"Forgery?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Xuan, instead of panicking, seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, and the curve of his lips widened.
He leaned back in his chair leisurely, his fingers gently sliding on the smooth phone screen, as if carefully selecting something.
"Director Bai, being stubborn is not a good habit."
Lu Xuan's voice was still unhurried, but it carried a calm demeanor that seemed to see through everything.
"Since you say these are forgeries, why don't we try something more real, how about that?"
As if performing a magic trick, he swiped out a few more photos, this time no longer document screenshots, but several clear scenes.
"Director Bai, March 15, 2021, Yanjing University's Baiye Cafe, table 15 by the window."
Lu Xuan's gaze lightly swept over Bai Yanxi's face, his tone as flat as if stating a trivial matter.
"The afternoon sun was nice that day, and you ordered Blue Mountain coffee, without sugar, right?"
Bai Yanxi's pupils suddenly constricted, and the layer of frost that she had painstakingly managed to maintain on her face instantly showed a crack.
Baiye Cafe, table 15... that was one of her fixed secret meeting places with that person to exchange information!
How could he know so clearly?
Lu Xuan seemed to feel that this heavy blow was not forceful enough, and continued to slowly add: "Oh, right, and April 1, 2021, April Fool's Day, Senyue Park in Yanjing University's western suburbs, the artificial lake pavilion. The weather wasn't very good that day, a bit cloudy, and you were wearing an off-white trench coat, weren't you?"
Every precise date, every clear location.
Her carefully constructed psychological defense line began to crumble inch by inch in the face of these ironclad facts.
Under the desk, her hands, which had only been tightly clasped, now had veins bulging, and her knuckles turned a frightening white from excessive force.
She felt her breathing become difficult.
"You... who exactly are you?"
Bai Yanxi's voice was dry and hoarse, with a tremor she hadn't even noticed herself.
She couldn't understand how these secrets, which even her parents didn't know, had fallen into the hands of such a seemingly ordinary student.
Lu Xuan ignored her question, simply turning his phone screen back to her, where a screenshot of a surveillance video was clearly displayed.
Although the image was slightly blurry, it was still clearly discernible that the female protagonist in the video was Bai Yanxi herself, and the person she was talking to was that foreign man with the hooked nose and blue eyes!
"Director Bai, do I need to remind you of some more interesting details?"
Lu Xuan's smile carried a devilish hint of mockery, "For example, what treasures were stored in that black USB drive you exchanged with this international friend?"
"Enough!"
Bai Yanxi suddenly let out a low growl, like a beast on the verge of collapse.
She bit her lower lip tightly, her once stunningly beautiful face now deathly pale, her eyes filled with despair and fear.
After a long while, as if all the strength had been drained from her body, she leaned back in her chair dejectedly and slowly closed her eyes.
When she opened them again, her eyes, though still cold, held a hint of resigned lifelessness.
"Speak, what are your demands?"
Her voice was terrifyingly calm, as if the person who had just lost composure wasn't her.
"I don't believe you went to all this trouble just to play a joke on me. Is it money? Or do you want to use me to get connections with the Bai family for a good future? Or... do you want to enter the Military Region?"
She had already given up on futile resistance; this evidence was enough to ruin her and even drag down the entire Bai family.
Now, she just wanted to know the other party's bottom line.
"Heh heh, Director Bai is indeed a smart person; it's easy to talk to smart people."
Lu Xuan's smile grew brighter, yet also more chilling. "Money? Power? If I wanted those things, I'd naturally have ways to get them."
He leaned forward slightly, staring intently at Bai Yanxi, and said word by word, "My request is very simple. I want to taste... what a Tianshan Snow Lotus tastes like."
"What did you say?!"
Bai Yanxi's eyes widened abruptly, her once ashen face instantly flushed crimson, a sign of extreme shame and disbelief.
She never expected the other party to make such... such a filthy and shameless demand!
"Change the condition!"
She almost bit down on her teeth as she squeezed out these words, "Besides this, I can consider anything else!"
"Oh?"
Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow, a playful smile appearing on his face, and slowly asked, "Director Bai, this makes things difficult. But I'm very curious, you cherish this 'Snow Lotus' so much, could it be... our uncle has already tasted it first?"
