Shi Ningkai lifted his foot to take a step toward Mulan when Xie Zi Han blocked his way. Even the cold of the Arctic couldn’t match the frostiness in his gaze.
"Where the hell do you think you are going?" He asked in an extrely low whisper.
"Where am I going? Why do you care? This isn’t the first ti I am eting your accomplished CEO daughter. Right, Miss. Xie?"
Mulan smiled. "I don’t know what you are talking about and I know you are probably targeting because I am your old colleague’s daughter? But it’s not going to work."
He sneered. "Wow. So fine actress you are."
"There won’t be a head on your shoulders anymore if you don’t stop dragging my daughter into this."
"Aww, you love her so much. It’s so emotional. But do you even know what your dearest and innocent daughter has been doing behind the curtains? You accuse of betraying the code yet you are feeding a snake in your own family who has been doing nothing but play with your trust-"
His face got knocked over to the side as a vicious punch landed on his cheek.
"Stop saying shit about my daughter or I will kill you here myself!"
"Dad!"
Mulan cried and jumped to grab his arm, dragging him back. "Forget about him! He is just trying to provoke you!"
Shi Ningkai wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and chuckled. "Oh, I hit a nerve, didn’t I? Typical fatherly instinct. You always were like that, Xie. You look for enemies everywhere except the one under your nose."
"Keep talking," Xie Zi Han growled, "and you will lose your tongue next."
"Oh, I will," he said, his voice leaking with mockery. "But first, let ask, how much do you really know about your precious daughter’s empire? About her ga?"
Why the hell is he dragging into this!? Mulan gritted her teeth and wished she could slit his throat once and for all.
Yet she maintained her composure. "I don’t understand what you an."
"Oh, I think you do," Shi Ningkai sneered. "Your father here thinks that his dearest daughter is so innocent but does he know that it’s you who had approached first?"
She stiffened.
"You have been parading around as the CEO of Survival Gas, inspiring young minds. Very bold and encouraging. But do you know what’s not bold? The reports of young teenagers lying in hospitals who can’t tell the difference between the real world and your virtual one, who have lost their minds because you have been sucking their sanity through your vicious ga."
"That’s absurd!" Mulan snapped, though her voice shook slightly. "What the hell do you even know about my ga?"
"What do I know? Your whole ga was built upon my ’dical guidance.’ You wanted to develop a technology that could destroy the cognitive functions of a brain. It made them more aggressive and violent. It made them out of control. In fact, one of your ga levels is based on She. The new She which I built. I got many followers thanks to your ga addiction," he sneered.
"It was who helped you build your precious testing program. The neural reward simulations, the cognitive loop triggers, those were my ideas, Miss Xie. You just marketed them like they were innocent entertainnt and this engagent party here was nothing more than a farce for you to get investors lined up for your ga - which by the way, you got this golden chance on your plate because of my connection with Hou Tengqi."
A sharp silence fell over the hall.
"You have completely lost your freaking mind!" Xie Zi Han grabbed his collar, but Jia stopped him this ti.
"Please stop, Mr. Xie!"
"Ask this man to stop spouting nonsense first!"
Mulan forced a calm smile. "You are delusional, Dr. Shi. I don’t even know you. You are just trying to drag down with your cris. I have my able assistant with , Li Beiye, who has personally worked with on the project. She can lift any nonsense delusions you have about my ga."
She turned to look at Beiye, slightly squinting her eyes at her. "Co here, Beiye."
Beiye was standing quietly in the background. Her plan was to stay in the background until her plan would be set in motion. The plan was quite straightforward where once Yong would create a scene about the Hou family’s involvent with Nuwa’s disappearance, the story would gradually unfold to expose Shi Ningkai, who was the common link between Hou family and Mulan.
The curtain would then co into Mulan, but the unexpected tide of this story ca to be Shi Ningkai exposing Mulan himself. There were no signs of growing friction between them that he would choose to walk all over her and betray her. Never in her wildest imagination did she think that Shi Ningkai would so easily point fingers at her. That was like fifty percent of the work done in her favor right there. The stars were really in a bad place for Mulan.
"Beiye, you have your laptop with you, right? You can show the backend working of our ga."
Shi Ningkai sneered. "Do you take for a fool? Of course, you would have sugarcoated your code."
Beiye silently ca forward and opened her laptop. She plugged in a small usb stick and booted on a folder. She navigated through so inner folders and clicked twice on a video file. The video sprang to life that showed a recording of a hospital ward.
Mulan’s eyes widened. "What is this video, Beiye? I told you to open the presentation deck."
"Is there a problem with this video, Mam?" She asked without any emotion.
Mulan stared at her, stunned. "Wrong? You are opening the wrong file! Why are you wasting ti with this?"
"Wasting ti...?" She dropped a gaze at the image and then looked back at her. "Looking at my comatose brother feels like a waste of ti for you?"
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