Chapter 532 Unconditionally Trusting Ying Zijing, Dealing with Yan Anhe [1st Update]
The Yan family head truly hadn't expected this.
He dispatched all the elite guards in his family and specifically scouted Jiang Ran's movements today, setting up an ambush at the border between the ancient martial arts world and the ancient medical world, but still failed.
Not only that, but none of these guards returned.
The ambush happened in the morning, so the guards should have been back by 2 p.m. at the latest.
But after waiting for several hours, the Yan family head realized something was wrong when the person did not return.
Upon learning that Jiang Ran had returned to the Ling family unharmed, the Yan family head was shocked to discover that all of the family's guards were dead, without even leaving behind their bodies.
A guard with fifty years of ancient martial arts cultivation is nothing to the Xie family, but he is the Yan family's strongest fighting force.
With this death, the Yan family no longer even has the right to rely on the Xie family.
“Murder?” Ling Chonglou, with his hands behind his back, smiled faintly upon hearing this. “Yan Shan, you’re wrong about that. This isn’t the secular world, where fighting and killing happen every day. How does that constitute murder?”
Families like the Yan family are constantly being destroyed and re-established; it's nothing special.
Large-scale wars are not an option, and minor skirmishes are simply not worth mentioning.
"How can it not be murder?" The Yan family head was so angry he jumped up and down. "Your methods are despicable, the Judicial Hall will definitely punish you!"
At this moment, the worshipper spoke calmly: "Do you have any evidence?"
"Of course!" Patriarch Yan immediately said, "My Yan family's guard team hasn't returned since they saw Jiang Ran. Who else could it be but him?"
Ling Chonglou's eyes sharpened slightly: "Yan Shan, do you speak without thinking? Do you have any intelligence? My son is not even twenty years old yet, and he killed your seventy-year-old guard?"
"This..." Yan Shan was speechless for a moment.
This is indeed a point of contention.
They finally found an opportunity to attack Jiang Ran when he wasn't accompanied by any guards, but who knew he would be dead and never be found.
“The court only cares about evidence,” the priest said. “Without evidence, do not interfere with the court’s procedures.”
The Yan family head's expression changed; he hadn't expected the Judicial Hall to side with the Ling family.
His expression darkened, and he spoke again, his voice carrying a hint of threat: "My lord, I am from the Xie family—"
"The Left Protector is responsible for guarding the Judicial Hall, which has always been hard work." The enshrined official turned his head and smiled slightly. "How about this, I'll ask him for you if he wants to be transferred to the Ministry of Supervision."
Each member of the judicial office performs their respective duties.
The Inspection Department is responsible for monitoring whether ancient martial arts practitioners violate the rules, the Trial Department adjudicates crimes, and the Penal Department convicts.
The Security Department maintains order within the ancient martial arts world and approves the actions of ancient martial artists to venture into the outside world.
Meanwhile, the two guardians on the left and right, along with their guards, stood watch over the court.
Upon hearing this, the Yan family head's face turned pale: "No, no, Your Excellency, that's not what I meant."
He turned to leave, intending to inform the Xie family.
Then the priest said calmly, "Don't bother the Judicial Hall. Send it to the Department of Punishments first."
The two guards who followed naturally only listened to their master and immediately took control of the Yan family head.
The Yan family head was drenched in cold sweat, and his legs went weak.
"We've disturbed the Ling family." After saying this, the retainer left with his guards.
Ling Chonglou narrowed his eyes slightly, somewhat surprised.
Why didn't the judicial hall side with the Xie family this time?
A few minutes later, Butler Ling came to report: "Master, Miss Ying's father has arrived."
Ling Chonglou's faction also knew that Ying Zijin was Jiang Ran's friend, and they all treated her with respect.
"Mr. Wen is here?" Jiang Huaping was surprised and stepped forward to greet him. "Please, please have a seat."
After Jiang Ran returned to the ancient martial arts world, Jiang Huaping rarely went out anymore.
However, the Ling family had Wi-Fi, and she was closely connected with the outside world, so she learned a little about the Ji family.
"You're too kind." Wen Fengmian sat down. "Is Yaoyao here?"
"Hey, I'm here." Jiang Huaping called out to the inside, "Xiao Zijin, your father is here."
