Chapter 168: Stimulant 1
Such accusations naturally stirred up significant public opinion, bringing immense pressure to the Haicheng Sports Committee and other relevant departments and organizations.
Under public pressure, the Haicheng Sports Committee had no choice but to require Xia Chenge and Ling Hanmu, who had just finished their competitions, to undergo stimulant testing.
Xia Chenge was very cooperative and showed no displeasure.
After completing the procedures, all the competitions Xia Chenge participated in had concluded.
Compared to the unease of others at Yan Sheng High School, Xia Chenge appeared remarkably calm.
“Chenge, you didn’t actually take banned substances, did you?” Teacher Lin asked nervously in the lounge. “Honestly, the competition isn’t important. If a scandal like taking stimulants breaks out, you’ll never be able to clear your name.”
Ling Hanmu raised an eyebrow. “In your eyes, does this Young Master need to use such things to enhance his abilities? Please use your brain when you go out. What does this Young Master lack? Do I need to do such a thing?”
Teacher Lin’s breathing hitched, and he dared not look directly at Ling Hanmu.
Liu Li, on the other hand, sneered, “That’s not necessarily true. No one is a saint. Perhaps sometimes one might make a wrong decision.”
Xia Chenge glanced at him indifferently. “According to you, you’re certain we took stimulants? If you say that, I’m starting to suspect you might be behind this. After all, on the first day of training, you insisted we took stimulants to be so strong.”
“Don’t slander me.” Liu Li immediately broke out in a cold sweat, his complexion changing drastically. He hastily retorted, “Don’t you know what you’ve done? I was just kindly concerned about you, do you need to act like this?”
“What did I say? Why are you so nervous?” Xia Chenge’s aura was imposing. “Don’t you know that taking stimulants is very harmful to the human body? As a Young Lady of the Xia family, do I need to go against myself for a so-called City Games champion?”
“Who knows,” Liu Li averted his gaze. He was very nervous internally, yet inexplicably excited. Xia Chenge and Ling Hanmu drank the water these past few days, so the result would definitely be that they took stimulants.
Thinking of Xia Chenge and Ling Hanmu being disgraced shortly, Liu Li felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction.
Ling Hanmu walked up to him, grabbed his collar, and said with a half-smile, “It’s good to live well. If you insist on courting death, don’t regret it!”
Liu Li stiffened, his face turning pale. “What, what do you want to do?”
“I don’t want to do anything. I just want to tell you that I didn’t drink a single drop of the water you tampered with.” Ling Hanmu grinned, a hint of wickedness in his handsome face.
Upon hearing this, Liu Li was greatly alarmed. “Wh-what did you say?”
“It’s what you heard.” Ling Hanmu pushed him away.
The others also heard this and exchanged glances, seemingly not understanding what had happened.
Just then, a girl suddenly screamed, her face pale. “This is bad! Someone on Weibo claims to have been threatened by you two and helped you put banned substances into the drinking water.”
After speaking, she handed her mobile phone over with trembling hands.
Xia Chenge took it and calmly read the Weibo post.
Little Wings: I am a sinner, but I only want to reveal the truth. Xia Chenge and Ling Hanmu will stop at nothing to win the competition. I am just an innocent high school student who unintentionally offended them and was coerced into helping them buy banned substances containing stimulants.
To avoid suspicion, they made me put those drugs into their purified water and warned me that if I leaked anything, my entire family would disappear from the world.
Watching contestants who trained hard fall victim to stimulants and leave the arena in dejection, I felt immense guilt. Sports competition should be fair and just, but it has become unfair due to the vanity of some people.
I felt uneasy, and finally mustered the courage to stand up and expose these two. They don’t deserve to be champions! Below is the evidence.
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This Weibo post had pictures and truth. Not only did it include ‘chat logs’ of her being threatened by Ling Hanmu, but also receipts for purchasing banned substances and the process of mixing them into purified water. It even included photos of the two meeting with her, ‘confirming’ the fact that they took stimulants.
The students of Yan Sheng High School looked at the two in shock.
And online, the public was overwhelmingly disappointed and condemned Xia Chenge and Ling Hanmu:
So disappointing. Why take stimulants? Isn’t it better to compete fairly?
Such a talented champion is a joke. Xia Chenge, Ling Hanmu, you lack nothing, why use such despicable means to fight for the championship?
Heh heh heh, this is truly the joke of the year. With such conclusive evidence, what else is there to say? I even risked being doxxed to argue with the haters for them, and now?
You’re not alone upstairs. I was just holding onto the hope that they were framed and speaking up for them. Now I look like a fool.
Xia Chenge, Ling Hanmu, don’t your consciences hurt? Taking stimulants. Can you be any more disgusting? I really hope you explode on the spot and die quickly.
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“Is this true?” Teacher Lin asked, his voice trembling. He simply couldn’t accept such a drastic fall from grace.
After finally regaining some dignity, he was now being told it was all gone. And it was his students who took stimulants. Such a scandal would not only ruin Xia Chenge and Ling Hanmu, but him as well!
Xia Chenge remained calm. “Teacher, do you also suspect us?”
“It’s not that the teacher suspects you; the evidence is right in front of us proving you did it. Are the medals that important? With your family background, why would you do something that ruins your future?” Teacher Lin questioned agitatedly.
Ling Hanmu pulled Xia Chenge behind him and looked coldly at Teacher Lin. “You don’t have the qualification to make this Young Master explain himself to you!”
“Are you still playing dumb at this point?” Liu Li, seeing the Weibo post, was fully revived and righteously rebuked the two. He also, unnoticed by everyone, secretly recorded the confrontation between the two and the team leader teacher and sent it to someone.
Before he could finish speaking, Ling Hanmu punched him to the ground.
“When did it become your turn to babble when this Young Master is speaking?” Ling Hanmu looked down at him condescendingly. “Could it be that this Young Master has been too lenient lately, making you all forget who this Young Master is?”
Liu Li clutched his face, looking at Ling Hanmu in terror.
“I was too lazy to bother with you all before because I was in a good mood, and you’ve gotten quite bold!” Ling Hanmu said, then kicked him again. “How dare you talk back to this Young Master!”
The atmosphere in the lounge was suffocating; no one dared to step forward to stop Ling Hanmu.
Ling Hanmu sneered. “This Young Master will show you who’s really playing dumb. Liu Li, you’re finished!”
