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Chapter 1280 The Modern-Day Jia Xu

The shadow puppet show depicts Zhao Zilong's seven entries and exits from Changban Slope, with Liu Ruyan representing Changban Slope itself—this is absolutely amazing!

He was certain that once he appeared under the lights, their neighborhood property management group would explode tonight, not even until tomorrow.

They might even trend on Douyin the next day. Although it's unclear who it is, their apartment building will definitely be exposed. Given Liu Ruyan's pride, she'll probably take him back to the city to live. She definitely won't be able to stay in this apartment anymore.

Then it will trigger a chain reaction. Miss Yuan will come over and laugh at them, and Chuanmei and the others will join in the fun. His cousin Su He might even find out, adding to their dark history. Ms. Zhao upstairs will definitely come back to condemn them, since this is no different from spreading obscene videos.

And there's another 'little fishman' who might break through his defenses. After all, when the goddess he failed to win over back then is now being kicked around by someone, his Dao heart might be shattered.

As expected, upon hearing this, Liu Ruyan immediately screamed, covered her chest with both hands, and quickly turned off the lights.

It was obvious that she had realized what was happening. Although people outside couldn't see her, they could see her shadow. The thought of her current state made her feel quite uncomfortable.

The living room was plunged into darkness. Seeing this, Lin Mo rolled his eyes at him and said, "Why are you covering up? It's not like we haven't seen it before. Besides, you can only see a shadow from outside."

"Mind your own business!" Liu Ruyan said, releasing her grip. The room was pitch black, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, but she still managed to reach Lin Mo and pull him into the bedroom, relying on her familiarity with the room.

The next day, Liu Ruyan went to work satisfied, but Lin Mo was in a terrible state. His body, which had just recovered a little, was completely drained again. To make matters worse, he had to go to medical school for class today.

After all, he had already skipped several classes, so he couldn't just stop coming in the future. As a result, when Lin Mo arrived at school, he was teased by Professor Li and his senior, Shen Qingnan.

There was no way around it; given his current condition, even two experienced traditional Chinese medicine doctors could guess his diagnosis with just a glance, without even needing to take his pulse.

Seeing this, Lin Mo blushed with embarrassment and quickly defended himself, saying that he had been too tired from traveling recently. He even produced evidence that he and several others had traveled as special forces soldiers. However, Professor Li and Shen Qingnan just laughed, which made him laugh so hard that he even wanted to call Chuan Mei over to help him testify.

Fortunately, Professor Li, being older, still had some professional ethics, so he only laughed for half an hour before stopping. Only his senior sister, who was of the same generation, laughed all the way until he finished school in the afternoon.

Before leaving, he asked if Lin Moyi wanted to drink some traditional Chinese medicine to nourish his kidneys. Lin Moyi refused firmly and went back to find a traditional Chinese medicine shop. He wrote himself a prescription based on the knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine he had learned during this period. Nourishing the kidneys? No problem. He went home and used the clay pot in the kitchen to brew a dose of medicine. After taking it, he had diarrhea for several hours and finally had to go to the hospital for an IV drip to get better.

To avoid being discovered, he specifically instructed Liu Ruyan not to go to the First Hospital, but to go to other hospitals instead. As it turned out, his teacher and senior sister's connections in Jiangning's medical system were ridiculously strong.

He hadn't even finished his IV drip when his teacher and senior female student called and teased him again.

The good news is that his months of studying traditional Chinese medicine paid off. Although the prescription he gave himself had some issues, it wasn't fatal, not even poisoning. It was just that the dosage wasn't controlled properly, and he only had a simple case of diarrhea.

The bad news is: although he doesn't officially work in the medical system, all his senior colleagues, both those he's met and those he hasn't, know about him and are practically laughing their heads off in private.

The level of his shock was second only to Fan Peng, who paralyzed himself with three needles and was saved by Professor Li with more than eighty needles. It can be said that Lin Mo, like Fan Peng, was already famous in his sect before anything even happened.

Perhaps in another city, a big shot might use him as a negative example when teaching his students—this is the consequence of not studying hard and prescribing random remedies.

Seeing this, Liu Ruyan was both amused and exasperated, but she also wondered if she had eaten too much last night. Look how anxious the child was, even prescribing a remedy for herself.

Fortunately, she's alright, just had diarrhea. If she had really been poisoned and died, she would have been devastated.

Time flew by and it was Tuesday afternoon. After a night and a day of rest, Lin Mo had almost recovered. It was just a bout of diarrhea, nothing serious. He was a young man with a strong recovery ability.

"Stop laughing. Besides, it's not a holiday today. Why don't you go to work?" Lin Mo said helplessly as he sat on the sofa, looking at Liu Ruyan who was occasionally chuckling.

Upon hearing this, even though it happened yesterday, Liu Ruyan still couldn't help but think of all the sad things that happened. But unfortunately, she had lived too smoothly for the past twenty years and hadn't encountered any sad things, so she still laughed.

"Hehehe~~ Okay, okay, sister, sister won't laugh anymore, hahaha!" Liu Ruyan looked at Lin Mo's expression and finally couldn't hold back. She lay down on the sofa, her shoulders shaking with laughter.

Lin Mo:

"Starting today, don't touch me for the time being!"

Liu Ruyan: ? ? ?

"Huh? That sounds like one of my lines?"

"I don't care, you get seven days off every month, I want that too!" Lin Mo said defiantly.

That's too much, really too much! Do you think it's easy for him? He was already injured that night and hadn't even recovered yet. Not only was he used as a medicinal ingredient and had his strength drained, but the next day in class, his teacher and senior sister laughed at him for most of the day. Of course, he had to come up with a solution!

