Anna’s sudden live stream seemed abrupt, but upon closer consideration, everyone found it quite reasonable.

Given the crisis where her fiancé was entangled in allegations of “cheating” and “deceiving female students,” Anna, who had always come across as excellent and lovely on social media despite her romantic inclinations, had nothing majorly wrong with her decision to go live. In a time when she didn’t believe the outside rumors and wanted to prove to everyone that her fiancé was truly a good person, it didn’t seem to be a big problem.

No one thought Anna’s live stream was abnormal, and nobody suspected her of having ulterior motives. Even Ye Tianming himself had a certain level of trust in Anna.

All of this was because, in the eyes of everyone, Anna was a naturally wonderful presence. She was like an angel—gentle, beautiful, and graceful. Her personal background was exceptional. Such a perfect person couldn’t possibly give rise to indecent thoughts or speculation, a stark contrast to what happened with Zhao Jiaxin before.

Upon seeing the live stream abruptly shut down, many internet users were startled. Calls for police intervention and questions in the comments were all filled with concerns for Anna and the other girl who appeared in the live stream, a girl allegedly persecuted by Ye Tianming.

【Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, is there anyone to protect them? The child is truly scared!】

【Protect Anna! Protect Anna! Protect Anna!】

【I just called the police! I don’t know if they’ll arrive in time. Anna, you must hold on!】

【I feel so suffocated. Ye Tianming’s gaze frightened me so much. It’s really terrifying, even scarier than playing holographic horror games. How could he be like this privately? It’s so scary.】

【Help! Who understands my emotional journey? I was just defending Professor Ye a moment ago. He’s so gentle, how could he be like the maniac Gu Chao? Seeing Anna’s live stream, I thought everything would be proven, that the live stream would clear Professor Ye’s name. Who could have anticipated this? I’m not just collapsed; I’ve lost my base too. This scumbag who beats women deserves to die!】

【Did no one notice? If Anna had arrived a second later, that girl being choked would be dead! Damn it, Ye Tianming is truly a pure lunatic, even more insane and twisted than Gu Chao! He chokes people so proficiently, I even suspect he’s done this sort of thing before!】

The comments were overwhelmed by the fear induced by Ye Tianming’s intense presence. Throughout the night, they first learned from the exposé that Ye Tianming was cheating and keeping a stand-in, which they thought was disgraceful enough. But now, they realized that he was privately capable of such madness!

At this moment, someone in the comments brought up the girl from the leaked photo.

【Oh my god! Wait a minute! I suddenly have a bad feeling. Do you think that girl in the photo might not have been sick and taking sick leave at all? When you take sick leave, you either go home or stay in your dorm. According to her roommate, that female student’s parents aren’t on our B62 star, they’re in a more remote B80 star. If she was just sick, she wouldn’t go back to her hometown, right? Then why hasn’t she been to school for two days?】

When Yan Yue saw this comment, her eyebrows furrowed.

As expected, someone was thinking along the same lines as her!

This comment was instantly replied to by others:

【Damn it!!! Now that you mention it, it seems so true! I dare not think about it anymore.】

【Could that psycho Ye Tianming have done something to her?】

【@First Military Academy, mentioning the school again! Your own student has been missing for two days. Are you just going to do nothing? What happened to being a prestigious military academy? Like this, who will dare to go to your school in the future?】

【Calm down, person above. That roommate said the girl had signed for sick leave and gone through the proper procedures. Who knows, maybe she has relatives on B62 star? Don’t scare yourselves needlessly. Little sister will be fine!】

【And what about Anna? Why isn’t there any news from her? Could that psycho Ye Tianming have actually killed her to silence her? Haven’t the police arrived yet?】

Yan Yue was also concerned about Anna’s safety, but she, like the other online friends, could only worry. They couldn’t physically help through the internet; all they could do was pray that Anna would be safe…

Fortunately, there was news from Anna’s side not long after, and it was from the police. However, the content of the police statement triggered countless citizens’ dissatisfaction and even anger!

