She Only Cares About Cultivation-Chapter 966 - 842: Super Star 16

During winter break, Hua Yan followed the teacher to attend three concerts. At the annual industry association gathering before the New Year, she was fortunate enough to join the teacher and even performed a solo piece on stage, which received much applause and praise. However, due to her young age, lack of background, and not being a memorable genius, it mainly served as a learning experience for her.

She didn’t expect that as the gathering was coming to an end, someone would call out the original owner’s name, "Hua Yan? Is it really you?"

Hua Yan pretended not to hear; after all, she didn’t want to contact anyone who knew the original owner. Unexpectedly, her ignoring them led to someone running over to her, grabbing her arm, "What are you doing? It’s only been a few days, and you pretend you don’t know us? Hua Yan, look carefully, I’m your cousin!"

Hua Yan turned around like she was looking at a stranger, frowned and looked at the girl who was a head taller, with a bright and attractive appearance, around sixteen or seventeen years old.

The reason she said the girl had a bright appearance was because she wore quite exaggerated stage makeup today.

Though she looked pretty, Hua Yan felt no affection towards the Hua Family members. So, when the girl refused to let go of her arm, following closely behind were the original body’s Uncle and Aunt, leading an eight or nine-year-old boy. They were equally surprised to see her and promptly smiled with insincere politeness.

"It’s really you, Hua Yan. We thought you just looked like the girl who performed on stage earlier. Who knew it was really you? Why haven’t you come home in so long? Your grandparents miss you."

The original owner’s uncle’s family had always been parasites of the Hua Family, living off the original owner’s father. Since Hua Guowei often claimed he had dropped out of school to earn tuition fees for his brother, what else could they do?

In fact, Hua Guowei himself didn’t want to study, and earning tuition was impossible; Hua Guoqiang earned his own living expenses through work-study during university, and his high school tuition and living expenses were funded by their parents. After Hua Guowei graduated from middle school, he went to Southern Hua Country to work and used his earnings to marry.

But they said this, and the old couple of the Hua Family didn’t correct them. Since the Eldest was doing poorly, they hoped the capable Second brother would help out. Unfortunately, the Eldest lacked both education and competency. Despite Hua Guoqiang’s willingness, he could only arrange a small position for him in security, while his wife managed the cleaning department. Did they think this made them impressive?

After Hua Guoqiang’s accident, his company was sold by the Hua Family members. What else could be done? The group of parasites didn’t know management; selling it was better, or else Hua Yan’s ten million would be hard to distribute. Regarding the total sale amount, she couldn’t care less. Now seeing the Hua Family members, she simply pretended not to recognize them.

Casually pushing Hua Yue’s hand away, "Sorry, you’ve got the wrong person. I don’t know you."

Hua Yue’s mouth formed an "O" shape, "What did you say? You don’t know me? How could you say you don’t know me? Hua Yan, how did you become like this?"

Hua Yan was too lazy to deal with her and directly said to Zhen Hao, the teacher beside her, "Teacher, let’s go."

Zhen Hao, in his early thirties, had a tall and commanding presence, with an impressive demeanor.

Due to this gathering, Hua Yan learned that the teacher came from a family of musicians—from the respect shown to him by insiders, his family background must be distinguished.

She didn’t usually pay attention to such matters. The teacher only focused on musical research and didn’t inquire much about Hua Yan’s background. Now that she didn’t mention it, the teacher naturally wouldn’t ask. He nodded slightly and then left first. He abandoned his casual style for the day, deliberately wearing formal attire, which changed his entire aura into one commanding respect.

"Hua Yan, stop right there! Is this your manners? I’m your uncle, and you won’t even look at me or ask anything; you just leave like this?"

Hua Guowei was furious, yelling at her retreating silhouette. Hua Yan pretended not to hear as the valet had already driven the car over. It was Zhen Hao’s car, a low-key Audi SUV. Zhen Hao took the car keys and got in first. Hua Yan followed by opening the car door without looking back at Hua Guowei’s furious figure, directly saying to Zhen Hao, "Teacher, thank you."

Zhen Hao started the car, turned the steering wheel, leaving the Hua Family members behind. Hua Yan glanced at the disappearing figures in the rearview mirror, and a self-mocking smile tugged at the corner of her mouth.

"The day before I turned ten, my dad cheated on my mom, and my mom caught them. She held onto the car door, refusing to let him leave, so he drove over her. I’m sure the teacher knows about this since it became social news at that time. He was sentenced to six years, the company collapsed, and the woman gave birth to his son. I became an orphan without anyone to take care of me. I’ve lived alone all these years; the friend of my mom is my guardian and treats me well. Ever since I moved out, I changed my name from Hua Yan to Hua Yan. Although it sounds similar, I just don’t want to forget his ruthlessness and cruelty. I apologize for this, Teacher."

