Chapter 347: The Turbulent Sea of Jealousy

Zu An squinted, glancing sideways. "Which puppy is yapping over there?"

Wu Qing flared up in a rage, slamming the table and rising to her feet. "Who are you talking about?!"Wu Qing's Rage Value: 335!

Pan Long and Fu Feng, who were standing nearby, also jumped in to chime in:

"Zu, how dare you compare Miss Wu to a puppy? You're incredibly bold!""Exactly! Your language is utterly vulgar. You truly are a commoner. Even if you've latched onto the Chu family, you'll never become a phoenix."

Pan Long's Rage Value: 233!Fu Feng's Rage Value: 233!

Zu An snorted. "I never said who the puppy was. You two just jumped in and took the bait yourselves. Especially you two, you directly linked Miss Wu with a puppy. Is it because she's been arbitrarily scolding and hitting you, causing resentment, and now you're seizing the chance to insult her and feel good about it?"

As expected, Wu Qing's attention was diverted, and she stared suspiciously at her two followers.

Seeing this, Zu An smiled. As a top player who had battled trolls on forums in his previous life, dealing with these weak opponents was child's play.

"Of course not! How could we dare to disrespect Miss Wu?" Pan Long and Fu Feng immediately panicked and hurriedly tried to explain themselves.

Zu An couldn't be bothered with them. He turned directly to Zheng Dan. "Student Zheng, I see you have a considerable talent for arithmetic. I plan to give you special training and choose you as my arithmetic teaching assistant. Come to my office, and we can discuss the details."

Zheng Dan smiled, pressing her lips together. "Thank you, Teacher Zu."

With a legitimate reason, she no longer hesitated. She rose and followed him out of the office, leaving Wu Qing and her two companions to continue their argument.

The other students in the classroom began to chatter:

"A teaching assistant? This is the first time they've ever chosen a student for that!""Zheng Dan is really lucky.""Hmph, arithmetic isn't exactly a high-class subject. I wouldn't go even if they asked me.""Exactly, exactly.""I wonder if Zu An is just after Zheng Dan's beauty.""That can't be right, his own wife is already so beautiful."

When the group thought of Chu Chuyan, the most beautiful and delicate flower of Brightmoon Academy, being 'porked' by that pig, Zu An, they all cursed in unison: "Damn him!"

Seeing a string of rage values in the background, Zu An was instantly amused. These guys were really cute; every time he saw them, they provided him with a considerable amount of rage value.

Zheng Dan maintained her reserved demeanor, following Zu An several feet behind him, keeping an appropriate distance between a man and a woman.

Passing students secretly praised her, noting that Miss Zheng was truly a paragon of gentleness and virtue, her etiquette flawless at all times.

Once they reached a secluded spot where no one was around, Zheng Dan completely dropped her dignified and elegant demeanor. She rushed into Zu An's arms, a fragrant breeze accompanying her, and stood on tiptoe to passionately kiss him.

Zu An gave her a firm squeeze. "You deliberately made me lose face just now."

Zheng Dan gasped softly in pain, her eyes watery as she looked at him. "But it was in front of so many people just now. I couldn't really act too close to you, could I?"

"Well, you still owe me for my wounded heart, don't you?" Zu An said.

"What kind of compensation do you want?" Zheng Dan said, gently licking her red lips with the tip of her tongue, gazing at him with allure.

Zu An, aroused by her teasing, immediately reached to undo her skirt.

Zheng Dan quickly pressed his hand down. Seeing his confused look, she blushed and said, "Today... I have my period."

Zu An looked dismayed. "Then why did you tempt me? That's irresponsible."

Zheng Dan pressed her lips together, her eyes sparkling, and then slowly crouched down, much to his surprise.

Zu An swallowed, his breathing suddenly becoming rapid.

This woman truly was a temptress. She seemed to be self-taught in many things. What was most astonishing was the stark contrast between her usual image as a refined young lady from a good family and her current actions.

After a short while, footsteps suddenly approached, and the two hastily separated.

"Oh, Zu An, Zheng Dan, what are you two doing here?" Director Lu De looked at them with a puzzled expression.

"Haha, nothing, nothing at all. We were just discussing some matters about the arithmetic teaching assistant position," Zu An chuckled, trying to gloss over it.

Lu De eyed Zheng Dan suspiciously. "Zheng Dan, has he been bullying you?"

Zheng Dan quickly wiped the corner of her mouth, her face flushed, and shook her head vigorously.

Lu De secretly sighed with admiration. Miss Zheng truly was a lady among ladies, her every word and action so elegant, even to the point of not daring to breathe too loudly when speaking.

Thinking of his own boorish son, he felt a surge of anger. Look how well-behaved someone else's daughter was!

Because he had a good impression of Zheng Dan, Lu De pulled Zu An aside. "Teacher Zu, I know there's a long-standing feud between your Chu family and the Zheng family, but you can't use your position as a teacher to bully Miss Zheng."

"I wasn't bullying her," Zu An said, feeling a bit guilty. He wondered if what just happened counted as bullying.

"But I just saw her seemingly kneeling in front of you." Lu De glared at him fiercely. Anyone who saw a well-behaved girl being bullied by a scoundrel would be indignant.Lu De's Rage Value: 138!

Zu An gave an awkward laugh. "She just tripped over something by accident, and I went to help her up."

Lu De didn't listen to his nonsense. He looked directly at Zheng Dan. "Is that true?"

Zheng Dan nodded vigorously, mumbling an indistinct "Mmm."

Only then did Lu De turn back to Zu An. "She has a good nature; you've bullied her so much she can't even speak properly! Anyway, behave yourself. The Zheng family isn't to be trifled with, and her fiancé is Young Master Sang. If they found out about this, it would surely tarnish the academy's reputation."

"You're right, Director," Zu An replied, secretly winking at Zheng Dan.

Zheng Dan's face turned even redder.

Seeing his cheeky grin annoyed Lu De, but the other party was now a teacher and seemed to have Principal Jiang's backing, so he felt somewhat helpless. He could only let out a humph and leave.

After he left, Zheng Dan playfully complained, "It's all your fault! We almost got caught!"

"How is it just my fault?" Zu An said, looking glum. Suddenly, he thought of something and looked at her mouth. "You can talk now, so..."

Zheng Dan's face flushed even more intensely. "Director Lu kept trying to talk to me just now. I was worried that if I didn't say anything, it would look suspicious, so I could only... only..."As she spoke the last words, her face was completely crimson.

Zu An couldn't help but burst out laughing. He pulled her into his arms and hugged her tightly.

Zheng Dan also gently hugged him. "A'Zu, was there something specific you wanted to see me about this time?"

"I wanted to ask about the salt permits from Chen Xuan's transaction with you last time. Where are they?" Zu An asked.

The key to the Chu family's recent troubles was that batch of stolen salt permits. If those permits were still available, many subsequent operations would be much simpler, and they wouldn't have had to pay a compensation of over ten million taels.

As far as he knew, when Chen Xuan traded with the Giant Whale Gang, the salt permits were never delivered to the gang, and then both sides engaged in a fierce battle.

Zheng Dan's expression turned cold, and she pushed him away. "Hmph, so you came to see me because of that woman from the Chu family!"Zheng Dan's Rage Value: 567!