Rebirth as the Richest Woman in the World
Chapter 328: Please step aside (Third Watch)

Chapter 328: Please step aside (Third Watch)

"Master, won’t you help Yu’er?" Seeing that Elder Xu Kong hadn’t spoken, Dai Yu’s eyes already showed a layer of mist, looking pitiful.

Facing Dai Yu like this, Elder Xu Kong could hardly refuse, but he said in some difficulty, "Yu’er, everything is predetermined by the heavens, we should not act against them, nor should we do things that go against our conscience."

Dai Yu somewhat unwillingly said, "Master, please just help me out. Miss Chu herself is an anomaly in this world, so what’s this about acting against the heavens? Master, don’t you want to see me happy?"

Elder Xu Kong fell into deep thought, stroking his beard and looking off into the distance, "Although she defies the norms of this world, she has accumulated a great deal of virtue and gathered the energy of all directions. Otherwise, as your master, I would not have rescued her so readily. Yu’er, I wish to see you happy more than anyone else, but your happiness cannot be built upon the suffering of others. It’s obvious that Nine Ye and she are truly in love; you’re only striving in vain. Why bother?"

From Elder Xu Kong’s perspective, Chu Jin’s destiny was very strange, recognized neither by the Heavenly Dao nor abandoned by it.

Instead, she was full of virtue and during the half month she’d been in a coma, she received blessings from all around the world.

Saving her was also a way for him to accumulate virtue for himself.

If there weren’t benefits to be had, Elder Xu Kong wouldn’t have easily used up his cultivation to save her.

"But Master, if they are truly in love, how could they be so easily torn apart?" Dai Yu continued, "As an anomaly in this world, her very existence defies the Heavenly Dao, so how could Mr. Mo possibly unite with such a person?"

Elder Xu Kong gazed out the window in a daze, remaining silent for a long time.

"Please help me!" Dai Yu knelt down suddenly before Elder Xu Kong with a ’plop,’ her voice somewhat hoarse.

Elder Xu Kong recoiled in thought, immediately stood up, and said sternly, "Yu’er, what are you doing? Get up quickly."

"No!" Dai Yu was very determined, her eyes reddening as she said, "I won’t get up until you agree to help me, Master."

"Yu’er," Elder Xu Kong let out a long sigh, "why do you torment yourself like this?"

Dai Yu pleaded earnestly, "Master, I’m begging you, please help me."

From the moment she saw Mr. Mo, she knew that in this life, she had to have him.

That man, who orchestrated strategies behind the scenes, experienced myriad trials, with his cool and scholarly charm, had unwittingly taken over her whole heart.

Hence, she would try everything to be by his side.

Even if it was just to watch him from a distance, that would be enough for this life.

Dai Yu went on, "Master, I know what you’re worried about, but rest assured I know my limits. And it’s not like I’m asking you to do something morally reprehensible; I’m just asking for a bit of help. To you, it’s a mere trifle, and it won’t harm Miss Chu in any real way..."

Listening to Dai Yu’s words, after a long while, Elder Xu Kong finally spoke slowly, "Enough, enough, get up first."

Dai Yu looked up joyfully, her tears turning to laughter, "Master, does this mean you agree?"

"Ah," Elder Xu Kong smiled helplessly, reached out to lift Dai Yu from the ground, "I agree to help you."

"Thank you, Master, I knew you cared for me the most." Dai Yu hugged Elder Xu Kong in excitement.

"Silly girl." Xu Kong laughed and patted Dai Yu’s head.

Dai Yu continued, "Master, then please treat Miss Chu’s injuries tomorrow, so she can wake up sooner, okay?"

"Okay," Elder Xu Kong nodded, but a hint of worry flashed in his eyes.

He wasn’t sure if what he was doing was right or wrong.

**

The next day.

Because she had to go to school today and visit the Mo family in the evening, Chu Jin got up early, currently sitting in front of her vanity mirror, tending to her appearance.

She kept smearing things onto her face.

One layer, then another, and another.

Not until every blemish was covered did she stop.

The person in the mirror had delicate features, bright eyes and white teeth, and every smile and frown was captivating.

Thinking it over, Chu Jin took out a black elixir from the drawer and swallowed it.

This was the ’Rejuvenation Pill’ Zheng Chuyi had given her last night.

As Chu Jin usually walked to school, Chu Jin wanted to walk as well, but because she had undergone a leg-lengthening surgery, walking proved somewhat difficult, so she had the driver take her.

