Chapter 140: Just One Smile From You That Topples a City, And I Would Gladly Give Up Ten Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains

Professor Beishan lived up to his title as a history professor — after providing evidence of Su Daji's gap moe last time, this time he also offered evidence that Zhou Wuwang and Su Daji had a good relationship.

"In the history of Hua Nation, there are many legends of devoted couples passed down — the Wangfu Stone, Meng Jiangnu weeping at the Great Wall, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and so on. These are enough to prove that Hua Nation's married couples have always been devoted, their love unbreakable as gold.

Zhou Wuwang was willing to do so much for Su Daji; the two had a good relationship, so it's not impossible that they shared a faithful, oath-bound conjugal love.

Moreover, if Su Daji had truly clung to Zhou Wuwang for wealth and status, she could have clung to Emperor Toriba instead, yet she refused Emperor Toriba. What does that tell us? It tells us that in her heart there was only Zhou Wuwang."

The crowd found Professor Beishan's words reasonable.

What Zhou Wuwang did for Su Daji looked utterly foolish to outsiders, but standing in Su Daji's shoes, this was Zhou Wuwang proving his love for her.

Just one smile from you that topples a city, and I would gladly give up ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains.

And as the saying goes, if it weren't true love, who would willingly be a simp?

If Zhou Wuwang didn't love Su Daji, why would he do all this for her?

Besides, with a husband like that — one for whom nothing matters more than you, who puts you first in his heart — which girl wouldn't be moved? Wouldn't love him?

The likelihood that Su Daji and Zhou Wuwang shared a love unto death is very high!

The next moment.

Everyone's thoughts exploded outward completely.

"If Zhou Wuwang didn't die and was instead imprisoned by Zhou Wuwang, not planning to kill him, it might be to lure Su Daji — that is, holding a handle on Su Daji, a weakness, to stop her from retaliating. Because once she retaliates, Zhou Wuwang might kill Zhou Wuwang. You have to know Zhou Wuwang was Zhou Wuwang's enemy and should have been killed long ago; keeping him alive must serve a purpose. Nine times out of ten, because Su Daji is out there, Zhou Wuwang had no choice but to spare him and keep him as a hostage."

"Professor Beishan, by your logic, Zhou Wuwang being imprisoned is a hostage situation. Then Su Daji's rewriting of history, besides sending a message to Zhou Wuwang, should have another layer of meaning — a warning to Zhou Wuwang and his side. She wants to tell Zhou Wuwang and his side that she, Su Daji, isn't dead yet, and is watching them at all times, so don't touch Zhou Wuwang. If Zhou Wuwang is harmed, she'll drag them all down to perish together."

With the gap-moe impression of Su Daji that Minister Saito had mentioned earlier.

As Professor Zhongtian put forward his view, the crowd couldn't help but picture another contrasting side of Su Daji.

Su Daji, in the manner of conveying a message by rewriting history, viciously threatened Zhou Wuwang:

"You all better treat my man well — I'm not dead yet! I can come back and cause trouble any time I want."

Just as they were thinking.

Professor Beishan suddenly said.

"Actually, if Zhou Wuwang had the numbers and the power, logically he shouldn't fear Su Daji — he could just send force to hunt her down. There's no need to keep Zhou Wuwang as a hostage. Perhaps Su Daji has something they fear, like dirt on Zhou Wuwang?

I thought about it — ancient emperors loved to rewrite history the most, and they usually did so because the truth was unfavorable to them, because it was their dirt, their stain.

So Su Daji might very well be holding Zhou Wuwang's dirt, and her way of rewriting history is actually a warning slap to Zhou Wuwang and his side."

In an instant.

The other contrasting side of Su Daji that the crowd had pictured, within her threatening words, couldn't help but add another line:

Zhou Wuwang, listen up — I'm not dead yet, I have dirt on you. If you hurt my man, or push me too far, we'll perish together at worst!

Like opening a floodgate.

Once prompted, the crowd's thoughts grew ever more active.

Then, after Minister Saito offered another angle, the crowd's speculations gushed forth like a spring.

"Actually, everything you're thinking is just conspiracy theories about Su Daji. She's a girl, after all — can't she just be simple? I think the reason Su Daji rewrote history was simply to reflect on herself.

In the history of the Shang Dynasty, she harmed too many people, caused countless families to be broken and displaced.

So she reflected in agony, felt she had to atone for her past sins, and prepared to turn over a new leaf. But fearing she might forget the harm she'd done, and to warn herself never to forget her crimes, every time she arrived at a place, she rewrote the history there to resemble the history from the Shang Dynasty.

As for why she had such an idea, I think it lies in the word 'suppress.'

Wherever she brought chaos, the final outcome was always suppression — meaning those who bring chaos bear sin, and retribution will come in the end."

The words lingered in their ears.

The crowd was stunned at first, then looked at Minister Saito in disbelief.

Sure enough, the ancients weren't wrong — a scholar separated for three days should be looked at with fresh eyes.

Just a few days without seeing Minister Saito, and what a change.

"Minister Saito, why don't you transfer to the advisory group of the Extraordinary Response Department? With analysis like yours, the position of chief advisor is yours without question."

Professor Zhongtian sincerely and earnestly invited him.

Professor Beishan chimed in from the side: "Exactly, stop being a frontline executive of the Extraordinary Response Department — come to the advisory group."

"Forget it, I still prefer working in combat. This kind of analytical desk job doesn't suit me." Minister Saito waved his hand.

The people present were warm and lively, praising Minister Saito. Beside them, Director Takahashi could not help but feel caught between laughter and tears.

Please, is this really appropriate? Praising a minister right in front of me, the director — where does that leave my face?

No, if this gets out, my face as director will be gone — not even worth as much as a minister's.

So Director Takahashi racked his brain, hoping to come up with an analysis that would dazzle the crowd, shine a light before their eyes, and shake their hearts.

And under such pressure, he really did manage to analyze something.

The next second.

Director Takahashi gave a start, swallowed hard with difficulty, and his expression changed drastically.

The thought he had analyzed was too horrifying — he felt a chill run down his spine.

The helicopter cabin was small to begin with and couldn't seat many people, so Director Takahashi's strange expression and behavior quickly drew everyone's attention.

"What's wrong? Director Takahashi." Professor Beishan asked with concern.

"N-nothing." Director Takahashi shook his head and forced a smile uglier than crying.

He had no intention of revealing what he had analyzed.

It wasn't that he was selfish and unwilling to share the secret — it was simply that what he had analyzed involved matters too horrifying to hear. Thinking about it in detail was terrifying; he felt that saying it out loud would certainly get him silenced.

Yet the crowd was at the peak of active thinking, their minds turning fast.

Director Takahashi's inexplicable change in expression, right in the middle of the heated discussion…

"Director Takahashi, if you have any thoughts, feel free to share them."

"Exactly, exactly, don't hold back."

"We're all from the Extraordinary Strategy Department. If there's something you need to say, just say it—no need to hold anything back."

Professor Beishan and the others guessed that Director Gaoqiao must have analyzed something and wanted to keep it to himself, not revealing it to everyone.

Director Gaoqiao's mouth twitched.

I wasn't trying to hide anything... forget it. Since you want to know, then I'll tell you, so you won't think I'm holding back.

Immediately.

"I don't know if you've ever heard a Hua nation term—reincarnation," Director Gaoqiao said slowly.