304: Chapter 304 I can't accept this!

Seeing that they hadn't reacted yet, Ye Chen shrugged and repeated himself.

"I said, your wife, Wang Mei, was busy 'deeply communicating' with some gigolo in a storage room at Shuyue Group when I caught them red-handed."

"I also happened to catch evidence of her stealing trade secrets from Shuyue Group, so I casually sent her in."

"What, Principal Zhao, are you so forgetful that you've already forgotten your wife is in prison?"

These words were like cold water splashed into a pot of boiling oil; the entire crowd went silent for a moment.

The next second, with a "boom," the scene erupted into chaos!

"My god! The Principal's wife really cheated? And was caught in bed?"

"Not just that! She stole trade secrets too! This is a perfect mix of soap opera drama and a legal case!"

"No wonder we haven't seen Madam Wang for a long time, so that's where she went!"

"Ye Chen is too intense, right? He catches an affair and solves a case while he's at it?"

Exclamations! Gasps! Whispers! They instantly swept through the crowd like a tsunami.

Everyone's gaze instantly shifted from Ye Chen and Yi Yue to Zhao Rilai, whose face had turned livid.

Zhao Shousong, on the other hand, was as pale as a sheet.

He only knew that his mother, Wang Mei, had been suddenly arrested on charges of stealing trade secrets, and his father had been very secretive about it, telling him not to ask questions and to distance himself from her immediately.

He never expected... the truth was so unbearable! So ugly!

His mother had actually been caught red-handed by Ye Chen while cheating and sent to prison!

No wonder the lawyer they hired at the time was stammering, saying the evidence was solid and there was little hope of overturning the case...

Now it's over. I guess there will be a saying circulating online.

The Principal's family is perverted. The dad lifts skirts, the mom plays with fresh meat, and the son is a gay!

Zhao Rilai's face had turned a sickly green. His chest heaved violently, and he pointed a trembling finger at Ye Chen.

"Ye Chen! You're slandering me! You're talking nonsense!"

"My wife... she was framed! Someone set her up!"

"You're here spreading rumors and slandering the reputation of a faculty member's family. Do you believe I'll call the police to arrest you right now?!"

He absolutely could not admit it!

Once this was confirmed, he, Zhao Rilai, would become the laughingstock of the entire school, and even the entire education circle!

His wife caught cheating and arrested—could he still remain Principal?

As for next year's performance review and promotion at the bureau, he could forget about that entirely!

Ye Chen, with his hands in his pockets, said indifferently.

"If I'm talking nonsense, why are you so anxious?"

"Your face is changing colors like a dye shop; feeling guilty?"

"You!!!" Zhao Rilai was so choked up he almost fainted.

Ye Chen, however, seemed to suddenly remember something; he took out his phone and muttered to himself while scrolling through the screen.

"Oh, I remember I might have taken some video as evidence to submit to the police..."

"I don't know if I deleted the backup, let me check."

The faces of the father-son duo, Zhao Rilai and Zhao Shousong, turned as pale as death in an instant!

Damn!

There's actually a video??? This brat, is he a professional paparazzi?

If this were played in public... their Zhao family would be completely finished!

"Stop! Ye Chen! You stop right there!"

Zhao Rilai could no longer care about his dignity as a Principal, about Ning Yu, or about Tianyao Group.

"You are violating privacy! This is a crime!"

"I'm going to sue you! I'll make sure you rot in prison!"

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded earnestly.

"Sue me? Sure!"

"I'll help you call the police, and by the way..."

His gaze swept over Zhao Rilai's expensive suit and the luxury watch on his wrist, and his tone became playful.

"Let the police officers investigate thoroughly how many properties our 'incorruptible' Principal Zhao has under his name, along with all those designer bags and luxury cars your wife and child have..."

"Is it something your meager salary can afford, or is there some other legitimate source of income?"

Zhao Rilai trembled all over, feeling as if he had fallen into an ice cellar; a chill shot straight from his soles to the top of his head!

Investigate his assets?!

Over these years, he had used his authority as Principal to scrape up countless benefits in the open and in secret.

If they really investigated, it would be enough to send him in to keep Wang Mei company!

He just opened his mouth... but Ye Chen was already too lazy to look at his miserable face.

He turned his gaze to Ning Yu, who was standing to the side.

"If there's nothing else..." Ye Chen pointed at Ning Yu and said to Zhao Rilai, "You stand aside for now, I'm still waiting for him..."

"To kneel down and apologize to me."

Zhao Rilai's brain stalled upon hearing this.

Immediately after, he was so shocked his eyes almost popped out: "What did you say? You want Ning Yu to kneel down and apologize to you?"

