At the same time, Lu Ming and Zhang Yi sat in Jiang Xingze’s dorm, the three of them chatting happily.

Lu Ming: “Judging from Rong Shi’s past behavior, he’s definitely going to make a move tomorrow or the day after.”

Thinking of the aftermath of Lin Dang’s incident, Zhang Yi carefully asked, “Will he also get surveillance footage from somewhere?”

“Impossible.” Jiang Xingze slowly swirled the wine glass in his hand, the virtual screen in front of him showing the military academy’s anonymous forum.

“I underestimated him last time, I didn’t expect him to know the system had backups,” he said with a smile, “This time, all the front-end surveillance videos are destroyed, and the system backups have been completely deleted, leaving only the intentionally left segment.”

Hearing him say this, Lu Ming tentatively asked, “You haven’t fully handed over your authority to him yet?”

Usually, before the ceremony, the authority of the old and new presidents would have already been transferred.

“How could I give it to him so easily?” Jiang Xingze scoffed, “Isn’t he very capable? I’ll just see how he comes to beg me then.”

This meant that Rong Shi currently had the title of president, but no real power.

Lu Ming subtly exchanged glances with Zhang Yi and chuckled, “He thinks he can manipulate anyone just because he has some ability. If we don’t give him a hard time, he won’t learn his lesson.”

“With his arrogant attitude, it’s one thing for us, but he doesn’t even show President Jiang any respect, it’s too much!” Zhang Yi chimed in, “And he condones his little lover beating people, he clearly doesn’t take school rules seriously!”

While they were chatting, Jiang Xingze’s terminal suddenly rang.

Seeing the name on the screen, he hastily put down his wine glass, stood up, and quickly tidied his clothes, signaling the other two to be quiet.

The video call connected. Jiang Xingze, shedding his previous arrogance, respectfully saluted: “Colonel Lin!”

The middle-aged man on the screen was wearing a military uniform, with thick, upturned eyebrows and dark skin. It was Lin Feng, the deputy commander of the Seventh Legion and Lin Mo’s elder brother.

“At the end of this month, there’s a month-long desolate planet exploration battle. I’ve already sent your mission application to the principal. Adjust your courses yourself and report to the Seventh Legion three days in advance.”

Upon hearing “desolate planet exploration battle,” Jiang Xingze’s eyes lit up, suppressing his excitement: “Yes! I will report on time!”

Every legion in the military has routine missions, like the desolate planet exploration battle, which takes place about every three months, usually in danger zones of level two to five.

Legions can recruit interns from military academies as needed to go to the front lines with the legion to learn, which essentially means getting military merits for free.

Unless it’s a large-scale joint exploration battle, it’s difficult for ordinary military academy students to get a spot; they are usually reserved for students who have already been paired.

And Jiang Xingze’s pair was Lin Feng.

As soon as the communication ended, Jiang Xingze couldn’t help but smile.

“Congratulations, senior.” Lu Ming leaned over and clinked glasses with him.

Zhang Yi laughed: “President Jiang’s career is flourishing, while a certain someone is wallowing in mud. It’s truly gratifying!”

Jiang Xingze took a sip of wine, his smile tinged with sarcasm: “Calamities sent by Heaven may be avoided, but from self-wrought wickedness, there is no escape.”

The next day, on his way to class, as he passed through the long corridor garden, he heard many people discussing.

“Damn! They even bought virtual accounts to act as internet trolls. No wonder so many people jumped out to curse Rong Shi.”

“It wasn’t even his doing, why curse him? Are they sick?”

“Liu Hong posted with his real name. Looks like he’s showing his stance. Is he not holding a grudge about the last incident?”

“Liu Hong is the most loyal. Rong Shi helped his brother clear his name, so he’s definitely grateful.”

Jiang Xingze slowed his pace, growing more puzzled as he listened.

The public opinion was not right.

When he reached the teaching building, he heard a group of alphas who had just returned from morning exercise discussing again.

