However, as it turns out, Shrek Academy never disappoints Lin Xi when it comes to being disappointing.
The next morning, as soon as Lin Xi stepped out of the dormitory building, he saw a teacher waiting for him there.
" Lin Xi, is that right? Come with me, Dean Yan is looking for you."
Lin Xi's eyes flickered.
"OK."
The crucial moment has arrived.
They soon arrived at Yan Shaozhe's office, where he encountered Huo Yutong and Lin Qiu'er, who had also been brought there.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Yan Shaozhe coughed twice, drawing the attention of everyone present.
" Lin Xi, do you have any clues about what happened yesterday?"
Lin Xi nodded.
"Of course, I suspect it was Dai Huabin who did it."
Yan Shaozhe frowned.
How do you know?
"Because he lost a bet with us the day before yesterday, and according to the agreement, he has to read the apology I wrote today. Given his pride, he should be extremely unwilling, and he has ample motive."
Yan Shaozhe frowned even more as he watched Lin Xi speak eloquently.
"Are you sure he's that stupid? Any normal person would be suspicious of him first, right?"
Lin Xi fell silent.
He stared intently at Yan Shaozhe for a long time before asking in a deep voice:
"Is Dean Yan planning to suppress this matter?"
"What's going on?" Yan Shaozhe smiled awkwardly. He knew he couldn't hide it from Lin Xi anymore. "Child, you have to understand. The Duke's Mansion is, after all, a top-tier noble family in the Star Luo Empire, and they've maintained a very good relationship with the Shrek Academy for generations. It's very difficult for us to handle something like this."
Seeing Lin Xi's increasingly cold gaze, he quickly smiled.
"How about this? We'll compensate you with resources. You can choose any three items from the Treasure Appraisal Fair you visited last night, and we'll permanently ban Dai Huabin from entering the inner courtyard. What do you think?"
Actually, he was a little guilty, but the Duke's Mansion and Shrek Academy had a really good relationship. Not to mention that both of the young masters of the Dai Family were exceptionally talented, and now the Boss Dai was still one of the Shrek Seven Monsters, the support they had given to the academy over the years, both openly and secretly, made him have to be cautious when dealing with this matter.
Furthermore, since Lin Xi and the others were actually unharmed, he felt that if the matter was handled properly, it could be resolved peacefully.
Hearing him say that, Lin Xi suddenly smiled.
"No, thank you, Dean. We don't need your compensation. It's time for class now, we should go to class."
"You..."
Yan Shaozhe wanted to say something more, but Lin Xi clearly didn't want to listen and pulled Huo Yutong and Lin Qiu'er out of the office.
Du Weilun, who had been standing to the side, asked:
"What should we do, Dean? He's clearly not convinced."
Yan Shaozhe's face darkened, and soon he gritted his teeth.
"Send the top three most valuable treasures from the Treasure Appraisal Fair to his dorm... no, send all five!"
His heart was bleeding as he said these words. For someone as stingy as him, the top five treasures were a huge expense!
In fact, the compensation is quite substantial. The Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone alone is worth 9.5 million Gold Soul Coin. The combined value of these five treasures might even exceed Lin Xi's current entire net worth, making it a rather generous compensation.
The question is, does Lin Xi really care?
On the way to the classroom, Lin Qiu'er asked Lin Xi meaningfully:
"Well, are you ready?"
Lin Xi nodded.
"Yes, I had the Servant set up all over the academy last night, so it can be activated at any time."
"Ha, that's good."
Lin Qiu'er laughed gleefully.
She didn't have a good impression of Shrek; every year, countless Soul Beast from the Star Dou Great Forest died at the hands of the Shrek Academy students.
She felt that it was absolutely right to seek out Lin Xi as soon as she came out; how could she have witnessed such an interesting thing if she wasn't by his side?
Lin Xi said to Huo Yutong with some guilt:
"I'm sorry, Yutong, you'll have to wait a little longer."
Huo Yutong gently shook her head.
"It's alright. This is the academy being inhumane. Lin Xi, you didn't do anything wrong. Besides, they'll regret it soon, won't they?"
"Um."
Lin Xi narrowed her eyes.
Huo Yutong is right, Shrek Academy will soon regret this.
Previous incidents, like the one involving Ma Xiaotao, didn't really affect his interests, so he didn't bother with them.
But this time, since these rotten to the core have already wreaked havoc on us, we can't afford to be lenient.
Upon arriving at the classroom, Lin Xi immediately approached Dai Huabin.
"Hey, Dai the Second, how was your night?"
Dai Huabin's face turned somewhat ashen, but he stubbornly replied:
Whether I'm doing well or not is none of your business.
He knew things were bad when he didn't receive the people he sent out last night, especially after the people from the academy came to talk to his personal guard who lived in Shrek City. His unease was amplified.
He now only hopes that the academy will show leniency out of consideration for the Duke's Mansion's support over the years.
Lin Xi smiled.
"What does this have to do with me... You really have the nerve to say something like that. Oh well, I'm not going to argue with you about this. Have you prepared your promised apology yet?"
"Hmm..."
Dai Huabin's face darkened immediately.
Last night's events were so exciting that he momentarily forgot why he had sent people to assassinate Lin Xi and the others.
However, now that everyone is watching, he can't deny it, otherwise wouldn't it make him seem like a sore loser?
So he had no choice but to grit his teeth and affirm:
"Of course I'm ready. My word is Dai Huabin bond."
"Oh, that's great!"
Lin Xi took out a few sheets of paper from her Storage Soul Tool and handed them to Dai Huabin.
"Read it."
Under the gaze of the entire class, Dai Huabin took the paper with trembling hands and read aloud what was written on it.
"I, Dai Huabin, apologize to Lin Xi and Huo Yutong..."
It took him a full ten minutes to finish reading the short essay that Lin Xi had specially sent someone to write for him.
After reading it, he felt so frustrated he almost wanted to vomit blood.
To summarize, what's written here is: Dai Huabin knows he was wrong, he has poor manners, and the reason he has poor manners is because the Duke's Mansion did not pay attention to the education of its children. He will learn properly what normal etiquette is in the future.
The entire piece uses this incident to criticize the Duke's Mansion.
This is what he finds most unacceptable.
Lin Xi smiled with satisfaction.
"Good, that's a good girl."
Then, he leaned closer to Dai Huabin and whispered:
"But don't think that's all. I haven't settled the score with you for what happened last night."
"...!"
Dai Huabin's initial desire to fight Lin Xi to the death instantly turned cold.
He was about to ask Lin Xi what she meant when Lin Xi left his side and casually found a place to sit down.
He had no choice but to swallow back the question that was on the tip of his tongue.
The class flew by, and he spent the entire time thinking about the meaning of Lin Xi's words, so much so that he was absent-minded and was criticized by Wang Yan several times.
Finally, just as the first class was about to end, he got the answer.
Do you know what the situation is like right now?
"Yes, we were following the young master's orders to assassinate a classmate with whom he had a bad relationship, but the assassination failed."
"..."