Chapter 240: Chapter 156: We Always Thought the Seed Was Harmless

A... a kiss on the back of her hand!?

The Federation’s First Commander kissed a woman on the back of her hand!?

I’ve seen it all now!!

But... why did it have to be that trashy woman from the Lower Star District!?

"The Commander-in-Chief and Sister Shu... How could this be!?"

The acid of jealousy and the fire of rage nearly shot out from Lin Zhenxiang’s eyes.

Beside her, Ke Dancheng calmly pushed up his glasses. "What’s all the fuss about? This isn’t the first time."

The last time was just yesterday.

When he and Song Xiaoxing saw the Commander-in-Chief make such an intimate gesture toward Sister Yao, their reactions were the same as everyone else’s—so shocked their jaws nearly hit the floor.

’Still,’ he thought, ’it’s not unreasonable for the Commander-in-Chief to use his ’good looks’ to win over Sister Yao. After all, she’s incredibly capable.’

"Everyone, please don’t misunderstand!" Song Xiaoxing explained to the crowd, whose imagination was running wild. "Sister Yao is a married woman!"

He said this because he didn’t want Shu Yao’s reputation to be ruined here. If everyone thought Shu Yao was some kind of floozy, how would she ever manage at Imperial University in the future?

But his explanation didn’t help matters.

Some of the girls, in a classic case of sour grapes, just had to tear Shu Yao down a few pegs.

"No wonder. How could our Federation’s First Commander possibly be interested in a married woman!"

"So that woman has a husband!"

"She has a husband and she’s still trying to seduce our Commander-in-Chief?"

"Do you think the Commander-in-Chief doesn’t know she’s married? Should we go and tell him?"

Ke Dancheng shot them a glance.

’Jealousy truly makes people ugly!’

’These foolish girls... As if the Commander-in-Chief could be so easily fooled by just anyone!’

Lin Zhenxiang moved closer to Ke Dancheng, forcing a smile that was twisted and unnatural with jealousy and indignation.

"Ke, are the Commander-in-Chief and Sister Shu very close?"

Ke Dancheng’s expression was wooden. "That’s Sister Yao’s private business. I’m afraid I’m not at liberty to say."

Lin Zhenxiang whined, deliberately raising her voice, "Oh, just satisfy our curiosity. We all want to know a little more about the Commander-in-Chief."

Only then did Ke Dancheng realize that many people in the crowd had started to close in on him.

He felt extremely uncomfortable, and his voice became unusually stiff. "Sorry, no comment!"

"Do you have to be so stuck-up!"

"What’s the harm in telling us!"

Song Xiaoxing stepped in front of Ke Dancheng protectively and retorted with a burst of emotion, "If you’re so desperate to know, why don’t you go ask the people involved! Do you all enjoy spreading other people’s private business? You think Dandan is as disrespectful as you are?!"

With that, ignoring the sour expressions on everyone’s faces, Song Xiaoxing began to drag a somewhat dazed Ke Dancheng away from the Agricultural College market.

But just at that moment, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted:

"Song Xiaoxing, you won’t be so arrogant for much longer! Your dad’s not going to be the dean of the Agricultural College for long!"

Song Xiaoxing stopped in his tracks and stared coldly into the crowd. "Alright, come on out. The person who said that, do you dare to step forward and let me see if you’re the president of Imperial University!"

The person snorted and said, "You think the Commander-in-Chief brought people from the prosecutor’s office here to pay your dad a friendly visit? He distributed the Poisonous Tree Seeds to the specially-recruited students and nearly killed someone. Are you telling me your dad bears no responsibility for that?!"

Song Xiaoxing’s face tensed, his lips pressed into a thin line, and his eyes gradually filled with a towering rage.

Li Hancheng gave the other group members a meaningful look.

Together, they pulled back Song Xiaoxing, who looked ready to charge into the crowd and beat the person up.

"Team Leader, let’s go check on Dean Song!"

Seeing Ke Dancheng, Song Xiaoxing, and the others leave, Lin Zhenxiang’s eyes darkened. She hesitated for a moment, then hurried to follow them.

Seeing Song Xiaoxing approach, Dean Song said, "Xiao Xing, you should go home for now."

He didn’t want his son to see him in such a difficult situation.

Hearing his father’s dismissive tone, panic washed over Song Xiaoxing’s face.

’The Commander-in-Chief and the people from the prosecutor’s office... they really are here for Dad.’

His eyes red, he glared at the uninvited guests with open hostility and said stubbornly, "I’m staying right here! No one is taking you away today!"

"So you’re Song Xiaoxing." Prosecutor Zuo An sized him up, a look of appreciation in his eyes. "You should come with us to the mock trial too."

"A mock trial?" Song Xiaoxing asked, alarmed.

Zuo An said, "Because you took timely emergency measures, you minimized the impact of the Poisonous Tree Seeds incident. Otherwise, we would be meeting in a real courtroom."

’Emergency measures...’

Song Xiaoxing was baffled.

’Could the things I did back then really be defined with such a fancy term?’

"Not really..." Song Xiaoxing didn’t know what to say. "I wasn’t thinking that far ahead at the time..."

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