Wenren Zhao looked at the vice-principal of the Beichen Empire Military Academy, who was like a smiling tiger, and finally realized that she could not gain any advantage in this matter.
Though unwilling, she had no choice but to abandon her plans to make an issue of it.
In any case, this had only been an idle move for her.
Success would be welcome; failure would be accepted with grace.
Of course, in her heart, Xia Chujian was already dead.
She simply could not kill her openly, nor could it have the slightest connection to herself.
With the power of the Wenren Clan, accomplishing that would be far too easy.
She brushed the matter aside, then slapped the face of the person who had just demanded a duel with Xia Chujian and snapped, "Get out! You dare disobey me? Stop making a spectacle of yourself here!"
The person covered his face and retreated without daring to make a sound.
When Wenren Zhao turned back, she was once again polite and refined. She said gently, "By the way, I have another matter I would like to discuss with your school."
"Our East Tianyuan God Country, Southern Cross Star Kingdom, and Ximanielli Federation—the three nations—are all highly supportive of your school's Interstellar Exploration Activity this time."
"To show our sincerity, our three nations have decided to jointly contribute ten billion Beichen coins as the reward for this exploration activity."
"What do you think?"
The school leaders in the council chamber were immediately stunned.
Just moments ago, this Wenren Zhao had been shouting about killing their student, thoroughly disgusting them.
Yet in the blink of an eye, she had produced a huge sum of money to sponsor their school's program...
Was this a slap followed by a sweet treat?
What exactly was she