In his previous life, Lu Yanyan's parents were ordinary workers, and they had very high expectations for Lu Yanyan's academic performance.

It can be said that throughout his student years, Lu Yanyan was constantly reading, doing exercises, and attending cram schools.

Lu Yanyan carried her parents' greatest hopes and pressures until she graduated with a doctorate and took a job at Haicheng No. 1 High School, when she finally relaxed a little.

Lu Yanyan didn't know whether her parents' way of educating her was right or wrong. The high-intensity and stressful study did allow her to leave the small town and find a very good job, but it also made her lose other hands-on skills.

Lu Yanyan can't sing, dance, draw, or play the piano...

Apart from studying and working, Lu Yanyan seems to know nothing else.

Lu Yanyan has always felt that if she became a parent, she would never let her children grow up like herself.

But when Han Xiaoxi was born, Lu Yanyan couldn't help but adopt her parents' parenting style...

Because Lu's parents believed that boarding schools hired excellent teachers, Lu Yanyan attended boarding schools from elementary school to high school, and had to go out for extra classes on weekends and during winter and summer vacations.

When I went to college, I moved to an unfamiliar city. After graduating with a Ph.D., I started working and got married and had children.

Lu Yanyan spends very little time with his parents, so he has never been very close to them.

Later, when Han Xiaoxi was about to be born, Lu's father and mother rented a house in the community where Lu Yanyan lived.

Those years were the time when Lu Yanyan was closest to his parents, and even now, Lu Yanyan still feels heartbroken when he thinks about them.

When Han Xiaoxi was less than three years old, Lu's father passed away.

Dad Lu had lung cancer and was diagnosed before Han Xiaoxi was born.

Lu's father and mother had always kept it a secret from Lu Yanyan. They had worked as workers all their lives and spent almost all their money on Lu Yanyan's studies.

After the diagnosis was made, the two did not think about seeking treatment. They just took medicine and rented an apartment in the community where Lu Yanyan lived to spend the last time with their daughter.

After Lu's father passed away, Lu's mother's vitality quickly withered. Less than a year later, Lu's mother also passed away...

Chen noticed that Lu Yanyan was in a bad mood, so she just gently tugged at her clothes, telling her not to show any abnormality in front of the child and Mrs. Liu.

On the other side, after Han Qingyun drove a mule cart to the county town, he first strolled around several main streets of the county town, and then went to find a former classmate - Yan Shian.

The Yan family is a wealthy family in Wuping County, and they have businesses in several surrounding prefectures.

Han Qingyun didn't dare to go directly to Wuping County Magistrate Qian Yongda.

As the top scholar, he was also considered a student of County Magistrate Qian and could visit County Magistrate Qian directly.

However, he had no way to explain the source of the information. County Magistrate Qian was a shrewd and cautious person. Even if he found a reason, he would still be questioned. Han Qingyun was not willing to take any risks without ensuring the safety of his family.

Secondly, time was too tight. By the time the people in the county government confirmed the source of the news and reported it to the court, Prince Lin's army had already arrived and it would be of no use.

Thirdly, Han Qingyun was afraid that once the news spread, it would cause widespread unrest regardless of whether it was true or false.

Prince Lin is coming with great force and will not give up until he achieves his goal. If the unusual movement in Wuping County forces them to move to other prefectures and counties, it may cause greater casualties.

Han Qingyun knew very well that he could not change the fate of the entire Wuping County. He could only try his best to keep the people around him alive.

When Yan Shi'an heard from the doorman that someone named Han Qingyun was looking for him, he quickly ran out to greet him.

He was impatient and dragged Han Qingyun into the room without waiting for him to finish his greetings.

Yan Shi'an instructed the servant to prepare lunch while blaming Han Qingyun.

"I thought you, Mr. Han, had forgotten me. How long has it been since we last met? Every time I invited you out, you refused. Why are you willing to come out now?"

Han Qingyun and Yan Shi'an were both students of Minglu Academy in the county.

Han Qingyun is talented, has good grades, and is handsome, which makes him very much loved by the teacher.

Unfortunately, his family was ordinary and he came from the countryside, so many self-important students, especially those from wealthy families in the county, often tried to make things difficult for him.

He was young, had a soft and somewhat pedantic character, and was not good at the ways of the world. The more the teacher praised him, the more he was isolated by his classmates.

Only Yan Shi'an would stand up for Han Qingyun every time he saw him in trouble, and he would often invite Han Qingyun to his home during his days off.

The Yan family has been doing business for eight generations, and each generation has tried hard to raise a scholar.

Yan Hui, the head of the Yan family of this generation, has only one child, Yan Shian, and he devotes all his efforts to raising him.

However, Yan Shian was a very good student, and he often ranked last in the college assessments.

Yan Shi'an felt like he was listening to a foreign language in class at the academy, and when he returned home he had to face Master Duan, whom Yan Hui had specially invited from the provincial capital. He lived every day like a walking corpse and was in great pain.

Han Qingyun studied at Fengxi College for three years and was recommended to Minglu Academy, where he quickly stood out among many students.

Due to the poor student's yearning for the top student, Yan Shian, with his advantage of being outgoing, finally became Han Qingyun's only friend in Minglu Academy.

Han Qingyun passed the examination to become a student at the age of eleven, but Yan Shi'an, who was two years older than him, could hardly even read the "Zeng Guang Xian Wen".

After the two became familiar with each other, Han Qingyun broke down his insights from reading and shared them with Yan Shian.

Finally, in the year when Han Qingyun passed the examination for scholar at the age of fifteen, Yan Shi'an also passed the examination for student. This made Yan Hui very happy, and he favored Han Qingyun even more.

Unfortunately, not long after Han Qingyun passed the imperial examination, the old scholar Han asked him to drop out of the academy.

He specially asked someone to invite a teacher so that Han Qingyun could study at home and prepare for the provincial examination.

It is said that Master Lin was a third-class Jinshi and was originally the county magistrate of Lin County. He was stripped of his official position due to the consequences of his superiors.

The previous Han Qingyun couldn't see through it, but the current Han Nuo knew clearly that a county magistrate who was a Jinshi graduate, even if he had lost his official position, would not go to the countryside to be a private tutor for a scholar.

Han Laoxiu was in a hurry to achieve success and was probably deceived.

Not long after Han Qingyun dropped out of college, he got engaged to the youngest daughter of the wealthy Lu family.

He was a pedantic and aloof person, and always felt that he could not hold his head up in front of his classmates because he had married a wife whose family was much wealthier than his. This was why he gradually drifted away from Yan Shian.

Ten years passed in a blink of an eye, and Han Qingyun and Yan Shi'an had made no progress in their studies and were still only scholars/students.

Although the two did not lose contact during this period, the friendship they had in their youth was no longer there.

Since the death of Mr. Han, Master Lin also left. Han Qingyun had to observe mourning and met Yan Shian less and less. The last time they met was a year ago.

Yan Shi'an looked at his friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time, and was secretly puzzled. He always felt that Han Qingyun was slightly different from before.

As for what was different, he couldn't put his finger on it. Although his appearance was still the same refined and handsome man as before, his temperament seemed to have changed a lot.

Compared with before, Han Qingyun is less pedantic and more calm and composed, which makes people like him even more.

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