Replace me as the top scholar? Go talk to my Marshal Grandpa!

Wang Xian chuckled softly, but the sarcasm in her laughter was like a needle pricking the heart.

Liu Neng's face instantly turned even paler.

The hand under the table was clenched into a fist so tightly that the nails dug into the flesh.

But he forced himself to calm down.

Liu Neng let out a long, deep sigh, his face showing an extremely complex and sorrowful expression.

His eyes were filled with regret, self-blame, and a kind of "world-weariness" as if he had seen through everything.

Liu Neng looked at Wang Xian and said in a very sincere, even choked-up voice:

"Wang Xian... Wang Xian classmate."

"Yes... I'm sorry, I'm really... really sorry."

He shook his head, his tone heavy:

"I failed to resist the temptation; I was blinded and defiled by money and power."

"I...I almost ruined such a good child like you, and ruined your bright future."

"I...I'm such an idiot!"

"I'm so... damn it!!"

Liu Neng spoke with heartfelt sincerity, and tears even welled up in his eyes.

He put on a show of deep remorse and regret, as if he were truly repenting for his past mistakes.

Wang Xian raised an eyebrow.

A more pronounced sneer appeared on his face.

"Heh," Wang Xian shook her head, "Now you know you were wrong?"

"No, Principal Liu, you don't really know you're wrong, you just... know you're doomed."

"You know your good days are over. Your power, your status, your money, everything you have is about to burst like a bubble."

"So you're scared, you're panicked, that's why you're putting on this pitiful act, trying to gain some sympathy, or... trying to put on a show for others?"

Wang Xian's words, once again, were like a knife, precisely dissecting Liu Neng's hypocritical mask.

Liu Neng's breath hitched.

But he quickly recovered, and the "sorrow" on his face became even more profound.

Liu Neng took a deep breath and said in a very serious and frank tone:

"Wang Xian, you've misunderstood."

"I apologize to you not to absolve myself, nor to seek leniency."

"I am acutely aware that the sins I have committed are too grave to be washed away."

"I am also willing to accept any trial and punishment I may receive under the law."

talking.

Liu Neng actually stood up from his chair.

Walk to one side of the office, next to a large, seemingly ordinary bookcase.

He reached out and pressed a few buttons in a specific order on a few inconspicuous spots on the side of the bookshelf.

There was a soft "click".

A section of the bookcase in the middle slowly slid to the side, revealing a small, hidden compartment behind it!

In the hidden compartment, there was a large, heavy-looking metal safe!

In front of everyone, Liu Neng entered the password and then underwent fingerprint and iris verification.

"Beep—Click!"

The heavy door of the safe slowly opened.

The students outside the door, the law enforcement officers in the office, and even Wang Xian all saw the contents of the safe.

money! !

A whole suitcase full of money!!

All of them are the largest denomination "Dragon Coins"!

The brand-new banknotes were bundled into stacks and neatly arranged in the safe, filling it to the brim!

That vibrant red color was particularly dazzling under the light!

The visual impact of at least tens of millions of dragon coins piled together is extremely shocking!

The students watching outside the gate immediately let out a series of uncontrollable gasps!

Many of them had never seen so much cash piled up together in their entire lives!

Liu Neng pointed to the box of money and said in a "sincere" voice:

"These... are all the ill-gotten gains I've embezzled and accepted over the years by abusing my position."

"It cost a total of 23,480,000 Dragon Coins, and I didn't dare spend a single penny!!"

"Now, I'm voluntarily handing them all over!"

"I am willing to cooperate fully with all law enforcement investigations!"

"Whatever you want to know, as long as I know it, I'll tell you everything! I won't hide anything!"

Liu Neng's actions of "voluntarily handing over the embezzled funds," "deeply repenting," and "fully cooperating," coupled with his attitude of "repenting and accepting punishment," temporarily gave him the appearance of a "prodigal son returning home."

Some of the more naive or soft-hearted students outside the door, seeing the principal's appearance and the large box of money, actually began to waver.

They began to whisper among themselves:

"Sigh, the principal...maybe he really was just confused for a moment, blinded by money?"

"He seems to really know he was wrong now...it's quite pitiful."

"Yes, they voluntarily handed over all the money and were willing to cooperate with the investigation..."

"His original intention...maybe it wasn't like this at all?"

Listening to the students' hushed discussions outside the door, and seeing Liu Neng's earnest and repentant performance, Wang Xian finally couldn't hold back anymore.

He burst out laughing.

The laughter was filled with undisguised mockery and a sense of absurdity.

"Hahahaha..." Wang Xian laughed a few times and shook his head.

He looked at Liu Neng, his eyes filled with a chilling coldness that seemed to freeze into ice.

"Even at a point like this, Principal Liu, you're still... struggling? Still putting on an act?"

"Trying to use such clumsy tricks to deceive others, or even... to protect something?"

Wang Xian's smile vanished, and her expression turned icy cold.

"Okay then."

"Since you enjoy acting so much and are so persistent, I'll... make you give up completely!"

Done.

Wang Xian nodded to the enforcement captain leading the team beside her.

The captain immediately understood.

He raised his wrist, revealing a holographic projection watch that looked very advanced.

I quickly operated the watch a few times.

A clear blue beam of light emanated from the watch, forming a holographic screen approximately one meter square in the air above the office.

A surveillance video began playing on the screen.

The video footage appears to show the outside of a very quiet and private villa area.

It seemed to be late at night, and the lights were dim.

Two people appeared in the picture.

One was a middle-aged woman who looked to be in her forties, dressed in jewels, but with a very nervous and fearful expression.

The other was a young man in his early twenties, dressed fashionably, with a pale face, constantly looking left and right.

Behind them, neatly arranged...dozens of suitcases of varying sizes, but all looking very sturdy!

There were so many that they were almost piled up into a small mountain!

The moment I saw the image on the light screen!

Principal Liu Neng, who had been trying to remain calm, was suddenly struck as if by an invisible bolt of lightning!

He shuddered violently!

The color drained from his face in an instant!

They turned deathly pale, as white as paper, devoid of any human color!