Putting aside what had just happened, Liu Yutong thought of something and asked.
"By the way, Xiaohui, your team has made it to the finals now, right? How does it feel?"
Mentioning this, Li Xiaohui got excited, her whole spirit instantly lifting.
"Hahaha... Sister Yutong, I almost forgot to give you the battle report."
"Our 'Lady Zi' team is absolutely invincible, okay? We're the top contender for the championship now."
"You have no idea how completely we've dominated these matches. Last game, against that 'Wild Wolves' team from the Tech College—sounds intimidating, right? We wiped the floor with them, ending each round in under two minutes on average!"
"I even ran into some guy who called himself the 'God of Guns,' camping behind the middle lane door trying to ambush me. I cooked a grenade and tossed it over, scared him into jumping out, and then I flicked my AK and headshot him... Hohoho!"
Li Xiaohui got more and more excited as she spoke, proudly planting her hands on her hips and laughing.
Liu Yutong nodded with a smile. "Not bad, not bad. I'll come watch your finals match live. Go get that championship."
"That would be awesome, Sister Yutong. When I win the championship, I'll treat you to a meal."
"Deal!"
"Oh, right, Sister Yutong."
Li Xiaohui suddenly remembered something. "I just got a call saying our internet cafe got inspected out of the blue. Did you know?"
Liu Yutong nodded. "I found out not long ago myself."
Li Xiaohui immediately waved her little fists angrily, saying fiercely, "Don't let me find out which bastard did it. If it messes with my competition, I'll definitely track him down, smash his stupid head in, and grind his face into a keyboard!"
Looking at her fierce-yet-cute expression, Liu Yutong said with a laugh, "You'll know soon enough."
Li Xiaohui was a bit confused. Liu Yutong didn't explain, just said, "I'm heading to the company first," and left.
............
Evening.
Xue Chen met with his artists, Meng Yuan and Liu Lulu, as well as Deputy Director Zheng of "Star Campus Visit," in a private room at a hotel.
Meng Yuan and Liu Lulu were precisely the two minor celebrities Yu Xin had seen back in Perch City.
Thanks to Xue Chen's connections, they had smoothly become the celebrity guests for this episode of "Star Campus Visit."
They had originally hoped to ride a wave of popularity after the show aired, never expecting to get drenched in 'flow' during the recording itself.
Though, it was the flowing kind of liquid.
At the moment, the three of them were wrapped in thick blankets, shivering as they sat huddled on chairs, denouncing the atrocities of the students at Finance University, especially that hateful Liu Yutong.
"Young Master Xue, they bullied us so badly! Pouring cold water on us in such freezing weather. Look at Director Zheng, he's still running a fever. We've all caught colds too... Achoo!"
"Young Master Xue, you have to stand up for us. Those students are simply awful. The water they used was even foul. I still feel like I smell stinky feet, ugh~~ I still feel like throwing up, ugh~~~"
"Yes, yes, especially that Liu Yutong. She's the one who incited the students to splash us, and they used foot-washing water, toilet water... Smell this, just smell it!"
Deputy Director Zheng moved his arm towards Xue Chen's nose.
Xue Chen recoiled in disgust. "Alright, alright, get away!"
"So, you're saying all of this was Liu Yutong's doing?"
The three nodded in unison.
"That Liu Yutong seems to have quite high prestige among those students. I felt they all respect and are even a bit afraid of her, doing whatever she says."
"Young Master Xue, what's her background anyway? A relative of the university president?"
Xue Chen sneered. "What background could she have? She's just the boss of a gang of a few hundred people in the underworld. Heard she's even 'taken care of' a few people, including some local big shot, that's all."
Meng Yuan: "......."
Liu Lulu: "......."
Director Zheng: "......."
A... a gang boss?
They had considered Liu Yutong might be a student council officer or a relative of the school administration, but they never imagined she was a female gang leader with underworld ties who had 'taken care of' people?
And they had provoked her on her own turf?
Aren't they completely screwed then?
With a shudder, Meng Yuan suddenly threw off his blanket and declared righteously, "Well... Young Master Xue, I suddenly don't feel cold anymore. What's a little splashed water? It just cools you down, gets rid of the heat, promotes blood circulation. I feel great now!"
Liu Lulu immediately wiped her tears too. "Right, right, Brother Yuan is correct. Actually, I took a careful sniff just now, that water... that water isn't smelly at all. It has a touch of... earthly vitality, quite refreshing. I feel full of energy now, don't feel like throwing up at all, really!"
Director Zheng also promptly tossed his blanket aside. "Hey, isn't it strange? I didn't even take medicine and I'm cured! The fever's gone, head's not dizzy, throat doesn't hurt, even my old rheumatic legs are better. I feel fantastic now!"
"Young Master Xue, see, we're all fine. Maybe we should just let it go with that woman?"
Xue Chen: "......"
"Look at you, scared out of your wits by a little water? What kind of thing is Liu Yutong? To me, she's nothing but a rat that can't see the light! I can handle her however I want. Why are you so afraid of her?"
"I'm putting it out there right now, I'll get you justice for this humiliation! She thinks she's tough? I specialize in dealing with the unyielding!"
He felt today's incident was no coincidence; it was likely the other party declaring war and demonstrating against him.
First, he had people mess with her company, and then immediately she had students drench his artists. Wasn't this a blatant slap in his face?
She clearly knew his artists were among the guests and did it on purpose.
In that case, he didn't need to hold back either.
This was the perfect opportunity to take care of Liu Yutong.
"Director Zheng, how are your production team's cameras and equipment?"
Hearing this, Deputy Director Zheng's newly 'recovered' face turned pale again. "Young Master Xue, don't even mention it. I don't know how I'm going to explain this to the company."
"Our main Komodo cinema camera, the lens set is completely done for, the body ports are probably rusted. Two Sony cameras also took a bath, their circuit boards are likely shorted. And the follow focus, monitors..."
"Most of this equipment is rented, costing tens of thousands a day in rental fees alone. Now not only do we have to keep paying rent, but we also owe huge repair fees, even depreciation costs. A rough estimate puts the losses on equipment at least... no less than a million!"
Mentioning this figure made Deputy Director Zheng's heart tremble.
He was the primary person responsible for this incident.
After listening, Xue Chen didn't get angry but instead laughed. "Good! Excellent! This is perfect!"
"Now I have ample reason to deal with that Liu Yutong."
He planned to pin the charge of intentionally damaging others' property with a significant amount on Liu Yutong. Then, by putting pressure on the police department, arresting her would be as easy as turning over his hand.
However, he didn't want things to end so simply. At the very least, he had to get revenge for the humiliation of being pressed against the table back in Lucheng.
If she were actually sent to prison, it would instead become harder to take action against her.
His plan was to use this as a threat to force Liu Yutong to hand over Yu Xin and Chu Yang. After subjecting them all to torture, he would then send them to prison.
Once these key members of the Wanlong Society were inside, he would have plenty of ways to bring down the society, even take it over for himself.
Although Xue Chen was an arrogant second-generation heir, he wasn't that foolish; in fact, he was somewhat cautious.
After all, Mingzhu City was Liu Yutong and Yu Xin's turf. What if, during the meeting, they refused to yield and, in a fit of anger, decided to attack him? What would he do then?
By the time the police arrived, he might already be finished.
So, just in case, he planned to find some locally influential underworld figures to back him up.
To put it plainly, he wanted to hire a few bodyguards for protection.
