Return to the City: The Strongest King
Chapter 1032 - 1033: Raising a Disciple Is So Expensive

Chapter 1032: Chapter 1033: Raising a Disciple Is So Expensive

After finishing a class, many students still surrounded Song Xiaodong. Every time they attended his class, they gained a lot, which made them like the subject more and also increasingly admire Song Xiaodong as a teacher.

This might be because Song Xiaodong’s teaching methods differ greatly from other teachers. He focuses more on practice and truly developing their applicable skills, rather than merely passing an exam.

Such interactive teaching methods naturally aren’t as dull and tasteless as the usual ones.

However, a few students left first, but nobody cared, only Song Xiaodong glanced at them.

“Teacher Song, can you talk about something? I have a question.” A female student asked with a smile.

“Go ahead.” Song Xiaodong said with a smile.

The girl asked curiously, “What benefits do you actually get from being Teacher Song’s apprentice?”

Song Xiaodong chuckled and said, “Being my apprentice means I’ll pass on my most exquisite medical skills to them.”

The girl immediately pursued, “Then why can’t you just teach us in class? We’re also your students, aren’t we?”

“Put it this way, let me give you an example. If it’s just a teacher-student relationship, I simply tell you what I want to teach. That’s it. Whether you can learn it well or not, that’s up to you.”

“But being master and apprentice is different. As a master, I invest everything to train my apprentices to become true acupuncture experts, which requires substantial resources. To put it plainly, that’s money. To train a qualified apprentice, it would cost at least ten million, and this money is all spent by me as the master. If I don’t select carefully and casually choose people as apprentices, I would soon go bankrupt.”

“Wow, Teacher Song, is it true that it takes ten million to train an apprentice?”

All the students exclaimed in shock, and even Lu Yaobing followed with a gasp, not expecting that Song Xiaodong would invest so much.

Song Xiaodong smiled and said, “What did you think? You pay tuition to attend university; being my apprentice requires me to spend money. Such an opportunity can’t be given to just anyone.”

Another student hesitated and said, “Then, Teacher Song, why do you spend so much to train apprentices?”

Song Xiaodong looked at everyone, then slowly said, “My goal is to cultivate a few successors, ensuring that our country’s amazing acupuncture skills aren’t lost. More people learning these skills can benefit others greatly, which can’t be measured by money.”

“Teacher Song, you are truly a good teacher.” Wang Xiaoling couldn’t help but say with admiration, and the other students had similar thoughts at that moment.

Song Xiaodong waved his hand, saying, “You should all work hard. Next week, I will arrange a special teaching activity, but it will take up your weekend time.”

“What activity? What activity?” Wang Xiaoling, having eaten with Song Xiaodong, felt they were closer and eagerly asked.

“I’ll tell you then. That’s all for today. You can disperse now.”

Everyone crowded around Song Xiaodong as they went downstairs, watching him drive away.

Wang Xiaoling turned to Lu Yaobing and said, “Yaobing, I suddenly feel very envious of you.”

“Yes, indeed!” The crowd nodded together. Setting aside other matters, just the thought of Song Xiaodong investing millions in Lu Yaobing to train her made them envious.

Lu Yaobing proudly said, “I’m lucky, but you also have a chance. I believe next week’s weekend class might be the time when the master tests you, so you’d better prepare early and see who is qualified to call me senior sister.”

Back in the dormitory, Wang Xiaoling was fiddling with her phone and quickly called out.

“Look, look quickly!”

“What are you shouting about?” Another roommate came over and said, “Why are you making a fuss?”

“The posts about Teacher Song and Yaobing’s alleged romance have all been deleted, and those IDs are now saying they were instigated by Dean Liu.”

“Really?”

Everyone took out their phones to look, and soon they were exclaiming.

“Wow! They dare say that, aren’t they afraid Dean Liu Chunan will cause them trouble?”

“Yeah, that’s really bold. But how strange, they posted those things before, why are they now exposing Dean Liu?”

Wang Xiaoling said proudly, “In today’s class, didn’t Teacher Song say something? It seems that when he spoke, their conscience awakened.”

“I don’t think so. It’s likely Dean Liu Chunan used some means and then committed a wrongdoing, leading to everyone pushing him down.”

“Look at this, Dean Liu Chunan has already been put under investigation, there’s even photos.”

“Really? Someone actually took him away.”

The group excitedly exclaimed, as they were very disgusted with Dean Liu Chunan.

“Haha, that’s karma for him. He wanted to harm Teacher Song and Lu Yaobing, but now he’s the one in trouble. It’s retribution!”

Lu Yaobing was also surprised by the swift handling. What happened in the morning had already led to Liu Chunan being arrested by the afternoon. Without an energy behind it, such speed wouldn’t have been possible.

And this energy was clearly Song Xiaodong, which made Lu Yaobing’s eyes shine brightly. Having such a great master made being his apprentice incredibly proud.

“Yaobing, why aren’t you surprised at all?” Wang Xiaoling asked.

Lu Yaobing smiled slightly and said, “What’s there to be surprised about? It’s a normal occurrence.”

“That’s not right. Did you already know this would happen?” Wang Xiaoling put her arm around Lu Yaobing’s shoulder and said, “Quickly confess, you haven’t been hiding things from us, have you?”

“Not really. This matter was actually handled by my master. When we ate last time, he said if Dean Liu dared to target us students, he wouldn’t let him get away with it. When Dean Liu tried to expel me today, it made my master angry.”

“Then what happened? What happened next?” The group eagerly asked.

“You saw the Health Bureau deputy director we met last time, right? He happened to be here today, and when the master got angry, he directly dealt with Dean Liu.”

Though the matter wasn’t as simple as stated, in Lu Yaobing’s heart, it seemed straightforward.