The police’s official post stated that Ye Tianming had not committed any crimes. As for the incident of choking in the live stream, it was purely a misunderstanding. Both parties involved had come forward to explain. Even Anna testified that it was all just playful banter between friends.

Citizens: ??? Playful banter??? You consider choking someone’s neck as playful banter? And the kind where you almost kill them? Get out of here with your playful banter! If you can’t handle the case, then don’t handle it!

The police’s official statement was incredibly unreasonable and suggested that the Ye family was behaving outrageously. Despite this, people were at a loss about how to deal with this family. What puzzled everyone was why both Anna and the girl almost choked to death would agree to reconcile with Ye Tianming.

However, no one was there to answer them. Even Anna had posted, explaining that tonight was just a minor accident, and it was all attributed to Ye Tianming being drunk…

In any case, all the blame fell on alcohol. Ye Tianming was completely blameless.

Su Manman, who usually had stable emotions, turned red with anger upon seeing the police’s and Anna’s explanations. “The Ye family is truly lawless! Ye Tianming was clearly in the live stream, almost killing an innocent person in front of millions of viewers. Even Anna was in danger. But now—” Su Manman’s anger rendered her speech incomplete. Being someone who refrained from using foul language, she could only vent by repeatedly saying, “How can this be allowed?”

Compared to the others present, Fang Ji was older and had seen the dirt and filth of both officialdom and the workplace. Yet, someone like Ye Tianming was something she had never encountered before. This kind of person sometimes even defied basic interstellar civil law. It left her both angry and disheartened.

As for both An Xiaoyu and Shui Shui, it was needless to say. Shui Shui was spinning in place from anger, while An Xiaoyu was like an ant on a hot pan, continuously messaging her sister on her light computer, making sure her sister was safe.

An Xiaoyu felt extremely fortunate now. She was glad they had found her sister and Ye Tianming earlier. She was also glad that Su Manman, Yan Yue, and Shui Shui had accompanied her to talk to her sister, using both gentle and firm persuasion to convince her to move back to school. These past few days, An Xiaoyu had been sleeping restlessly. Plus, she had to prepare the second part of her seventh stage competition work. She had lost weight and even developed dark circles under her eyes.

Now, seeing her sister on the video call, confirming she was at school, An Xiaoyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Among those present, Yan Yue was relatively composed. She had seen too much corruption in officialdom and workplaces, and the news that Ye Tianming was safe didn’t evoke a strong reaction from her.

In this way, she noticed that An Xiaoyu’s sister seemed to be in a better state tonight. At least she didn’t seem as “romantically infatuated” as before. When they had talked to her a few days ago, she looked different from the girl lost in love…

A girl from a photo, An Xiaoyu’s sister, and perhaps another girl…

Yan Yue didn’t know about the latter, but considering the first two, they were all good students. Even if they turned rebellious late, their good upbringing was deeply ingrained, and they couldn’t possibly stoop to something as morally corrupt as interfering in someone else’s marriage.

But they not only did that, they behaved throughout the earlier stages as if they had no psychological burden whatsoever. It’s as if they liked Ye Tianming without any issues, that Ye Tianming had no problems, and that their teacher-student romance was perfectly fine…

Describing their behavior with just “romantic infatuation” seems inadequate to explain the contrast between their actions before and after.

Yan Yue thought that there must be something they had missed. These things they missed were something she and An Xiaoyu couldn’t reach. Perhaps these could be the most advantageous leverage to use against Ye Tianming!

However, thinking about this now wouldn’t help. She was just a small scriptwriter in this world, with no background and not much money. These matters had to be left to the police to handle, but it was clear that there were biases in their direction.

The difficulty of the situation had escalated.

Later, close to dawn, the official account of the First Military Academy posted a statement about the punishment for Ye Tianming. Yan Yue found it so laughable – his punishment was simply suspension, and he wasn’t even fired!

Another frustrating message that made Su Manman and the others stay up all night. When they were pulled onto the main stage the next day to announce the competition results, all five contestants appeared dispirited.

