The person recommended by the Huo Family aunt is quite good, a lady in her early forties, named Chu. She’s very neat and straightforward, efficient in her work, and most notably, her ancestors were Imperial Chefs, so she cooks great dishes.

Shen Xiuqin specifically inquired about her, and indeed her character is very good.

It’s a coincidence, really, this lady used to work for the Yue Family, and for some unknown reason, she was never liked by Jiang Yulan, who eventually found an excuse to dismiss her.

As a result, after being dismissed, Jiang Yulan was soon stabbed to death by her sister-in-law.

Aunt Chu then found a job at Yan University washing clothes for the students, a job that was both exhausting and poorly paid.

Coming to Xu Qinghuan’s place, Xu Qinghuan offered her a monthly salary of 35 yuan, which was much higher than ordinary workers’ wages, and this job included three meals a day and two days off each month.

Aunt Chu was full of enthusiasm every day.

Xu Qinghuan got up in the morning to find breakfast already laid out on the table: delicate silver thread rolls, fragrant millet porridge, two small bowls of wontons, two dishes of pickles, and gold-and-silver buns, perfectly sized to fit in one bite, very exquisite.

Xu Qinghuan felt that after living here for three or four years, she was finally living somewhat successfully.

Jiang Xingye saw her relaxed appearance and knew that she was very pleased with this breakfast, which made him feel more positive about this new aunt.

The children were still asleep as the two headed out early.

Jiang Xingye rode a bike carrying her to school and casually asked, "What did you used to have for breakfast?"

Xu Qinghuan didn’t pay much mind, "Breakfast had a variety; a bit of everything, both Chinese and Western styles. Why are you asking?"

Jiang Xingye continued chatting nonchalantly, "I was just surprised by Aunt Chu’s breakfast today, didn’t realize a breakfast could be so sumptuous."

Xu Qinghuan laughed, "Nowadays, living conditions generally aren’t great, we’re lucky to manage such variety. In the past, other brigades couldn’t even fill their stomachs, let alone pursue life quality. Things will get better over time."

Xu Qinghuan first went to the teacher’s office for a leave request, thinking that a morning conference should be enough, so she only asked for a half-day leave from two specialty teachers.

It went quite smoothly.

By the time she reached Shen Jiangli’s office door, it was exactly ten minutes to eight, the office door was closed, and there was a voice coming from inside as the secretary asked her to wait.

After a while, an elderly professor rushed out angrily, and just as he reached the door, he suddenly staggered and fell to the ground.

Xu Qinghuan rushed over but didn’t make it in time; the professor’s head hit the floor with a dull thud, shocking Shen Jiangli and the secretary as they ran out.

Xu Qinghuan checked the professor’s pulse and then stuffed a Life-saving Pill into the professor’s mouth.

The secretary hurriedly said, "What’s wrong, how can you give someone medication like that?"

He remembered Xu Qinghuan saying she was a new student, afraid she might cause harm, possibly misreporting the Director Cen’s death as caused by the dean.

Xu Qinghuan ignored him, while the secretary was anxious to try and scoop the pill out of Cen Zhongshu’s mouth.

Shen Jiangli stopped him, asking, "How is Professor Cen?"

"He has had a heart condition for years, got too excited just now, causing heart overload, poor blood supply, and accompanying blockage..."

"Then hurry, send him to the hospital!" the secretary urged.

Normally, a heart attack in elderly individuals lasts only three to five minutes.

Xu Qinghuan ignored him, "It’s almost done now."

As she spoke, Cen Zhongshu came to.

He felt his head aching, touched it and exclaimed, a huge bump had formed.

He got up from the ground, touched his heart, seemed fine, and felt as if he had been knocked out, extremely frustrated, "You... you... not listening to you, why did you hit me then?"

Shen Jiangli was perplexed, "Why did I hit you, you had a heart attack and collapsed. I told you not to get excited, save your life, why are you agitated?"

"Why not be agitated, can I not be agitated, what kind of scores are these, just graduate and they’re given diplomas, future employment won’t be lifesaving, but life-threatening! I’m not signing this graduation application."

"Alright, we’ll discuss this later. You need to thank the person who saved your life today, Xu Qinghuan saved you, or else, I’d be threatening your life today too."

Cen Zhongshu touched his apparently fine heart again, "I’m okay, my heart is fine!"

"Yeah, right!"

Xu Qinghuan handed Cen Zhongshu a small bottle of Life-saving Pills, "Professor Cen, I am Xu Qinghuan, a new student from this year’s class. These are Life-saving Pills I concocted myself. You’ve had this chronic issue for years, and I just checked your pulse, the blockage around your heart is quite serious.

This pill can cure your old ailment, take a course and it should be better."

Cen Zhongshu opened the bottle, finding only four pills in total, including the one he just took, indeed a therapeutic course amount.

He couldn’t believe the pills were so effective, but upon smelling them, his chest felt very comfortable, and his mood subtly shifted. He poured one pill into his palm, examined it for a while, and then carefully poured it back into the bottle, stuffing it into his pocket, giving it a reassuring pat.

"You made it yourself, what’s the reasoning?"

Xu Qinghuan explained the combination of ingredients, and Cen Zhongshu pointed at him, saying to Shen Jiangli, "You wanted me to take on a student, alright, I agree, it’ll be her, you give her to me!"

Shen Jiangli was amused, "I meant for you to take a student from the older batch."

"Older batch? Fine, you pick one, who exceeds her, you don’t even need to speak, I’ll ask that student to become mine."

Shen Jiangli didn’t want to argue with this stubborn old man, sighed, "Where am I going to find such a talented student for you? You can take her as a student, provide you also mentor someone from the older batch."

"Dream on!" Cen Zhongshu held his heart, "Don’t irritate me more, if you do, I might just die for you to see."

Xu Qinghuan smiled as she supported him, "Teacher, calm down, don’t scare the dean, now that you’ve taken the pill, no worries about getting irritated."

"You should go, I have things to do, not chatting with you now." Shen Jiangli still had the secretary take Cen Zhongshu to the hospital for a check-up, he took Xu Qinghuan to the Army General Hospital for a conference.

The consultation meeting room was packed with people, patient examination reports laid out on the table.

Xu Qinghuan saw several familiar faces, Shao Lizhong and Xu Guangshu were there, and Wu Banghui had come as well. Seeing Xu Qinghuan surprised those in the meeting room.

"Xu the Zhiqing is here too?" Shao Lizhong remarked.

Shen Jiangli proudly said, "Not Zhiqing anymore, should be referred as Xu the student, Hei Province’s top scorer in this year’s college entrance examination, our school was lucky to have her choose it, now a freshman in clinical medicine."

"Impressive!" Wu Banghui genuinely praised, "As has always been said, heroes emerge young, didn’t expect Xu the student’s academic prowess to be this formidable."

"Three hundred ninety-seven points, nearly a perfect score," Shen Jiangli added.

Everyone knew getting a perfect score in the entrance exam is unrealistic, mainly due to the literature subjects.

The meeting room filled with rounds of amazement.

Xu Qinghuan smiled, "Those were scores from the past, everyone’s busy, why don’t we first discuss the surgery matter?"