After the initial confusion, Leng Ruobing immediately prepared to leave East Hua Academy and return to the Leng Clan.
Originally, she planned to go straight to the hospital to see her severely injured and comatose father.
However, the people of the Leng Clan, in order to force her to return, forcibly took the unconscious Leng Aofeng from the hospital's emergency room and brought him back to the Leng Clan. They declared that if she didn't return, they wouldn't send Leng Aofeng back to the hospital for treatment.
Those elders who had once been amiable and even flattering and respectful to her now seemed to have changed their faces, acting as if they wished she were dead.
Leng Ruobing didn't actually have much in East Hua Academy, just some clothes in her dorm.
But after thinking about the changed faces of her dormmates, she decisively chose to give up on her belongings.
Just as she was about to leave the academy gate, a familiar figure emerged from a corner and directly blocked her path.
"Lin Xiao!"
Leng Ruobing stared at Lin Xiao in surprise. He no longer had the spirited and righteous demeanor he'd shown before; instead, he looked disheveled and downcast. But what did that have to do with her?!
Her expression instantly returned to its usual calm, and she looked at the man before her with cold eyes, as if she were looking at a stranger.
"What do you want? If there's nothing, please move aside!"
Lin Xiao's expression was complicated. Looking at the cold and beautiful school belle before him, his heart was filled with endless confusion and pain.
If it weren't for the fact that her current situation was not much different from his, he would even suspect that Leng Ruobing had colluded with Chen Beiyuan from the start, intending to harm him.
Why did all the previous plans fail!
Why was Chen Beiyuan completely unscathed!
Why did he lose so badly!
He had to know the truth!
And Leng Ruobing was with Chen Beiyuan that night, she definitely knew something.
But, at this moment, Leng Ruobing's cold gaze and icy eyes undoubtedly deeply stung Lin Xiao.
It caused this son of destiny, who had been holding back until now, to finally lose control. Even the peace he had maintained on his face vanished, and he roared frantically:
"Why! Just why!"
"Ruobing, how did you become like this? You weren't like this to me before!"
"Didn't you loathe Chen Beiyuan, hate Chen Beiyuan?!"
"Why did everything change after that night? Why did Chen Beiyuan show no signs of being affected? Why did I lose so miserably? Did you say something to Chen Beiyuan?!"
"Do you know how much I love you?!"
"Love me? Love me is sending me to another man's bed! Is this what you call love? Then your love is truly perverted, Lin Xiao!"
"I was also a fool, actually foolishly thanking you. Then please tell me, if your scheme had succeeded, who would have withstood the wrath of the East Hua Chen Family?!"
Leng Aofeng coldly laughed, looking at Lin Xiao, who was like a rabid dog. Her eyes held unconcealed disdain, directly silencing Lin Xiao.
What could Lin Xiao say? Could he say that he was watching from outside that night, even intending to go closer to peek into the room? Witnessing the woman he loved being humiliated by his enemy!
Lin Xiao did want to say that he would withstand the pressure from the East Hua Chen Family, protecting Leng Aofeng and the Leng Clan, but he didn't even believe such nonsense himself.
Perhaps seeing Lin Xiao speechless...
Leng Ruobing felt a sense of exhilarating release at this moment, the pent-up frustration in her heart dissipating considerably.
"I was so naive to believe you, thinking you were a good person. But in reality, you're a complete scoundrel. From beginning to end, you were just using me to achieve your own goals."
"But have you ever considered that despite your scheming, you're just a clown? You're too arrogant. Everything you've done, including all your plans, Chen Beiyuan already knew. He was even deliberately playing along with you."
Boom!
Lin Xiao felt as if struck by lightning, frozen in place, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Chen Beiyuan already knew?!
No wonder! No wonder!
No wonder he lost so miserably!
He underestimated the heir of a top-tier family!
Just as Lin Xiao was falling into self-doubt, Leng Aofeng's next words made him unable to hold back.
"Lin Xiao, you are truly ruthless. In order to use me, to make me willingly give everything, you intentionally poisoned my mother, causing her to fall into a coma. Then, you deliberately showed the ability to treat this 'strange illness,' making me grateful to you. If Chen Beiyuan hadn't told me, I'm afraid I would have..."
???
Lin Xiao's eyes widened instantly, staring fixedly at Leng Aofeng.
What the hell?!
What intentional poisoning?!
Damn, you're trying to pin such a huge accusation on me?!
He's not that much of a beast, okay?
He has medical ethics too!
At most, he's just deliberately delaying the treatment progress, making Leng Ruobing and the entire Leng Clan even more grateful to him, while also achieving his own goals!
Chen Beiyuan, you son of a bitch, you set me up!
"Leng Ruobing, don't believe Chen Beiyuan. He's a despicable person! I didn't poison your aunt; he's the one framing me!"
"Lin Xiao, at this point, you're still being unreasonable, refusing to admit it, and trying to frame Chen Beiyuan? You truly disgust me!"
Leng Ruobing dodged Lin Xiao's grasping hand, her fair and cold face showing undisguised disgust, and kicked him to the ground.
Then, ignoring Lin Xiao, who was lying on the ground questioning his life, she walked towards the door.
Just then, a hearty laugh came from the north of the Empire, carrying an overbearing aura:
"Today, the Empire's border expands a hundred miles, to celebrate the Chen Family's Prodigy."
The overbearing voice rumbled like thunder, instantly echoing throughout the Empire's capital, startling the entire city.
Faces filled with astonishment turned to the far north of the Empire.
Even Chen Beiyuan, who was comprehending the Wordless Medical Scripture, was startled by this domineering, aged voice, and stopped what he was doing.
"Old Man!"
Deep within the Imperial Palace,
A tall and imposing figure opened his stern eyes and looked towards the north, slowly rising to his feet.
"I am not a petty person!"
After the aged and domineering voice, which had traveled from the distant northern border, gradually faded away.
The Imperial Palace suddenly emitted a dignified and noble voice:
[The Chen Family of East Hua has expanded the Empire's territory, extending the border by a hundred miles. This is a great achievement for the human race and should be recorded in the Empire's history books and circulated throughout the land.]
[According to the Empire's law: Those who expand the human race's territory may claim half of the land as their fiefdom, to be passed down for five generations.]