Chapter 304: Chapter 299: Saying Goodbye to the Past

Ji Qilin nodded calmly, “I’ve been away for half a month.”

“Is your experiment okay?” Ji Tian continued to ask.

Ji Qilin smiled at her, “Isn’t that why you’re here? Doing the experiment with you is fun, otherwise why would I do it?”

Ji Tian: “…”

Indeed, this workaholic couldn’t forget his work even in a foreign country.

“Wow, Shengsheng is here too. Where’s your brother?”

Lin Shisheng was also very surprised to see Ji Tian and the others, especially when she saw Ji Qilin, she was both shocked and delighted. She had been planning to go back to the country to find him tomorrow, but now she didn’t have to.

She smiled reservedly, “My brother is inside. Aunt Qiao, should I take you to him?”

Qiao Luhua waved her hand quickly, signaling to her, “No need, no need; we can find it ourselves. You go show my second treasure around here. It’s his first time here; I’m worried he might have trouble adapting.”

Ji Qilin: “…”

His mother really could say anything that came to mind.

Qiao Luhua then quickly called out to Ji Tian and Ji Weinan, “Don’t just stand there dumbly; give them some space.”

…

The day Ji Tian received her results, she was the provincial top scorer, emerging like a dark horse into everyone’s field of vision, especially shocking when they found out she had skipped grades to take the exam, causing a stir of exclamations.

After Ji Lingyun and Ji Qilin, the Ji Family had produced yet another genius.

Other families were envious to the point of tears; if even one such talent appeared in their family, they would be overjoyed enough to throw a feast for the whole region for three days and three nights.

That same day, Ji Tian also returned to the country with Ji Qilin, under the pretext of going to choose her university preferences. Qiao Luhua was speechless for a moment before once again sobbing, “Anyway, by the time you’re twenty, we should step down and let the younger generation lead. You have not sat on the Alliance Hierarch’s throne, would you have the heart to watch your mother being dragged back to the Silver Family to suffer?”

The reason Qiao Luhua hadn’t been taken back to the family clan was because she had a strong backer who could stand up to those four old-fashioned families.

Ji Tian replied wearily, “I know, Mom; I’ll participate attentively in the review.”

Qiao Luhua immediately dried her tears, “That’s more like it.”

Then she allowed Ji Tian to return.

As she walked through the luxurious garden, she encountered Lin Shihuan watering the flowers.

His silver hair shone dazzlingly in the sunlight. Upon seeing Ji Tian come out, he stopped his work, “In two years, at the Global High Martial Arts Tournament, I hope you can participate. The truth there should be made public to all.”

Ji Tian sighed faintly, waving her hand, “We’ll see.”

Summer vacation was boring, except for Jian Chuyi coming over three hundred times a day to cry about their bond being cut off since senior high.

Each time Ji Tian’s temples would twitch, so she coaxed her to study hard and join her in applying for Jing University.

Under Ji Tian’s influence, her grades improved a lot, and with some effort, she should just be able to scrape over the admission line.

According to Jian Chuyi’s original plan, she was supposed to study abroad, so whether or not she took the college entrance exam didn’t really matter to her.

But part of her was torn; she couldn’t bear to leave Ji Tian or Tang Yu behind. She hadn’t succeeded yet, and if she ran off halfway, she’d be at a complete loss.

And Quan Jingyou was going to study abroad.

After learning Ji Tian’s results, Ji Weinan also began to study seriously. His reason was that he couldn’t be too far behind his own sister. They were born from the same womb; how could he be the only fool in the family?

Ji Tian spent a calm summer vacation, as news about the anti-cancer agent slowly began to leak out, stirring people’s emotions.

Ji Tian thought, as long as it wasn’t Shen Zhiyi becoming famous, having Ji Qilin replace him would be just fine.

And this year, she was about to start her freshman life.

The best part about studying at Jing University was the close proximity to home, but she still chose to live on campus. In another world, she was too busy making money and hadn’t spent much time with her classmates.

This lifetime, she wanted to experience campus life properly.

However, she had already unwittingly become a celebrity.

