129: 10 billion thank you gift

“What a touching scene of teacher-student affection, tsk tsk tsk, I’m almost moved to tears.”

Just then, a sarcastic voice rang out.

The owner of the voice was a middle-aged man with a sinister face.

Seeing the other party, Shen Xi’s expression instantly darkened, and even Chen Ye, with his good temper, found his breathing becoming heavy.

“Tang Lancao, what does our business as teacher and student have to do with you?”

Chen Ye reprimanded.

This person in front of them was quite famous in Twenty-Eight Academy.

However, it wasn't a good reputation.

He was an out-and-out hypocrite; towards noble students, he couldn't wait to grovel and fawn over them, while towards commoner students, he would hurl insults, sometimes even slandering their parents.

Because of this, Tang Lancao and Chen Ye had always been at odds.

He had repeatedly and publicly mocked Chen Ye for taking commoner students too seriously.

When Shen Xi got into trouble this time, Tang Lancao was the first to jump out and demand that the Academy severely punish Chen Ye.

All these actions left Chen Ye with no good impression of Tang Lancao.

Furthermore, he was even more worried that the other party, in order to curry favor with Zhao Delong, would expose Shen Xi's appearance.

Although Shen Xi's strength had advanced by leaps and bounds now, and he had also said that the matter had been resolved, Chen Ye was still worried that something might happen to his student.

Zhao Delong was a Senator.

“Heh heh, it has nothing to do with me, you say? Then I’d like to see if this matter has anything to do with Zhao Delong, Councilor Zhao.”

Tang Lancao indeed intended to report Shen Xi's whereabouts to Zhao Delong, to latch onto the latter's thigh.

Hearing this, Chen Ye became even more furious.

“Don’t go too far!”

“So what if I go too far? I told you long ago to keep your distance from these lowlifes; you’d be implicated sooner or later. Now it’s come true, hasn’t it?”

Tang Lancao spoke triumphantly.

Seeing Chen Ye not doing well made him feel comfortable all over.

This meant that his choice was the correct one.

Commoners were, after all, just commoners; only by clinging to the coattails of nobles would there be a bright future.

In fact, Tang Lancao was full of jealousy towards Chen Ye, especially when he saw Shen Xi actively giving Chen Ye money, his eyes turned red with envy.

He tried every possible way to please noble students, but those students didn't take him seriously at all; the occasional things they gave him were more like alms to a beggar.

What virtue and ability did Chen Ye possess to earn such respect from his students?

Thinking of this, Tang Lancao, as if to salvage his dignity, took out a low-grade weapon from his Pregnant and said, “Chen Ye, oh Chen Ye, I don't know why you associate so closely with such a lowlife?”

“Look at me, I only teach noble students. They have high talent and good family backgrounds, making teaching easy, not to mention that the occasional scraps that fall through their fingers are worth more than half my salary.”

“This low-grade weapon was given to me by a student; it’s worth over five thousand. What can your student give you?”

As he spoke, Tang Lancao’s gaze fell on the small bag in Shen Xi’s hand.

He had long guessed that the bag contained money.

However, how much money could such a small bag hold?

One hundred, or perhaps two hundred?

One or two hundred wasn't even enough for Tang Lancao to go out for a meal.

Of course, if the bag contained a silver coin worth one hundred copper coins, then the bag’s value would still be considerable.

But Shen Xi was just a commoner, how could he possibly be willing to give so much money to Chen Ye? It must absolutely only contain copper coins.

Thinking of this, Tang Lancao became even more arrogant.

Commoners were just commoners; they couldn't provide any real help.

“It’s enough for a student to have the intention; I’m not like you, with only money on your mind.”

Chen Ye replied neither obsequiously nor arrogantly.

These were his true feelings.

“Bullshit! What’s an intention worth? The most worthless thing in this world is a damn intention. Just one or two hundred, if it were dropped on the ground, I wouldn’t even bother to look at it.”

Tang Lancao continued to mock.

Then, he glanced contemptuously at Shen Xi and said, “Kid, open the bag and let me see your so-called intention, ha ha ha, it’s hilarious, only fools like you talk about feelings. Smart people always value exchange of interests.”

“Tang Lancao, are you challenging me to a fight? Repeatedly humiliating my student, do you want to die?” Chen Ye was truly enraged and made to strike.

In his opinion, Shen Xi had just embarked on the path of a Martial Artist, so he naturally didn't have much money, and the bag indeed couldn't hold much.

But this was the student's heartfelt gesture; sentiment was worth a thousand gold.

And Tang Lancao repeatedly mocked this matter; if it were a sensitive person, they could easily be disheartened and lose confidence.

This was unacceptable to Chen Ye.

If his student were to lose confidence due to Tang Lancao’s attacks, he would absolutely fight the other party to the death.

“Do you really want to see it?”

Only then did Shen Xi finally speak.

He looked at Tang Lancao with a half-smile, as if watching a clown.

“What? You actually dare to take it out and let me see?”

Tang Lancao was a little surprised.

This was beyond his expectation.

Over the years, he had encountered many commoners, and these commoners all had one thing in common: due to their poor family backgrounds, they felt inferior from the bottom of their hearts.

They were fine on ordinary days, but once they were ridiculed or targeted, they wouldn't even dare to talk back.

But Shen Xi actually dared to question him back?

“What’s there to be afraid of?”

Shen Xi shrugged casually.

He was not like those students who were bullied by Tang Lancao and didn't even dare to breathe heavily.

With that, he proactively opened the bag.

Immediately, light flashed.

The diamond coins shimmered brilliantly under the sunlight.

“What?!”

“How is this possible?!”

At this moment, not only Tang Lancao, but even Chen Ye couldn't help but shriek in surprise.

diamond coins?

A diamond coin worth one hundred million?

The bag was filled with diamond coins!

This small bag could hold at least a hundred, which meant that the bag's value was at least ten billion?

Shen Xi was actually going to give Chen Ye ten billion?

“Gulp!”

Tang Lancao swallowed with difficulty.

Beside him, Chen Ye rubbed his eyes hard, seriously doubting if he was hallucinating.

His student, had he really made it big now?

Casually giving away ten billion?

Suddenly, Chen Ye found himself understanding his student, Shen Xi, less and less.

But what followed was a sense of pride!

The more excellent the student, the more he, as a teacher, felt that his education was correct.

“Tang Lancao, didn’t you want me to open it? I’ve opened it now, what else do you have to say?”