Above the Galaxy
Chapter 273 - 184: Thief!

Chapter 273: Chapter 184: Thief!

Struck by lightning?

Definitely not, really not necessary....

But what if the lightning strikes slantwise?

It was only after Chen Tianqi swore and cursed on his own life that Tang Fei showed a hint of trust, his eyes filled with puzzlement as he asked, "That’s strange, if it wasn’t you, then who leaked it? There were many students in the restaurant at the time, could someone else have recorded it too?"

"I don’t know." Chen Tianqi shook his head and said, "But I’ve watched the video over and over again, and there are too many similarities to the one I originally showed you...."

"Too many similarities?"

Tang Fei opened the video and scrutinized it frame by frame, quickly identifying the crux of the issue.

The video was indeed recorded by Chen Tianqi, but after the old man received it, he edited and erased the address to cover his own identity information.

It was the same video content-wise, but the length of the clips and the order of playback had been altered.

It was turned into a VIP exclusive version that lasted only a dozen seconds or so...

As a result, not even Chen Tianqi could be one hundred percent certain that this was his video.

After watching the video, Tang Fei said aloud, "There are indeed a lot of similarities.... Did you send it to anyone else?"

"No."

"Not a single person?"

"Not a single one, besides showing you, nobody knows I filmed that video...."

Tang Fei glared at Chen Tianqi and said, "You don’t suspect it was me, do you?"

"No, no...." Chen Tianqi hastily denied.

When he first saw the video trending on the external web, he did have some doubts.

After all, only he and Tang Fei had seen the video.

But now, challenged by Tang Fei like this, he was somewhat panicked....

How could he falsely accuse his own friend without evidence?

What if he wronged a good person?

After all, Tang Fei’s first reaction when seeing the video was to have him delete it immediately....

He even introduced him to a girlfriend.

"I’m not stupid, how could I do such a thing?" Tang Fei said.

"I understand, when I first showed you the video, your first reaction was to make me delete it immediately, not to keep it on the phone.... You were looking out for me, truly treating me as a friend," Chen Tianqi said.

"Exactly, if I wanted to harm you, I would just report you to the Dean directly, why would I need to bother like this?" Tang Fei said out loud.

"..."

"Now, we can only deny everything." Tang Fei said, "If nobody comes to you, then fine, but if someone does come knocking, just say you didn’t know the video existed at all... After all, you didn’t spread it, what do you have to be afraid of?"

"Can that really work?"

"Of course. They don’t have any evidence, what can they do to you?"

"Well, alright then." Chen Tianqi still felt a bit uneasy, and said, "If they come looking for me, you have to help me plea with the Dean...."

"That won’t happen." Tang Fei shook his head, patted Chen Tianqi’s shoulder, and said comforting, "If it really comes to that, I’ll go to the Dean to plead on your behalf. No matter what, you are a student of White Crane Academy, the Dean will surely protect his own students...."

"Without evidence, they wouldn’t dare to just come to the Academy to arrest people. Do you think the Great Grandmaster is just for show?"

He believed the old man would handle things cleanly and beautifully, leaving them no chance to follow the trail and expose himself.

After all, finding Chen Tianqi was as good as finding him...

In the realm of deceit and conspiracy, the old man was a professional.

"Good brother." Chen Tianqi gripped Tang Fei’s hand, his face filled with gratitude as he said, "I owe you a huge favor this time."

"It’s nothing, friends should help each other, right?" Tang Fei shrugged off Chen Tianqi’s hand and said, "Don’t be like this, I’m not used to holding hands with men..."

"Heh, neither am I," Chen Tianqi said with a cheerful laugh.

Tang Fei didn’t want to dwell on this issue and asked, "How are things going with Qin Shuang?"

"What else can happen?" Chen Tianqi sighed and said, "I went to challenge her again, and she ignored me..."

"That cold?"

"Yeah, otherwise why would she be called the Shiva?"

"Just give up if it’s really not working," Tang Fei said, "Concentrate on cultivating. Won’t you still have plenty of female companions in the future?"

"Can’t do that," Chen Tianqi shook his head and said, "If you’re going to do something, stick with it to the end...."

Tang Fei fell silent for a moment, then said, "Good luck to you."

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Bamboo forest. Terrace.

The hills were draped in a layer of frosty green bamboo; because the frost was so heavy, sounds of ice falling and bamboo branches breaking under the weight could often be heard.

"Heavy snowfall known at dead of night, from time to time the sound of bamboo breaking," Shen Boyu picked up the Yu Meiren red tea in front of him, sipped it with great satisfaction, and let out a contented sigh, saying, "With age comes light sleep. I didn’t sleep all last night, listened to the sound of breaking bamboo all night... just like cracking fireworks."

"I heard that before the great cataclysm on Blue Star, people would set off fireworks when families gathered on New Year’s Eve, making it lively and bustling. Now here on New Star, this isn’t allowed, that isn’t allowed... Occasionally a few young people sneak out to the seaside to set off a few fireworks, but they don’t make much of an impact..."

Sitting opposite Shen Boyu, Shen Xinglan smiled and said, "If Grandpa wants to set off fireworks, isn’t that easy? Spring Festival is coming up, I’ll just have someone bring more over here."