"Jiang Lei?"
Xiao Yan had also spotted Jiang Lei.
At first glance, Jiang Lei gave the impression of a spoiled young scion.
His devil-may-care manner, paired with a swagger that acknowledged neither kin nor friend, made people want to keep their distance lest trouble find them.
He was unlike Mo Wuya, who always wore a professional smile.
Although he was smiling too, his smile made people feel as though he was plotting against them at every moment.
"This is a serious matter. As the Inner Academy's elder on duty this month, I cannot pretend nothing happened."
Despite not wanting to deal with Jiang Lei, Elder Liu had no choice but to steel himself and speak.
Something this serious had happened during his watch.
The First Elder certainly would not let him off.
"Oh?"
"So Elder Liu has decided that something happened to Bai Cheng and the others here at Xiao Yan's place."
"Then where is your evidence?"
"If you cannot produce any evidence, aren't you making a scene without reason, Elder Liu?"
Jiang Lei walked forward, and everyone instinctively cleared a path wherever he went.
"Some students saw Bai Cheng and the others come to the freshmen's dormitories. Those are our witnesses..."
Seeing that Jiang Lei intended to reason with him, Elder Liu immediately breathed a sigh of relief and began speaking.
"We were mistaken! We were mistaken!"
"Elder Liu, we didn't actually get a clear look. We aren't sure whether Bai Cheng and the others came here."
"Exactly, exactly! We don't count as witnesses. We can't prove anything."
Before Elder Liu could finish, a chorus of denials rose from the crowd.
Even the members of the seven major factions had no desire to offend Jiang Lei.
Since entering the Inner Academy, this man had lost only once.
That was