84: How do you want to handle it?

Liao Peng, Xiao Yun's class advisor, started shouting as soon as he entered the room. "People from Nanya actually dare to cause trouble on Huaqing's turf? I've truly seen everything now!"

"Take a look at the situation before you speak. Who is holding whom hostage!" Director Ding XinYu retorted irritably. Ye Wanrou was still there, tied up all over, crying continuously.

Although she wasn't a student in her class, the poor girl was truly heartbreaking to look at.

Liao Peng rolled his eyes and pointed at Ye Wanrou, saying: "To frame our Huaqing contestants, you Nanya people actually tied up a student from your own academy and sent her to Student Xiao Yun's private dormitory!"

Director Ding XinYu was about to rush up and fight Liao Peng, but Director Wu stopped her.

"Director Ding, don't be impatient! This teacher claims that we at Nanya framed a Huaqing student," Director Wu couldn't help but sneer.

"What does Huaqing have these days that's worth us framing? Lv Hao and Su Anxi didn't even participate in the individual competition. At least two of the top three places belong to our Nanya Academy."

Now it was Liao Peng's face that turned black.

Before long, Huaqing's Dean, Director Zhang Ye, Director Yu Nian of the National Competition Discipline Committee, as well as Chen Yixuan and Shui Lingyu, all arrived at the scene.

Director Yu pushed up his glasses, his brows furrowed. "Who can explain to me what is going on here?"

After speaking, he ordered the people he brought to quickly untie Ye Wanrou.

However, having been tied up for dozens of hours, it took a long time for Ye Wanrou's body to recover enough to move.

Liao Peng spoke first, claiming that Nanya contestants had tied up their own classmate and sent her over to frame Huaqing, and that Xiao Yun had discovered it, which was why she called him over.

Director Ding XinYu wished she could strangle this black-and-white-twisting Liao Peng. Before he could finish, she interjected: "If our contestants wanted to frame you, how could they have entered this private dormitory? Besides, if they were discovered, why didn't they run away immediately instead of waiting for Xiao Yun to call and notify you?"

Liao Peng curled his lip. "Maybe they knew they couldn't escape, so they just gave up running!"

Director Yu looked at Xiao Yun, who was crying like a pear blossom in the rain, and asked: "You tell me, is that how it happened?"

Xiao Yun, naturally certain that Gu Xiaoyue had no evidence, nodded repeatedly.

Director Zhang, who received many benefits from the Xiao Family every year, also sided with Xiao Yun. "Director Yu, the facts are right in front of us. Look—"

Director Yu was still frowning, very confused. The story from the Huaqing side had too many loopholes.

"I haven't heard what Nanya has to say yet! You—" Director Yu pointed at Ye Wanrou. "Tell me what happened."

"Yesterday morning, I wanted to go eat breakfast. As soon as I left the dormitory, everything went black. When I woke up, I was tied up here. Xiao Yun told me that if Xiao Yue withdrew from the competition, she would let me go."

Xiao Yun, standing nearby, shook her head repeatedly, crying even harder with tears all over her face, and shouted loudly: "That didn't happen! I don't even know you; don't frame me!"

She cast a pleading look at Shui Lingyu, her eyes full of grievance.

The situation seemed to have reached a stalemate. Gu Xiaoyue raised her hand and said: "I have evidence here. Would Director Yu like to see it?"

Xiao Yun and the Huaqing leaders and teachers looked very surprised. How could Gu Xiaoyue possibly have evidence!

Director Yu pushed up his glasses, signaling that Gu Xiaoyue could present the evidence she had.

Gu Xiaoyue opened her brain and projected two videos onto the wall.

The first segment was a video of Xiao Yun talking on the phone with her subordinates.

The second segment was a video of Xiao Yun telling Ye Wanrou that Gu Xiaoyue had not withdrawn from the competition and that she didn't care about her safety at all.

Xiao Yun's face turned deathly pale. She was finished—

She cast a look of help toward Shui Lingyu, but to her surprise, Shui Lingyu turned his head away, wearing an expression of disappointment and frustration toward her.

