Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World-Chapter 47 - Favor
Chapter 47: Chapter 47: Favor
Chapter 47 -47: Favor
Zheng Fa quickly understood why Gao Yuan said that Seventh Young Master had become like him.
On this day, dawn had just illuminated the rooftop eaves, and dewdrops still hung on the roadside grass.
As Zheng Fa and Gao Yuan arrived at the study, they saw Seventh Young Master sitting upright, reading a “Complete Understanding of Talisman Diagram,” with a brush in hand that was diligently sketching on paper as he read.
Zheng Fa couldn’t help but turn to look at Gao Yuan, who nodded at him gently.
“How long has he been sick?”
“Two days.” Gao Yuan replied.
“This must be a huge shock!”
Zheng Fa furrowed his brows; Seventh Young Master’s behavior was truly abnormal.
Among the three of them, it was disputable whether Zheng Fa or Gao Yuan was the most diligent, but the laziest one was definitely Seventh Young Master.
Normally, when they came in the morning, Seventh Young Master wouldn’t even be out of bed yet, let alone sitting at the desk studying so earnestly.
Gao Yuan’s description of Seventh Young Master was quite accurate:
Zheng Fa was accustomed to memorizing things from books and then slowly understanding them; to others, it mostly seemed like he was daydreaming rather than reading.
Gao Yuan liked to ponder deeply over the books, reading while taking notes, and when encountering difficulties, he liked to scratch his head and ear—just like Seventh Young Master, who was now frantically scratching his head.
Bang!
Seventh Young Master angrily threw his brush aside, stood up, and glared at the book spread open in front of him, gnashing his teeth as if he wished he could fight it for three hundred rounds.
After sulking for a while, he finally looked up and noticed Zheng Fa and Gao Yuan at the door.
“Young Master, what’s wrong?” Zheng Fa asked.
“Hu…
My mother told me that my sister is coming back.” Seventh Young Master let out a long breath.
“The eldest miss?
Didn’t she go to the Immortal Sect?
She’s returning?”
Zheng Fa, having grown up on a farm, was less familiar with the relationships inside the mansion than Gao Yuan, and only now did he realize that the legendary elder sister of Seventh Young Master, this generation’s Immortal Seed of the Zhao Family, was the eldest child of the family.
“But why does the eldest miss’s return relate to you studying so hard?” Zheng Fa was still puzzled by Seventh Young Master’s transformation.
“Although my sister went to the Immortal Sect, she writes to my mother every ten days or so, with her letters full of instructions for my mother to urge me to seriously study talismanic magic and saying she’d quiz me when she comes back.”
It dawned on him, Seventh Young Master was experiencing pre-exam syndrome.
“But if the eldest miss wants to quiz you, let her quiz you.
Why are you so bothered by it?” Gao Yuan asked.
Zheng Fa understood his meaning; if Seventh Young Master had any respect for exams or any shame about his grades, he wouldn’t have become Mr.
Shen’s unmentionable secret disciple.
“You don’t understand my sister.” The expression on Seventh Young Master’s face seemed somewhat unwilling to revisit the past: “When I was a child, and I messed around with those older brothers in the front yard, my sister would find us with a stick in hand and beat them so badly they couldn’t leave their beds for three days.”
“She was only ten at that time.”
Zheng Fa now had some knowledge of the structure of the Zhao Mansion; the major power generally lay in the hands of the lady, but the front yard was controlled by Lord Zhao, Seventh Young Master’s father, whom the lady almost never questioned.
The front and back yards were clearly defined; the Zhao family’s masters in the front disregarded mundane affairs, and it was said that they were unrestrained and indulged in pleasures, keeping numerous beauties and illegitimate children in the front yard.
The so-called older brothers of Seventh Young Master were probably these people, and whatever mess they were in might again involve the inner house’s schemes.
Gao Yuan, who understood the inside story even more, said with a pensive expression, “The elder sister is like a mother, the eldest miss truly cares for the Young Master.”
Seventh Young Master grimaced: “After she returned to the back yard, she also beat me up, and I couldn’t leave my bed for three months.
If she finds out I have been somewhat negligent these past ten years…”
Zheng Fa: …This is really a tiger mom, no wonder Seventh Young Master is so panicked.
