Douluo Continent: Narration Modified, Plot Begins to Collapse

Chapter 192 Keeping a Mistress in a Golden House? The Mistress Offered Herself to Him

"Please, please wait a moment."

Bai Yu coughed twice, and Gu Qingbo stopped what she was doing, looking at Bai Yu with a somewhat blank expression.

I'm ready to sacrifice myself for the greater good, and you're telling me to stop? Am I not charming enough?

"What's wrong? Don't you like my style?"

Gu Qingbo spoke softly, using the tone of a neighborly older sister comforting a younger brother.

Bai Yu was somewhat helpless. He didn't mind someone throwing themselves at him, but there was someone else lying under the bed, so he needed to figure out the situation first.

Shouldn't we do it one at a time?

"I"

Just as Bai Yu was about to speak, there was another knock on the door.

Gu Qingbo was startled. Before Bai Yu could speak, she opened the wardrobe and crawled inside, making a shushing gesture to him.

Bai Yu: "."

Having given up all hope, he numbly walked over and opened the door. Yu Hairou, with a good figure but a delicate expression, stood in the doorway and said softly:

"Bai Yu, I need to talk to you."

As she spoke, she walked in by herself and closed the door.

Bai Yu stood silently by the door, watching her sit on the edge of the bed, her hands on her knees, biting her lower lip as she said:

"Our college has many wounded soldiers who need a lot of money for treatment. Can you sponsor us?"

Bai Yu remained silent.

Seeing his silence, Yu Hairou thought he was unwilling, and a stiff look flashed across her face, but she still gritted her teeth and reached out her hand.

"We...we can talk this over."

Just then, the knocking on the door started again and again.

Bai Yu: "."

He was completely speechless.

Yu Hairou was startled and quickly crawled into the wardrobe.

As soon as she crawled inside, she saw a dark figure inside as well. Before she could speak, a hand covered her mouth.

The wardrobe door was closed, and the next second, before Bai Yu could open it, Shui Bing'er used her key to unlock the door and quietly walked in.

As the future successor of Tianshui Academy, getting a room key was incredibly easy for her. She was also very thoughtful; Bai Yu was definitely asleep at this hour. She could sneak in, lie down on the bed, and without doing anything, just start crying, and everyone would be drawn to her.

Then we can really get a good feel for Bai Yu.

That's what she thought, but as soon as she entered the door, she saw a dark figure standing by the door and was startled.

"What are you doing?"

Bai Yu asked quietly.

Shui Bing'er, who had been caught off guard, showed a flustered expression, but tried to remain calm and said:

"I...I went to the wrong room."

Damn it, Bai Yu is still awake! I miscalculated. Is he a night owl?

Just as Shui Bing'er was about to slip away, the wardrobe door was suddenly kicked open, and Gu Qingbo and Yu Hairou fell out together.

Shui Bing'er: "!!!"

Gu Qingbo and Yu Hairou: "."

Shui Bing'er suddenly looked at Bai Yu, her eyes filled with hostility, and said:

"What did you do to them?!"

Bai Yu said irritably:

"You should say that to them."

Shui Bing'er looked at the embarrassed Gu Qingbo and Yu Hairou and said incredulously:

"How did you get into his room? Could it be that you..."

She was about to ask if they were secretly having an affair with Bai Yu, but then she thought again that they weren't that kind of people.

Combined with what Shuiyue'er had learned about the academy's difficulties from her during the day, a bold guess took shape in her mind.

Shui Yue'er covered her mouth, shocked:

"Are you going to do this for the sake of the academy?"

Before Gu Qingbo and Yu Hairou could speak, Xue Wu crawled out from under the bed and said in a defiant manner:

"Yes, we came to Bai Yu for the sake of the academy, hoping to move him."

"Snow Dance? You're here too??"

Shui Bing'er was shocked.

Bai Yu coughed twice and said:

"You guys are really united. I thought you were here to dance at me."

