Chapter 204: A Sudden Turn of Events

Although Jiang Xincheng did not get angry or pay attention to the rumors, someone else did, and she started to stand up for Jiang Xincheng.

Bai Juan.

She was born in the year 2030 of the old era, was 20 years old this year, and graduated from Yuyang City Sewing Vocational and Technical College with a college degree. She had basic sewing skills and had worked as a tailor, waitress, foot-washing girl, and sauna girl. Her current occupation was as a freelance high-class escort in Yuyang City.

From last December to now, a whole year, she had received 2,018 clients, was caught by the Department of Public Security in raids twenty-three times, and was detained for a total of two months…

Below the video where Bai Juan pretended to be a respectable woman and accused Jiang Xincheng of being a Flower-Stealing Rogue, detailed information about Bai Juan soon appeared, revealing her as a high-class escort. The fact that she had received over two thousand clients in just a year meant her claim of being a respectable woman who had her chastity stolen by Jiang Xincheng was obviously a barefaced lie.

Xuanyuan Ningshuang simply posted Bai Juan’s detailed information on all the websites that had been slandering Jiang Xincheng, and immediately, the direction of public opinion shifted. Jiang Xincheng was now seen as the Pride of Heaven who had been wrongfully accused, while Bai Juan became an object of public scorn.

As for the video taken at the entrance of the Blue Sky Grand Hotel, Xuanyuan Ningshuang soon issued a statement explaining what had happened at the hotel. She revealed that Ximen Changkong had harbored ill intentions toward her, drugged her during a meal, and then Jiang Xincheng risked his life to save her.

At that time, Jiang Xincheng’s strength was only at the Bone Tempering Late Stage peak, so how could he possibly be a match for Ximen Changkong, who was in the Cloud Condensation Realm Mid Stage as a Great Yuan Warrior? Moreover, Ximen Changkong also had a Rain Transformation Realm Frontier Governor-level Primordial Warrior and three Cloud Condensation Realm Late Stage Great Yuan Warriors with him. To cover for her escape, Jiang Xincheng provoked Ximen Changkong to divert attention, without caring about the consequences.

In the end, she escaped safe and sound, but Jiang Xincheng was severely injured by Ximen Changkong and almost became a eunuch. Fortunately, timely medical treatment healed Jiang Xincheng’s little brother.

With Xuanyuan Ningshuang, the only School Belle of Tianhai University, personally testifying for Jiang Xincheng—even going so far as to reveal the intimate scene where she and Jiang Xincheng were alone together while he treated her—how could the students of Tianhai University not believe her?

Later, Xuanyuan Ningshuang also presented some strong evidence proving that Ximen Changkong had drugged her at the Blue Sky Grand Hotel and poisoned her bodyguards, attempting to use despicable means to get to her and force her to sell the overlapping Yuan Crystal Mine in Yuyang City to him with some real information.

Once this information was released, it caused an uproar. Countless students at Tianhai University were outraged and wanted to make trouble for Ximen Changkong, seeking revenge for their Goddess.

Jiang Xincheng thus transformed from a Flower-Stealing Rogue who had been beaten into a eunuch into a true hero who would risk his life for a beauty. His reputation soared straight up, and he became a prominent figure at Tianhai University once again, this time with even greater fame and prestige than before.

As for the rumor that Jiang Xincheng had ulterior motives and was scheming against Lin Anan’s father’s Origin Force Cultivation Method, Lin Anan thoroughly shattered it with the truth. With Lin Anan and her father personally recording a video to testify on behalf of Jiang Xincheng, the rumor immediately evaporated like snow in winter under the sunlight.

Through this incident, Jiang Xincheng’s reputation not only did not fall in the slightest but instead surged considerably. He was like a bright sun rising over Tianhai University, while Ximen Changkong became a rat scurrying across the street, boycotted by all the students of Tianhai University.

However, at that time, Ximen Changkong was still in the hospital and had skilled guards around him, so he wasn’t disturbed by the students of Tianhai University. On the other hand, because of his immense popularity, Jiang Xincheng leaped to become one of the top celebrity figures at Tianhai University. Whenever he appeared in crowded places, he instantly became the target of pursuit by the school’s younger female students.

