If you shallowly assumed Principal Gao was satisfied with winning over the parents, you were sorely mistaken.
This promotional video focused on moving the parents, but it was more or less lacking in appeal for the children.
Principal Gao was a perfect man.
He wanted both the parents and the children.
"Li Luo, don't you feel like this promotional video is missing something?" Principal Gao deliberately posed the question.
"Oh? What do you mean, Principal?" Li Luo asked.
Principal Gao pondered. "Would it be better if we added a bit of heroic young-man flair at the beginning of the video?"
Before Li Luo could answer, Principal Gao slapped his thigh. "That's it!"
His eyes shone as he looked at Li Luo.
Bright eyes and white teeth.
Long hair fluttering in the breeze.
An unspoken noble air in every gesture.
Li Luo's appearance was simply perfect for it.
If he put on white robes and carried a long sword, wouldn't he be the very image of an immortal descended from the heavens?
Just imagining it made Principal Gao think he'd be so handsome he'd knock everyone's socks off.
How could those little boys and girls possibly resist the face of Li the Immortal?
To catch a glimpse of their idol,
they'd have to come obediently to Red Mountain Academy.
Principal Gao said excitedly,
"We're going to film a scene about an immortal descended from the heavens."
"You'll play him, Li Luo!"
"This?!" Li Luo hesitated. "Principal, this..."
Principal Gao waved his hand grandly. "Li Luo, don't worry. The school will pay you more."
"On top of giving you a Century Soul Spirit,"
"the school will also give you an extra thirty thousand in financial aid."
Li Luo froze. He swore that his hesitation just now wasn't because he wanted to be the guy who kept asking for more money.
He'd just thought Old Gao was jumping around a bit!
Still, Li Luo quite liked this principal.
He eagerly offered a suggestion. "Principal, when we film the immortal scene, we could consider weaving in a bit of a story."
"For example, some common tropes like the useless young master, the broken engagement, or even the useless young master plus the broken engagement..."
Li Luo absolutely wasn't doing this for the money.
He was purely devoted to the development of Red Mountain Academy.
In life, he belonged to Red Mountain Academy.
In death, he'd be its ghost.
He would do anything to contribute to Red Mountain Academy.
A bewildered look crossed Principal Gao's face. "Xiao Luo, you mean...?"
Li Luo's words had reached deep into Principal Gao's soul—right into his blind spot.
Principal Gao was the one paying, so he had to be well served!
Ahem!
The principal was a man whose dedication to education had left him with a receding hairline, someone who'd risen above lowly interests.
How could Li Luo not properly explain things to him?
He immediately analyzed the case of Li the Immortal from his past life on Blue Star for the principal.
Principal Gao understood and exclaimed, "Xiao Luo, you put that so well, especially that last line: 'Three thousand divine beings dwell in the heavens, yet even they must lower their brows at the sight of him.'"
"We'll film it just like that."
They got straight to work.
Principal Gao immediately shared the entire plan with the filming crew.
But when they were about to start filming, they realized they were missing a girl to act opposite Li Luo.
Principal Gao shouted, "Teacher Lin, quick! Find a female student to partner up with Li Luo!"
"Huh?! Partner up for what?" Lin Ximeng asked in bewilderment.
After bringing Li Luo to the filming location, she hadn't paid any more attention to him or the principal's filming plans.
Instead, she'd been absorbed in studying the widely circulated Gangzi's Notes.
Lin Ximeng had just reached the Ten Great Theories of Gangzi
when Principal Gao shouted to her.
"What do you mean, 'huh'? Hurry up!" Principal Gao urged.
Lin Ximeng nodded quickly. "All right, Principal. I'll go find someone right away."
But by the time she reached the classroom, Lin Ximeng had come back to her senses a little. The principal wanted her to find a female student to partner up with Li Luo, but there weren't any girls in her class. They were all boys.
School was already out.
Students from the other classes had all gone home.
Only the students in her class were still in the classroom, because she hadn't been there earlier to dismiss them.
"What am I supposed to do?" Lin Ximeng felt a headache coming on.
She'd already annoyed the principal by getting distracted earlier. If she failed to bring someone over, she might get chewed out until she was covered in spit.
Her face anxious, she scanned the class back and forth.
She hoped she could conjure up a female student.
Suddenly!
Lin Ximeng's eyes lit up, and she stared straight at Tang Wulin.
"That's the one."
Lin Ximeng had come up with a plan: have a boy dress as a girl. The principal hadn't said the female student actually had to be a girl.
A boy dressed up as one would work too!
She was a genius.
Lin Ximeng gave herself a mental pat on the back for her cleverness.
The best-looking person in the whole class was definitely Li Luo!
Aside from Li Luo, Tang Wulin was just about good-looking enough.
"Tang Wulin, come outside with me,"
Lin Ximeng said.
Tang Wulin stood up, a little puzzled, and followed Lin Ximeng out of the classroom.
Lin Ximeng began, "Tang Wulin, there's something I'd like you to help me with. Would you do me a favor?"
"May I ask what it is, Teacher?" Tang Wulin asked.
Tang Wulin lived up to his Golden Dragon King Bloodline. An ordinary child would have immediately agreed when a teacher asked for help.
Tang Wulin didn't.
The Golden Dragon King's aura really was powerful.
Slightly surprised, Lin Ximeng explained, "Teacher has a filming assignment that needs a female student. And as you know, Wulin, there aren't any girls in our class."
"So I need you to help by playing a female student."
"Would you do that?"
Lin Ximeng's voice was gentle. She thought that in this state, she could take out ninety-nine percent of her students with a single blow.
But she hadn't expected Tang Wulin to hesitate.
"Teacher, could I not do it?" Tang Wulin bravely expressed his preference.
He was a man who stood tall between heaven and earth.
If he played a female student, what would Li Luo think of him?
Would Li Luo call him a sissy and never play with him again?
Tang Wulin silently cheered himself on. For Brother Luo's sake, I can't do it!
Lin Ximeng felt she needed to bring out her trump card. "Wulin, if you agree to help me, I can recommend you for class monitor next semester."
Tang Wulin shook his head firmly. "Li Luo is the class monitor now, and he's doing a great job. I have absolutely no desire to be class monitor."
"I'm sorry, Teacher."
"You should find someone else."
Lin Ximeng felt deeply defeated. Was she supposed to find that chubby kid Wan Yunchao from the class? She imagined Wan Yunchao dressed as a girl and shuddered. Better not put Li Luo through that.
She sighed. "All right. I respect your wishes. You can go back to class."
"Ask around for me and see if anyone's willing to dress as a girl and play Li Luo's girlfriend."
Tang Wulin shuddered. "Teacher, who did you say I'd be playing the couple with?"
"Li Luo, of course!" Lin Ximeng replied in surprise. "Was I not clear just now?"
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