As the youngest top medical expert in the world, I retired due to an injury and returned to the countryside to recuperate, only to be unexpectedly found by my birth parents.
They mistakenly thought I grew up in the rural countryside without seeing the world and felt I was a disgrace to them, showing extreme distaste for me.
During a meal, my father said with feigned interest, “Dad found you a school. Just spend a couple of years there to get a college diploma. I don’t expect you to learn much, just need it to introduce you to others.”
My sister Chi Yan, pretending to be naive, asked, “Why not let Sister attend my school? My school is pretty good.”
That comment immediately triggered laughter from everyone else, “Stop kidding. The Nancheng University you’re attending is a renowned 985 institution in our country, second only to Qingbei University. Your sister couldn’t possibly get in.”
“Oh…” Chi Yan still looked naive and confused, “I’m sorry, I was admitted on a scholarship, and really thought the school was easy to get into. Just by studying casually, I reached the score threshold without much effort.”
Her words immediately drew a wave of envy and praise from the others.
I, on the other hand, could only laugh.
The one who should be saying sorry should be me.
I indeed couldn’t possibly attend that school as a student… because after hearing of my retirement, the president of Nancheng Medical College called me three times a day with various enticing offers, all to persuade me to join their college as a teacher.
When I meet my sister in the future, she’ll have to respectfully greet me with a “Hello, Teacher.” This update is available on NovєlFіre.net
Not long after I came back, the Su Family Matriarch, eager to break the arranged marriage set up when we were children, couldn’t wait to come over to cancel the engagement. Their century-old medical family took great pride in their son, a rare medical talent, and she was extremely pleased with Chi Yan, a medical student who might be able to help her son in the future, fearing that I would forcibly demand marriage and ruin her son’s good match.
As soon as I entered, she was eager to take me as her goddaughter.
The Su Family Matriarch thought I was reluctant to give up the chance to climb the social ladder and was having a hard time, seemingly kindly advising me, “You’ve never experienced life in a wealthy family; you may think it’s wonderful, but being a rich man’s wife isn’t so easy. With what you have, even if you married into the family by force, you would only be mocked every day. Instead of longing for a life that isn’t yours, wouldn’t it be better to step back and choose something more advantageous for yourself?”
She didn’t know I was even more troubled.
Whether it was marrying into their family or acknowledging her as a godmother, if my mentors and siblings in Beijing found out, they’d probably call me in the middle of the night to scold me for ruining my prospects, for associating with such an obscure family that they’d never even heard of.