Sh*t, a mimosa.

Lin Hai's eyes widened like saucers.

Looking at that huge pot of mimosa plants.

Judging by eye, a girl definitely can't move it.

Sh*t!

What a scam!

It is said that mimosas indeed need to be moved to different positions every day to avoid direct sunlight.

This plant gets bashful when it encounters sunlight!

Teacher Ning stood with hands on hips, watching Lin Hai, and coldly asked:

"So, tell me, what do you understand by 'the plant'?"

"Uh..."

"I refuse to answer that question."

"Don't move."

Teacher Ning commanded sharply, stopping Lin Hai's next move.

"Why? Teacher Ning." Lin Hai blinked innocently.

Teacher Ning gave a cold snort, a wise look crossing her cool face, saying, "Because I need to preserve the crime scene, so that when the police arrive later, everything will be clear."

"What?"

Lin Hai was just about to explain when he suddenly heard the furious click of a phone's flash going off.

"Darn it!"

He widened his eyes, seeing that Teacher Ning had already taken several photos of Lin from various angles with her phone.

Lin Hai instantly felt like he was about to be conned so badly he'd spit blood.

"Teacher Ning, listen to my explanation; I'm a good person. My name is Lin Chunliang, not what you think."

Lin Hai couldn't bother about anything else, hurriedly stood up, lifted his pants, and waved his hands to explain.

Teacher Ning retreated two steps vigilantly and put away her phone.

"Explain? Caught with evidence, this time you're facing a long jail term."

"Attempted assault, entering someone else's room illegally, multiple charges combined, at least ten years, right?"

Teacher Ning said triumphantly.

"Teacher Ning, that's really unfair."

"I'm poor."

Lin Hai weakly explained.

"What does being poor have to do with your crime?" Teacher Ning snorted coldly.

"Of course there's a connection."

Lin Hai "argued" back.

"Then tell me, what's the connection?"

Teacher Ning seemed to have already envisioned Lin Hai in a striped prison uniform, hands on the iron bars, looking outside with silence and grief.

Being able to bring this beast to justice, Teacher Ning felt a sudden relief in her heart.

"I'm poor, so I save on everything."

Teacher Ning furrowed her brow, wondering what tricks this beastly rogue was up to now.

Lin Hai continued, "So, I have to save on fabric."

"I came to Yanjing with only this pair of pants. What if they get torn?"

The more he spoke, the more Lin's confidence grew.

"And what does that have to do with attempted assault?" The pretty girl also spoke up.

Darn, even the pretty girl was accusing him of assault!

Lin Hai looked at the two women with a sad and indignant expression: "How can people like you, who grew up with privileged material conditions, understand the plight of the poor?"

"Why am I being misunderstood by you? It's because you don't understand the poor."

"I knew it was about moving the plant pot, but it's so big, I was afraid I'd exert too much strength and tear my pants."

"That's why, I took off my pants."

After Lin Hai finished speaking, he looked completely innocent, like a loyal minister falsely accused, filled with despair and frustration.

Sigh, in this life, I've lived by my wits.

Teacher Ning and the pretty girl looked at each other.

This...

It seems plausible.

"I have only eight dollars and fifty cents on me. If you don't believe it, take a look."

Lin Hai turned both pockets inside out.

The fifty cents was made up of five dimes, truly poverty-stricken and shabby.

The two women looked at each other again.

"Sigh, forget it, I came here today to see the president, I won't bother with you all. If you plan to extort, I have no money, at worst I'll go to jail, but just pity my sister who has no one to take care of her."

After saying that, Lin Hai raised his gaze skyward at a forty-five-degree angle, almost a tear glistening at the corner of his eye, as if he was deeply reluctant to be imprisoned and was nostalgically attached to the outside world.

"This..." the pretty girl and Teacher Ning were dumbfounded.

Could one really explain it like that?

But, what he said seems reasonable and can't be refuted.

"What did you actually come here for?" the pretty girl asked, wanting to know Lin Hai's intentions.

"I came to see the president. This is a recommendation letter from Professor Chen."

Lin Hai took out the recommendation letter.

The pretty girl, skeptical, took the letter and examined it carefully.

She then nodded slightly: "It is indeed Professor Chen's handwriting."

"Are you the older brother of Lin Mengru mentioned in the letter?"

Lin Hai nodded, thumping his chest: "The one and only."

Teacher Ning looked disbelieving: "How could you possibly know Professor Chen?"

Lin Hai wasn't pleased.

"Hey, Teacher Ning, your prejudice and arrogance are really annoying."

"You're the one who's prejudiced and arrogant!" Teacher Ning responded angrily.

Lin Hai waved his hand: "Whatever, I can't be bothered to argue with you, I'll only discuss this with the president. One of you, go get the president."

"You're looking for the president?" Teacher Ning asked.

"Yes."

"Alright, the president is right in front of you." Teacher Ning pointed at the pretty girl beside her.

Lin Hai was dumbfounded.

Darn it!

This... doesn't make sense.

Such a young and beautiful girl is the president?

Shouldn't a president be an old man by now?

Why is it a youthful and beautiful girl?

"You're really the president?" Lin Hai was stunned.

The pretty girl president furrowed her brows slightly and said, "First, tell me your problem. What is your relationship with Professor Chen?"

"Oh, him? He's like my half-apprentice."

Lin Hai felt the need to boost his status a bit in front of the pretty girl.

"What, you? Professor Chen is so knowledgeable, and you? Did you even graduate middle school?"

"Two days short of graduation..." Lin Hai awkwardly scratched his chin.

Teacher Ning and the pretty girl president were both speechless.

With such a level of education, you dare claim to be Professor Chen's master?

"Really, even though I am not educated, Professor Chen isn't learning culture from me."

Lin Hai argued unperturbedly.

"Oh? Now I'm curious, what could Professor Chen learn from you? Could it be learning how to get an erotic massage?" Teacher Ning was skeptical.

"Huh? Girl, you know about erotic massages too? Could it be that you're a fellow aficionado?" Lin Hai kept blinking his eyes.

Teacher Ning immediately frowned with disgust and glared at him furiously.

"Just kidding, Professor Chen is learning Tai Chi Boxing from me."

Lin Hai smiled smugly, saying, "I know a bit of family-inherited Tai Chi Boxing, now you understand."

"Really?"

Lin Hai nodded: "Absolutely true, you can verify this with Professor Chen, I have no reason to lie about such trivial things."

"Tsk tsk, who would've thought, you actually know Tai Chi Boxing?" Teacher Ning teased.

"I not only know Tai Chi Boxing but also medical skills, and on top of that, I know massage too." Lin Hai lifted his chin proudly.

"You know medical skills too?" The pretty girl president's eyes sparkled with interest.