In the principal's office, the secretary poured tea for Lin Tian and He Qianqian. Wu Guangxi sat eagerly to the side, saying, "Come, come, come... This is top-quality Tieguanyin tea, I usually can't bear to drink it myself."
Lin Tian pulled He Qianqian to sit on the other side. He wasn't buying Wu Guangxi's enthusiasm and said with a still frosty face, "Principal Wu, you said we're here to discuss a solution, not to make small talk. Besides, we aren't that close."
"..." Wu Guangxi.
"Hehe..." Meeting a cold shoulder with a warm face, Wu Guangxi gave an awkward laugh and took a small sip of tea by himself.
As for Fan Jian, he was standing. The principal didn't offer him a seat and he didn't dare to sit. Although he was a vice-principal, the principal's rank was higher than his and it was intimidating.
Fan Jian looked at Lin Tian with eyes filled with resentment. This bastard had made him lose face today, hitting him in front of so many students.
"Principal, this is a misunderstanding. I've been working hard and diligently. When they came to fill out the postgraduate study forms today, I only said a few words and he started hitting me. You must uphold justice for me." The evildoer complained first, positioning himself as an innocent and victimized person right away.
"Hehe..." Upon hearing this, Lin Tian didn't speak. He just sneered, curious to see what tricks Wu Guangxi and Fan Jian were planning to pull.
"Shut your mouth, do you think I don't know what kind of person you are?" To Lin Tian's surprise, Wu Guangxi didn't side with Fan Jian. Upon hearing Fan Jian's words, he immediately scolded him, effectively silencing Fan Jian from speaking further.
"Hehe... I've got a fairly good idea of what happened. As for student He's postgraduate application, we will definitely handle it fairly. You can rest assured about that, Lin," Wu Guangxi said with a smile. "If you have any requests, feel free to state them. As long as it's within my power, I will do my utmost to help."
"Old fox." Lin Tian inwardly cursed after hearing Wu Guangxi's words. This guy talked so much without really saying anything—what did they consider 'fair handling'? And this whole spiel about doing whatever he can—what exactly can you do?
Such vague concepts—if I make a request and you say you can't do it, whom am I supposed to appeal to?
"Hehe... The principal is truly wise," Lin Tian said this time, adopting a smiling face. "This asshole harassed my girlfriend, and I'm certainly not going to let that slide. As for my demands, they're not high; just allow my girlfriend to pass the postgraduate examination directly and let her take on a teaching position at Wu'an University. Oh, and make sure it's not as a trainee teacher, but an official one."
"Mhm, we will certainly penalize Vice-Principal Fan for this matter. Don't worry about that. But to let He Qianqian directly pass the postgraduate exam… that, that's a bit difficult," Wu Guangxi responded affirmatively at first, then his face showed difficulty. "Although I am the principal, this kind of blatant cheating is really not something I can condone."
"Just name a figure," Lin Tian said, tired of Wu Guangxi's evasiveness, cutting straight to the point.
"This, this..." Upon hearing Lin Tian's directness, Wu Guangxi was at a loss for words. If Lin Tian had been willing to go in circles with him, Wu was already planning on how to make Lin Tian give up something in return.
But plans can't always keep up with changes, and now he didn't know what figure to name.
Indeed, from the start, Wu Guangxi never intended to truly help Lin Tian. Calling him to the office was just to avoid tarnishing the school's reputation.
"One hundred thousand," Lin Tian said, cutting through Wu Guangxi's hesitance by throwing out a figure.
"Student Lin Tian... "
"One million." After a pause, Lin Tian raised the amount, multiplying it by ten.
"Hiss..." Wu Guangxi gasped in shock, his eyes flashing decisively without any further hesitation. "Leave this matter to me, Lin Tian, I'll make sure it's handled perfectly."
In truth, Wu Guangxi had already agreed at one hundred thousand, just intending to express it more subtly. But Lin Tian misinterpreted his intention and raised the amount again. Where would Wu dare to hesitate now? Although he wondered if Lin Tian might raise the price to ten million, he didn't dare gamble. What if Lin Tian got angry and backed out?
He wouldn't get a dime then—who would he cry to?
Fan Jian, standing to the side and hearing Lin Tian callously naming high prices, was left wide-eyed and tongue-tied, crying internally.
Ni ma, if you were so rich, why didn't you say so earlier? If I knew, I would've treated you like a lord and taken good care of you. Why would I have bullied you two?
Can't you survive without pretending to be someone you're not? His regrets turned his intestines green, but now he didn't dare utter a single word.
"I hope you'll keep your word." Hearing Wu Guangxi agree, Lin Tian didn't even blink. After giving his account number, a million was transferred over.
