48: Chapter 48 Accidentally Entering the Imperial Family: The True Noble Male Supporting Character 9

The weekend shopping trip ended with an unexpected calmness.

The anticipated trouble did not appear; Sun Hao and his henchmen seemed to have evaporated into thin air.

Chu Yunting kept muttering that it was strange, but Qiao Chuxia didn't pay much attention to it, and just like that, she returned to campus life.

But meanwhile, on the other side.

Monday morning, the top floor of the Tianhai Group headquarters building, the president's office.

Assistant Chen Yuan gently placed a sealed file bag on Meng Zhu's desk, looking somewhat cautious.

"President Meng, everything is inside, it's very detailed."

Meng Zhu put down the fountain pen in his hand and opened the file bag without a word.

Most of the contents were interrogation reports, and the details were shockingly exhaustive.

At the beginning of the report, it detailed when Ye Youyou contacted Sun Hao, what her demands were, and what the reward was, accurate to every single word.

The subsequent content was the interrogation transcripts of Sun Hao and his henchmen.

Sun Hao's original plan for a "lesson" was far from just a simple beating.

For example, they had also prepared certain drugs and several high-definition cameras.

Clearly, Ye Youyou needed some videos and photos to post on the campus forum and major social media platforms.

That woman's goal was never just to vent her anger; she wanted to completely destroy Qiao Chuxia's reputation and future.

Meng Zhu flipped through the pages one by one, and the air pressure in the office dropped rapidly.

His originally gentle eyes were now a deep, bottomless ink.

He was like this not only because Qiao Chuxia was the benefactor of the original body when he was young, and Meng Zhu had to show anger.

It was even more because any man would be unable to tolerate such treatment of a young girl in the prime of her life.

There were still many female viewers in the barrage, and they were also gnashing their teeth in anger.

[It has to be Meng Zhu, this scum should just go die!]

[It seems he was arrested in the original book, that was really letting him off easy.]

[Ladies, calm down, this kind of scum no longer exists in reality.]

[Still angry, and the Sun Family too, Meng Zhu must not let them off.]

[Right, it's time, let the sky turn cold and the Wang family fall!!!]

"Let the sky turn cold and the Wang family fall" and such was too embarrassing, but one had to admit, the Sun Family and Ye Youyou really could not be let off.

Thinking of this.

Meng Zhu slowly closed the report and pushed it aside.

After thinking for a moment, he raised his eyes to look out the window, his voice calm without a ripple.

"Notify all families to complete commercial decoupling from the Sun Family and the Ye Family as soon as possible. I can only give one day."

A seemingly casual remark carried absolute authority that brooked no argument.

Assistant Chen Yuan felt a chill in his heart; he naturally understood what this meant and immediately bowed in response:

"Yes, President Meng."

He had been by Meng Zhu's side for many years and knew well that this young family head was gentle on the surface and never easily angered.

But after all, holding immense power, a single gentle sentence was like thunder from the nine heavens, causing the sky to collapse and the earth to shatter.

The Sun Family and the Ye Family were already on a one-day countdown.

After Assistant Chen Yuan retreated, Meng Zhu picked up a USB drive from the file bag.

He packaged all the photos on the USB drive, along with all the interrogation contents, into a file and sent it to that rabbit-shaped avatar.

After doing all this, he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.

Sometimes you want to be a teacher, but others may not be willing to be your student.

Since that was the case, he could only help her, add fuel to her fire, and ignite her ambition.

Qiao Chuxia, this world is far more dangerous than you imagine; kindness and resilience are not enough to protect you.

...

Inside the Tianhai University dormitory, Qiao Chuxia had just finished her evening self-study when her phone "dinged," and she received a file.

She clicked on it suspiciously; it was from Meng Zhu, just one file, with no words.

She found it a bit strange, but still clicked it open and began to read it carefully.

But not long after, the blood in her whole body seemed to freeze.

The detailed report could even be used directly as evidence for reporting a crime.

Ye Youyou's vicious instigation, Sun Hao's sinister plan...

Those unsightly words, those targeted at her.

The dirty methods, specific to every step, were like poison-tipped daggers, stabbing fiercely into her eyes and piercing her heart.

Forgive her for thinking of human hearts too simply.