…
At lunchtime, Zheng Fa left the study and headed for his home.
Ever since his mother and sister moved into the Zhao Mansion, Zheng Fa would almost always go home for meals.
Watching his receding figure from afar, the Seventh Young Master gently exhaled and leaned back onto the chair, seemingly much more relaxed.
“Young Master?” Gao Yuan glanced at him, then at the departing Zheng Fa.
“Gao Yuan…” The Seventh Young Master stood up, walked over to Gao Yuan, and patted him on the shoulder: “I was too harsh on you before.”
His sudden human words left Gao Yuan full of shock: “Young Master, if the eldest young lady decides to hit you, I won’t be able to stop her!”
“Get lost!”
His gaze still focused on the direction where Zheng Fa had left, the Seventh Young Master recalled the words his mother had previously said to him.
Zheng Fa…
without a Nascent Soul behind him, how could he have cultivated the Spiritual Crane Body?
As for why Zheng Fa didn’t tell him, his mother also said: he is merely a mortal, originally a servant, how could he dare to reveal the whereabouts of a Nascent Soul?
The Seventh Young Master wasn’t too worried that the Nascent Soul had any schemes against their family.
There really was nothing in the Zhao Family worthy of the Nascent Soul’s scheming; if there were, with the Nascent Soul’s power, why go through such trouble?
His mother and he guessed for a long time and felt that the most likely scenario was—Zheng Fa had exceptional talent and was seen by the Nascent Soul, who planned to take him as a disciple.
“Young Master, I used to think that you were somewhat petty, always liked to compare yourself with others, full of petty tricks, not straightforward.” The Seventh Young Master said somewhat sentimentally to Gao Yuan, “I really looked down on you.”
Gao Yuan: “…”
“Now I finally understand you.
Having little schemes around Zheng Fa is too normal.”
“Young Master, I’m not actually what you described…”
Gao Yuan tried to defend himself.
“Stop there, I understand you!
Sigh, now that Zheng Fa is favored by someone,” the Seventh Young Master halted the words ‘Nascent Soul’ that almost slipped out, and vaguely said: “Previously I was the young master, and he was the Attendant Student, no matter how capable he was, I didn’t feel anything.”
The Seventh Young Master recalled how, despite Zheng Fa’s exceptional talent, he still somewhat looked down on Zheng Fa.
After all, no matter what, Zheng Fa was still his Attendant Student; even if he had the qualifications to ascend to the Immortal Sect, it would still require the Zhao Family to provide him the path to ascend.
But now…
“Now for him to go to the Immortal Sect can be said to be effortless, and suddenly standing by his side, I feel uncomfortable.” The Seventh Young Master’s face was full of conflict: “Thinking of my sister going to the Immortal Sect, then Zheng Fa going to the Immortal Sect…
just leaving me behind, don’t I seem too worthless?
I haven’t been able to sleep well these past few days!”
Gao Yuan didn’t fully understand, but he grasped one thing.
The Seventh Young Master became so diligent, not only because of the eldest lady’s return, but also because Zheng Fa’s talent was too good, which made the Seventh Young Master anxious.
Even not wanting to stay together with Zheng Fa anymore!
Feeling the Seventh Young Master’s trust and affection towards him unlike before.
A smile spread across Gao Yuan’s face, his heart uplifted:
Zheng Fa, let you shine in the forest!
Though I can’t compete with you in other aspects, from now on, I will alone receive the young master’s favor!
“Young Master!
From now on…” He prepared to further express his loyalty.
“Whenever Zheng Fa is around, I feel like I can’t compare to him in anything, I feel like a complete waste.” The Seventh Young Master interrupted him, looking gently at Gao Yuan, moved, he said:
“But when I see you, I feel much better.
You have less talent in literature than him, far inferior in martial arts, hardly any talent in talismanic magic, the only thing better about you is your superior background, and that you were fairer than him…
oh, you aren’t fairer than him anymore.”
Gao Yuan’s smile gradually rigidified.
“Looking at you I think, you’re so useless yet doing alright, I am at least still a young master, which makes my heart feel instantly less painful.” Speaking of which, the Seventh Young Master sincerely lamented: “Gao Yuan, from now on, I really can’t do without you.”
Gao Yuan: …Is this favor, actually so hurtful?
