Chapter 8: A Group of Mediocre Men, Hmph

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Lu Jingtian didn’t quite agree with Bai Lu’s words:
“You might as well say we were lucky it was Miss Chu who came.”
“Otherwise, I’m afraid the great reputation of Doctor Lin would have been ruined last night.”

Bai Lu grew furious, revealing her true nature instantly:
“What do you mean by that, Lu Jingtian?”
“Do you know how rare and precious a genius like me is, to be accepted as Doctor Lin’s apprentice in my senior year?”

Lu Jingtian didn’t even raise an eyebrow:
“Then can you, like Miss Chu, cure my grandmother?”

Bai Lu hesitated for a moment:
“I-It’s just the Seven-Insect Gu poison, right?”
“The antidote isn’t hard to make.”
“The difficulty lies in how hard it is to detect since it’s an ancient poison that disappeared over a hundred years ago.”
“As long as you know what it is, I can easily concoct the antidote!”

Lu Jingtian nodded:
“Then can you easily detect this poison?”

Bai Lu: …

To be honest, she couldn’t.
This poison had vanished from records over a century ago; modern medical systems no longer documented it.
She herself found it only by chance in some ancient texts preserved by her teacher.

But something like this, where anyone who knows the poison can randomly whip up an antidote—even a college student—was purely a matter of luck. She didn’t think it proved any real skill!

Moreover, that fraud was just an ordinary medical student from a mediocre university.
If he really had talent, how could he have failed to enter her prestigious medical school, Luan University?

So, Bai Lu decided to lie through her teeth:
“Of course I can.”
“Lu Jingtian, just you wait!”
“I’ll make you realize how badly you’ve been fooled!”

She was determined to ruin the reputation and future of that impostor who stole her spotlight—to see him disgraced and behind bars!

More importantly, only by proving her own ability could she gain freedom within the Bai family.
She would never allow any accident to derail her path to freedom!

…

Xintai University.
One of the top three medical schools nationwide.

Although it couldn’t compare with first-ranked Luan University and second-ranked Guangzong University,

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for ordinary students, it was already a top-tier university they could aspire to enter.
Of course, among students from Luan and Guangzong, Xintai was considered a trash school.
Sometimes, the academic world’s hierarchy of disdain was more severe than any industry’s.

Chu Qiao was once again forced to finish one-third of her workbook on the bus, finally satisfying the idiotic system.
Upon arriving at the classroom, she immediately laid her head down on the desk to catch up on sleep.

Gradually, students began filling the room, and fragments of conversation floated into Chu Qiao’s ears:
“The exchange competition starts next week.”
“What should we do? Just thinking about being dominated again by the prodigies from the other two schools makes me anxious.”
“Only the top ten from our school get to be sent to get beaten, what’s a 30th place student like you worried about?”
“I’m afraid Qin Fan will lose control during the competition, use violence on other schools’ students, get caught, and bring shame to us as her classmates.”
“After all, she’s been the top of the school for four years straight; she’s definitely going to participate!”
“Wow! I suddenly feel so nervous too!”
“But I really envy those who get to join the exchange competition.”
“If you perform well there, your chances of being noticed by those top academicians and getting directly recommended for graduate studies increase a lot!”
“That doesn’t matter, right? Chu Han from our school was chosen by Academician Cai for graduate studies purely based on her usual performance and top-five grades.”
“Have you seen Chu Han’s family background? It’s not something ordinary people like us can compare to.”
“Family background doesn’t matter that much, right? Chu Qiao is Chu Han’s older sister, yet she’s just an unremarkable student with nothing special.”

Chu Qiao: …

At that moment, a black-haired girl approached and plopped down next to her.
Chu Qiao turned to look.
The girl’s features were beautiful, but the coldness on her face gave her an air of aloofness that kept others at a distance.
She was none other than Qin Fan, the unfortunate target of gossip earlier, the peerless academic genius who had held the top spot at the school for four years.

Chu Qiao often thought that the only reason they could be close friends was because Qin Fan was too lazy to change seats.

Qin Fan overheard the earlier gossip and sneered coldly:
“A bunch of mediocre people, all they can do is gossip behind others’ backs.”
“As for me losing control and hitting someone during a beating?”
“The last exchange was Guangzong University’s weakling who lost to me so badly he started cursing. I was just kind enough to shut him up with a punch.”

Chu Qiao felt her friend was completely wrong, so she kindly suggested:
“Make sure to avoid the surveillance cameras this time, use your fighting skills, and don’t leave any evidence.”

Qin Fan accepted her advice:
“You’re always so thoughtful.”

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She glanced at Chu Qiao again, hesitating before saying:
“Qiao Qiao, are you really sure about giving up on graduate school and going straight to work at the city hospital?”

Qin Fan didn’t agree with Chu Qiao’s decision.
After all, this was a life-and-death profession where a bachelor’s degree meant being stuck at the lowest level with almost no chance of promotion.
But considering Chu Qiao’s ruined family situation, she felt she couldn’t say much to persuade her.

Hearing Qin Fan’s question, Chu Qiao fell into a brief daze.
Her desire to work at the city hospital now felt as distant as a past life.

“No. I now think my previous goals were too short-sighted and small.”
Chu Qiao shook her head seriously.

Qin Fan hadn’t expected her friend to suddenly have this change of heart and breathed a sigh of relief:
“It’s good that you’ve figured it out.”
“In our field, you really need to pursue graduate or doctoral studies to…”

Before she could finish, Chu Qiao clenched her fists and said firmly:
“My goal now is to trample Doctor Lin underfoot and become the undisputed number one in today’s medical world!”

If she could survive with this idiotic system tormenting her daily, what couldn’t she accomplish?
After all the suffering, if she didn’t set a world-beating goal, how could she justify it to herself?

Qin Fan was stunned into silence, too shocked to say a word.
Her friend didn’t seem to have just come to terms with things—she seemed crazy…

Just then, Chu Han entered, flanked by a few female classmates.
She had attended Lu Jingtian’s banquet the night before, and news of her interaction with the nation’s top medical experts had already spread throughout the school.

The moment she walked in, everyone swarmed her.
“Chu Han, did you really meet Mr. Lu last night? Is he as handsome as in the video?”
“Were those medical experts talking about the latest breakthroughs in the medical field? Was it all super high-level?”
“Chu Han, were you nervous? Just thinking about facing so many top experts makes me almost unable to breathe!”

The students eagerly asked, filled with curiosity about the world they couldn’t access.

Chu Han listened patiently, her face always wearing a gentle, faint smile.
She first glanced at Chu Qiao, who was largely ignored, then smiled and said:
“I wasn’t nervous at all~”