CHAPTER 425: CHAPTER 424: DIFFERENT TALENTS

Don’t say Su Xuan isn’t doing business! Even if Zhen Yu really trades for a batch of antiques, she would only store them away in her space and definitely not sell them for money! She might even possibly not let anyone see them!

The internet café is already steadily accumulating wealth, and the Zhen siblings’ business is in a state of positive development, so the well-off Zhen Yu really didn’t need to take any risks!

Thus, she turned her gaze back to her own studies!

After all! Having a million at home is not as good as having a skill by your side.

The next morning, Su Xuan proactively contacted Zhen Yu again.

After discussing, the two of them set the time for learning calligraphy between breakfast and lunch every day.

Considering that they wouldn’t see a sunny day for a while, Zhen Yu agreed with Su Xuan to officially start the lessons the next day! And for that day... she wanted to hurry out and buy a large quantity of paper, as well as brushes, ink, and inkstones.

Han Mingyue naturally was going to go with Zhen Yu, because he had also signed up for the calligraphy class, so he needed to prepare these items in advance as well.

Of course, Zhen Yu’s private lessons with an Otherworld master couldn’t be openly discussed with Han Mingyue.

Even though Han Mingyue had always been imitating the characters that Zhen Yan had written for him, truth be told, his handwriting could not compare to the beauty of Zhen Yu’s!

So, the difference in their brush calligraphy showed after half a month.

Zhen Yan, who had just finished his final exams and returned to his living quarters after registering for a cram school, saw Han Mingyue and Zhen Yu practicing brush calligraphy in the living room.

Although Zhen Yan had never learned calligraphy, he had heard from classmates that writing requires concentration and tranquility.

Thus, he didn’t make any noise and lightened his footsteps, approaching and standing beside them to watch.

It wasn’t until both of them had put down their brushes one after another that Zhen Yan asked, "Are you two sure you’re learning in the same calligraphy class? How come there’s such a big difference in your writing?!"

Han Mingyue was a bit embarrassed but still bravely admitted with a blush, "Maybe it’s a difference in talent! Both you siblings are geniuses in calligraphy! And I can only concede to you."

"Diligence can make up for clumsiness!" Zhen Yu also felt quite embarrassed, but she could only vaguely accept this explanation.

After all, one cannot expose one’s cheat codes!

In fact, Zhen Yu did relay the content explained by Su Xuan to Han Mingyue! But you know, things get lost in translation! It’s easy for the message to get distorted!

Moreover, everyone’s strengths and weaknesses in writing are different! Without seeing Han Mingyue’s writing, it was impossible for Su Xuan to highlight his strengths and shortcomings; the targeted advice she gave was all based on the writing Zhen Yu traded with her.

It’s a pity that Han Mingyue couldn’t benefit from such a good teacher, and Zhen Yu felt sorry about that! But she was already seeking help herself, how could she shamelessly ask the teacher to take on another student?!

So Zhen Yu’s plan was—once she had mastered calligraphy, she would personally teach Han Mingyue!

Just like Han Mingyue had been teaching her Korean recently!

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Speaking of Korean, one must mention Han Mingyue’s talent for languages.

This summer vacation, Zhen Yu found that Han Mingyue’s English had improved tremendously! Not only English, but his Korean had even reached the point of being very fluent in listening and speaking.

This situation made Zhen Yu feel very strange, so she dusted off her long-unused Data Detector and rescanned Han Mingyue’s data.

Indeed, his latest data showed significant changes compared to the last detection!

The main differences were that both his distinct talents and potential values had changed!

Writing had progressed from four stars to five stars! Governance had risen from three stars to four stars, and Mediation had grown to two stars. Most importantly, a new category called ’Language’ had appeared below these three and it debuted at five stars, reaching the same level as his writing ability!

But that’s really strange! They all took the same medicine together! Zhen Yu didn’t experience such a noticeable growth! Why had Han Mingyue’s level soared so high?!

Zhen Yu couldn’t detect her own data, so she re-measured Zhen Yan’s data for comparison!

The result, of course, was self-evident!

Although Zhen Yan’s data had also changed, the main shifts in his distinctive talents and potential values were in his physical attributes! Besides gaining a star in both Sports and Teamwork, he also gained a new talent in Combat with two stars!

So... has Han Mingyue undergone a mutation? Indeed, he has!

Or perhaps his brain’s potential got stimulated?!

Zhen Yu doesn’t know the exact reason, and even 6781 can’t clarify it.

But this doesn’t prevent Zhen Yu from feeling genuinely happy for Han Mingyue! With these improvements, his high school English studies won’t be a struggle anymore!

And it would be such a waste not to use such a great talent! Zhen Yu quickly added Japanese lessons to the agenda! Although she learned slowly, Han Mingyue was a fast learner!

She could take her time and follow his lead, and once he ’accomplished his studies,’ she would have him teach her!

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Whether the outside world was sunny or raining, the three energetic boys were never flustered.

Like Zhen Yu, they were all working hard for their dreams and bustling about.

Zhen Yan started attending math, physics, and chemistry tutoring classes every day from the first day of summer vacation, and in the evening, he studied English and Chinese with the help of Zhen Yu and Han Mingyue.

Han Jiayang couldn’t idle either, as Zhen Yu had dug out her junior high school materials and threw them at him, forcing him to ’self-study.’ So he’d spend his days at the Martial Arts Hall and his nights buried in practice questions!

Han Mingyue’s daily routine was practicing calligraphy with Zhen Yu and learning foreign languages. Then, when Zhen Yu was busy with private matters, he would practice his guitar, and also... tutor Zhen Yan and his younger brother with their homework.

Zhen Yu was also very busy.

She spent half of her daily time with Han Mingyue, and originally, she planned to use the other half to self-study her freshman year high school materials.

But plans change faster than they can be made! She was suddenly and clearly arranged by Su Xuan!

It happened just a few days after she had started learning calligraphy!

Somehow they ended up talking about music. Su Xuan said she wanted to hear what music would be like a thousand years later, and Zhen Yu casually hummed a few melodies of ancient-style songs that would be well-known to people from later generations. Su Xuan was immediately mesmerized! She insisted that Zhen Yu trade sheet music with her!

But Zhen Yu didn’t have any sheet music! The songs she hummed were all from after the year 2000, yet it was only 1998 now! Even for songs that had already been released, she could only find modern numbered musical notation like ’1115, 3331’ online! Zhen Yu traded a handwritten children’s song "Happy New Year" notation she found online to Su Xuan for her to look at! Predictably, Su Xuan said she couldn’t understand it at all! Even with such a score, it was useless!

Then... Su Xuan set her sights on Zhen Yu!