"Jump at you?"

Those who didn't understand the Xianren Jump were stunned. Bai Yu waved his hand and said:

"Let's not talk about that. Sit down and let's have a proper talk."

. . . . . .

"Tianshui Academy is merging with Xingyu Academy??"

Everyone was shocked and looked at Bai Yu in disbelief.

Bai Yu nodded and said:

"Yes, it was your acting dean who made the request. However, he also stated that Tianshui Academy would not drain Xingyu Academy's coffers. All of Tianshui Academy's funds will be handed over to us for the treatment of Tianshui Academy's wounded."

"If that's not enough, then the deficit will be spread across every student at Tianshui Academy, even if they join Xingyu Academy."

Shui Bing'er's eyes widened, and she asked:

"You mean, joining our academy costs one million gold soul coins, but treating the wounded costs two million, so the remaining one million will come from us?"

"If we have one hundred students, each of them would have to repay ten thousand?"

Bai Yu nodded, that's what he meant.

It was the acting dean who took the initiative to suggest this. He knew the predicament of Tianshui Academy and only hoped that Tianshui Academy could be preserved. Even if the next few years were a bit tough, as long as everyone was still there, Tianshui Academy would have a chance to make a comeback.

From his perspective, if he hadn't proposed this solution, Xingyu Academy might not have fully accepted Tianshui Academy; it might have only accepted a portion of the geniuses, forcing the other students of Tianshui Academy to leave.

Most of them came from ordinary families, and as the acting dean, he couldn't bear to see them wandering around.

However, Shui Bing'er was thinking about something else entirely.

"No, we're all in the prime of our cultivation. If we take on debt and don't have enough resources to cultivate, our lives could be wasted!"

Bai Yu remained silent. This matter had nothing to do with him. If Shui Bing'er wanted to make a fuss, she should go and argue with their acting dean.

But just then, Xue Wu tugged at her sleeve and said:

"Bing'er, don't you understand Vice Dean Li's good intentions? He hopes that we can all be together. Moreover, most of the students in our college are from ordinary families. If they are left homeless and no college will take them in, their families will be ruined."

Shui Bing'er fell silent.

Like any other academy, Tianshui Academy has a large number of students of average or below-average ability, and these students are all commoners, with no nobles among them.

It's actually quite understandable. These students aren't particularly talented to begin with. If they come from noble families, why would they come to Tianshui Academy? Wouldn't it be better to just coast along at Tiandou Royal Academy or a less prestigious academy?

In other words, if Xingyu Academy does not accept these mid-to-lower-level students, they will most likely not be able to go to academies of the same level, since other academies do not want to nurture any more stepping stones.

If they chose a less prestigious college, although they might stand out from the crowd, their treatment might not necessarily be better than what they have now. Tianshui College provides them with substantial subsidies; most of them even rely on Tianshui College to supplement their family income. If they left, most of their families would probably be unable to make ends meet.

The acting dean was unwilling to see such a scene, so he humbled himself and proposed a compromise.

However, Shui Bing'er still wanted to fight for some personal benefits for everyone.

"Bai Yu, we're all geniuses, welcome wherever we go. If you want us to join Xingyu Academy, you have to cancel the debt that's split among us!"

"Genius? Xingyu Academy is not short of geniuses. You have seen it yourself. We have the princess of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and the granddaughter of the Dragon Duke and Snake Granny. Your so-called geniuses are nothing more than this."

Shui Bing'er froze for a moment, then her eyes darted around, and she deliberately gritted her teeth and said:

"You just arrived at our academy, and Xue Wu and Gu Qingbo showed up in your room in the middle of the night. You don't want word to get out that you're keeping a mistress, do you?"

"Keeping a mistress in a gilded cage? You delivered yourselves to my door, what does that have to do with me?"

Bai Yu was speechless. This is what you call hiding a mistress? The mistress just offered herself up!

(End of this chapter)