you don’t want to, then don’t, don’t take his words to heart.”
Shi Xuan’s long, slender fingers played with his ink-black hair. He had gotten a haircut today for the start of school, slightly shorter, he wasn’t sure if it looked strange.
“I know,” Shi Xuan replied calmly. He hadn’t expected anything from his father.
Wu Su looked at Shi Xuan, he had already returned home, why was he packing instead of changing into his pajamas?
Shi Xuan sat at the desk by the window and suddenly asked, “Steward Wu, have you always wanted to resign?”
Wu Su nodded repeatedly. “It’s just that Mr. Shi won’t let me.”
He had secretly killed Mr. Shi’s money tree (a type of houseplant believed to bring wealth) and even intentionally slacked off at work, but Mr. Shi still wouldn’t let him go.
Now that his son had miraculously recovered, and his father was temporarily away, he just wanted to go back to his hometown to see his son.
Shi Xuan had a good impression of this steward. Everyone else disliked and feared him, only this Steward Wu treated him kindly. The Shi family was a quagmire, it would be best for Steward Wu to leave. Ever since he reached adulthood, he found it increasingly difficult to control his overflowing Yin qi.
Shi Xuan said, “My father is going abroad for business in a few days, Steward Wu, if you want to resign, then would be a good time.”
Wu Su didn’t reply. Shi Xuan tugged at the dog collar-like choker around his neck and sneered. “I’ll return this to you too.”
Wu Su’s eyes lit up, and he nodded repeatedly, backing out of the room. “Okay, okay, Young Master, don’t study too late, get some rest.”
Hearing the silence inside, Wu Heng climbed up, jumped through the window, and landed on the windowsill, his long legs hitting Shi Xuan in the chest.
Wu Heng: “…”
Since when was there a desk by the window?!
Looking at the faint shoe print on Shi Xuan’s white shirt, Wu Heng apologized, “Sorry, friend, I got your shirt dirty.”
Wu Heng was wearing cloth shoes made by the grandmothers in Nan Nuo village, they were very comfortable, this pair was made by You Jin’s grandmother.
Shi Xuan, grabbing his ankle, smiled faintly. “No worries.”
The cool touch of the young man’s fingers spread from his ankle to his ear, and Wu Heng instinctively gripped the windowsill behind him. Just as he was about to speak, he heard the doorknob rattle. He was about to jump down, but his ankle was trapped in Shi Xuan’s grip, and the door opened before he could move.
Wu Su entered, carrying a plate of pastries, smiling. “Young Master, have some late-night snacks… Xiao Heng? What are you doing here?”
Wu Heng’s leg jerked free from Shi Xuan’s grip as he sat on the windowsill, turning to face Wu Su’s stunned expression.
As Wu Heng was thinking about how to explain, Wu Su, heartbroken, cursed, “This damned Shi family truly is a cursed place, even causing my son’s soul to wander here.”
Shi Xuan’s usually calm face changed slightly, his gaze shifting between Wu Heng and Steward Wu. Father and son?
Wait, hadn’t he just told Steward Wu to resign?
Jobs were hard to come by these days, the Shi family wasn’t so bad…
