56 Ningwan Road, Sunshine Coffee House.
This coffee house, located in the university town, used to be Su Wan'er's favorite place during her university days.
Coffee that cost over twenty yuan a cup didn't seem like much now, but back then, for students, it was considered a fashionable luxury.
Sunlight filtered through the glass windows, casting a warm glow on her delicate, jade-like face, adding a hint of pink to her naturally fair and tender skin.
Su Wan'er looked out the window, a thoughtful expression on her face.
A delicate hand waved in front of her face.
"Hey, Wan'er, what are you thinking about? Something on your mind?"
The girl sitting opposite her was Liu Tingting, Su Wan'er's best friend from university.
Su Wan'er snapped back to reality. "Huh? N-no, it's just..."
She paused for a moment. "Tingting, Fang Yan still hasn't found a job."
Hearing this, Liu Tingting's expression changed. "Why are you thinking about him? Wan'er, he has nothing to do with you anymore. The one pursuing you now is Sun Chen."
Su Wan'er lowered her head slightly and pouted. "I know, but... you know how it is. I used to keep my distance from him, which caused him a lot of hurt. I don't want to watch him go down like this. You know what? He's actually messing around with fake medicine at the herb market."
"What?"
Liu Tingting's eyes widened, and then a sneer appeared on her face.
"Hah, he really has amounted to something, hasn't he? He used to be the young master of a wealthy family, so why is he doing any odd job he can find?"
"Tingting, I can feel that Fang Yan is doing this just to get back at me."
"Huh? What... what is he trying to achieve?" Liu Tingting asked.
Su Wan'er bit her lip. "Maybe the blow back then was just too heavy for him. He probably just wants me to see him in this state so I'll feel guilty. Tingting, I want to..."
Liu Tingting raised her hand. "Stop right there, don't even think about it! The only thing you should be thinking about right now is when to accept Sun Chen!"
Su Wan'er looked troubled. "But I really can't bear to watch Fang Yan end up like that. I want to ask Sun Chen to arrange a job for him. What do you think?"
Liu Tingting was stunned. "My dear, are you out of your mind? The current boyfriend setting up a job for the ex? This... this is a terrible idea..."
"Why is it a terrible idea? We're all classmates after all. I've decided, I'm bringing Fang Yan to tonight's gathering. I can't just ignore him!"
Su Wan'er said firmly.
Liu Tingting was left speechless.
"You're unbelievable. I can't even imagine how Sun Chen is going to react when he sees Fang Yan..."
Using the Luoxian Bamboo to summon palm flames, Fang Yan refined a hundred Essence Qi Pills in just over two hours.
He picked one up and gave it a sniff. Although it couldn't compare to professional-grade pills, it was more than enough for Fang Miaoxue.
Fang Yan nodded. Calculated properly, these should last his sister quite a while.
At that moment, his phone rang.
It was Chen Nuo'en.
The two days were up, and they had agreed that Chen Nuo'en would pick him up after dinner to go treat Elder Chen's condition.
He cultivated until the afternoon, then got up to pick up his sister from school.
Outside Tianzhou No. 9 Middle School, numerous cars were parked, all there to pick up children from school.
Most of them were for middle schoolers, though, as high school parents didn't show up quite as early.
"I'm leaving! My brother's here to pick me up!"
Spotting Fang Yan in the crowd, Fang Miaoxue shouted and ran over excitedly.
Was it embarrassing to have a family member pick you up from school? Not for Fang Miaoxue, who didn't want her brother to wear himself out. If Fang Yan actually came to get her, she still felt very warm inside.
"Brother!" Fang Miaoxue smiled.
"Let's go, brother's going to take you to get something good to eat."
As the brother and sister were about to leave, a figure blocked their path.
Seeing Su Wan'er again, Fang Yan couldn't help but frown slightly.
Before he could speak, however, Fang Miaoxue immediately greeted Su Wan'er.
"Sister Wan'er, what brings you here?"
Su Wan'er smiled. "I came specially to pick you up."
"Huh? Pick me up?" Fang Miaoxue couldn't help but look at her brother.
Fang Yan frowned. "What on earth do you want?"
Ignoring him, Su Wan'er walked straight over and took Fang Miaoxue's hand. "Miaoxue, I'm going to take your brother to get his career sorted out. Do you support this?"
Fang Miaoxue was startled, glanced at her brother again, and finally nodded.
"Let's go, Fang Yan!"
Fang Yan pulled his sister back and said, "I told you I'm not going."
"Fang Yan, that's enough! Do you think I don't know what you've been up to? Trading herbs, selling fake medicine—let me tell you, even if you can make a little money that way, it's going to blow up in your face sooner or later. Can't you just find a down-to-earth, honest job?"
Fang Yan was genuinely baffled. Selling fake medicine? How on earth did she come up with that?
Seeing Fang Yan's expression, Su Wan'er said, "I know you won't admit it, but I only believe what I see."
With that, she turned to Fang Miaoxue. "Miaoxue, your brother is doing the lowest kind of work to make money, and it's even illegal. You need to talk some sense into him!"
Fang Miaoxue's eyes widened as she looked at Fang Yan. "Brother, is what Sister Wan'er said true?"
Fang Yan rolled his eyes. "You don't trust your own brother? This woman has no brains."
"But... I do want you to find a proper job."
Although Fang Miaoxue trusted her brother, she also knew Su Wan'er wouldn't just make things up out of thin air.
If her brother had graduated from university and had to scrape by on rock-bottom labor just to support himself, she would rather he didn't do it at all.
"See? Even Miaoxue says so. Fang Yan, we're going over right now, and I'll talk to Sun Chen about it," Su Wan'er said.
Fang Yan was utterly speechless. This woman actually went behind his back to work on his sister.
At that moment, Fang Miaoxue chimed in, "Brother, I believe you, but if there's an opportunity, let's just go check it out. If it doesn't work out, we can just come home!"
Hearing his sister's words, Fang Yan didn't want to disappoint her, so he simply looked at Su Wan'er and said, "I'll go sit for a bit, and then I'm leaving."
Su Wan'er smiled and gave Fang Miaoxue a thumbs-up. "You're the only one who can get him to listen."