After Being Robbed of Everything, She Returns as a Goddess - Chapter 396

After Being Robbed of Everything, She Returns as a Goddess
Chapter 396 – She doesn’t need backing, she is her own support (2)

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And Miss Si… Actually knew how to handle business dealings too?!

What on earth was there that she couldn’t do?

Feng San was utterly crushed. He stood behind Yu Xiheng like a petrified statue.

Even when Si Fuqing and Yu Tang returned from outside, he had no reaction.

His eyes were vacant, his whole being struck dumb.

Si Fuqing removed her hat, her fox eyes lighting up. “Ah, there’s supper! I’ve been burning through energy like crazy lately.”

On the dining table was a nutritious meal prepared by the chefs from Linjiang Pavilion.

“Qingqing, your figure is amazing.” Yu Tang looked on enviously. “You eat so much and never gain weight. I don’t even dare touch supper.”

“Part of it’s my physique.” Si Fuqing touched her chin. “But mostly because I run and lift weights every day. Want me to take you along?”

“N-no, no.” Yu Tang glanced at the barbell Feng San had just bought, a bead of sweat sliding down her forehead. “I…I’d die just running 800 meters.”

Thinking about the university physical fitness test completely ruined her mood.

That barbell together weighed 200 kilograms.

-barbell 

She’d only ever seen burly guys at the gym lift that much weight.

“You really should train properly.” Yu Xiheng lifted his eyes from his book, his voice cool and even. “Physical training at Xia University begins August 15th. Don’t even think about asking for leave.”

Yu Tang: “…”

She turned her pleading eyes toward Si Fuqing.

“Jumping straight into five kilometers would hurt your body.” Si Fuqing tried to comfort her. “Tangtang, just drink some tea to condition yourself first, then start by running two kilometers each morning as a warm-up.”

Yu Tang’s face froze. “Two kilometers…as a warm-up?!”

Wasn’t there some serious misunderstanding about what “warm-up” meant?

“Wh-why don’t you, Qingqing, come to Xia University and do the physical training with me?” Yu Tang coughed lightly. “If I had someone with me, I might be able to stick it out.”

Yu Xicheng suddenly tilted his head, “Do you want to go to school?”

Si Fuqing was taken aback, but she didn’t immediately refuse.

She stayed silent for a moment, then raised her brows lazily, “Boss, you know I’ve got a short temper. If I go to school, I’d just be a problem student. Now and then I’d get into a fight or two, impossible to manage—teachers would hate me.”

Yu Xicheng spoke in an offhand manner, “Mm, I’ll manage you.”

Yu Tang hugged her cup, humming twice, “That’s true, huh. Back in high school, it was you, Uncle Jiu, who went to my parent-teacher meetings.”

Si Fuqing froze, not knowing how to respond for a moment.

The word school felt very distant to her now.

And the schools she’d attended before weren’t really about studying at all—every day had just been fighting.

Back then, when she was injured, her older sister would help her bandage her wounds.

Now, there was no one left.

“Ah, but my grades are terrible.” Si Fuqing’s tone was lazy and indifferent. “Boss, you see me working two jobs now, sometimes picking up odd jobs on the side—I don’t have the time or energy for school.”

Just today she had finished drawing up an embroidery design and was preparing to send it to Gu Huiyan.

Yu Xicheng didn’t press her further, “All right. If you ever want to study, just tell me.”

“I wonder how many people from Daxia will make it into the top 500 of the International Joint Exam this year.” Yu Tang picked at a fishbone. “Last time it was only thirty-six. Sigh.”

“The International Joint Exam isn’t that bad.” Si Fuqing propped her chin on her hand. “The questions change every year, but the core is always the same. The teachers are the same too—same old routine.”

Seeing Yu Tang’s expression freeze again, she cleared her throat and added solemnly, “Ahem, that’s just my view as a hopeless student.”

By now, Feng San was coming back to his senses slowly.

So Nuwa* really was fair when she created people—aside from her disastrous cooking, she had finally closed the door on Miss Si’s academic talent as well.

*Nuwa is a goddess from ancient Chinese mythology who created humans from clay.

**

The next morning.

Mocheng.

Tiandi Alliance headquarters building.

Gu Huiyan strolled into his office at a leisurely pace, going through his emails as usual.

The very first one was from Si Fuqing.

It had an image attached.

The moment Gu Huiyan glanced at it, his expression grew solemn. He beckoned to the middle-aged man nearby, “Come look at this.”

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