After Cecilia left, Qiao Rui returned from Beijing.
During her two-day trip to Beijing, Qiao Rui had mainly gone to visit her parents. After all, she had only just graduated, and she had taken advantage of Rest Month after Competition Month to reunite with her family.
"Sister Qiao, did anything interesting happen in Beijing?" Li Shuyi asked.
"There was," Qiao Rui said with a faint smile, speaking without any context. "A vice president of the Awakened Association's headquarters was brought down."
"Huh? What's so interesting about that?"
"That vice president was a top member of the Ouyang Faction," Qiao Rui replied.
Bai Xiaowen understood the implication. "Someone made a move against the Ouyang Faction?"
Qiao Rui nodded.
"It probably wasn't the Qiao Faction, right?" Bai Xiaowen guessed.
Qiao Rui smiled faintly. "The Qingye Faction made the move. We're just watching the show."
"Huh? I remember the Qingye and Ouyang Factions had a pretty good relationship. The core families of both factions grew up in the same compound. Didn't you say before that the Lin Family, which Lin Haoyang belonged to, was part of the Qingye Faction?" Bai Xiaowen said.
"There are no eternal allies, only eternal interests."
With that internationally accepted saying, Qiao Rui ended the subject. She changed the topic and said, "Actually, the trigger for this conflict can be traced back to friction between the younger generation."
After a pause, Qiao Rui said, "Two Fang Family disciples got into an argument with Ouyang Heng at a bar, and they fought. You've met one of them before—Fang Qinghua."
"Fang Ziyi's cousin, and Lin Haoyang's brother-in-law," Bai Xiaowen said with a laugh. "Speaking of which, I know how the grudge between them began."
"That's right. It was over the Permanent Team-Building Item. Fang Qinghua always believed that Ouyang Heng had