A black Cayenne slowly stopped in front of the entrance to the No. 2 Middle School.

As she was heading to school, many people came and went at the school gate. Seeing Chu Jin get out of the car, the crowd stopped and stared, their conversations abuzz.

After all, Chu Jin was now a celebrity at their school, at the height of her popularity.

"Wow, look, that’s Chu Jin from class ten. I didn’t notice her during the last speech, but she’s really, really pretty."

"What Chu Jin! Call her Goddess Chu!"

"Right, right, right, she’s so pretty, I wish I were half as slim as her."

"She’s beautiful, and her IQ is also high. It’s so unfair how God gave all the good traits to her alone; how can us ordinary folks even live?"

In just a short time, voices full of envy filled the air, all of them clearly reaching Chu Jin’s ears.

She walked slowly through the crowd with her backpack, head lifted, a slight curve to her lips, as if she were walking the red carpet.

Chu Jin truly enjoyed the feeling of being adored like this.

Her heart swelled with pleasure, and a sense of superiority welled up.

Compared to the lofty sense of superiority, what was the physical pain she had suffered in the past?

"What’s there to be so proud of! Pssh! Just a pitiful parasite living off others, what right does she have to be so proud?" A girl with short hair said with disdain in the crowd, "She has no talents, and yet she’s so arrogant! Seeking everyone’s attention, what a show-off! Trash!"

"You can’t say that," a pleasant female voice sounded from beside them, tinged with a mocking tone, "You say she’s got no talent, but she can recite the world’s top ten famous novels, can you?"

"I..." The girl with short hair clenched her fists, turned her head, and when she saw who was speaking, she swallowed the words on her lips and rephrased them, continuing, "I just can’t stand to see her petty triumphs! Look at that tail of hers, almost wagging up to the sky!"

The speaker was Sun Manyao, a well-known wealthy girl from the Second Secondary School, so the short-haired girl didn’t dare to be too absolute in her words.

Who knew if she was in league with Chu Jin?

"What a coincidence," Sun Manyao said with a smile, draping her arm over the short-haired girl’s shoulder, "I also really can’t stand her."

"You can’t stand her either?" The short-haired girl narrowed her eyes slightly, puzzled.

Sun Manyao hooked her lips into a smile, turned her head, and whispered a few words into the short-haired girl’s ear.

After a whisper, the girl with short hair looked skeptical, "Are you serious? Wang Kai is really chasing her?"

Sun Manyao lifted her hand to brush a lock of hair behind her ear, "Of course it’s true. If you don’t believe me, go up front and see for yourself, Wang Kai is blocking her way right now."

No sooner had she spoken than the girl with short hair turned and walked towards the front.

Sun Manyao watched the retreating figure of the short-haired girl, the smile at the corner of her mouth deepening.

If it weren’t for the fear of Chu Jin’s capabilities, she would have taken matters into her own hands long ago; what a nuisance!

Chu Jin had indeed been stopped by Wang Kai at the intersection.

She moved left; he followed to the left.

She went right; he mirrored her to the right.

Wang Kai scratched his head, "Chu Jin, can we go to the cafeteria together for lunch after school today?"

After not seeing her for half a month, he felt that the girl in front of him had become even more beautiful.

Dressed in white, with her black hair fluttering about, she seemed as if she could ascend to become an immortal at any moment.

Her beauty was beyond the mortal world.

Just like a lotus flower rising from clear water, natural and unadorned.

Among the green and naive high school students, Wang Kai’s looks stood out. Nearly one meter eighty in height, with sharp and distinctive features, he was sunny and handsome.

If this had been in the past, Chu Jin would have been very happy and quite willing to accept the invitation of such a handsome guy chasing her.

But ever since she met outstanding men like Song Shiqin and the head of the Mo family, her standards had become unreachable. To her, someone like Wang Kai was at best just an immature boy who hadn’t fully grown yet.

He couldn’t stir even the slightest ripple in her heart.

Moreover, she had thoroughly understood Chu Jin’s way of interacting with her classmates in the past: Wang Kai was nothing more than a stranger to her.

So, she saw no reason to be polite to Wang Kai, "Wang Kai, I’m not interested in having lunch with you, and I don’t like you, can you please step aside?"

"No problem," Wang Kai smiled, "Feelings are something that we cultivate slowly. I believe that one day you will like me."