Chapter 186: Chapter 186: Si Mingjing - Dragon Horns? I Have Them Too! 2
The reversal happened so swiftly that netizens couldn’t keep up.
To craft her image as a victim, Yang Wanling exerted all her effort and clarified the whole incident in a video.
"That night, Ling Changfeng invited me to a gathering, saying Ye Shen would also be there, urging me to compete with Ye Shen in a singing match. In the private room, we just sang songs and drank. I was drunk at the time, and since Ye Shen couldn’t get in touch with my assistant, he kindly opened a room for me to rest in. I was indeed drunk, and in my drunken frenzy, I hugged Ye Shen, but he pushed me away and left the room.
"It was Ling Changfeng who climbed in through the window to kill me. He staged a fake scene of a suicide out of guilt and framed Ye Shen!
"I don’t know what deep grudge he holds against Ye Shen to the point of using me as a pawn. Luckily, my fate hadn’t run out, and I encountered my savior Si Mingjing. She pulled me back from the brink of death at Ghost Gate Pass...
"I heard the forensic examination found Ye Shen’s DNA in my body. This must have been something Ling Changfeng planned all along. He must have put it in my body after I passed out.
"And there’s the farewell note. I never wrote it. Ling Changfeng must have used my phone to register a burner account and written it himself..."
In the video, Yang Wanling thoroughly portrayed herself as innocent, shifting all blame onto Ling Changfeng to protect her own reputation.
Upon seeing Yang Wanling’s short video, the entire internet exploded! They couldn’t believe such a reversal was possible!
Netizens left comments one after another:
"Holy sh*t, you really can’t just blindly follow the drama on Weibo! Was Ye Shen actually innocent?"
"Who is this Ling Changfeng? Is he even human?"
"My God, how could Ye Shen be friends with someone like that?"
"Boo hoo, my national treasure of a male idol is being treated so unfairly!"
"I knew Ye Shen wasn’t like that! Yesterday, I defended him, and I don’t know how many people privately called me a mindless fan. Now you all owe me an apology!"
Ye Siyuan saw the Weibo post made by Yang Wanling and muttered, "Hmph, she was involved in this matter too, yet she’s managed to clear herself completely!"
Si Mingjing consoled her, "The most important thing is to rescue Ye Shen first. Digging deeper into this would involve the cutthroat politics of the Undersea World, and that would be very troublesome..."
Ye Siyuan understood but just couldn’t let it go. However, Ye Shen was still in jail, so the priority was indeed to get him out; her little brother shouldn’t suffer in prison.
So, Ye Qinghan took Yang Wanling with him and rushed back to the Imperial Capital of A Country ahead of time.
「In the afternoon, Mo Yinhe still had to attend the Four Nations Summit.」
Si Mingjing did not go; she and Ye Siyuan leisurely strolled around the island, taking in the scenery, and ran into Bai Jiusi.
Bai Jiusi’s face was swollen and red, likely from a heavy slap. The perpetrator clearly hadn’t held back.
When enemies meet on a narrow road, Bai Jiusi noticed Si Mingjing glancing at her face. Though Si Mingjing’s glance was merely indifferent, Bai Jiusi felt mocked, and her anger intensified.
"You lowly land-dweller, what are you looking at? Keep staring and I’ll gouge out your eyes!"
Ye Siyuan angrily asked, "Who are you insulting?"
Bai Jiusi shook off her disheveled appearance and struggled to maintain her superior demeanor, looking at Si Mingjing and Ye Siyuan as if they were mere ants.
"Both of you are lowly land-dwellers! Has Atlantis run out of rulers? That it would stoop so low as to let land-dwellers govern their nation? What makes you think you’re worthy of setting foot on this island?"
Ye Siyuan rushed forward, wanting to tear Bai Jiusi to pieces. This woman not only impersonated her sister-in-law, ruining her sister-in-law’s reputation, but also dared to make her brother a laughingstock to the world.
Bai Jiusi stepped back, mocking Ye Siyuan, "Especially you, Ye Siyuan! Don’t you even consider your own lineage? And you dare to harbor feelings for Crown Prince Lisao? Do you really think that just because you’re a princess of Atlantis, you could catch Crown Prince Lisao’s eye?"
Ye Siyuan’s cheeks flushed red. "Shut your mouth!"
Bai Jiusi mocked her without restraint, "If I shut up, will that erase the fact that Crown Prince Lisao doesn’t spare you a glance? You’re all beneath contempt! Get off this island!"
Ye Siyuan’s eyes reddened. Her love for Si Lisao was a raw wound in her heart, one that couldn’t bear being touched. Now that Bai Jiusi was mocking it, she felt utterly humiliated, infuriated, and exasperated.
Ye Siyuan charged forward, ready to fight Bai Jiusi to the death.
Si Mingjing stopped her.
"Mingjing, don’t stop me!"
"Don’t let her provoke you. I have a way to deal with her."
Si Mingjing looked at Bai Jiusi. Mo Yinhe’s taste in women used to be terrible,
she thought. This woman is arrogant and ill-mannered.Si Mingjing’s phoenix eyes narrowed slightly. "I wonder, in Miss Bai’s eyes, who *is* worthy to set foot on this island and enjoy its scenery?"
"Of course, it should be the noble-blooded ocean people, with ocean blood flowing in their bones. Sadly, you’ll spend your entire lives without ever having that privilege."
Bai Jiusi, an ocean person, took pride in that. "Si Mingjing, even if you defeat me today, there’s one thing you’ll never be able to compare to me in your entire life! Si Mingjing, let me tell you, people are born into different classes. You’re just a woman at the very bottom of the disdain chain. Even other land-dwellers look down on you! What right do you have to contend with me in the council hall?"
Si Mingjing’s eyes narrowed slightly, but she remained silent. Bai Jiusi, thinking her words had rendered Si Mingjing speechless, laughed. "Do you know who I am?"
"I really don’t," Si Mingjing scoffed coldly.
Bai Jiusi boasted, "I am the most revered woman on Mu Continent! The most revered dragon girl of the entire Mu Continent!"
The most revered dragon girl of the entire Mu Continent!
That was Bai Jiusi!
Although I’m not Bai Jiusi, I’ve now replaced her. Naturally, Bai Jiusi’s prestige belongs to me too! I’m basking in borrowed glory. At least in the eyes of others, I am now the most revered dragon girl on Mu Continent! My prestige is indescribable!
"So, in the eyes of you ocean people, the most noble bloodline is that of a dragon girl?" Si Mingjing asked carefully.
Bai Jiusi said with a proud tone, "Nonsense! The most precious bloodline in this world is the dragon’s bloodline! Si Mingjing, my nobility is beyond your imagination. Not in this lifetime—not even in your next, or the one after that—could you ever compare to me!"
"Oh, is that so?" Si Mingjing smiled, undaunted, her laughter light and casual. As she spoke, two slightly elongated, slanted Coral Horns—silvery, translucent, and gleaming with crystalline light—emerged from her forehead.
Sunlight illuminated her face, enhanced by the Dragon Horns. Her golden pupils, like pools of liquid fire, shimmered with a beauty so intense it was startling.
If this was the most noble bloodline Bai Jiusi spoke of, if this was the pinnacle of the disdain chain, then why would I need to wait for a next life, or the life after that?
Seeing the small Dragon Horns on Si Mingjing’s head, Bai Jiusi’s expression was like she’d seen a ghost. She stumbled backward, pointing at Si Mingjing in disbelief, "You... you... you..."
Si Mingjing chuckled, her voice light and nonchalant, "Is this the bloodline you’re so proud of?"