Ying Zijing came out: "Dad."
After confirming that she was alright, Wen Fengmian nodded: "In the future, if something like this happens, let me know in advance."
“Dad, you’re just an ordinary person.” Ying Zijin poured him a cup of tea. “Rest assured, I’ll be fine.”
Wen Fengmian nodded: "That's true."
Jiang Ran, following behind: "..."
He almost believed it.
Jiang Huaping didn't quite understand the conversation between the father and daughter, but she smiled and said, "Mr. Wen, the ancient martial arts world is quite chaotic, so you should come here less often."
"Hey kid, come here." Ling Chonglou beckoned to Jiang Ran. "Let Daddy take a look."
Jiang Ran walked over with his ears drooping.
Ling Chonglou tested his ancient martial arts skills and then pinched a few of his acupoints: "Strange, still the same as before. How exactly do you kill people?"
Upon hearing this, Wen Fengmian glanced at his daughter.
Ying Zijin understood: "I'm just an ordinary person, I need to rest."
Apart from Jiang Ran, no one in the Jiang family knew that she was skilled in ancient medicine.
"Never mind, it's just good luck." Ling Chonglou patted his head. "I can rest assured once he's taken the guard assessment tomorrow and is admitted to the Judicial Hall."
**
On the other side.
Hall of Justice.
The head of the Yan family was sent to the Department of Punishments and was released after undergoing a round of torture.
But everyone knew that the Yan family was finished this time.
"Guardian."
A guard came from the Ministry of Punishments and reported everything that had happened to the Ling family.
The Xie family's left-hand protector in the judicial hall is over a hundred years old.
Among ancient martial artists, this is the prime of life.
His talent in ancient martial arts is also quite good. Although he is over a hundred years old, his ancient martial arts cultivation is over two hundred years old.
The guard asked again, "Guardian, what should we do about this?"
"A new broom sweeps clean, what am I supposed to do?" The Left Protector remained noncommittal. "If the Yan family had killed that young master of the Ling family, that would have been fine. Now they're the ones with no way to prove their innocence, and they still have the nerve to come to the court of justice?"
He waved his hand: "Don't bother me with this kind of thing."
After the guards saluted, they went down again.
The Left Protector didn't really care about the Xie family; the only person he cared about was Xie Yu, a junior he highly regarded.
Xie Yu is a true genius.
Among his peers, no one can compare to him in terms of ancient martial arts skills.
Xie Nian won't work either.
Xie Nian's reputation stems solely from her ruthless and vicious methods.
If she took a fancy to a man, she would simply kidnap him and take him home.
So when the Xie family sent someone to the Judicial Hall to approve a quota for going to the secular world, the Left Protector mentioned it to the Minister of Security, and the quota was approved very quickly.
Unfortunately, Xie Yu's life was hanging by a thread, but he has not woken up yet.
The Left Protector sighed, then summoned another guard and instructed, "Go to the Pill Alliance and see if they have any new medicine. Buy a portion and send it to the Xie family."
**
With the weekend over, the exchange program between Imperial University and the University of Turin came to an end.
Today is Monday, and the results are due.
Professor Gu and Dr. Nora went to discuss the exchange student program; they weren't in the lab, only the students were there.
Yan Anhe arrived early.
She glanced around: "Why is someone still missing?"
As Chen Qi opened the door, he replied, "Junior Sister Ying had something to do and took half a day off."
"Taking leave?" Yan Anhe said meaningfully, "Maybe it's because you feel guilty."
Hearing this, Chen Qi glanced at her and said, "If you can't speak properly, shut your mouth."
He went inside, and the equipment in the lab was exactly as it had been when he left last Friday.
Chen Qi walked up to the computer, and the first thing he saw was a pig head sticker.
Another group member leaned over and laughed, "Junior Ying really likes Little Pig."
“She really likes it.” Chen Qi nodded and turned on his computer.
Less than a minute later, his expression changed: "Is the experimental data on drive D?"
The experimental data was not backed up online, for fear of being stolen by others.
They compiled the experimental data by hand.
The physical documents are still there, but the electronic data is gone.
"It's on the D drive," another group member said. "What happened?"
