dognovel Chapter 165 Madness and Abyss
Chapter 165 Madness and Abyss
Yang Jingyuan paused, her tone carrying a condescending assertion: "Don't be fooled by his current success; he's just a low-level martial artist! What truly forges a strong person? Abundant resources, top-tier techniques, guidance from renowned masters, and a strong family foundation! What does Lin Qiye have? Such people are outwardly strong but inwardly weak; their foundation is like a castle in the air. Any slight storm can bring them back to reality!"
"Oh?" Meng Yao put down the file, smiling with interest, a smile full of mockery. "The top freshman you criticized so harshly actually single-handedly defeated Chen Xuanyi, the heir of the Chen Group, in front of everyone. Yang Jingyuan, you're so relentlessly slandering him, could it be... that you've made some kind of deal with the Chen family behind the scenes, trying to help Chen Xuanyi get revenge?"
"You're spouting nonsense!" Yang Jingyuan's face instantly turned a deep shade of liver. She abruptly stood up, pointed at Meng Yao on the screen, and shouted angrily, "Meng Yao, stop with your veiled attacks! My loyalty to Her Majesty the Empress is as clear as day! Everything I've done is to strengthen our 'Empress's Flower' faction, clear obstacles for Her Majesty the Empress, and create a safe haven for us female students at Wuhan University! It's you who's been making sarcastic remarks all along. Have you been disliking our School of Law for a long time and are trying to take this opportunity to suppress us?!"
"Suppress?" Meng Yao scoffed, as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world. "Yang Jingyuan, you overestimate yourself. With just those few scoundrels under your command?"
She leaned forward slightly, her sharp eyes seeming to pierce through the screen: "I'm just reminding you not to bring personal grudges into the organization's decisions. Lin Qiye is currently a hot commodity coveted by the entire Galaxy Martial Arts University. Our 'Empress Flower' either doesn't recruit him, or if we do, we must show sufficient sincerity and the right attitude. Not like you, with your condescending, condescending attitude, pushing him away!"
"And besides, Yang Jingyuan," Meng Yao said slowly, "your intelligence work is as bad as ever. Lin Qiye isn't the low-level martial artist with no background that you imagine."
"What do you mean?!" Yang Jingyuan's brows furrowed instantly, a sense of foreboding rising in her heart.
Meng Yao smiled dismissively, as if looking at a clown: "You still don't know? Lin Qiye, he's from the Si family. Teacher Si Qingwan personally intervened and suppressed all the anonymous reports against him. Isn't that obvious enough?"
The Si family…Si Qingwan?!
Yang Jingyuan's heart sank.
On the conference screen, the expressions of the other "Princess Flower" executives, who had initially been watching with a detached, spectator's attitude, instantly turned serious.
A slight commotion passed between them, and their exchanged glances held a hint of seriousness.
"Not only that," Meng Yao put down her teacup and dropped another bombshell, her gaze sweeping over everyone to make sure they were listening, "Go and find out more, Lin Qiye and Lin Yuechan, the teacher in the student council, are very close. They both have the surname Lin..."
The words were left unsaid, but the information they contained exploded in everyone's minds like a thunderclap from the heavens!
This time, not only Yang Jingyuan, but even Han Yingwen, who had always remained calm and composed, showed obvious emotion on her elegant and noble face for the first time!
The other vice presidents all paused in their breathing at that moment.
Lin Yuechan!
That woman's family is rumored to be the Lin family, the main star of Taurus!
Yang Jingyuan's pupils suddenly contracted, and all her previous anger and resentment were instantly replaced by a chilling fear that shot from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.
Could it be that... Lin Qiye is a member of the Lin family of the main star?
An even more terrifying thought began to grow uncontrollably in her mind.
Could it be... he's the new heir of the Lin family?!
impossible!
That's absolutely impossible!
However... he might be the illegitimate son of some powerful figure in the Lin family...
His resume clearly states... Could it be that the resume from the Haicheng Grain District was also fake?
Yang Jingyuan's face turned deathly pale instantly, and cold sweat poured down her back.
The others on the screen also fell into a deathly silence.
