[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-romantic-path-to-success":3,"chapter-the-romantic-path-to-success-the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-14":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Romantic Path to Success",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2145444,3567,"Chapter 14","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-14",14,"\u003Cp>Since the old woman was one of Yu Maode’s regular patients, he only asked about her condition after the last treatment, took her pulse, examined the affected area, and began acupuncture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Maode’s acupuncture was one of his unique skills. Many difficult and complicated diseases could be treated with acupuncture combined with medicine. Rheumatoid arthritis was a disease very suitable for acupuncture because the essence of the disease was blocked meridians. Using acupuncture to regulate the meridians, supplemented by medicine, was a method that achieved twice the result with half the effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Yu Maode’s acupuncture method wasn't something an ordinary person could learn; it required internal energy to assist. Yu Maode had practiced martial arts for decades, which was why his acupuncture was particularly effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the old woman’s tightly furrowed brow slowly relax after Yu Maode inserted a few needles, Lu Xiaoya finally breathed a sigh of relief. She turned around and started chatting with Su Xinghui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard you went back to work in your county. Where were you assigned?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was assigned to the Meng Hu Ling Township Government.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How could you be assigned to a township government? You’re such a top student, a student union cadre, and so talented. Staying in Jiangcheng wouldn't have been difficult. Your county actually assigned you to a township?\" Lu Xiaoya found it unbelievable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui said, \"I requested to go to the township myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't want to just stay in the county and be a pen-pusher. I want to go to the real grassroots to get some training. As the old saying goes, 'Knowledge gained from books is shallow after all.'\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This wasn't Su Xinghui trying to make himself look good. In his past life, this was his thought before going to Meng Hu Ling. Twenty years later, this thought would definitely be laughed at by everyone, but in that era, some idealism still remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As it happened, Lu Xiaoya was a girl who still carried idealism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said to Su Xinghui with admiration, \"You’re truly amazing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui smiled indifferently, not feeling smug because of Lu Xiaoya’s praise. But this made Lu Xiaoya have an even better impression of him. You must know that around her, there were plenty of boys scrambling to curry favor with her. To get her attention, they were almost ready to fight. How could there be anyone as calm as Su Xinghui?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiaoya asked again, \"You went to the township, what about Jiang Ting?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Ting was the girlfriend Su Xinghui had in college, and also his classmate. Su Xinghui hadn't told anyone about his breakup with Jiang Ting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now hearing Lu Xiaoya mention Jiang Ting, although more than twenty years had passed, Su Xinghui’s heart still stung slightly. After all, Jiang Ting could be considered his first love.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui’s voice was a bit low, \"She has already returned to her hometown.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the look of dejection on Su Xinghui's face, Lu Xiaoya asked in surprise, \"You guys wouldn't have...?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiaoya fell silent. She didn't know what to say. After a while, she said indignantly, \"How could Jiang Ting be like that? If it were me, I definitely wouldn't have broken up with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui shook his head, \"You can't blame her. After all, we were separated by such a long distance, and I don't have the ability to let her live a good life right now. Breaking up early might be better for both of us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Su Xinghui had no resentment toward Jiang Ting, Lu Xiaoya said, \"Then I can only wish you find a better girlfriend soon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui smiled freely, \"Thank you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The freedom on Su Xinghui’s face, along with the maturity, steadiness, and sense of vicissitudes that had been precipitated by decades of time, made Lu Xiaoya fascinated. Compared to the current Su Xinghui, those classmates of Lu Xiaoya were simply children.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Discovering her own loss of composure, Lu Xiaoya blushed instantly. She quickly lowered her head, but she was secretly wondering: *I didn't have little contact with Su Xinghui before, why didn't I notice he was so tasteful?*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Lu Xiaoya blushing and sweating on her forehead, Su Xinghui quickly turned on the electric fan and fixed it so it blew toward Lu Xiaoya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiaoya’s grandmother had rheumatoid arthritis, so even in summer, she had to wear long clothes and pants and couldn't blow the electric fan, so only Lu Xiaoya could enjoy it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui’s thoughtfulness made Lu Xiaoya feel inexplicably happy. ===== CHAPTER 27 =====\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Looking at the calendar on the wall, Lu Xiaoya asked, \"Su Xinghui, today is Monday, why aren't you at work, but here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui had to explain his purpose for coming to Jiangcheng once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiaoya was surprised, \"You haven't been there for a month, right? And you’ve already found a way for the village to get rich?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui still said calmly, \"Once you go to the grassroots, you can't just do nothing, right? You don't know, the life of the old folks in the mountains is too bitter. Their annual per capita cash income might only be a few dozen yuan, but they have to pay over fifty yuan in levies and contributions every year. Many families can't make ends meet and have to sell their food rations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So poor!?\" Lu Xiaoya was shocked. Growing up in the provincial capital, she didn't know that in the nineties, there were still such poor people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, in college, there were also poor students, but families that could afford to send their children to college, no matter how poor, couldn't be like what Su Xinghui said—a family with only a few dozen yuan in cash income a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui’s tone became heavy, \"Yes, if you don't see it with your own eyes, you won't believe it. But all of this is a fact, which I have seen with my own eyes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiaoya nodded, \"I believe you. By the way, can you show me the bamboo weaving you brought?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui took his backpack and took out the bamboo weavings one by one, placing them on the ground for Lu Xiaoya to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those exquisite bamboo weavings made Lu Xiaoya unable to put them down. She picked them up one by one to look at. When she picked up a lifelike bamboo-woven bird, she couldn't help but ask, \"Who wove these? They are simply too beautiful!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui looked at the bamboo bird and replied, \"These most beautiful bamboo weavings were all woven by a girl in the mountains. She is not only clever and skillful, but also very beautiful, as pure as a clear spring in the mountains.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui’s words made Lu Xiaoya feel inexplicably sour again, \"What’s her name? Is she really that beautiful? Is she prettier or am I prettier?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Su Xinghui had no romantic experience, he now knew it was inappropriate to say another girl was beautiful in front of Lu Xiaoya. He touched his head embarrassedly, \"Her name is Xia Zhu. She is quite pretty, but you are also very beautiful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiaoya asked relentlessly, \"Then who is prettier between the two of us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xinghui was a bit flustered. He stammered, \"I can't say clearly. It should be, it should be you who is prettier. You are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen.\" ===== CHAPTER 28 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1241,"2026-06-16T16:59:29.695Z","2026-06-16T17:54:29.625Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","e410f83e51914ec5fb03762c87ad5b4bfc5d46a488f487a3452220ec50e16325","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-15","the-romantic-path-to-success-chapter-13",572,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-romantic-path-to-success-cover.jpg"]