On the way to becoming the strongest, I first became a popular person.

In the gray and cold meeting room, the sheriff sat aside, listening to their conversation with an expressionless face, as if he was an emotionless robot.

At this moment, Shen Xiuyin collapsed in the chair as if struck by lightning, despair flashed in her eyes, her lips trembled, but she could not utter a complete word.

Shi Chu ignored her and looked at the sheriff next to him, with a gentle and kind smile on his face: "I want to talk to her alone next, can you please go out? By the way, please turn off the surveillance and recording. I have something private to tell her, and I don't want anyone else to know."

The sheriff's eyebrows were tightly twisted together, forming a deep "川" character, and his originally resolute face instantly became gloomy. He had been working for so long and had never heard of such unreasonable requests. This was an offense to him.

What does she think the Public Security Bureau is? How dare she speak so arrogantly!

He spoke coldly, with a hint of anger in his tone: "This is the Public Security Court. Your request is too unreasonable. You will not be tolerated here..."

Shi Chu slowly took out a green jade plate engraved with ancient dragon and phoenix patterns from his pocket and shook it gently at the sheriff.

The words he hadn't finished speaking were immediately stuck in his throat, his face turned pale, cold sweat broke out on his back, and his forehead was instantly covered with fine beads of sweat. Panic and regret surged in his heart.

That was a token from the seven major families of the Federation. Having worked in the Sheriff Court for so many years, he naturally knew about it. If it was an ordinary token, he would not be so panicked.

But what she held in her hand was the "family head's token" which was equivalent to half of the Dongfang family's family head. Among the seven major families, each family had only three such tokens, which were usually only circulated within the family and would never be given out easily, and no one dared to forge them.

Because the family head's token is not only an empty symbol of identity, but also a real power. The owner can really mobilize the forces under the corresponding family through the token.

He had no time to think about who this beta girl was. He only knew that if his attitude just now made her angry, then his career in the Security Court would be over.

Cold sweat continued to seep from his forehead, his lips trembled as he tried to organize some words that could save the situation: "Miss Shichu, I just said something out of turn. Please be magnanimous and don't hold it against me."

"I understand your request. I will leave right away. Please rest assured that your conversation will never be known to a third person." His voice was filled with obvious flattery and uneasiness.

Shi Chu glanced at him, nodded slowly, and put the jade token back into his pocket.

The space storage device that Uncle Qin gave her requires mental power to open. Her mental power has not been awakened yet, so she cannot use it for the time being.

She looked at the sheriff's back as he hurriedly left, then slowly retracted her gaze and fixed it on Shen Xiuyin, who had completely collapsed in her chair.

Judging from the sheriff's frightened behavior just now, it seems that the token given to her by the teacher is far more important than she thought.

Power is a good thing. It is like a master key that can easily open any door.

Shen Xiuyin, did you see it?

This is what you have always dreamed of, but unfortunately, it does not belong to you now, but to your enemy.

Shichu slowly stood up and walked to Shen Xiuyin's side. She put her right hand on her shoulder, looked down at her, and said with a smile: "Do you have anything to say to me?"

Shen Xiuyin finally came back to her senses. The scene just now had such a huge impact on her that she couldn't believe that her deskmate actually possessed the token of the head of the Dongfang family.

Over the years, she had tried every possible way to improve her status, spending a lot of time and energy collecting intelligence from various forces, seeking opportunities to climb up. The seven major families were an eternal proposition in the federation, a mountain that could not be circumvented, so she recognized the jade token at a glance.

"No, Shichu, I didn't mean to do it. It was them. They forced me to do it." Her shoulders kept shaking, tears streaming down her cheeks, her voice full of pain and regret, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from the depths of her soul.

"I originally thought they just wanted to talk to you, but later I found out their real thoughts. I really didn't mean it." She reached out and grabbed the corner of Shi Chu's clothes, confessing her mistake.

"I was wrong. I really know I was wrong. I shouldn't have told them your information. Fortunately, nothing happened to you."

"Please, let me go for the sake of our being desk mates. Really, I beg you, I really, really know I was wrong..."

Shi Chu watched her performance indifferently, and suddenly used force with his hands. Shen Xiuyin couldn't help but cry out in pain.

"Don't pretend, Shen Xiuyin. After all, we've been desk mates for half a year. Don't I know who you are?"

You were definitely the mastermind behind that incident. I guess it was you who came up with the plan. Just to be on the safe side, you even tested me in advance whether I would go there as usual that day. Shi Chu's eyes were filled with a deep dark color.

A guy who only cares about interests and status. He approached her for other purposes in the first place, but since it didn't affect her, she ignored him.

There is nothing wrong with people being ambitious and wanting to climb up, so she did not reject Shen Xiuyin's deliberate contact. In this society, it is very rare for ordinary betas to get ahead. As long as it does not harm her own interests, she does not mind giving others some things that are dispensable to her.

But you actually want to step on my body to move forward and use my life as your stepping stone. How can I tolerate such a thing?

"You said it's a good thing I'm fine? Then guess why I'm fine?" She looked at Shen Xiuyin jokingly, with undisguised malice in her eyes.

Shen Xiuyin's eyes were wide open, bloodshot, and her pupils shrank sharply with fear. She seemed to have seen a demon from hell, and her whole body was shaking with fear uncontrollably.

"Yes, it's you."

It turned out that you killed those people. When she learned that the plan had failed, the same thought as Wu Li flashed through her mind, but now it seems that it was not Luo Yanchuan who sent people to secretly protect her, but she who bloodily... killed everyone.

Devil, she is the devil.

No, she would report this terrible devil to the Public Security Court. She could get a reduced sentence by doing so, Shen Xiuyin thought secretly.

Shi Chu saw through her thoughts at a glance and said with a smile, "Not to mention that there is no surveillance there, no one can prove that I did it. Even if there is surveillance, those people are not federal citizens. The Sheriff's Court does not deal with such trivial matters. Moreover, according to federal law, I was acting in self-defense."

Because Beta is weaker than Alpha and Omega and is a vulnerable group in the Federation, federal law stipulates that when Beta faces danger, regardless of the gender of the opponent, as long as the opponent shows murderous intent first, Beta can defend himself regardless of the consequences.

"Give up those naive and stupid ideas in your mind. Didn't you just see it? What is the attitude of the Public Security Court towards me?" Shi Chu patted her face with some disgust.

"This is the power you've been trying so hard to get. Unfortunately, it seems you don't have the luck to have it."