It's Not Easy To Be a Man 210+

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246: What Virtues Or Abilities Have You?

Translator: ryuxenji  Editor: H2dH2mr

Baby-face carefully looked over Li Shiyu’s fingers. Discovering no wounds, he instantly released a relieved sigh. If Li Shiyu’s hands were at all damaged, he would definitely be dismembered by the senior colonel instructors of the military medical research branch of the medical faculty, and be made into a specimen to be experimented on.

Mind you, Li Shiyu was a gem in the hearts of all the instructors in the military medical research specialization. All the instructors wanted to take in Li Shiyu as their own true disciple. There had even been a large battle fought previously over the matter … In the end, the head of the military medical research branch Major General Qi had been unable to take it any longer, and had come out to declare Li Shiyu as the shared disciple of all the instructors; only then did the fighting stop. This was also one of the reasons why Li Shiyu was so exceptional in his specialization.

Seeing the worry on his friend’s face, Li Shiyu’s heart was moved. He took his hand back and said sheepishly, “Yun Xiu, I’m fine!”

“That’s good then. What happened earlier that made you so angry?” asked Yun Xiu curiously. What exactly had triggered Li Shiyu?

Li Shiyu looked towards Yun Xiu, and sighed softly, “You still remember the grand armed melee that year? And that I wasn’t in the school then?”

Yun Xiu remembered, nodded and said, “Yes, back then I had lamented that it was such a shame you had to miss it! Otherwise you could have already had a chance to cross blows with your younger cousin brother.” Then, recalling how Li Shiyu had changed when he had returned, his tone became regretful as he said, “I had originally thought that you would apply for the mecha piloting specialization in the First Men’s Military Academy. But unexpectedly, when you came back, you suddenly told me you wanted to become a military doctor! Until now, I still cannot understand it …”

At this point of his recollection, Yun Xiu’s face was filled with confusion. Even now he still wanted to understand why, after just leaving for a brief stint of half a month, Li Shiyu had returned with completely different dreams and goals.

Even more so since Li Shiyu had been given the cold shoulder due to his decision. The second year after he chose to become a military doctor, Li Shiyu gained a newborn younger brother — this move by Li Shiyu’s parents was proof that he had been abandoned by them 1 . This was because for one to become the family head of the Li family, one had to be the strongest mecha operator within the Li family. Thus, Li Shiyu’s decision was a clear declaration that he was voluntarily giving up in the fight to be the first inheritor for the position of family head.

If Li Shiyu truly had no talent in mecha piloting, Yun Xiu would definitely have supported his good friend’s decision. But the fact was that Li Shiyu’s talent in mecha piloting was very high.

In these four years in the military academy, Li Shiyu had put his full effort into medical research, only using the bare minimum required by the military academy to train in mecha control. But despite that, Li Shiyu still had no difficulty in advancing to the early stages of advanced mecha warrior — it was clear to see how talented Li Shiyu actually was in mecha piloting. Every time this thought crossed his mind, Yun Xiu would lament the waste on behalf of his good friend.

In the face of his good friend’s questioning, Li Shiyu only pursed his lips, but did not reply. However, due to his good friend’s reminder, the incident that year appeared once more in the forefront of his mind …

That was when he had just reached the 10th year in the scout academy. He and his parents had been busy preparing for his application to the mecha piloting specialization in the First Men’s Military Academy … but it was at this time when his grandfather, the current family head of the Li family, had suggested that he go visit his eldest cousin brother Li Mulan.