Chapter 591 (2/2)

Zhao Youyue smiled slightly. Her smile had a sense of alienation. It was as if she had seen through everything. She casually said, “Your subordinate? Is that so? I’m not sure who, but a very diligent member of yours has been recording my actions of coming back to the dormitory late at night, countless times. I think that such a responsible disciplinary member is truly praiseworthy. It’s something worth mentioning. Maybe you should give that person a little more work to do.”

The lively dining table went quiet at once. Some of the big bosses looked like they were excited about the upcoming drama. Lady Zhao was clearly not going to let Qiao Fei off the hook that easily. Well, she was Lady Zhao. She was such an influential person. She had been forced to live in harsh conditions in the girls’ dormitory, even though she had properties in every high-end residential area in the Jiangnan Province. She could even choose to live in a five-star hotel’s presidential suite every day – there would be no pressure at all!

Moreover, her words had been so cleverly placed that nobody would take them seriously. What did she mean by giving that person a little more work? It was clear that she wanted Qiao Fei to expel that discipline member who had deliberately tried to get her in trouble. Discharging that person would be the only acceptable option. If a missy like Zhao Youyue was willing to be friends with Qiao Fei just because the woman had punished herself with three glasses of wine, she was way too easy to bully.

The truth could not be any further away. Whether on campus or in society, she was nobility. The law itself made it its best interests to keep nobility pleased.

Qiao Fei was a little embarrassed. She felt a little humiliated, but there was nothing she could do. She had brought this upon herself. When she was just on the cusp of being the President of the Student Council, she had grown too full of herself. Hence, she had naively thought that Zhao Youyue would have no power here. This had only earned her a merciless slap in the face…

If she really became the President of the Student Council, then she might still be able to reverse the situation. She could come up with more tricks to trouble the Lady enough to earn her respect. As of now, she could do nothing but make minor sacrifices to safeguard her greater interests.

However, she suddenly thought of a particular, low-ranking member of the Discipline Inspection Department. Just the thought of it ticked her off. This person was Bai Yunshan.

This disciplinary member had no idea what flexibility was. She got everyone, everything into all sorts of trouble. She was too responsible for her own good, even so far as to check on the important, whitelisted figures. Even so, she was rather popular. She had quickly earned the respect of all the fresh faces in the Discipline Inspection Department. For some reason, many actually believed that Bai Yunshan was the ideal candidate to succeed Qiao Fei. After all, the both of them were similarly “inflexibly fair and just”…

Qiao Fei truly hated inflexible, ignorant robots like Bai Yunshan. So, she said, “That insensible disciplinary member you’re talking about is Bai Yunshan. She’s also a freshman. Her jealousy for you might have overwhelmed her senses. She must be trying to orchestrate your downfall. Well, not just yours. Students who don’t follow the rules by the book are constantly hogged by her. Things are out of control there. Such a person should not be part of the Student Council’s Discipline Inspection Department.”

When Qiao Fei said this, she gave Lady Zhao a hopeful look. She waited for Lady Zhao to approve of Bai Yunshan’s expulsion – the thorn in her flesh.

Lady Zhao only smiled faintly.

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Translation note :

[1] The “eight-legged essay” (八股文) was a style of essay writing that needed to be used to pass the imperial examinations during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

[2] “Zhang Juzheng” (张居正) courtesy name Shuda, pseudonym Taiyue, was a Chinese reformer and statesman who served as Grand Secretary in the late Ming dynasty during the reigns of the Longqing and Wanli emperors.