After the minor character transforms into a beauty, she steals the heart of a tycoon's son.

In the deacon's office, Pei Heng turned his phone screen towards Si Lin.

It was a photo sent in real time. At the back door of the banquet hall, Lin Xiaokui and Su Nian were hiding behind a trash can, waiting for their chance.

"I haven't even invited them yet, but Lin Xiaokui is already planning to go." Pei Heng said with an excited smile.

"It wouldn't be right not to go with the flow and have some fun."

Si Lin frowned as he looked at Lin Xiao Kui in the photo.

idiot.

Unlike them, Gu Beiheng and Jiang Yubai's group were ruthless and never showed mercy.

Lin Xiaokui's eagerness to cause trouble inevitably offended people, just like at the last school anniversary celebration, where she almost lost her life.

In the end, Ruan Tang had to plead with him to save her.

Wait... last school anniversary celebration.

Si Lin's mind raced.

If Lin Xiaokui goes to her death again tonight, Ruan Tang will definitely not stand idly by.

She was still the secretary of the deacon council; if she wanted to save someone, who could she turn to? Only him.

If you ask him to save someone, you'll naturally have to pay a price, just like at the last school anniversary celebration.

He won't take the initiative to get close to her.

After all, he had just promised her.

But what if she takes the initiative to throw herself into my arms?

With a beautiful woman offering herself up, he, a man full of vigor, had far too many reasons to resist the temptation.

Si Lin raised his eyes and glanced at Pei Heng, his usual indifference replaced by a rare hint of admiration.

Pei Heng felt a chill run down his spine from that look. "What's wrong? What are you plotting now?"

"It's nothing." Si Lin leaned back in his chair and tapped his fingers on the table.

"Give a heads-up to security and find a chance to let them in."

"Huh?" Pei Heng was taken aback. "Didn't you just say they were going to their deaths..."

"Let them in." Si Lin repeated, his tone indifferent, but the corners of his mouth curved slightly.

After he finished speaking, he put his phone in his pocket, stood up, straightened his cuffs, and walked towards the door.

"Where are you going?"

"Let's go to the carnival." Si Lin opened the door and walked out without looking back.

Pei Heng shouted from behind, "Then I'll go too!"

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Lin Xiaokui and Su Nian originally saw that An was guarding the back door.

But for some reason, the security guard received a phone call and then left.

Lin Xiaokui guessed that it was time for the shift change.

They quietly slipped in through the back door.

Su Nian followed behind Lin Xiao Kui, sensing something was amiss, but couldn't quite put her finger on it.

She tugged at her sleeve. "Xiao Kui, don't you think things are going too smoothly?"

Lin Xiaokui didn't even turn her head. "They're busy drinking in the front, so it's normal that the back door is lax and no one is checking it."

But they hadn't walked far when two servants in black suits came from the side and blocked their way, one on the left and one on the right.

Lin Xiaokui instinctively protected the miniature camera hidden in her pocket, and Su Nian took half a step back.

It's obvious they've been exposed.

The attendants led them to the very center of the banquet hall, to the brightest circular sofa.

The nobles along the way made way for them, curiously observing the two intruders dressed in the incongruous Saint Lan school uniform.

There's a new show to watch.

Su Nian surveyed the entire room, her fingers trembling slightly at her side.

Gu Beiheng leaned back in the middle of the sofa, with Jiang Yubai reclining beside him. The room was filled with A-level and B-level nobles, people she rarely saw at Shenglan.

But the oppressive aura emanating from them was completely different from that of the nobles who usually chased and bullied them.

This group of people is breathtaking and awe-inspiring at first glance.

Su Nian was unaware that some of them had already completed all their courses and should have graduated.

He only continued to come and go from Shenglan under the guise of delayed graduation because of his enrollment in the Deacon Group.

In their daily lives, they had already experienced many trials and tribulations within the family conglomerate.

Those illegitimate children, half-sisters, and disobedient old shareholders—they've brought down countless enemies, and their hands are stained not only with ink but also with blood.

They're not in the same league as those real greenhorns like Sheng Lan.

Their relaxed demeanor just now was because they came to Shenglan to have fun, so naturally they all had relaxed and cheerful expressions.

But now they are faced with two special admissions students who suddenly appeared and had ulterior motives.

The way they looked at us was one of condescending scrutiny, of discontent at being provoked, and of suffocating oppression.

A B-class nobleman stood up from the sofa, picked up a wine glass, walked up to Lin Xiaokui, and looked her up and down. "Oh, you two have quite the grand entrance."

"They showed up in school uniforms? Are they here to cause trouble?"

His tone wasn't harsh; it even carried a hint of a smile. But the contempt beneath that smile was more chilling than any reprimand.

Lin Xiaokui was also feeling uneasy.

The postures and gazes of the people around him formed circles, crowding in from all directions.

But she gripped the camera in her pocket tightly, tilted her chin up, and said, "This is a Shenglan campus event; all students can participate. Why can't we go in?"

"You want to participate?" The B-rank took a half step back and turned his head to say something to the attendant next to him.

Two servants stepped forward and placed their hands on Lin Xiaokui's shoulders, one on each side.

"But you're standing here, you're in the way. Kneel down first."

"Why—!" Before she could finish speaking, the servant kicked her in the back of the knee.

Lin Xiaokui fell forward, her knees hitting the ground hard with a thud.

Su Nian screamed in fright and squatted down to help her, but another servant pressed down on her shoulder.

Lin Xiaokui struggled to stand up, but her back was immediately stepped on by a leather shoe, pressing her back to the ground.

Another servant had already begun searching the person.

With swift movements, he searched Lin Xiaokui's pocket and found a miniature camera and a mobile phone.

A small camera and a voice recorder were found inside Su Nian's school uniform.

These devices were arranged one by one on the coffee table.

Jiang Yubai picked up the miniature camera and looked at it, his smile fading.

He tossed the camera onto the coffee table, looked up at Gu Beiheng, and the two exchanged a glance.

They really came here to cause trouble. How dare they? They're looking for death.

Everyone present knew the rules of the carnival.

The media is not controlled by A-level nobles, so they never allow cell phones or cameras to enter their private gatherings.

Each invitee had to undergo a rigorous body search by the servants before being allowed to enter.

This is the line of defense, and also the bottom line.

But tonight, someone crossed the line.