Clearly, Ye Tianming’s incident from the previous night had a significant impact. Even the next morning, many people were still discussing it in the live chat during the main stage broadcast. The most common comments were ‘Ye Tianming is even more twisted than Gu Chen’ and ‘Hope a real-life He Zong appears to bring down the Ye family’.

Yan Yue and the others shared the same sentiment.

After all, some things were just realistic. For instance, those who could defeat capitalists were always stronger capitalists. The cases of commoners rising up against capitalists only happened in dramas. No, even Yan Yue’s works were realistic, like in “Revenge of Ice” where He Zong was the most powerful man in the drama or in “Revenge of Su Zhen” where it took many years of preparation and everything she had to gain justice…

Very realistic, yet also very frustrating.

After announcing the competition results, the program would unveil the topic for the next round in two days. Unlike before, this time the topic announcement wouldn’t be live. The latest topic and works would be directly released at 8 PM next Saturday.

Seeing the strong reaction from the audience, even stronger than the program team had expected, the host laughed in a self-deprecating manner, “So, please wait and see.”

Instantly, the barrage was filled with complaints!

【Before, we could guess the theme and anticipate what kind of works the contestants would prepare. Now, you’re not even broadcasting the theme live?!】

【You program team, you’ve done all the bad things!】

【The director is becoming more calculating. Having us prepare both parts of the work for the sixth and seventh rounds and not revealing the theme this time. Are you trying to kill me?!】

【The program team knows how to generate traffic.】

Under the audience’s “reprimand,” the announcement of the rankings for the sixth and seventh rounds of the competition concluded.

Back in the creative room, Su Manman came to get Yan Yue to help Shui Shui pack her things.

On the day of elimination, the program team’s dedicated ship would send the eliminated contestants home.

Fang Ji had wanted to come too, but as a grown man, it wasn’t very convenient for him to help girls pack their luggage. He stayed outside Shui Shui’s rest area, planning to help move things after they finished packing.

Yesterday’s incident with the Ye family was no longer a hot topic online during the day. The trending searches and posts had subsided. It was probably because the Ye family’s PR team had stepped in. But even the most formidable PR team couldn’t suppress public discussions. The incident was still being talked about.

Now, as Yan Yue helped Shui Shui pack, Shui Shui and the others were still discussing the matter. Their words were full of frustration.

Shui Shui: “I don’t care about being eliminated from the competition. I think it’s impressive that I made it this far. But I’m genuinely annoyed that scum like Ye Tianming hasn’t been caught. Moreover, my sister is a victim too, so I’m even more furious! Ah! I really want to turn into ‘Ice Vendetta’ and train that scumbag like a dog! Or better yet, make a real-life He Zong appear and wipe out this entire family of scum!”

As Shui Shui spoke, she clasped her hands together and began making a wish for He Zong to descend from the heavens.

It’s unclear whether her wish actually came true, but a staff member from the program team came rushing into Shui Shui’s rest area, gasping for breath. His face was red as if he had just seen something incredibly exciting. He panted and gesticulated wildly as he asked Yan Yue, “Yan, Yan Teacher, do you know President

Wei?”

Yan Yue: “?”

Yan Yue was puzzled, “Who?”

The staff member gestured frantically in the air for a while, and in his haste, blurted out, “President Wei, the richest man from B33 star! President Wei? You don’t know him? But he’s here in our program’s VIP rest area, waiting for you! You really don’t know him?!”

The staff member found it unbelievable. He had just heard President Wei’s tone and seen his expression. It was evident that President Wei knew Yan Yue and that they were old acquaintances. Why was Yan Yue reacting like this now? And wait! She didn’t even know President Wei! That was Wei Chen Xu! The incredibly wealthy Wei Chen Xu! One Wei Chen Xu from the Wei family could be worth ten Yoyo Corporations’ Wei Chen Xu! Even though B33 wasn’t the capital star, it was the most economically developed planet in trade. Moreover, in recent years, Wei Chen Xu had developed several new planets. His newest planet, B-S701, was solely owned by the Wei family. He even named the planet himself!

