Zhang Pei was extremely angered. From the very beginning, her biggest wish was for Liu Man to study, successfully graduate, and find a comfortable job. Though her daughter was now replaced by a princess, her end goal was still the same.

But now, the school was going to expel her daughter.

How could she stay calm?

She was on the verge of a breakdown.

TL Note: Aww, poor Zhang Pei.

“The dean of the department didn’t want to see us, and even asked your counselor to relay his errands. Is it because our family has no power and no authority, so we can only stay silent when we suffer injustice?” Zhang Pei thought of her husband again. The case was delayed for half a year before it came to an end and that was with the efforts of powerful officials helping. This really sparked sadness from her heart, “This is really a cannibalistic society. If you have no background, it will be difficult to survive.”

“How about if we earn some more money and get some gifts for the dean?” Zhang Pei thought of the lowly plan.

“But if the dean doesn’t accept it, we’d be at a loss,” Liu Man held Zhang Pei by her shoulders, “Mom, don’t worry and don’t do anything. I’ll take care of this, I won’t let myself get expelled.”

Zhang Pei looked at her helplessly, “What plan do you have?”

Liu Man held her phone tightly, “I have to try.”

Zhu Xiyang’s phone number was written on the first page of the PPT when he taught them. Liu Man recorded his number and now she was going to use it.

“Hello,” Zhu Xiyang’s voice was the same as his looks, it was an advantage of a handsome boy.

“Hello Mr. Zhu, I’m Liu Man. The reason why I called was for me and Li Xiaoru’s final grade for the semester.”

“Oh, I’ve already recorded the scores into the system, is something wrong?” Zhu Xiyang asked knowingly.

“I just wanted to ask, why did you give us 60?” Liu Man’s tone was respectful, right now, she definitely didn’t want to piss off Zhu Xiyang completely.

“I explained when the concert ended, your performance didn’t fit the requirement of a trio, and changing instruments halfway was also against the rules,” Zhu Xiyang said this proudly.

“But is our average score in class really only 60? Li Xiaoru and I never missed any classes, why did we receive such a low score?”

“Well,” Zhu Xiyang sounded like he was thinking and said, “Come to my office, I’ll speak to you in person.”

Liu Man frowned.

The other side has ended the call.

“What did Mr. Zhu say?” Zhang Pei asked, panicking.

“I need to go talk to him in person.”

“In person is great, you can explain clearer that way. If you did something wrong, just play weak and say sorry nicely. Never oppose him and argue! These kinds of people love it when people follow their ideas,” Zhang Pei’s thoughts were naive. She thought Zhu Xiyang was giving her daughter a chance.

It was true that he gave Liu Man a chance.

But, this ‘chance’ might not be exactly what Zhang Pei was thinking.

Zhu Xiyang didn’t have a shared office with the other teachers, individual rooms were professor only privileges. This was a very unusual treatment for a new teacher.

Liu Man knocked on Zhu Xiyang’s office door.

“Please come in,” His voice still sounded pleasing.

Liu Man turned the doorknob, walked in, and saw Zhu Xiyang already waiting for her. He evaluated her from head to toe.

“You’re pretty fast to arrive, it only took a few minutes.”

“I’m nervous about my scores, I don’t want to be expelled.”

Liu Man was very unhappy with the look in Zhu Xiyang’s eyes at this moment. It was full of pervertedness. The scumbag Zhu Xiyang Xue Yunfei described to her was combined with the elegant and handsome Zhu Xiyang at this moment.

This made her think of a saying — a Polite Scum.

“Didn’t you ask on the phone why I gave you and Li Xiaoru 60 for your average score?” Zhu Xiyang said while walking closer to Liu Man. Standing right in front of her, he looked down. This was the first face that was so memorable to him, he’s been dreaming of this beauty ever since.

“You don’t quite know the rules,” Zhu Xiyang said, “Wang Nina knows more than you.”

His meaning was clear, though Liu Man had already prepared herself for this, she was still scared and backed off a bit.

Looking at her scared face, Zhu Xiyang laughed softly, “You don’t have to be afraid, I don’t like to force women. They usually offer themselves to me.”

“Is this why you gave us low scores? You want me to be like Wang Nina and directly seduce you?” Liu Man asked meaningfully.

“Of course.”

“I thought Wang Nina ordered you to do this, after all, our friendship was torn apart.”

Zhu Xiyang said with disdain, “She’s just a little pet of mine, she doesn’t have any power to decide what I’m going to do.”

“But you made their group get first place.”

“Seeing her begging me and pleasing me, it’s just a little thing I’d do.”

Liu Man said again, “My roommate Li Xiaoru is innocent, she’s more talented than I am, she shouldn’t only have 60.”

“Well it’s her own fault to team up with you. If you feel regret for her, you should agree to my requests.”

Liu Man looked at him with her naive eyes, “What requests do you have? What should I do to make you willing to change the scores?”

Zhu Xiyang looked at her clear eyes with greed, he had played hundreds of women, but never met any women with such a godly temperament like her.

Originally, he still had some hesitancy and planned to let this beautiful student go. After all, here in China, unlike the United States, there were too many people targeting him. His father was retired and had no real power in his hands. He couldn’t play around too much. But when he witnessed Liu Man’s demeanor on the stage, he decided to target her anyway.

Zhu Xiyang lifted his hands, wanting to touch Liu Man’s face.

Liu Man dodged him and said shyly, “Speak and stop using your hands.”

Zhu Xiyang loved when women act shyly and weak in front of him, it satisfies his machismo desires, “You asked me what to do, I’ll tell you now!”

“I put on makeup, you can’t touch my face.”

Zhu Xiyang had no good intentions, “Then where can I touch you?”

“If I let you touch me, would you be willing to change the scores?”

“Yeah,” Zhu Xiyang’s heart was beating.

Liu Man hesitantly said, “But I have a boyfriend.”

“You’re thinking too much, if I don’t want you as a girlfriend, what does it have to do with your boyfriend?”

“Then, what relationship are we in?” Liu Man continued to lure him into exposing himself.

“You really are naive, we only talk sex here, not love. So, choose either secret lovers or one night stands.”

Liu Man’s eyes widened and said surprisingly, “What- How could you be so open?”

“You’ll love the feeling once you try it,” Zhu Xiyang continued to entice Liu Man.

Translated by: Puppxteer/Yutong