Chapter 117 Counterattack "Uncle's got everything covered."...

Chapter 117 Counterattack "Uncle's got everything covered."...

Ring ring ring—!

On Friday afternoon, the bell rang crisply, and Ye Hantao and her roommates packed up their books and left their seats.

Orange-gold clouds spread across the sky, each wisp of cloud tinged with tiny rays of light.

Ye Hantao had just turned her gaze away from the sunset when her roommate Tang Jiahui grabbed her wrist tightly. "Taotao! I'm counting on you for the notes from Saturday's sharing session!"

The sharing session had only 60 participants, with each of the major political and legal universities recommending 10 people to attend.

As the only person in the entire dormitory recommended to attend the weekend sharing session, Ye Hantao shouldered a heavy responsibility.

She gave her roommates an OK sign, "I'll definitely keep a super detailed record."

"I'll come visit you on Sunday," Tang Jiahui said proudly. "Luckily, I was quick enough to snag a spot as a volunteer on Sunday."

The dorm leader, Xia Ying, was waiting for them at the back door. Upon hearing this, she pretended to grab Tang Jiahui's neck and said fiercely, "I was just one second away from grabbing her!"

Ye Hantao felt a blur before her eyes, and when she looked again, she was already sandwiched between her two roommates.

Tang Jiahui, hiding behind her, laughed and said, "The dorm's internet has always been slow. Serves you right for not listening to me. It would have been so much better to use the computers at the library!"

A group of people were playfully bickering as they walked out with the flow of people when a sarcastic voice suddenly rang out from the side, "You're always so eager to fawn over the young lady, why don't you ask her to pull some strings and get you a few admission tickets?"

These words were like a sudden pause button being pressed.

The once noisy corridor suddenly froze so loud you could hear a pin drop.

Everyone looked toward the center of the sound source.

The man who was speaking was fairly handsome, wearing a designer T-shirt, casual pants, and limited-edition sneakers.

A pretty girl with low braids was holding his arm.

Judging solely from their looks, they are a handsome man and a beautiful woman.

The boy, however, held his chin up, his expression full of disdain and arrogance, which made the college students present roll their eyes.

Tang Jiahui looked closely and exclaimed, "Tongtong?! What are you doing with him?!"

Tong Xuan clung tightly to Chu Liangjun's arm, blushing and averting her gaze when Ye Hantao looked over.

Tang Jiahui frowned even more deeply.

Ye Hantao never expected that her classmate from the same club would end up with Chu Liangjun.

Who is this person?

"Chu Liangjun, you definitely know his father, he's the chairman of Huayao Group."

Upon hearing this, some students' expressions changed instantly.

The chairman of Huayao International graduated from Yuncheng University of Political Science and Law.

He not only donates to his alma mater every year, but also gives one to three graduates of his alma mater a direct position in the group's legal department each year.

"Isn't this chairman surnamed Guo? And his wife's surname is Chu?"

"Didn't you see the news? It was just reported last week that he got back together with his first love." The person explaining whispered, "Chu Liangjun's biological mother is his first love."

"Then why did he mock Ye Hantao? Ye Hantao's uncle is the CEO of the Velvion Group."

The student who was speaking didn't say one more thing: Ye Hantao's older brother was also his former idol, the e-sports legend, Maze.

Even his great-aunt Zhou Shumiao was a renowned doctor whose appointments his family had managed to secure.

"If you were rejected in the past, you'd hold a grudge. Now that you've gained power, you'd better show it off."

Ye Hantao is fair-skinned, beautiful, and excels in her studies.

Even though their school didn't have a "school beauty" award, Ye Hantao's photo was often posted on the confession wall.

Many people pursued Ye Hantao, and Chu Liangjun was one of them.

Chu Liangjun thoroughly enjoyed the feeling of being the center of attention.

He pulled his girlfriend Tong Xuan by the hand and walked up to Ye Hantao, sneering, "Ye Hantao, aren't you just stringing me along because you think my family background is too bad? Too bad, I don't need you."

After saying that, he hugged Tong Xuan even tighter, determined to make Ye Hantao regret it.

Tang Jiahui was disgusted and spat, "Pah!"

Xia Ying rolled up her sleeves, ready to fire, but Ye Hantao grabbed her arm.

Ye Hantao shifted her gaze from Tong Xuan to Chu Liangjun's face.

Chu Liangjun was smug.

He believes that his family background is now slightly better than Ye Hantao's.

