Chapter Twenty: Victory

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Lu Ziwei’s dark eyes twitched slightly. “Whether it’s true or not, it doesn’t change the fact that you climbed over your teammates to get ahead.”
As long as he didn’t admit any involvement with Lin Yu, this matter couldn’t be pinned on him.
He gave Lin Yu, who was caught in his net, a look. Lin Yu suddenly understood and shouted, “It was clearly you who wanted to frame Lu Ziwei and came to me first! I only agreed to help you find the puzzle pieces early and swap incorrect pieces for your teammates. I never promised to help you frame Lu Ziwei!”
As soon as he finished speaking, nearly everyone’s gaze turned simultaneously to Shen Li.
— Haha, see? My Weiwei is innocent. That murderer Shen Li actually dares to frame our Weiwei!
— Don’t stop me, I want to go chop her up!
— Shen Li is indeed clever, knowing to recruit someone close to others. Too bad people have feelings— not everyone is as cold-blooded as she is. Lin Yu, well done!
— What’s intelligence worth with a heart of venom?
— Ban her from the show; I really don’t want to see her anymore.
— She’s stirred up so much controversy, the production team probably won’t drop her easily. They’ll squeeze every bit of value out of her, but I do want to see her get thoroughly beaten, hahaha.
— +1
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Lin Yu kept shouting, pinning all the blame on Shen Li: “You venomous woman, you lied to me! I trusted you so much, and yet you tried to ruin my future. I won’t forgive you! And you want to frame innocent people? I’ll never help you!”
“Heh, agreeing to cooperate with her was a joke.” Qiao Le rolled her eyes at Shen Li’s retreating figure. Bai Qiuya timidly said, “Not necessarily. If Lin Yu’s version is true, the logic is a bit off…”
Qiao Le shot Bai Qiuya a sharp look. “Why are you still defending her? Are you out of your mind?” Then she turned to Ji Beishu. “Ji Beishu, tell us what you think; otherwise, she might be fooled to death by Shen Li.”
But Ji Beishu remained silent for a long time. Qiao Le nudged his elbow. “Don’t tell me you believe her too? The evidence is ironclad!”
“No, that’s not right.” Ji Beishu finally snapped out of it. Earlier, he was disappointed in Shen Li because he thought the evidence was conclusive. But hearing Lin Yu made him uneasy. “Think about it—if everything Lin Yu said is true, and Shen Li forced him to do all this, why would Shen Li go through so much trouble to bring him here?
Would she really want Lin Yu to expose her in front of everyone?”
“But…” Qiao Le wanted to argue but found Ji Beishu’s point reasonable. Still, she was annoyed. “So you’re saying we misunderstood Shen Li? We all saw it with our own eyes, yet you don’t trust what you saw and instead believe baseless speculation?”
“Seeing isn’t always believing,” Ji Beishu said, trusting his own judgment more.
He stepped forward, ready to question Lin Yu, when Jiang Nian suddenly emerged and stood opposite Shen Li.

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Shen Li frowned. “Naive little puppy, if you want to finish the mission, I advise you not to interfere.” She still wanted to act properly with Jiang Nian; if he truly sided with Lu Ziwei, she wouldn’t hesitate to deal with him as well.
Jiang Nian’s ears instantly flushed red upon hearing Shen Li’s nickname. His stern expression broke, and he blushed deeply. “Y-you, don’t call me that! I—I have a name.”
“Oh?” Shen Li seemed to have a habit of teasing naive little puppies.
The key was Jiang Nian’s reaction was too amusing.
She laughed aloud, but Lu Ziwei panicked. “You can still laugh?” Shen Li’s surprises over the last few days had been too many, even Pei Wenxuan had become cautious.
To be honest, he was a little afraid Shen Li might pull off another unexpected move to turn the tables, but now it seemed unlikely, and he breathed a little easier.
The tech team had checked repeatedly and removed the Tianyan system that had ruined Jiang Fuya this morning, so this time Shen Li absolutely could not escape his grasp.
“Call me Jiang Nian.” Jiang Nian ignored Lu Ziwei and spoke only to Shen Li. Lu Ziwei rolled his eyes at this teammate, utterly speechless.
Usually, he wouldn’t help during games, but at critical moments, he was flirting with the opponent?
What a fool!
Shen Li tilted her head, smiling with her eyes curved beautifully. “Alright then, Jiāng~ Nián~,” she softened her voice and enunciated each syllable. Jiang Nian’s ears turned even redder.
“Well, um, I want to tell you that I have a recording.” He hurriedly opened his phone, almost pressing the delete button instead of play, scared stiff.
A familiar voice played from Jiang Nian’s phone:
“Do as I say. Don’t you want a promotion and a raise? As long as you finish the mission, you’ll get what you want.”
“Lu, Lu…”
“Shh, keep your voice down! You want others to come over?”
The voice paused, then continued giving orders: “I want you to frame Shen Li. The dirtier, the better. Make sure she can’t explain herself. Even if she finds out, it doesn’t matter. Just insist that she was the one who made you do it and that you were an innocent victim forced into it. Got it?”
“Yes, I understand.”
“Go.”
The recording ended here, and viewers familiar with Lu Ziwei’s voice immediately recognized it:
— Isn’t this the conversation between Lu Ziwei and Lin Yu?

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— Which side is Jiang Nian really on? How could he play a recording at a time like this?
— Upstairs must be a Lu Ziwei fan. It’s scary how twisted their values are. Is it wrong to speak the truth?
— Seeing the quality of Lu Ziwei’s fans, I believe Shen Li now.
— It’s not about belief anymore; the evidence against Lu Ziwei is conclusive.
Shen Li stared at Jiang Nian in surprise. Could this also be Pei Wenxuan’s scheme?
Pei Wenxuan worried she might turn the tide like before, so he deliberately set a backup plan, having Jiang Nian win her trust?
That was the only explanation; otherwise, Jiang Nian had no reason to help her.
Lu Ziwei grabbed Jiang Nian’s collar and raised his fist, punching him in the face. “How dare you stab us in the back!” Jiang Nian was ungrateful!
Mr. Pei had once approached him, but he refused Pei’s kindness and thought that even if he didn’t join the united front, he would at least remain neutral.
He never expected this kid to betray their team!
They were the top-tier team; how could they lose to the scandal team?
An unprecedented humiliation!
Just as Lu Ziwei was about to throw a second punch in his rage, his fist was caught. He turned around to see Shen Li’s smiling face. Instinctively, he swung at her, only to be swiftly side-kicked by Shen Li and knocked to the ground.
His ear rang from the blow.
Lin Yu’s eyes widened in terror as he kept shouting accusations at Shen Li, but Ji Beishu clamped a stone over his mouth so he couldn’t speak anymore.
At this moment, Qiao Le seized the chaos to quickly place the last puzzle piece. The monitors behind were in turmoil, and the director shouted to save the players.
Before anyone could leave, everyone froze at the sound of Tianyin stopping.
[Game Two of the Deathmatch has ended. The Scandal Team successfully occupied six stations and won the game.]