The Prime Minister's Darling
Chapter 1317 - 1317 643 taels two more_2

Chapter 1317: 643 taels two more_2 Chapter 1317: 643 taels two more_2 The martial arts instructor gave a silent thumbs-up to his colleague. Indeed, a master at teaching policy debates, his debating skills were perfectly solid.

The masters from Wuyue Academy were choked up with frustration.

They had always been domineering at their academy, brushing off big issues as small ones and resorting to rogue tactics like playing Tai Chi, as part of their routine maneuvers.

Dean Wu suddenly realized the crucial point, “But none of you ever took things as far as you did! Do you know that one of our students is halfway to death because of you?”

Master Yang from Tianqiong Academy retorted, “Just because you say it was our academy’s students doesn’t mean it actually was. Do you really think more than a dozen Wuju candidates couldn’t beat a single Wenju novice from our academy? Who would believe that if word got out?”

The people from Wuyue Academy’s faces all turned red.

Dean Wu had been blinded by anger just now, but he suddenly came to his senses. Indeed, having more than a dozen Wuju candidates outdone by a Wenju novice was an embarrassment beyond measure!

Dean Cen commanded, “Alright, go summon that… Xiao Liulang, and let’s hear what he has to say.”

Gu Jiao had come over with Gu Xiaoshun.

After all, according to the people from Wuyue Academy, Xiao Liulang had a little accomplice who didn’t do much.

Dean Cen looked at Gu Jiao and asked, “They said you hit them. What do you have to say?”

Gu Jiao swept them with a chilly glance, and the Wuyue Academy students shuddered like mice in the presence of a cat.

Dean Wu glared at his own students, exasperated. What a bunch of cowards! Could they be any more disgraceful?

Gu Xiaoshun was about to say “Dean Cen, it was they who started it! There was a guy named Qin Ge who grabbed me and wanted to hit me. I… Xiao Liulang only acted in response.” However, he heard Gu Jiao calmly say, “I don’t know them, never saw them, never hit them.”

The students from Wuyue Academy were shocked!

Could someone be so shameless?

Having hit them, she still wouldn’t admit it?

Where was the daring that had them terrified, the audacity of stepping on Qin Ge’s chest demanding whether he wanted his life or his hand? If you’re so tough, keep it up!

Gu Jiao replied, “I’m not stupid. It’s easy to be tough with you, but it’s not worth it to be tough with the dean—I could get penalized.”

She was the perfect student, Xiao Liulang.

Dean Wu was no stranger to this kind of tactic. However, it was usually them using this to fool others, not the other way around.

Dean Wu bellowed furiously, “You’re lying!”

Gu Jiao glanced at him dismissively, “How would you know I’m lying? You seem to know a lot about it—are you guilty? An old hand, perhaps?”

Dean Wu felt like spitting blood in response.

Anything his sister Gu Jiao said was right. Gu Xiaoshun quickly pivoted the conversation, firmly stating, “That’s right! We didn’t see you at all today! Who knows whether you were hit or who hit you, but you insist on pinning it on us!”

Dean Wu, livid, lashed out, “You think you’re something special? As if we need to falsely accuse you! You really overestimate yourselves! Just people from a lesser country, why would we bother to slander and scheme against you!”

His words made perfect sense.

But Gu Jiao didn’t even blink, unabashedly replying, “That’s something you’ll have to ask yourselves about, who knows what vicious motives you’re harboring.”

Dean Wu trembled with rage, “You! You two are reversing right and wrong, twisting the facts, full of nonsense!”

A master from Wuyue Academy stepped forward and looked at Gu Jiao, “You claim you didn’t beat them. Do you have evidence to prove your innocence?”

“Yes!”

Suddenly a resolute young man’s voice came from outside the door.

It was Zhou Tong.

Zhou Tong entered, saluting Cen, the dean inside, and the other masters from Tianqiong Academy, “Dean Cen, gentlemen, Xiao Liulang spent last night in his dormitory, never once leaving the academy. I can vouch for that.”

As soon as he finished speaking, another student from Mingxin Hall came forward, “I can vouch for that too!”

“And me!”

A third student from Mingxin Hall.

Then came the fourth, the fifth…

Almost all the students from Mingxin Hall had come over.

“Yesterday was a rest day at the academy. We made plans with Xiao Liulang to play polo on the grassland last night. It went on a bit late, and we drank a little afterwards.”

“Then we even went fishing.”

“On the way back, we stopped to buy Plum Dried Vegetable Cakes at a shop at the east end of Sanhua Street.”

“At midnight, I couldn’t sleep and went to the Greeting Room. That’s when I saw the light in Xiao Liulang’s dormitory was still on, and I greeted him.”

“He wasn’t feeling well this morning, and I brought him a bowl of porridge which he spilled.”