"You—!"
Bai Yanxi, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, sprang up from her chair, slamming her hands hard on the desk with a loud "bang."
Her chest heaved violently with anger, and her eyes seemed to spit fire.
"Shut up! I won't allow you to insult him! We are innocent! I just... I just unilaterally admired him!"
Her voice became sharp with agitation, carrying a hint of hysterical madness.
This was the purest forbidden zone in her heart, not to be defiled by anyone.
"Oh, such a big reaction?"
Seeing this, Lu Xuan's mood became more pleasant; he most enjoyed seeing these high and mighty women lose their composure.
"So... it hasn't been obtained yet?"
He stroked his chin, feigning sudden realization, "Oh, that's really great! I just like this kind of original, untouchable Tianshan Snow Lotus. If it were contaminated by others beforehand, how regrettable that would be, wouldn't it?"
Bai Yanxi trembled with rage, glaring fiercely at Lu Xuan, her eyes wishing to devour him alive.
This man was not only despicable and shameless, but every word he spoke was heart-piercing!
"Lu Xuan, is it?"
She took a deep breath, trying to calm her turbulent emotions, her voice cold and biting.
"What exactly do you want, get to the point! Stop uttering such foul language here, if you dare to talk nonsense again, be careful, I won't be polite to you!"
She came from a military family, influenced since childhood, and carried an unyielding toughness in her bones.
"Not polite?"
Lu Xuan seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, suddenly stood up, a fierce glint in his eyes.
He abruptly raised his hand, and a loud slap went towards Bai Yanxi's frosty, pretty face.
"You bitch, still dare to lay hands on me?"
In a flash, Bai Yanxi instinctively raised her arm, and with a "smack," she blocked Lu Xuan's sudden slap!
A hint of surprise flashed in Lu Xuan's eyes, then turned into a deeper coldness.
This woman actually had some skills? But, so what?
"Heh, got some moves, huh, you bitch, still dare to fight back? Still dare to block?"
Lu Xuan sneered, the speed and force in his hand suddenly accelerating, giving Bai Yanxi no chance to react at all.
"Slap—!"
This time, the slap landed squarely on Bai Yanxi's face.
The crisp sound was particularly jarring in the quiet office.
A clear, crimson five-finger mark quickly appeared on her fair cheek, and a burning pain instantly spread.
Bai Yanxi staggered from the blow, a trace of bright red blood oozed from the corner of her mouth, and her hair was disheveled, making her look dishevelled.
She covered her face, her eyes filled with humiliation and anger, staring fixedly at Lu Xuan, her gaze like a wounded she-wolf.
"If you... if you have the guts, just kill me!"
She gritted her teeth, saying each word, her voice trembling slightly from pain and anger, "If I so much as frown, or say the word 'no,' I'm not a Bai!"
"Oh my god, quite stubborn, aren't you?"
Lu Xuan was amused by her unyielding demeanor; he most liked to tame such thorny roses.
"Alright, since you have so much backbone, I don't mind letting more people appreciate your 'charm.'"
He slowly took out his phone, and in front of Bai Yanxi, began to leisurely compose.
"How about this, I'll first post your touching diaries and those wonderful video screenshots on Douyin."
"Let the people of the whole country judge and see how our Director Bai of Yanjing University passionately fell in love with her own uncle, and how she, for love, fearlessly became an international friend."
Lu Xuan's movements were not fast, but each click was like a heavy hammer, pounding fiercely on Bai Yanxi's heart.
As he composed, he even muttered earnestly, "Hmm, I've already thought of the title. It'll be—'The Forbidden Love of a Military Region Deputy Political Commissar's Daughter: Falling in Love with a Soldier King Uncle, Becoming a Traitor for Her Lover!' How do you like this title? Is it sensational enough? The click-through rate will definitely explode!"
Bai Yanxi's face instantly turned ashen white.
If the previous evidence only made her feel despair, then Lu Xuan's actions at this moment were to completely nail her to the pillar of shame, ensuring she would never rise again!
"No... don't..." Her voice was tearful, full of helplessness and fear.