章 846: Pain

"Much like you, I am being accused of abusing and misusing my power. It is why I am here, you know. To tell you, how I understand what you went through. How difficult and humiliating it must have been to let go everything you built, only for it to come crashing down because of someone else, me specifically." Cai said softly.

Professor Ellis White's sneer deepened, his lips curling with disdain. "You realize what humiliation is? You?" he echoed mockingly. "I doubt that. You speak as if you've been stripped of something meaningful. But from where I stand, all you've endured is a little mudslinging online. Me? I lost everything—my career, my reputation, my life's work. And here you are, still standing, still smug, untouched by real ruin. I don't see you being forced out of your jo. I don't see your personal life crumbling." His voice dripped with bitter sarcasm. "It's almost... tragic that you've suffered so little."