Chapter 298: You Okay?

Zu An immediately jumped up. "You don't mind, but I do! Am I the kind of person who would stoop to using my looks?"

Chu Chuyan's face flushed slightly. She also felt she had gone too far asking her husband to do such a thing. "I'm sorry. The Chu family's troubles have just thrown me off balance, and I spoke without thinking in my desperation. Please don't mind."

Zu An waved his hand. "Since you're so troubled, then as your husband, it's my duty to share your burden. I'll do my best to check with Zheng Dan for any information about private salt."

"Wait, I think we should forget it." Chu Chuyan suddenly remembered the last time she asked him to get close to Qiu Honglei. Within a few days, Qiu Honglei was practically begging to marry him. She wondered if the same outcome would happen this time.

Zu An, however, took her small hand and said seriously, "As long as I can help you, my personal honor or disgrace means nothing."

Chu Chuyan's heart warmed, and her tone became exceptionally gentle. "A'Zu, I've put you through too much."

It wasn't until they returned home that Chu Chuyan realized why something felt off.

However, by that time, Zu An had already been dragged off to school by Chu Hanzhao.

"What exactly is going on between you and that Qiu Honglei?" On the way to school, Chu Hanzhao sidled up to Zu An and poked him with her whip.

Zu An's gaze fell on the Wailing Whip. "Put that whip away first."

"Oh," Chu Hanzhao pouted, put her whip away, and then looked at Zu An.

Zu An then said, "She and I are innocent; there's nothing going on."

"Who are you kidding?!" Chu Hanzhao sneered. "She's already come looking for you. I asked around, and apparently, she's determined to marry no one but you."

"Is that so? Well, it's quite normal, given how charming I am," Zu An said nonchalantly. "In the future, you might even see more women crying and begging to marry me. You'll get used to it."

Cheng Shoubing, who was walking behind them, listened with wide eyes. "Young Master Zu is truly amazing!"

"From now on, I've decided he's my elder brother, even if he's no longer the Chu family's son-in-law or anything."

Thinking this, the bruises and swelling on his face seemed to hurt less.

Chu Hanzhao's face, however, flushed slightly. "You shameless brother-in-law!"

The rest of the journey was filled only with Zu An's laughter and Chu Hanzhao's light scolding, and soon they arrived at school.

After attending a few classes at school, Zu An returned to his classroom dormitory to rest.

Given his current cultivation and knowledge, many of the classes in the Yellow Class were truly pointless for him.

Since he was also a substitute teacher at the school, his colleagues simply turned a blind eye to his skipping classes.

"Should I find an opportunity to talk to the beautiful principal and ask her to transfer me to the Heavenly Class?" Zu An hesitated. Firstly, it would be too conspicuous. Everyone knew how low his aptitude was, so moving to the Heavenly Class probably wouldn't be well-received.

Even if Jiang Luofu used her principal's authority, she would at least need to re-test his aptitude, which would expose his super-grade aptitude, wouldn't it?

From the incident of treating Chu Chuyan, he now clearly understood what super-grade aptitude truly meant. Once exposed, many people would undoubtedly come looking for him.

If they were pretty young ladies, that would be fine, but if burly men showed up, the thought alone was unbearable.

Moreover, Old Mi insisted he keep an eye on the Wei family for some reason. If he left Wei Suo's side, Old Mi would definitely become suspicious.

Sigh, it seems a class transfer is out of the question.

But staying in the Yellow Class would also be a waste of time.

As he was pondering, a knock suddenly sounded at the door.

"Huh?" Zu An checked the time. Classes should be in session now. Who could be looking for him?

Could it be Shang Liuyu?

His heart brightened, and he quickly jumped up, happily running towards the door.

"Too bad I forgot to get the conch back from Qiu Honglei," Zu An suddenly realized. Every time he was with that woman, he always forgot about that.

Just as he was wondering how to explain himself to her later, he opened the door and was stunned. Standing at the entrance was a bright-eyed, charming woman, whose beauty was no less than Shang Liuyu's.

"What, am I not welcome?" the young woman opposite him smiled slightly.

"Of course you are, but shouldn't you be in class right now?" Zu An asked, puzzled. The woman before him was none other than Zheng Dan, whom he had just seen that morning.

Zheng Dan smoothly walked into the courtyard. "Shouldn't you be in class too?"

"But I'm a teacher..." Zu An casually closed the door, his voice involuntarily softening a bit.

"If a teacher can skip class, why can't a student?" Zheng Dan blinked, looking extremely playful and adorable.

"Of course you can, but in my impression, you've always been a good girl since childhood. I'm surprised you'd do something like skip class." Zu An had heard from many classmates before that Zheng Dan was practically synonymous with a lady and a well-bred young woman in everyone's eyes, her every gesture textbook-perfect in its elegance, utterly flawless.

"Being a good girl for too long can get boring," Zheng Dan said, looking at him meaningfully, a hint of an enigmatic smile playing on her rosy lips. "You often want to do something exciting, and A'Zu, you should know that best."

Zu An's heart skipped a beat. He remembered that it was in this very room that Zheng Dan had once come to tempt him, and they had almost ignited a spark between them.

"What exactly does this woman want?" Zu An wondered, "She can't possibly just be feeling frisky, can she?"

"In that case, let's do something exciting," Zu An said with a smile, leaning closer to her.

"Hmph, who's afraid of whom? I won't be at a disadvantage!"

"Besides, I have my wife's special permission!"

"Alright," Zheng Dan said, a seductive smile appearing on her face, as if extending a silent invitation.

Just as Zu An was about to embrace her, Zheng Dan spoke again: "Teacher Zu, I recently learned a new palm technique, but I haven't quite mastered it. I was hoping you could spar with me."

Zu An shivered at her calling him "Teacher." "This woman hasn't been watching those Japanese movies, has she?" he thought. "I'm not a cultivation teacher. Why don't you go find Teacher Bai?"

Zheng Dan snorted, "That guy is neither male nor female; I definitely don't want him to teach me."

Zu An couldn't help but say, "But the Zheng family must have hired many famous teachers, right? Why don't you ask them?"

"They see me as the young lady of the house, so how would they dare truly fight me?" Zheng Dan said, a hint of shyness appearing on her face. "Besides, they're all men, and it would be inconvenient to spar with them."

Zu An looked depressed. "Aren't I a man too?"

Zheng Dan's rosy lips parted slightly, and after a long pause, she said, "You're different."

Zu An thought, "Good heavens, if I hadn't been exposed to all sorts of tropes in various movies and TV shows in my previous life, I might actually be played right into this woman's hands."

"But as you know, I'm just a student in the Yellow Class. How could I possibly be a match for a Heavenly Class genius like you?" Zu An deliberately put on a troubled expression.

"Hmph, you might fool others, but you can't fool me," Zheng Dan said, stamping her foot in a playful pout. "You defeated Yuan Wendong in the family competition and Shi Kun in the secret realm. How many people possess such cultivation? Are you unwilling to teach me?"

Zu An sighed. "I genuinely don't know how to teach people."

Most of his abilities came from cheating; many things were simply unteachable.

Zheng Dan, however, didn't mind at all. "It's fine. Just go all out and spar with me."

"How could I possibly do that? Don't cry if I accidentally hurt you later, alright?" Zu An said, cracking his knuckles and chuckling mischievously.

Unfortunately, before he could finish speaking, he felt the world spin, and he was already on the ground.

Zheng Dan bent down and said with an innocent expression, "Oh dear, I accidentally used too much strength. A'Zu, are you alright?"