Alternative Shura Field, General Versus General, King Meets King… The One Who Bears All the Fury Appears

“Click.”

The gate of the orphanage swung open, and the middle-aged woman with a face full of fleshy rolls—the same woman who had been cursing at people inside and ordering everyone to go to sleep with a ferocious look—walked out.

Confusion filled her eyes.

“My goodness, there are so many people!” The middle-aged woman was startled and instantly became much more clearheaded. The impatience and viciousness on her face vanished without a trace, replaced by unease and timidity.

She wasn’t stupid. At a glance, she could tell that the people outside were either rich or influential. For so many of them to show up in the middle of the night, they clearly had something important to deal with. Maybe they were even here for an inspection.

Rich people were often like this. When donating money, they were quite generous and usually didn’t ask too many questions.

But every now and then, they would get a sudden urge to come take a look—to see what the money they had spent had become and satisfy some strange desire to watch their “investment” grow.

Clearly… this was one of those occasions.

Chen Youliang had specifically instructed her that whenever this happened, she had to entertain the guests properly and show them the orphanage’s brightest, most positive side. She had to come across as warm and enthusiastic!

The middle-aged woman plastered a smile across her face and nervously walked over.

“Esteemed sirs and ladies… P-please…”

She couldn’t finish. Her voice caught in her throat, her heart began pounding faster, and cold sweat broke out across her forehead. The atmosphere instantly froze.

The headlights had been on just moments earlier and were somewhat dazzling. Only after walking closer did she realize that the visitors numbered far more than she had initially thought. There was a vast, densely packed crowd—over a hundred people by a conservative estimate.

And every single one of those hundred-plus people had their eyes fixed on her.

An unimaginable pressure descended upon her. Her legs went weak, and she was completely intimidated by the imposing scene.

After all, she was just an ordinary woman. No matter how fierce she acted, she only dared to throw her weight around with ordinary people—or bully the Pokémon at the orphanage who didn’t dare speak up despite being oppressed…

When faced with a genuine difference in social standing, her inferiority complex emerged at once. She didn’t even dare look anyone in the eye, afraid that she might somehow cause trouble.

A classic case of bullying the weak and fearing the strong…

The chaotic situation split into two parts. On one side, the atmosphere around the fleshy-faced middle-aged woman was unnervingly quiet. On the other, the three people were still locked in a heated confrontation.

“Why are you here?” Lin Baizhi asked with a frown, her tone displeased.

She hated every woman who appeared around Ye Cheng. And especially these two standing in front of her—she disliked both of them intensely!

“My legs belong to me. Wherever I want to appear is my business.” Dongfang Zhixia folded her arms across her chest. Taking advantage of her height, she looked down at Lin Baizhi with disdain.

Shen Qinghan simply ignored Lin Baizhi’s question and didn’t bother responding. She moved toward the orphanage, intending to go inside and find someone.

The moment Shen Qinghan moved, Dongfang Zhixia and Lin Baizhi both frowned. Dongfang Zhixia reacted first and grabbed Shen Qinghan.

“Why are you here?”

“What does it have to do with you?” Shen Qinghan replied calmly.

Dongfang Zhixia: “…”

Her attitude was still as irritating as ever… What an infuriating problem child.

“It has nothing to do with me, but… if you go charging in and disrupt my plans, then it will have something to do with me.” Dongfang Zhixia’s tone was domineering, and she still had no intention of letting go.

Shen Qinghan tried to shake off the irritating gorilla gripping her arm, but after struggling twice and realizing it was useless, she decisively chose to attack.

She slammed her head forward!

The most sophisticated attacks often relied on the simplest methods… the young lady’s headbutt!

The key was to catch her opponent off guard. Otherwise, if she attacked head-on, Dongfang Zhixia would have time to react. Shen Qinghan knew all too well how big the gap between their physical strength was. At most, she could bully Little Blondie.

Against Sister Lin, every encounter was a life-or-death crisis.

Dongfang Zhixia had been prepared. She took a step back, causing the young lady’s attack to miss, then let out a cold laugh.

“Heh. Do you really think I’d fall for that again?”

The same trick couldn’t work on her a third time. As for why she said “a third time”… it was because she had already fallen for it twice before. Even Dongfang Zhixia hadn’t expected Shen Qinghan to use such a despicable trick against her twice in a row.

What made it even more infuriating was that she had been successfully ambushed both times!

Whenever she thought about it, Dongfang Zhixia would grind her teeth in anger. Today… she had finally wiped away that disgrace!

The two quickly began grappling again. Lin Baizhi narrowed her eyes and quietly stepped backward, preparing to slip away.

Go ahead and fight, you two idiots.

Dongfang Zhixia caught sight of Lin Baizhi trying to sneak away from the corner of her eye. She immediately exerted force, pinning the young lady down with one hand while reaching out with the other and grabbing Lin Baizhi firmly.

“Classmate Lin, are you leaving?”

A fake, saintly smile appeared on Dongfang Zhixia’s face.

Lin Baizhi: “…”

“Let go of me!”

Normally, Lin Baizhi would have put on an act—pretending to be weak, borrowing the authority of the elders around them to pressure Dongfang Zhixia, and taking the opportunity to extricate herself.

But now… she had no time for acting. She was going to destroy Chen Youliang!!!

After a series of steps that weren’t all that complicated… the three girls ended up wrestling with one another. The only thing worth celebrating was that they hadn’t started rolling around on the ground.

