Bai Xi didn't ask further, but Yuan Shan clearly had the urge to confide. She began to recall and, with a sneer, recounted her past.
"My life has never been good. I never knew my parents since childhood. I only knew that my adoptive parents found me in a trash heap. They treated me very poorly. Not only did they make me do heavy chores daily, but when I didn't do well, they would beat me or scold me. Eating garbage and living in a pigsty were common occurrences. What's worse, when my adoptive mother wasn't around, my adoptive father would sneak into my room and do disgusting things to me…"
"Until I was seven, their whole family died in a fire. The flames raged, trapping all three of them in that house. I stood outside the door and watched them get engulfed by the fire, from screaming and wailing to becoming still. Their bodies eventually turned into charcoal, as black as their hearts."
As she said this, Yuan Shan's expression turned vicious, laced with a hint of mockery.
Looking at her current expression, Bai Xi knew that the fire was definitely not unrelated to her. However, Yuan Shan had talked for so long without explaining how this related to Wei Changhe. Could it be… that Wei Changhe was the biological father of this Yuan Shan? Had he abandoned her when she was young, leading to her tragic life?
Yuan Shan was clearly enjoying herself, as if she had poured out all the secrets accumulated in her heart, feeling lighter and more relaxed.
"After my adoptive parents' family died, the house that could shelter us from the wind and rain also turned to charcoal. I could only wander the streets. Back then, I was beaten when I begged, and I fought with stray dogs for food. I've done it all. Once, I was so hungry that I secretly stole a passerby's wallet, and that person… was Wei Changhe."
Her eyes softened, and in the darkness of the room, a faint light could still be seen.
"I thought I would be beaten again, or thrown into the security bureau. At that time, I was willing to go to the security bureau. Even if I might be bullied there, I wouldn't have to worry about starving anymore. But it didn't happen… He was very gentle, the kind of gentleness I had never seen since I could remember."
Her eyes seemed to recall the first time she met Wei Changhe: in his early thirties, wearing a trench coat, mature and refined. Although time had left faint marks at the corners of his eyes, it couldn't dim the intellectual and gentle gaze in his eyes.
"When he saw me in rags, he didn't hit me, nor did he send me to the security bureau. Instead, he told me very seriously that taking something without permission was stealing, and stealing was wrong. After learning about my plight, he sent me to a welfare institution in the capital… There, I lived a life that could truly be called normal. At that time, I felt he was the light in my dark life!"
Bai Xi raised an eyebrow.
She waited for a long time, hoping for some dirt on Wei Changhe, but instead, she received news of Wei Changhe's kindness towards Yuan Shan. It was becoming more and more fantastical.
"So, he was the sunlight in your life, and yet you want to take his life, to turn Black Gold Academy, which he values more than his life, into a hell created by Kui Dian?"
Yuan Shan sneered, "Ha, that's because he didn't know what was good for him!"
After saying that, her eyes turned sinister and venomous.
"I loved him so much, willing to give everything for him, not caring about bearing a bad reputation, but he was so cowardly. Not only did he reject my good intentions, but he even refused to let me stay by his side, taking away even that right, treating my love like trash and trampling on it on the ground. Therefore, I want him dead, and I want Black Gold Academy, which he cherishes so much, to be buried with him!"
Bai Xi couldn't help but frown, her eyes filled with frost. So, Yuan Shan's demotion from principal's secretary to executive secretary had such a process and experience: "So, after he was with you… he abandoned you."
They say human nature is ugly, but in fact, human nature is beautiful and radiant. True evil is merely the uncontrollable beastly nature within people.
Beastly nature is bloodthirsty and lustful, capable of causing harm to others without any reason, and experiencing the desire to mate when seeing young and beautiful members of the opposite sex.
Human nature chooses restraint in accordance with etiquette, while beastly nature is unrestrained indulgence.
What is meant by "all men make mistakes" is merely an excuse for indulging one's desires.
It was unexpected that Wei Changhe, who dedicated his life to education and valued the students of Black Gold Academy more than his own life, would also be driven by desire to do such a thing.
"An eye for an eye, a debt for a debt. Since Wei Changhe wronged you, then you should deal with him. I cannot stand by and watch you involve the entire Black Gold Academy."
If Wei Changhe had abandoned her, and she sought revenge on him, Bai Xi would not interfere. But colluding with Kui Dian to target the entire Black Gold Academy was something she absolutely would not tolerate.
"Yuan Shan, it's you!"
As these words were spoken, Wei Changhe appeared not far away, looking at Yuan Shan in the darkness with a pained expression.
Bai Xi raised an eyebrow, glanced at the suddenly appearing Wei Changhe, and said calmly, "Principal Wei, as an educator, please be cautious with your words and actions. Otherwise, you will harm your family and all the students of Black Gold Academy."
Although she was too lazy to meddle in others' private affairs, the importance of Black Gold Academy to China was self-evident. If Wei Changhe could not guarantee that he wouldn't do such things again, then his position as principal of Black Gold Academy would be over.
Wei Changhe was stunned for a moment, somewhat surprised, but quickly recovered: "Miss Bai… You misunderstand. Nothing happened between her and me. It was only when she took off her clothes and hugged me from behind that I realized she had those kinds of intentions towards me. Afterwards, I left the office and even transferred her position…"
After speaking, he seemed to feel that he hadn't been solemn enough and quickly raised his right hand, as if making an oath: "Heaven and earth are my witness, I, Wei Changhe, only love my wife and Black Gold Academy. I have never touched a single finger of hers. I have the surveillance video from the principal's office as proof."
His pious and serious demeanor did not seem like he was lying.
After speaking, he suddenly seemed to recall something and continued, "Oh, no, perhaps there was an unconscious touch during the handover of work, but besides that, there were no other contacts! I swear, otherwise, let me be struck by lightning, torn apart by five horses, and tortured to death."
The oath was so vicious, as if he was doing his utmost to distance himself from Yuan Shan.
Yuan Shan, who had been looking at Wei Changhe with a pitiable expression, became instantly enraged as Wei Changhe vehemently clarified their relationship.
Veins bulged on her fair forehead: "Wei Changhe, you are so heartless! Even now, you're still thinking about how to distance yourself from me! If you didn't like me, why did you let me go on the street and send me to an orphanage? If you had no feelings for me at all, why did you choose me from thousands of competitors? We spent so much time together, and you're saying you never liked me?"