Chapter 392: Chapter 392

"Hm? What do you mean?" Wang Yanyu was somewhat surprised. What does this have to do with me? ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel✶fire.net

"Think about it—you're Your Majesty the Queen. If I'm just a little servant, how could I have the nerve to follow you? If I become a minister, then I could follow you." Xiaoyao said very seriously.

"..." Wang Yanyu fell silent. This boy is flirting with me.

"How dare you flirt with me?"

"I wouldn't dare, Your Majesty the Queen. This humble one is sincere. You can doubt my loyalty, but you can't doubt my goals for striving." Xiaoyao said very seriously.

Why do these words sound somewhat awkward to me?

"Fine, this Queen accepts your loyalty and allows you to take imperial examinations. Which country are you from?" Wang Yanyu asked.

"I... I'm from the mountains. I don't seem to belong to any country." Xiaoyao thought and said.

"...Then why are you speaking so enthusiastically? Only people from this country can take imperial examinations. You're not even from here—what are you taking exams for?" Wang Yanyu said unhappily.

"Ah, this isn't allowed?" Xiaoyao asked puzzledly. He really hadn't looked into this matter and didn't know there was such a regulation.

"Of course not. Taking imperial examinations requires passing many assessments, and identity verification is the most important. Otherwise, if people from any country could take examinations in other places, it would be chaos." Miss Wang replied.

"That makes sense. In that case, I'll have to give up and think of something else." Xiaoyao replied nonchalantly.

"Give it up. Don't go work at that library anymore. If you want to read any books, ask me—I've read all kinds of books." Miss Wang said very proudly.

This indeed had objective reasons for her to be proud!

"You have read them, but you recite too slowly—it's very time-consuming. Relying on this alone won't work." Xiaoyao said directly. If he relied solely on Wang Yanyu to recite, he didn't know when he'd finish listening.

However, listening to Wang Yanyu while reading books was still acceptable to Xiaoyao. He could multitask, which wasn't a bad choice.

"You think I'm slow? I can give you books to read. Why didn't you say so earlier? I have many books here." Wang Yanyu said, with an expression that blamed him.

Damn, how did I forget? This woman has read so many books—she must have some inventory. Why didn't I ask?

Then Wang Yanyu continued: "Even if I don't have them, the Wei family has plenty. They're a scholarly family—they have much more than the Xuanwu Family."

"..." Xiaoyao fell silent. This was indeed true. The Wei family's book collection was definitely more than the Xuanwu Family's, because the Wei family was a scholarly family with more opportunities to access books.

However, the Wei family would definitely have fewer martial arts manuals. But generally speaking, the martial arts manuals the Wei family collected should be more secretive and sophisticated—possibly ones other great families didn't have.

"I came to the Wei family precisely because their book collection is rich and can occupy my time for a year or so." Wang Yanyu continued. This seemed to be the first time she explained why she was at the Wei family.

"Why do you like reading books so much? Is it just a hobby?" Xiaoyao asked somewhat strangely. He read books to learn what was inside, but Wang Yanyu didn't seem like that—it seemed more like killing time.

"I'm killing time!" Wang Yanyu's answer coincided exactly with Xiaoyao's guess.

"You can do many things to kill time. Why choose reading?" Xiaoyao continued asking. He was just asking casually and didn't necessarily expect her to answer this question.

Wang Yanyu looked up at the sky and said: "I'm doing other things too, but I still have too much time..."

"??" Xiaoyao was somewhat puzzled. Were there people who felt they had too much time?

"Don't you think I'm strange, sitting here chatting with you every night?" Wang Yanyu glanced at Xiaoyao and asked somewhat emotionally. Her tone seemed like she had a story to tell.

Xiaoyao had felt from the beginning that this Wang Yanyu had a story, but he had never asked. It was better to let her tell it herself. Now she seemed about to speak.

"You might think I sleep during the day, which is why I have so much time at night! You're wrong—I don't sleep during the day either. Whether day or night, I've never slept!" Wang Yanyu spoke slowly, the melancholy in her heart surfacing in her words.

"You mean you can't sleep?" Xiaoyao asked. He had read about this condition in medical books—it was a very rare syndrome. No one knew what caused it or how to treat it.

He only knew that people with this condition would remain constantly awake. Generally, their spirits would be very poor, but they could use cultivation of certain techniques to compensate. Aside from being unable to sleep, they were basically the same as normal people.

