Chapter 381
“……”
The banquet hall fell silent for a moment.
The surrounding gentry looked at the girl, all a little stunned.
This was the Nie family’s banquet, and Master Nie had personally organized it, so who dared to cause trouble here?
Some of the thousandaire gentry knew Ying Ziji, also because she had been so hot on the internet in the past few days.
A few of these millennials, among others, are still watching ‘Youth 202’.
Even if most of them don’t know each other, their eyes have been following the girl.
Ying Yuexuan covered her face, even more incredulous, and her voice, which was always warm, sank: “Ying Zidian, you ……”
It was so close.
But she was interrupted by a slap from Ying Zidian.
Ying Yuexuan pursed her lips and could not bear it anymore, but her cultivation made her remember not to make a scene. Is this your upbringing?”
Ying Zidian took off her gloves and threw them into the rubbish bin ten metres away.
This action made Ying Yuexuan even more unacceptable: “Do you think I’m dirty?”
Ying Zidian wrapped his arms around him in a very lazy pose, his pupils slightly cool: “I’ll wash your mouth.”
“Big brother.” Nie Chao ran over, he heard Ying Yuexuan’s remark and looked disgusted, “Because you’re jealous, you don’t even have any upbringing when you move to badmouth others behind their backs.”
At this moment, no one spoke up for Ying Yuexuan.
Nie Chao used to be a lounging fop, but now it was different.
This was the heir to the Nie family!
“Talking about others behind their backs is indeed cla*sless.” The famous lady who brought Ying Yuexuan in took a few steps to the side, “A villain.”
Ying Yuexuan’s fingers squeezed tightly, a thin layer of cold sweat broke out on her back, and she couldn’t even maintain the smile on her lips.
“Security guards, tell her to get out.” Nie Chao called for two security personnel and pointed at Ying Yuexuan, “She’s not on the guest list for the banquet, she can’t be let in.”
“It’s not just this time, whatever events the Nie family has in the future, this person can’t be allowed to be there.”
Ying Yuexuan’s face went white, “You guys ……”
Before she could finish her words, she was forcibly stood up by two security guards and dragged outside.
After walking out of the banquet hall, she was left outside the garden.
Ying Yuexuan was only wearing a thin dress, she didn’t even take her down jacket, and she was shivering from the cold wind in the winter.
But this was no match for the panic she felt in her heart.
It wasn’t that she hadn’t felt the change in Zhong Manhua’s attitude towards her over the past few days.
Although still warm, she was clearly not as focused as before.
She knew that Zhong Manhua had already moved to take Ying Zidian back.
Ying Zidian was so good that even if she forced herself to hide it, she would not be able to hide much.
But Ying Zidian had so many people to rely on – Fu Yunshen, the Nie family and the Zhong family.
She only had the Ying family.
If she left the Ying family, she would have to follow Jing Hongzhen and live an ordinary life.
How could Ying Zidian want to steal from her?
Ying Yuexuan’s nails pinched her palm, forcing herself to come to her senses.
She knew that her plan had failed this time.
Her hypnosis had reached a peak when it was interrupted by Ying Zidian’s slap.
In this way, not only did she not succeed in giving those thousand-year-old gentry a psychological suggestion, but also her nervous system was affected.
It was so close that she had just pa*sed out.
Failing to hypnotise was going to have such a backlash.
Especially when performing multi-person hypnosis.
Her first attempt had been ruined before she could succeed.
If she didn’t know that Ying Ziji didn’t know anything about hypnosis, she would almost suspect that Ying Ziji had deliberately given her a slap at that moment.
Ying Yuexuan stood in the cold wind for a while and shivered as she left the Nie family villa.
Meng Ru naturally wouldn’t wait outside.
The Yuan family had booked a table at a five-star restaurant opposite the villa area where the Nie family was, and Yuan Jiacheng was there, along with other factions of the Yuan family.
Ying Yuexuan went to the clothes shop next door to buy a coat before she dried up and went up.
Meng Ru was chatting with someone else and after seeing Ying Yuexuan, she frowned: “Why are you out?”
“I’m not feeling well.” Ying Yuexuan bowed her head, “Madam Yuan, I’m really sorry, I need to go to the hospital.”
She didn’t dare tell Meng Ru that she had blocked that path to the Nie family.