No matter how famous Ye Hantao's older brother and great-aunt are, it's all superficial; money is what really matters.

Ye Hantao is just Zhou Yi's niece. Once Zhou Yi gets married and has a wife and children, how will he still see Ye Hantao?

Unlike him, who is Uncle Guo's only child and will have the entire Huayao Group left to him in the future.

Chu Liangjun put his arm around his girlfriend's shoulder and said harshly to Ye Hantao, "Even if you regret it now, I will never—"

"A clear refusal can be called 'fishing'?" Ye Hantao interrupted coolly. "If you became a lawyer, you would definitely be a major scourge in the industry. What a mouth you have to twist the truth!"

The surrounding classmates: "..."

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Several students couldn't help but laugh out loud, with Xia Ying and Tang Jiahui laughing the loudest.

They were afraid that their laughter wouldn't be loud enough to give Tao Tao a proper welcome.

Chu Liangjun roared, "Ye Hantao!"

Ye Hantao curled her lips and imitated the look of disgust Jin Shiyue had on Ren Langshi's face in her memory. "You're not as good at studying as me, not as handsome as my brother, and you don't have the same emotional intelligence as my roommate. Did I have a fever and my brain was all muddled that I would think of trying to hook up with you? You're dreaming in broad daylight! Even the bait is more precious than you."

This long string of words completely stunned Chu Liangjun.

He had never been humiliated in public like this before!

Students: "Haha ...

Xia Ying and Tang Jiahui were both laughing and surprised.

They've been roommates since freshman year, and they've almost never seen Tao Tao angry.

Even when she got angry after being slandered in Aubin, TaoTao had never been this sharp-tongued.

Amidst the jeers that came from all directions, Chu Liangjun's face turned red and then white, then red again, his eyes practically spitting fire with rage.

He was furious and about to utter another harsh word when Ye Hantao glanced at him lightly.

"Words can be dangerous; be careful, after the heavens have dealt with Ren Lang, they might come after you!"

One sentence left Chu Liangjun speechless, like a goose whose throat had been choked.

Ye Hantao, arm in arm with her two roommates, left without looking back.

Chu Liangjun was left standing there, his face flushed red.

After a long while, he glared fiercely at the students who were watching the commotion, and strode away.

Tong Xuan hurriedly chased after him, calling out, "Liang Jun!"

Chu Liangjun turned a deaf ear.

The show's producers announced yesterday that Ye Hantao and Jin Shiyue would be going to a cruise ship to watch a show, and he wanted his mother to take him and Tong Xuan along!

This made Ye Hantao realize that he was different from before!

As soon as Ye Hantao stepped out of the teaching building, she was showered with praise by Xia Ying and Tang Jiahui.

"Tao Tao! I didn't know you were so good at roasting people!"

"Your posture just now was particularly well done."

Ye Hantao sighed softly, "I didn't perform well enough. If Cheng—"

"Huh? What do you mean by 'become'?"

"It's nothing!" Ye Hantao pulled them towards the dormitory. "Let's hurry back to the dormitory!"

[Disease progression: 1.5%]

Ye Hantao stopped in her tracks, "???"

Suddenly, Tang Jiahui cursed, "That bastard said Tao Tao is vain, that she only looks down on Chu Liangjun because she's hooked up with Cheng Zhao!"

Ye Hantao leaned over to take a look and saw it was a comment under the latest update on the school wall.

Someone submitted a post about something that happened not long ago to the school's online community wall.

Most of the comments were in her defense, while a small number believed that given her family background, she and Chu Liangjun were a good match, but that marrying into the Cheng family was wishful thinking.

She retorted to Chu Liangjun only because she was afraid Cheng Zhao would misunderstand. If Cheng Zhao didn't have money, she would have definitely accepted Chu Liangjun's advances long ago.

Ye Hantao guessed that the feedback on the character design came from this.

The drop is too low, only 0.5%.

[Host, that's not low.]

A flat, electronic voice suddenly came through: "[Before the variety show 'Classmates Are Here' ended, your condition should have stalled at 10%, and wouldn't have declined again until you participated in the plot of the next book.]"

[But as you encounter more and more positive disruptive factors in this world, the progression of the disease slows down.]

The system was surprised when it returned.

At this rate, the host will be fully healthy before "Classmates Are Coming" even ends.

