“Let me tell you, objecting is useless. You and Chu Jianyi destroyed property and neither of you nor your previous academies were able to compensate for the losses. So, my allowing the both of you to compensate for damages by transferring to this academy is truly to your benefit,” said the fat dean without stopping. Seeing Ling Chuxi remain expressionless, he began to feel a little guilty. “Don’t be like this. Just think about it, Wind Cloud Academy is the number one academy in the whole country. Why don’t we do it like this instead then—I’ll subsidize half of your tuition fees. How about that? Ah, or maybe I’ll just waive everything? If that’s not favorable either, then… I’ll provide you with a little allowance every year.” As he went on, the fat dean’s voice became softer and softer and his tone became more and more mellow. After all, in this matter, it was he who had been unkind and had threatened those two other academies, forcing them to hand Ling Chuxi and Chu Jianyi over.
“Fine. Thank you, dean,” said Ling Chuxi finally. She gave a slight laugh and smiled. “Just give us a little something every year, then it’ll be fine. Ah, that’s right. Dean, I came to look for you to request something.”
“Oh, do say what it is,” replied the fat dean as he dug out a brocade handkerchief to wipe his cold sweat.
“Since I have transferred over here, let Ling Yichen transfer over also. I do not wish to be separated from him. Also, there is another student at White Stone Academy called Xia Zhuoyi, transfer him over here as well,” said Ling Chuxi with a grin.
“Ah? This is easy. Simple enough!” said the fat dean exuberantly. He had thought that Ling Chuxi would have some tricky conditions, but he never thought that it would just be something as simple as this. He easily agreed to it.
“Then I’ll be thanking you, dean. I’ll make a move first.” Ling Chuxi smiled as she nodded amiably. When she was at the door, she left a parting comment. “Dean, actually, I just came to get you to transfer Ling Yichen and Xia Zhuoyi over as well. I never thought that the academy would be so generous as to provide free tuition and even an allowance.” This advantage was really too huge.
The dean was stunned. He stared at the smiling Ling Chuxi with his mouth agape. Why did he feel as though he had just lost big time? The dean felt a little upset.
“Dean, you are such a good person. You know, good people live long lives. Why don’t you also waive Ling Yichen and Xia Zhuoyi’s tuition fees?” asked Ling Chuxi with a smile.
“You little bastard. Get out. Get out! Argh! Ah, my hair! It’s falling again!” The dean’s roar lingered by the walkway for a long time.
…
During the afternoon class, the teacher who was in charge of the lesson kept looking over at Ling Chuxi, so much so that she felt goosebumps. How would Ling Chuxi know that the teacher was thinking to himself, ‘Ah, so this was the student who angered the dean till he was jumping all around? Totally couldn’t tell. She’s even so obediently paying attention and is respectful towards teachers. See, she even pinched the fifth princess who was nodding off to wake her up.’
On the contrary, Ling Chuxi was very attentive towards the teacher’s teachings. This class was about how to maximize the use of one’s Battle Qi. This lecture allowed Ling Chuxi to gain quite a bit of knowledge.
However, during the practical class in the afternoon, when Ling Chuxi looked at the man who was smiling in front of her, her mind went blank.
Mu Liufeng! Why was he here? And without a mask too. Mu Liufeng appeared with his true countenance.
“From today onwards, I am your martial arts teacher. If there is anything you don’t understand, you can just ask me.” A smile that could charm all living things appeared on Mu Liufeng’s bewitching face. Quite a few female students went into a daze after seeing his smile.
The corners of Ling Chuxi’s lips twitched. This rascal, he had actually come to Wind Cloud Academy to be a teacher and had even shown his true face. What exactly was he up to? He was someone from the Ancestral Palace. What position did he hold? Anyway, from the looks of this, he had quite a high position.
Ling Chuxi turned her head around in boredom but she saw a sight that left her feeling shocked. She saw that E Shulan had actually went into a daze looking at Mu Liufeng!
