Reborn as a Mortal Heiress Pampered by Big Shots-Chapter 375 - 264 Ancestral Master wants to take me away..._3

The senior sister also said, "With the venerable Dean Xie in charge, how could Professor Bian possibly be unfamiliar with the key points of the assessment? Junior sister, don’t you agree?"

Xia Ye nodded with a nonchalant air.

Is someone considered highly respected and virtuous at the age of 121?

When she was 121 years old, she was still just a palm-sized, chubby little Silver Fox cub...

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After leaving the school, Professor Bian took a taxi directly to Xie Shuixiang’s residence.

This was an ancient-style building located in a quiet area far from the bustling downtown of Capital City, where his 121-year-old master, Xie Yuan, lived.

Passing through the outer hall, Professor Bian first encountered his master’s great-grandson, Xie Zikun.

Although a blood relation of his master, Xie Zikun had a completely different demeanor. In middle age, with a portly belly, wearing gold rings on his fingers, he held a mobile phone and talked about business deals in the millions.

Xie Zikun said, "Ah Li, of course it’s reliable. Once my great-grandfather is gone, all his expensive herbs will be mine. Then the price I sell them for will be up to me... Of course, he has only one great-grandson. If not me, then who?"

He was in the middle of his speech when he noticed Professor Bian, cut himself off, and offered a greasy smile, "Professor Bian has arrived."

Professor Bian nodded with a grim expression and did not linger, following the servant deeper inside.

Guided by the servant, he passed through a verdant Bamboo Forest to the spacious and tranquil inner hall.

The hemp curtains swayed gently with the autumn breeze, revealing an elderly man in off-white traditional clothes sitting in a rattan chair, his figure partly obscured.

The servant lifted the curtain and announced in a low voice, "Elder Xie, Professor Bian is here for a visit."

The deep-lined face of the old man slowly opened his eyes, "Let him in."

Despite the wrinkles, the old man had lost all his teeth, but was still sharp-sighted and robust.

He drank tea he brewed himself year-round, a longevity formula reputedly passed down from the Ancestral Master.

Professor Bian followed behind the servant inside, and Xie Yuan gestured to a chair beside him. Professor Bian nodded and sat down.

Today, when he spoke to Xia Ye, the more he looked at Xia Ye, the more she reminded him of the Ancestral Master, as if they were carved from the same mold, so he wanted to discuss this odd matter with his master. freewёbnoνel.com

Before he could speak, Xie Yuan started first, "Disciple, lately your master keeps dreaming of our Ancestral Master. It’s strange; I’ve never met her, yet in my dreams, she’s more vivid than in any portrait, as though she has come to life... do you think it’s my master’s time soon?"

Professor Bian frowned slightly, "Master, don’t talk nonsense. You’re in good health."

Xie Yuan was quite philosophical about the matters of life, aging, illness, and death, "How is it nonsense? The Ancestral Master is coming to take me away."

Professor Bian wanted to reassure his master, "The Ancestral Master isn’t coming to take you away, maybe... she just wants to visit you..."

Xie Yuan chuckled, "Nonsense. How can someone who has passed on come to see me? All my life I have studied the art of herbs, yet regrettably, none of my descendants are able to carry on my legacy. It is fortunate I have you as a disciple, so I do not shame the Ancestral Master..."

Professor Bian should have been modest in response, but recalling what he just overheard Xie Zikun say on the phone, he really did not know how to respond politely.

He could only shake his head in extreme helplessness, "Master, let’s not talk about that. You’re in such good health, even when the great-great-grandchildren are grown, it will be easy for you. Maybe the little great-great-grandson will turn out to be a promising talent in this field."

Xie Yuan waved his hand, "By the time the great-great-grandson grows up, I truly will become an old Fairy."

Professor Bian thought of shifting his master’s focus, "By the way, the assessment for the Prospective Students of the Life Sciences Institute starts next month. There are some promising candidates from Beijing University this year. Would you like to come have a look?"

Xie Yuan was not very interested, "Promising candidates? How promising can they be?"

Having lived to his age, he had seen all types of people, and it was hard for someone to pique his interest.

Professor Bian thought of Xia Ye and smiled mysteriously, deliberately keeping him in suspense, "You’ll know just how promising they are if you come and see for yourself. Anyway, I am quite satisfied..."

Xie Yuan looked up at him, the wrinkles on his forehead bunching together.

His disciple was even more picky than himself, so for a candidate to make his disciple quite satisfied, and to be strongly recommended for him to meet...

Xie Yuan was somewhat interested now...