He simply couldn't believe his ears.

Ning Yu was a top-tier celebrity, the school's golden sign, and the biggest "face" of today's school anniversary!

Kneel to Ye Chen?

What kind of international joke is this!

Ye Chen nodded.

"That's right."

"We just made a bet, and he lost."

He glanced at the pale-faced Ning Yu and added, "The bet was that if I could make the representative of Tianyao Group not come with one phone call... he would kneel here in public and beg me to go easy on him."

"And he lost."

"So, he is fulfilling his promise, isn't that quite reasonable?"

"Rea... Reasonable my ass!" Zhao Rilai blurted out, then realized he had lost his composure and quickly looked at Ning Yu, hoping to find some sign of denial on his face.

However, Ning Yu just kept his head down, his hands clenched into fists, his knuckles white, his body trembling slightly, but he couldn't say a word.

In that state, where was there any trace of the high-spirited top celebrity?

He was clearly a trapped beast with nowhere to turn!

Zhao Shousong, watching his father still not understanding the situation, was sweating profusely.

"Dad... it's true."

"Just now, Tianyao Group called Ning Yu's manager and said... said he offended someone, and if he doesn't get forgiveness, they will terminate all cooperation..."

Zhao Rilai's brain went "buzz," as if a giant bell had been struck hard inside his head.

He turned his head sharply, looking at the ashen-faced Ning Yu, then at the calm and composed Ye Chen, and finally his gaze landed on his son's terrified face.

Wait!

He felt his brain wasn't working well enough.

He even needed two quick-acting heart pills...

"That's not right..."

"Why did Madam Bai come in person?"

He had just been flattering Ning Yu, thinking that his distinguished alumnus had immense influence and had invited the great Buddha, Bai Wanqing.

But now he was told that Bai Wanqing coming here had nothing to do with Ning Yu's influence.

This fucking logic made no sense at all!

Ye Chen said indifferently.

"Because I'm here, that's why she came."

"Otherwise, do you think someone as busy as Bai Wanqing has time to come and support a celebrity who endorses condoms?"

"Principal Zhao, how on earth did you become a Principal with that brain of yours?"

"Did you get inspiration from lifting female teachers' skirts?"

"Pfft!" Someone in the crowd couldn't hold it back and laughed out loud.

As a result... that laugh started a chain reaction, and laughter kept coming from all around.

The blood drained from Zhao Rilai's face, turning red then white, and finally, it swelled into the color of a pig's liver.

Now the logic made sense.

But... he couldn't believe from start to finish that Ye Chen, just one person, could actually have the sky-high connections to invite Bai Wanqing!

"I... I can't accept this!" Zhao Rilai shrieked like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, "This is impossible! Absolutely impossible! Who do you think you are, Ye Chen? How could Madam Bai come for you?!"

"You can't accept it?" Ye Chen raised an eyebrow, his tone flat without a ripple.

"What the hell does that have to do with me?"

"Whether you accept it or not is your business."

"Whether Bai Wanqing comes or not is her business."

"Whether Ning Yu kneels..." Ye Chen paused, his gaze like a cold blade, slowly sweeping over Ning Yu, "Today, it's not up to you to decide; you must follow my rules."

After speaking, he stopped paying attention to the nearly collapsing Zhao Rilai and tilted his chin towards Ning Yu.

"Big star Ning."

"You've watched enough drama, and the fun is over."

"Now... kneel!"

"I said, even if the King of Heaven came today, you have to kneel."

"Swallow the words you said yourself."

As his words fell, there was dead silence at the school gate.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Ning Yu.

Ning Yu panicked: "Ye Chen, we are old classmates, do you... do you really have to take things to the extreme???"

Ye Chen couldn't help but laugh at this.

"Now you're not saying that you provoked me first?"

"Not using Tianyao Group to pressure people anymore?"

"Not calling me social scum every other word?"

Ye Chen paused, his voice suddenly turning cold, "Sorry, I'm a person who holds grudges."

Upon hearing this, a touch of madness appeared on Ning Yu's face.

"Fine! Fine! Ye Chen! You really want to force me, right?!"

"Fine! Then let's go down together!"

He acted like a madman, waving his arms and screaming at everyone around him.

"You all heard it! You all saw it! He forced me!"

"Even if I, Ning Yu, am ruined today and disappear from the entertainment industry entirely! I will drag you down with me!"

"I will let everyone know what kind of thing you, Ye Chen, are!"

"And you, Yi Yue, all the dirty things you two wretched pair have done..."

However.

Before he could finish his sentence.

A calm female voice came from outside the school gate.

"You are wrong."

"Even if you die, stink, and rot..."

"He will be fine."