Chapter Eight: Don’t Touch Me! (Please Subscribe~ Keep Reading~)

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Teng Qu looked at Gu Sihui and clearly saw the fear and timidity hidden beneath her playful smile.

Even such a spiteful woman could be afraid?

That was truly a rare sight.

“Are you really going to take the Level 5 Pharmacist Certification exam?” Teng Qu asked again.

“Yes,” Gu Sihui responded, realizing he wasn’t going to hit her; her courage grew as she got out of bed. “Why wouldn’t I? I have to pass to save Gong Zhengqing.”

She looked at Teng Qu with curiosity. “Don’t you want to save Gong Zhengqing?”

Excitement sparkled in Gu Sihui’s eyes, like a spectator at a drama. “Could it be there’s some grudge between you two?

Come on, spill it! I want to be entertained… cough, I mean, help mediate.”

Teng Qu didn’t miss the fleeting look of schadenfreude on her face.

He lowered his eyes, suppressing the self-mockery within.

Indeed, this was the true face of this venomous woman.

He touched the object hidden in his cloak, hesitated momentarily, then took it out.

“This might be useful to you.”

Knowing Gu Sihui disliked physical contact, he intended to place it on the nearby table.

“What is it?” Gu Sihui took it casually, opened it, and found it was an outline of the Pharmacist Qualification Exam syllabus.

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“Wow!” Gu Sihui exclaimed with delight. “You actually had this good stuff hidden away! Why didn’t you show me sooner?”

Teng Qu stared blankly at his hand, which still seemed to retain the delicate softness of the girl’s skin.

His sun-kissed, hardened chest contrasted starkly with the girl’s overly pale hand.

Gu Sihui pouted and tilted her mouth sideways, teasing Teng Qu.

“Alright, you sly one. Keeping secrets, huh?”

Teng Qu shivered, the cold blood in his veins seeming to burn. He slapped Gu Sihui’s hand away with a sharp “smack” and stepped back. “Don’t touch me.”

Then he turned and fled swiftly.

Gu Sihui stared at the red mark on the back of her hand, feeling both wronged and speechless.

What’s wrong with you?

Can’t you just speak normally?

If you don’t want me to touch you, just say so! Why hit me?

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Sigh.

Gu Sihui sighed deeply—sure enough, her “beastly husbands” still didn’t like her…

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Turning her frustration into motivation, Gu Sihui quickly adopted a high school exam preparation mindset and thoroughly read through the exam syllabus Teng Qu had sent.

She was pleasantly surprised to find that although some herbs were called by different names than in modern times, their properties remained the same.

Moreover, for some reason, the medical knowledge here was quite elementary.

Not to mention Gu Sihui, who came from a family of medical professionals—even an ordinary student majoring in medicine could pass the Level 5 Pharmacist Certification with time.

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Exam waiting area.

“Ahhh, so nervous! My mind is blank. Am I going to have to retake it next year again?”

“Sanghua... a wild herb, first discovered... discovered on the west coast of the Sun Never Sets Forest, the leaves...”

“I’ve been studying for this exam for a whole year. This time, I’ll definitely pass!”

...

The tense atmosphere in the waiting room instantly dragged Gu Sihui back to the day of her college entrance exam. She took a deep breath, put aside her disdain, and focused on recalling the exam syllabus seriously.

“Sister, I didn’t expect you would actually dare to come.”

Bai Nanyan suddenly appeared, accompanied by five beast husbands and a beautiful young girl.

The young girl had a slender waist, long legs, an oval face, fox-like eyes, and wore a skirt made of animal skins. Her long, pale, slender legs were especially enticing.

Gu Sihui’s eyes instantly sparkled.

(✷‿✷)

“Sis, you’ve captured me!”

Gu Sihui shamelessly whistled long and loud at the young lady, launching into cheesy flirtations: “Your legs aren’t just legs, they’re the spring waters of the Seine; your back isn’t just a back, it’s the roses of Bulgaria…”

She sang while making heart shapes with her fingers, coquettishly winking at the young lady, thoroughly enjoying herself.

The coldness on Dai Yeliu’s face gradually melted away as she watched Gu Sihui’s fiery enthusiasm, a faint blush creeping onto her cheeks.

“Sister, stop fooling around.”

Bai Nanyan’s voice appeared again. Dai Yeliu snapped back to reality, clearing her throat and her eyes turning cold once more.

“Are you some ancient Greek god of mischief? Mind telling me?” Gu Sihui was displeased at being interrupted halfway through her flirtation with the pretty girl, and spoke more bluntly: “Do you live by the sea? Why do you care so much? I’m not making trouble for you. Pretty lady hasn’t even said a word, and you’re barking like a dog here?

What, are you the gatekeeper hired by pretty lady’s family? Do you have to bark whenever someone approaches your master?”

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“You!”

Bai Nanyan was flustered and lost her composure for the first time because of Gu Sihui.

Her eyes reddened as she looked at Gu Sihui, filled with deep confusion—no illusion, this formerly brainless and reckless fool had suddenly become sharp-tongued!

Why the sudden change?

Bai Nanyan didn’t understand. She sobbed softly: “Sister, I truly don’t know why you harbor such hostility towards me.

After all, I was just trying to kindly warn you. Do you know who she is? She is the sole disciple of the only Level 5 Pharmacist in Morselee City—Dai Yeliu.

Yeliu doesn’t like jokes; you should apologize to her immediately!”

While speaking, Bai Nanyan apologized to Dai Yeliu: “Miss Yeliu, I’m sorry. My sister is always unruly and crazy.

Even though she knows nothing about medicine, she insisted on signing up for the Level 5 Pharmacist exam because I was taking the Level 3.”

As she spoke, tears streamed down her face, filled with guilt and remorse: “It’s all my fault. I knew my sister liked to compete with me, yet I accidentally let her find out. If her childishness causes other excellent pharmacists to miss their chance, I truly can’t forgive myself...”

Gu Sihui stood by, dumbfounded.

This heroine is impressive!

She cries on cue without needing eye drops.

Her acting alone outshines many young actors in modern dramas!

Tsk tsk, listen to the artistry in her words—truly art!

But Gu Sihui wasn’t buying it.

“Stop, stop.” Gu Sihui interrupted immediately, displeased: “Big sister, who says I’m your sister? Who acknowledged that?

How unlucky would it be to be your sister? Just trying to take an exam peacefully, but you twist it into jealousy and rivalry, accusing me of causing trouble.

The exam hasn’t even started, and you’re already slapping me with accusations of ruining others’ chances. Haha, does your family run a blacksmith shop? Specializing in forging black pots?”

Gu Sihui raised her hand, rolled her eyes, made a funny face, and mockingly mimicked Bai Nanyan’s tone: “Sister, sister, sister~ Ugh! You’d think someone let a sheep loose here!”

“Pfft—hahaha, cough cough cough...”

Dai Yeliu couldn’t hold back and laughed out loud, quickly covering it with a cough.

Before meeting Gu Sihui, Dai Yeliu’s impression of her wasn’t very good.

Because Bai Nanyan often complained in front of her about how troublesome Gu Sihui was, and told many stories about how Gu Sihui secretly mistreated her beast husbands.