Chapter 236: Chapter 155: You Can Still Maintain Your Stubbornness

Lin Zhenxiang never thought Shu Yao would make such a huge sacrifice for Song Xiaoxing, whom she had just met.

’She was even willing to take the fall.’

’It’s all just to suck up to Dean Song’s son!’

’All so Song Xiaoxing would be eternally grateful to her over this!’

A flash of contempt crossed Lin Zhenxiang’s eyes, and a disdainful smile played on her alluring red lips as she remarked with pointed sarcasm:

"Sister Shu, you’re truly skilled."

’To take the fall and use the opportunity to win someone over—now *that’s* a real skill.’

But to Dean Song’s ears, Lin Zhenxiang’s words were tantamount to accusing Shu Yao of the heinous act of poisoning the seedlings.

Now convinced that Shu Yao was the culprit, Dean Song exploded with rage and roared on the spot:

"What have you done!? These perfectly good seedlings were just growing here! What did they ever do to you that you had to be so cruel and poison them all!?"

Song Xiaoxing, who was still searching for the Poisonous Tree Seeds, heard his father’s roar. He quickly told Li Hancheng and the others, "You guys keep looking for me. I’m going to see what’s happening."

He scrambled over, only to hear his father furiously accusing Shu Yao:

"Do you have any idea how much blood, sweat, and tears we poured into this greenhouse! Our entire research team has been working here for nearly two months, and now, thanks to you, it’s all been destroyed in an instant! All of it! Destroyed!!"

Song Xiaoxing stared blankly at his father and Shu Yao.

’What’s happening?’

Lin Zhenxiang sidled up to him and whispered, "Sister Shu took the blame for you."

"Wha—" Song Xiaoxing looked at Shu Yao in shock.

’If he’d known her solution was to take the fall for him, he never would have let this happen!’

’Doesn’t she want to get into the Agricultural College?’

’If the fact that she poisoned seedlings gets put on her student record, no Agricultural College in any school will ever accept her!’

That’s right.

Just for this one incident, Shu Yao would be blacklisted by every Agricultural College in the entire Federation!

"Sister Yao, you..."

"What’s done is done. There’s no point in talking." Shu Yao’s act of bravely taking the blame did not curry favor with anyone.

The calm composure she had shown from the start both stung Lin Zhenxiang and sent Dean Song into an even greater rage.

Lin Zhenxiang secretly sneered.

’Taking the fall so effortlessly... She’d like to see how this trashy girl from the Lower Star District was going to clean up this mess.’

"Sister Shu, your qualifications were already lacking. Now you have absolutely no chance of getting into the Agricultural College," she said, gloating.

"Still want to get into the Agricultural College?" Dean Song was so furious he laughed. "So that’s why Dean Si has been pestering me these past few days—to get a spot for you! Let me tell you, not only do I not have any extra spots, but even if I did, there’s no way I’d ever give one to you!"

"Dean Song, feel free to vent all you want," Shu Yao said unhurriedly. "Once you’ve cooled down, I believe we can resolve this matter like adults. We’ll pay what needs to be paid and settle what needs to be settled."

Dean Song raged, "Settle? There’s no settling this! You could never afford to compensate for our two months of hard work!"

"Let me know when you’ve come up with a compensation plan." Shu Yao then looked at the graduate students behind Dean Song. "You all can discuss it amongst yourselves as well."

Dean Song looked ready to erupt again, but the two graduate students managed to pull him aside. They huddled together, whispering amongst themselves.

"Sister Yao!" Song Xiaoxing said, panicked. "You didn’t do this! Why did you say you did?"

Before he could say more, Lin Zhenxiang pulled him aside.

"Song Xiaoxing, just stay out of it," Lin Zhenxiang advised him.

"I take responsibility for my own actions!" He, Song Xiaoxing, was not some useless coward who hid behind a woman!

"Since Sister Shu already took the blame, just let her," Lin Zhenxiang said. Seeing the angry glare from Song Xiaoxing, she realized she might have misspoken and quickly changed her approach, coaxing him, "Don’t you have an interview later? If Dean Song finds out you were the one who did it, do you really think he’ll let you pass?"

Her words hit a nerve, and Song Xiaoxing faltered.

Lin Zhenxiang continued to get in his head:

"Do you really think Sister Shu is taking the fall for you just to be nice? You’re Dean Song’s son! If you admit in front of everyone that you poisoned the seedlings in this greenhouse, how is that going to make your father look?

"On the surface, Sister Shu is taking the blame for you, but she’s actually saving your father’s face too. She wants you to be grateful to her, to put your father deeply in her debt, so she can use you both to do her bidding later on.

"Just you wait. Later, she’ll definitely have you go to your father in private, confess that you did it, and then get you to put in a good word for her. After that, don’t you think Dean Song will give her a spot?"

Song Xiaoxing fell silent, his heart a turmoil of conflicting emotions.

Meanwhile, Dean Song and the graduate students had finished their discussion and come to a decision.

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