Chapter 235: Chapter 154: Of Course, I’ll Shoulder Everything for Him

"Old Dean, hang in there! You have to hang in there!" Xiao Gan shouted emotionally, his face a mask of utter grief.

Si Jingping definitely had to hang in there. If he didn’t, how could he get Dean Song to give in?

The pair’s terrible acting made Shu Yao laugh.

’And someone actually fell for it!’

"Quick, call the school doctor!"

A nervous-looking Song Xiaoxing immediately took out his Light Brain, about to call the school infirmary, but then he heard Shu Yao say:

"The Old Dean is just messing with your dad. I’ll go take a look."

Watching her back, Song Xiaoxing felt a strange sense of calm and breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Zhenxiang said, "It’s probably still better to call the school doctor."

Song Xiaoxing casually stuffed his hands into his pants pockets. "Sister Yao can handle it."

Li Hancheng nodded in firm agreement. ’Sister Yao saved my life!’

Si Jingping and Xiao Gan were so engrossed in their performance that they didn’t notice Shu Yao approaching.

Until Shu Yao’s voice rang out:

"Old Dean, do you really have to go this far?"

’Yaoyao!’

"Old Dean, just hold on a little longer," Xiao Gan whispered to Si Jingping, then looked at Shu Yao. "What are you doing here?"

"A friend invited me to hang out." Shu Yao waved at Song Xiaoxing.

Following her wave, Si Jingping sat up and laughed in surprise. "You’ve already infiltrated the enemy’s ranks!"

’Just as expected of the promising talent I have my eye on!’

"Old Dean," Xiao Gan reminded him in a low voice.

Si Jingping glanced at the baffled Dean Song, then clutched his chest and fell back, giving a convulsive twitch.

Shu Yao touched her nose, amused and exasperated. "Old Dean, you were a Commander-in-Chief, after all. There’s no need for this. I’m already quite exceptional. Whether I go to the Agricultural College or the Military Academy, it’s really just icing on the cake for me."

Xiao Gan was speechless. ’This is the first time I’ve ever met someone who can say something like that without a hint of embarrassment.’

’So shameless.’

Si Jingping sat up again. "In that case, why don’t you just give up on the Agricultural College and come straight to our Military Academy? I can even get you out of the unified examination!"

"I still have things I want to do."

Hearing her insistence on the Agricultural College, Si Jingping sighed with regret, then lay back down to continue his performance.

"AHEM, AHEM." Xiao Gan cleared his throat suggestively, then held out a hand to Shu Yao.

"Oh, right." Shu Yao placed a small, felted wool toy in his palm. "I promised last time that I’d give you another one when I saw you again."

To prevent too many people from discovering his peculiar hobby, Xiao Gan quickly pocketed the toy.

Suddenly, a student from the Agricultural College came running over, looking frantic.

"Dean Song, the seedlings in our greenhouse—they’re all dead!"

Upon hearing this, Dean Song’s face went pale with shock, looking even more panicked than when he’d seen Si Jingping clutch his chest and collapse. He abandoned Si Jingping and Xiao Gan, running after the student toward the greenhouse.

Xiao Gan helped Si Jingping up. "Old Dean, he’s gone."

Si Jingping stopped twitching and removed the hand from his chest. Watching the retreating figure of Dean Song, his eyes filled with indignation. "That Song Yinghe has gone too far! Am I, Si Jingping, really less important to him than a bunch of unripe seedlings?!"

’Seems so,’ Xiao Gan thought.

"Let’s go. We’ll go have a look." After standing up, Si Jingping kept half his weight leaning on Xiao Gan. "Xiao Gan, support me. If I find out he deliberately made up an excuse to leave, I’m going to make him pay today!"

’Who else but the Old Dean could talk about extortion so righteously?’

Shu Yao also followed them to the greenhouse.

’What a coincidence.’

She, Ke Dancheng, and Song Xiaoxing had been to this very greenhouse just yesterday.

When they arrived at the greenhouse and learned the seedlings had all been poisoned, Song Xiaoxing looked terrified. He realized this was most likely related to the Poisonous Tree Seeds he had buried in the soil.

"Check the records! Find out who has been to this greenhouse in the last two days!"

Hearing his father’s furious roar, Song Xiaoxing trembled violently. His face instantly paled, and his breathing became erratic.

Shu Yao noticed his strange reaction. "What’s wrong?"

Song Xiaoxing’s eyes immediately reddened. "I’m screwed. I buried the Poisonous Tree Seeds here yesterday. But I didn’t know... that they would poison the crops! I just wanted the seeds to absorb nutrients from the soil and sprout faster... If my dad finds out I did this, he’ll definitely fail me in today’s interview!"

Lin Zhenxiang’s voice was gentle and sweet. "You didn’t know what would happen. Dean Song is your father, after all. As long as you explain it to him properly, I’m sure he’ll forgive you."

Her words didn’t soothe Song Xiaoxing at all; instead, he grew even more panicked and lost.

Miraculously, upon hearing Shu Yao’s voice, he was instantly calmed.

"It’s fine," Shu Yao said. "The suspicion won’t fall on you."

"Sister Yao, do you have a plan?" Song Xiaoxing pinned his hopes on her.

Shu Yao didn’t answer, asking instead, "Where did you bury the seeds?"

Song Xiaoxing couldn’t remember the exact spot. With his mind in a jumble, he could only point out a general area.

Shu Yao said to the others around her, "You guys help rescue the seedlings. Go search for the seeds in that area, and don’t make a fuss when you find them."

Li Hancheng and the others nodded solemnly.

Song Xiaoxing also went to help personally.

Lin Zhenxiang didn’t help. Her exquisite outfit today wasn’t suitable for farm work.

She came to Shu Yao’s side and asked in a curious tone, "Sister Shu, how are you planning to help Dean Song’s son?"

"By taking all the blame for him, of course."

Shu Yao said it as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, but Lin Zhenxiang took it as a joke.

"Sister Shu, you’re quite the joker." Lin Zhenxiang scoffed inwardly. "Taking the fall for someone requires skill these days. You have no connection to this, so on what grounds can you take the blame for Song Xiaoxing?"

"On the grounds that I have the skill to take the fall." Shu Yao left her and walked up to Dean Song, who was checking the surveillance footage with a student. "No need to check. I did it."

"You..."

Seeing her confess so openly, Dean Song’s first instinct was disbelief.

Lin Zhenxiang came over as well. "Sister Shu, you’re not a student at the Agricultural College, and you’ve never been here before. How could you have destroyed these seedlings?"

Shu Yao glanced at her.

Lin Zhenxiang continued, "If you didn’t do it, don’t confess. Being a scapegoat isn’t fun."

Shu Yao said firmly, "I’m not being a scapegoat. I did it."

Lin Zhenxiang laughed. "Even if you want to get on Dean Song’s good side, you don’t have to do it like this."

Shu Yao ignored her and looked at Dean Song, who still seemed to be processing everything.

"I was here yesterday," she said. "After your son learned that I plan to apply for the Agricultural College, he brought me here for a tour."

"What?" Dean Song was skeptical.

Just then, the student checking the surveillance footage said, "Dean Song, she really is on the footage!"

Lin Zhenxiang was utterly astonished!

’This woman can even manage to successfully take the fall!’

Of course, the student had also seen Song Xiaoxing on the surveillance footage, but naturally, they would never suspect the dean’s own son of poisoning the seedlings!

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