Zhen Hao never concerned himself with others’ gossip. His personal life was very clean and disciplined. Outside of teaching, he had no engagements, in his early thirties, not even a girlfriend despite his family’s repeated urgings.

Initially, when Hua Yan was introduced, he didn’t want to take her on because his schedule was packed, and his classes cost two thousand yuan each. Later, understanding her situation through the introducer, his sympathy coupled with her undeniable potential—not genius-level but decidedly talented with effort—led him to accept her and directly halve the class fees.

The official explanation he had heard was more about family changes, but he hadn’t expected the real truth to be so cruel.

After his father killed his mother and was imprisoned, she was abandoned by all her relatives. Zhen Hao’s mood suddenly became extremely complicated. He looked back at her, and the little girl’s expression was very calm. In the interweaving neon lights, she was leaning against the passenger door, as calm as if she were recounting someone else’s story.

He moved his lips, but because he didn’t know where to start, Hua Yan thoughtfully said, "Teacher, you don’t need to say anything. The hardest time for me has passed. Now I just want to study well, practice the piano well, and go to a university I desire in the future to fulfill my mom’s dream. The Hua Family is just strangers passing by to me."

Zhen Hao was moved by the calmness on this little girl’s face. He looked at her seriously, "You are very excellent and very independent. Your mother would certainly be proud of you. If you encounter any troubles in the future, feel free to tell your teacher. If your tuition fee is tight, I can,"

"No need, teacher, you’ve already waived half for me. I wouldn’t dare take advantage any further. Don’t worry, I have the court-ordered alimony that is enough to pay for my learning expenses,"

Upon hearing this, Zhen Hao stopped talking, took Hua Yan to Oak Bay, watched her go upstairs, and then turned the steering wheel and left the community.

Today, Hua Yan dressed up specially, wearing a white down jacket outside and a pink princess dress inside. This outfit was bought at a brand store by the teacher in preparation for a private party. Her hairstyle was a simple bun, with light makeup, as she was going to perform.

The teacher picked her up to go, and sent her back when they returned. The banquet venue was full of heating, so it did not feel cold.

But having not eaten much all night, she felt hungry once she got home. After washing up, she put on comfortable pajamas and took out the previously wrapped shrimp dumplings to steam them, making do to fill her stomach. Just as she was about to sleep, the phone rang. Seeing the number, she directly blocked it.

It was none other than Grandpa Hua. Ha, so many years without contact, and only when your son mentioned her, you remembered this granddaughter?

You just want to criticize her, don’t you?

This number is Mom’s phone number. How do these people dare to call without shame?

Bah!

To prevent them from calling with other numbers, she blocked all the numbers she knew first and then happily turned off the phone.

Now, having gone through sixteen of eighty-one hardships, she can have a good sleep tonight, and tomorrow she will dive right into the space to continue her mission.

What she didn’t know was that her actions the previous night had thoroughly angered the Hua Family. In their view, they could ignore Hua Yan, but absolutely would not allow her to ignore them.

Unable to reach her by phone, being blocked, did they think they don’t know where she lives? Although the Hua Family is bankrupt, a camel, even dying, is larger than a horse. Finding Hua Yan’s address didn’t take much effort. Only then did they discover she had changed her name.

This completely enraged the two elders of the Hua Family, and the next morning, after obtaining her address, they led Hua Guowei (Uncle) and Hua Guohua (Aunt) straight to Oak Bay, but no matter how they knocked, no one responded.

Inquiring with neighbors, the neighbors had always been very caring of Hua Yan, since they were on good terms with her mother back then. After her mother’s incident, rumors spread, so even though Hua Yan hadn’t said much, they all knew this little girl had it tough. Not to mention, Zhao Yun had specially asked them to help. Seeing so many hostile so-called relatives come to visit, she glanced at them coldly and said, "Don’t know." With a bang, she closed the door.

Oak Bay is a one-notch two-family complex. With the neighbor’s attitude like this, they couldn’t get anything, leaving the Hua Family a bit humiliated, especially the Old Lady, who was deeply embarrassed, pounding Hua Yan’s door with her cane until it echoed loudly, "Smash it, keep smashing until she comes out. It’s winter break; I don’t believe she’s not home."

Hua Yan was exploring in the secret realm at this time, where all interference factors are blocked. The actions of Old Lady Hua not only had no effect but also angered the neighbors, who called the police to report someone disturbing the peace and smashing the little girl’s door.

The sudden appearance of the police left the Hua Family completely bewildered, and the Old Lady exaggeratedly shouted, "How does coming to my granddaughter’s house make it disturbing the peace?"