The Lady of the Prestigious Family is a Big Boss-Chapter 15 - 0, Wu Ye: It’s that smile again.
The old master of the Li Family saw his rarely returning younger son and his tense face softened a bit.
"Mohan, how come? Are you also aware of this matter?"
Li Mochan did not answer him, his eyes coldly sweeping towards Fang Hui, "Before you seek someone to settle the score, first ask your precious son what good deed he has done. Don’t keep doing things that disgrace the Li Family."
With these words, Fang Hui’s face turned pale.
She had always been apprehensive of Li Mochan.
She cracked an awkward smile, "Mohan, what do you mean by that? Jingqi’s wrist is swollen like this. Could it still be fake?"
Li Mochan replied coldly, "Ask Li Jingqi."
The old master was sharp, and he immediately sensed something was amiss, "Mohan, what exactly happened? Is it that Jingqi has caused trouble outside?"
Fang Hui, listening to the old master’s words, suddenly felt discontent at the bottom of her heart.
With just a few words from Li Mochan, the old master believed him. This was truly too biased.
"Old master, the thing is, it was the third young master of the Li Family who provoked first, and the young lady simply struck back in self-defense," Wei Bei chimed in at the right moment.
"The Li Family and the Ye Family are about to become in-laws, and it wouldn’t look good to have such a matter arise at this critical moment. The master at the Ye’s side has already resolved the issue, and it is better to downplay this matter, especially since it was the third young master of the Li Family who was in the wrong."
The old master glanced at him and then looked back at Li Mochan, already having a plan in mind.
He turned his head to look at Li Jingqi, his face darkening, "Go back to your room and reflect behind closed doors. You are not allowed to go to school these next few days. Reflect properly at home."
Li Jingqi hung his head, a hint of hatred tinting the corners of his eyes.
"Did you hear me?" the old master scolded.
"I heard you," he replied, swallowing his rage.
Ye Jiuliang, I will remember this debt. You’d better not fall into my hands.
With just two or three sentences, Li Mochan managed to turn the situation around, and Fang Hui looked at him, unable to suppress her resentment.
If it weren’t for his sudden return, the old master would definitely have taken Jingqi’s side. It was all the fault of Li Mochan, this lingering ghost.
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"Strange, why is she wearing a boy’s school uniform?"
"Yeah, but you have to admit, she looks good. She’s so cool in a boy’s uniform, I think I’m about to fall for her."
"This is the first time I’ve seen a girl wear a boy’s uniform at Beisen Academy. She must have quite the background."
Today, Ye Jiuliang came to school in uniform, and from the moment she entered the school gate, she garnered many curious looks.
Students passing by Ye Jiuliang whispered and discussed her with the person next to them.
"That’s Ye Jiuliang, the transfer student who just joined our class yesterday. I’ve heard she’s Ye Miao’s cousin."
In the crowd, a boy said mysteriously.
"But I’ve heard that their relationship as cousins isn’t good, they’re hostile towards each other."
As numerous gazes focused on her, Ye Jiuliang looked indifferent, unaffected.
She ascended the steps and knocked on the office door.
Knock, knock.
"Is that you, Ye?" Upon hearing the knock, Xu Li looked up and saw Ye Jiuliang, a warm smile appearing on his face.
"Come in."
After speaking, Xu Li turned back to rummage through a pile of test papers.
Ye Jiuliang’s eyes slightly lifted. Surely he wasn’t planning to have her sit a test, was he?
Moments later, her guess proved correct.
Looking at the test paper on the desk, with one hand propping up her head and her fingertips twirling a pen, Ye Jiuliang hesitated to start writing.
Perhaps understanding her academic performance, Xu Li reassured her, "Ye, just start with what you find easy. It’s just a small test, no need to be nervous."
Ye Jiuliang hummed in acknowledgment.
She scanned the test paper and finally began to write.
Seeing this, Xu Li smiled in relief and walked back to his spot to prepare for the next class’s lesson plan.
Time passed, and the early summer sunlight seeped in through the outside window, landing on the girl’s face, as translucent as jade. Her long eyelashes cast faint shadows under her eyelids, and the enveloping aura of coolness around her became even more captivating.
"Master, what are you looking at?" Wei Bei came back from a call to find Li Mochan standing still, a touch of puzzlement appearing on his face.
Li Mochan remained silent, a dark gleam flickering in his abyss-like eyes.
Wei Bei scratched the back of his head and followed his gaze, landing on the figure by the office window opposite and felt a slight shock.
How is it her again?
He withdrew his gaze and looked at Li Mochan with a weird expression.
This was the first time he saw his master staring at a girl, could it be that his master’s spring was about to arrive?
Before he could figure it out, Li Mochan’s long legs took strides.
"Master, wait for me," Wei Bei hurriedly chased after him.
"Ye student, are you sure you finished?" Xu Li looked at the mostly blank test paper with helplessness and turned to the girl opposite him.
Fifty-nine points, not even reaching the pass mark.
With such scores, the test in a few days was undoubtedly doomed to fail.
Ye Jiuliang nodded, "I’m finished, may I leave now?"
"Ye student, why don’t you think it over again, maybe you could do a few more problems," Xu Li advised.
"I don’t know how to do the rest," Ye Jiuliang said candidly.
Xu Li was at a loss for words, "Er..."
He really had never seen such a straightforward student, it truly gave him a headache.
"How about this, you take another set of questions to work on, I have a meeting to attend; once you finish this set, you can go," Xu Li pulled open a drawer, took out another set of test questions and handed them to Ye Jiuliang.
Ye Jiuliang took them and walked back to her seat.
As the meeting time was approaching, Xu Li stood up, grabbed the documents on the desk, and left in a hurry.
No sooner had he left than Ye Jiuliang took out her phone and started a game.
"Beisen Academy probably doesn’t have a rule that allows students to play games in the teacher’s office."
A low, magnetic voice sounded from behind her.
Ye Jiuliang’s fingertips paused, and she was instantly knocked out in her game.
She put away her phone and turned around.
Against the light, meeting those dark eyes with galaxies hidden within, Ye Jiuliang’s lips curved in a smile, gentle as the breeze of March.
"We meet again."
She waved her little paw at him like an utterly harmless kitten.
That same kind of smile, again.
Li Mochan’s heart suddenly skipped a beat.
He hid the deep colors in his eyes and walked into the office.
Approaching her, he paused and looked down at the two test papers on the table.
One was marked with a striking fifty-nine points, the other completely blank.
Li Mochan frowned, as Ye Jiuliang pointed to the striking fifty-nine points, smiled and asked, "Isn’t this score quite high?"
"High?" Wei Bei couldn’t help but interject, his tone shifting slightly.
She must have some misunderstanding about high scores.
No wonder the Ye Family patriarch sought his master for assistance, so this was the story behind it; Ye Jiuliang was a poor student indeed.
With such scores, staying at Beisen for a semester might just result in her getting kicked out.
"This is the highest score I’ve ever gotten on a test," Ye Jiuliang explained nonchalantly.
"Then what did you score before?" Wei Bei curiously asked without thinking.
Ye Jiuliang, "Always fifty-nine points."
"..."
Wei Bei was petrified.
Always fifty-nine points, how on earth did she take her exams?
Couldn’t she score a passing grade just once?
He blurted out the question that was on his mind, "Is it that hard to get sixty points?" It was always just that one point short, this girl must be doing it on purpose.
"What do you know?" Ye Jiuliang’s fingertips lifted, lightly tapping on the desk, "An extra point and I might become arrogant, being humble is definitely better."
