Lin Yu was dumbfounded.
Standing on the stage, he did not know what to do for a moment.
The voice from the loudspeaker continued without end.
"I'm a dog! I'm a dog! Woof woof woof~"
"When I was little, I even peeped on Widow Wang from the neighboring village while she bathed..."
They could not hold it in anymore!
The expressions of the thousands of students below the stage completely crumbled as well.
"Holy shit, what the hell is going on? Wasn't this a self-criticism meeting? Why is he barking like a dog now?"
"Peeping on Widow Wang bathing next door? Brother, I bow to you."
"Eating melons, eating melons!"
"This guy... was obviously set up by someone. Who knows who he offended?"
"Do we even need to guess? It had to be Young Master Jiang! I heard Lin Yu offended Jiang Che as soon as he transferred here. With Young Master Jiang's temperament... wouldn't he torment him to death?"
"Lin Yu is probably about to suffer a social death. If I were him... I'd be so embarrassed I could spiral straight into the sky on the spot."
Lin Yu, standing on the stage, was indeed incomparably embarrassed. Several thousand mocking gazes were fixed upon him.
He was so embarrassed that he wanted to burrow into the ground.
He had pride in every bone of his body. Faced with something like this... he simply could not endure it.
Only then did the school leaders belatedly realize what was happening. A man in a suit walked onto the stage.
He snatched the microphone from Lin Yu's hand.
"Lin Yu, what nonsense are you spouting? This is your self-criticism meeting! You weren't brought here to go crazy!"
The sudden reprimand left Lin Yu completely dumbfounded.
"Can't you see what's happening? Someone is trying to frame me! Someone clearly set me up beforehand!"
Lin Yu desperately tried to explain.
But the school leader's gaze upon him was filled with indifference.
How could he not know Lin Yu had been pranked? But in this situation... Lin Yu could only take the blame.
Because Lin Yu had been in the wrong to begin with!
"You think you're justified? Go back and write a ten-thousand-word self-criticism!"
Lin Yu completely lost it. His nature was unruly and defiant; he had already embarrassed himself enough. If he endured any more... he would become a Ninja Turtle.
"You—"
Just as Lin Yu was about to flare up, one sentence from the school leader forced him to swallow it back down.
"You don't want to keep attending school, do you?"
Lin Yu trembled with rage. Right now, he had neither power nor influence, and though he possessed formidable strength, he had nowhere to use it!
It was stifling!
"Creak, creak~" Lin Yu's tightly clenched fists made creaking sounds.
He had been set up!
How could Lin Yu possibly not understand now? That Cave Abode had been fake from the very beginning!
He had been wondering... how could his master possibly have installed an electronic door? And placed a copy of "Five Years of Entrance Exams, Three Years of Mock Tests" inside?
And come up with such a bizarre password question?
Someone had definitely set him up.
The treasures in the Cave Abode had surely fallen into someone else's hands as well.
"Damn it! Who is trying to screw me over?"
Suddenly, Jiang Che's figure appeared in his mind.
"Could it be that guy? But that's impossible... how did he know I was going to the Cave Abode Secret Realm? It shouldn't be him!"
"But it must be someone in the school!"
Lin Yu racked his brains, yet he still could not think of anyone else he had offended!
Except Jiang Che.
"Heh... Jiang Che, you have already chosen the road to death!"
Whether the person who set him up was Jiang Che or not, he would make Jiang Che pay the price!
For the entire morning, Ye Mengyao had been building herself up mentally.
In the end... she gathered her courage.
She walked up to Jiang Che and placed an invitation from her hand onto his desk.
"J-Jiang Che! At the end of the month, I'm holding a birthday celebration. This is your invitation. I went to your birthday last year... you won't refuse to come, will you?"
Ye Mengyao's words had practically blocked off Jiang Che's retreat.
"A birthday banquet?"
Jiang Che examined the invitation Ye Mengyao had handed over and let out a soft laugh.
There really was such a plot in the novel: Ye Mengyao's birthday banquet.
It was also a small plot where Ye Mengyao and Lin Yu first grew closer.
During the banquet, the eldest daughter of another second-rate Lineage became jealous of the overly perfect Ye Mengyao. She then slipped an aphrodisiac into Ye Mengyao's drink, hoping to make her embarrass herself in public.
After Ye Mengyao was drugged, she felt awful all over.
Lin Yu stepped forward at that moment, played the righteous hero, and used his God-level Medical Skill... employing acupuncture to cure Ye Mengyao in just a few moves.
After that, the eldest daughter's attitude toward Lin Yu, her personal bodyguard, improved considerably.
But in Jiang Che's eyes... wasn't this fucking idiotic?
Meat delivered right to his mouth, and he did not eat it? Judging by the naked look in Lin Yu's eyes the first time he looked at Ye Mengyao...
They were both men. How could Jiang Che not know what Lin Yu was thinking?
"Jiang Che?"
Ye Mengyao called softly, afraid Jiang Che would reject her once again... and leave her in an awkward position.
Seeing this scene from the other side, Lin Yu felt terrible all over.
Even the flesh on his face was twitching.
Ye Mengyao's birthday celebration?
As Ye Mengyao's bodyguard, why had Ye Changkong not given him an invitation?
Oh~ His identity probably had to remain secret for now.
He would surely be secretly arranged to enter when the time came. Thinking of that possibility... Lin Yu regained his confidence.
And at a birthday banquet like this... all kinds of people would be there, so accidents and danger were highly likely to occur.
When the time came, he would descend like a god and directly shock everyone...
As he thought about it, the corners of Lin Yu's mouth gradually curled crookedly upward.
"Mm."
Faced with Ye Mengyao's invitation, Jiang Che merely nodded, giving an ambiguous answer.
Of course Jiang Che would attend Ye Mengyao's birthday banquet!
Jiang Che's heart gradually twisted as his eyes roamed over Ye Mengyao.
Eh?
Why did this girl seem to have gotten a much better figure?
Uh... padding~
Jiang Che was speechless. Ye Mengyao truly had the temperament of a pampered young lady.
Her competitive spirit was rather strong too.
Ye Mengyao was indeed very beautiful, brimming with the air of a young girl. She also carried a faint body fragrance, utterly different from Yu Wan'er's scent.
If he had to rate her, Ye Mengyao's looks would start at least at ninety-five points.
To describe her with a popular saying online: I don't even dare imagine how fragrant she must be.
Though he was utterly twisted inside, his expression remained calm.
He was committed to the aloof persona—cold on the outside, warm on the inside.
"You may go. I'll be there when the time comes."
His voice was as indifferent as water, carrying the feeling of keeping people a thousand miles away. Ye Mengyao wanted to say something more... but could no longer get the words out.
Her almond-shaped eyes stared at Jiang Che. He had clearly agreed to come... so why did she still feel a little sad?
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