However, he oversimplified things. He thought that with his good memory and several months of study, he was familiar with pharmacology and prescriptions. After all, he was a genius. But he didn't expect that writing a prescription was a completely different matter.

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. After all, his talent is fake. Moreover, none of his talents are applied to prescription writing. He is good at massage and bone setting, and taking women's pulses, but when it comes to prescription writing, he is not much better than Fan Peng.

Upon hearing this, Liu Ruyan rolled her eyes at him: "Get lost! How can a grown man like you ask for a seven-day vacation?"

"Why are you embarrassed? Men are human too! You can't treat me like an animal, can you? Besides, if you hadn't taken advantage of my weakness to attack me, I wouldn't be in this state. So it's all your fault!" Lin Mo said, his tone both unreasonable and defiant. Liu Ruyan was so angry she laughed: "Fine, fine, I was wrong, I was wrong, okay? You're so childish! Let's see if you dare to brew yourself Chinese medicine again!"

She was supposed to go to work today, but since Lin Mo was in this state, she was naturally worried and didn't go to the company. She thought she would stay home and take care of her boyfriend, but the more she took care of him, the more she wanted to laugh.

"You're still laughing? I'm leaving. This is too hurtful to my pride!" Upon seeing this, Lin Mo angrily got up and was about to leave.

But even after he reached the door, Liu Ruyan didn't come up to stop him, or even say a word. Then he turned his head and saw that Liu Ruyan was lying on the sofa again, laughing, her shoulders shaking.

Seeing this, he couldn't take it anymore and opened the door: "I'm leaving! I'm really leaving!"

"Hey, hey, don't go! Sister was wrong, really wrong. I won't laugh, okay? Fine, you can go now. I'll laugh at home for a while. Remember to bring me some fruit when you come back; there's no fruit in the fridge!" Liu Ruyan finally couldn't hold back and said bluntly.

Lin Mo shook his head helplessly and went downstairs. It was too embarrassing, and he felt terrible.

After going downstairs to the studio, he found everyone there. Fortunately, they didn't know what happened last night, otherwise he wouldn't have had the courage to even come downstairs.

"What are you guys talking about, you guys? You seem so excited," Lin Mo asked curiously as he walked in.

As soon as he entered through the back door, he heard several people chattering excitedly.

Upon hearing this, Miss Yuan laughed and said, "Let's talk again. After the college entrance exam, if both Tsinghua and Peking University call you, how will you choose?"

Lin Mo: →_→

"No, we're just from a second-tier university. How could we possibly discuss such high-level topics? You've got the wrong person."

Putting everything else aside, back then, our college entrance exam scores were only about 300 points away from getting into Tsinghua or Peking University—we were dreaming of getting into a vocational college!

Upon hearing this, the class monitor couldn't help but laugh and say, "Hey, isn't it because the college entrance exam results were released today? The internet is full of news about students checking their scores, so we just casually speculated!"

Lin Mo: ? ? ?

"Are the results out today?"

Director Wang nodded: "That's right, today is the 23rd, the results are available now!"

Lin Mo shrugged and said, "So? So what did you guys come up with?"

"We've come up with the safest approach: no matter which school, Tsinghua or Peking University, calls you, don't agree immediately. Listen to what the other party has to say, and then choose the one that offers the most sincere and favorable terms!" Miss Yuan said.

Hearing this, Lin Mo rolled his eyes at him: "No, do you need to tell me that?"

"Of course, how many students are swayed by whichever school calls first? If I receive two offers now, I'll ask them to bring the prettiest girls from each school. Whichever school has more girls and prettiest girls, that's the one I'll choose!" Miss Yuan said excitedly.

Lin Mo:

"Sister Yuan, you really don't shy away from stirring things up! Are you some kind of modern-day Jia Xu? What a vicious scheme!"

"What's wrong? It's just about seeing if the senior is pretty or not," Miss Yuan asked, looking puzzled.

Lin Mo sneered at this: "You're overthinking it. These two schools will use any means necessary to attract students every year."

In our small county, every year we hear about these two universities vying for students. Just last year, I heard that one of our students had exceptionally good grades, but Tsinghua's admissions office, without any sportsmanship, practically raided his home. Peking University even went to a hotel to fight with them. The scene was quite something!

The two universities are sworn enemies when it comes to recruiting students. If you make this condition, then you're doomed. Just watch, the two universities will use all their resources and connections to bring in their beautiful female students. They might even resort to any means necessary, like hiring outside help from dance schools or drama academies.

Because once you put forward this condition, whether or not you can be recruited is no longer important. What both sides are risking is the dignity of their respective schools. After all, no one wants to be told that the girls from their school are not as pretty as those from the other school!

But there's a catch: you have to be the top scorer! Of course, last place is also acceptable.

Upon hearing this, Director Wang, the squad leader, and He Xiaoyue all deeply agreed.

"So intense?" Miss Yuan's eyes widened, and she regretted not studying harder back then.

Upon hearing this, Lin Mo chuckled: "How novel! Don't tell me you didn't know!"

Miss Yuan shook her head, there was nothing she could do, because she really hadn't heard much about similar news.

Lin Mo understood this after a little thought. Jiangning is a large place with many students, and even more people are admitted to Tsinghua and Peking Universities. The pace of life is fast, so this kind of news naturally wouldn't spread much.

But it's different in their small county town. If something happens, the whole county will know about it within half a day.

(End of this chapter)