Their expressions of watching the show had vanished without a trace, replaced by deep shock and a renewed sense of unease.
A mysterious new student who can get Si Qingwan to personally protect her and has a close relationship with Lin Yuechan...
All previous judgments about him being "outwardly strong but inwardly weak" and "unstable in his foundation" seem so ridiculous at this moment.
That's not because their foundation is unstable, it's because their level is too low to even touch the real foundation of others!
The eyes of Han Yingwen, the vice president of the student council, which always held a gentle smile, were now filled with deep thought.
This person is no longer someone they can recruit, test, or even suppress at will.
He is a lurking dragon among the new generation!
Yang Jingyuan, that idiot!
"Alright."
Han Yingwen, who had been silent all along, finally spoke.
"Since Lin Qiye is close to teachers Si Qingwan and Lin Yuechan, then our 'Princess Flower' doesn't need to recruit them."
Her gaze was like a sharp sword, shooting straight at Yang Jingyuan, whose face had already turned deathly pale on the screen.
"Yang Jingyuan," Han Yingwen's voice was devoid of any emotion, "you didn't... offend him, did you?"
This seemingly casual question sent a chill down Yang Jingyuan's spine, as if she had fallen into an ice cave. She felt her heart skip a beat, and quickly forced a smile that looked more like a grimace, vehemently denying it:
"How...how could that be! Han Yingwen, I...I just sent someone to invite him normally, it's just that he didn't appreciate it, I absolutely didn't do anything out of line!"
She is now only grateful that she only sent two men to probe the area and did not personally intervene.
Han Yingwen gave her a deep look and didn't ask any further questions.
Some things are best left unsaid.
"From this moment forward, no one in the organization is allowed to contact him or test him. Just pretend he doesn't exist."
"As for you, Yang Jingyuan," Han Yingwen's tone turned cold again, "keep an eye on your men and don't let them cause me any more trouble. If your stupidity causes unnecessary losses to the organization..."
She didn't finish her sentence, but her cold gaze said it all.
"Yes! Yes! I understand!" Yang Jingyuan nodded vigorously, her back already soaked with cold sweat.
Han Yingwen stopped looking at her and immediately ended the video call.
One by one, the light screens dimmed, and silence returned to the conference room.
Yang Jingyuan sat in the chair, her face pale.
The relief of surviving the ordeal and the resentment of being publicly humiliated were intertwined wildly in her heart.
"Lin Qiye... the Lin family... the Si family..."
No, we absolutely cannot let this go!
This is not just a matter of my personal face, Yang Jingyuan; it concerns all the female martial artists of Galaxy Martial Arts University!
That's just how the world is; there's never a shortage of a crown to be bestowed upon a man.
As long as he is strong and arrogant enough, there will always be people—even women like Meng Yao and Han Yingwen—who can't wait to give in and kneel down to kiss his feet.
They've forgotten!
Have you forgotten how, over the past three years, Her Majesty the Empress has created the environment we have today step by step?
A woman’s abilities and ambitions can be recognized and respected in an environment where they are acknowledged and respected!
Lin Qiye, and his primitive and brutal male logic, are the virus that is trying to erode this pure land!
He publicly crushed my men; that wasn't just a simple demonstration, it was a declaration of war against us female warriors!
His gaze and posture seemed to say, "Look, women, even if you establish your own order, I can crush it with a single finger."
Every provocation he makes today is a test of the bottom line of the new order we have established.
If we back down, it would be tantamount to admitting to everyone that everything Her Majesty the Empress has built is nothing but a fleeting illusion, utterly vulnerable in the face of true, absolute male power!
All our efforts over the past three years will become a joke!
I absolutely will not allow it!
Therefore, my face, Yang Jingyuan's face, is not just mine alone!
It represents the majesty of Her Majesty the Empress, the dignity of all of us "Empress Flower" sisters, and even more so, this hard-won era in which female warriors can hold their heads high!
I will use my own methods, my own wisdom, to crush his dignity and let everyone see what will happen to a foolish man who tries to challenge the new era created by the Empress.
A glint of madness flashed in her eyes, unaware that the increasingly viscous darkness behind her seemed to come alive, silently writhing, gathering, and coiling...