Chapter 333: Chapter 333: Opening Ceremony

"Can you find a way to get the medicinal ingredients listed here?" Upon returning to Baiqian Village, Yi Roujing handed the An Gong Life-saving Pill recipe from her grandfather to Xu Ancheng, pointing at the medicinal ingredients mentioned.

"No wonder they say a single An Gong Life-saving Pill is worth a fortune; some of the ingredients for this medicine are hard to find." Xu Ancheng looked at a few items, all of which were difficult to obtain, such as bezoar, musk, and buffalo horn.

"I’ll have someone inquire and collect them." Xu Ancheng handed the recipe back to Yi Roujing. "I’ve memorized the medicinal ingredients."

"Mr. Xu is truly clever."

"Let’s go to bed early." Xu Ancheng suddenly picked her up and headed to bed together. "Tomorrow you start school, and we won’t have much time to see each other during the day."

"I’ll come home every day," Yi Roujing retorted, "And we’re both at Jing University, right?"

"You know how far the math department and medical department are from each other. Besides, when you’re not in class, I’m teaching. If we can have lunch together, it would be nice." Xu Ancheng raised his eyebrows and asked, "After you come back at night, apart from sleeping, how much time is left?"

Yi Roujing grew quiet, "But go easy on me; I have school tomorrow."

"Got it."

...

Monday, March 27th, when Yi Roujing woke up and saw the watch, it was a quarter past seven. Panicking, she sat up immediately—there was an opening ceremony and military training commendation meeting in the school auditorium at eight.

She rushed through washing up and changing clothes in just five minutes. When she went downstairs and saw Uncle Cao, Yi Roujing was momentarily stunned.

"Roujing, don’t rush. I’ll take you to school in the morning. Ancheng left for school ahead of time due to some matters," Uncle Cao said smilingly, "But he told me yesterday evening, don’t worry. Driving there will take only ten minutes. Have breakfast first."

Yi Roujing felt relieved, but still ate breakfast faster than usual. She drank a bowl of soy milk, ate a basket of steamed buns, and then took a scallion roll. Slinging on the army-green, red-flower embroidered cloth bag specially made by Li Hongying, she got into the car.

"Uncle Cao, just let me off there," Yi Roujing said upon seeing many teachers and students going to Jing University—some cycling, some walking—and she didn’t want to be high-profile on her first day of school, considering the matters from military training might not have blown over yet.

At the street lane entrance two to three hundred meters from Jing University, Yi Roujing instructed Uncle Cao to drive slowly and quickly got off the car when no one was looking, and hurried toward Jing University.

Fate is indeed mysterious, but when it comes to fateful misfortune, it’s better to avoid meeting often.

As Yi Roujing neared Jing University with just a few dozen steps left, a military-green jeep drove up from the opposite direction and stopped at the school gate. The person who got out of the car was unexpectedly Cheng Yijin.

Cheng Yijin saw Yi Roujing standing just a few steps away as soon as he got out. He was already aware of Yi Roujing’s identity as Xu Family’s daughter-in-law, a new student in Jing University’s medical department, not only from family discussions but primarily from Song Yiluo’s mention—after all, Song Yiluo was active in the countryside where Xu Family recognized Ancheng’s former residence. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Cheng Yijin wasn’t interested in Yi Roujing. She was just the daughter-in-law married by Xu Family’s son from the countryside. Despite her smarts, after doing farm work for over ten years, her looks and aura could not compare with the ladies of Jing City. However, these impressions were shattered after meeting her yesterday.

Suddenly, Cheng Yijin understood Song Yiluo’s subtle teeth-gritting descriptions of her—remarkable looks, intelligence, and such good fortune to marry Xu Ancheng early. After Xu Ancheng’s ancestry was acknowledged, how could Xu Family allow such a person to enter the house?

Seeing Cheng Yijin staring at her dazedly, Yi Roujing remained indifferent, not pausing even for a moment, directly entering the school. It was already 7:42, with some way to go to the auditorium.

Watching Yi Roujing ignore him like this, Cheng Yijin clenched his palm. She wouldn’t have it easy; even as Xu Family’s daughter-in-law, he had the strong backing of Cheng Family.

Yi Roujing hurriedly reached the auditorium by 7:50, almost full inside. She quickly found her classmates and, following Ren Xuejuan’s waving, joined the line-up and sat beside Ren Xuejuan. Surrounding her were dorm mates, and Yi Roujing smiled and greeted everyone.

The opening ceremony started promptly at eight, with speeches from leaders, commendation for military training achievements, and warm welcome for new students, followed by speeches from outstanding student representatives and teacher representatives...

Upon seeing Xu Ancheng take the podium, Yi Roujing knew it was supposed to be like this but couldn’t hide her surprise—this guy really kept it hidden, not even telling her.

"Roujing, Roujing..." Ren Xuejuan immediately looked towards Yi Roujing when she saw him, "Your husband is truly amazing. Among so many teachers."

"Being able to accompany leaders in comforting during military training is not someone ordinary," Wang Ruohua said logically, "I only found out about Mr. Xu when I went home on break. Roujing, your husband Mr. Xu is truly a remarkable talent, contributing greatly in the field of mathematics."

Yi Roujing blinked in surprise. She didn’t know what contributions he made. How come Xu Ancheng never told her? He would definitely have to face her inquiry at home.

"To fight for the nation’s development, each of us comrades has this determination and perseverance. He is also doing what he excels at," Yi Roujing said humbly, smiling.

"Roujing, how did you and your husband meet?" At such a moment, indeed Zhang Mengdi was the only one who could ask this question.

"We just hit it off naturally." Yi Roujing replied nonchalantly, "We’re from the same county town, same commune."

"Roujing is also very outstanding; you two are a great match," Ren Xuejuan said sincerely.

Yi Roujing smiled at Ren Xuejuan, "I’m actually more curious about how you and your husband met, Xuejuan."

Knowing Ren Xuejuan’s possible background, Yi Roujing couldn’t help but be curious.

"We grew up together, and then he joined the army. After I came of age, we got married," Ren Xuejuan said sweetly. "I’m actually very fortunate. I was abandoned when I was little and got picked up by my current in-laws. At that time I was burning with fever and they said I looked like I wouldn’t make it. They rushed me to the hospital overnight, and it took three days in the hospital to save me."

"Then they treated me like their own, providing for my living, clothes, education," Ren Xuejuan said, a bit embarrassed, "I like my brother, who is my husband. He likes me too. It’s like family embracing family; we’re all together."

"A child bride, huh," Zhang Mengdi commented with some disdain.

"Can you speak properly?" Gong Jue’e was truly speechless towards Zhang Mengdi; why couldn’t she show some normalcy? "With how you talk, I really don’t see anything clever about you. I wonder how you got into Jing University."

Zhang Mengdi’s eyes flashed avoidance, dissatisfied. "I wasn’t wrong."