章 83: Pent-Up Emotions

Xie Qiao's tone was firm, and it was even laced with a hint of mockery.

Xie Qiao paused for a moment and said slowly after calming down a little, "I'm sure all of us will be assigned to collect the donation ourselves unless I can't do it on my own. Otherwise, it's impossible that I get you guys to carry the burden for me, right?"

"It is, but…" Fang Muxue felt rather awkward, "It's just that the donation is quite a lot, and we're only left with a month to submit the next donation. Each of us from the Orchid Courtyard will have to prepare 500 silver beans."

500?

That was quite a lot indeed.

These people said that one could use silver to buy the silver beans. However, since the academy had such a rule, if the families compensated, the amount of silver that might be used would be much higher than the value of the silver beans.

Naturally, it was mainly because it would ruin one's reputation.