“That Du Rui and whatever-his-name-is, what garbage, damn! Song Yu went too easy on them. If they stay in the military academy, they might just mess with my future wife.”

“Give it a rest, but harassing omegas is indeed tasteless.”

“Two omegas I know from the military and political department said that their frantic posts yesterday were all deleted. Someone must be targeting Rong Shi from behind the scenes.”

“You can tell by the fact that he hasn’t been paired up yet. Either pair up or step down. How can being president be that easy?”

Jiang Xingze frowned slightly. What happened on the forum last night?

Rong Shi arrived at the classroom just in time for class, but was suddenly bombarded by the sympathetic gazes of his entire class.

His gaze swept across the classroom, and almost immediately he saw Song Yu surrounded by a group of people.

Song Yu looked impatient, with Qin Luo blocking him, scolding those people away.

“Over here.” Song Yu rested his chin on his hand, writing something. Seeing Rong Shi standing at the door, he waved him over.

Rong Shi sat down beside him, “What’s going on?”

Song Yu shifted his hand, looking lazy: “Don’t you even check the forums, old man?”

Rong Shi swiped his terminal, and 01’s voice sounded.

[Captain exposed Zhang Yi, Vice Officer exposed Du Rui and Huang Long’s dirt. I shut down the virtual troll program and the backend forced-deletion program. Now the forum is full of people cursing them and feeling sorry for Master, hehe.]

Rong Shi: “…”

The three betas in the front row turned around.

“Rong Shi, did you offend someone?”

“Popular people have a lot of trouble. Just say if you need help with anything.”

“We’re with you!”

Rong Shi hadn’t even opened his mouth when Zhang Yi, sitting not far away, interjected sarcastically: “There’s a limit to how much you can brownnose. Even if it’s proven that those two have character issues, it doesn’t erase the fact that Rong Shi covered for them.”

It was a known fact that Zhang Yi was Lu Ming’s dog.

Who would dare to offend Lu Ming normally?

As soon as he spoke, those few didn’t dare to make a sound.

[Damn it, I’ve tolerated him for so long! Can I hit him? Secretly hit him? QuQ, or post to report him?]

Rong Shi: “Hmm.”

[Aoooo! 01 guarantees mission completion!]

Hearing him finally make a sound after a long pause, Song Yu: “…”

He tore off the draft in his hand and handed it over, “Here, your speech.”

Rong Shi took it and looked, his brow furrowing. He asked coldly, “Does it have to be like this?”

Song Yu lazily said, “You don’t have to say it. Just pretend yesterday’s deal never happened.”

Rong Shi: “…”

The next class was also in this classroom. During the break, Rong Shi took the page of scratch paper and left through the back door.

Less than two minutes after he left, someone in the classroom exclaimed, “There’s a new post on the forum!”

“Let me see!”

“Who are they slamming this time?!”

A group of people gathered to look.

The poster’s ID was the number 01, and the body of the post was a long string of code.

The person scrolled down, cursing: “Damn it, I’m suffering from being uneducated. Can’t they write something readable?”

“Stop! Look who this is?” Someone next to him shouted.

At the end of the code was a piece of identification information.

Seeing the name on it, everyone suddenly fell silent, all looking at Zhang Yi.

There were a lot of requests for translation in the replies, and soon students from the information department came out to follow up.

“Looking at dozens of pages of code, it actually boils down to a few words: the internet trolls were bought by Zhang Yi.”

“01 Great God! You can even trace the source like this! Please hook me up!”

“Who is Zhang Yi?”

“All first-years know who Zhang Yi is, hehe, this is getting more and more interesting.”

Hearing his name from other people, Zhang Yi had a bad feeling and immediately opened the forum.

The moment he saw the post, his face turned green.

“How—” could this be!

He sent messages to others, telling them to hack into the forum. They shouldn’t be able to trace it back to him!

