“Yes, a special appointment by the City Lord,” Assistant Lin said flatly.
The weight of those words in the Inner City was all too clear to those present.
City Lord Liang Shuguang—the man in the wheelchair—had enjoyed immense prestige over the years and was considered the best City Lord in history.
They had just been saying Bai Feifei had no background, yet it turned out her backing was this solid?
Wang Chunyang was utterly dumbfounded. He stood beside Assistant Lin with his mouth agape, looking like he’d been dead for a while.
“The City Lord... has that much prestige?” Bai Feifei couldn't help but marvel in her mind.
“He picked a bad time to be prestigious,” Xu Mo replied dissatisfactorily.
Finally, someone spoke up indignantly.
“Assistant Lin, does the City Lord know what this Bai Feifei has done?”
“The City Lord has always been just. He wouldn't agree to someone like this wreaking havoc on Qingping Academy.”
“The relevant information has already been reported,” Assistant Lin said, pushing up her glasses in a businesslike tone.
“If you feel you can't wait, you're welcome to go press for an answer yourselves?”
The speaker's facial muscles twitched. Press the City Lord directly? It was broad daylight; he hadn't had nearly enough to drink for that kind of suicide mission.
Seeing the crowd back down, Xu Mo started to get anxious.
This was bad. If things settled down like this, it would be far too boring.
This Secretary Lin—of all times to show up, why now? He was waiting for these people to go back and bring reinforcements so he could fish out the big players hiding behind the scenes.
Just as Xu Mo was thinking of how to fan the flames, a few people caught his eye.
At the edge of the crowd, a few individuals were acting differently from the rest.
They were dressed similarly to bodyguards, but the equipment they carried was far too ostentatious. A massive camera was mounted on a tripod, with a reflector set up beside it.
One person lugged an old-fashioned recorder—a device as large as a suitcase with a blinking red light.
There was also a series of black devices Xu Mo didn't recognize scattered on the floor, looking like they were setting up an outdoor recording studio.
Who were these people?
At that moment, the group noticed Xu Mo’s gaze, and someone immediately jumped forward.
“Hello, Teacher Bai! I'm a reporter from Dawn Daily!”
The reporter thrust the recorder forward, speaking rapidly as if afraid of being interrupted, and charged in with a microphone. “Would you be open to an interview? We'd like to learn more about the events that transpired today.”
The wealthy parents were momentarily stunned.
Where did these people come from? The media?
Earlier that morning, when a crowd had gathered at the gates of Qingping Academy, a passing media crew realized there might be a story.
They had snuck in, and now that they saw an opportunity, they moved fast.
“We received word of a conflict between an instructor and student parents at Qingping Academy, so we came to investigate.”
The reporter spoke smoothly, then quickly looked at “Bai Feifei.” “Teacher Bai, may we ask why you expelled the Elite Class students?”
Assistant Lin frowned and shot a cold look at Wang Chunyang, clearly blaming him for letting people in.
She stepped forward. “Reporter friends, the situation here is still being handled. It’s currently inconvenient to...”
“It's convenient! Very convenient! Of course I'll take an interview!”
Xu Mo's excited voice cut Assistant Lin off.
He took a step forward, a brilliant smile on his face, his eyes sparkling with a light that made Bai Feifei instinctively uneasy.
“Come, ask whatever you want,” Xu Mo said, spreading his arms.
This was perfect. Journalists! These people were surely the type who wanted to watch the world burn just to get a big scoop.
He needed a channel to broadcast his message, and they provided it.
A perfect match!
“Dawn Daily, right? Good. Go ahead and ask some outrageous questions. Get that engagement up.”
The reporters' eyes lit up.
They had expected to be kicked out, though being kicked out was a story in itself. To actually get an interview was beyond their expectations!
The recorder was thrust even closer. The lead reporter cleared his throat and asked, “Teacher Bai, you were a special appointment by the City Lord. Does this comply with regulations? Why did the City Lord open this special path for you?”
Assistant Lin inhaled sharply.
This was a trap question. One wrong word could easily incite public outrage. She was about to give a bureaucratic non-answer, but Xu Mo was faster.
“Why?” Xu Mo cocked an eyebrow. “Because I'm awesome.”
“And obviously, because the City Lord has the power. Arranging a job for me is a simple matter for him.”
“By the way, what was the City Lord's name again? He didn't even say hello to me. Quite rude, really.”
The reporters stared at her, then at each other, dumbfounded.
Holy crap?
This was pure gold! They didn't even need to lead her; she was dropping bombshells with every breath.
The reporter with the notebook was writing frantically, his pen nearly sparking against the paper.
“Is it really okay to say that...” Bai Feifei spoke weakly in her mind.
Once Xu Mo was done talking nonsense, she would be the one left to face the music...
Even Assistant Lin, who had remained calm until now, felt her lip twitch.
“May we interpret that as you having a deep background?”
“It’s quite deep indeed,” Xu Mo lied through his teeth. “To be honest, a City Lord is nothing. My background is beyond your imagination.”
“And your reason for expelling the students?” the reporter continued.
“We understand you’ve banned students from using enhancement potions. This regulation has never appeared in any academy in Dawn City. Don't you think it's unreasonable?”
“Unreasonable?” Xu Mo drawled. “My decision is what’s reasonable!”
“They’re so young and already sticking needles in their heads. I think it looks hideous, so I don't allow it. Can that medicine really be anything good?”
The reporter keenly caught the loophole in Xu Mo’s words and pressed further.
“In other words, you believe there is a problem with the potions?”
“Do you have an issue with Dawn City's current pharmaceutical system? Or do you believe those potions have side effects?”
Xu Mo replied naturally, “Yeah, I have an issue. So what? I suspect they're selling fake medicine that drives people crazy.”
“The pharmaceutical system within Dawn City might just be a very dark industrial chain.”
Assistant Lin could no longer maintain her composure. Her eyes widened behind her lenses as she looked at “Bai Feifei” in disbelief.
Was this person actually insane?
If the previous comments were just bragging and attention-seeking, this was crossing the line.
The pharmaceutical group was the largest power bloc in Dawn City!
Everyone dealt with the pharmaceutical companies.
From minor treatments and stanching blood to enhancement potions, stimulants, and even the Scavengers' Cognition Filters—what wasn't connected to the pharmaceutical group?
Realizing this, she felt she had to say something to stop this discussion.
Rate on N.U.
