Chapter 85: Seems that to find a partner for this girl, we have to look for someone a bit smarter?

Pei Yao, after receiving a spot for further study, excitedly told her family the good news.

She had studied medicine since childhood, from Chinese pharmacology and herb identification to entering a systematic Western Medicine women's academy; she loves medicine and can forsake sleep and food to devote herself entirely.

In the Pei family, the people she admires most besides her grandfather are her older cousin.

Her older cousin chose a more difficult medical career path: military doctor.

Military doctors not only demand extremely high medical knowledge, but also scrutinize personal physical fitness, mental quality, and stress resistance.

Unfortunately, three years ago she applied together with her sister, but she was eliminated because of physical fitness......

Her professional subject rank was second, and she entered the First People's Hospital to work.

The top rank, however, was the Lu family's stepdaughter, who is the step‑sister of her older cousin's betrothed family!

Originally she wanted to interact with Lu Manman and send a friendly signal.

She thought that after her sister married into the Lu family, she could also form a good connection.

But soon, for some unknown reason, that prospective brother‑in‑law—oh no, brother‑in‑law—suddenly left the Capital and enlisted!

He was gone for several years; after a few attempts to be friendly met with cold shoulders, she gave up on dealing with Lu Manman.

Gradually, rumors spread in the department—no one knew who started them—saying she was a child relative of the Hospital Director, so good things came to her first.

Each time she was promoted, many colleagues congratulated her in a sour tone.

Or they whispered about her behind her back......

Over time, she made no friends in the hospital!

"This period, you be careful, stay vigilant."

Pei Lao Ye Zi, after retiring in recent years, has semi‑retired.

He spends his days in the study tinkering with notes, hoping to compile his lifelong learning into a book, publish a medical text, so future Chinese medicine enthusiasts have a reference.

But the workload is huge; he is old, his memory worsening, and every prescription and case he writes must be double‑checked; at over seventy, he is still busiest.

"Grandfather, what do you mean? Could someone harm me?"

Pei Yao looked bewildered, hands supporting her cheeks, her eyes clear with innocence.

Pei Lao Ye Zi looked at this granddaughter of his second son and felt a headache.

This girl, why isn't she as icy‑smart as her sister?

Every lesson, he has to break down reasoning and feed it to her; she lacks the quick wit that the elder's granddaughter has.

"You, when will you learn from your elder sister? You're so restless, your thoughts are written on your face; when others look, won't they know what you're thinking?"

"People with ill intent who try to use this against you behind your back—harming you isn't that easy, right?"

Pei Lao Ye Zi, while earnestly admonishing, reached for the purple‑clay teapot, preparing to pour himself a mouthful of water.

"Grandfather~"

Pei Yao admitted she was simple‑minded but not stupid; she still had sharp eyes, and quickly got up to snatch the teapot's handle and pour tea for her grandfather.

"Grandfather, my dear grandfather, I am your direct granddaughter; please teach me and tell me what I should watch out for~"

After all, being a granddaughter raised by his side since childhood, after a few coos and diligent back‑rubs and shoulder pinches, Pei Lao Ye Zi's attitude softened.

"Alright, sit down. I'll ask you: before the results are announced this time,"

"Huh? Grandfather, you're amazing—how do you know everything?"

Pei Yao nodded, sat properly, and stared at her grandfather earnestly.

"This Lu Manman isn't simple."

Pei Lao Ye Zi lifted the teacup, took a sip, his eyes narrowing as if savoring the tea.

"Indeed she's not simple. Our hospital's deputy director has been very kind to her—handling both major and minor surgeries personally, giving her opportunities to practice and observe, I..."

Pei Yao, seeing her grandfather silent, couldn't help but recount what she had observed.

"But lately, I don't know why, the deputy director stopped calling her for surgeries and keeps calling me instead. Grandfather, what's up with the deputy director?"

"I even suspect that when your mother gave birth to your sister, she exhausted our family's accumulated virtue, so when your mother gave birth to you, your brain missed a nerve."

Pei Lao Ye Zi opened his eyes and rolled them in an unseemly way.

This girl—studying medicine is hopeless for her.

It seems that to find a partner for this girl, one must look for someone a bit shrewder?

No, she can't be too shrewd, otherwise she'll be at a disadvantage.

Headaches, descendants are all debts.

At this moment, he envied Old Lu.

Besides the son being a nobody, the grandchildren are not bad.

"Grandfather, you're saying my brain isn't working, huh."

Pei Yao got angry, refused to talk to her grandfather, and didn't want to listen; she wanted to send a telegram to her sister, telling her that grandfather scolded her!

However, she kept his warning in her heart.

Lu Manman, from now on, she will be careful about this person.

Meanwhile, in the Capital First People's Hospital's changing room,

A figure slipped in silently.

Wearing disposable medical gloves, the hand opened a cabinet door and placed a jet‑black long worm into a wardrobe...

After finishing, she restored the wardrobe, locked it.

Then she tossed the key back into a desk drawer, and, while others hadn't returned, fled quickly.

At this time, neither the hospital corridor nor outside the changing room had surveillance cameras.

What she did was flawless; no one saw!

Even if someone saw, there was no evidence, so she needn't worry about being exposed.

As long as Pei Yao is bitten by a snake, she cannot smoothly board the train to Gold Hill; at that time, for the sake of the bigger picture, she will then proactively step forward, accept the responsibility in a crisis, and replace the other person to go for exchange study, which will be a natural progression.........

The more she thought this way, the faint golden aura on that person's body was quickly swallowed up, turning into a pitch-black ink color.

Perhaps even Heaven could not stand it anymore; the originally mild sky was gradually being taken over by dark clouds.

Boom—

The wind howled like a tiger, thunder sounded from far to near; first came sparse drizzle, then large raindrops pelted people's faces, causing sharp pain.

Lu Manman's raincoat was in the changing room; now, to create an alibi, she had no choice but to ride her bike in the rain like the other female staff, returning home in a sorry state.

By the time she got back to Tieluju Jiayuan, she was soaked through.

When she got home, seeing Gu Yinyin wrapped in a blanket and drinking hot milk in the living room, she hid her inner disgust and greeted her gently:

Yinyin~

Hmph~

Gu Yinyin turned her head, refusing to look at this impostor sister-in-law; the other party used underhanded means to pose as her true sister-in-law, causing the Gu Family to inadvertently lose the Lu Family's support!

If it weren't for her grandfather's instruction not to act impulsively, she would have already......