Chapter 140 Greed
"Okay." Chu Ci did not reject Fan Jingrui's kindness, but he ate much faster than before.
Seeing this, Fan Qianxi and her two sisters also consciously sped up their eating.
However, even so, when Chu Ci and his group arrived, the entrance of the academy was surrounded by Qi Ya's parents and villagers.
Moreover, their unreasonable voices could be heard from a distance: "We are Qiya's parents, we have the right to change people. Let Qiya come out——"
"Why do you only accept girls? Our boys also want to go to school!"
"Yes, yes, we also want to learn how to grow peppers and make money!"
"This academy belongs to everyone. We can't just let girls in!"
Each of their faces was filled with greed and arrogance. They did not care about the rules and order of the academy at all and only wanted to take advantage.
The disgust in Chu Ci's eyes disappeared in an instant. She waved her sleeves and shouted loudly: "Where are the guards?"
As Chu Ci's order was given, the guards who had been hiding in the dark appeared at the entrance of the academy with wooden sticks in their hands, forming a solid line of defense.
Seeing this scene, all the villagers who were shouting just now, except Qiya's parents, took a few steps back involuntarily.
The incident happened so hastily that the greed on these people's faces had not yet dissipated, and fear must have already surged into their hearts. Therefore, in Chu Ci's eyes, these people's faces looked extremely distorted.
At this moment, Chu Ci spoke. Her voice was not loud, but it carried a kind of majesty that could not be ignored: "Who just said that the 'Future Women's College' is yours?"
As Chu Ci spoke, her eyes slowly swept through the crowd. Everyone whose gaze touched lowered their heads unconsciously, not daring to look her in the eye.
"Stand up!" Chu Ci's voice sounded again, and this time, her tone was a little more severe.
There was a commotion in the crowd, and after a moment, a burly man stood up. His face was a little uneasy and embarrassed, but he still said, "I said it."
Chu Ci looked at him, his eyes expressionless. "What makes you say that the 'Future Women's College' is yours?"
The man opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but ultimately nothing came out. His face grew redder and redder, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Do you know who built this college? Do you know the significance of this college?" Chu Ci's voice was not loud, but every word was sonorous and powerful.
The man lowered his head, not daring to look Chu Ci in the eye. He knew he had said the wrong thing, but it was too late to regret it now.
The villagers who came with him also felt the same regret.
At first they thought they could rely on their numbers to force the academy to submit, but when faced with Chu Ci's tough attitude and the appearance of the guards, their momentum disappeared in an instant and they began to feel fear.
They realized that they might have provoked someone they shouldn't have provoked, so they retreated and dared not take another step.
Only Qiya's mother, pushed hard by her husband, said, suppressing her fear, "I... I'm Qiya's mother. I heard... I heard that Qiya is in your college, and we're here to take her back."
However, when Qi Ya's father heard his wife only mentioned taking his daughter away, he couldn't help but feel very upset.
He glared at his wife fiercely, complaining in his heart, "You useless woman, you only want to take our daughter away. What about our son?"
However, he dared not show any expression on the surface, being a complete bully.
Qi Ya's mother could sense her husband's temper, so she lowered her head and dared not look him in the eye.
Chu Ci frowned slightly upon witnessing this scene, but did not try to dissuade her from resisting. He simply said, "I founded this academy to allow more women to receive an education and thereby have the opportunity to change their destinies. Now, do you still wish to bring your daughter back?"
"I..." Qiya's mother hesitated.
However, how could her husband allow the woman in the family to be superior to him? So when Qi Ya's mother was about to speak, her husband hit her hard in the private part of her waist.
Qiya's mother was immediately terrified. "Our family is poor, and we can't afford the tuition."
Chu Ci had imagined this ending countless times in his mind, but he felt really uncomfortable.
But Chu Ci cannot drag the entire "Women's College" into the quagmire because of Qi Ya.
"Whoever is quick can go in and bring Qiya out." With Linglong's help, Chu Ci spread his voice throughout the entire campus.
"I don't want to go back. Teacher Caiwei, you must help me, help me!"
In the duty room, when Qi Ya heard Chu Ci's voice, her heart was suddenly filled with fear and helplessness. Her body trembled involuntarily, and her hands tightly grasped the corner of Teacher Caiwei's clothes, as if she had grasped the last straw.
Although Caiwei did not understand Chuci's meaning, she firmly believed that Chuci had his own plans and that he would not sit idly by and watch Qiya sink.
However, she wouldn't let that stop her from thinking: "Calm down, absolutely calm down. Think carefully about the circumstances under which your father would abandon you. Or what do your parents care about most?"
Qiya's determination to come to the "Women's College" alone shows that she is not a coward or a person who will just sit there and wait for death. "Daddy loves my eldest brother the most."
However, as soon as these words came out, Caiwei immediately shook her head. "Can you beat your elder brother?"
Qiya's eyes dimmed for a moment. After a long pause, she said, "Second sister was actually expelled from the Governor's Mansion by the eldest daughter because she offended someone. She didn't tell Mother about it because she was afraid it would worry her."
"Your second sister's name in the governor's mansion is Yun Guo?" When the sisters of the Shi family entered school, there was a lot of commotion. Chu Ci even paid attention to Yun Guo's treatment.
But later I heard that Yunguo had returned to her old home and was living a good life, so I forgot about it.
Caiwei then looked at Qiya with a questioning look in her eyes: "Did Yunguo ask you to come?"
After hearing Caiwei's question, Qiya realized that her worries had come true.
Her eyes revealed deep despair, and tears welled up in her eyes, as if they would burst out at any moment.
But she still restrained herself: "That's not the case. My second sister didn't agree with me coming at first. But she couldn't resist my pleading and even threatened Daddy with her affairs at the critical moment. This is what my second sister told me."
"Then..." Although Caiwei believed what Qi Ya said, she didn't dare to make any more random suggestions. She was about to say a few perfunctory words to delay time.
Shuang Rui, who had been performing Qinggong all the way, knocked on the door: "Caiwei, the young mistress asked you to take someone out——"
Caiwei breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. She immediately took Qiya's hands and said, "Don't be afraid. As long as you're willing, there's always a way. Let's go out first. They are your parents after all."
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