NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 12:
Chapter 12: Black and White Reversed, Easily Manipulating the Protagonist:
“So that’s how it is, Young Master Lu. Let’s go somewhere else, shall we? How about my office?” Han Jinli spoke with a mix of skepticism and caution, as he hadn’t seen any money yet.
“Enough! What declining industry? How come I don’t know about it?” Su Chen suddenly interjected.
As a skilled hacker, infiltrating the national system was a piece of cake for him. Besides, who would believe such a lousy excuse?
Su Chen was here to support the industry, and he was directly buying the company?
“Let’s take this outside.” A burly employee with a grim expression approached Su Chen, placing a hand on his shoulder.
Of course, everyone present could tell something was off.
But so what?
Their interests aligned with Lu Feng’s.
No matter how flawed his reasoning was, they would all play along, pretending not to notice.
“Stop talking already. You have a grudge against him, but the other colleagues don’t.” Xiao Yue pushed Su Chen, trying to help the tall employee to leave him.
“Get lost!” Su Chen shrugged his shoulders, and the tall employee was thrown to the ground. No one saw how Su Chen did it.
“Damn! How did I never realize how sneaky you are?” Thinking this to himself, Su Chen was seething with rage.
Deep down, he knew Lu Feng’s actions were aimed directly at him. Yet, he had no way to turn the situation around.
Lu Feng watched Su Chen’s violent outburst closely, though this time, he didn’t receive a system notification. He still knew that Su Chen’s Luck Value had taken another hit.
“I underestimated you, but remember, you won’t defeat me!” Su Chen’s expression was filled with malice, and after his violent actions, no one dared to step forward and speak up.
But Lu Feng was already striding over with a look of urgency. “Are you alright?” he gently asked as he helped the tall employee, who was grimacing in pain, off the ground.
Su Chen’s pupils contracted as he realized he had lost his composure. Just as he was about to explain himself to Xiao Yue, he noticed she had already stepped two steps away from him.
[Ding! Xiao Yue’s Luck Value +100]
Lu Feng’s expression was odd, barely able to keep his worried look from breaking into a smile.
He could only bow his head and say what he had planned in his mind.
“I’ll find someone to take you to the hospital right away. I’ll agree to whatever compensation you want, just don’t call the police.”
[Ding! Xiao Yue’s Luck Value +200]
Su Chen felt like he heard the system notification, leaving him feeling empty and extremely uncomfortable.
He had no outlet for his anger. Gritting his teeth, he glared at Lu Feng. “Don’t think you can just sweep all your dirty deeds under the rug!”
“Illegal human experiments, bribing officials!”
“Threatening girls into submission, even resorting to murder!”
Su Chen pointed at Lu Feng and roared, “Do you think I don’t know about all these things?”
As soon as the words left his mouth, whispers filled the office.
“Now that you mention it, I’ve heard about Lu Feng’s behavior before. It’s kind of shady.”
“Yes, it’s pretty bad. I heard he got a girl pregnant and tried to pay her off.”
…
[Ding! Xiao Yue’s Luck Value -600]
Su Chen took a deep breath, quietly observing Lu Feng. “Your schemes and tactics may be impressive, but that doesn’t mean the world has no memory. The ugly things you’ve done won’t withstand scrutiny!”
Su Chen stared intently at Lu Feng, hoping to see a trace of panic on his face. But Lu Feng’s expression remained half-indifferent, half-mocking.
Following his gaze, Su Chen noticed Zhang Qiang and the supposed pharmaceutical workers. Alright, guys, time to step in.
Zhang Qiang gave a signal to the workers. They smoothly joined the conversation.
“This is slander, isn’t it? Who has evidence to prove any of this?”
“It looks to me like these two brothers are fighting over the family fortune, and Su Chen is trying to smear his brother.”
…
The situation seemed to be turning around, but nothing really changed until one of the workers pulled out a phone.
On the screen was a blurry surveillance video, with Su Chen’s voice coming from it.
“No way! We can’t just let him off! You need to provoke him verbally! If necessary, erase the audio. In this day and age, that’s enough to stir up public opinion and bring him down.”
“Don’t you want to be my girlfriend? As long as you lower yourself to seduce him, you can be my girlfriend!”
…
Surveillance?
Su Chen was shocked!
He had already hacked into the system and deleted it—so how could it still exist?
His panicked eyes darted around, only to see Xiao Yue looking at him with utter contempt.
The video not only captured Su Chen’s repulsive behavior but also showed Lu Feng’s sincere affection.
[Ding! Xiao Yue’s Luck Value +1000]
It seemed she just regained the points she lost earlier in one go.
Lu Feng watched Su Chen’s embarrassed and defeated expression with great interest.
He had anticipated that Su Chen would erase the WeChat messages, so naturally, he also foresaw that he would delete the surveillance footage.
The blurry video in the worker’s hands had been recorded a second time using Zhang Qiang’s phone.
“Heh.” Lu Feng finally spoke, his voice tinged with confusion. “Are you saying all this about me? I don’t recall ever doing anything like that.”
“You…” Su Chen gritted his teeth, his eyes turning red.
For the first time in his life, he felt utterly humiliated.
Yan Qingxue had left him, and now, even Xiao Yue was looking at him with such disdain.
He was almost driven mad but had nowhere to vent his rage.
Some of the people present believed him, while others didn’t.
Those who believed him did so because, when comparing the two, they were more inclined to think that Su Chen was the one crying wolf.
Those who didn’t believe him still pretended they did because their interests were tied to Lu Feng.
And that was enough.
Lu Feng didn’t expect everyone to believe him; after all, his predecessor’s reputation was indeed terrible. But what mattered was that Xiao Yue believed him.