Chapter 127: The Myriad Ants

"Ling Wu, do you know how insignificant the power of commoners is?" Ming Tan looked out the window, his mood heavy and complex. "It is like the difference between a firefly and the bright moon. Commoners are like a pile of loose sand; they can be scattered without even a gust of wind, while the noble families are connected by shared interests. It is very difficult to dismantle such deep-rooted class privileges..."

"Very, very difficult."

A long silence filled the villa.

After a long while, Ling Wu called out to him: "Ming Tan."

"The path you want to take—it is possible that even if you cast a bridge with the blood of countless generations of commoners, you still wouldn't be able to see the other shore of victory."

"Yes," Ming Tan sighed heavily. "Everything has its gains and losses. I made a deal with 001. I am willing to offer up my fortune as a Child of Fortune, and even my life, to gamble on a chance with an uncertain future."

If he wanted to overthrow the aristocratic rule, he needed to organize power.

Thus, the 001 system guided him, telling him two names: Qi Yu and Ling Wu.

At the same time, with the reminders from the bullet comments, Ming Tan knew of Crown Prince Qi Yu's physical condition. As for Ling Wu's true identity beyond being a young master of the Jin Family, he guessed that it wouldn't be long before he found out.

Ming Tan lowered his lashes and said, carefully choosing his words: "Do you find it absurd? If the world were fair, peaceful, and just... no one would want to be a savior who overestimates their own capabilities. Since someone must be battered and bloodied to establish a new order, then the person who leads the way can be me."

"That is all."

Ling Wu's eyes were pitch black: "Are you trying to recruit me?"

"Not recruit," the corners of Ming Tan's lips curved deeper. "It is to be like-minded."

The look in Ling Wu's eyes as he watched Ming Tan held a strange sense of expectation and appreciation. He did not rush to agree, but merely lowered his head slightly, tapping his fingertips against his knee as if deep in thought about something...

After a long time, he threw out a question: "Ming Tan, don't you think you are overestimating your own capabilities?"

Hearing his question, Ming Tan glanced at his watch and stood up calmly.

"I am striking a stone with an egg; I am a moth flying into a flame!"

Ming Tan stood at the villa entrance with his hands in his pockets, gazing at Ling Wu under the radiance of the crystal chandelier. He said: "An ant trying to shake a great tree is overestimating its own strength, but if there are thousands upon thousands of ants, why can't they shake the tree?"

Afterward, he opened the villa door and waved his hand with his back to him: "Ling Wu, I will wait for you in the future!"

Waiting for you to agree to cooperate with me.

As his words fell, the youth's spirited and daring silhouette walked silently into the darkness. The night air shrouded his cheeks and the side of his neck like mist... The dim light beneath his feet seemed like the eve of the darkness receding and the dawn arriving.

After the car accident, Jin Liangjin stepped forward to request a long leave of absence for the two Ling Wu brothers from Sike Academy. It was unknown how the news leaked out within the Academy, but many people knew the news of Jin Shaoyu being injured in the car accident and began to discuss it:

1L: "What happened? Why is Young Master Jin injured? No wonder they haven't shown their faces lately. I heard the head of the Jin Family requested the leave from the Academy."

11L: "It seems like it was when they were at Song Mountain. Young Master Jin and Young Master Yin and the others drove there themselves. I don't know exactly what happened the next day, but Young Master Jin took Senior Ling Wu and rushed down the mountain. The incident happened in the suburbs."

36L: "I was at Song Mountain that day. I was wondering why there was a helicopter rescue."

199L: "Is Senior Ling Wu okay?"

556L: "I heard it was two trucks. They really have no eyes; they even dared to hit the heir of the Jin Family. Just wait to eat prison food for the rest of their lives!"

997L: "Has the driver who caused the accident been caught?"

The forum discussion was heated, but within half an hour, the post was deleted without a trace...

Those who learned of the car accident sent messages of concern one after another.

-Qi Yu: Ling Wu, you weren't injured, were you?

-05: No.

Both of them were very busy, so they chatted briefly and that was the end of it.

At the same time, another piece of high-society gossip sparked heated discussion: the engagement between the Jing Family and the Wei Family, originally set for September 17th, had been postponed.

1L: "It's good that the engagement between the Jing Family and the Wei Family was postponed. Honestly, I think Wei Ranxu isn't worthy of Young Master Jing at all; it's completely climbing the social ladder."

9L: "Oh my god, postponed to what date? Didn't they already send out the invitations? How could it be suddenly postponed?"

