Chapter 51: Echoes of a Quiet Victory
Golden Chamber Hall had returned to its calm opulence, the strategic storm from earlier nothing more than a ghost in the lighting.
Lin Feng walked alone through the marble corridor, his footsteps echoing faintly beneath the grand chandeliers. Behind him, the whispers had already begun—elite voices murmuring confusion, admiration... and quiet resentment.
He wasn’t supposed to win.
He wasn’t even supposed to be there.
Yet, not only had he exposed Luo Zixuan’s quiet sabotage attempt, he’d flipped the entire proposal—turning a carefully laid trap into an opportunity that secured both profit and reputation. And worst of all, he’d done it without breaking a sweat.
[System: Host, that wasn’t just a win. That was a masterclass in polite humiliation. Want me to compile a reaction meme pack?]
"No thanks," Lin Feng muttered under his breath. "Let them stew."
Just outside the building, he found Jiang Yue’er leaning against a silver sedan, arms crossed, a faint frown on her face. She didn’t ask what happened—she’d already heard the rumors flying through the elite channels faster than wildfire.
"They said you made them look like amateurs," she said simply.