Gu Yan Sheng was so angry that he smashed his phone. However, the phone rang again unexpectedly. He stared coldly at the black screen of the phone, gritted his teeth, and still picked it up from the ground to press the screen randomly. An somewhat irritable voice came from inside.
"Gu Yan Sheng, what on earth is going on?!"
Gu Yan Sheng's hand holding the phone was shaking from grasping it too hard.
"Ye Jinghuai's votes are skyrocketing like crazy right now. Do you think there is still hope for you to successfully campaign for the position with this trend?" The other end was furious, probably angered to the extreme!
"I don't know either that Ye Jinghuai would make such a move. I have been carrying out everything according to our plan, and everything was going very smoothly. I also thought Ye Jinghuai had no chance of turning things around. But I didn't expect him to suddenly give himself such a glowing halo. It caught me completely off guard!"
"In the end, it's you who failed to foresee this, meaning you are incompetent! Gu Yan Sheng, I have been disappointed in you over and over again! Ye Jinghuai was merely a bankrupt playboy that we didn't even bother to look at before. But now he has become your biggest competitor, and he even keeps defeating you over and over?! Can you think about where exactly you fell short?"
Gu Yan Sheng felt very humiliated by the other person's words.
Not only them, even he didn't expect that Ye Jinghuai would become a stumbling block on his career path that he couldn't even kick away, and instead made everything difficult for him.
He gritted his teeth and forced himself to calm down, then asked, "Can we do something shady with the votes?"
"Are you crazy?!" The other person scolded him directly, "If I could do something shady with the votes, why would I still need you to compete?! The voting is fair and just. If any cheating is discovered, not only you, but I would be finished with you too. Do you want to bring me down with you?!"
"Then now under such circumstances, I really can't think of a better way to turn things around."
"What can you think of?!" The other person questioned him disdainfully.
The contempt was obvious.
Gu Yan Sheng suppressed his anger with great difficulty.
He was truly provoked by Ye Jinghuai once again.
Ever since Ye Jinghuai got together with An Nuan, this man was like blessed by heaven.
He would rather die than admit An Nuan had the ability to fight him, and he absolutely refused to believe Ye Jinghuai became so outstanding because of An Nuan.
Back then, he failed to marry An Nuan and only lost face. He didn't feel the slightest regret in his mind. Instead, he believed An Nuan didn't know what was good for her and would definitely regret it someday.
"I just thought of a way that can slightly salvage your reputation," the other end suddenly said.
Gu Yan Sheng clenched his phone tightly and barely managed to keep himself calm. "What way?"
"You choose to voluntarily withdraw from the campaign!" The other person stated directly.
Gu Yan Sheng almost thought he had heard wrong.
He was stunned for quite a while without any reaction. It was the anger that rendered him speechless.
"By voluntarily withdrawing from the campaign, it would show your grace in defeat. Although you failed this time, it won't damage your reputation too badly..."
"I don't agree!" Gu Yan Sheng resisted.
Ever since he was little, everything he wanted to accomplish had been successful.
Although he was publicly jilted by An Nuan before, it didn't hinder his career too much. Later when he entered the Government Council with Ye Jinghuai, his ranking dropped but he still became the hottest newcomer. And then, his plot to frame An Nuan's father failed, which was just another unsuccessful scheme without any impact on his development.
If he voluntarily withdrew now, it would truly damage his personal interests. After all, becoming an Administrative Official was the greater stepping stone for him to advance further. If he failed now, he didn't know how many years he would have to wait again.
What was more unacceptable was Ye Jinghuai would be two ranks above him. It was a blatant insult to his life and an obvious obstacle in his career path!
When he thought of this, Gu Yan Sheng's resistance became even more resolute.
"Accepting this arrangement means admitting to the whole world that I am inferior to Ye Jinghuai. Accepting this means letting everyone know Ye Jinghuai is above me."
"Gu Yan Sheng, I can let go of your previous failures because there were reasons for them that didn't involve you too much, although you can't completely excuse yourself. But I still held hopes for you then. Your refusal now has made me extremely disappointed in you. I even feel like it's not that the opponent is too strong, but that you are foolish enough!"
Gu Yan Sheng was scolded until his face turned green.
He was defending his own rights. What was wrong with not accepting such an arrangement?!
Accepting it meant bowing down to the whole world and acknowledging he was worse than Ye Jinghuai.
Accepting it meant letting everyone in the world know Ye Jinghuai was superior to him in every way.
"Let me tell you, under the current circumstances no matter what you do, Ye Jinghuai will definitely win the campaign in the end. If he doesn't get elected in the end, it would arouse public outrage and injustice towards Ye Jinghuai while making people suspect shady dealings. All the little tricks you try to pull will be exposed by public opinion. Do you think you can still securely sit in the seat of Administrative Official?!"
"Additionally, from the government's perspective, Ye Jinghuai has made great achievements this time. The Government Council will also establish him as a role model and be more inclined towards him." The other end continued sharply, "So tell me, under such circumstances, what ability do you have left to become the Administrative Official?!"
Gu Yan Sheng endured the ferocious anger simmering inside him with great difficulty.
"Gu Yan Sheng, you now only have two options. Either listen to my arrangement, or my support for you stops here. I mean what I say!" The other person seemed unwilling to waste any more words.
Gu Yan Sheng didn't want to make a decision. But he was very clear that with his current capabilities, he had no power to resist at all.
He gritted his teeth and said, "I will listen to your arrangement. But I think we can't just let Ye Jinghuai take unfair advantage like this!"
"What do you mean?"
Gu Yan Sheng told the other person what he was thinking.
The other end seemed to be stunned for a few seconds, then gave a cold laugh. "Gu Yan Sheng, although your abilities are lacking, your skills in harming others are quite powerful. I'll try my best to arrange what you said."
"Thank you."
"Don't disappoint me over and over again, Gu Yan Sheng. My tolerance for you has truly reached its limit. You'd better act wisely!"
"Yes."
The other end hung up the phone.
Gu Yan Sheng's face was also extremely ugly.
He could even imagine how many people would mock and ridicule him when he voluntarily withdrew from this campaign. How many people would compare him with Ye Jinghuai.
That penniless Ye Jinghuai would again be praised by so many people to what extent?!
He gritted his teeth to himself secretly.
Telling himself, a comeback from the dead was awaiting him.
The dumb loss he suffered this time would definitely be paid back in full!
