Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 475: Chapter 471: The Petty Person

The poison of rumors is frightening. That person spoke without changing his expression, yet he led the crowd to a flight of fancy, unable to prevent their thoughts from sinking into filth. If these statements were to become substantiated, it would not only be Huo Sining who would be looked down upon, but Ji Kun’s reputation would also be dragged down with him!

Ji Kun’s face had completely darkened, and he coldly rebuked, ”Ma Liwen, what nonsense are you spouting?!”

Indeed, this sanctimonious person with ill intentions was none other than Ma Liwen who had previously encountered Huo Sining in the Imperial Capital.

Huo Sining had long known that Ma Liwen was a despicable man, but she had not expected him to dare make such shameless remarks in front of so many people, embarrassing Ji Kun.

A cold smile crept onto the corner of Huo Sining’s lips as she stepped out from behind Gu Xu, walked straight to the front of the crowd, and looked up at Ma Liwen with composure:

”Is Professor Ma talking about me?”

Ma Liwen and Ji Kun were at odds, as Ji Kun was more than ten years younger than him, yet held a higher position in the Forbidden City.

Moreover, Ji Kun was Zhou Shitao’s prized pupil, and even the director of the Forbidden City treated Ji Kun with great courtesy and valued him highly.

This made Ma Liwen feel very unbalanced, and he found Ji Kun quite disagreeable, always looking to trip him up.

However, in their daily work, he could never find any fault in Ji Kun to exploit.

This time, when he heard that Ji Kun had brought a female student who had just entered university to survey the archaeological site, Ma Liwen immediately had crooked thoughts, believing that he had finally caught a fault in Ji Kun and naturally would not let it go.

But when Huo Sining looked up, Ma Liwen was momentarily stunned by her appearance.

Huo Sining felt anger inside, yet her expression closely held a faint smile as she stared at Ma Liwen:

”You’re right, being young and pretty is not necessarily an asset, just as being older and learned doesn’t always equate to virtue and respectability. I wonder when Professor Ma will honor the one million in surgery fees that he owed to Old Master Wu?”

Ma Liwen had provoked Huo Sining several times before, and each time she had let him off. This time, he was once again disrespectful, but Huo Sining was not someone to be trifled with; it was unreasonable to be bullied to her doorstep and still remain patient.

If you’re going to maliciously speculate that I climbed the ranks through manipulation, then I’ll call you out for your age lacking virtue, a hypocrite parading as a scholar, and by the way, remind you of that one-million bet. Even if I don’t get the money, I can still disgust you!

Sure enough, upon hearing Huo Sining mentioning the one million in front of so many people, Ma Liwen’s complexion immediately turned from green to white, and his gaze toward Huo Sining became uncertain.

The students, however, were stunned. They had not expected Huo Sining to dare talk back to Professor Ma Liwen. They all covertly exchanged glances in private, no one daring to make a sound, fearful of bring disaster upon themselves and causing Ma Liwen to redirect his fury toward them.

”Hahaha.”

Just at that moment, one of the elderly professors within the group suddenly broke into laughter:

”This young girl may be young, but she has a clear and unyielding gaze; she is indeed a promising seedling. Professor Ji, is this young miss your newly accepted disciple?”

The person speaking was one of the few who had arrived at the spot along with Ma Liwen, although it was not known who he was, it was clear he was trying to diffuse the situation for Ma Liwen.

However, Huo Sining and Ji Kun clearly weren’t buying it, as they both denied, ”It’s not.”

”Not?” Others had yet to react when the professor who asked the question was taken aback, somewhat puzzled, ”Isn’t this student brought by you?”

Ji Kun smiled at the professor and explained, ”The person was brought by me, but this girl is not my disciple.”

Several professors immediately looked at each other, not understanding what Ji Kun meant. According to convention, the students they took out for practical experience were almost always their protégés. It made no sense to give such a great opportunity to someone unrelated.

At that moment, Xie Daoyuan couldn’t help but speak up, ”This girl truly isn’t Junior Ji’s disciple. I’m afraid we also can’t pull rank on her either, we can only respectfully call ourselves her senior brothers.”

Senior brothers? Everyone was instantly surprised, a look of confusion passing through their eyes.

A bitter smile couldn’t help but appear on Ji Kun’s face, ”She is the Closed-door Disciple my master just accepted. He wanted me to take her out for some experience.”

Uh...

The professors’ faces showed embarrassment, they had thought this young girl was one of Ji Kun’s students, and had her running errands for them. They had no idea she was actually a disciple of Zhou Shitao, and of the same generation as themselves.

The students were even more disheveled by the wind, none had expected Huo Sining to be Ji Kun’s junior sister. The faces of the students who had previously claimed to be her senior brothers and sisters in front of Huo Sining looked somewhat unnatural.

Only Li Xuanbing wore a look of jealousy and resentment. How had she not foreseen that this girl, who seemed to have no skill at all, was actually Zhou Shitao’s Closed-door Disciple!

Ma Liwen, who was also caught off guard standing in front of Huo Sining, had been repeatedly embarrassed by Huo Sining and already harbored resentment towards her. Now, hearing that Huo Sining was actually Zhou Shitao’s disciple, a surge of rage welled up inside him.

New hatreds and old grudges came together; he had thoroughly come to hate this pair of brothers and sisters, Ji Kun and Huo Sining.

Of all the professors present, none could compare to Zhou Shitao’s authority. In fact, many of them had attended Mr. Zhou’s lectures when they were apprentices themselves. Now here they were, bullying his newly accepted young disciple. This seemed somewhat excessive.

The professor who earlier had helped Ma Liwen out was suddenly a bit sheepish, ”I had no idea Mr. Zhou had accepted a new disciple. The young lady is quick-witted, which is very much to my taste. No wonder she was chosen by Master Zhou.”

This statement had a pleading tone, as this person had just sided with Ma Liwen earlier, so Huo Sining didn’t have a good impression of this professor and consequently didn’t show a good face towards him.

”Being chosen by the old master is not a reason for the younger generation to be proud. However, being young is not a reason for you to look down on her. Not to boast, but although this girl has just become my master’s disciple, she is extremely talented, and no one among the students you’ve brought can compare with her.”

Ji Kun said with a smile as he stepped forward. His words caused an uproar among the audience.

Li Xuanbing was the first to object. Even if Huo Sining had become a disciple of Zhou Shitao, how could she, after studying under a professor for so many years, not be better than a girl who had just started?

It wasn’t just Li Xuanbing who was disgruntled; the other students also showed signs of anger. Only Ding Liang had a complex expression.

Having witnessed the incident of Huo Sining acquiring the Opal Glaze White-glazed Porcelain Bowl yesterday, Ding Liang had already vaguely sensed that this girl was different from them. Now, learning that Huo Sining was a disciple of Zhou Shitao, he wasn’t surprised at all, only his gaze towards Huo Sining was indiscernible, whether it was jealousy or admiration.