Chapter 136: Three Senior Brothers

Su Ruo finished speaking, then ignored Sun Yanni and directly returned to her own bunk. Sun Yanni was merely a small figure used by others, not worth fearing; the key was the person behind her, Feng Xiran.

Although Su Ruo's current ability still couldn't move Feng Xiran, if Feng Xiran continued to cause trouble, Su Ruo would absolutely not let her off.

Feng Xiran stared at the curtain Su Ruo had pulled up, her eyes filled with deep resentment; she had never suffered such humiliation before, and since Su Ruo appeared, everything had started to go wrong for her.

Now Su Ruo had even become Yan Jiaoshou's disciple, firmly suppressing her; how could she bear it?

However, Feng Xiran still composed herself, walked up to Sun Yanni and said, "Sorry, Yanni, today is all my fault; I've implicated you!"

But this time Sun Yanni didn't; she immediately went forward to comfort Feng Xiran. Sun Yanni indeed wanted to curry favor with Feng Xiran, but when her secretly hidden thoughts were exposed, she could no longer continue to fawn over Feng Xiran as if nothing had happened.

Seeing Sun Yanni return to her bunk without a word, Feng Xiran's gaze grew even more resentful; now even Sun Yanni dared to give her the cold shoulder.

Feng Xiran hated it intensely in her heart, but had no way to vent her anger.

Regarding the dormitory matters, Guan Yue seemed unable to hear, continuing to read; the twins exchanged a glance, but no one spoke.

Feng Xiran stood there alone, with no one coming forward to comfort her and no one speaking; instantly the dormitory fell so quiet that the drop of a needle could be heard.

Over the next few days, Su Ruo attended class as usual; whether it was because she had been frightened by a beating or because her identity as Yan Jiaoshou's disciple was too intimidating, no one in the class dared to provoke her anymore.

They even proactively reserved the central seat in the front row for Su Ruo's exclusive use, and basically no one ever sat around her.

If it were someone else, they might feel isolated, but Su Ruo felt nothing of the sort; she thought this was better, with no one disturbing her, she could relax and be at ease—she had come to study, not to make friends.

Therefore, Su Ruo never took such trivial matters to heart; she devoted all her attention to studying medicine.

Besides the class material each day, her master would also personally teach her medical techniques.

Su Ruo's time was basically spent reading or studying medicine with her master; she had no time for idle worries or worrying about others' attitudes.

On the day before the formal apprenticeship, Su Ruo finally met her legendary three senior brothers.

Su Ruo had always thought her three senior brothers would be old, stern middle-aged doctors who rarely smiled, but the opposite was true: they looked young, about twenty-something.

Moreover, each was handsome and graceful, completely different from the image Su Ruo had imagined.

As soon as her three senior brothers entered the school gate, they immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Yan Jiaoshou stared sternly and said, "You three still know how to come back."

One of the white-clothed men immediately stepped forward, smiling cheekily, and said, "We're not just here to see the junior sister, Master; we dare not disobey your orders."

After the man finished speaking, he casually greeted Su Ruo: "Hello, junior sister, I am your third senior brother, Ji Linye." Then he took out a gift he had prepared and gave it to her.

Upon seeing the fist-sized Night Bright Pearl, Su Ruo was completely stunned.

But the few people around her remained very calm, as if they were already used to it; even her master wore a look of disdain, saying, "All you bring are flashy but useless things."

Ji Linye immediately retorted, "Master, you don't understand; the junior sister is a girl, and girls all like these shiny things.

Moreover, even if the junior sister doesn't like it, placing it in the room to give light is still good! Right, junior sister?"

Looking at the priceless Night Bright Pearl before her, Su Ruo could not help but say she didn't like it, against her true feelings.

She smiled, took the Night Bright Pearl, and said, "Thank you, senior brother; I really like it."

As the saying goes, "accepting gifts makes one's hands short, accepting flattery makes one's mouth soft"; after receiving the gift, Su Ruo found even this senior brother's carefree, easygoing manner much more pleasing, his whole person seeming to glow with gold, giving off the air of a nouveau riche.

Ji Linye was overjoyed to be called "senior brother" by Su Ruo; before her arrival, he had always been the youngest, constantly ordered around by everyone.

Now he, too, would be a senior brother, and he had gained such a well-behaved, pretty, fragrant, soft junior sister; Ji Linye instantly became happy, wanting to take off all his treasures and present them to the junior sister.

The others glanced at Ji Linye, who was smiling like a fool, and thought it was simply unbearable to watch.

At that moment, a handsome young man approached Su Ruo and said, "I am your second senior brother, Song Zhizhou." Then he produced a box and gave it to her.

Upon opening it, Su Ruo saw a complete set of surgical knives and silver needles, shining with a silvery-white light in the sunlight.

She didn't know what the surgical knives were made of; they were extremely hard, able to cut hair with a blow, and were far superior to the set the system had given her.

Seeing this, Ji Linye nearby immediately shouted, "Lao Er, you're biased! I've been asking you for this set of tools for ages, yet you never gave them to me, and now you give them to the junior sister!"

Song Zhizhou, without even looking up, said, "Can you compare yourself to the junior sister?"

Ji Linye fell silent at once; of course she could not compare to the junior sister.

Su Ruo felt a bit embarrassed; as she hesitated, unsure whether to accept the gift, Ji Linye rushed to her side, anxiously saying, "Junior sister, why are you just standing there? Hurry up and accept it! Let me tell you, Lao Er is a smiling tiger—usually the stingiest—if you don't take it now, he might regret it later, and that would be troublesome."

As soon as Ji Linye finished speaking, an exploding chestnut struck his forehead; he winced in pain, but still gave Su Ruo a look urging her to accept.

Su Ruo admitted she had overthought it, smiled, accepted the gift, and said, "Thank you, senior brother."

Finally, the eldest senior brother spoke; compared to the previous two, Wen Xiuyuan was obviously much steadier.

Moreover, he possessed an aura that inspired reverence, causing Su Ruo to instinctively straighten her posture.

The eldest senior brother handed Su Ruo a rectangular black box; upon seeing its contents, she gasped in shock.

Because inside the box lay a perfectly preserved five-hundred-year-old ginseng root.

Su Ruo immediately pushed the box back, saying, "Senior brother, this gift is too precious; I cannot accept it."

Ji Linye, however, shoved the box into Su Ruo's arms, saying, "Since the eldest senior brother gave it to you, just take it! Rest assured, the eldest senior brother has plenty more treasures; you'll find out later."

The master also nodded at Su Ruo, saying, "These are the goodwill of your several senior brothers; please accept them."

Su Ruo gazed at the three wealthy senior brothers before her, finally understanding that the master's earlier remark about letting her play with chicken blood stone was not a joke.