Xua Ying Yue wanted to refuse, she only helped Old Master Gu on a whim and not because she wanted to become the caretaker of his plants but before she could refuse, she heard the Old Master say, " Hundred yuan, help me revive this begonia and the rest. I will ask for nothing more."
A hundred yuan? Xua Ying Yue's eyes flickered as she looked at the dying begonia. In her current situation, she truly needed the money which was why she could not help but consider the offer which was given to her by Old Master Gu. With her eyes flickering she asked, " Are you sure, old master Gu? A hundred yuan is too much for saving a begonia which is dying, what if I fail?"
" If you fail then you fail, I only want to try everything that I can to save this begonia," sighed Old Master Gu as he glanced at the withering plant with a reminiscent look in his eyes. " You might find me foolish but this is something that I wish to do for my daughter, after all, I owe her this much."
As he spoke, his expression twisted into that of grief and Xua Ying Yue sighed before saying, " Very well, I will help you revive it but in case it dies, don't blame me because I have nothing to do with it." She was still learning about plants and was yet to work on them, in case the theory that she learned from different books did not work then she did not wish to be blamed.
" I won't, I won't. Don't worry, I am a man of my word, since I said that I will pay you hundred yuan for saving this plant then I will definitely honour my promise and in case you fail, I will not say a word about it either," Old Master Gu nodded at once as he agreed with the little girl who was looking at him with those eyes that lacked empathy.
' The more I look at her, the more she reminds me of my son-in-law. He used to be like this as well when he did not marry that smiling fool.'
" Very well, then I will come and look for you after the college is over," Xua Ying Yue told Old Master Gu with a bow she turned on her heels and then headed towards the college leaving the old Master Gu to shake his head behind her.
" She truly is too stiff, no wonder that jerk likes to tease her," He commented when he remembered how his grandson often go around pushing the buttons of Xua Ying Yue every time he saw her.
Xua Ying Yue did not have any idea about what was going on in the head of Old Master Gu, with an aim in her head, she headed straight towards the college where she realized that many boys in her classroom were looking at her with a frown.
She arched a brow but she did not say anything to them since they wanted to look at her with a frown then they were welcome to look at her all they wanted.
" Ying Yue, you are Ying Yue, right?" As she placed her bag on the table where she usually sat, Xua Ying Yue heard a boy speak up behind her. She paused but then continued her actions before turning to look at the boy and replied, " I am afraid yes. But why are you confirming my name—— are you doing a survey?"
Her tone was detached and cold which made the boy's face turn pink in embarrassment as he pursed his lips. For a few minutes, he simply glared at Xua Ying Yue who was standing in front of him with an impatient look on her face.
" I heard that you bullied Qi Qing and Fan Jiayi. Is that true?"
Xua Ying Yue arched a brow and then asked in a cold voice, " Who told you that? Did you see it for yourself?"
The boy's expression turned even more embarrassed if possible, he licked his lips and then said, " Qi Qing told me that you were the one who harmed her. She has no reason to lie !"
" Oh?" Xua Ying Yue blinked her eyes as she took a step forward toward the boy causing him to take a step backwards. " But my point still remains, if you do not have any evidence to prove that I was the one who bullied her then I am afraid that you are slandering me. I can take you to the red tail army if you continue to insist that I did something when I did not," her voice suddenly turned stern as she looked at the classroom with a cold glare in her eyes, which caused many boys and girls to take a deep breath as they looked away.
When no one stepped forward to support the boy who just blamed Xua Ying Yue, his expression turned grim as he turned and looked at his friends and said, "You all… why are you silent now? Did you not agree with Qi Qing earlier? Comrade Qi needs your support, how can you take a step back like this all of a sudden?"
" It's not that we want to take a step back, Mo Han but comrade Xua is also right. We don't have any evidence to back up that she was the one who bullied comrade Qi, if we speak without evidence then it will consider as slander," a boy behind Mo Han tried to diffuse the tension in the classroom by speaking up for Xua Ying Yue.
" Shut up, what do you know…she must have done it——"
" And why would I do it?" Xua Ying Yue questioned interrupting Mo Han who was bent on speaking up for Qi Qing. " Is she prettier than me? I guess not, is she smarter than me? I am afraid not, I scored a perfect score of 750 in the college entrance exams, did she? I am the top scorer of S city, Xua Ying Yue, if you do not trust me go and check it up on the site. So what does she have for me to bully her?"