When the female supporting role has a beauty system

Chapter 1309 Returning Home in Glory 3
Liu Jing thought of Wang Jiaming from her third maternal uncle's family: "Jiaming is also good at studying. I heard he's pursuing a master's degree now."

“That’s still not as good as Tan You,” Wang Jiajing said with a sneer. “Jiaming studied at a key middle school, while Tan You studied at a rural middle school. Jiaming didn’t participate in any competitions when he was in school. He’s far behind Tan You.”

Liu Jing patted Wang Jiajing's hand: "Are you unhappy? What happened?"

Wang Jiajing composed himself: "I ran into Third Aunt when I got back yesterday, and she was bragging about Jiaming to me. Does being able to study give her the right to look down on others? Tan You is also educated, and look at how she treats us..."

Liu Jing nodded: "That's true, people are just different."

She wanted to say something, but when she heard so many people talking outside, she swallowed her words.

Wang Jiajing patted her hand: "I know what you're thinking. I don't really want to go to the construction site either. When I'm not home, you'll be taking care of the child by yourself, which is too hard. There are also the elderly on both sides of the family. I can't leave everything to you."

"When there aren't many people around, I'll ask Tan You to see if she has any ideas. I want to find a job close to home so I can take care of my family."

"I only regret that I wasn't cut out for studying, and now I can only do these manual labor jobs."

He didn't think there was anything wrong with him, as the older brother, asking a teenager for advice. There was no harm in asking, and who knew, Tan You might actually be able to find him a job.

These days, you can only make a living by following smart people.

Tan You herself said that among her siblings, they are the closest. That relationship is there, so of course they should make the most of it. Only through frequent interaction can the relationship become even stronger.

While the adults chatted in the living room and kitchen, Tan You and Tan Yue played games with Qiang Qiang in their older cousin Wang Yuxia's room. As the children's faces flushed from playing, Tan You went out to get Qiang Qiang some water, and incidentally, secretly added some spiritual spring water to his bowl.

Qiangqiang, this child, has a personality very similar to Wang Jiajing, which suits Tan You's taste perfectly. Perhaps because she has experienced too much herself, Tan You unconsciously prefers "clumsy kids".

The so-called "stupidity" is not foolishness, but rather a kind and honest character, yet with its own sharp edges. Even someone as cunning as her can only feel at peace with someone of this kind and honest nature.

Now everyone knows that Tan You won the competition, and Wang Chuanbao, as a section-level civil servant in the township government, naturally knew the news. But at the time, he didn't think much of it. First of all, he worked in the Meiduo Township government, not in the Tan You area.

Secondly, he only heard the gist of it at the time, and although they shared the same name, he never thought of Tan You at all.

After all, in Wang Chuanbao's existing impression, Tan You was the epitome of clumsiness and dullness. Although she had good grades since childhood, she studied in a rural school, which was nothing compared to students from good schools.
But to his utter surprise, this Tan You was actually the Tan You he knew.

Wang Chuanbao was genuinely jealous when he heard Tan Deming boast about Tan You's achievements. He was someone who was willing to invest in his children's education; his youngest son, Jiaming, had also gone on to attend top-tier high schools and universities.

Erzi Jiaming usually gets good grades, but even so, he never participates in competitions, and he's never even heard of them.

But now, this top national award has been won by Tan You, whom he has always looked down upon? This leaves Wang Chuanbao, who has always been committed to pushing his children to excel, with mixed feelings. If only this were his granddaughter!

Wang Chuanbao's wife, Wang Fenling, was also extremely jealous. The couple were the typical type who resented those who had it and scorned those who were poor and feared those who were rich. They would grit their teeth in hatred whenever someone around them did well.

As for the eldest uncle's family, they were just putting on an act. So, in the end, only the second uncle's family was genuinely happy for Tan You. Tan You saw all of this clearly, but she didn't expose the eldest and third uncles' intentions. Instead, she played with Qiang Qiang. Tan Yue was a sister-obsessed sister, so naturally, she was wherever Tan You was.

Because Tan Deming's family arrived so suddenly, the luncheon was naturally a joint affair of the three families. All five of the eldest uncle's daughters were married and none of them had returned.

Third Uncle Wang Chuanbao's eldest daughter is also married, and his youngest son, Wang Jiaming, is currently studying in Anhui Province, so naturally he has no children by his side.

After looking around, it turned out that my second maternal uncle's family was the most prosperous.

Lunch was prepared by several of her great-aunts. Her second great-aunt, Ding Yueqin, was particularly skilled; even her stir-fried vegetables tasted better than others. After Tan You sat down at the table, Qiangqiang and Tan Yue sat on either side of her.

Even though Qiangqiang still needs Liu Jing to hold him in her arms and feed him, he still needs to lean on Tan You. This aunt, whom he met for the first time, has now become the child's favorite person.

Watching Tan You peel shrimp for Qiangqiang, and then thinking about her own first-place finish in the national college entrance examination, Wang Chuanbao tentatively asked, "You've managed to get into a top university without taking the entrance exam, what do you think?"

Tan You raised her eyebrows: "A high school life without taking the college entrance examination is incomplete. I have already talked to the school and will take the college entrance examination next year."

Tan Deming watched with a smile, never mentioning Tan You's ambition to become the provincial champion. The old man was used to being low-key and never liked to make boastful claims, although in his eyes this was not boasting, but rather a testament to Tan You's abilities.

But why bother? If the top provincial scorer says it, people will naturally assume Tan You is just bragging.

Wang Chuanbao said with some regret, "It will be more than a year before I can take the college entrance examination again."

Tan You remained calm: "There's nothing I can do. The competition has to continue, and we'll be going to the capital for training in March. Right now, I've only been selected for the training team. If I can make it into the national team, I'll be going abroad for a competition in July."

"As for being admitted through the recommendation system," she smiled, "because I participated in a math competition, those schools also wanted me to study math. But I want to study bioengineering, which doesn't fit my major."

Wang Chuanbao wasn't naive either: "Bioengineering majors will have a hard time finding employment in the future."

“It’s okay,” Tan You said, already aware of the pitfalls of this major. “If it’s really hard to find a job, then I’ll get a PhD. I’m only 16 now, so even if I do a PhD, I should be able to graduate at 25.”

Perhaps it won't even take that many years; once she achieves something, she'll naturally have everything she wants.

Wang Jiajing and Liu Jing exchanged glances. "Listen to this, are all good students like this? They always talk about getting a PhD." But then they thought about Tan You's grades and realized that Tan You wasn't exaggerating.

Wang Chuanbao almost choked on his breath. His son, Jiaming, is 24 years old and still a first-year graduate student. Tan You, on the other hand, is about to graduate with a doctorate at 25.

Considering that a bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree typically take eight years, and given that Tan You is only 16, it's quite possible that she could graduate with a doctorate at the age of 25.

Wang Fenling was always good at changing her tune depending on the situation. Even though she was extremely jealous of Tan You, she could still smile and talk to Tan You: "Tan You is doing so well now. You're such a good student, do you have time to take care of your sister Hongxia's child during the winter break?"

(End of this chapter)