“It’s just that.” Meng Ru saw that Ying Yuexuan’s face was pale and beads of sweat were pouring out, so she didn’t say anything more accusingly, “Let Jia Cheng accompany you.”
“Don’t bother.” Ying Yuexuan’s voice was very low, “I can go by myself.”
Meng Ru didn’t press the matter any further.
Ying Yuexuan hurriedly left.
Meng Ru frowned again.
She didn’t know why, but she felt that Ying Yuexuan was not as pleasant today.
But Meng Ru quickly put this thought to the back of her mind and then started chatting with the other lady of the Yuan family.
**
Inside the banquet hall.
“Unlucky.” Nie Chao grunted, “One inattention and the flies came in.”
Ying Zidian looked sideways, “Are you saying that I’m a fly swatter?”
“No, no, no.” Nie Chao was busy waving his hand and complimented, “You take is a fly swatter, you are an insecticide!”
“……”
Ying Zidian walked inside with an expressionless face.
She really didn’t know who had eaten the emotional intelligence of the two Nie brothers.
Kind of understood Ling Mianxi’s anguish.
Nie Chao was also busy following, leaving Housekeeper Nie to continue entertaining the guests.
As soon as he left, the famous lady who brought Ying Yuexuan in changed her expression: “Young Master Nie Chao, I ……”
At the back, Housekeeper Nie stopped and smiled, “Young Master Nie Chao said, Miss Liao also did not know people well and was lured by words, this matter, has nothing to do with Miss Liao.”
Only when she heard this did Miss Liao breathe a sigh of relief, but she was still apologetic, “I’m really sorry, I promise that this kind of thing won’t happen in the future.”
Butler Nie nodded his head in greeting and went to the other side to get busy.
Miss Liao was still standing in the same place, a little dazed.
She also felt a little strange.
Although the family she came from wasn’t as good as the Nie family’s Mu family line, it was still considered the second tier of imperial families at any rate.
It was a rare opportunity to be invited to the Nie family’s New Year banquet this time.
Although she was quite close to Ying Yuexuan and liked her, she couldn’t possibly bring an outsider in with her.
Miss Liao thought about it, but couldn’t come up with a logical solution.
She decided that she should keep her distance from Ying Yuexuan in future.
If Ying Yuexuan offended the Nie family heir, she would be half ruined in the celebrity circle in the imperial capital.
Miss Liao shook her head.
It was also self-inflicted.
**
On the other side.
Fu Yunshen came out of the kitchen at the back, took two specially made cupcakes and handed them to the girl: “Did you go to interrupt her hypnosis?”
Ying Yuexuan nodded slightly, lightly: “Plain and simple.”
She found out that Ying Yuexuan could hypnotise when she went to the Talent Cla*s to look for someone that time when something happened to Wen Huilan.
That’s why she gave Xiu Yu the advice not to look into Ying Yuexuan’s eyes.
There are many kinds of hypnosis, and the one that Ying Yuexuan used to use was the gaze method, which, together with verbal hints, could be used to hypnotise.
However, the level of hypnosis that Ying Yuexuan knows is similar to that of a street performer in O China.
Hypnosis is a kind of psychological suggestion, and people who are receptive are easily hypnotised.
Part of the reason why Ying Yuexuan could make people feel a high level of affinity was also because she knew a bit of hypnosis.
Nie Chao also found it unbelievable: “Big Brother, then Ying Jia they wouldn’t be ……”
“What are you thinking?” Fu Yunshen lifted his eyes and smiled, “You think she’s one of those hypnotists on the list? Her kind of hypnosis is all about obeying other people’s minds, it’s very pedestrian.”
“It’s like those commercials that run on TV, if you really don’t need it, you won’t buy it no matter how much the commercials promote it and give you psychological hints.”
Nie Chao scratched his head, mournfully, “My worldview is shattered again.”
The Nie family only had one nok forum account that could access the Hidden Alliance Society, held by every head of the family, except that the rank was not high, only A-rank.
The one in Nie Yi’s hand was the one he had gotten himself.
After Nie Chao received the account from Elder Nie, he went to the hidden section to browse around.
After browsing, he realised that the world he knew before was just the tip of the iceberg.
Fu Yunshen waited for Ying Zidian to finish eating, handed her another piece of paper, and then held out his hand.
