I transmigrated to the 1970s and became the female lead's vicious stepsister.

"But it's not normal for her to start reviewing so early!"

Su Lingtang knew that the leaders were very biased towards Su Lingwu. She didn't understand how someone who was so disliked could become everyone's darling.

Just because she's good-looking?

That's far too superficial.

It's one thing for her family to favor her, but when she finds a man, he unconditionally supports and dotes on her, even going so far as to...

Su Lingtang felt a chill run down her spine whenever she thought of Fu Linchuan's terrifying gaze.

Now even the leaders in the military are biased towards her.

Su Lingwu smiled and asked in return, "What constitutes 'normal'?"

"Does it mean I have to be like you and everyone else, not study, and just watch myself miss the college entrance exam for it to be considered normal?"

"This is the result you wanted, right? You weren't even qualified to register, so why should I be?"

"Let me tell you, Su Lingtang, this world doesn't revolve around your will. Just because you think I'm bad doesn't mean I'm really bad. Do you even understand me?"

"The reason I started reading books so early is because there are too many characters in medical books that I don't recognize. Traditional Chinese medicine books inherently contain many obscure characters. If you want to learn medicine, this is the first hurdle you have to overcome. If you don't even know the characters, do you think it's possible to understand the principles?"

"I admit that my foundation wasn't very good before, so I had to study to make up for it. I picked up my textbooks again and the dictionary. Now I can recite the entire dictionary backwards."

"Moreover, to learn medicine well, one needs to have a very broad range of knowledge. I don't want to only know traditional Chinese medicine and be completely ignorant of Western medicine. I think that combining traditional Chinese and Western medicine can better diagnose illnesses and identify pharmacology, which will be beneficial for long-term development in the future."

"Do you think making medicine is just a simple matter of putting various medicines into a pot and boiling them? If it were that simple, anyone could be a doctor. I don't want to be an unknown barefoot doctor. I want to be a famous doctor, the kind of doctor that people travel long distances to see. So I'm studying physics, chemistry, and biology at home."

"I want to make up for everything I've missed in the past. I have my own ideals, what's wrong with that?"

"I think the problem is with you, Su Lingtang. You're sick, and seriously so. You can't stand that I'm doing better than you, you can't stand that I'm more outstanding than you. In your mind, I should be worse than you in everything, and I don't deserve a good life."

"But I want to tell you, Su Lingtang, I, Su Lingwu, deserve my current life, my current status, and my current income!"

"If you're going to sink into the mire, don't even think about pulling me up. I'm not Su Lingtang, who revolves everything around men and in-laws. I have my own ideals and career. I'm different from you. Go ahead and be envious, because you'll be even more envious later. This is just the beginning."

After finishing her sentence, Su Lingwu smugly strode away.

She wasn't just saying this to Su Lingtang; she was also telling everyone that her early studies weren't because she knew about the college entrance exam, but to better prepare her for becoming a doctor—and that she had a legitimate reason for doing so.

Even if someone causes trouble because of this, so many people in the family compound heard and saw it, and they can become her witnesses.

Su Lingtang was stunned for a long time after hearing Su Lingwu's words, thinking about his career and ideals.

How ridiculous, she actually got a lesson from Su Lingwu.

She looked down on someone, someone she genuinely believed would amount to nothing.

Su Lingwu, a person who is good for nothing except her beauty, selfish, vain, and spoiled, actually has ambition and lofty ideals.

What about her?

What are her career goals and ideals?

Su Lingtang couldn't help but ask himself.

For a moment, my mind went completely blank, and I was plunged into deep confusion.

She didn't even know what she should do or what she was capable of doing?

"Alright, everyone, stop crowding around and disperse."

"Deputy Battalion Commander Gu, take good care of your family. I don't want these kinds of things to get out of our military region. You should know the consequences yourself."

Commander Lin looked at Gu Chenzhou with a serious expression. This kid is quite capable, but his wife is a bit lacking. It's not a big deal if there are occasional quarrels in the family compound. After all, where there are many women, there are bound to be many disputes. But if Su Lingtang's words get out, the problem will become serious.

"I'm sorry, sir. I'll write a two-thousand-word self-criticism when I get back."

The division commander and political commissar sighed, shook their heads, and left.

"Alright, let's go home. Today was embarrassing enough."

Du Lijuan retorted to Su Lingtang, and seeing that people in the family compound were talking about her and her daughter, she felt embarrassed. It seemed that she would not be able to go out for a while, and if she did go out, she would have to avoid people.

Fortunately, her daughter was in postpartum confinement, so she had to stay home to take care of her and the baby and didn't have time to go out.

"If you want me to go back to your hometown and farm with you, then keep spouting this nonsense."

Gu Chenzhou had a gloomy face. He was already somewhat disappointed, and now Su Lingtang had made a fool of herself. Everyone in the family compound knew that his wife was jealous and couldn't stand seeing others do well.

"Gu Chenzhou, you regret it."

"Admit it, you're captivated by Su Lingwu in front of you."

As his bedmate, how could Su Lingtang not see the gleam in Gu Chenzhou's eyes? He had never looked at Su Lingwu like that before.

In the past, he was attracted to Su Lingwu for her appearance, but he didn't like her personality. Now, the changed Su Lingwu is even more attractive to Gu Chenzhou.

He was also attracted to the vibrant, energetic, idealistic, and career-minded woman in front of him.

No, she can't continue like this; if she does, her marriage will be in jeopardy.

Gu Chenzhou snapped like a hedgehog that had been touched, "What nonsense are you spouting!"

"Su Lingtang, if you can't control your mouth, you should just take the kids and go back to your hometown!"

After saying that, he pushed his bicycle and left, leaving Su Lingtang alone in the cold wind, completely forgetting that Su Lingtang had only given birth two days ago.

Su Lingtang tightened her clothes, her tears freezing into frost, clinging to her eyelashes, as she slowly made her way home, step by step.

……

"This Su Lingtang is getting more and more outrageous, he says all sorts of things."

Xu Meili grew increasingly disgusted with Su Lingtang. She had initially thought the girl was quite honest, but it turned out she was like a dog that bites but doesn't bark.

They're usually quiet and unassuming, but once they open their mouths, they can be incredibly ruthless.

"Little Wu'er, won't this cause trouble? What if someone causes trouble because she's talking nonsense?"

Although this is a family compound and is safer than outside, if Su Lingtang's words were to get out by someone with ulterior motives, it could cause serious problems.

Everyone cares about the college entrance examination.

"Mom, we'll deal with whatever comes our way. There's no use worrying about what's going to happen. But if we haven't done anything wrong, we have nothing to fear."

Su Lingwu knew that it would be difficult to silence public opinion on this matter, and all she could do was prove that she had done nothing wrong.

Three days later, a joint investigation team from the Admissions Committee, the local Education Bureau, and the Ministry of Education arrived.

"Comrade Su Lingwu, please cooperate with the investigation."