Chapter 283: Chief Disciple

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With that, he took out two small bottles from his pocket.

Ever since Qin Ran started her special training, she asked for one more bottle from Lin Siran every month.

Afterward, Lin Siran would directly send it to Cheng Mu.

He had very seriously investigated the authenticity of this Daylily.

But he saw how casually Qin Ran and Lin Siran treated it. Qin Ran put it in the drawer, and even better, Lin Siran had put it in the trash can. He also heard that once, she left it in the cla.s.s and it had been taken away by the garbage collector.

Cheng Mu never thought it was real anymore…

Furthermore, the one that Qin Ran had given him was faintly red on the edges of the gra.s.s, which was different from those in the auction house.

After taking the two bottles out, he found that Old Master Cheng, Cheng Wenru, and Butler Cheng were all looking at him in a daze. He couldn’t help but pause. “Wha- what?”

“Miss Qin gave them to you?” Butler Cheng stared at the bottles in his hands.

Butler Cheng hadn’t been in the Cheng family’s house last year and naturally didn’t know about the Daylily. But after partic.i.p.ating in several auctions, he also knew that… this bottle was auctioned for more than 20 million…

Stiffly, Cheng Mu replied honestly, “Can’t she give them to me? She has a drawer full of them.”

Butler Cheng was speechless.

… This was a maddening answer.

Cheng Wenru didn’t say anything either, because she had seen Qin Ran’s drawer.

The subsequent conversation didn’t go very smoothly. Because of what Cheng Mu said about a drawer full of them, Old Master Cheng was momentarily speechless.

He just glanced at Cheng Juan, who leaned on the sofa and raised an eyebrow lazily. “Don’t ask me. It’s from her friend.”

He spoke slowly.

“By the way, Sis.” Cheng Juan thought of something. “There’s a banquet tomorrow.”

Cheng Wenru returned to her senses and glanced at him. “Yours?”

She didn’t quite believe it. Cheng Juan didn’t seem like the kind of person to hold banquets, and he generally didn’t attend banquets except for a few.

But he was inviting her now?

“It’s not mine.” Cheng Juan smiled. “I’ll let Cheng Mu send you the invitation tomorrow.”

Tomorrow was the date that Master Wei had settled on. There were too many people in Beijing, so the majority of those invited were on Master Wei’s side, while Cheng Juan had also invited a few acquaintances…

Of course, this banquet hosted by Master Wei was difficult to be included in. When the news spread, people in the Beijing circle would try their best to get an invitation card.

Cheng Juan only let Cheng Wenru go and didn’t invite Old Master Cheng. After all, Old Master Cheng represented an extraordinary figure in Beijing. Since he didn’t usually have any contact with the Violin a.s.sociation, his appearance would surely cause waves in the circle.

Cheng Wenru glanced at Cheng Juan and didn’t understand why he was keeping her in suspense.

Since Qin Ran was practicing the violin upstairs, the three of them didn’t say much despite the countless doubts in their hearts and just left together.

Cheng Mu sent them downstairs then went back upstairs, staring uncomprehendingly at Cheng Juan.

… Wasn’t it just a fake gra.s.s? Were their big reactions… necessary?

**

Upstairs.

She filled in Lin Siran’s application for Beijing University. Lin Siran used her original score without accounting for any extra points.

Entering Beijing University was no problem, but her major was not so simple. She still called to ask Lin Siran.

“Choose your major.” Qin Ran leaned on the back of the chair and propped her legs on the table. She held a gla.s.s of water in her hand and drank slowly from it.

She dialed Lin Siran’s phone.

After discussing with her parents for a while, Lin Siran chose finance.

Qin Ran could still hear Father Lin muttering “Gardening” on the other end.

After the phone call, Qin Ran filled in Lin Siran’s major as Finance.

Her phone rang again after she finished filling it in.

She glanced at it. It was a local call from Beijing. It hung up after a few rings and then a message arrived—

[h.e.l.lo, this is Dai Ran…]

Oh, Dai Ran. Qin Ran squinted her eyes. He was Qin Yu’s teacher. Glancing at it, she didn’t bother replying and just turned her phone on silent before continuing to practice the violin.

On the other end of the phone, Lin Siran finished a game.

The cla.s.s monitor said through the speaker, “Lin Siran, you’re in Beijing, right? Give me your information, I can help you fill out your applications tomorrow in school.”

Lin Siran replied, “No need, Ran Ran helped me already.”

But after that, she felt like something was wrong. She hadn’t told Qin Ran her exam ID, student ID, and ID number, right?

How did Qin Ran help her apply for the schools?

**

At the same time.

The Shen family in Beijing.

