In the end, Chen Yi was still stopped.
The one who stopped him was none other than Mr. Yue Ming, the headmaster of Guiyun Academy.
And Mr. Yue Ming had not emerged from the residence where he was staying, but from the study hall directly behind Chen Yi.
When he saw Chen Yi's expression clearly saying, "Explain yourself properly, or I'm going home," Mr. Yue Ming gave a wry smile and said:
"Qingzhou, I have wronged you in this matter."
"Since that day, people have come to the academy in an endless stream, and quite a few of them are old friends of mine."
"Moreover, these people were originally academy students. I truly found it difficult to refuse them."
Chen Yi smiled noncommittally. "I thought the headmaster was a man of great principle. I never expected you, too, to be swept along by worldly currents."
After a pause, he continued, "After all, you had always treated Marquis Dingyuan's Estate with cold indifference before."
Mr. Yue Ming froze slightly, embarrassment appearing on his face. "I was not targeting the Xiao Family. It is only... only that I have a grievance with Marquis Xiao..."
"So you also know the difference between those close and those distant?"
"This..."
Seeing the troubled look on his face, as though he wanted nothing more than to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it, Chen Yi shook his head.
"Headmaster, do not blame me for speaking harshly."
"It is simply that many things, once there is a first time, there will be a second."
"Today, you can open a convenient door for fifty students. Tomorrow, a hundred will be waiting for you."
"If people keep entering that study hall, it will not be a good thing for me, for those students, or for Guiyun