Chapter 239 - 155: You Can Still Maintain Your Stubbornness
Chapter 239: Chapter 155: You Can Still Maintain Your Stubbornness
Wen Youran was naturally happy to take the soil and the poisoned seedlings.
The two had already agreed on a price beforehand.
It was only when he saw Wen Youran transferring money to Shu Yao that it dawned on Dean Song.
’So Shu Yao didn’t need these contaminated resources from the greenhouse for herself, she just flipped them to someone else?!’
Dean Song couldn’t resist. He went over to probe, "How many Star Coins did you sell them to him for?"
’It couldn’t be less than two million!’
"Hehe~" Shu Yao flashed a peace sign. "Twenty million."
Dean Song clutched his chest and gasped sharply.
He was deeply shocked! Deeply wounded! Deeply provoked!
He felt like he was going to faint!
"You black-hearted woman!" Before he could even recover, Dean Song burst out cursing, "I thought I was being ruthless enough by asking for two million Star Coins! I never expected you..."
Compared to Shu Yao, who had flipped it for ten times the price, he was nothing!
In his agitation, Dean Song grabbed Wen Youran. "Don’t let her fool you! I sold it to her for two million, but I’ve changed my mind, I’m not selling to her anymore... Let’s make a deal, you and I! I’ll sell it to you for ten million—no, eight million!"
Wen Youran smiled and explained, "The twenty million is a package deal. It’s not just for the resources here, but also for her employment fee. The incident with the Poisonous Tree Seeds made the Wen Family realize its own shortcomings. We know far too little about poisons.
These things in the greenhouse, contaminated by the Poisonous Tree Seeds, are exactly what we need to take back and study. Miss Shu has the skills and the ideas. I’m confident she will be a great help to us in developing new poison-resistant medicines."
He was singing Shu Yao’s praises.
But Dean Song was skeptical. "She’s an amateur, what could she possibly know!"
"An amateur?" Wen Youran smiled politely. "That member of your esteemed son’s team... if Miss Shu hadn’t performed emergency first aid after he ingested the Poisonous Tree Seeds, he would have died on the way to the Imperial Hospital.
Dean Song, that’s hardly something an amateur could do.
And, Dean Song, forgive me for being blunt. To the Wen Family, these materials in the greenhouse aren’t worth two million... they aren’t even worth 200,000. Subtract that 200,000, and the rest is Miss Shu’s commission."
Watching Shu Yao teach Song Xiaoxing cultivation methods, Dean Song fell into deep thought.
What also surprised him was his son’s reaction.
It was the first time he had ever seen such a focused and excited expression on his son’s face.
Soon, the Wen family’s people had cleared out all the nursery beds in the greenhouse.
After a polite farewell, Wen Youran exchanged a few more words with Shu Yao and then departed.
The look in Dean Song’s eyes as he watched Shu Yao gradually grew feverish, as if he were looking at a walking budget!
’She spent two million and immediately turned it into a twenty-million-dollar deal. I doubt even the top student at the business school has that kind of financial savvy!’
Next, the greenhouse had to be completely disinfected.
Dean Song had people seal off the greenhouse and clear everyone out.
His opinion of Shu Yao had definitely changed, and he was sure she could tell from his attitude.
Dean Song thought his softened stance would prompt her to seize the opportunity to discuss the admission slot.
But since before they cleared the area, he had been completely ignored.
"Xiao Xing, go and get cleaned up," Dean Song said, shooing away Song Xiaoxing, who was pestering Shu Yao with endless questions. He then asked Shu Yao, "Is there nothing you want to talk to me about?"
"The transaction is complete. You’re not going back on your word, are you, Dean Song?" Shu Yao asked warily.
’Even if he does, I’m not splitting the loot... I mean, the profits!’
Dean Song’s expression was unnatural. "About the admission slot... I can consider it."
"No need. You can stick to your guns. Admission to the Agricultural College isn’t the only way for me to get what I want." Shu Yao glanced in the direction Song Xiaoxing had gone. "Your son and I are getting along quite well now."
Catching her veiled threat, Dean Song’s face grew stern.
"Don’t even think about using my son!" He had sensed that Shu Yao’s reasons for wanting to get into the Agricultural College were not entirely pure. "What exactly are you trying to do by getting into the College? If you have ulterior motives, I will not open the gates of the Agricultural College to welcome you!"
"Instead of standing here nagging me, you’d be better off dealing with your own crisis," Shu Yao advised him. "The matter of the Poisonous Tree Seeds is still blowing up. If your son hadn’t taken emergency measures and handled it well, you wouldn’t be the Dean of the Agricultural College right now. He came to see you on the day of the incident, but you wouldn’t listen, did you?"
Dean Song looked bewildered. "Xiao Xing came to see me?"
It seemed like that had indeed happened.
But at the time, his mind was so preoccupied with the seedlings that he hadn’t paid any attention to what his son was saying.
"So in your eyes, a person’s life is less important than a seedling?" Shu Yao’s single sentence made Dean Song flush with shame.
Just then, Dean Si ambled over. "Can’t even get your priorities straight. Your position is wasted on you, Xiao Song."
Gan had come along too. "The slot."
"She’s not even worried, so why are you all fussing over it!" Dean Song grumbled, clearly displeased.
"That’s because you’re a blockhead. You got played and are only now realizing it!" Dean Si chided with a laugh. "Serves you right!"
Gan sounded relieved. "Thank goodness it wasn’t a major incident. It would have been a disaster otherwise."
If a specially-recruited student had died because of the Poisonous Tree Seeds, Dean Song would have been unable to shirk the blame.
It was only in the greenhouse, after Shu Yao’s reminder, that the gravity of the crisis had truly sunk in for him.
A faint whistling sound came from overhead.
A Flying Machine bearing the insignia of the Imperial Family slowly descended, landing on the grounds of the Agricultural College.
People nearby flocked over, curious to see which VIP had graced them with their presence.
The hatch opened, and two people emerged.
Seeing their uniforms from the Federation’s Supreme Prosecutor’s Office, Dean Song suddenly had a very bad feeling.
Dean Si said meaningfully, "The inevitable has come."
Seeing a familiar face get off the Flying Machine, Dean Si raised his hand to wave, chiding with a smile, "Rare for you to remember to come see me, eh?"
After he spoke, Dean Si’s expression faltered.
He realized the man’s gaze wasn’t on him at all.
Following the man’s line of sight, Dean Si’s gaze fell on Shu Yao.
Shu Yao’s reaction also surprised him. She didn’t let out a piercing shriek like other girls would upon seeing the Federation’s First Commander.
Forget shrieking, Shu Yao didn’t even look excited.
As expected, a married woman is different.
Gan was extremely gratified.
’That girl Yaoyao must truly love her husband.’
’A love that isn’t swayed by the appearance of a more exceptional man is a beautiful and sincere thing.’
If Shu Yao knew what he was thinking, she would have absolutely snorted with laughter!
Her husband. Her man.
Wasn’t he the man who had just stepped off the Flying Machine?!
Qin Shiwei walked over, first greeting Dean Si, whom he had initially ignored.
"Teacher." Then, his gaze shifted to Shu Yao, the depths of his dark eyes suppressing some unknown emotion. "Madam. We meet again."
He took Shu Yao’s hand and pressed a kiss to the back of it.
Everyone: (○o○) EYES... WIDE... MOUTHS... AGAPE!