Chapter 128

Chapter 30: Following the Direction Guided by the Wind Chime (7.5K)

The surveillance video shows the date as June 1, XX22, over a year ago, in the evening. Many people rushed into the courtyard, raising their hands and shouting something.

After a while, a well-maintained but haggard-looking woman walked out. The crowd in the courtyard quieted down a bit and asked her something.

The woman didn’t speak, seemingly acquiescing, and the reactions of the others became even more intense.

“That day, Yuehong had just received a notice demanding the immediate disbandment of Tianhai City’s Spiritual Energy Manipulator organization, which was something the Four Squares Academy had been doing all along. Others caught wind of it, and many couldn’t accept it, so they all came together,” Dai Hengzhu’s voice was calm.

Yuan Xiaoling and Bai Ling exchanged glances. They could understand this explanation. Based on the information they had gathered earlier, the conditions offered by the Four Squares Academy had not been attractive for years. Those who had stayed must have been promised something.

Later, not only did they not receive the promised benefits, but they also faced unemployment, which was naturally hard to accept.

Most of these people were adults with families and careers. They had quit their jobs and come to the Four Squares Academy, hoping for a secure future. Little did they expect to be kicked out before they could even secure a position.

The surveillance video continued to play. After some commotion in the courtyard, someone suddenly lost control of their emotions, pushing and shoving. Several people surrounded Li Yuehong, their words becoming increasingly heated, eventually escalating into physical conflict.

Watching this scene on the screen, Dai Hengzhu’s expression remained unchanged, as if he were watching a movie unrelated to him.

Because he had seen it countless times before.

“Ah, what a pity,” Yuan Xiaoling couldn’t help but sigh. “If they had held on for another six months, they might have been eager for the layoffs themselves and wouldn’t have been so agitated.”

Six months later, after the Yun Family demonstrated to the Hai Tian Yi Se Chamber of Commerce how to use Spiritual Energy Manipulators to silently eliminate competitors, the Chamber took action, and Tianhai City’s Spiritual Energy Manipulators found high-paying employment opportunities.

Dai Hengzhu chuckled eerily: “It was precisely because of the ‘Four Squares Academy Incident’ that the overflowing aura of the Foundation Stone attracted the Yun Family, prompting them to come to Tianhai City to set up their plans.”

In other words, without this incident, the events six months later wouldn’t have happened.

Bai Ling’s expression also turned slightly unnatural because the “materials” the Yun Family used for their demonstration six months later were her parents.

“…” Yuan Xiaoling tightened her expression, deciding not to delve further into this rather dark topic.

In the video, as the conflict escalated, Li Yuehong, at the center of the storm, crouched down in pain, clutching her head, and then—ahhhhhh!!!

Though there was no sound, her actions made it clear—she let out 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