After hearing the terms Ye Xinyu offered, most of them stepped forward.
"G-Greetings, Boss." Their voices were uneven, but their eyes were filled with anticipation and excitement.
Seeing this, Ye Xinyu could not help but sigh in relief. The beginning was always the hardest. With this first group to support her, things would be much easier going forward.
"Is this everyone you have in the academy?"
Thirty or fifty people was not a small number, but there were hundreds of students already in the academy. Compared to that, the number who had come was rather small.
Xiao Chenyu shook his head and said, "Not exactly. Most of the others are children of nobles, so..."
Xiao Chenyu did not finish, but she understood.
What else could it be? They looked down on commoners, did not want to associate with them, and besides, they were not short on this bit of money.
Although the divide between nobles and commoners was quite apparent in Nuoding City, aside from Work-Study Students, there were still plenty of people who could afford to attend Soul Master Academy. Their families might have been better off than villagers, but only by so much.
These people belonged to that group.
As for the even more numerous nobles, it did not matter if they did not come. She was not interested in them anyway. Whether they would join was one matter; even if they did, they would just be a bunch of troublemakers. She could not stand that.
Just then, a dense wave of footsteps approached. Looking up, she saw Wang Sheng and several others walking over. However, two uninvited guests stood in front of Wang Sheng.
"Why are you two here as well?" Ye Xinyu frowned slightly. She did not remember inviting them.
At that, Xiao Wu put her