Lu Wentao continued.

"Ever since Duanmu Zicheng, at the tender age of ten, passed all four rounds of examinations of the Academic Association with a single sentence, becoming the youngest member besides the association's honorary president, the Duanmu family's ambitions have gradually swelled."

"Over the past seven years, they have been using Duanmu Zicheng's name to continuously fill the association with people and win over the old members, which has led to more and more internal conflicts within the association and the emergence of two major camps."

"I am one of those who were recruited by the Duanmu family."

“Over the years, I have done a lot of things under the Duanmu family, which has caused chaos within the association. But today, when the old chairman came to my house with his dying body and had a long talk with me, I finally realized my mistake.”

"I will expose the Duanmu family's conspiracy and stop them from turning such a sacred organization as the Academic Association into their family's private property!"

"The academic association that the former president spent his entire life building should be sacred and fair, and should be used to serve countless scholars, not as a tool for capital to manipulate power!"

"Here, I apologize to everyone for the mistakes I have made over the years, and in order to make up for my mistakes, I will voluntarily withdraw from the association and restore order to the association."

He slowly removed the Level 10 membership badge from his chest and bowed deeply to the public and the camera once again.

He stepped off the stage.

Lu Wentao is gone, but the storm he stirred up will not stop there.

The matter has become so significant that major official websites such as China News Network, the State Administration of Education, and CCTV have taken notice, with CCTV's education channel even broadcasting the event live.

A knowledge competition held annually has quickly become a topic of national interest.

[Academic Association]

The Duanmu family manipulates power.

[Knowledge Quiz Livestream]

Several trending topics quickly rose to the top three on Weibo, reaching unprecedented popularity.

Just as China's top leadership realized what was happening and tried to temporarily suppress the hype and remove the trending topic, an order came from the highest levels of government: take this opportunity to rectify academic education.

The hands of the high-ranking officials who received the order trembled uncontrollably.

They considered themselves to have seen their fair share of storms, but an event of this magnitude was a rare occurrence, perhaps only happening once every ten years.

This is truly...so exciting!!!

Duanmu Yuan never dreamed that things would escalate to this point, and at this moment, he was truly afraid.

But no matter how scared or regretful he was, things were completely out of his control now, and he couldn't get involved at all!

Duanmu Zicheng was also stunned.

He was involved in this matter.

For example, the emergence of Lu Wentao.

In fact, Lu Wentao appeared not because he was persuaded by the old chairman, as he claimed, but because Duanmu Zicheng approached him after yesterday's exam.

They used threats and inducements to force him to come forward.

However, Duanmu Zicheng only asked him to identify Duanmu Zicheng as the one who actually cheated.

It was he who, as the young master of the Duanmu family and the successor to the next president, forced him to leak the exam questions, all in order to get first place and prevent anyone from surpassing him and vying for the position of the next president.

He was fed up with being used as a pawn by his family to manipulate the academic association, and he couldn't stand them doing things they thought were for his own good without ever consulting him.

In addition, he suddenly realized that, without knowing when it started, the desire to defeat Qin Sheng in his heart had not been so strong.

So when he wrote down the answers to the leaked questions in the sixth round of the exam, he was prepared to expose the inside story.

He wanted to cut off his own path to becoming the next chairman, so that the Duanmu family could no longer control his life!

But he only wanted to destroy himself; he never thought of dragging the Duanmu family into this mess!

After all, no matter how bad the Duanmu family was, or how much they restricted him, they were still the family that gave him birth and raised him. He didn't hate his family to the point of wanting to destroy the entire family!

Duanmu Zicheng had almost imagined the consequences for the Duanmu family after this incident, and his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.

Qin Sheng was right next to him and noticed it.

She cast a faint glance at him.

Duanmu Zicheng happened to be looking at her, and his anger surged uncontrollably.

He used almost all his strength to suppress the impulse in his heart, gritted his teeth, and said in a low voice, "You set this up?!"

Not entirely.

It was mainly the old chairman's doing.

but……

She nodded: "More or less."

After all, the former president did this partly for her and partly for the association. Moreover, the reason it became so widely known was because her fans and her third brother's fans worked together to support her.

So, it doesn't matter.

Duanmu Zicheng's eyes instantly turned red, and he continued in a low voice, "I have already exposed the inside story and am preparing to withdraw from the competition for the position of president. As long as I withdraw, with your reputation and status in the association, and with the added advantage of winning first place in this competition, the position of president is rightfully yours. What else could you possibly be dissatisfied with!"

Why must we exterminate them all?

Duanmu Zicheng was filled with both hatred and regret. He looked at Qin Sheng with eyes that seemed to want to devour her whole.

Qin Sheng's expression remained indifferent, but she turned her head to meet Duanmu Zicheng's eyes directly.

Her voice was cold as she said, "That's your idea. Did you ask the Duanmu family?"

“Duanmu Zicheng, how many years have you been in the association? Do you really not know or are you pretending not to know?” Qin Sheng stared at him intently and continued, “Even without you, the Duanmu family would not give up their plan to gradually take over the association.”

Duanmu Zicheng was stunned.

My subconscious instinct is to refute it, but that's impossible.

The reason the Duanmu family was able to infiltrate the association was because of his reputation in academia and within the association. Without him, the Duanmu family would have lost their best excuse.

But another voice inside him kept telling him that nothing is impossible.

No one knew better than him how ruthless his father was in achieving his goals. Moreover, the Duanmu family had thoroughly infiltrated the association over the years, and even without him, the family's influence in the association would not be affected in any way; it would just mean the loss of a benchmark.

The Duanmu family has made countless efforts to take over the association, so why would they abandon this plan just because of his withdrawal?

That's impossible.

The regret in Duanmu Zicheng's eyes faded little by little, and his gaze dimmed to the extreme.

Qin Sheng slowly withdrew her gaze, leaving only her clear, cold voice drifting into your ears: "Hesitation will only lead to harm."

"You only think about how the Duanmu family will be affected, but have you considered how much the old chairman has endured over the years since your family started targeting the association?"

"If you want to take over the association, then you must be prepared to fail and pay the price for your actions."

Trying to obtain what doesn't belong to you—this is the price you pay!