Before Ye Hantao could even exchange pleasantries with the suddenly returned system, Xia Ying gripped her hand tightly. "The comments under the school wall are full of all sorts of weirdos. They're all just jealous. What's with all this talk about you and Chu Liangjun being a good match? Aside from family background, what does he have that compares to you?"

Ye Hantao asked curiously, "Does Chu Liangjun also have relatives who are very good at e-sports, have excellent medical skills, and are CEOs of groups?"

"Huh? You didn't know?"

"Know what?"

Xia Ying explained, "At the beginning of the month, there was a report that his mother married the chairman of Huayao International. The chairman of Huayao has no children, only this one stepson. He has been extremely arrogant these past few days."

Tang Jiahui sighed, "When he was pursuing Tao Tao, I thought he was a clean-cut and handsome guy. I never expected him to be like this."

Back in her dorm, Ye Hantao immediately went to the balcony and called her uncle.

She first recounted the whole story and her words to Chu Liangjun, then explained Chu Liangjun's background, "Uncle, will his stepfather find someone to make things difficult for you?"

Ye Hantao searched online.

Huayao International and Velvion Group are similar in size, but the chairman is the real boss of the group, while the uncle, the CEO, is just a professional manager.

"Hahaha, Peach, repeat what you said to him again!"

"……uncle!"

"What's there to worry about? Our two groups don't have overlapping market operations," Zhou Yi reassured her. "Besides, my boss and I are very close. How could he possibly sway us?"

Ye Hantao breathed a sigh of relief.

"Tao Tao, you did a great job confronting him directly. Don't hold back for fear of affecting my work. I can't let my identity be exposed and not only fail to support you but also give you a weakness, can I?"

Zhou Yi's tone was defiant, "If anyone dares to come near you again, feel free to throw a tantrum! Your uncle will take care of everything!"

After saying that, Zhou Yi remembered, "Oh right, I just asked about that sharing session you mentioned. It's a bit difficult to add tickets at the last minute. But I've already asked someone to make an appointment with him. We'll have dinner together with your dorm later, and your roommate can hear his questions in person."

Ye Hantao was shocked, "Uncle, you made a date?"

"Yes, the specific time depends on you."

Can time still see us? Ye Hantao was in a daze, once again personally experiencing that her uncle's role as CEO was not just a title.

Just after hanging up the phone, Ye Hantao noticed a webpage notification on her phone.

#Cheng Zhao @Ye Hantao#

Ye Hantao found it strange; didn't this person not have a main social media account?

Upon opening the link, it was discovered that Cheng Zhao had actually created an account.

Ryder程钊v: The Cheng family, young and old, warmly welcomes @叶晗桃 to our home.

Ye Hantao: "?"

Through the balcony door, her roommates in the dorm were yelling, "TaoTao! Look at the trending topics!!!"

Ye Hantao is already watching and has seen the comments from netizens.

Wow!!! Is this an official announcement?!

[You two should have made your relationship official on the live stream!!! Can't we wait until Sunday's live stream to do it?!!!]

[Director Chen is doing a live broadcast from Yuan Kai's house; he said it hasn't started yet.]

[Ahhhhhh, I know why Cheng Zhao suddenly tagged me! Oh my god, look at the submissions on TaoTao School's school wall [image.jpg]]

[Hilarious! Cheng Zhao personally responded to the claim that there's no difference in family background whatsoever 233333]

[Holy crap?! The chairman of Dingxin Group retweeted this?! Is he Cheng Zhao's father?!]

Ye Hantao learned the name of the chairman of Dingxin Group, Cheng Songnian, from the comments of netizens.

Then I went to his account homepage:

Cheng Songnian v: (Sprinkling flowers.jpg)(Sprinkling flowers.jpg)(Sprinkling flowers.jpg). //Ryder Cheng Zhao v: The Cheng family, young and old, warmly welcomes @Ye Hantao to our home.

"..." Ye Hantao's face flushed red instantly.

Cheng Zhao's message came a step too late.

[Cheng Zhao: My mom forwarded my dad's reply using his account.]

Two seconds later, Cheng Zhao sent his next message.

[Cheng Zhao: Do ​​I have any strengths that others can't match?]

The towering sycamore trees cast shade on the balcony, and the last rays of sunlight were hidden behind the clouds.

Ye Hantao leaned against the balcony door and typed three words.

[TaoTao: You have a great figure.]

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Author's Note: Mr. Cheng: [Fireworks][Fireworks][Fireworks]