Chapter 374: Dad-Conning Trickster

The Ancient Zither a.s.sociation exploded. In fact, even Cai Qin did not expect Xia Wanyuan to really win the champions.h.i.+p.

After all, according to his plan, as long as Xia Wanyuan could enter the top ten, he would be able to find connections to settle the matter of Xia Wanyuan joining the a.s.sociation. Who would have thought that Xia Wanyuan would be so supportive, directly supporting a gold award?

Now, there was no need for him to find any connections. The gold award for the World Compet.i.tion was enough to open the door for the Ancient Zither a.s.sociation.

That day, the higher-ups approved Xia Wanyuan’s application to join the a.s.sociation. Xia Wanyuan officially became a member of the Ancient Zither a.s.sociation.

Professor Zhang was the only person in the Painter a.s.sociation who knew Xia Wanyuan’s true ident.i.ty. Seeing that the Ancient Zither a.s.sociation had already poached her, Professor Zhang was extremely anxious. He ran to the Painter a.s.sociation and spoke to the president for a long time, hoping to recruit Yuan Wanxia into the a.s.sociation.

However, the admission procedures for the Chinese Painter a.s.sociation were even more complicated and had more requirements. Even though Li Qian admired Yuan Wanxia very much, it was not that easy.

“Speaking of which, who is this Yuan Wanxia? You can deceive others but not me. I don’t believe you got it from a stall.” Li Qian looked at Professor Zhang suspiciously.

“Since she doesn’t want to expose her ident.i.ty, I can’t say much. But I can only say that she’s an especially good seedling.”

“Seedling?!” Li Qian looked at Professor Zhang in surprise. This word was not used randomly. “How old is Yuan Wanxia? Is the word ‘seedling’ suitable?”

“22 years old.” Professor Zhang thought that it should not be a problem to reveal her age.

“22?! Old Zhang, are you kidding me? That’s not right. It’s fine if you don’t tell me who he is, but how can you make up something as ridiculous as 22 years old?” Li Qian waved his hand. He did not believe it at all.

How could that painting technique not have decades of foundation?

Professor Zhang repeatedly guaranteed it, but Li Qian also felt that Professor Zhang was lying to him.

“Alright, forget it if you don’t believe me. Anyway, you have to take this matter to heart and get her in as soon as possible.”

“Got it, got it.”

Li Qian wondered if there were any special channels to recruit people. He accidentally saw the news that Xia Wanyuan had been accepted into the Ancient Zither a.s.sociation because she had won the World Music Compet.i.tion gold award.

Li Qian’s mind lit up as he thought of a solution.

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The weather was gradually getting hotter. There were no magical desserts like ice cream in the Xia Dynasty.

When Xia Wanyuan watched television, she always saw someone eating this. Now that it was finally time to eat ice cream, Xia Wanyuan leaned on the bed and ate a chocolate-flavored ice cream while reading the script.

Xia Wanyuan savored the aftertaste and felt that she had not had enough. She took out another box of vanilla ice cream from the fridge in the bedroom.

However, before she could sit down and eat two mouthfuls, Jun s.h.i.+ling walked in and stopped her from continuing to dig for ice cream.

“What’s the matter?”

Jun s.h.i.+ling glanced at the empty ice cream bag beside him. “It’s too cold. You can only eat one.”

“It’s not cold. I’m very hot. I’ll eat another one,” Xia Wanyuan said and wanted to take the ice cream back from Jun s.h.i.+ling.

“Aren’t you still on your period? You can’t eat too much cold food.” Jun s.h.i.+ling took the box away disapprovingly.

“It’s over long ago.”

“Is that so?” Jun s.h.i.+ling placed the box somewhere Xia Wanyuan couldn’t reach and sat beside her.

Xia Wanyuan knew what he was thinking the moment she saw his expression. Xia Wanyuan shrank back nervously, but Jun s.h.i.+ling pulled her back.

A piece of pine fragrance covered her.

After a while, Jun s.h.i.+ling’s voice was hoa.r.s.e. “How sweet.”

“Is Jun Yin still at Grandpa’s house today?” Xia Wanyuan suddenly asked, perhaps because her brain had short-circuited.

She regretted it after asking. It was as if she was hinting at something.

As expected, Jun s.h.i.+ling smiled when he heard Xia Wanyuan’s words. “Mm, he’s not coming back. Tonight is ours. I didn’t expect you to be even more anxious than me.”

Just as Jun s.h.i.+ling finished speaking, he wanted to continue.

The sound of running footsteps could be heard from outside, followed by a cute voice. “Mommy, Daddy, I’m back!!! I missed you guys so much!!!”