Chapter 327: What Are You Complaining About?

A shadow crossed Gao Lan’s eyes, but she quickly waved her hands. "I’m fine! You’re busy, I can manage on my own."

She planned to take the exam again.

If she still couldn’t pass this time, she would just have to accept her fate.

Fu Mingxue thought for a moment before saying, "If there’s a subject you’re struggling with, you could hire a tutor to go over the material with you. That would be much better than just fumbling through it on your own."

"That—that won’t work! It would be too much of an imposition." Besides, she didn’t have the money to hire a tutor.

And she didn’t know any tutors, either.

Qin Wenze had money, but they were newly married. She wouldn’t dare spend so much of his money.

’Otherwise, what would people think?’

Fu Mingxue didn’t press the issue.

After all, she had offered the best solution.

’If you fail once, and then fail a second time, it might be because your study method is wrong, or you just don’t understand the material. A tutor could at least help you understand the problems you’re stuck on.’

’There were so many old professors back in the city now, or she could even find a university student.’

’Offer them some money or a gift, and surely someone would be willing to help.’

"I think Mingxue’s suggestion is a good one. I’ll look into finding someone for you tomorrow."

Gao Lan shook her head frantically. "No, really, there’s no need. I’ll just study on my own. Besides, I still have a whole year."

Fu Mingxue didn’t join the conversation.

After all, it was their business, not hers.

’Perhaps they had their own reasons.’

’In any case, having been reborn, the one thing she understood above all else was to respect the fate of others, and to neither interfere with nor pity it.’

Just then, Qin Wenhao returned after washing the dishes.

"You’re drinking soda again? You just had a whole bottle."

He took the soda bottle from Fu Mingxue’s hand.

Fu Mingxue: ...?

She hadn’t drunk any of it; she’d just been holding it and forgotten to put it down.

Gao Lan froze for a second. ’Is Qin Wenze’s younger brother always this controlling? He won’t even let her drink a soda?’

She quickly thrust the unopened soda from her own hand into Fu Mingxue’s. "Here, you have this one. I don’t really like it."

Fu Mingxue: ...?

Before she could even explain, the bottle was snatched from her hand again.

"You can’t drink this. Your stomach is upset. You shouldn’t be drinking so many cold things."

As soon as Qin Wenhao said that, Gao Lan flushed with embarrassment. She wished she could find a hole in the floor to crawl into.

She—she honestly hadn’t known.

She’d thought—

"S-Sorry, I didn’t know."

"It’s no big deal, he’s just being paranoid," Fu Mingxue said, then promptly sent him on an errand. "Go get that half-watermelon out of the fridge."

"Oh, we won’t have any. It’s getting late, we should be going."

Qin Wenze got to his feet.

Seeing this, Gao Lan quickly stood up as well.

The two children didn’t want to leave.

They were engrossed in playing with the tin frog.

"Time to go," Qin Wenze said, scooping up his daughter.

"Goodbye, Uncle! Goodbye, Auntie!"

"Come visit again soon," Fu Mingxue said with a warm smile.

After the family left, Fu Mingxue turned to Qin Wenhao. "Why did you have such a long face the entire time they were here? Anyone who didn’t know better would think you can’t stand them and weren’t happy to see them!"

"As a matter of fact, I can’t stand them," Qin Wenhao said, his voice full of scorn.

Fu Mingxue: ?...

She was utterly speechless.

"What’s your problem with their marriage? It’s not like you’re the one who has to live with them."

Love and marriage are their own business.

’Why was he getting involved?’

Qin Wenhao calmly retorted, "I don’t have a problem with it. I just don’t want to talk to them. Is that not allowed?"

"Don’t you scholars have a saying? ’Those who walk different paths cannot make plans together.’"

Fu Mingxue’s lips twitched. ’And now he’s trying to sound all cultured.’

"I’m going to study. I have to hit the books for the next few days. It would be a real joke if I failed my exam."