The rankings for the potential candidates on the Star Network were out, all based on netizens’ guesses and votes. Qiu Zifan and Meng Yuchen were ranked quite high.
“Can we really take those online votes seriously?” Aige shook his head. He looked at Grandpa Qiu and said, “I’m here for something else. Grandpa Qiu, I heard that Ye Shaohua is your granddaughter-in-law, is that true?”
Hearing this, Grandpa Qiu was momentarily stunned, then frowned. He hadn’t expected Ye Shaohua’s bad reputation to reach even Dean Aige.
“Of course not! Dean, don’t listen to the rumors!” Qiu Ziting immediately stepped forward to refute. “Someone like my brother would never actually marry her. It was all a mistake, and they’ve already agreed to a divorce.”
The news of Ye Shaohua nearly killing an supernatural being had already spread. They couldn’t let her ruin Qiu Zifan’s reputation in front of the dean.
Qiu Zifan’s expression had been grim, but it softened slightly after Qiu Ziting’s words.
However, Dean Aige’s reaction wasn’t what they expected.
Dean Aige’s expression turned strange. He hesitated for a moment before saying, “If I heard correctly, you’re in the process of divorcing Ye Shaohua?”
Qiu Zifan nodded guiltily. “Yes, Dean.”
Dean Aige glanced at Meng Yuchen, who was standing very close to Qiu Zifan. He knew a bit about the two outstanding freshmen at the school. “So, what the school is saying is true? You chose Meng Yuchen over Ye Shaohua?”
Seeing the awkward expressions on the Qiu family’s faces, Dean Aige nodded. “I see.”
He looked at Grandpa Qiu and sighed. “In that case, since the person I’m looking for isn’t here today, I’ll take my leave. Grandpa Qiu… I hope you won’t regret losing your daughter-in-law today.”
With that, Dean Aige left. Both Meng Yuchen and Qiu Zifan were surprised, but they didn’t say anything.
Only Grandpa Qiu looked uneasy. He frowned. “Regret? What do I have to regret? Because of Ye Shaohua, our Qiu family and Zifan have been the subject of ridicule! Today, I’m glad she’s gone. I’ll even throw a banquet to celebrate!”
“By the way, do you think Dean Aige might have been here for Ye Shaohua?” someone suddenly asked.
Qiu Zifan was taken aback by this.
“Impossible!” Qiu Ziting was the first to speak up. She sneered, “Why would Dean Aige be looking for that ugly freak? She doesn’t know anything!”
Hearing this, Qiu Zifan felt a bit better. What she said was true.
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“Wait, you actually took the divorce agreement?” Shu Man poked Ye Shaohua’s forehead with a finger, looking exasperated. “300,000 federal credits? You should’ve asked for at least ten million! What are you going to do now?”
“Go to school,” Ye Shaohua said, holding a printed letter in her hand. She pointed at the Shenxing School ahead. “I’m only eighteen. It’s the perfect age to study.”
Shu Man thought it was a recommendation letter from the Qiu family. She looked at Ye Shaohua with pity, thinking she still couldn’t let go of Qiu Zifan.
The two went to the academic affairs office. The staff member handling admissions looked at Ye Shaohua’s records on the Star Network and whispered to a colleague, “No talent for becoming a physician, yet she still got into Shenxing School. How lucky.”
The tone was full of disdain.
“Ye Shaohua, eighteen years old, orphaned, no potential to become a physician, and no higher education.” Another person read the records and shook their head.
Not a physician, not an supernatural being, and not from a noble family. At Shenxing School, she could only be an ordinary apprentice.
Shu Man overheard their conversation. Although she was angry, she had to admit they weren’t entirely wrong…
She had a feeling Ye Shaohua wouldn’t last long at the school and would drop out on her own.
“Let’s go to your dorm…” Shu Man didn’t want to discourage her.
“Not yet,” Ye Shaohua answered a phone call, saying only, “I’ll come find you,” before hanging up. “First, let’s go to the dean’s office.”
The dean’s office? What for? But seeing Ye Shaohua’s unusually cold expression, Shu Man didn’t say anything.
Dean Aige wasn’t in his office.
When Ye Shaohua arrived, she found the dean’s office surrounded by heavily armed guards.
“That’s the Yun family from the First Army. Don’t go over there!” Shu Man’s face paled as she grabbed Ye Shaohua. “That looks like Young Master Yun. He must have collapsed again because his energy is unstable!”
Ye Shaohua had no interest in Young Master Yun.
She stood in the crowd and saw several young people rushing over, including Meng Yuchen and Qiu Zifan.
“Make way! Let Miss Meng take a look at Young Master Yun!”
“The energy is too unstable. We need to get to the lab,” Meng Yuchen said, looking up.
Ye Shaohua glanced at them indifferently. Her mental energy was at least ten times stronger than Meng Yuchen’s, so she knew going to the lab would be too late.
But she didn’t want to get involved, especially when it concerned Meng Yuchen and Qiu Zifan.
Just as she was about to leave, pulling the reluctant Shu Man along, the people carrying Young Master Yun shifted him.
His left hand, now facing upward, revealed a bright red mole under the sunlight.
Ye Shaohua froze, then immediately pushed through the crowd. With a light wave, the soldiers blocking her path were forced to step aside. “Wait! Don’t move him yet!”
“Who are you? You can’t approach the young master!” A middle-aged man blocked her.
“I’m a physician. I can save him,” Ye Shaohua said, her eyes locked on the person behind him.
“You’re a physician?” The man didn’t believe her. “I’ve never seen you at the school. Stop causing trouble. If anything happens to Young Master Yun, your entire family won’t be able to make up for it!” He thought she was just another student trying to get famous.
Qiu Zifan recognized Ye Shaohua and frowned. “Ye Shaohua, you followed me here? And what nonsense are you spouting? You’ve never studied medicine! Get out of the way and stop hindering Yuchen from saving him!”