Lin Tianxiong: “…”

Su Su: “…”

Shen Ming: “…”

The three middle-aged men had remained silent for quite some time. They maintained a strange understanding among themselves, pretending not to see the three girls fighting nearby. Matters between the younger generation should be resolved by the younger generation.

As for the older generation… they would handle their own business.

But when the battle on the other side began heating up, the three men who had been keeping quiet could no longer remain completely calm. Anxiety began to rise in their hearts.

At last, someone stepped forward to break the deadlock.

It was Su Su.

“Gentlemen, it’s so late at night. What exactly is going on here…?”

As for why Su Su was the first to speak—and the most anxious one—it was simple. Her daughter was currently fighting two people by herself, and it seemed that things would become unfavorable for her if this dragged on.

That was right.

The President had finally brought her strength to bear. Perhaps she had realized the difference in their physical abilities, because the young lady and Sister Lin, who had originally been swatting at each other, formed a strange alliance.

They began elbowing the President together.

Under these circumstances, Su Su would have been a ghost if she hadn’t gotten worried.

“Oh, it’s like this,” Lin Tianxiong said with a friendly smile, sounding quite sociable. “My daughter suddenly said she missed her old friends from the orphanage. Since we’d just finished dinner and had nothing else to do, I brought her back to take a look.”

Still the explanation of an old fox—completely refusing to get involved. He didn’t mention Ye Cheng at all, firmly keeping the cards in his own hand.

Although… the relationship between Ye Cheng and their family should no longer be a secret in their circle. The other families had already thoroughly investigated their connections and social network.

There was no real need to hide it.

But “no need to hide it” was not the same as taking the initiative to admit it. Lin Tianxiong would absolutely never do that.

It was just like playing Dou Dizhu. When your hand was too good, laying all your cards face-up right from the start would most likely lead to a loss. People like that lost because of their arrogance and overconfidence.

Coincidentally, the thing Lin Tianxiong was best at in this life was enduring…

Shen Ming drew in a sharp breath beside him.

“Whew… Brother Lin, that was quite a masterful way of dodging responsibility. You’re tossing the problem straight at me, aren’t you?”

Shen Ming smiled bitterly to himself. The situation had suddenly become disadvantageous. Su Su had been the first to speak, giving her the initiative. As for Lin Tianxiong, he had clearly come fully prepared and had managed to avoid taking any blame at all.

In the end, the unlucky one was still him…

People’s hearts were truly too treacherous.

After thinking it over, Shen Ming finally decided that being direct was his best option. After all, the whole school was already abuzz with rumors. Who didn’t know about Ye Cheng and the two young ladies?

To put it even more bluntly—

Go outside and ask around. Who didn’t know that Ye Cheng was the young lady’s lackey?

The two of them were stuck together all day at school—in the literal sense, too. After Shen Qinghan sprained her ankle, Ye Cheng had been carrying her on his back or in his arms the whole time. Weren’t they practically glued together?

They ate and drank together as well. Denying it now would be little more than burying one’s head in the sand.

Although… their daughter was still calling it nothing more than a classmate relationship, ahem. But then again, what was wrong with being classmates? Couldn’t classmates care about each other?

They were classmates now, but with a little development, couldn’t they become something else in the future? It wasn’t as if they would be classmates for one day and remain classmates for the rest of their lives, right?

They wouldn’t… would they?

“Xiao Cheng seems to have run into some trouble, and we can’t seem to find him. Our daughter was quite worried, so she came over. We thought we’d come here and try our luck. Hahaha.”

Shen Ming’s direct strike left the other two speechless.

As expected of Dahai City’s lady-killer… He still had a way with words.

The three of them knew perfectly well what was really going on. If they beat around the bush, it would only make the others suspect that they had some ulterior motive.

By going straight to the point, Shen Ming had seized the initiative again. He had openly declared: Our Hanhan came here for Ye Cheng. She was worried about him.

This left Su Su at a disadvantage.

If she admitted outright that her daughter had also rushed over because she was worried, she would be speaking second and would appear to have lost the upper hand.

Besides, for the moment, she couldn’t let Shen Ming see where she stood. She had a premonition that the Dahai City pretty boy in front of her might have already bewitched her husband and said things to drive a wedge between them…

That detestable pretty boy!

Yes, that was exactly how Su Su had always muttered about Doudou Bro in her heart. The title of Dahai City’s lady-killer had transformed into Dahai City’s pretty boy.

Even after all these years, she still clearly resented what had happened during their blind date back then…

She really was more narrow-minded than the eye of a needle!

“Boss Lin!”

Just as Su Su was about to speak, Chen Youliang’s highly excited voice rang out from inside the orphanage. An elderly man with graying hair came hurrying out.

The instant she heard that voice, Sister Lin—who had been using a combination elbow-strike technique with the young lady against the President—suddenly sprang to attention.

The hatred carved into her bones had been stirred up!

“You old bastard! It’s all your fault! If it weren’t for your brother, my brother wouldn’t have gotten into trouble!” Lin Baizhi’s eyes reddened. She snatched up a brick from the ground and hurled it at Chen Youliang, who was just about to jog excitedly toward the entrance.

If it weren’t for your brother, my brother wouldn’t have gotten into trouble?

Dongfang Zhixia: “???”

Shen Qinghan: “???”

The two people who had been grappling with each other stopped at the same time. Their eyes narrowed as they turned toward the “old bastard” Lin Baizhi had mentioned.

Their gazes were filled with danger and icy coldness.