"Stop arguing, it's all my fault. To make you two reconcile, I'll leave... I'm quitting..."

Ai Qingyan choked out a sob at the right moment, and fell backward to the ground without being hit. She looked at Lin Rui and the other two, stubbornly stood up, turned around and was about to leave. Her back was weak yet strong, and from an angle where no one could see, a triumphant smile appeared on her lips.

Sure enough, a fierce argument ensued, and the three men even laid a hand on Bai Wei.

That evening, the affiliated college's forum saw a surge of trending posts, attracting students from neighboring colleges to join the excitement.

[Shocking! The most beautiful girl in the Mechanical Engineering Department publicly insulted a freshman, got into a physical fight with her boyfriend, and then broke up with him!]

The accompanying picture shows Bai Wei's bruised, angry, and distorted face, and Lin Rui's resolute back with a handprint on his face.

When I saw her, Ai Qingyan was leisurely sitting in front of the mirror doing her electronic skincare routine, with several new messages displayed on her personal computer.

[Lin Rui: Qingqing, are you free tomorrow? I'd like to invite you to dinner to apologize for the hurt you suffered today.]

[Zhou Yuzhen: Was Qingyan scared today? Don't worry, we've already taught Bai Wei a lesson, she definitely won't be hanging around you anymore.]

[Zheng Tianhao: Qingyan, let's have dinner together tomorrow~]

Ai Qingyan laughed wildly, wiping away the tears of laughter from the corners of her eyes, a hint of malice flashing in her eyes.

Yes, that's right. Anyone who goes against her will not have a good ending. Bai Wei is not the first, nor will she be the last.

The next day, while having dinner in a private room, Ai Qingyan tearfully recounted to the three of them the series of humiliating events that had occurred at the main star's entrance ceremony banquet.

The replay ends here.

"Is she going to target Xiaoxi again???"

Luo Ming really didn't understand; it was clearly her who started the trouble at the entrance ceremony.

He Lanyuan nodded and continued in a calm, reporting tone, "Yesterday, they hacked into the database to investigate Xixi."

He turned on his personal computer and pulled up an encrypted recording.

"That Luo Zixi got all cocky because she had the Luo family backing her up... She almost hit me..."

Ai Qingyan lowered her voice, her voice choked with sobs.

"She's just an adopted daughter, that's easy! I'll get a few brothers and invite her to visit our academy."

Lin Rui's gruff voice came through.

"I'll hire online trolls on StarNet to ruin her reputation as soon as she's still in the academy!"

Zhou Yuzhen, with a sinister look on her face, immediately offered her a suggestion.

"There's a drug on the black market that can make people dizzy—we'll make her confess to stealing ancient artifacts on camera. Then we'll send her to an exile planet for rehabilitation! We'll make her wish she were dead!"

Zheng Tianhao's method was even simpler and more direct.

The recording abruptly stopped.

A spark crackled and popped from the charcoal fire on the grill.

"They probably just said that in anger, right? It was just a casual remark because the atmosphere was right!"

Zi Xi blinked; this was the first time she had ever heard someone express such blatant malice towards her.

But they wouldn't actually do anything to her, would they?!

"Instead of letting them hide in the shadows and cause trouble, it's better to strike when they make their move. Don't worry, I'll handle it immediately."

With a flash of cold light, He Lanyuan's military knife slammed into the cutting board with a clang, the trembling hum of the blade particularly jarring in the quiet kitchen.

He lowered his eyes and stared at the blade, a cold smile curving his lips.

The chess game had already been set up.

Three hours earlier, his legion's special operations team had already quietly set out.

Right now, those arrogant and spoiled brats are probably scrambling to deal with a series of unexpected little mishaps.

Lin Rui's S-class mecha license was revoked on the spot for improper driving.

The surveillance footage clearly shows that he hit and killed someone.

Zhou Yuzhen's once-proud StarNet accounts have all been banned, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has received irrefutable evidence that he tampered with experimental data.

The aura of this rising academic star is crumbling at a visible speed.