"You all, come with me!" Director Yu said to Gu Xiaoyue and the others, intending to take them back to his office to resolve the matter.

Chu Li and the others, as well as the teachers, were worried, so they followed along.

The battlefield shifted to Director Yu's office.

He slammed his briefcase onto the table and grumbled: "It's been so many years since such a malicious incident occurred! You Huaqing people really have a lot to be proud of!"

Director Zhang and Liao Peng, who had followed, put on smiling faces. "Director Yu, hasn't this not been fully investigated yet?"

Director Yu slapped the table. "What else is there to investigate? What about that video? Was she threatened into filming it? Or is this a movie?"

Director Zhang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. "Then how should we handle it? Will it affect Huaqing's ranking in the National Competition?"

"How to handle it?" Director Yu raised an eyebrow and turned to Gu Xiaoyue and Ye Wanrou. "You are the concerned parties. How do you want to handle this?"

Xiao Yun shouted anxiously from the side: "I'm willing to pay! Is 50 million star coins enough? One—one hundred million! Is 100 million star coins enough!"

Ye Wanrou pouted aggrievedly. "I want her to be expelled from Huaqing!"

"Ye Wanrou, don't go too far!" Xiao Yun was losing her mind, screaming hysterically.

"Didn't you just say you didn't know her?"

Director Yu sighed, adjusted his sitting posture, and leaned back into his chair.

Director Zhang's eyes rolled, and he said fawningly to Director Yu: "As long as it doesn't affect Huaqing's results this time, anything is fine, as long as Director Yu gives the word! Although this Nanya student wasn't physically harmed, she must have been frightened. We at Huaqing will take her request into consideration!"

Xiao Yun's face turned from pale to red, and she roared: "Zhang Ye! How many benefits have you taken from the Xiao Family in the past! If you dare to expel me, just try it!"

"This child, she's so scared she's talking nonsense. How about we deal with this leniently, Director Yu?"

Director Zhang wished he could plug Xiao Yun's mouth. She was saying anything and everything in public; did she have no brain?

Director Yu didn't speak. He seemed to be thinking, and the air fell into silence again.

Just at this moment, someone knocked on the door of Director Yu's office.

"Why are there so many people? It's so lively here, Old Yu!"

This person was Huo Jiantao, the coach of the Beastmaster National Team. Every year during the National Competition, he would come to select promising talent suitable for joining the National Team to participate in the Beastmaster World Championships.

He walked in and looked around. The few people he had his eye on, except for Lv Hao and Su Anxi, were all there—Gu Xiaoyue, Chu Li, and Shui Lingyu.

Seeing Coach Huo enter, Director Yu quickly stood up to greet him. "Oh, a malicious incident occurred, and we are just dealing with it!"

Although this incident had nothing to do with Coach Huo, character was one of the criteria for selecting National Team contestants.

Director Yu explained the kidnapping of Ye Wanrou to Coach Huo from beginning to end.

Coach Huo's eyes lit up. Gu Xiaoyue and Chu Li likely either had stealthy pet beasts or possessed spatial skills.

If they could join the National Team, it wouldn't be impossible to take the top two globally in the next World Championships.

The Dragon Kingdom was vast and rich in resources with a large population, and the average level of its Beastmasters ranked at the forefront globally.

However, in the World Championships, they could usually only take fourth or fifth place; the best result was only third in the world.

This year's freshman team competition—that pair of Gu Xiaoyue, Chu Li, and Lv Hao—really made his eyes light up!

These contestants were simply geniuses rarely seen in a hundred years!

"As for this matter—"

Coach Huo was still very interested in how Gu Xiaoyue obtained the evidence, and naturally, he wanted to speak in favor of Gu Xiaoyue.

"Although the victim is Ye Wanrou, Xiao Yun was targeting Gu Xiaoyue. Have you asked Gu Xiaoyue how she wants to handle this?"

Everyone's gaze focused on Gu Xiaoyue, waiting for her to express her thoughts.