My Scheming Little Devil-Chapter 2021: Slandering with Malice

Helian Nan’s face had long turned pale, filled with fear, not daring to even glance at Halian Jing, only trembling incessantly as he stammered:

"Uncle, I, I, I didn’t know it would turn out like this. Earlier, I received news that the Queen had been secretly deploying her men to Xingchen School for the past fortnight, behaving suspiciously, and I thought they must be plotting something sinister there in secret. I thought since you appointed me to this important position, as the security chief of this precinct, I should not disappoint your trust. So, I intended to make some achievements this time to repay your faith. Who would have thought the Queen’s people were deliberately staging a performance, releasing false information to set me up, making me believe they wanted to cause trouble at the Xingchen School celebration..."

Ling Kong replied coolly, "So, in such an important matter, cousin you didn’t even follow the protocol to consult your superiors and decided to lock down the school on your own initiative. You really have guts, ignoring military regulations. By doing this, are you also disregarding father’s authority?"

These words made Helian Nan tremble even more, his lips quivering, and he hurriedly explained, "Nonsense, Ling Kong, don’t slander me. I thought those rebels wanted to cause trouble in the school, and since consultation would take a considerable amount of time, I feared it might give them the upper hand. That’s why I decided on my own to lock down the school, planning to catch them in the act, arrest them, and find evidence of their attempt to create chaos. I did it all for the future destiny of our Helian Family. You’re an outsider with ulterior motives, trying to instigate a family feud in front of my uncle."

Helian Nan was truly filled with regret, knowing he could not escape blame for this matter, and truly hated the Queen’s faction’s conspiracy, which caused him such misery. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Previously, he was working in a government financial department, and because he didn’t have outstanding qualifications or intelligence, he had never been valued by the family. This lucrative position was arranged by his uncle, merely because he was the only son of Helian Zheng.

Yet, while this position was not terrible, it was not quite ideal either.

With his uncle’s power and capability, he could have arranged for him a higher and more powerful position. Look at the high-ranking officials in the government—who among them is not desperately arranging good positions for their relatives? But he himself was not getting far in his career.

He was dissatisfied and always sought opportunities to climb up the ladder.

When he learned that his uncle’s son, Helian Yun, had died, he was ecstatic, feeling that his opportunity had come. As the only remaining male descendant of the Halian Clan, with his uncle having no children, wouldn’t he, as the nephew, be able to inherit everything?

Therefore, he became energetic, changing his usual lazy demeanor and working diligently to let his uncle see his efforts.

But before he could even begin to rejoice, that Ling Kong, an unknown bastard from nowhere, parachuted in and snatched his position, crushing his beautiful dreams. One could imagine how jealous he felt. At least he had the blood of the Helian Family, yet his uncle favored this mysterious person more.

His dissatisfaction grew heavier, but he still felt there was hope. His uncle never explicitly stated that Ling Kong would inherit the Helian Family, so he had a chance.

This year, the conflict between his uncle and the Queen intensified, the struggle between the two parties escalated, and the future destiny of the Helian Family hung in the balance of this political struggle. He felt his opportunity had come; if he could help his uncle deal with the Queen’s faction and establish great achievements first, his uncle would surely see him in a new light.