Chapter 1326 - 1325: Rival

Chapter 1326: Chapter 1325: Rival

"You two are so old, are you trying to act cute here?" a mocking voice sounded.

Zhang Qiuying and Li Qiuli’s faces darkened when they heard this voice. Every time these two meet, they bicker noisily, but they never actually do anything malicious; at most they’ll ridicule or joke about each other—but that woman speaking is different!

The woman speaking had a head of shiny black shoulder-length hair and wore a pretty little dress. She looked to be around her thirties, her skin slightly blemished, but after covering it with makeup, it wasn’t visible.

She wasn’t particularly beautiful, quite average compared to Zhang Qiuying’s cute face, but after putting on makeup, she didn’t look too bad.

Upon seeing this woman, Zhang Qiuying and Li Qiuli no longer argued and watched her with cold faces, eyes full of vigilance.

"Are you trying to make people think you’re still young? Arguing with such childish content in front of so many people, trying to attract men’s attention?" The woman squinted her eyes with a mocking smile.

Zhang Qiuying and Li Qiuli glared at her, their sharp tongues suddenly muted, not saying a word.

This woman’s name was Zhou Qi, a direct descendant of the Zhou Family, known as the genius of the Zhou Family, especially skilled in the ratio of auxiliary medicines. Although she had not yet successfully created a Spiritual Talisman, she had already integrated over thirty types of herbal medicines, rumored to be the closest to Beisitian.

As for who ’rumored’ it, that was unknown.

The Zhou Family was considered one of the leading families among second-class families, so Zhou Qi looked down on Zhang Qiuying’s bottom-tier school. Additionally, she originally was younger than Zhang Qiuying but appeared much older, making her instantly detest Zhang Qiuying when she first saw her, especially since Zhang Qiuying acted youthful.

Zhou Qi wasn’t like this from the start. During a research on ratio pairing, she developed an allergy despite timely remedy, resulting in a side effect that aged her appearance by ten years.

Such a thing wouldn’t be enough for Zhou Qi to remember Zhang Qiuying. However, during a Mystic Doctor gathering, she distinctly heard someone privately commenting on her appearance, using Zhang Qiuying for comparison.

Thus, she remembered Zhang Qiuying, especially seeing her fair and clear complexion looking younger than her real age, which blocked up her heart.

If it were a normal person, they could only curse inwardly, but Zhou Qi wasn’t normal. Relying on her family’s power, she repeatedly embarrassed Zhang Qiuying at some gatherings and small-scale exchanges, putting her in awkward situations multiple times.

Though Zhang Qiuying was somewhat naive, she wasn’t a pushover and naturally fought back. However, the result of resisting was that her entire Luohua School was suppressed!

This suppression could be economic or in the supply channels of medicinal herbs, etc. Zhang Qiuying was angry but helpless, having to swallow her pride and avoid Zhou Qi whenever she saw her, though this time she couldn’t escape.

Li Qiuli also worried that Zhou Qi would cause her trouble, so she worked hard to reduce her presence, never saying much.

With a wooden face, Zhang Qiuying swallowed her anger and turned to sit down, pretending Zhou Qi didn’t exist.

But Zhou Qi wouldn’t let her off that easily, though her elders and senior brother were there. If she caused trouble then, she might not achieve her desired effect. She coldly glanced at Zhang Qiuying, then turned and left.

Seeing her leave, Li Qiuli didn’t want to argue with Zhang Qiuying anymore either, stuck out her tongue, and slipped away.

Zhang Qiuying sat there alone, sulking.