41L: "It must be because Young Master Jing doesn't like Wei Ranxu, but Wei Ranxu insisted on throwing himself at him. Who knows what kind of schemes he used to get the Jing Family to agree to the marriage."

65L: "Wei Ranxu is the number one supporter of Young Master Jing's fan club. He must be heartbroken that the engagement was postponed."

99L: "I don't know if I should say this... but I feel like Young Master Jing might like Senior Ling Wu. I'm lucky too; Young Master Jing is such a cold person, yet that day he actually personally escorted Senior Ling Wu downstairs. And that time at the Shooting Range, with so many empty seats, he insisted on running across half the venue just to sit next to Senior Ling Wu. Later, when Senior Ling Wu left, he even proactively gave him his business card. Actually, I feel like Young Master Wei also has a thing for Senior Ling Wu. If they are engaged, isn't that just rivals in love fighting?"

189L: "@99L Your shipping is so twisted... Take away my Ling Wu wifey, refuse to bind the CP!"

977L: "@99L Sisters think alike!"

1064L: "@99L You made this up, right? Young Master Wei likes Young Master Jing so much, how could he have a change of heart?"

The number of likes for 99L's comment soon became higher than the number of likes for the post itself, and someone replied below:

——Young Master Wei, come manage this! @Chi Shui

——You're spreading rumors about Young Master Wei like this; he has very fast internet speed. Be careful about getting a lawyer's letter like Xie Qingge.

——What a wild imagination!

——Shipping everything will only harm you @Chi Shui.

Wei Ranxu's account avatar lit up. The ID hadn't changed and was still Chi Shui, showing he was online. Everyone expected him to deny 99L's words, but after waiting for half an hour, they only saw his avatar turn black.

One month later.

Time flew by, and soon it was September 29th. Jin Liangjin specially held a luxurious birthday banquet for Ling Wu, announcing that he would hold a media report in the banquet hall facing the entire Empire. Wealth and power adorned the birthday banquet, making it brilliant and magnificent...

The Jing, Yin, and Yu families all received invitations from the Jin Family.

Some were happy, some were sad.

"I don't know what method that little bastard Ling Wu used to make the head of the family relent. He hasn't held a media report to make his identity public for so long, yet he chose this critical moment." Xiao Yu pinched her palm, her eyes filled with venom. "That little beast Jin Shaoyu alone is enough for the two of us to deal with. Although the two of them don't get along, they are biological brothers after all, and it's inevitable they will support each other."

"If Ling Wu really restores his status as the Eldest Young Master, will there still be a place for us in the entire Jin Family?"

Jin Bei listened quietly and raised his eyes: "Mom, don't be angry."

He felt a hidden unwillingness in his heart. That car accident didn't kill Jin Shaoyu and Ling Wu; instead, it only caused Jin Shaoyu to break a few bones.

It would be one thing if Ling Wu was still alive.

But why does Jin Shaoyu have such good luck?

Jin Bei's slightly long hair was groomed, revealing his handsome eyebrows. He wore a neatly pressed shirt, covered by a slim-fit white suit vest, and his tie was knotted meticulously. Looking at his appearance alone, he seemed like an elegant prince who had walked out of a fairy tale.

He fished a packet of medicinal powder from his pants pocket. In the closed room, his eyes held a familiar gloom and madness: "Since Dad insists on holding this birthday banquet for Ling Wu and letting him return to the Jin Family in a legitimate way, then if I ruin him, wouldn't that solve it?"

That is an aphrodisiac powder.

Xiao Yu understood: "The Family Head cares about his reputation; if he finds out Ling Wu is having an illicit affair in the banquet hall, I'd like to see how this media report gets published."

A vicious look flashed across her face, but then she frowned.

Xiao Yu said indignantly: "It's just that Steward He is a bit of a nuisance; he's clearly just a house slave, yet he spends all day acting like a tiger using a fox's might for whom to see."

"He forbids this, he forbids that; I think he and Jin Shaoyu are cut from the same cloth!"

Jin Bei: "Don't you dare say that in front of Steward He."

Steward He had toiled for the Jin Family for the better part of his life and had handled many sordid affairs for Jin Liangjin; if he had no merit, he at least had hard work, and besides, Jin Bei knew that Jin Liangjin valued this old steward.

They were not people they could easily discuss.

Xiao Yu exhorted again: "Mom will take care of everything for you."

"You can rest assured and do it..."