Starting Cultivation in Wasteland-Chapter 542 - 412: Coming to the Door

This guy Bellini has a lot of faults, but he also has one good trait—he is particularly straightforward in speech and action, usually getting straight to the point.

This kind of person really isn’t that common among women.

"A way?" Qu Jianlei furrowed his brow, "Let me think... So spending five hundred thousand can bring down that family?"

"Five hundred thousand is just the initial cost," Bellini replied just as straightforwardly, "You still have to pay once the move is effective."

That’s about right, Qu Jianlei nodded slightly.

For an individual, five hundred thousand isn’t a small amount, but to bring down a family of that scale, it’s really far from enough.

But this matter... is it feasible? Qu Jianlei wanted to question right away.

However, considering the other party’s eagerness, he refrained from questioning rashly, "What does Professor Zi say about this?"

"I didn’t tell her," Bellini answered with the same straightforwardness, "because she doesn’t have much money."

The two are colleagues, and she pays attention to Zi Jiu Immortal, so of course she knows that while the female professor isn’t bad off, she’s not exactly wealthy either.

This left Qu Jianlei a bit speechless... Do I look like a sucker?

But now is not the time to worry about this, "What’s their background?"

"The second-in-command of Star No. 4’s people," Bellini answered still straightforwardly, "The parent of my student."

A student’s parent? Hearing this rationale made Qu Jianlei half relax; if they dared to mess around, wouldn’t they worry about their child’s future?

So he nodded slightly, "Then explain... what exactly is the requirement."

Bellini had been at Engineering College for over three months, teaching two classes, with a total of more than fifty people.

She’s had little contact with the students, but the students respect her a lot, given her "foreign teacher" aura.

The Robin Hood incident has been heavily suppressed by the Academy, even the teachers at Green Water Academy have been notified by the school.

—We want to cultivate the students’ sense of belonging; if this embarrassing incident gets out, it wouldn’t help their growth.

Even though they’re students of Engineering College, they’re also your students, so we hope you all can understand a little.

This reasoning is not flawless, but it’s acceptable, and most teachers don’t want to affect their students.

Bellini is the same; she’s easy-going, but she doesn’t want to instill negative energy in the students.

However, some students couldn’t resist gossiping, asking, "Teacher, you’re not from Green Water, we heard someone injured the students?"

With Bellini’s temper, how could she put up with this? She fired back with full force, venting her complaints.

Because she constantly pestered Zi Jiu Immortal, she knows very well the ins and outs of the situation, and her vent is right on point.

After listening, the students weren’t too surprised. Students capable of entering higher education institutes already have a certain level of awareness.

That’s why the school’s reasons are really nonsense—how could it possibly affect the students to that extent?

But the next day, a student actively sought her out—"Teacher, do you want revenge?"

Bellini had an impression of this student, knowing his family had influence, and the classmates in the class were all eager to ingratiate themselves with him.

This kid is just a Modified Warrior, yet those awakened classmates are very polite to him.

Even though he comes from a good family, he doesn’t flaunt it and is somewhat wooden.

If it weren’t for other classmates being nice to him, almost nobody would notice this person.

Just such a simple and honest kid took the initiative to come to her, asking if Bellini wanted revenge, this was truly unexpected.

Bellini specifically looked up the student’s information and instantly understood: So your father is actually...

Qu Jianlei couldn’t help but ask after hearing this, "What does his father do?"

Bellini glanced at him, "If you help me pursue Jiu Immortal, I’ll tell you."

You must be crazy! Qu Jianlei rolled his eyes, "Are you sure it’s related to the Star’s second-in-command?"

"Of course," Bellini nodded affirmatively, "So, are you interested?"

Qu Jianlei hasn’t had much contact with her, most of the feedback heard is that she has orientation issues, but no other negative news.

However, there’s something he still doesn’t understand, "Related to the second-in-command... could that person really be short of this money?"

How many resources are there on a planet? The first Vice Planet Governor could just let something slip through his fingers, and it would still amount to hundreds of millions, right?

"It is related to the second-in-command," Bellini answered seriously, "You just say—are you in or not? If you agree, you two talk."

Want me to negotiate? Hearing this, Qu Jianlei let go of his last bit of concern, "Go on."

However, Bellini couldn’t say much more, since after receiving this information, she immediately verified.

The first verification was with her student: "You’ve always been honest; why did you think of handling this matter?"

The student stated, "I didn’t want to handle it, it’s just when contacting my family to ask for money, this matter came up."

His dad happened to be at home, and upon hearing this, said that Green Water Academy’s teachers could be interacted with positively, as they might be useful in the future.

But helping is possible, can’t help without conditions; how could anything be done for free nowadays?

The second verification she did was on the student’s parent’s social connections.

This is very difficult to verify, but... approximately should suffice.

