Changing Majors

Shu Lanzhou glanced at Luo Jialin before pushing the medal into Lin Muyao's hands.

"I heard that the idea to publicly apologize came from Senior Luo. He must really be concerned about you, so it's just a medal. He wouldn't mind using it to cheer you up, right?"

"Right, Senior Luo?" Shu Lanzhou finally flashed him a rare smile.

However, Luo Jialin found the smile particularly annoying. She seemed to be blaming him for forcing her to apologize.

But this was clearly her mistake! How could she be so petty?

What did she mean by "just a medal"? That medal was the first one he'd ever won, and when he gave it to her, he had been so happy. Now, he regretted it deeply.

This woman was completely ungrateful, and he had once treated her as his most beloved junior!

He had always been caring and supportive of her, but all that effort had been wasted!

"Shu Lanzhou, you're really something!" Luo Jialin snatched the medal from her.

Shu Lanzhou didn't seem to care. She raised an eyebrow and said, "Is Senior Luo unwilling to use it to comfort the junior? I thought you'd be happy with what I did!"

"Things that are given away shouldn't be passed on like this," Lin Muyao pouted. "Senior, don't you understand such basic etiquette?"

"But you're not just anyone!" Shu Lanzhou blinked innocently. "You're the most spoiled junior in our entire team. How could Senior Luo mind?"

"I don't mind, of course," Luo Jialin said, his usually gentle face showing a flash of embarrassment and anger. He shoved the medal into Lin Muyao's hands.

"Junior, you'd better keep this medal safe and not be like certain people who don't even know basic manners when receiving gifts."

With that, he turned and left.

As soon as he left, Lin Muyao's face darkened. Although she had wanted the medal for a long time, getting it like this still made her feel uncomfortable.

She had really underestimated Shu Lanzhou. How dare she embarrass Luo Jialin in front of everyone? Was she really trying to get kicked out of the team?

"You've really done it this time, haven't you? Why did you have to provoke Senior Luo? Do you still want to keep working in research?" Guo Jialiang gave Shu Lanzhou a disappointed glare.

Shu Lanzhou sighed. "He cares so much about Lin Muyao, I really thought he'd be happy. How was I supposed to know he'd be this angry?"

"I'm sorry, Junior. I didn't expect Luo Jialin to refuse..." She shrugged. "But never mind. Now that he's agreed, I guess he must be willing to give you the medal."

Without looking back, she walked away.

Isn't it just sowing discord? Anyone could do it!

Watching her walk away so decisively, the others exchanged glances, feeling like something had changed in Shu Lanzhou. The usually quiet, research-focused junior seemed... different?

The next day, Shu Lanzhou went to the library.

She had no intention of carefully organizing all the research materials as she did in her past life.

Her main purpose here was to switch majors.

The undergraduate program at the Medical University was five years long, and now that she was already in the second semester of her fourth year, it was too late to change majors. But the thought of graduating with her current major disgusted her!

There was nothing wrong with the most popular major at the university, the problem was that she had offended the top people in that field. If she stayed in the team, all that awaited her was mistreatment.

Having been reborn, she was not here to suffer again.

Moreover, she already knew how the research team would unfold, so it was unnecessary to waste more time on it.

Besides, only by leaving could she truly understand Lin Muyao's tactics and investigate the doubts from her past life step by step.

But which major to choose was a problem that left Shu Lanzhou at a loss.

She spent the entire afternoon flipping through books in the library but couldn't find a major that was both easy to start and would allow her to graduate in a year!

Just as she was about to leave and return tomorrow, she turned too quickly and kicked a table.

The person lying on the table, asleep, was jolted awake by the impact. The book that had been under his arm fell to the ground.

Shu Lanzhou was startled and quickly picked up the book to apologize.

"Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to, you—"

Her eyes fell on the book, and her words stopped short. "Acupuncture?"

"Who gave you permission to touch it!" The man grabbed the book from her hand and stormed out of the library.

"What did you do to upset him?" Guo Jialiang walked in and pulled Shu Lanzhou aside. "Are you okay? Did he do anything to you?"

Shu Lanzhou shook her head. "I'm fine. I accidentally knocked his book over. He's angry, and I totally understand. Senior Guo, why are you here?"

"Originally, Ruoshi and Yifan were supposed to come, but something came up, so I came to check on you first." Guo Jialiang handed her a lunchbox. "I couldn't just let you organize the materials alone, could I?"

Shu Lanzhou accepted the lunchbox without hesitation. Compared to her previous life, where they had treated her coldly, her apology to Lin Muyao had clearly changed their attitude toward her.

But she knew this was all based on her apology. In other words, it wasn't because they believed her, but because of Lin Muyao.

In her past life, when she didn't apologize, no one believed her no matter how much she tried to explain. Later, when she went to the library to organize the materials, she once saw Guo Jialiang walking past with a lunchbox.

At that time, she was so hungry she could barely stand, so she called out to him and asked if she could eat the food in the lunchbox, just so she wouldn't waste time eating.

Guo Jialiang had spat at her and told her that the food was for Lin Muyao, and someone like her, with a corrupt character, didn't deserve to eat!

He said she didn't deserve food just because she hadn't apologized to Lin Muyao!

Shu Lanzhou opened the lunchbox and pulled her thoughts back. "Thanks, Senior. I'm actually hungry."

She sat in a corner and started eating, her mind briefly wandering back to the book she had seen earlier—Acupuncture?

It seemed like a possible choice.

If she remembered correctly, this was one of the least popular majors at the university because there were few opportunities in Chinese medicine-related fields, and acupuncture practitioners were rarer still. So few people chose it.

But the advantage was that it was easier to start than other majors, and since fewer people chose it, the professors would have more time to offer personal guidance if she decided to study it.

Looks like she'd have to spend some time learning about this major.

"What are you thinking about?" Guo Jialiang walked over. "I just called you, didn't you hear me?"

Shu Lanzhou apologized, "Sorry, I was thinking about what just happened. Senior, do you know the person whose book I knocked over?"

"You mean Mu Side?" Guo Jialiang looked at her with disdain.

Shu Lanzhou blinked in surprise. "So he's Mu Side?"

It was rumored that in their department, there were two top students—Luo Jialin, representing the light of the daytime, and Mu Side, representing the mist of the night—dark and intense.

"This guy doesn't get along with Senior Luo, and he's too dark. You'd better keep your distance from him," Guo Jialiang warned.