Zhong Wenxin immediately had her assistant prepare the contract remotely, adding all the extra conditions and clearly stating that the first year would be free.
Yu Xiaxing was still trying to play tricks at this stage.
She sent the contract to Lu Yanzhao and said, “Have the legal team review it carefully from beginning to end. Go over every clause and don’t let a single word slip by. It would be best to review it several times. Bring it to me only after you’ve confirmed that there are absolutely no problems.”
In other words, she was trying to delay things a little longer and make one final effort.
However, less than an hour later, Lu Yanzhao arrived.
“Director Yu, the contract has been fully reviewed. The clauses modified by Qizhi are all fine, and the new resource allocation plan has been included in the supplementary agreement. It’s ready to sign.”
Yu Xiaxing was furious. “How could you finish so quickly? It’s a formal contract dozens of pages long! Did you even examine it properly?”
Lu Yanzhao said solemnly, “Because we’ve always known that many, many miracles happen around you.”
“From the moment Qizhi proposed terminating the contract, I believed there might still be a turning point, so I contacted the legal team in advance and had them stand by.”
“After President Zhong proposed the new cooperation terms, the entire legal team worked together and cross-checked everything. So, Director Yu, you can rest assured.”
As he spoke, Lu Yanzhao picked up a pen from beside the folder and handed it to Yu Xiaxing.
It was time to sign.
Zhong Wenxin and Yu Zheng were also watching eagerly from the side.
It felt as though, if she refused to sign, they would immediately run off and complain to someone.
Yu Xiaxing closed her eyes for a moment, took the pen, and ground her teeth as she signed her name at the end of the contract.
Every stroke was filled with resentment toward everyone around her.
When Zhong Wenxin received the contract, she looked as though a heavy burden had finally been lifted.
She thanked Yu Xiaxing earnestly several more times before leaving with the signed contract.
Before departing, she did indeed pay a visit to Old Master Yu to thank him for the help he had once given her.
Although, to him, it had been an insignificant matter—and he genuinely no longer remembered it.
She also took the opportunity to heap praise on Yu Xiaxing.
…
After signing the contract, Yu Xiaxing collapsed onto the sofa.
She began reviewing the reasons behind her success, hoping to learn from the experience and strive to fail next time.
But the more she thought about it, the more something seemed wrong.
This whole thing should have ended in certain failure. Qizhi’s original attitude had been extremely arrogant. So how had they suddenly become so humble?
Where exactly had the problem arisen?
Yu Xiaxing cast a suspicious look at Lu Yanzhao and narrowed her eyes. “Did you do something behind my back at Qizhi?”
Lu Yanzhao said, “Of course not! Director Yu, I follow your instructions one hundred percent.”
Yu Xiaxing said, “Then why did Qizhi suddenly change its attitude so drastically? I don’t believe that merely stopping Professor Zhong from being tricked into marriage could be worth ten million yuan in concessions!”
Lu Yanzhao thought for a moment. “Helping Professor Zhong definitely played a part, but most likely it was the result of several factors coming together. Director Yu, you could look online and see what’s been happening in the education industry these past two days.”
Yu Xiaxing immediately picked up her phone and searched for keywords such as “Saint Virtue” and “Qizhi.”
Qizhi students collectively poisoned… Saint Virtue's chemistry prodigy saves the day…
Jiang Tinglan looked into the camera, fired up: “…Board Director Yu doesn’t eliminate students based on grades and refuses to give up on any of them. I won’t give up on myself, either!”
Yu Xiaxing: “????”
Little Jiang, it’s only been three days since we last met, and you’re already a chemistry prodigy?
She scrolled through the comments.
[Saint Virtue has opened its own arts-exam program at half the usual tuition, and now it’s helping students with uneven grades find the right path for development. This Board Director Yu really knows how to teach according to each student’s strengths!]
[I’m genuinely feeling the unfairness of education now. Schools in small places like ours never get opportunities to participate in this kind of enrichment, and our schools don’t help us consider the competition route, either. We don’t even know where to find these competitions that can earn extra points.]
[Someone get me the cutoff score for a top-tier university in Pu City. Raise it to 659!]
[Am I the only one who thinks Saint Virtue is going too far? Resources should naturally go to the top students! They earned them through hard work!]
[You can’t lump everything together. Public schools use public education resources, so of course students have to compete for opportunities through their own efforts. But private schools charge parents money. I pay over a hundred thousand yuan a year to send my child there because I want them to receive more attention!]
[Exactly! My husband and I were considering sending our child abroad, but if China has a school that truly respects students and nurtures their talents, why should we send our child overseas at such a young age? I’ve already contacted Saint Virtue and am preparing to transfer my child there!]
[May I ask how many transfer spots Saint Virtue currently has?]
[I called to inquire. Apparently, there aren’t many…]
[I hope Saint Virtue holds an open campus day soon. Parents from other regions want to learn more about it, too!]
…
Education-related news usually didn’t make it onto the trending lists, but it spread with remarkable efficiency within its specific circles.
After all, the people who followed education news were mostly those connected to the field, parents of students, or parents preparing to choose schools for their children.
So the advertising effect was phenomenal—a direct, one-to-one delivery to the target customers.
Yu Xiaxing slowly lowered her phone, staring blankly at the ceiling.
How could this happen?
To prevent Lu Yanzhao from secretly working hard behind her back, she had kept a close eye on him during this period, constantly reminding him not to do anything.
She had guarded against every possible trick, yet in the end, the reversal had come from Jiang Tinglan!
Lu Yanzhao stood nearby for a while. Seeing that Yu Xiaxing showed no sign of getting up, he asked quietly, “Director Yu, if there’s nothing else, may I leave first?”
Yu Xiaxing gave a listless “Mm.”
Lu Yanzhao took his leave.
He walked out of the main hall and passed through the Yu family garden.
There, he saw Yu Zheng leaning alone against a veranda pillar, a lollipop between his lips, sighing as though he had just received this season’s yellow card.
Lu Yanzhao stopped and greeted him politely. “Good evening, Fifth Young Master.”
Yu Zheng glanced back at him, removed the lollipop from his mouth, and walked over.
“Lu Yanzhao, you used to call me the eldest brother, just like Chen Jiaxin did, didn’t you? I’ve suddenly realized that you haven’t called me that in a long time.”