After basically settling the matter, she actually first asked Zi Jiu Immortal: if there’s such a solution, would you give it a try?

The female professor didn’t answer directly, she simply stated bluntly, I have no money, no conditions to consider!

Bellini thought, Panda should have money, right? And he’s the person involved, so she came over.

She looked at Qu Jianlei eagerly, "Can it happen or not, it only needs five hundred thousand... we can’t afford to lose face, can we?"

Qu Jianlei’s mouth twitched: Come on, I’m at the Old City Library, my monthly salary is only four hundred bucks!

Even if I don’t eat or drink, it would take me over a hundred years to scrape together this down payment!

However, since this has risen to the level of collective honor, Qu Jianlei wasn’t going to let the team down.

He calmly declared, "If it’s a problem money can solve, then it’s not a problem, but I want to meet the person first."

"No problem," Bellini turned around to leave, "I’ll go arrange a time."

Qu Jianlei shook his head and continued to focus on cultivation, he had to calculate arrays in the latter half of the night, really busy.

By the next afternoon, Bellini arrived at the library... her presence here was indeed quite rare.

She pulled Qu Jianlei out, "Let’s go, they’re about to arrive, let’s not be rude."

Qu Jianlei glanced at her, "You don’t have class this afternoon, so free?"

"I let the students self-study," Bellini answered equally bluntly, "They heard I wasn’t coming and were heartbroken."

Turns out they were overjoyed... Qu Jianlei nodded, "Then who will interact with them, you or me?"

"Me?" Bellini pointed at herself in surprise, then shook her head, "I would like to, but I’m not worthy!"

If you talk, then I’ll just leave directly! Qu Jianlei chuckled, suddenly discovered that this guy had a cute side too. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

The arranged meeting place was a tea house.

Interestingly, within the Hope Star Realm’s academies, the top places where students want to go for self-study are tea houses.

The second choice is the outdoors, yes, like lakesides, next to pavilions, places that might lack comfort but have a good environment.

The third choice is the dormitory, at least it’s quieter there—here, land is vast and people are few, single-room dormitories aren’t uncommon.

The fourth choice is the classroom, those who come here to self-study are mostly broke.

If you can’t afford to go to a tea house or live in a single or dual room dorm, aren’t you broke?

As for self-studying in a library? Sorry, the Imperial has no such tradition!

In short, within higher academies, tea houses are most abundant, and usually have a sizable clientele.

This time the arranged tea house was exclusively for faculty, even wealthy students can’t come—if you have connections, that’s a different story.

The appointed place was a small pavilion in the courtyard of the tea house.

When Qu Jianlei and Bellini stopped their car in the nearby parking lot, the small pavilion was empty.

Bellini’s face darkened a bit, "Are they putting on airs?"

The Imperial rules aren’t much different from Blue Star, the one who arrives first may not necessarily be at fault, but the one who arrives later is definitely arrogant.

But as the two of them walked a few steps toward the pavilion, another car drove in, parked, and two people also got out.

The four walked a few steps, only to realize everyone’s destination was that small pavilion.

Thus a middle-aged man came over, he was a C-level Earth Attribute.

He greeted Bellini, "Excuse me, are you Teacher Bellini from Green Water?"

Bellini looked him up and down, frowned slightly, then looked at the other middle-aged man, a Modified Warrior.

Then she retracted her gaze and nodded to the C-level warrior, "I’m Bellini, but you’re not Mosman’s parent, are you?"

"That gentleman is Mr. Gwendolyn," the C-level warrior pointed to the Modified Warrior, replied with a smile, "I’m just a guard."

Gwendolyn gave Bellini a brief smile, "Teacher Bellini, Mosman often mentions you."

"Really?" Bellini wasn’t particularly impressed, the opponent carried an air, but she didn’t really buy it.

The status of academy teachers was relatively high, even if the other party was related to the planet’s second-in-command, it’s not like it’s Star No. 2’s.

She gestured to Qu Jianlei, spoke mildly, "This is our Academy’s Panda Teacher."

"Hmm?" Gwendolyn was momentarily stunned upon hearing this, apparently puzzled as to why the opponent specially introduced the Modified Warrior.

Before coming, he assumed his main contact would be Bellini.

However, he quickly grasped the situation and then nodded with a smile, "The one who injured Shrek? Impressive!"

Qu Jianlei also nodded at him, "Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Gwendolyn."

The other party was somewhat arrogant, which he could understand, but he also didn’t necessarily need help, so his response was measured.

The C-level warrior saw that the interaction seemed a bit awkward, so he smiled and spoke, "Let’s get inside the pavilion and talk."

Four people walked into the pavilion and sat down, Bellini scanned the code on her watch, "Green Mouth tea, you drink it, right?"

The academy’s tea house isn’t like a cafeteria, you can just scan the code to place an order.

Her mouth was asking, but she had actually already ordered and paid.