In the entire star system, there were only a few people who had their own exclusive planet. Wei Chen Xu was a prime example.

The key was, how did it seem like this influential figure was familiar with Yan Yue?

Magic! This world was too magical!

It wasn’t just Yan Yue, but also Shui Shui, An Xiaoyu, Su Manman, and even Fang Ji waiting outside the room. They all found this situation to be incredibly surreal!

Wei Chen Xu?

Did he know Yan Yue? And were they familiar with each other?

Oh my god, what a big news!

Shui Shui widened her eyes and pushed Yan Yue against the wall, “Tell the truth, is your real identity Blood Ye Qianmeng An Jielina Ice Vendetta? And is your sister Luli Yingxue Butterfly Dream Bingxin!”

Yan Yue: “…”

Yan Yue had an expressionless face, “If I were, my pockets wouldn’t be cleaner than my face.”

Everyone: “…”

Makes sense.

An Xiaoyu was puzzled, “So, what’s the situation now?”

Su Manman weakly speculated, “Could it be that Shui Shui’s prayer actually worked? Did President He really descend from the heavens?”

There was no way around it. Wei Chen Xu’s status was so high that it was difficult not to think of He Linfeng from “Interstellar Temptation”.

Yan Yue tidied her clothes and said calmly, “You’ll find out when I meet him.”

As much as they joked about it, now that Yan Yue was really going to meet Wei Chen Xu, they were all a bit worried.

Su Manman asked, “Do you want us to go with you?”

Yan Yue smiled, “There’s no need to be so exaggerated. Based on what President Wei said, he probably wants to talk to me about something, and the program team members are present, and there are cameras… Besides, President Wei wouldn’t do anything to a small character like me. Don’t worry.”

Yan Yue’s reasoning was sound, and everyone’s concern was more chaotic than practical. At the moment, they listened to Yan Yue and urged her to hurry over to see what was happening on President Wei’s side. His unexpected visit to Yan Yue was truly mind-boggling!

Yan Yue walked to the VIP lounge with the staff member. The staff member seemed even more nervous than she was, briefing her on everything along the way, afraid that she might accidentally offend the bigwig.

Yan Yue listened and finally arrived at the VIP lounge. After knocking twice, a cold, stern male voice came from inside, “Please come in.”

The staff member led Yan Yue into the room.

As soon as Yan Yue entered, she saw a man standing in front of a display screen showing information about the contestants. The information being projected on the screen was her own.

Hearing the movement, the man turned around.

Even though the staff member had seen President Wei just a few minutes ago, seeing him again was still as awe-inspiring as before. His powerful presence and handsome appearance stunned them once more.

But for Yan Yue, it was no big deal. In her eyes, Wei Chen Xu had the typical aura and appearance of a domineering CEO. She had seen many of them, so she wasn’t easily impressed.

While the staff member was busy admiring President Wei, Yan Yue introduced herself, “Hello, I’m Yan Yue.”

Wei Chen Xu hesitated for a moment upon seeing Yan Yue and quickly made a judgment. She wasn’t the person he was looking for, but she probably knew something. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have depicted his past with Xiao Shi so vividly in the drama.

From Yan Yue’s perspective, she saw a fleeting disappointment in Wei Chen Xu’s eyes upon seeing her. However, he quickly returned to his usual self and walked over to greet her, “Hello, I’m Wei Chen Xu. I came here today because I have something to ask Yan Teacher.”

After saying this, Wei Chen Xu glanced at his assistant.

The assistant came over, smiling, and asked the staff member to take him to explore the base. This left Yan Yue and President Wei with some private space.

Once the VIP lounge was empty, only Yan Yue and Wei Chen Xu remained. Without beating around the bush, Wei Chen Xu went straight to the topic, “Yan Teacher, do you know a lady surnamed Shi…?”