Chí Gé felt heartbroken and indignant that someone could abuse their power to such an extent.
"I've dedicated half my life to teaching and nurturing students, and I detest people who are ignorant and only seek to reap what others have sown!"
"They are thieves who steal other people's lives! The biggest thieves in the world!"
"I'm doing this for fairness and justice!"
The old man huffed, speaking with righteous indignation.
To have a good child, admitted to such a fine university, only to have their place taken – it was an outrage against heaven!
It wasn't surprising that Chí Gé was so agitated. He actually held great expectations for society.
He had thought that in this era, no one would be so audacious as to defy public opinion.
Who knew there were still people who disregarded the law and, for their own selfish gain, were willing to ruin someone's life?
The young people, afraid the old man would anger himself into ill health, quickly tried to calm him down.
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Back at the school, Sū Xiǎotián was extremely cautious, always accompanied by someone.
Sūn Xiǎoyù, though harboring ill intentions, couldn't find an opportunity to act and temporarily put his plans aside.
Of course, another significant factor that made him back down was his passionate involvement with Yǐn Rúyún.
While Yǐn Rúyún wasn't as beautiful as Sū Xiǎotián, she was full of charm and greatly pleased him.
Busy entangled with Yǐn Rúyún, he didn't have the time to specifically target Sū Xiǎotián.
The reason he didn't have time to go after Sū Xiǎotián was that while he had to handle beautiful girls himself, he didn't necessarily have to handle others personally.
Yìmíng Pavilion encountered troublemakers.
They were a group of local thugs who loitered around the school. These people were unemployed and idle, living by petty theft.
After being paid this time, they went to Yìmíng Pavilion, intending to overturn tables and extort more money. Little did they know, they had picked a fight with the wrong people.
The reason was simple: Lǐ Lílin had opened a restaurant near the school, and her family wasn't entirely at ease.
Therefore, following their usual principle, they hired two retired female soldiers.
These two female soldiers were skilled and could help with chores. Crucially, they could protect the people in the restaurant when needed.
With the two of them stationed at Yìmíng Pavilion, even three to eight ordinary burly men would be no match, let alone a group of ineffectual hooligans.
The two women didn't even bat an eye at them.
The hooligans were thrown out as soon as they entered, with no chance to retaliate.
The hooligans charged in again, but the result was the same. They were directly thrown out of the restaurant and onto the street, utterly humiliated!
After uttering a few threats, the men fled in disarray.
Lǐ Lílin watched the departing figures and sighed.
"Boss, don't worry. With us here, even if more people come, it's fine."
The two female soldiers thought Lǐ Lílin was worried about these people returning.
In reality, Lǐ Lílin knew where these people came from.
If they were beaten away today, what if they went after Xiǎotián?
Although Xiǎotián was capable, it was uncertain if she could handle so many people alone.
No, she still needed to find someone to protect Xiǎotián.
While Lǐ Lílin hadn't found a suitable person, Sūn Xiǎoyù had already received news that the people he had sent had been beaten and thrown out.
He was very angry, but for the moment, he couldn't find anyone more capable.
Since he couldn't deal with Yìmíng Pavilion, Sūn Xiǎoyù decided to find someone to deal with Sū Xiǎotián.
He was inherently a person who couldn't stand to be at a disadvantage.
It would be best if someone kidnapped Sū Xiǎotián and brought her to him. Then, he wouldn't worry about her not yielding.
Thinking of Sū Xiǎotián, Sūn Xiǎoyù became excited.
This time, Sūn Xiǎoyù was a bit more prudent. He had people investigate first and planned to wait until after his military training.
Right now, he genuinely couldn't spare the time to deal with these matters.
These past few days, he had been busy with Yǐn Rúyún and military training, leaving him no time.
He was very annoyed. Why have military training? Sweating for no reason, what was the point?
It had to be said that Yǐn Rúyún was a smart woman.
In just a few days, she had figured out most of the Sūn family's situation.
On one hand, she unleashed her charm on Sūn Xiǎoyù, and on the other, she subtly gathered information.
Although Sūn Xiǎoyù was a lustful person, he was young and no match for Yǐn Rúyún.
Soon, Yǐn Rúyún had thoroughly investigated Sūn Xiǎoyù's background.
Knowing that Sūn Xiǎoyù came from a very well-off family, she became even more unwilling to let this rare opportunity slip away.
She liked Chí Yìyuǎn, but Chí Yìyuǎn was always cold to her.
Those who liked her were all people she looked down upon.
It was rare to find someone like Sūn Xiǎoyù now – good-looking, from a quite well-off family, capable of helping her escape her current life.
She felt this was a rare opportunity that she absolutely could not miss.
Yǐn Rúyún saw Sūn Xiǎoyù as a lifesaver, but she didn't realize that Sūn Xiǎoyù was the last straw that would break the camel's back.
Sūn Xiǎoyù had no idea that he had inadvertently brought disaster upon his family.
An investigation targeting him and his father had already been launched.
Chí Gé, having said he would take full charge of the matter, indeed left no room for the Sū family to interfere.
Even to avoid suspicion, Chí Gé himself had gone into hiding in the background.
The person operating this entire affair, from the outside, appeared to have no connection to them at all.
This was all to protect Chén Zǐān.
The matter proceeded silently.
In the blink of an eye, another half a month passed. Everything had been investigated and was almost complete.
Moreover, all the necessary arrangements had been made.
The first-year students at Capital University, after finishing their military training, were greeted not with a holiday, but with an exam.
That's right, an exam.
Almost all the students were bewildered. They hadn't heard that military training would involve an exam.
However, the exam content had nothing to do with military training; it was about what they had learned in high school. It wasn't difficult, nor was it easy.
The difficulty was similar to the mock exam papers they had taken before the college entrance examination.
Students admitted to Capital University were, in theory, supposed to be elites, capable of handling such minor matters.
But precisely during this sudden exam, the invigilating teachers discovered that several students couldn't even understand the questions.
Such a shocking discovery meant the teachers couldn't keep it quiet and immediately sent the news to the principal.
The principal had initially felt that holding an exam was unnecessary.
But he hadn't expected that there would indeed be people who couldn't do it.
If they couldn't even answer such simple questions, how had these students managed to get into a top national institution like Capital University?
The thought sent a chill down his spine. The principal couldn't sit still in his office and immediately went to patrol the various examination rooms.
Indeed, as the invigilating teachers had reported, as the exam time was nearing its end, some students' papers were still blank. Apart from the multiple-choice questions, they hadn't written anything else!