Qin Yu answered the phone outside.

Old Master Shen glanced at Lin Wan and whispered, “So is Qin Ran really the top scorer in the college entrance examination?”

Lin Wan nodded, her expression complicated.

Old Master Shen didn’t know of Qin Ran’s entanglement with the Lin family and simply laughed. “Then I’ll have to invite her over for a meal next time.”

There was a top scorer of the college entrance examination every year, and although not every top scorer was exceptionally outstanding, they were still considered good and capable.

Lin Wan held her chopsticks while listening to Old Master Shen and lowered her head with a smile.

She didn’t dare mention to the Shen family that the contradictions between her and Qin Ran were too deep to be resolved.

While they were talking, Qin Yu entered from outside.

A gilded invitation card could be seen in her hand.

Both the Shen family and Lin Wan noticed it.

“My teacher called.” Qin Yu put the invitation card on the table and smiled.

“Teacher Dai?” At the mention of Dai Ran, Old Master Shen’s tone eased. “Did he tell you to go to the a.s.sociation?”

Beijing had deep waters, and if careless, an entire army might be wiped out. For example, the Meng family had offended someone and was eliminated.

Because of Dai Ran, the Shen family had slowly gained a foothold on the periphery of the pyramid.

Picking up her chopsticks, Qin Yu said lightly, “Tomorrow is Master Wei’s banquet. Teacher gave me an invitation. Aunt, you should come with me tomorrow.”

“Master Wei’s banquet?” Hearing this, Old Master Shen couldn’t help but stand up. “Yu’er, why didn’t you say so earlier? Let us prepare a dress and a stylist for you.”

He glanced at Lin Wan and said very gently, “Take Yu’er to look at some high-cla.s.s dresses later, and find a new stylist.”

Most of Qin Yu’s a.s.sociations were Dai Ran’s people. Their distribution of power in Beijing was unknown, but most of them were part of the “families” mentioned by Dai Ran and the others.

Beijing had deep waters, and Qin Yu’s current contact was only on the mere surface level. She naturally didn’t know who was in the deeper waters.

But she saw how concerned Old Master Shen was about the banquet, even more so than when Dai Ran had held his own.

This made Qin Yu a little aware that… Master Wei might be even more extraordinary than she thought…

She couldn’t help squeezing her hands into fists. This summer, she must get into the sixth grade and become the first place among the new students!

Also… she would get the pa.s.s for Continent M.

**

The next day.

At five o’clock.

Secretary Li pushed the door open and pushed down the gla.s.ses on the bridge of his nose. “Miss, you have a banquet at seven in the evening.”

Putting down the pen in her hand, Cheng Wenru nodded and pressed her temple.

Secretary Li nodded. “The stylist will arrive in half an hour. We’ll set off directly from the company.”

His arrangements were always reasonable, so Cheng Wenru had no objections. Taking the invitation card from his hand, she opened it to take a look. When she saw the name on the card, she squinted slightly. “Wei Lin?”

“It’s Master Wei, from the Violin a.s.sociation,” Secretary Li had already read the invitation and explained to her.

“I know, he’s a very powerful and lowkey person.” Cheng Wenru closed the card and stood up, thoughtful.

She was just wondering, how come Cheng Juan would give her an invitation to Master Wei’s banquet?

Cheng Juan didn’t seem like a person with many musical talents. She had never heard of his a.s.sociation with Master Wei previously but had heard of the Xu family’s interest and a.s.sociation with the violin.

**

In the evening.

Lin Wan and Qin Yu dressed up to attend the banquet.

When they arrived, a lot of cars were already parked in the hotel’s parking lot. Just like a year ago, Qin Yu saw mostly arrogant license plates or luxury cars.

There was a red carpet at the entrance of the hotel, and security officers stood on both sides.

Qin Yu stood up straight and followed Dai Ran, who handed the invitation cards to the security officer and walked in.

Last year, she and Lin Wan had been stopped by the hotel security officers, who had told them that they couldn’t walk the front entrance.

This year, she was able to enter this level of a banquet.

The grandness of the banquet could be felt by both Lin Wan and Qin Yu as soon as they entered. The grandest banquet they had attended in Beijing had been Dai Ran’s apprentices.h.i.+p banquet back then.

But compared to this, it had been a small feat.

A poster of Master Wei’s accepting disciples was hung beside the gate.

“Master Wei accepted a disciple?” Lin Wan took a look in disbelief. “He didn’t fancy you in the beginning, so who else could he accept?”

The Shen family knew that Qin Yu was now first in the Youth category.

Soon, Lin Wan saw the name in the middle—

Master Wei’s Chief Disciple: Qin Ran.