Extreme guilt and anger made him snap without thinking. He slammed the table, stood up, and loudly scolded the students in the classroom: “Whatever others say, you’re all fools?”

Immediately, everyone’s expressions changed.

He did something bad, and now he’s turning around and cursing others. How shameless.

“Yes, unlike smart people like you, who specialize in harming others for personal gain,” Qin Luo chewed on his pen, crossing his legs and smiling, “How many times has this happened? Aren’t you tired of jumping around yet?”

Seeing Qin Luo respond, some others also dared to retort.

“Did anyone say you were the one who bought the internet trolls? We just look and you curse us. Who do you think you are?”

“Mind your own business before minding others’.”

“Instead of throwing a tantrum here, why don’t you think about how to prove your innocence.”

“What innocence do I need to prove?!” Zhang Yi burst out, cursing, “Some people’s methods of deflecting blame and slinging mud are truly brilliant!”

The virtual large screen in the classroom suddenly activated and expanded. In the picture, Rong Shi sat calmly in the student union office.

“This face is truly photogenic.” Song Yu leaned back in his chair, twirling his pen.

Seeing Zhang Yi go crazy, Qin Luo was about to provoke him further when he heard Song Yu say, “But Bunny is still cuter.”

Qin Luo: “…” Why are you comparing Rong Shi to the Bunny God?

Rong Shi looked at the camera: “Taking a moment of everyone’s time. Regarding the assault incident the day before yesterday, official disciplinary notices are now being issued.”

Hearing this, Zhang Yi, whose face was flushed with anger, and Lu Ming, who had been quietly working on problems, looked up.

In another classroom, Jiang Xingze, who was being praised by his classmates, also frowned, having a bad feeling.

Soon, that premonition came true.

The entire process of Du Rui inexplicably lunging at Song Yu appeared on the big screen, even with clear audio.

“Someone as flirtatious as you… putting on airs… just someone to be played with…”

In addition, there were also images of Rong Shi preventing Du Rui from lunging at Song Yu, and later, Song Yu breaking free from Rong Shi’s hand and counterattacking.

After the complete process was exposed, the entire school was in an uproar.

“Damn it, the immersion is too strong, my fists are clenched!”

“Fuck! Who dares to say that to me, I’ll kill him!”

“Are these kind of people student union members?”

“They’re used to being arrogant and tyrannical. If this were an omega, they’d definitely be bullied.”

The surveillance footage shrunk to the bottom right corner, playing on loop.

Rong Shi said calmly: “The disciplinary action against Du Rui and Huang Long remains unchanged. They were verbally provocative first and then attacked, causing a severe negative impact. They will receive one demerit, be fined ten political thought simulation papers daily until they score ninety points, and will be supervised by their respective class monitors.”

He continued: “Song Yu’s self-defense was excessive and extreme, causing significant physical harm to Du Rui. He will receive one demerit, be fined ten political thought simulation papers daily until he scores ninety points, and will be personally supervised by me.”

Hearing this judgment, the commotion in the various classrooms was even louder than before.

“Personal supervision, hehe.”

“Issuing a notice or throwing dog food, young people lack martial virtue.”

“Caught off guard, no time to dodge.”

“Punishing the boyfriend too, hahaha, Song Yu is truly miserable, he’ll be doing political thought papers until he vomits.”

The classrooms were all in laughter, completely lacking the accusatory atmosphere from the forum towards Rong Shi.

Jiang Xingze was surprised. They were actually fooled by Rong Shi’s few words.

How did Rong Shi get the complete surveillance video?!

Where did the audio come from?!

Even the backups were deleted!

Everyone thought the brawl was over.

The video released by Rong Shi no longer needed much explanation; the truth was right there.

What happened the day before yesterday afternoon had a result this morning, and everyone was very satisfied with the new president’s efficiency.

“In addition—”

Rong Shi’s voice sounded again, and everyone looked over in unison.

