“Are you trying to make me take the blame now?” Ye Qiu stared seriously at the crowd.
Silence followed.
Yu Bu scoffed, “At this point, you still want to argue?”
He had deleted everything; today, Ye Qiu had to be kicked out of the institute.
In Yu Bu’s disbelieving gaze, Ye Qiu frowned and sat down in front of the surveillance computer, typing away at the keyboard.
“Luckily, this insider’s skills are lacking, and I can recover the video and data.”
Ye Qiu said casually, glancing at Yu Bu.
“T-This isn’t good! If there’s surveillance, it’s doable,” Yu Bu said, tightening his grip under his sleeve. He noticed the strange looks from others and soon regained his composure.
Li Shu had long seen Yu Bu as unpleasant and remarked on his strange behavior, “Yu Bu, it’s just checking surveillance; why are you so nervous? Are you afraid they’ll catch you?”
“Stop slandering me! I’m more eager than anyone to find the insider!” Yu Bu forcefully tried to appear calm.
He was familiar with all the surveillance locations in the lab; he just had to remain calm, there was still a chance.
“How could there be surveillance? This is impossible!” Yu Bu pleaded, pulling at several people who had just vouched for him, but they all avoided him.
Now that the facts were laid bare, the insider was Yu Bu, who had been clamoring to find the traitor. How could they trust him again?
Ye Qiu explained, “This was set up when I arrived at the institute. It was approved because the experiments are crucial and shouldn’t go wrong.”
He didn’t finish his sentence; he didn’t expect Yu Bu, who had been there for so long, to be the one caught.
Li Shu looked at Yu Bu with disdain. “I never thought that after all the precautions, a family insider would be the hardest to guard against. No wonder you were so confident in slandering Ye Qiu; you had it all prepared.”
Yu Bu finally broke down, “This isn’t me! I don’t want to go to jail; I can make amends! I really can!”
Bringing such a huge loss to the institute meant he would definitely be taken to court and imprisoned; he couldn’t let his bright future end like this.
In the surveillance, during the time when the others were changing shifts, Yu Bu copied all the data in the lab onto a USB drive he carried with him and casually restored all computers to factory settings.
The scene of Yu Bu tossing the USB drive looked so relaxed; now his face was as pale as a ghost.
Xiao Weicai suddenly jumped out, lamenting, “Yu Bu, I have cared for you all this time; I didn’t expect you to betray us like this! Hand over what you have now, and for the sake of our past, I might let you off the hook.”
Hope sparkled in Yu Bu’s eyes upon hearing Xiao Weicai’s words as he immediately knelt before him.
“Professor, I’m sorry; give me another chance. I didn’t do it on purpose! My mother is ill and needs surgery; I really don’t have the money!”
Xiao Weicai lowered his head, not looking at anyone, appearing utterly devastated, convincing the police to take Yu Bu away.
Once the door closed, he looked up with tears in his eyes, “I really didn’t expect Yu Bu, who usually seems so honest, to privately engage in such treachery. Thank goodness Ye Qiu was here.”
“It’s fine; as long as everything is alright, I was just anxious since it involved the institute.”
“How could a mere junior researcher get…?”
Wang Chengde pulled Li Shu back, reminding him that this matter should only be briefly touched upon.
Moreover, with so many watching, Xiao Weicai had given him a way out; they couldn’t overreach now.
The institute sent Yu Bu to the police station. What happened inside was unknown, but the Haicheng Institute withdrew its previously published report on the theft of research results.
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What nonsense is “Pride of Huaguo”? Has Weibo gone mad? Who suddenly decided to be proud?
Xiang Yuanyuan spat her drink out in shock, “Y-Ye, Ye Qiu?”
Could it be the person she was thinking of?
She clicked in, and upon closer inspection, this world suddenly felt very unfamiliar.
【Who will wake me up? Someone who hasn’t graduated from university at twenty can enter the Imperial Capital Institute?】
【What’s trending… Has levitation technology been cracked?】
【Am I the only one looking forward to a hover car? The content of my childhood essay is finally about to be realized?】
Lu Chen, who hadn’t seen his boyfriend in a month, sighed, leaning on his bed and staring at his phone.
Ever since his boyfriend entered the institute, they could only message or video chat; how could he endure this?
Xiang Yuanyuan suddenly shouted, “Your boyfriend is on the trending list!”
“Huh?” Lu Chen looked confused; there were only the two of them in the dorm.
Ye Qiu?
“Lu Chen! How come you didn’t tell me your boyfriend entered the Imperial Capital Institute? The youngest researcher there is so impressive!”
“Stay low-key; stay low-key.”
Inwardly, Lu Chen was feeling smug: great talent indeed lives in solitude like snow.
Then, “Ah! My boyfriend invited me to their celebration banquet.”
Holding his phone, Lu Chen dashed out, suddenly remembering something, returning to his room with clothes to try in front of the mirror.
“Is this outfit too plain? This one is too formal, right?”
Xiang Yuanyuan: Who just said to stay low-key?
At Dijing University,
“Look, isn’t this Ye Qiu on Weibo that scumbag from our school who cheated before?”
“It really is him! There were rumors that he entered the police station, but no one expected that he had gone to the research institute all this time.”
“Pft, maybe it’s just a namesake.”
Eventually, it was Ye Qiu who found Lu Chen, who had spent an hour trying on clothes in the dorm. They wore coordinated brown coats, subtly showcasing their affection.
By the time they arrived at the venue, everyone was already there.
The place for the researchers’ celebration was naturally not shabby; they had booked a private room at a nice restaurant nearby.
Aside from Lu Chen, who was asked to drink tea by Ye Qiu, everyone else had liquor in their cups.
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