Chapter 371 : Green Plum Meets Wine 22 (1/2)

Today, Shi Sheng unexpectedly didn’t see Yu Jiu after school ended. After waiting at the gates for a while, she was about to go home on her own when a golden-haired foreigner blocked her path.

Shi Sheng remembered him. It was the foreigner who wanted to speak to Yu Jiu at the event.

“Ms Sheng.” The foreigner spoke in stilted Chinese. “I want to talk to you. Can I?”

“About what?”

The foreigner checked the surroundings. His appearance had attracted a lot of attention. Adding on to the fact that Shi Sheng was a(n) (in)famous bad student (who was already dating people to boot), even more people paid attention and pointed at him.

“Ms Sheng, can we find somewhere with less people?”

Shi Sheng gave him a look.

“I hold no malice!” The foreigner immediately raised his hands.

Shi Sheng’s lips curled up in a smile. ‘If you knew I was the one who called the police that time, would you still hold no malice?’

Shi Sheng brought the foreigner to a more remote location within the school.

“What is it?”

The foreigner scanned their surroundings before speaking. “It’s like this, Ms Sheng: Mr Yu has confiscated a batch of our goods, but they’re not our goods. We’re just an intermediary. So we wanted you to put in a good word for us with Mr Yu. We can offer good conditions.”

“What does he do?”

The foreigner was confused. “Who?”

“Yu Jiu.”

“Er… Mr Yu didn’t tell you?” The foreigner was even more befuddled now. ‘Since he didn’t tell this Ms Sheng, why’d he get us to look for her?!’

Shi Sheng revealed a slight smile as she started tricking the foreigner. “He worries for me, so he never tells me, but I’m curious. Besides, if you don’t tell me, how am I supposed to help you guys?”

After some thought, the foreigner felt it made sense. Still, he pondered over it a bit further before leaning closer to whisper in Shi Sheng’s ear.

She narrowed her eyes. ‘Looks like I underestimated that idiot.’

Shi Sheng got the foreigner to give her a contact number. She didn’t say whether she would help them or not.

When she got home, Yu Jiu wasn’t there.

Shi Sheng frowned slightly. ‘Where’s this fellow gotten off to?’

Over the next couple of days, she still didn’t see him. The foreigner came to ask her once again, and Shi Sheng merely told him that Yu Jiu hadn’t agreed yet.

The foreigner was a bit suspicious. Yu Jiu used to pick her up after school, but the foreigner hadn’t seen him while he was hanging out in the area the past few days. So where had he gone?

After not seeing Yu Jiu for several days in a row, students started guessing whether Shi Sheng had been dumped.

All sorts of rumours arose.

Shi Sheng was even summoned to the Principal’s office for a chat.

The Principal was a bald, portly man sporting glasses and a stern expression as he counselled Shi Sheng.

“Student Sheng Xia, your job now is to study, not get into romantic relationships. Once you’ve gotten into a good university, it’ll be no one’s business who you get involved with. But look at your current grades! How are you going to get into university like th—”

“I wasn’t planning to.” Shi Sheng retorted.

The Principal felt anger lodging in his throat as he stood up, slapping the desk. “What’re you going to do if you don’t attend university?! If you don’t study now, what’re you going to do once you enter society?!”

“Inherit the family business ah.” Shi Sheng spoke with a matter-of-fact expression. ‘Sheng Xia’s parents left her a large company too, not just liquid assets.’

And it was comparable to the Long Family’s ownings, so why would she want to attend university? She’d have no problem just being a CEO-in-name and enjoying the rest of her life!

“Inheriting the family business?” The Principal’s expression turned odd for a bit, before quickly reverting to its previous sternness. “Even if you have a family business to inherit, you at least need to have some knowledge. Do you think it’s that easy to be the boss? If you don’t learn now, it’ll be hard for you to do so in the future! People are very insidious—if you don’t develop some skills, you won’t even know when others are scheming against you!”