Genius Trainee: My Husband Isn't Human - Chapter 4

Luo Jingcha poked her with disgust, “Don’t cry so miserably, I’m not dead yet.”

Zhang Leyan patted her face, pinched and rubbed it until Luo Jingcha became impatient, then withdrew her hands and giggled twice. “It’s good that you’re okay, it’s good that you’re okay!”

Luo Jingcha would normally be angry at being handled like this, but Zhang Leyan’s behavior was essentially innocent, so she couldn’t bring herself to get mad. She didn’t know how Xiao Luo usually tolerated this girl.

“Do your injuries still hurt? That Feng Yijun is really too much, calling so many people to beat you up like this, it’s really too much!” Zhang Leyan said angrily, looking at the bruises on Luo Jingcha’s arms.

“Beaten up like this?”

Hearing these words, Luo Jingcha’s eyes narrowed slightly. That’s not how Xiao Luo had explained it to her.

“Don’t you remember?” Zhang Leyan was somewhat surprised. She said, “Feng Yijun from our class likes Xu Zhenlin, the grade’s top student, but Xu Zhenlin never really pays attention to her. She got jealous because she thought you were close to Xu Zhenlin, so she pretended to invite you for cake but actually found a group of people to beat you up.”

She started crying again as she spoke, “We couldn’t reach you that day. Uncle and Auntie went crazy looking for you, and later found you in the abandoned courtyard behind the school playground’s back gate, but by the time they got there, you had already stopped breathing.”

“Uncle and Auntie called the police, but the Feng family used their wealth and power to hire some scapegoats and suppress the matter. What’s most hateful is that Feng Yijun actually went around the class the day after you died… ah no, after you went into shock, announcing loudly that it was her birthday in three days, and that she had booked a venue at Twilight Bar, saying she wanted to invite the whole class to celebrate her birthday. It’s simply too much! How is this different from killing someone and then having a party on their grave!”

Zhang Leyan spoke angrily, but Luo Jingcha remained silent, only relaying the story to Xiao Luo, then said, “So this is what you told me about accidentally falling down the stairs while practicing dance?”

Xiao Luo said, “I… I just didn’t want to have any more conflicts with them.”

Luo Jingcha snorted coldly. “So now it’s not you who’s in pain, right?”

“No…”

Xiao Luo said one sentence then fell silent. Luo Jingcha said, “Being bullied once means you’ll be bullied every time. Retreat and weakness will never be a shield. If I hadn’t appeared this time, you would have already lost your life. Think about it carefully!”

Luo Jingcha’s words carried a domineering tone. From childhood to adulthood, she had only ever bullied others; no one had ever dared to bully her. Who could have imagined that her other-world self would have such a weak personality?

She said to Zhang Leyan, “Come find me in three days, we’re going to Twilight.”

Zhang Leyan nearly choked on her saliva. “You want to go to Feng Yijun’s birthday party? Are you crazy?”

Was this still the Luo Jingcha she knew?

“Life is full of surprises everywhere. Since it’s a birthday, wouldn’t it be nice to prepare some extra surprises for her?” Luo Jingcha said, the corners of her mouth curving into a subtle arc.

She had never been someone who would take a loss.

Seeing this, Zhang Leyan felt a chill down her back. She always felt that there was a demonic flavor in Luo Jingcha’s smile, which seemed somewhat different from the Luo Jingcha she knew before.

Zhang Leyan’s eyes showed confusion, and Luo Jingcha asked, “What’s wrong?”

Zhang Leyan stared at her for a long time but couldn’t figure it out. She scratched her head and said, “Chacha, you seem to have become more beautiful, hehe.”

Luo Jingcha thought she had noticed something and was slightly nervous, but patted her shoulder and said, “Sorry, I overestimated you.”

For these three days, Luo Jingcha had been recuperating in the hospital and asked Zhang Leyan to help bring her study materials.