“There is no data on the D drive.” Chen Qimei frowned. “That’s strange. I saw that Ying Xuemei did save the files on the D drive last time.”
“There’s nothing strange about it,” Yan Anhe said meaningfully. “She deleted the experimental data, isn’t that simple?”
Chen Qi said coldly, "Yan Anhe."
"Isn't she on good terms with the physics professors?" Yan Anhe completely disregarded Chen Qi. "Maybe she just wants to ruin our medical department's exchange program so that the physics department can have an edge over the medical department."
Upon hearing this, both group members fell silent.
"She was responsible for keeping all the experimental data, and now it's gone," Yan Anhe continued. "Today, the project exchange ended, and all the materials needed to be submitted. The fact that she was absent by chance—doesn't that say something?"
"Yan Anhe, this is your last warning." Chen Qi's expression was cold. "Junior Sister Ying only asked for a short leave and will be here soon."
Yan Anhe smiled sarcastically: "She's really something. She's only been at Imperial University for a short time, and she's already won over all of you senior students. You all trust her so much?"
"In terms of scheming, I am indeed inferior to her; at least I am too lazy to flatter others."
"Fawning?" Chen Qi scoffed. "Even if you fawn, see if any of us in Class 5 pay you any attention. How disgusting!"
Yan Anhe's face flushed red, and she gritted her teeth: "Chen Qi!"
The reason why the fifth-year medical students all dislike Yan Anhe is because Yan Anhe maliciously seduced the student council president when she was a freshman.
At that time, the student council president also had a girlfriend.
However, the student council president at that time has now graduated from Beijing University, and two years have passed, so the freshmen and sophomores don't know about it.
However, since the medical school is a five-year program, the fifth-year students are well aware of this and all avoid Yan Anhe.
Chen Qi ignored Yan Anhe and sent a WeChat message to Ying Zijin.
[Junior Ying, when are you coming? There are some problems with the project.]
Ying Zijin did not reply.
Chen Qi was also a little anxious, so he contacted Professor Gu again.
"What happened?" Professor Gu rushed over from the administration building upon hearing this. "What happened to the experimental data?"
Chen Qi stood up: "Professor Gu, the experimental data—"
Before he could finish speaking, Yan Anhe interrupted him: "Professor Gu, the experimental data that Ying Zijing was responsible for storing is gone. We prepared it painstakingly for five days. Doesn't this count as dereliction of duty on her part?"
"The experimental data is gone?" Professor Gu frowned. "Have you had it recovered?"
"This isn't a question of whether it can be restored," Yan Anhe frowned, displeased. "It's a question of whether or not the exchange program was taken seriously. She didn't fulfill her duties, did she?"
Chen Qi shook his head: "It's been completely shattered and cannot be restored."
Professor Gu glanced at the time and simply said, "Student Ying will be here soon. It's not time to submit the experiment yet. We can still finish it by reorganizing it."
He simply couldn't believe that Ying Zijin would do such a thing.
Not only these professors, but any student who watched the ISC finals would unconditionally believe in Ying Zijin.
No one else could inspire such a strong belief in them.
That was youth, and that was passion.
Yan Anhe suppressed her anger: "Why should we waste our time on her incident?"
“If you don’t want to, you can leave the group.” Chen Qi took out the handwritten materials and created a new document on the computer. “I am the group leader, and I can expel group members.”
Yan Anhe's face turned ashen, and she remained silent.
The exchange program has eight competency points, which is indeed very high.
Ten minutes later, the laboratory door was pushed open.
"Ying," Professor Gu said with concern, "why did you get here so quickly? You said you had some urgent personal matters to attend to, are you all done?"
Ying Zijin nodded: "It's a small matter, it's done."
She only watched Jiang Ran's assessment briefly.
"That's good." Professor Gu didn't say anything more. "There are still two hours left, so we can recreate the experimental data."
Ying Zijing looked up: "Experimental data?"
“Yes, the experimental data. The experimental data you were keeping is gone, and we all have to pay for it.” Yan Anhe turned her head, her eyes filled with undisguised disgust as she looked at the girl. “Now, what do you have to say?”
Ying Zijing didn't look at her. She walked over and slowly peeled off the pig head sticker from the computer: "Well, I actually know a little about computers."
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