“Zhang Yi maliciously incited public opinion, distorted facts, caused secondary harm to the parties involved, and attacked student union members. He will receive one demerit, be fined ten political thought simulation papers daily until he scores ninety points.”

Zhang Yi kicked the leg of the table heavily: “I’ll f**king kill him!”

Qin Luo sneered: “Dare to insult the president? Do you think the papers are too few?”

Everyone in the classroom who had just been cursed at looked at Zhang Yi, their expressions extremely subtle.

The slap in the face came so quickly, it was exhilarating!

More people’s minds began to stir.

Zhang Yi was Lu Ming’s man, so was he acting on his own, or was someone else instructing him?

Just as everyone was thinking of rushing to the forum to gossip, Rong Shi spoke again.

“Regarding Jiang Xingze—”

Upon hearing the name of the previous president, everyone’s heart skipped a beat. Could it be that even he—

Jiang Xingze’s face instantly turned dark, his hands on the table clenched tightly.

Rong Shi looked at the screen, his voice faint but tinged with impatience: “You deliberately destroyed the surveillance video, covered for Lin Dang, causing severe psychological trauma to the victim. I warned you then, but you showed no remorse, instigating Du and Huang to provoke Song Yu for personal revenge, and afterwards destroyed the surveillance—”

With every sentence he spoke, gasps could be heard from various classrooms.

“Is… is this true?”

“So Jiang Xingze himself destroyed the video, which is why it’s been unclear all this time?”

“What’s so strange about it? Don’t student unions all do this? It’s just that this incident was exposed.”

“I’m starting to worry about Rong Shi’s safety, damn it!”

With every word Rong Shi spoke, Jiang Xingze’s face darkened by a shade, his blood flowing backward, and his vision swam.

Rong Shi: “Such actions have an extremely negative impact. Considering it’s a second offense within a short period, he will receive a major demerit, participate in two hours of one-on-one psychological counseling daily, be banned from all missions, and placed under school observation for three months. After the observation period, a decision will be made on whether to lift the ban based on the situation.”

“Anyone with objections to the above disciplinary actions can come to me at any time.”

The people in the same classroom as Jiang Xingze were dumbfounded, even unconsciously breathing lighter, afraid of knowing too much and being targeted.

With a bang, Jiang Xingze slammed his fist on the table, his face grim, and left through the back door.

“Is it really true?” Someone whispered.

“I don’t know, it’s too sudden.”

“Rong Shi wouldn’t publicly frame Jiang, there’s no reason or need.”

“What did Rong Shi mean by ‘personal revenge’? Does anyone know?”

The bell rang, but the large screen was still there.

Rong Shi took a small piece of paper, lowered his head, and quietly glanced at it.

Others watched his face gradually turn cold.

—Damn it, is he still holding back a big move?

Teachers for each class entered their classrooms, putting down their lesson plans and standing with their hands behind their backs, watching the drama unfold.

“Finally, a private matter.” Rong Shi crossed his hands in front of him. “I don’t want anyone to be targeted, discriminated against, or verbally abused because of their sexual orientation. Du and Huang’s actions caused Song Yu significant psychological trauma. As his… boyfriend, I feel very heartbroken.”

Everyone: “…”

How could he say something so embarrassing with a straight face?!

Rong Shi: “After careful consideration by both families, we have decided to submit our marriage application on April 1st, which is tomorrow.”

Everyone: “!!!” What the hell?

“From now on, anyone who disapproves of same-sex partners, or has any grievances, please come directly to me—”

At this point, his peripheral vision caught “don’t hurt my dear beloved” written on the scratch paper, and Rong Shi coldly crumpled the paper into a ball.

“Dare to hurt him, and that’s a declaration of war against me—”

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Author’s Note:

Rong Rabbit: It wasn’t me, I didn’t do it, I was forced.

Later—

Rong Rabbit: Wife, if anyone bullies you, I’ll wring their neck!