Chapter 540

Emma's face flushed crimson with anger. "So Willow just can't go to college now? What's so special about being an academician? Even academicians should follow basic decency!" Dylan also felt his temper rising, but he knew better than to provoke academia's elite. If it were just Jude, Bennet wouldn't have hesitated to make an enemy of him—after all, everyone in Phoenix's circles knew Garcia was merely the adopted son of the Garcia family patriarch. But Josiah was different. Crossing him might mean antagonizing the entire academic establishment. Even Bennet couldn't withstand that kind of backlash. "Willow," Dylan said carefully, "my father asked me to check if you'd consider changing your application to universities outside Phoenix. Whether it's Dellas or Arizona, he can arrange your transfer. With your grades, any top-tier university would compete to admit you." And those institutions wouldn't be inferior to Peking University by any measure. Willow pressed her lips together in silence.