With an indignant huff, Gou Dachun finished swearing his oath and cast an envious glance at the English-language page on his computer.
BMP-16...
If he could publish an internationally influential paper, he'd be able to swagger around in front of that awful woman, Ao Meng, and hold his head high!
But his recent anatomy research had hit a crucial snag, and no matter what he tried, he couldn't solve it.
If only some big shot could give him a few pointers...
Suddenly, he remembered what his colleague had just said: the Red Society had contact information for that academic prodigy, Queen.
But what was the Red Society?
It was the world's largest and most badass volunteer rescue organization! It belonged to no country and took orders from no conglomerate, standing aloof like a flower on a high mountain.
The Empire's business tycoons had to pay a fortune to get doctors from the Red Society to come out and treat them...
He was just Gou Dachun, an associate professor at a university. How could he possibly get Queen's contact information?
Then again, the Red Society also had a longstanding tradition: it was happy to provide free aid to poor people suffering from critical and rare diseases.
Rob from the rich to help the poor.
That was the real reason the Red Society was so renowned around the world.
Got it!
Excited, Gou Dachun began typing an email: "Hello, I'm a penniless teacher whose life is hanging by a thread. I'd like to ask you about my anatomy paper..."
The campus cafeteria.
A seat by the window, set apart from the others.
Qin Xin leisurely sipped the soup Xiangxiang had carefully simmered for her.
"Does it taste good, Little Miss?" Xiangxiang asked nervously, thinking she might have lost her appetite.
Qin Xin's lips curled slightly. "This soup..."
Xiangxiang grew even more nervous. "If it doesn't taste good, I'll make you something else..."
Those medicinal ingredients had cost four hundred thousand. She couldn't bear to throw out the dregs, so she'd simmered them again and carefully mixed them into the soup as a medicinal broth. She hoped she could fatten Qin Xin up a little; then Young Master Jue might be happier when he saw her.
She thought Qin Xin didn't like it.
Qin Xin patted her shoulder. "Xiangxiang, do you have a boyfriend?"
Xiangxiang blushed. "N-no."
"If I were a man, I'd marry a girl like you who can cook."
Xiangxiang froze under Qin Xin's gaze, her cheeks growing warm.
Eeep, it felt like Little Miss was flirting with her!
Little Miss had praised her cooking!
How could Little Miss be so handsome?
Just then, a mocking laugh reached her ears—
"See that? That ugly freak is back. She causes trouble the second she shows up and throws our Class 2 into chaos!"
"No wonder Instructor Gou from Class 1 was so mad he didn't come to class."
"She scared Xiao Chun so badly she fainted and ended up in the hospital, and she still has the nerve to sit here and eat?"
"Is that thing on her face even a face? It's more like toad skin, hahaha..."
Xiangxiang felt awful hearing them. She lowered her voice and asked Qin Xin, "Little Miss, are they bullying you again?"
"No, I'm the one bullying them," Qin Xin said honestly.
Those Spodoptera litura caterpillars would keep Yao Dazhuang and Yu Xiaochun suffering for days, all swollen up. Those brainless little brats thought they could bully her? They were asking for it.
But when she looked up and saw Xiangxiang's worried expression, Qin Xin paused to consider it.
Forget it. She'd better keep a lower profile.
Since the original owner had been a pushover, she could try to be more low-key.
"It's fine. I don't care." She patted Xiangxiang's shoulder reassuringly.
She truly paid no mind to the racket around her—
"No way, that ugly freak just made me sick. I need to cleanse my eyes with some photos of the department belle..."
"Who do you think will be the department belle this year?"
"Who else but Qin Wenrou from our Class 1?"
"True. Xiao Chun was pretty decent too, but now her face is all swollen... sigh."
"Anyway, your Class 2 doesn't have any beauties left. The other departments are fierce competition this year, so help us out and vote for Qin Wenrou!"
What a bunch of brats. Did they really have to make such a fuss over some stupid department belle?
Childish.
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