Several days later, the injuries of Sophia, Elliot, and Chase had all healed considerably. Even Samuel, who had been in the hospital, was discharged along with them.Chase did not go home. Instead, he headed to the villa. Mrs. Ruth specially prepared a large table of dishes to welcome their return.At the dinner table, after three rounds of toasts and savoring various flavors, Chase got a bit drunk. He took out the apology letter and slammed it in front of Sophia, saying, "Here, call me 'brother'!"Sophia was quite surprised as she read the letter. "Although I don't know where I went wrong, I endured my punishment for the sake of my sister. I deeply reflect on the incident of dragging Roxanne out without knowing who it was. Huh? Why should I criticize Roxanne for this?"Then, he crossed out that sentence, but it was still visible. Below, he continued, "I reflect on leaving Sophia alone in the haunted house. I didn't do it on purpose. It was a mistake made in panic. I admit my i
The three stared at Chase as if he were in bad spirits, constantly criticizing him with words that sprayed like spittle, detailing how he was insulted and his subtle retaliations.This made Sophia want to secretly record him so that he could trend on social media every day.In the end, it was Elliot who could not overlook it anymore."Don't you read the comments?" he asked.Chase seemed to just remember this matter. He hurriedly checked his post. There were already quite a few comments.But it seemed it was not at all what he had imagined.He thought the comments would be full of the word ‘acceptable,' but instead, everyone was saying 'not acceptable.'His mind instantly crashed.What?Could it be that all his fans were anti-fans?Sophia smirked, "How about it? Any good comments?"Chase remained silent. He was on the verge of a breakdown.He replied under the post, "I wanted one word, not two. It depends on whether I can acknowledge Sophia as my sister. Don't cause trouble!
The next day, Sophia went to the hospital to see Dorothy. As soon as she got off the elevator, she heard a police officer sternly shouting, "Criminals live here. If the person you're looking for isn't here, leave, or we'll make you leave!"A man responded, "Alright, I'll call him again to make sure." He walked away while talking on his phone.Sophia, upon hearing his voice, stood frozen in place. It was him!She looked over at him with suspicion. The man was tall, slightly thin, and appeared mild-mannered with glasses.Without thinking much, she hurriedly chased after him, calling out, "Wait!"The man glanced back at her but didn't stop. Instead, he headed toward the elevator.Sophia became more certain and immediately chased after him, "Stop!"However, the man opted to take the stairs since the elevator was taking too long.Sophia continued the pursuit, jumping over the railing from one floor to the next to shorten the distance.The man also accelerated. He jumped down the
Janine suddenly smiled. "So, you trust me, too?"Elliot stared at her deeply, not understanding why that made her so happy. "We have a business relationship. The loss of the initial draft due to theft is a loss for both our companies. I don't think you would be foolish enough to actively harm your own company's interests.""Of course. So, what do we do now?"Elliot frowned, looking at Janine with some disdain. "When you get back to your company, check your people, especially Wylie.""Are you suspecting my sister? If I remember correctly, she was still working at Prosper Peak on the day the initial draft returned, right?""I just checked, and she had no access to the initial draft in my company."Janine considered this for a moment. The she called Wylie. "Come to Prosper Peak, I have something to discuss with you."After hanging up the phone, she looked at Elliot. "Let's discuss this face to face and clear up any doubts you may have."Although Elliot felt uncomfortable with
Elliot laughed. Sophia’s words were truly venomous. In verbal sparring, he hadn't seen her lose!Wylie angrily said, "You don't have to admit it. Besides you, no one else could have done this. We've been investigating for half a day.""Then what reason do I have to do this?""To frame me. Because everyone thinks you couldn't possibly do such a thing, so I became the suspect. You just want to use this to retaliate against me!"Sophia was amused. "You really don't understand me. Do I need to go through such a charade just to retaliate against you? Isn't a direct confrontation better?"As she spoke, she waved her hand, scattering some itching powder towards Wylie.Wylie instinctively dodged. "What are you doing? What did you sprinkle on me?"Sophia coolly said, "I didn't bother to settle accounts with you because I can't be bothered to deal with you, but you really have no shame, do you?"Janine frowned. She did not want to involve Sophia in this mess anymore, but now she had to s
Janine said, "I've kept the initial draft in my computer since I received it and haven't shown it to anyone. What is there to check?"Sophia looked at her with a sly smile. "Just because you haven't shown it to others doesn't mean others haven't seen it. You probably haven't even checked. Let me help you!"Sophia tapped on the keyboard again.Janine seemed to remember something and hurriedly stopped her. "Wait, what are you planning to do?"Sophia innocently pouted. "I'm helping you with the investigation. Don't tell me you won't cooperate when it's your turn? Is that so?"Janine asserted, "I will conduct the investigation in our company by myself."Sophia smiled, "Well, that's not acceptable. Our investigation doesn't count, and yours alone won't count either, right? It's fine. You're upright, so why not let everyone feel at ease by checking every person involved one by one, including our people?"She finished speaking and directly hacked into the surveillance network of Shaw C
Onyx was about to speak when he saw Sophia signaling him with her eyes. So, he immediately changed his tone and said, "I just came to see how your investigation is going."Elliot replied, "We are still investigating. Please, have a seat."Onyx looked puzzled again, glancing at Sophia. What did his mentor mean? Wasn't he here to help him? Why did he forbid him from speaking? Could it be that he wanted to give a surprise?Sophia continued to work on the computer, busy with the investigation. Checking a week's worth of footage would take some time, even with increased playback speed. After contemplating the matter, she thought that if someone had stolen the preliminary draft, they would have deleted the surveillance footage.She manipulated the controls and quickly discovered that one hour of surveillance from yesterday had been deleted from the logs. Huh? She found it. Deleting it didn't mean she couldn't do anything.She managed to restore the deleted surveillance after t
Elliot looked at Sophia. "Make a copy of the footage."Sophia responded.Janine was terrified. "What do you want to do?"Elliot smiled. "You breached the contract first and must bear all responsibilities for this incident. With this surveillance as evidence, it's clear that Edmund’s skin plagiarized ours. I must thank you. Otherwise, as you said, it would be challenging to defend the plagiarism charge."Janine instantly collapsed, but she regained her composure and said, "I can take responsibility for the losses caused by this incident, but you can't submit this surveillance footage as evidence!"Elliot coldly said, "If you do the crime, you should be ready to do the time. You should be prepared for this in a plan like yours!"But she wasn't prepared. Her plan was only about Sophia and Wylie. However, she ended up being thoroughly exposed.Janine sneered. "Wylie said you were heartless, and today, I finally see it. When Hamish found me to cooperate, I didn't want to, but I agree