All right, all right... so this was how they wanted to play it!
"Wronged! I've been wronged!!" A bespectacled man suddenly darted out of the crowd, dropped to his knees with a thud, and slammed his forehead hard against the ground.
"Our Oak Family is innocent too! Those new suite designs were all made by newly arrived Origami University students—they were outsourced!!"
"Fuck! You can actually come up with an excuse that stupid?" The chubby Clover Family man pointed at the bespectacled man and shouted:
"Our Emperor is wise and mighty! Isn't that excuse a little too insulting to everyone's intelligence?"
"Outsourced to university students? Why not say the Oak Family's backend got hacked by hackers?!"
"Investigate them thoroughly! Your Majesty, you must investigate this thoroughly!!"
The bespectacled man's face turned ugly. He raised his head and angrily snapped at the chubby man:
"...Try talking that fucking nonsense again if you've got the guts?!"
He froze for a moment, then suddenly understood.
"Fine, I get it! Those university students were spies you planted, weren't they? You're trying to drive a wedge between us and the Emperor!"
"You Clover Family bastards are all animals! You've been like dogs since ancient times!"
"Exactly~" Rather than getting angry, the chubby man grinned cheekily.
"I'm the Emperor's loyal dog, and always have been! Heh~ Mad? Mad? Mad?"
As the three family executives started tearing into one another, the Hound members—the largest group present—were left at a loss.
The little girl stared blankly at the world that had suddenly descended into chaos and softly repeated, "My mama's gone..."
Yan Huan looked down at her, seeming only then to remember that detail. He casually asked the Hound members below:
"Oh, right. Where's this kid's mother? Why hasn't she come back yet? To be honest, she's getting