After dinner that evening, Father Tang said to Mother Tang, "I've tried using my connections to contact the Luo Family."
Mother Tang, who was reading a book, immediately closed it, took off her glasses, and looked eager to know more.
Father Tang pulled her onto the bed. Reading so late at night was very hard on the eyes, especially since the electricity was only supplied until 8:30, and then the power would be cut. His wife loved reading, and she would light a kerosene lamp, but the light wasn't very strong.
Mother Tang didn't refuse, sitting on the bed waiting for her husband to continue speaking.
"You know the status of the Old Master Luo; even with my connections, I couldn't reach him. However, the Old Man is still alive, though he is currently heavily guarded. As for the rest of the Luo Family, I couldn't contact any of them. Conversely, Luo Chaoyang, the one Ruan Ruan mentioned, is closer to us and contactable."
Mother Tang froze.
She hadn't expected things to be like this.
"Is the situation that serious?"
She asked quietly.
Father Tang nodded.
"It's hard to say. I don't even know if letting Ruan Ruan pursue this marriage was a good or bad thing now. Not long ago, Uncle Huang's family was sent to the Northwest."
What could they do sent to the Northwest?
Mother Tang knew too well.
She couldn't help but tremble.
Right now, it truly was hard to say.
Fortunately, her maternal home had generations of doctors and hadn't been involved in politics. As long as they weren't foolishly involved, they wouldn't be implicated.
As for Father Tang's side, they were even more grounded; they were either researchers or cultivators, generations rooted in agriculture, and thus had no connection to those in power, so they weren't afraid of trouble. It was just that their four sons didn't listen to advice; none of them pursued medicine or agriculture. Two sons secretly joined the army, and the other two were always mysterious, busy with unknown things. They hadn't heard from them for three months, and their daughter-in-law and child's whereabouts were unknown; the parents were nearly worried to death.
Now their daughter was facing the prospect of going to the countryside, and they had no one to consult.
"Then should we go talk to that young man from the Luo Family?"
Father Tang suggested.
Mother Tang, however, said, "No rush yet. Didn't Ruan Ruan say that young man from the Luo Family works at the Research Institute? I heard he's very capable. His marriage probably still needs approval from higher-ups. Ruan Ruan asked for a month to try herself; if that doesn't work, we still have my maternal home. My father promised to help Ruan Ruan secure a recommendation quota to study under him; with his guarantee, that quota should not be a big problem."
Father Tang was still worried, fearing it wasn't secure enough. The current situation was somewhat unclear; who knew what the future held? They were afraid that plans might not keep up with changes.
"At worst, I'll go talk to the school leaders at Ruan Ruan's school. We can offer more contribution and find her a less critical position, as long as she doesn't have to go to the countryside."
This deep love for their daughter was truly difficult.
Mother Tang sighed.
It had to be that way, as the room for maneuvering in her job was actually limited.
The husband and wife were distressed over Tang Ruanruan, worrying how to keep their daughter safe, but Tang Ruanruan was in her room, looking at the Space that had appeared before her.
Her entire demeanor became quite strange.
"If you weren't non-human, I would definitely beat you to death!"
Tang Ruanruan complained fiercely at the three-dimensional text floating in the air.
Because this Space had indeed unlocked, but it wasn't the mustard seed Space of immortals described in the strange tales she thought it was. There were conditions for putting things inside, and more importantly, it required paying a price. That was fine; it was a fair trade. She wasn't an immortal, so naturally, she needed to pay to receive a return.
The problem was that seeing the condition that forcibly required her to cultivate Medicinal Herbs to use it gave her a headache.
It was another Medicinal Herb she didn't recognize, requiring her to study books. However, she discovered that when she wasn't near Luo Zhaoyao, her medical learning skill entered a Seal state.
She felt an urge to worship Luo Zhaoyao.
He was the energy provider for her Golden Finger. Simply put, if she wanted to use her Golden Finger, she had to be near Luo Zhaoyao. So, did that mean she just needed to marry Luo Zhaoyao?
Of course, this was just her speculation; she needed to test it further to see if others could work too.
After figuring this out, she buried her head and slept. Nothing in the world was as important as sleep.
Indeed, she was a girl raised with affection, and she quickly adjusted her mindset.
The next morning, when Su Xiuer came to call her to school, Tang Ruanruan had already packed up and was waiting at the door with her schoolbag.
"I'm telling you, you're acting strange today. You're never this eager to go to school!"
They were studying the Nursing major and would graduate in a month, after which they could start internships at various Hospitals or Recuperation centers. Of course, due to the new orders, they had to find their own paths.
Originally, the school had recommendation quotas, which would eliminate the worry of going to the countryside, but that was only if Tang Ruanruan and Su Xiuer's grades were genuinely good.
One would yawn and doze off whenever studying medical-related content, while the other had absolutely no interest in that field.
In Su Xiuer's words, why bother so much? As long as one wasn't Crippled, one could take care of oneself.
The Teacher got a headache seeing the two of them; they didn't want to harm Patients, so neither of them would get a recommendation quota.
To verify her idea, Tang Ruanruan specifically brought a medical book of theirs, holding it in her hand.
"Why wouldn't I? Although there's only a month left, we need to respect the Teacher."
Tang Ruanruan spoke nonsense without blushing or her heart racing.
Su Xiuer didn't press the issue. The two chatted in whispers and took the tram. It took half an hour to reach the school. Upon arrival, Tang Ruanruan opened the medical book and deliberately moved closer to classmates she encountered from the school gate.
Su Xiuer held her chin, watching the strange Tang Ruanruan. She kept yawning one after another, her eyes almost unable to stay open, yet she was stubbornly holding on.
The scene was quite bizarre.
Tang Ruanruan's beauty was common knowledge throughout the school—a beautiful but useless person.
Even watching the beauty yawn now was still beautiful.
If Su Xiuer hadn't seen her about to fall into the nearby pond, she could have admired the beauty's drunken state a little longer. Of course, she wasn't drunk now; it was just that she was overwhelmingly sleepy, which wasn't much different from being drunk.
After a full day of Testing, Tang Ruanruan finally understood: only Luo Zhaoyao could help her.
When she appeared before Luo Zhaoyao in the evening carrying a Food container, the light bursting from her eyes made the usually calm and composed Luo Zhaoyao feel a bit scared.
He somehow felt like this woman wanted to devour him.
Tang Ruanruan grabbed Luo Zhaoyao's Arm, her eyes full of eagerness.
"What about me doesn't meet your aesthetic standards? I'll change it immediately!"
Luo Zhaoyao pulled his Arm free from her grasp and lightly coughed, "I'll say it again, I am not your Fiancé!"
Tang Ruanruan didn't even show Sadness, nodding obediently.
"Then I will pursue you starting now. Do you like a cute little sister type, a mature older sister type, or a Little Vixen? I can be any of them."
Seeing Luo Zhaoyao show no reaction, she had a flash of inspiration and blurted out:
"How about a kiss first, to find the feeling?"
Tang Ruanruan: For the sake of my Golden Finger, kissing a man is acceptable.
Luo Zhaoyao: Do you even know who I am, yet you dare to speak like that?
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