I bought a secret manual of the Hehuan Sect for ten yuan.

"Look at all the mess you've made!"

"I still have to clean up your mess, can't you be a little more composed!"

Guo Wenzhou released all the emotions he had been suppressing, his face trembling with anger.

Zhou Xing quickly lit a cigarette for Guo Wenzhou and said with a forced smile, "There's nothing I can do, the Zhu family gave us too much."

"How about this, I'll share half with you, brother, you take on more!"

"I have a few bottles of good wine at home, all over thirty years old. I'll have someone send them over to you later."

"What's the point of gagging me?" Guo Wenzhou retorted, though his expression softened considerably. "How can I be sure those four students won't talk nonsense?"

Zhou Xing said confidently, "These are all baseless rumors. No one would believe them if they told others."

"If they're no longer students at our school, then nobody will believe them anymore!"

"Qin Ge and the others are relatively easy to handle, but Lin Yao is a bit tricky."

"Lin Yao's mentor is Professor Yu; messing with his student would be a huge problem!"

Guo Wenzhou pondered for a moment, then solemnly said, "Lin Yao cannot be touched. A little girl can't cause any trouble. If we alarm Professor Yu, it would be counterproductive."

"Since Qin Ge has already been fired, there's no need to pay him any more attention."

"As for Liu Yang and Song Yuan..."

"Fire them too!"

"The reason is as you said: colluding to slander classmates, which is morally depraved."

"Haven't there been rumors lately that Zhu Yanghe saved Chairman Xia?"

"Try to push this forward and let more people know about it; it would be even better if it could be implemented!"

"When a person's abilities are recognized by people, then negative comments about him will automatically be categorized as malicious attacks, and people will speculate that Liu Yang and his group acted out of jealousy."

"You're so thoughtful, brother!" The two looked at each other and smiled.

......

Lin Yao Apartment.

As soon as the door closed, Qin Ge pulled Lin Yao into his arms and lowered his head to kiss her.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder; like dry tinder and a raging fire, they ignite instantly.

The kiss was intense and lasted a long time, from the doorway to the bedroom.

Lin Yao breathed softly, "Tell me clearly first, why did Liu Yang say you had late-stage pancreatic cancer?"

"Misdiagnosis." Qin Ge pulled out a photo of a diagnosis report from his phone. The diagnosis report from Heng'ai Hospital had already been released on the first day of his exams.

In fact, with his medical skills, he already knew that his body was fine, but he was finally relieved when he saw the report.

The worry that had been lingering between Lin Yaoyun's brows finally disappeared, and she said angrily, "You scoundrel, why haven't you contacted me lately?"

Qin Ge looked completely innocent. "What do you mean I didn't contact you? You didn't reply to my messages, and you didn't answer my calls. What could I do?"

"Don't we still need to prepare for final exams?"

"How do you think the Nine Gates got a perfect score?"

"Who told you to make me angry!" When Lin Yao and Liu Yang arrived, they learned the details of the conflict between Qin Ge and Zhu Yang that day from the two of them.

"Can't you comfort her?"

"Don't give me that nonsense. You didn't attend a single class during those finals days. Who knows what you were up to!"

Qin Ge tightened his grip slightly, as if he wanted to meld Lin Yao's soft body into his own. "Didn't I just coax her once?"

"If that's not enough, I can coax you again, two or three times, it's fine!"

Lin Yao pinched him hard. "Why didn't you tell me the truth about you and Zhu Yanghe?"

"You were wrong to strike first, but it was clearly Zhu Yanghe who was at fault before you attacked, and he even used a knife!"

"Are you really that lazy to explain to me?"

Qin Ge suppressed his smile, his expression turning serious. "Because the punishment came too suspiciously, Zhu Yanghe's backing is clearly not simple, and I don't want to implicate you."

"Today's events have proven my guess correct: Zhou Xing is Zhu Yanghe's backer!"

"Is it for my sake?" Lin Yao's lips parted slightly. "Are you a lotus root spirit? You're so young, why are you so cunning?"

"But don't underestimate me. No matter how much of a scoundrel Zhou Xing is, I don't believe he'd dare do anything to me!"

"But you, you've offended everyone today, from Zhou Xing to the principal. Are you really not planning to continue your studies?"

Qin Ge retorted, "If I don't confront them, do you think I can just study whenever I want?"

Do you think Zhou Xing looks like a fool?

"If he's not stupid, why is he so bold as to fire me without investigating or gathering evidence?"

"Isn't he at all worried about the negative consequences of doing this?"

"Where does he get this confidence?"

Lin Yao lowered her head and pondered, anger rising in her heart. "According to the school's procedures, if you disagree with the school's punishment, you will first come to me, your counselor."

"I can only report the situation to the hospital. Zhou Xing is the dean. He can suppress the matter or even just ignore it."

"Even if the matter reaches the principal, he's confident he can get away unscathed, because he's certain the principal will help him!"

Only now did she fully understand Qin Ge's unusual behavior. When Qin Ge confronted Guo Wenzhou in the principal's office, it really frightened her.

In other words, she didn't realize it at the time. If she had known that Guo Wenzhou and Zhou Xing were in cahoots, she would have stood up for them together with Qin Ge!

Qin Ge lifted her chin, "Truly beautiful inside and out, incredibly intelligent!"

Lin Yao sniffed, looking disgusted. "Don't treat me like a child!"

"Why didn't you agree to let me retake the exam? Didn't a genius who got full marks in nine subjects have the confidence to take it again?"

Qin Ge blurted out, "If it were you, would you agree?"

"No!" Lin Yao blurted out, her voice firm.

Qin Ge is innocent, yet he has to prove himself. Passing the re-examination only brings everything back to square one.

He will not be expelled from school, but those who slander him will not have to pay any price.

Faced with this injustice, Lin Yao and Qin Ge shared the same view: they could not compromise!

Compromise can never solve the fundamental problem, and compromise when absolutely necessary is nothing more than a delaying tactic.

"wrong."

"What you said makes a lot of sense, and I agree."

"But I always feel like something's not right."

Lin Yao stared intently at Qin Ge, racking her brains, "When you said you weren't going to study anymore in Guo Wenzhou's office, you didn't say it in a helpless state."

"Instead, it gives people the feeling that you don't care at all, or that you're disdainful."

"You never wanted to study in the first place, did you?"

Qin Ge inwardly exclaimed, "Holy crap! This woman's intuition is terrifying! She actually guessed it right!"

"You're right. Expelling me is a loss for Tokyo University, not for me, so of course I don't care!"

"You're so shameless! I thought you were an honest, well-behaved person, but you turned out to be a wolf!"

"Stop fooling around, let me rest for a bit, hmm..."