Zhu Yanyi finished tuning her zither and listened to the conversation. She felt speechless. Her master was truly something else. After hearing those words, she suddenly felt like a commodity waiting to be sold at the highest price.
Illusion, just an illusion. Zhu Yanyi shook her head firmly. She decided it was definitely her own imagination. Besides, even if she had wanted to make things difficult for her, it wouldn’t work now. It seemed her closest people were always the ones holding her back. Fortunately, she hadn’t planned to trouble Yan Aohan anyway.
“Aunt Chang is right. I think so too,” Yan Aohan said. She deeply agreed with Mrs. Chang’s view. After all, there was only one Zhu Yanyi in this world. Only one Medical Buddha Girl.
After Zhu Yanyi said goodbye to Mrs. Chang and stepped out, Yan Aohan naturally followed. Zhu Yanyi was curious. She wondered why she kept sticking to her.
“Why do you keep following me?” she asked.
“I want to figure it out too,” Yan Aohan sighed. “Actually, I don’t know how to explain it. Just let me follow you for now. I’ll tell you once I understand.”
His words sounded a bit perfunctory, but his eyes showed special seriousness.
Zhu Yanyi shrugged. Yan Aohan wasn’t annoying. Since she said so, she let her follow. She didn’t object.
That day, whether Zhu Yanyi was boiling medicine for Yan Aohan or going to other courtyards to study, she followed her everywhere. Zhu Yanyi noticed that Yan Aohan seemed to be thinking deeply. More accurately, she seemed to be pondering or confirming something. Perhaps that was why she followed her. She was curious, but since Yan Aohan herself hadn’t figured it out, she kept her curiosity to herself.
By the end of the day, Yan Aohan followed Zhu Yanyi with a blank expression. (It was hard for her to show any emotion, as her puppet syndrome wasn’t cured yet.) She was surprised that such a young girl had to learn so much.
“Do you have to learn so many things every day?” he asked.
Zhu Yanyi tilted her head and thought. “Is it a lot? I think it’s okay. I can handle it.”
She wasn’t really a six-year-old child. In her past life, she had lived for over fifty years. Combined with this life, she had experienced more than sixty years. So this pressure was actually motivation for her.
“People only live for a few decades. Even if you take good care of your health and become a centenarian, you still have a limit. But if you keep learning while alive, you’ll find life is very fulfilling. My life is very fulfilling now.”
Yan Aohan nodded. “It is indeed fulfilling. I see you have no time to rest.”
“I do,” Zhu Yanyi disagreed. “Look, I rest for ten minutes to half an hour before every class.”
“But you study for at least an hour. Just now, while painting, you stood for an hour and a half.”
Standing for that long wasn’t a problem for someone like Yan Aohan. But Zhu Yanyi was only six. Her bones and muscles were still growing. Standing for too long wasn’t good for her.
Zhu Yanyi stuck out her tongue. She seemed to realize the problem too. “I did stand a bit too long during painting. Usually, I don’t stand that long. This time, my Grandpa wanted me to design a piece for the competition. I got so focused that I forgot the time.”