She had originally thought that Ye Youyou's revenge would at most be finding someone to beat her up and make her suffer some physical pain.

Having grown up in the countryside, she was not afraid of these.

But she had not expected that human hearts could be so vicious to this extent.

Did she really have some blood feud with Ye Youyou?

Not at all.

But she not only wanted to teach her a lesson, she wanted to completely destroy her life!

Forced, photographed, threatened, photos sent to the school forum...

Just looking at the plan content in the report.

Qiao Chuxia felt the world spinning, her stomach churning.

A bone-chilling cold rushed from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.

She covered her mouth, trembling uncontrollably, black spots flashing before her eyes.

Lingering fear.

A huge, almost consuming lingering fear swept through every cell of hers.

If it weren't for Meng Zhu... what would have happened to her that day?

She dared not think.

That consequence would be even more cruel than killing her.

It turned out that the peace she thought she had, the "nothing happened" she assumed, was actually so perilous behind the scenes.

You are carefree in the rainstorm, only because someone is holding an umbrella for you high above.

Qiao Chuxia realized her naivety for the first time.

She hugged her knees, buried her head deeply into them, her body shaking like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind.

Curling herself into the corner of the bed, she looked exactly like a little girl frightened by a dark fairy tale.

Until she didn't know how much time had passed, the phone lit up again, and the WeChat notification sound startled her back to her senses.

"Scared?"

Staring at the phone screen.

Qiao Chuxia's tears gushed out "whoosh."

"It's already over, take some time to adjust yourself."

"Thank you!"

Except for these two words, Qiao Chuxia had no strength left to say anything else.

That night, she didn't sleep at all.

...

Two days later, a piece of financial news caused a huge uproar in Baijin City.

"Multiple subsidiaries under the Sun Group have been filed for investigation due to suspected serious tax evasion and illegal operations; banks have withdrawn loans, partners have terminated contracts one after another, and the stock hit the limit down as soon as the market opened, already on the verge of delisting..."

At that time, Liu Yiyi was eating with Qiao Chuxia in the cafeteria, and the boisterous Liu Yiyi happened to scroll to this news.

Chu Yunting walked over and sat down.

"Did you see the news?"

He looked at Qiao Chuxia while eating, raising his eyebrows, his tone complex.

"We didn't meet Sun Hao last weekend, you were really lucky; I guess the Sun Family already had problems at that time, they couldn't care about you at all."

Qiao Chuxia took the phone, looked at the content on the news, and her pupils shrank slightly.

She did not have the feeling of relief that Chu Yunting had.

Because she knew that this was definitely not a coincidence, but real, solid power.

It was Meng Zhu.

Although Qiao Chuxia didn't have much experience, she still had a concept of how powerful her own Qiao Family was.

However, the Sun Family, which was several times stronger than the Qiao Family, had actually collapsed in just a few short days.

At this moment, she finally clearly realized what Chu Yunting's "not in the same class" meant.

It was not defined by sports cars, luxury brands, villas, or simple money.

It was strength; it was not street thug-style fighting, but quietly manipulating the rules, letting money and power become sharp weapons, killing without a trace.

And what Meng Zhu possessed was this kind of power, not just having a lot of money.

In the past, Qiao Chuxia had never truly imagined or understood this kind of power.

It made people terrified, yet it also made people yearn for and be fascinated by it.

Qiao Chuxia returned the phone to Liu Yiyi, thinking back to her studies and grades.

University, textbooks...

"Macroeconomics," "Principles of Management"...

In the past, she read these books for exams, for scholarships, to prove she was no worse than anyone else.

And also to get a good job, so she could be self-reliant in the future and not have to spend a cent of the Qiao Family's money.

But now, a small seed had been gently planted in her heart by Meng Zhu.

A brand new thought sprouted in her heart for the first time.

A small, but incredibly clear thought.

Meng Zhu's kind of power.

She wanted to possess it too.

Perhaps not to manipulate the clouds and rain like Meng Zhu.

But to no longer be at the mercy of others, to be able to firmly hold her own destiny in her hands.

So that in the future, she would never be afraid again, never have lingering fear again.

She also began to reconsider her future for the first time.

She needed to see further, walk faster, and stand higher.

This seed named "ambition," after being watered by fear and impacted by reality, finally quietly took root in the bottom of her heart.