Lighter and Princess

Chapter 10

Maybe it was because she was able to make Boss Li laugh, but Zhu Yun was finally fortunate enough to see the project details this day.

The task list was very long. Zhu Yun looked over it quietly as Li Xun got up and leaned on the table next to her.

"You can earn up to two credits towards practical training. 0.2 for general items and 0.4 for special ones."

Zhu Yun raised her head and asked, "What counts as a special item?"

"Things that make money."

"......"

Boss Li was standing very close to her, so she had to turn her head up to see his face.

How was his skin so nice when he pulled so many all nighters?

A frown on his face, Li Xun continued smoking, his eyes unable to stay open.

Zhu Yun asked, "So, do the students get to keep all the money from this project?"

"Keep dreaming." His hangover made his voice a bit coarse. He turned and looked at her, his still-wet shirt gently folded and resting in a heap below his waist. "Do you know what a school-enterprise co-op is?"

The classroom was still as a park in the early morning. Even the sun hadn't been there to disturb them. Zhu Yun was curious as to how they'd chatted so natually until day arrived, as if they'd been old friends.

"Yeah," Zhu Yun said. "Every department has something like it. Working together with an outside business."

"Mmh. Of course, this would generally be an opportunity to earn some money, but the system isn't exactly an efficient one. By the time the money reachers the school, there isn't much left, and then that has to go towards the venue and management fees."

"So all the money this project earns will go to the school?"

"Not quite. We get a split too."

"How much?"

Li Xun didn't answer. He pressed his cigarette butt onto a sheet of paper and then said, "You want to earn some money?"

"......"

Did I come here just to earn money?

Zhu Yun politely replied, "No, no. I was just asking."

Li Xun sat on the table, his long legs dragging on the floor. In his lazy way, he said, "You're starting again. What are you pretending for? Just say what you want to say."

Zhu Yun had been acting courteously, but after Li Xun pricked at her, she automatically reacted. "At the mention of money, you're suddenly so guarded. Just like your hair, your character is so crude."

After she spoke, the two of them were both dumbstruck.

Flabbergasted, Li Xun said, "Say that again?"

"......"

"The refined and outstanding ** Zhu, say that again." (t/n: In all cases that asterisks appear, it is because they were present in the original text.)

A single slip could cause her everlasting sorrow. Who would come save her.

"It was a mistake." In a quiet voice that couldn't be any quieter, Zhu Yun said, "I need to go to the restroom."

With his long arms, Li Xun grabbed onto Zhu Yun's collar, nearly choking her to death.

"Why are you running away?" Li Xun asked from behind her.

In a situation such as this, Zhu Yun truly felt that a man was a man and a woman a woman—she was speaking to physical strength. Zhu Yun couldn't pull free. Li Xun pinched at her neck, and she stiffly turned around.