Ye Ling felt that all the blood in her body had frozen.
Banned drugs?
This is such a huge joke!
She never thought that such a stigma would fall on her.
In the testing room, the air seemed stagnant, people around her were whispering, and strange looks pierced her like needles.
She took a deep breath and tried to stay calm.
"I have not used any banned drugs. Please retest me."
"We all understand the rules," one of the inspectors said with a wry smile, "but we still have to follow the process. Ms. Ye, please cooperate." Cooperate?
This is clearly forced!
Ye Ling's hands clenched unconsciously, her nails almost digging into her palms.
Once the accusation is proven, her mecha career and everything she has worked so hard to gain will be in vain.
Duan Yu stood beside her, his face ashen.
"I will get to the bottom of this matter." His voice was low, but with unquestionable firmness, like a reassurance, which calmed Ye Ling's panicked heart a little.
Duan Yu immediately contacted Simon, and Simon's news came as timely rain.
"Old Duan, I heard that Cohen has been very active recently and has been asking about you and... Ye Ling." Cohen?
The image of the arrogant Mecha King flashed through Ye Ling's mind.
Could it be him?
"There's one more thing," Simon lowered his voice, "I heard that Ellie from the testing center seemed to know something, but she seemed very scared and didn't dare to say it."
Ellie?
Ye Ling thought of the young inspector with sparkling eyes in the testing room.
Duan Yu made a quick decision: "I'll go find her."
With Duan Yu's comfort, Ellie finally told the truth.
That day, she saw with her own eyes Cohen's men sneak into Ye Ling's lounge, but at the time she thought it was just a routine inspection and didn't pay much attention to it.
Now that I think about it, it is very likely that Cohen's men took action at that time.
"I... I dare not say it. Cohen... he is too scary..." Ellie's voice trembled, and fear was written all over her face.
Duan Yu gave her a firm look: "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."
With Ellie's testimony, things took a turn for the better.
Ye Ling’s drug test results are out—negative!
She could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
But this is just the first step.
The real mastermind behind this has not yet surfaced.
Duan Yu clenched his fists, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
At the same time, in the office of Mr. Brown, a senior executive of the event organizer, the phone rang shrilly.
"What? Someone wants to testify for Ye Ling?!" Mr. Brown stood up suddenly, his face terribly gloomy. "Stop them! At all costs!"
Mr. Brown was so angry that his face turned green. How come Ye Ling was like an indestructible cockroach? He was about to step her into the mud, but she turned over again!
"Trash! A bunch of trash!" He roared into the phone, spitting out his saliva. "Shut their mouths! Stop them from talking nonsense!"
Mr. Brown's men are no pushovers. They are not good people and they all rush towards Ellie with ferocious looks.
But this time, Ellie was determined. She stiffened her neck and yelled, "Don't try to scare me! I'm telling the truth! Even if you try to silence me, the truth will come out sooner or later!"
The two sides were on the verge of a fight. This scene happened to be witnessed by a few gossipy media reporters, and the flash lights started clicking non-stop. Wow, this is big news!
The next day, topics such as #The Dark Side of the Mecha Competition# and #The Reversal of Ye Ling’s Doping Incident# became hot searches, and netizens turned into keyboard warriors and started to gossip like crazy.
At the same time, Duan Yu also took action.
He found his tech geek friend Simon and asked him to help track Cohen's activities.
Simon is worthy of being a top hacker, he got it done in less than half a day.
"Old Duan, Cohen has been in frequent contact with Mr. Brown recently. I suspect there is some shady deal between them!" Simon said excitedly, almost slamming the table and cheering.
At this moment, Ai Li sneaked up to Ye Ling and handed her a USB drive.
"This is... this is a copy of the test data, you must be careful!" Ellie was so nervous that she almost cried. After she said that, she ran away, fearing that she would be discovered.
Ye Ling held the USB drive, her heart pounding.
Data showed that her test sample had been tampered with by adding a stimulant called "X-1". This stimulant can increase the combat effectiveness of mecha warriors in a short period of time, but it has great side effects and long-term use will cause irreversible damage to the body.
With this key evidence, Ye Ling can finally prove her innocence.
But she knew this was just the beginning.
Mr. Cohen and Mr. Brown will certainly not give up and will definitely find ways to stop her.
Sure enough, Cohen soon got the news.
"Hmph, Ye Ling, do you think you can beat me like this? Naive!" Cohen smiled coldly, with a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes.
Ye Ling took a deep breath, held the USB drive tightly in her hand, and pushed open the door of the competition organizing committee.
"Mr. Brown, I think we need to have a talk."
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