169: Duan Yao terminates contract

"It has been many years since anyone in the Dragon Kingdom dared to cause trouble at the National Competition. His actions must naturally be reported for the higher-ups to handle; my authority is limited to restricting his activities."

Director Yu sighed. The Dragon Kingdom had signed an exchange student agreement with Sun Never Sets, and this incident had escalated to a matter of diplomatic relations between the two countries, which was not something he could handle on his own.

It was likely that the leaders who signed the agreement with Sun Never Sets never imagined they were inviting a wolf into their house.

However, it only delayed some of the competition schedule and there were no casualties, so at most, it should just be deportation.

"Then what about tomorrow's competition?"

Gu Xiaoyue asked tentatively.

"West River's competition qualification has already been canceled; after all, even their captain participated in the malicious incident."

Director Yu seemed to be feeling sorry for West River Academy.

West River was also one of the top five prestigious academies in the country. Now that their sophomore-level competition results had been canceled, their annual resources would definitely be cut significantly.

Gu Xiaoyue's eyes darted around. If the team competition results were canceled, then the individual competition was definitely out of the question as well.

She could foresee that Min Rui would definitely be severely disciplined when she returned to West River!

Trying to scheme against someone else's pet—this could be considered a small punishment to warn her against future wrongdoing!

Fortunately, she had two stealth pets; otherwise, it might not have been easy to catch them in the act!

Having obtained the information she wanted, Gu Xiaoyue only mentioned that Zhuang Yanxin's matter would be reported to the school leaders for handling, and then she took her leave from Director Yu.

Chu Li was waiting at the office door. Seeing Gu Xiaoyue come out, he accompanied her back to the dormitory.

Passing by the place where Duan Yao had held her fan tea party, the tables and chairs had mostly been cleared away, leaving only two simple tables and a few chairs.

Duan Yao was looking down in grievance, while Manager Jiang from Yongle Shopping Mall was rambling on about something to her.

"Want to go watch the fun?"

Gu Xiaoyue raised an eyebrow, revealing a mischievous smile.

Chu Li understood, and the two of them snuck around behind Duan Yao to eavesdrop on their conversation.

"I've already said it, it's not impossible to terminate the contract, but look at how the contract is written? If Party B breaches the contract, they must compensate Party A 30 times the contract amount. It's written clearly in black and white; if you want to terminate the contract, bring the money!"

Manager Jiang opened the contract and pointed at the terms for Duan Yao to see.

Only then did Duan Yao carefully look at the contract, and then she slammed it onto the table.

"I clearly said I would only sign for three months, why is this contract for three years? You are committing fraud!"

"Student Duan, saying that is simply slandering me! When did you say you were only signing for three months? Besides, how could the endorsement fee for three months be sixty million? Of course, it's sixty million a year; signing for three years is how you get that price!"

Sixty million a year was neither too much nor too little; for signing a newcomer, it was quite standard.

Gu Xiaoyue thought that Duan Yao had probably agreed beforehand to only sign for three months, and this manager from Yongle had seen her carefree personality and plotted against her!

Duan Yao grew up on the mountain and thought that being an endorser was very lucrative. Plus, she liked the feeling of being surrounded by everyone, so she probably signed the contract without looking at it carefully.

"I don't care; I said I was only signing for three months. Once the three months are up, I'm going back to the mountain for closed-door cultivation!"

Duan Yao didn't want to entangle with them and, having said her piece, prepared to get up and leave.

"Hey, hey, that's not up to you, Student Duan."

Manager Jiang raised his hand to stop Duan Yao from leaving.

"If you breach the contract and refuse to attend our mall's business events, then don't blame me for going to find the head of the Duan Family and asking him to uphold justice!"

Duan Yao's expression changed, but she still stubbornly said, "Go ahead and find them, do whatever you want! Do you think I'm afraid of you?"

"Oh, so you don't care, huh! You're not afraid, huh! Well then, fine! Not only will I find the head of the Duan Family, but I'll also find the media and file a lawsuit in court! When it blows up, not only will you have to pay, but your Duan Family will lose all face! You don't care, right? You don't even want your Duan Family's reputation anymore?"

As Manager Jiang spoke, he tapped his own cheek, reminding Duan Yao that even if she didn't care about her reputation, the Duan Family certainly did.

At the same time, Manager Jiang put on an "I'm doing this all for your own good" attitude.

Duan Yao's face flushed red, and she had nowhere to vent her anger.

Although Yongle Shopping Mall was also a victim in this beverage incident, the fact that they engaged in false advertising to deceive consumers was confirmed.

As the endorser, Duan Yao had also been condemned by many fans, and she didn't want to work for Yongle anymore at all!

But terminating the contract required paying a penalty, and 30 times the amount was 1.8 billion star coins.

Life on the mountain was austere, and although members of the Duan Family occasionally sent some rare treasures, she would just dump them all on her pets.

As for the current Duan Yao, let alone 1.8 billion, even including the endorsement fee, she couldn't even scrape together 100 million star coins!

Gu Xiaoyue whispered to Chu Li: "How about you step in and help her resolve the matter? I'll cover the money."

Chu Li was a bit strange, "If you want to help her, just help her directly. Why make me do it?"

Gu Xiaoyue gave him a look of disdain.

"Like poles repel, understand? She is particularly unfriendly toward me. If I step in to resolve it, she might just refuse outright, and then I won't be able to get what I want!"

Chu Li nodded meaningfully. He knew it; why would Gu Xiaoyue want to help Duan Yao solve her problem for no reason?

And it was a huge trouble worth 1.8 billion star coins; indeed, there was an ulterior motive!

Chu Li asked her what she wanted from Duan Yao that was worth 1.8 billion star coins.

"God Rank beast blood."

Gu Xiaoyue lowered her voice, "I want the blood of her four God-Rank Pets, just 10ml of each is fine."

Chu Li gave her a reassuring gesture, and then the two walked toward Duan Yao and Manager Jiang.

He didn't ask why Gu Xiaoyue wanted God Rank beast blood; if she wanted to say, she would naturally tell him.

"A grown man, bullying a naive young girl, is that interesting?"

The appearance of Chu Li and Gu Xiaoyue broke the stalemate between Duan Yao and Manager Jiang.

Holding back tears, Duan Yao turned her head to the side, and tears fell silently.

"Who are you to speak up for her? Besides, how am I bullying her? She's the one bullying me! The contract is signed, and she wants to terminate it without paying—is there any reason in this world for that? No matter where I go, I'm in the right, alright!"

Hearing Manager Jiang say this, Duan Yao shouted with red eyes: "I clearly said I was signing for three months, and it's because your business practices are dishonest that I insist on terminating the contract!"

"Hey, you—"

Manager Jiang wanted to quibble with Duan Yao some more, but was interrupted by Chu Li.

"Alright, it's just star coins, isn't it! I'll pay her breach of contract penalty. Take out the contract termination agreement now, immediately!"

"Wait a moment, what is your motive?"

Duan Yao asked Chu Li, holding back her sobbing voice. She had learned her lesson now; she needed to agree on things beforehand and ask clearly.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be just leaving the dragon's pool only to enter the tiger's den!

Chu Li leaned close to Duan Yao and whispered to her in a volume that only the two of them could hear.

"I have a strange hobby; I like collecting exotic beast blood. I saw that Student Duan's few pets are strange and mighty, and I would like to ask you for a little of their blood."