This world’s college entrance examination didn’t have the division between liberal arts and sciences; instead, all nine subjects had to be taken in the exam. Luo Jingcha first read through the history and discovered that the divergence between the two worlds began from the Qing Dynasty period.

This world’s Qing Dynasty didn’t implement a closed-door policy. After the Qianlong era, Z Country wasn’t eliminated by the world but gradually moved toward the world stage.

Secondly, regarding this country’s commerce, Luo Jingcha also gained a general understanding. Because no wars had occurred for hundreds of years, long-lived family enterprises began to rise in this world, with the Shen, Qiu, and Lin three major groups being the wealthiest, representing the upper class society.

But besides this, Luo Jingcha discovered there was an even more ancient family. This family’s wealth even surpassed the three major consortiums since ancient times but was very low-key. On the surface, records showed that this Mo Group had been developing for three hundred years, with a history even longer than the rise and fall of a country.

“Mo Group… Mo Group…”

Luo Jingcha frowned and unconsciously repeated it twice. For some reason, she always felt that this mysterious ancient family might possibly be the key to her return.

In three days, Luo Jingcha basically digested three years of high school curriculum once through. Xiao Luo was simply amazed by her reading speed.

She had never seen anyone who could memorize classical Chinese while solving math problems, read physics while listening to audio at the same time. This was simply monstrous!

Luo Jingcha’s ability to multitask made Xiao Luo cry. They were both people, and the same person at that, so how could the gap be so large?

Just when she thought she could pass the exam without worry, Luo Jingcha said she would only help her take this one exam, and future exams would have to be taken by herself, which sent Xiao Luo’s mood plummeting to rock bottom again.

Three days later, at six o’clock in the evening, Zhang Leyan arrived at the hospital room on time.

She pushed open the door and greeted Mother Luo, who had been staying by Luo Jingcha’s side constantly, “Hello, Auntie!”

When Mother Luo saw Zhang Leyan had come, she smiled and stood up to greet her, “Yanyan came to deliver study materials to Chacha again. You’ve really been troubled these past few days, making you run back and forth like this every day. I just made some pork rib soup for Chacha, come have some too.”

“It’s nothing, it’s nothing, we’re classmates after all!” Zhang Leyan quickly waved her hands.

Just as she was about to receive the bowl Mother Luo handed over, Luo Jingcha behind her gave her a look, so she quickly said, “Oh right, Auntie, the teacher went over a test paper with us today. She said the problems on it were all especially important. I was thinking, should I explain them to Chacha tonight?”

Before Mother Luo could speak, Luo Jingcha said, “Mom, why don’t you go home first? Leyan can stay here with me to go over the problems. You haven’t rested for quite a while either, running the shop during the day and staying with me at night. It’s too tiring.”

“This…” Mother Luo hesitated.

Zhang Leyan also said, “Yes, Auntie, please go home and rest. I’ll stay here with Chacha, I guarantee you can rest assured!”

Mother Luo couldn’t resist their urging and had to say, “Alright then, you girls study hard, cover yourselves with blankets when you sleep at night, and remember to call Mom if you need anything.”

“Got it, thank you Mom.” Luo Jingcha smiled and nodded.

As soon as Mother Luo left, Luo Jingcha immediately got up to go to the bathroom to change clothes, while Zhang Leyan went to the window to watch. Only after seeing Mother Luo get on the bus did she turn back and give Luo Jingcha an OK gesture.

Luo Jingcha changed into a pure white T-shirt and a plain-colored short skirt, with her hair simply tied in a ponytail, looking full of youthful energy. She put on white sneakers and said to Zhang Leyan, “Let’s go.”

Zhang Leyan was stunned by her outfit and exclaimed, “Chacha, let’s not wear our hair down anymore, okay? It’s such a waste to cover up such a beautiful face with hair all the time.”

Luo Jingcha thought about it, considering she would have to help Xiao Luo with the show later, so she agreed wholeheartedly. “You’re right, I might have to make a living by this face in the future.”