Ying Zidian finished wiping her hand: “What are you doing?”
Fu Yunshen raised his eyebrows: “I said I would teach you to dance, so give me face.”
Although she really didn’t like dancing, Ying Ziyang put her hand on it.
Nie Chao suddenly winced, “I I I’d better go and entertain the guests.”
He wrapped his clothes tightly and left immediately.
He was afraid that if he didn’t leave, he would be a*sa*sinated as well.
**
Because of Ying Zidian, Elder Zhong and Ying Tianru were also invited.
Master Nie intended to help Ying Tianru expand his connections and contacts, so he let him go and exchange with the gentry from other families.
A few of the older generation were upstairs and set up a mahjong table.
“How do you do.” Elder Nie shook hands with Elder Zhong and bowed, “You have a good granddaughter, she saved Chao’er’s life, I really don’t know how to thank her.”
“She also saved my life and my grandson’s.” Mu Heqing also spoke up and sighed, “Otherwise, old man I would have given my account in Shanghai City last year.”
Fifth Chuan was sitting in a wheelchair because of his mobility problems, “Master …… Miss Ying also saved Yue Yue’s life, I am grateful.”
Elder Zhong’s hand was being shaken incessantly and the man was cracking up.
Who were these people in front of him?
The heads of the top families in the imperial capital!
These were all figures that were out of reach of the four biggest families in Shanghai, but all of them were now playing mahjong with him …….
So his granddaughter is so bullish?!
Master Zhong dizzily drew a North Wind, took a look, and happily pushed his tile: “Hey, I drew! Pay up!”
Master Nie: “……”
Mu Heqing: “……”
Fifth Chuan stroked his long beard, accidentally pulling off a pinch, and hissed.
As expected, they were the kin of their master ancestor, this hobby of liking to make money was all the same.
**
After the banquet, Ying Ziji returned to the guest room and made a video call.
She originally thought of getting Wen Fengmian to come to the imperial capital as well, but he was still reluctant and only said to wait a little longer.
So she contacted Norton University and asked them to send a special plane to pick up Wen Fengmian.
On the video, Wen Fengmian was with Wen Huilan.
“Dad, Xiaolan.” Ying Ziji leaned back in his chair, “How’s it going?”
“Pretty good.” Wen Fengmian smiled, “It’s the first time I’ve been to Norton University, so Dad is still a bit uncomfortable.”
The three of them talked for a while in a quiet atmosphere.
After the video call ended, Wen Fengmian then looked at the table of dishes that the Vice Chancellor had specially prepared for them and fell into silence.
All these years, he had been in Qing Shui County though.
This place was a poverty-stricken area and did not even have an internet connection, but he would also go specifically to sell newspapers.
No one didn’t know how strong Norton University was.
It’s all a rush for thousands of students to go there, but they all still can’t go.
But now, the Vice Chancellor of Norton University personally brought them food and asked if there was anything they needed, at their beck and call.
Wen Fengmian set up the tableware, and after a pause, spoke up, “Guiya, your sister ……”
Wen Listen Lan has been with Norton University for more than half a year now, and her receptiveness has improved greatly.
Every week, the vice-principal would call him over and have a cordial talk with him, and would also give him special lectures.
He sometimes thought that the Vice-Chancellor was really crazy.
Wen heard Lan lift his head and looked serious: “She is my sister and will always be.”
No matter what changes had occurred in Ying Zigui, this would never change.
Wen Fengmian was stunned and smiled faintly, “It’s good that you can think like this.”
After a pause, his voice softened, “Gui Gui, there are some words you may not like to hear, if one day, they come to you, what will you do?”
“No what to do.” Wen heard Lan’s eyebrows cool and light, “She is also my only sister, I don’t have a mother.”
He had only been born for a short time at that time and had no memories.
But back then, his real mother could take all the money away so decisively and take her eldest daughter away, so it was clear that she had little affection for them.
Chapter 382
Wen heard Lan also knew why Wen Fengmian would ask that.
It was because of Norton University.
That woman’s interests were paramount, there was no guarantee that she would come back for them after she knew that he had entered Norton University.
Wen Weilan frowned slightly, “Dad, you must not be soft-hearted.”
