A New Chief!

Bump!

That day, the door to the O5 Council chamber was kicked open.

Under the shocked gazes of the fourteen council chairmen, Bai Ye walked into the council hall and sat in Qin Leng's seat.

Unlike others who participated in the meeting via projection, Bai Ye attended the meeting in her real body.

As he sat down, the meeting room fell into a deathly silence. After a moment, someone finally spoke:

"Who gave you that right..."

"Shhh."

Bai Ye put a finger to his lips, then, under everyone's gaze, took out a can of yellow peaches and placed it on the table.

Under everyone's puzzled gaze, Bai Ye twisted open the can and then picked up a fork and started eating.

What is he doing?

"Ren Shui, we haven't even sent out the enforcement team to arrest you yet, but you've come here on your own."

"We know everything you've done."

"Would you like to try and make an excuse?"

Hearing what the others were saying, Bai Ye put down his fork.

"Tell me a story."

"Story?"

"You probably don't..."

"It's alright, let him talk."

"Are you serious?"

Bai Ye calmly gazed at the fourteen council chairmen, who were not present, as the Nine-Tailed Fox had more than one base.

"I am an orphan, and the first time I came to know the world was in an orphanage."

"I think I'm luckier than most children because no one ever adopted me. The most memorable time was one summer."

"A middle-aged couple in their forties came to the orphanage, and the director secretly told us that the couple was very rich."

"If I could be adopted by them, I would definitely live a happy life."

"We don't understand what being rich means, but the director has linked being rich with happiness, so all the children believe that being adopted by a rich person will definitely bring them happiness."

"That time, we tried everything we could to win over that middle-aged couple."

"Everyone gathered around the couple, hiding all their bad sides, as if they were putting on a show."

"Me too."

"That was the first time I tried my best to please someone, but the couple completely ignored me."

"They said the child was too ordinary."

"The strong child demonstrates strength by helping the couple carry their things."

"The clever child said some nice things, which made the couple smile."

"Good-looking children can attract attention simply by standing there, and even weak children can gain sympathy and love from others by acting cute and pitiful."

"Some people say that children are innocent, but this statement obviously does not apply to orphanages."

"Compared to the other children, I don't seem to have any outstanding characteristics or advantages, so it's no surprise that the couple didn't choose me."

"So after that, I started to fight for it."

"I train my strength, I learn to speak like those smart kids, and I groom myself to look better."

"Year after year, day after day, the children around me were taken away one by one, until in the end I was the only one left."

"I'm wondering, why am I the one who's left behind?"

"Until I sneaked into the dean's room and saw a letter written by a middle-aged man to the dean."

"The letter said that Bai Ye is very outstanding, excellent in every way, and I am very grateful to you for recommending this child to me."

"However, in terms of being well-behaved, Xiao Zhang is more well-behaved, Xiao Hu is the strongest and most sensible, Xiao Yang is the most likable, and Yuan Yuan is most like my deceased daughter."

"It was only here that I realized that humans are creatures influenced by their own will; human intellect and emotion far outweigh reason."

"Just because the child resembled his deceased daughter, he justified abandoning a more rational choice."

"And as I got older, I discovered something else."

"Some things can't be obtained just by trying."

Upon hearing this, one of the council speakers could no longer hold back, "So what exactly are you trying to say?"

Bai Ye maintained the same expression upon hearing this, "Don't rush, my story is about to end, because it's very short."

"When I was fifteen, the orphanage closed down, and I have been living on the streets ever since, begging for a living."

"This is the second time I've come to understand this world. I've realized that people have to work to live, but a cruel reality is right in front of me."

"I can't do anything."

"Moreover, no one would want to hire a fifteen-year-old child laborer, especially since I haven't even received the most basic education."

"So I started improving myself again."

"A child who didn't want to go to school threw his books into the trash can, and I picked them up from the trash can."

"Relying on the words I learned in the orphanage, I flipped through the books again and again until the pages were yellowed and falling apart."

"When I was sixteen, I squatted by the river and took a bath, then changed into a clean but oversized set of clothes that I had picked up but never worn again."

"Because I saw a restaurant was hiring apprentices, and this time, I successfully landed my first job."

"Cook apprentices receive no salary, but room and board are provided."

"Then I was fired in the third month for too many reasons. This world is just too complicated for me."

"I feel like I've already given it my all just to stay alive, and leisure and enjoyment are things I don't even dare to dream of."

"I changed jobs many times, and after four years of drifting aimlessly without any plan, I joined the army."

"As with my previous experiences, every time I come to a new place, I am the weakest one."

"But this time was different from the past. No one asked me to leave, so I stayed in the army and eventually joined the Nine-Tailed Fox by some twist of fate."

"It was around this time that I met some of the children from the orphanage. They had grown up and told me that they were not happy."

"From the moment they choose to wear a mask to please others, they are destined to wear that mask for the rest of their lives because they are afraid of being abandoned again."

"Over time, they lost their true selves."

"But looking back, what have I done in my life?"

"I've summed it up in two words: learning."

"I learned three valuable survival lessons."

"First, wherever you are, your heart should be there."

"Secondly, if all ten positions are filled, you'll have to get rid of one person if you want to join."

"Third, true power will never belong to those who are born with extraordinary strength and intelligence; it will only belong to those who are willing to achieve their goals at all costs."