To others, this might be money they couldn't earn in a lifetime, but to him it was just a number. It didn't even amount to a drop in the bucket for him.
After leaving the principal's office, Lin Tian took He Qianqian on a walk around the campus.
He Qianqian, tenderly holding Lin Tian's arm, said, "The principal already said she would ensure a fair graduate entrance exam; you really didn't need to spend so much money."
"Hehe… It's fine, I'm willing to spend money on you, no matter how much it is, it's worth it." Lin Tian said with a smile, because this amount of money truly wasn't a big deal to him.
"Mhm." He Qianqian softly acknowledged, her face revealing a blissful expression. Before she had met Lin Tian, she would never have dreamed of ending up with her student, but now that they were together, she didn't regret it at all.
Looking at the man younger than herself, all she felt in her heart was a growing sweetness.
The principal had already agreed that He Qianqian could start teaching at the school the next day, and even let her teach in Lin Tian's class, thus bringing the matter to a satisfying close.
Afterward, since He Qianqian had to prepare for tomorrow's lessons, she went to study in advance, leaving Lin Tian to attend classes alone.
However, after He Qianqian left, Lin Tian didn't go to the classroom but instead left the school, as he planned to buy a villa.
Always living in a rental had made him somewhat uncomfortable, especially after Li Dong's incident, which had left him with a sense of suspicion.
In the past, he could make do when there wasn't enough money, but now that he had money, naturally, he wanted the best. Buying a high-end villa with good security would allow Bu Mengting and He Qianqian to feel much safer when they were home alone.
Although he was very confident in his own abilities, he couldn't be in two places at once, and there were always times he couldn't look after both of them.
Autumn Sadness Villa Sales Office.
After searching Baidu for the most secure villa area in Wu'an City, Lin Tian finally set his sights on this place.
Autumn Sadness Villa was one of the most upscale villa communities in Wu'an City. The security guards employed here were all from Zhongnanhai, each with impressive abilities, capable of taking on ten ordinary people single-handedly.
Of course, correspondingly, the villa prices here were also expensive, with the cheapest villa costing tens of millions.
In the end, Lin Tian chose a villa that had the best location and environment.
The price reached an astonishing ninety-nine million nine hundred ninety thousand. This amount made Lin Tian click his tongue, but in the end, he still bought it. Thinking of the ten billion that the Zhang Family had to compensate him, Lin Tian felt very smug and said, "Brother isn't short of money, brother is wealthy."
Just after leaving the villa community, Lin Tian came to a crossroads. Suddenly, he felt a twitch at the center of his forehead, and a premonition of danger emerged instinctively. Without any hesitation, he immediately activated his "Neural Response Speed" superpower, and his body turned into an afterimage as he left the spot instantly.
"Boom!"
Just as he vacated the spot, two large trucks collided from the opposite ends of the crossroad where he had stood, creating a deafening noise that startled Lin Tian.
Even with his superpowers, such an impact would have spelled the end for him.
"I told you this wouldn't work, those useless people from the Li Family insisted on making such a spectacle, as stupid as pigs." A woman stepped out from behind the large trucks, dressed in a red dress that was dazzling to behold, and her sensuous lips were painted with red lipstick, giving off the aura of a queen.
"Lin Tian, long time no see." The woman said while looking at Lin Tian.
"Zhang Ya." Lin Tian looked at the woman in astonishment, never expecting it to be her. His expression turned cautious; Zhang Ya was different from ordinary people, possessing superpowers just like him.
"Hehe… Surprised to see me, are you?" Zhang Ya, seeing Lin Tian's astonished face, was very pleased. With her red lips parting slightly, she revealed a proud smile and said, "So, have you decided you want to be my man? To become my plaything? To kneel under my skirt?"
"Tch…" At those words, Lin Tian looked at her disdainfully. "You're still so full of yourself. I've said it before, Lin Tian's woman can't be an ugly one, especially not an old woman. How can you not recognize your own worth? While you still have some assets, you should hurry up and find a seventy or eighty-year-old rich man to marry, oh, and I forgot to say, he must be very rich, so that when he dies, you can take all of his wealth."
"Ah… You dare call me old." Hearing Lin Tian's words, Zhang Ya immediately became furious, looking at Lin Tian with a ferocious expression. "Today, I'm going to catch you and make you the man under my skirt; I'll make your life worse than death."
No woman likes to hear others call her old or ugly, and although Zhang Ya wasn't old, now that Lin Tian had called her old and ugly, it sent her into a frenzy.
Her body disappeared from the spot and then instantly reappeared in front of Lin Tian, a fierce punch aimed directly at his abdomen.
"Thump!" Faced with Zhang Ya's sudden appearance, Lin Tian couldn't react in time, and her punch landed squarely, sending his body flying with immense force.