“How could I.” Wen Fengmian’s expression gradually faded, “You and Yaoyao are the most important, dad understands that very well, what’s more, she did that kind of thing to you Sit in the first place, there’s no way I can forgive her or trust her again.”
Saying that, he sighed, “It’s also my fault.”
When Wen Huilan was five years old, his real mother came back for a visit.
At that time, Wen Huilan’s psychological disorder was not particularly severe, but he was claustrophobic and did not like to talk to people he was unfamiliar with.
That woman did not know this and only felt that her son was not close to her.
In a fit of rage, she locked Wen Huilan in his room and turned off all the lights, then left without looking back.
Coincidentally, that night Ying had a fever and Wen Fengmian carried her to the hospital in town.
Originally, he wanted to take Wen Huilan with him, but Wen Huilan had never liked hospitals.
Wen Fengmian had no choice but to trust his ex-wife.
A tiger’s poison does not eat its children.
No one expected things to turn out that way.
Wen heard Lan’s condition worsened from then on and she did not speak for several years, even to Wen Fengmian and Ying Zidian.
For the next ten years or so, that woman never came back.
Wen heard Lan hesitate for a moment: “Dad, they wouldn’t really come looking for you, would they?”
“No.” Wen Fengmian shook his head slightly, “Don’t worry about them, let’s eat.”
Wen heard Lan pick up his chopsticks when there was a knock on the door.
Wen Fengmian looked up, “Who’s here?”
Wen heard Lan was a cadet of the SS level academy, his treatment was not comparable to other cadets, his dorm room was a single villa.
Usually, no one would come except for the senior brothers and sisters.
Today was the Chinese Lunar New Year, but not for the others.
“I’ll go and open the door.” Wen heard Lan get up and walked over to open the door.
Then he saw the vice headmaster with his hands behind his back and a serious look on his face.
Wen Weilan was stunned: “Good day, Vice Principal.”
“Fine, fine, I’m fine.” The vice-principal coughed a few times, “You just spoke to your sister on the phone, right?”
Wen heard Lan didn’t know why he was asking, but he still nodded his head.
The vice-principal rubbed his hands together, “Did she, then, greet me?”
“No.”
The teenager had a “how could she greet you” look on his face.
Vice-Principal: “……”
He knew he was a tool.
Wen heard Lan ask, “Do you have anything else?”
“Yes, of course I do.” The vice-principal looked serious, “So what ah, I know you Chinese will play mahjong on New Year’s Eve.”
Wen heard Lan was slightly surprised that the vice-principal knew so much about their customs, and nodded again, “Yes, there is.”
“Look, with three of us, there’s no way to play this mahjong.” The vice headmaster slowly pulled out a deck of playing cards from his pocket, “How about Landlord?”
“…….”
**
The new year pa*sed by in a flash, and the isc rematch officially ended at the end of February.
The official website announced the rankings.
In first place, it was still the mysterious overall number one and way ahead.
However, this top one had not revealed his identity or name so far, and many viewers who went to the Shark Live platform were not able to match this top one with any of the academic gods.
They didn’t even think about Ying Zigui’s side.
After all, no one in their right mind would be in the mood to go to the selection and replay rounds after getting a place in the direct international competition.
As Ying Zigui’s popularity increased further, more and more people paid attention to isc.
Although most people couldn’t understand the questions, a betting game was opened online as a result.
The bet was on who would place higher in the international final, Ying Zidian or the top of the overall list.
[Place your bets on whether the number one in the overall ranking or Ying Shen is stronger.
[I bet on Ying Shen, no reason, I see faces.]
[Obviously the number one on the overall list is perverted, his speed is unbeatable, I bet on the number one on the overall list.
In cla*s 19, Xiu Yu looked at these comments and rubbed his chin: “How come there isn’t an option to bet on you and the top of the overall list being the same person?”
Hearing this, Ying Ziji took off his headphones, “Bet? There’s money for that?”
Xiu Yu was choked up, “No, just one vote.”
“Oh.”
The girl put her headphones back on and didn’t pay any more attention.
Xiu Yu finished browsing Weibo and got excited: “Ying Dad, why don’t I accompany you to the international final?”
“You have to do well in your college exams.” Ying Ziji yawned and raised his eyebrows, “Don’t come to see me if you can’t get above 650.”
