Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Butler Xu stopped, his head hanging down, not participating in their conversation.

Principal Xu took a sip of the hangover tea that Butler Xu handed over. He looked up and lightly said to Xu Yaoguang, “I won’t interfere.”

Xu Yaoguang’s eyes were full of complex emotions. “Are you not going to interfere?”

So she had to get in by herself?

He only knew that her qualities were good, but as for how good she was, he didn’t know. Upon hearing Principal Xu’s words, he was rather shocked. “Isn’t that too harsh?”

Principal Xu finished his tea and waved his hand for them to go out.

The butler respectfully closed the door.

Standing in the corridor without a jacket, the cold wind blew past, sobering him.

“Butler, do you think she can do it?” Xu Yaoguang pursed his lips.

Butler Xu didn’t really know the heir that Elder Xu had chosen and only dared to hesitantly say, “It took a year for the talented Song Luting to enter. Master only said it was possible, not confirmed…”

In March next year… the difficulty was too high.

If she could pass the exam with her own capabilities, she would be able to stun those people in the Research Institute without using Elder Xu.

Butler Xu and Xu Yaoguang were thinking about the possibility of this matter.

But they didn’t know that in the study, Principal Xu was staring at the Research Institute’s page and shaking his head. March… Was it too much?

In the research base in Ninghai Town, Qin Ran had already met the internal requirements four years ago…

He didn’t think it was asking too much of her to climb up again by March of the following year. She was born suitable for this, and if not for the bombing incident, she wouldn’t have gone to Beijing University four years later.

Fortunately…

He could afford to wait.

**

At the same time.

Qin Ran was talking to Song Luting about the Research Institute in her room. She opened the mailbox and checked the documents sent by Principal Xu.

Song Luting already knew about this matter, and upon hearing that Principal Xu had arranged for her an event in March next year, he directly sent a message—

Wait a minute.

Qin Ran waited while reading books on nuclear engineering.

About half an hour later, she received another oversized document from him, with a total of three gigabytes—

Look through it carefully.

Downloading it directly, she opened the folder and took a look, only to find that it was full of laboratory videos recorded by Song Luting for Hong Tao. After he arrived at the Research Institute, Hong Tao was a free man.

At this time, it was just right for Qin Ran, who had yet to enter.

As soon as she finished the first video after ten minutes, Qin Ling called her.

Turning on the external speaker, she picked up her earphones and put it in her ears. She leaned back and asked with narrowed eyes, “What’s the matter?”

“Uncle sent me a few teachers today.” Qin Ling was squatting in the bathroom with his hand over his mouth, lowering his voice.

Qin Ran wasn’t too surprised and casually asked, “You showed him the games?”

“… You said it was alright to show it to him.” Qin Ling’s long eyelashes hung down, and his voice was a little soft.

“Yeah.” Qin Ran stared at the screen and distractedly said, “Learn well from the teachers and ask me if you don’t understand anything. But I might not have time later on, so I’ll introduce you to the person who taught me before.”

Qin Ling’s eyes dimmed upon hearing that she wasn’t teaching him, and he muttered faintly.

After hanging up the phone, Qin Ran continued watching the video and clicked on “Neighbor”‘s WeChat profile. She sent his number directly to Qin Ling, asking him to add him quickly.

Then, she left a message to “Neighbor”—

My brother is adding you,

After that, she was about to exit, but after thinking about it, she clicked on her message and changed the comma to a full stop.

On the other side, Qin Ling heard Qin Ran say that her teacher was going to teach him and sat upright on the toilet seat. He immediately added the teacher respectfully.

The teacher also seemed very taciturn.

He only sent a message—

Shoot if you have any questions.

Nothing else was said.

Putting away his mobile phone, Qin Ling went out of the bathroom. He recorded the show during the day and studied with his teachers during his free time.

His rapid progress amazed the teachers.

Upon hearing about his progress from the teachers, Qin Xiuchen became more and more hopeful for the Qin family’s revival.

After Butler Qin found out about this as well, he relaxed his strict education for Qin Hanqiu.

He had been forceful towards Qin Hanqiu because he was the only one in the direct line.

But now that there was a talented Qin Ling, he didn’t force Qin Hanqiu as much. Other than teaching him some basic things, he didn’t force him to watch code software and the likes.

After the siblings separated from City C, they both fell into a frantic study.

**

It was Saturday.

Qin Ran was woken up by a call from Nan Huiyao, reminding her that today was the day to meet her high school classmates.

Qin Ran went to bed at two o’clock after watching the videos and reading books last night. She opened her eyes and sat on the bed for a while, then slowly got up, brushed her teeth, washed her face, changed her clothes, and went downstairs.

Cheng Juan just came in after his morning practice.

In the cold weather, he wore a white long-sleeved sweatshirt with a layer of cold frost on it. His beautiful eyes casually squinted, and he lazily blinked when he saw Qin Ran coming downstairs. “What time are you leaving?”

“9:30.” Qin Ran didn’t sleep well these days. She pulled the chair and sat down with her chin on her hand.

They were meeting at a place near Beijing University, and it took less than 20 minutes to drive there.

Seeing that he had time, Cheng Juan went up to take a bath, changed his clothes, and then ate breakfast with Qin Ran before driving her to the hot pot restaurant.

He parked the car in front of the restaurant. Instead of going in with her, he only asked her to call him before leaving the venue.

Nan Huiyao, Xing Kai, and Chu Heng had arrived twenty minutes earlier.

“Ran Ran, you’re here.” Nan Huiyao looked up and gave up a place for her to sit. “Here.”

Taking off her coat and hanging it aside, Qin Ran sat down beside her, then leaned lazily against the chair while casually chatting with them.

Two minutes later, someone knocked on the door.

Nan Huiyao’s eyes lit up, and she couldn’t help but grab Qin Ran’s arms excitedly. “Can I finally see the woman with three God cards?”

Xing Kai stood up immediately and excitedly opened the door.