Chapter 188 : The Hallmaster Wants to Get Married Off 4 (1/2)

‘Both of those things?!’ Zhong Shiyi completely lost patience for this girl and her boundless arrogance. ‘Do you think you’ll be able to stand at the top of the world just because you say you will?!

Of the numerous experts in the Nine Provinces, none would dare to call themselves the best!’

“That’s a great ambition, Yaoguang!” Hobo Uncle glanced at Shi Sheng with an expression of gratification. “Believe in yourself! I know you can do it!”

Shi Sheng, “…” ‘Don’t wanna look at this Hobo Uncle anymore…’

“Ye Tiannan, you’re going to ruin her prospects if you continue like this.” Zhong Shiyi was very unsupportive of Ye Tiannan’s educational methods. Even if she used her talent to the fullest, she would have no self-restraint. People like that didn’t live very long in the Nine Provinces.

“You just worry about yourself, you old fogey! How I teach my students is none of your business!” Hobo Uncle humphed.

“Ignorant!” Zhong Shiyi uttered a cold harrumph before speaking to Qin Langyue, “You okay, lass? Did he bully you? Don’t be afraid to tell me. You’re my disciple now; I’ll help you redress any grievances.”

Qin Langyue glanced at Shi Sheng and then at Hobo Uncle, and after quite a while, she shook her head. “No.”

“Don’t fear them! Ye Tiannan doesn’t own the academy!” But Zhong Shiyi thought it was because Qin Langyue was too frightened to admit the truth, so he spoke with greater force.

“Teacher,” Shi Sheng declared with an expression of ridicule, “Junior has already said we didn’t bully her, yet you want to pressure her into saying we did? Do you think all these people are blind? This isn’t the right way to frame others!”

Zhong Shiyi’s expression changed slightly. ‘I didn’t mean it that way! How’d she come to that conclusion?!’

The new students who’d been called out didn’t know whether they should stand witness or keep quiet. After all, this matter seemed very precarious.

“How vicious of you, old fogey!” Hobo Uncle seemed to have been enlightened as he flew into a rage. “Well bring it on! Gonna pummel you till you can’t tell east from west!”

Shi Sheng didn’t know if Zhong Shiyi ended up not being able to tell east from west after the fight, but she sure as hell knew Hobo Uncle couldn’t.

“Yaoguang, you have to work hard! In the future–hsst be gentler, it hurts–in the future, you have to beat that old fogey to death! How infuriating!”

Shi Sheng pretended to not hear his words as she helped him apply medicine.

‘What an idiot… picking a fight you know you can’t win! With a teacher like this, it’s no wonder Shen Yaoguang had a penchant for courting death…’

“Yaoguang, you’re my hope! Don’t disappoint me!” Hobo Uncle gazed at Shi Sheng expectantly.

Shi Sheng’s lip twitched. “I know I won’t disappoint you… but you’d have to still be alive to see it!” ‘Stop courting death already!’

“Damn girl, how could you say that? How would I die before that old fogey?” Hobo Uncle’s expression became stern.

“Hard to say.”

‘FL-sama’s got cheats, you know. If this fellow continues provoking her, he’s not far from logging off for good…’

“Dammit girl!” Hobo Uncle threw a cup from the table at Shi Sheng. “Can’t you believe in me for once?”

Shi Sheng turned her head to dodge the incoming projectile and calmly stared at Ye Tiannan. ‘How am I supposed to believe a guy who starts fights with Zhong Shiyi the second they cross paths?’

Shi Sheng swallowed back the mocking words that were on the tip of her tongue.

……

Reality proved that trouble was an avid fan of most female leads.

This was apparent by how the minute she’d departed from Ye Tiannan’s residence, Shi Sheng almost immediately heard others gossiping about the confrontation between Qin Langyue and Third Prince.

The hierarchy of power in the Nine Provinces was… complicated. All kinds of factions ruled over their own little kingdoms, with a few powerful clans dominating over the rest. The imperial clan was supposed to be the ruling family, however, it was gradually losing influence.

In the last century, no prince with innate talent had been born, causing the position of the imperial clan to become quite precarious. But just as their morale was starting to crumble, Third Prince was born.

His talent was comparable to Shen Yaoguang’s, and they’d always been touted as a match made in heaven.

…Except he was already engaged. To Qin Langyue.