Xiu Yu: “……”
She silently turned to the side, and saw Jiang Yan frantically brushing up on the questions.
This guy, ever since his riotous internal energy had been completely suppressed, had been indulging in physics and maths unstoppably.
Xiu Yu silently took out another Golden Exam Paper and started writing.
**
There were a total of 1200 places in the international final, and Ying Yuexuan’s final piece of 1109, naturally, also made it into the international final.
When Zhong Manhua found out, she was not much happy.
Her heart was not happy.
During the New Year, many noblewomen came to visit her and all said the same thing.
Even the tone of their words was the same.
“Ying Ziyi is really great, one piano song has set the whole internet on fire, and she’s also the god of learning, who was promoted by the main TV station. It’s a pity, Manhua, how come she’s not your real daughter?”
“Otherwise, you would have been able to join in the glory. Alas, there’s no way out, she’s left the Ying family, so you can’t join in the glory.”
Zhong Manhua could not kick her out, so she could only listen reluctantly, but her mood was getting worse and worse.
Ying Yuexuan had worked hard to get into the international final, but Ying Zigui had already got her place.
You can tell who is the best at a glance.
Zhong Manhua sat on the sofa and was so dazed that she didn’t even notice that Ying Yuexuan had come home.
“Mom, the medical doctor I asked my senior brother to invite has arrived.” Ying Yuexuan pursed her lips and squeezed her fingers tightly, “When will you see grandma?”
“Really?” Zhong Manhua was first stunned, then surprised, “Already here in Shanghai City?”
“Mm.” Ying Yuexuan took out her phone and pulled up a profile, “This is Dr. Nora, who enjoys a high reputation internationally.”
Zhong Manhua took a look at it and the discomfort in her heart was left behind, “Xiao Xuan, it’s lucky that you are here, otherwise we wouldn’t be able to hire such a powerful medical doctor.”
To put it bluntly, the Ying family’s scope of doing business was too small.
There was nothing involved with the academic and medical worlds, and no contacts.
Zhong Manhua consoled herself in her heart.
No matter what, Ying Yuexuan was still very good. At least Ying Zidian had no way of treating Old Lady Ying.
She had not made a wrong choice.
Besides, the Yuan family had already engaged Ying Yuexuan to Yuan Jiacheng.
But what about Ying Zidian’s side?
She and Fu Yunshen still haven’t gotten married.
Maybe it’s just for fun.
Only if things were stable could Zhong Manhua put her mind at ease.
“Then we’ll go now.” Zhong Manhua got up, “Is Dr. Nora available now?”
“Yes.” Ying Yuexuan also breathed a secret sigh of relief, “She’s at the First Hospital.”
Zhong Manhua nodded and called Ying Zhenting, then took Ying Yuexuan with her to the First Hospital.
Old Lady Ying’s headache was getting worse and she was staying in the hospital.
After testing her, Nora leaves the ward again.
Ying Zhending went up to her: “Dr. Nora, how is the situation?”
“This headache of the old lady is indeed quite odd.” Nora frowned and hesitated a little, “I can’t be sure, I need to ask someone to look at it together for me.”
Hearing these words, both Ying Zhenting and Zhong Manhua’s expressions changed.
Even Nora found it difficult to treat Old Lady Ying’s illness, and she had to ask another doctor to come?
Nora has treated many difficult cases, otherwise her status in the medical profession would not be so high.
Pei Tianyi was able to help Ying Yuexuan to bring her here because she once owed Pei Tianyi a favour.
At that time, the lab had lost important items and it was Pei Tianyi who helped track them down.
Zhong Manhua was nervous: “Dr. Nora, is there a good chance of a cure?”
“I’m fifty percent sure.” Nora smiled, “If you add her to the mix, ten percent certainty is there.”
Zhong Manhua was relieved then, “I wonder who Dr. Nora is going to hire?”
She reckoned that the person who could make Nora personally invite should also be a very powerful divine doctor saint over on the o-continent.
“Just a moment.” Nora said, “I’ll make a phone call, she’s in Shanghai.”
Zhong Manhua was stunned, “Right in Shanghai City?”
Nora nodded and took out her phone.
She found out Ying’s WeChat and dialed a voice call.
Three seconds later, the call was answered.
Nora spoke, “Hello, student Ying.”