Some people would always ask about Qin Jiangsheng’s whereabouts, asking her if she knew where he was.

Ji Tian would remain silent each time. What difference would it make if they knew? The damage had been done. Even if he wasn’t as bad as what was rumored online, it’s hard to remove the tinted glasses once they’re on.

“If Qin Jiangsheng were still here, he’d probably have to endure a lot of outside harassment, living his life over and over again in self-vindication. The preconception has already taken shape.”

“And she has stopped thinking about that boy.”

“Every time she did, it felt stifling in her heart.”

“They met in September last year and this September, only Ji Tian remained.”

“The breeze through the treetops lifted the wisps of hair beside her cheeks.”

“Even though there had been a rift between them, and they may not be able to return to the closeness of the past, she still hoped that Qin Jiangsheng would shine brightly somewhere else, as his own star.”

“She turned and stepped into Jing University, bidding farewell to the past.”

“Goodbye to Ji Tian at seventeen, hello to Ji Tian at eighteen. Her future was just beginning.”

Two years later

“Bang.”

“A sudden loud noise came from one of the lab buildings, followed by billowing black smoke, startling the people from the surrounding labs who popped their heads out to see what was going on, clearly no strangers to such a scene.”

“No way? Did Ji Tian blow up the lab again? This is the eighteenth time this month; she’s really got a tough life…”

“You’re telling me. To the uninitiated, it’d seem like she’s working on a hydrogen bomb…”

“People around whispered among themselves. But within ten seconds, someone dashed out of the lab–Ji Tian, her white lab coat turned completely black, just like her smoke-streaked face.”

“She waved her hands to clear the smoke while coughing.”

“Damn it, she didn’t want to do this damn experiment for even one more second.”

“The worst part? It was her assignment!”

“Without finishing it, she couldn’t graduate.”

“Cursing the professor in her heart, she walked out miserably and immediately saw Gong Yu standing outside in the hallway.”

“He wore a crisp white shirt, in stark contrast to her disheveled appearance.”

“He smiled at Ji Tian, ‘Your brother is going to have to donate another building.'”

“After two years of acquaintance, Ji Tian discovered that Gong Yu was both brooding and annoying, so she charged at him, rubbing all the soot from her face onto his white shirt.”

“Sure enough, Gong Yu pushed her head away the next second, ‘Ji Tian! You owe me a shirt!'”

“He looked disgustedly at the black stains, while Ji Tian raised her brows and eyes, ‘That’s for laughing at me.'”

“Gong Yu looked at her, then laughed, ‘Never mind, I shouldn’t expect you to be clean anyways.'”

“With that, he turned and walked away.”

“‘Who are you calling dirty!'”

“Ji Tian wanted to chase after him but then glanced at the chemical lab, which she had turned into a total mess, and resignedly went back in to clean up.”

“She had studied law in the humanities before, but here she was in the sciences, so she made the baffling decision to study chemistry.”

“Every day was spent either doing experiments or on her way to do them.”

“After cleaning up the lab, fearful that the chemistry professor would be trouble, she locked the door and left.”

“She then detoured to the campus store to buy a bottle of water and saw Ji Weinan sweating buckets playing basketball on the court.”

“After spotting Ji Tian, he casually shot a three-pointer, then walked over to her.”

“He had matured a lot over the past two years, exuding charm everywhere and causing the girls on the court to blush; strangely enough, Ji Tian had become the one indulged by the girls, with endless snacks to eat every day.”

“She handed him the water, and Ji Weinan grinned, ‘Thanks, little sis.'”

“Ji Tian was now a junior, Ji Weinan a sophomore.”

“With his own achievements, he had been admitted to Jing University.”

“And Ji Tian was already preparing her graduation thesis, thinking about graduating early, but this experiment was making her hair fall out, making graduation day feel infinitely far away.”

“Just then, a round-faced girl trotted over. When she saw Ji Weinan, her cheeks turned red, and she stammered out her message, ‘Ji Tian, Old Yang wants you in his office, he said he has a way for you to graduate without doing any more experiments.'”