Li Xiaoru sent a WeChat message to ask Liu Man, “Zhu Xiyang actually asked for a meeting in person with you. When was it? Did you go to meet him? Why didn’t you tell me?”
Li Xiaoru felt very worried; she had noticed that something was wrong.
“I’m fine.”
The shorter Liu Man’s reply was, the bigger Li Xiaoru thought the issue was.
Princess Man continued to say to her fans, “Then, I went to his office by myself to see him. His office is a personal luxurious kind. I thought only authenticated professors get this prerogative.”
“Wtf. Just a man and a woman. Will it go in the direction I’m thinking of? No~~~~~”
“I’m having an inauspicious feeling.”
“Ah… (Afraid)”
“I successfully met Teacher Zhu, and I talked to him about my score. I recorded our entire conversation with my phone, and now, I will play it for everyone.”
Liu Man said as she opened her audio recording:
“Please come in.”
“You’re pretty fast to arrive; it only took you a few minutes.”
“I’m nervous about my scores. I don’t want to get expelled.”
…
The fans listened to the recording attentively. At the start, the conversation seemed to be normal. However, what on Earth was the next part?
What did he mean, “know the rules”?
What was “usually offer themselves to me”?
What was “little pet of mine”?
What was “Extra requests in exchange for changing the scores”?
And he was now using his hands!!!!!
Princess let him touch… touch… They wanted to cry. Where did she let him touch her!?
“F*, this is so disgusting. I can’t continue listening anymore. He f*ing ‘we only talk sex here, not love’. He f*ing told the live-streamer to choose between being his lover or one-night stand… Godly open sexual relationship.”
“I’m a man, and I can’t stand this anymore. He’s such a pervert!”
“Just thinking of this man putting his hands on our Princess makes me want to kill him with a knife.”
“He called sis a bunny. Did he think sis is the prey he’s hunting?”
“Does this count as an indecent assault?”
“If they had physical contact, then it does. However, if they were only openly talking about trading with premises and conditions, then it probably doesn’t.”
“Mhm. This teacher didn’t force the live-streamer to have sex with him, so at most, it only counts as a scandal.”
“But he threatened her with her grades. It’s so scary.”
“We are only here listening to the recording. Princess was facing this disgusting and lecherous man on the spot. How afraid was her at that time!”
Liu Man was just about to explain she did not let Zhu Xiyang get his hands on her before Yu Zhan called her and interrupted the live-stream.
“What’s with that Zhu Xiyang?” Yu Zhan was suppressing the anger in his tone.
Liu Man knew he must’ve gotten infuriated, so she hurriedly explained, “I guessed his intention when Zhu Xiyang asked me to meet him in person. I only seduced him to say these words because I wanted a recording as evidence. He did not take advantage of me.”
“Did he touch you?”
“No, no, no. I dodged him and didn’t even let him touch my hair.”
Yu Zhan laughed coldly. He didn’t touch her, but just for his teasing and threatening, Yu Zhan would make him pay a painful price. When Yu Zhan just thought of Liu Man facing a devil-like man, he was so angry he could barely sit tight. He wanted to go back to the time of recording and be with her to protect her.
“Why did you go by yourself when you know how dangerous it would be? Even if you did it to get evidence of Zhu Xiyang’s corruption, you can still find other, better ways. Even if you decided on doing this, you should’ve let me know beforehand and at least tell me,” Yu Zhan liked Liu Man’s independence, but he felt helpless about her being too independent. She carried everything by herself and held everything in, afraid of troubling others around her.
“I’m your boyfriend. It’s my obligation and responsibility to lessen your worries. You’re always ignoring me as if I’m an outsider, and it’s making me feel very useless.”
Liu Man had not realized she unintentionally hurt Yu Zhan’s dignity as a man, “Sorry, I just didn’t want you to drag you into this trouble.”
After Madam Xu passed away, she lived in the cold palace for several years and was used to being alone. She didn’t know how it felt like to be able to rely on someone.
“What trouble does this count as? We are a couple, and it’s my job to solve problems for my girlfriend and make sure no obstacles stand in her way. No wonder you told me before you that you will offend some people,” Yu Zhan snorted coldly, “It’s no big deal even if you offend everyone in your school. As long as I’m here, you don’t have to consider anyone important.”
This was the first time Yu Zhan used such an arrogant and supreme-like way when he spoke, and this was the first time he revealed his identity to Liu Man. Liu Man now realized he wasn’t just a son from a rich family who had spare money.
After knowing Liu Man would possibly get expelled from her school, Yu Zhan initially wanted to send her a second message, telling her it was no issue even if she gets expelled. He would just contact another university in America. She could choose between all the top-tiered music academies.
In fact, Yu Zhan’s social connections were more useful in other countries. He’d rather solve the problem with an easier and more relaxing solution then go visit those loquacious elders who he rarely contacted and would never let him leave once they met him.
To Yu Zhan, no matter which solution, it would be something so insignificant he could solve it with just a phone call. However, to Liu Man, this was a big turning point that related to her and Li Xiaoru’s future.
Their perspectives and social class were also different. Yu Zhan was enjoying life while Liu Man was trying to survive life. She would never feel Yu Zhan’s freedom of treating life as a game, and Yu Zhan would never be able to feel her difficulty of having to be an ant in society.
They could only share a mutual understanding when some day in the future, Liu Man could stand on the same level as Yu Zhan.
“I’m not doing this just for myself but also for Xiaoru. Maybe I can comfortably enjoy your protection, but Xiaoru might be reluctant to accept your aid. From how I know her, if she owes you such a huge favor, she would be thinking about how she can return the favor every day. How can she possibly return the favor to you?” Liu Man’s voice sounded bitter. She knew Yu Zhan must have the ability to help both of them. No matter in the modern era or the ancient past, she had always been so trivial. She could only hate herself for being so weak that she couldn’t protect herself and Li Xiaoru.
Li Xiaoru was like Liu Man; they both distinguish hate and love easily. They didn’t like owing people things, nor did they like owing favors. To put it bluntly, Liu Man didn’t want to owe Yu Zhan a favor either. Even if they were a couple, she couldn’t enjoy anything from the other person if she didn’t deserve it.
“If we can solve it by ourselves, then let us try first. Okay?” Liu Man requested Yu Zhan.
Yu Zhan felt very uncomfortable. Liu Man considered her dignity too important and had too many thoughts of her own.
This was the first time he experienced the real definition of “matching each other”, a phrase that was commonly brought up by his family and elders when he was young. The hand he used to hold the phone tightened and loosened as if he was making some huge decision before he said, “I respect you two. Even if the sky falls, I will hold it up for you.”
Although he said that, this time, he would not stand by!
Translated by: Sydney
Vandez Translations 