In situations where they couldn't sleep, they would have a lot of time. This fit Wang Yanyu's situation very well—she always seemed to have free time.

What made Wang Yanyu different from others was that others still had things to do, rushing about for their livelihood. Having more time was still manageable. But she didn't need to—she had no such pressure at all.

Therefore, after a long time, she became very bored. She chose to read books, frantically reading books. She inherently possessed extremely high intelligence and could easily achieve photographic memory, so books she had read once she couldn't read again. Every day she needed to read new books.

Gradually, this became a habit for her. If there were no new books, she would feel uncomfortable all over and very painful. In the beginning, it was easy to satisfy this habit—books accumulated since ancient times were so numerous that she could slowly read them, probably consuming decades of time.

But everyone soon discovered this idea was wrong. By the time she was eighteen, she had already finished reading all the books her family had collected, and even nearby resources had been exhausted. So they could only send her to other places to read books. Through her family's connections, they found many factions for her. The Wei family was just one of them.

According to their estimates, the Wei family could occupy at least a year. Now it had been over a year. When she met Xiaoyao, she had already been at the Wei family for some time.

Over a year had passed now. Originally, everyone was preparing to transfer her to other places, but unexpectedly, this time she still hadn't finished reading the Wei family's books. Her speed had slowed considerably, and her mood seemed quite good.

This puzzled her family members. Finally, they discovered she met with a little servant every dawn, spending several hours with this servant every day. This naturally reduced her reading time, so the consumption speed slowed down.

Initially, her family thought she had romantic feelings for this little servant and had fallen in love with him. They were considering whether to stop this relationship.

A little servant definitely couldn't match their family's little treasure, but no one else had been able to make their family's little treasure so happy. Even when her parents accompanied her, it didn't have this effect—she would still continue reading books, chatting sporadically.

But soon they discovered this consideration was unnecessary—they were worrying for nothing. Because they had heard conversations between Xiaoyao and Wang Yanyu, those conversations absolutely had no romantic feelings between men and women. Some exchanges were simply speechless—this little servant was too interesting. No wonder their family's little treasure liked chatting with him.

At the same time, they discovered this little servant also seemed to like reading books. His knowledge was also very rich—he could exchange and discuss with Wang Yanyu. This should be the reason he could occupy her time.

Previously, Wang Yanyu had discussed with people, but after no more than a few hours, others would retreat defeated. These others were all famous scholars, and eventually others were afraid to discuss with her.

The more it went on, even if others steeled themselves to discuss with her, they found that in less than half an hour, they had nothing to say, because Wang Yanyu's knowledge base was constantly increasing and expanding.

By now, being able to talk with her for ten-plus minutes was already good. Casual chatting was possible, but she didn't like chatting with people she had already talked to. Initially, she chatted with Xiaoyao just because she found him interesting, plus Xiaoyao was a stranger, giving her some freshness.

At that time, she didn't think she could chat with Xiaoyao for long, but unexpectedly, Xiaoyao was also a treasure. Not only was his conversation interesting, but his knowledge was also so rich that he could chat with her so much without any sign of retreat.

Was this still a servant?

At that time, Wang Yanyu no longer treated Xiaoyao as an ordinary servant, but Xiaoyao's actions were like those of an ordinary servant, which puzzled her somewhat. But she didn't ask—she was similar to Xiaoyao in this respect.

Through over half a year of contact, she increasingly found Xiaoyao interesting. He clearly had powerful abilities but was willing to be a little servant. If he had ulterior motives, but after so much time, no suspicious behavior had been discovered.

If this wasn't some deep purpose, then he simply had no purpose at all!

Could it be he was just doing it for fun?

If Wang Yanyu asked Xiaoyao about these things, Xiaoyao would probably answer directly. He felt there was nothing to hide about these things, at least not from Wang Yanyu.

He was just looking for a job, to study, to earn money, then support a few women—it was that simple!

Back to the main point. After learning about Wang Yanyu's situation, Xiaoyao looked at her and said: "I know a bit of medicine. Would you like me to take a look?"

"No need. I know some myself—I understand my own condition." Wang Yanyu shook her head. Having read so many books, she must have included medical books. Medical books were also the only knowledge she brought into practice. Her medical skills weren't weak either—comparable to contemporary famous doctors.

Therefore, she felt Xiaoyao probably couldn't help her much. She didn't think Xiaoyao had more brilliant medical skills than her!