Love letters, requests for his phone number, requests for his QQ number, requests for his WeChat number… it all annoyed Jiang Xincheng endlessly. He could no longer eat peacefully at Shenzhuang Snack Street and had to go further away for meals to avoid being surrounded and entangled, which would delay his cultivation time.

However, because of this incident, Jiang Xincheng also became the public enemy of many male students at Tianhai University. He had saved the first School Belle, Xuanyuan Ningshuang—who was drugged at the time—spent a night alone with her in the same room, and afterward, Xuanyuan Ningshuang even risked her own reputation to defend him. Such deep affection from such a beauty made everyone envious. Especially when they thought about the fact that Jiang Xincheng and Xuanyuan Ningshuang had spent a night together, many male students who regarded Xuanyuan Ningshuang as their dream Goddess gnashed their teeth in hatred toward Jiang Xincheng.

Besides Xuanyuan Ningshuang, there was also Lin Anan, a young beauty who was almost as stunning as Xuanyuan Ningshuang. It was rumored that Lin Anan and Jiang Xincheng were already involved, that they were practically in a relationship, and some even said they had even met each other’s parents.

First Xuanyuan Ningshuang, then Lin Anan—was he playing both sides? This made the male students of Tianhai University green with envy and resentment. They wished they could take Jiang Xincheng’s place.

Unfortunately, Jiang Xincheng paid no attention whatsoever to these people’s jealousy and envy. He didn’t even have enough time for cultivation; how could he have time to engage in such boring rivalries with them? As for the challenge declarations from those suffering from envy, Jiang Xincheng didn’t even bother to respond. Unexpectedly, this led those envy-stricken men to label him “as timid as a mouse.”

Just as Xuanyuan Ningshuang and Lin Anan were helping Jiang Xincheng restore his reputation, in the No. 66 luxury ward of Tianhai City First Hospital, Tianhai Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Ximen Changkong—with his charred and miserable buttocks—was lying on his stomach venting his anger.

“Worthless! You are all worthless! You can’t even handle such a small matter properly. Are you all eating shit? Well done, Jiang Xincheng, your methods are truly impressive. Right after injuring me, you immediately got the principal of Tianhai University to threaten me not to deploy Rain Transformation Realm Frontier Governor-level Primordial Warriors, or else I’d be in trouble. If it weren’t for that old man having military backing, I’d have sent Rain Transformation Realm Primordial Warriors to grind your bones to dust and chop your body into pieces!”

“And your family members actually have skilled guards from Tianhai University protecting them? So you really are prepared to cross me, huh? But Tianhai University can protect you for a while—I don’t believe they can protect you forever. Once the guards from Tianhai University leave, I will immediately send people to capture your parents and your little sister. I’ll make you watch with your own eyes how I play with them until they die. Only then will my hatred be satisfied!”

“Jiang Xincheng, I will not let you go, and you won’t be able to stay proud for long. Once this storm blows over, I won’t spare any of you—you, Lin Anan, Xuanyuan Ningshuang… none of you! By then, I’ll have recovered from my injuries, and I’ll personally send each of you to hell, reclaiming everything I’ve lost. A gentleman’s revenge can wait ten years, but for now, I’ll let you tremble in fear for a while. A month from now, we’ll settle the score properly…”

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As he spoke, Ximen Changkong’s eyes flashed with cold light, his handsome face full of a sinister smile. That smile then twisted into an expression of pain, and Ximen Changkong clutched his buttocks again. “Ouch, my butt! Damn it, it’s hurting again! Jiang Xincheng, you bastard, I won’t let you off! Enjoy your moment for a little longer—a month from now, I’ll make you cry until you have no tears left. Oh, and the New Year is coming soon. Why not pay a visit to your home during the Lantern Festival and give you a big surprise? I’ll turn your whole family into sweet dumplings to entertain you. You should enjoy eating them, right? Hahahaha!”