Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunfei's face lit up with delight, as though he had seized the last straw that could save his life.
He had bestowed quite a few favors upon these members of the entourage. What he had done just now had also been for their sake. Now Yang Chen had foolishly allowed these people to make the judgment? What a joke. These people were all his people—they would certainly side with him.
"Yang Chen, are you sure?" Zhu Yunfei asked excitedly.
"I'm sure." Yang Chen spoke with his hands behind his back.
Zhu Yunfei said eagerly, "You, hurry up and give Yang Chen an answer. Everything I did just now was for your sake!"
He thought what he would receive was everyone pleading for him.
Yet he soon discovered that he had been wrong—spectacularly wrong. What he saw were pairs of cold, indifferent eyes. The lackeys who had once fawned over him now looked at him without a shred of mercy.
"Zhu Yunfei abandoned his companions just now. According to the branch academy's rules, that is a capital crime."
"That's right. Zhu Yunfei should be punished."
"Zhu Yunfei must die. If he does not, it will be impossible to convince the masses."
Astonishingly, everyone was in agreement. Not a single person was willing to plead for Zhu Yunfei. Every one of them had chosen to take Zhu Yunfei's life.
Seeing this, Mo Suxue fell silent.
She had long since been released. When she saw Yang Chen's choice, she had been extremely surprised, thinking that he had found himself a way out and kindly spared Zhu Yunfei.
If Yang Chen had truly chosen that, she would instead have found it awkward. A true man repaid grievances when he had them—that was the normal course of action. If Yang Chen