It was, of course, impossible to simply let things slide. In a high-rise apartment building with such a dense population, if the trash wasn't cleared every two or three days during summer, the entire floor would reek.
The sanitation inspection was an overt strategy, impossible to block.
However, the same inspection could yield vastly different outcomes depending on whether the approach was "good enough" or outright "nitpicking."
Ultimately, all the classmates would be tormented to the point of unbearable misery and endless complaints.
And their dissatisfaction and hatred would inevitably be directed at Han Lie—They'd think, "You offend people, and we're the ones who suffer for it, damn it!"
By then, the collective alienation of Han Lie would be an inevitable outcome; there would be no other possibility.
Han Lie wouldn't suffer any substantial harm, but he would definitely be disgusted to the point of extreme discomfort.
