Yao Yuan's brow furrowed and his heart quickened its pace.
For the first time, he really looked at the report card, only to see the page dotted with zeros. The big, red marks practically blinded him!
Butler Shen had indeed mentioned that Yao Tang had rather poor grades. At the time, he had been so busy that he hadn't paid much attention to it, much less checked the report card.
Needless to say, he had never imagined it to be this bad.
Shame almost consumed him, especially given the dean's look of disapproval. Unlike Yao Tang, Yao Ran's grades had always been among the top in her class, in the whole school even. Yao Yuan had never experienced such humiliation before.
"Ah," he stammered awkwardly. "You see, this niece of mine grew up in the countryside and didn't have access to proper education. Her parents asked me to find her a good school, but I never expected… That is, to say, I was also in the dark about this."
