They didn't know what to say. All they could do was to see how she dealt with it. For a moment, the
office was quiet.
Alice seemed to be caught in a dilemma. Sometimes she frowned; sometimes her knitted brows
became smooth; sometimes she put her hand on her forehead.
Seeing her behavior, Lily felt worried for her. She was still considering what she should do to him since
Ken had already betrayed her!
When Lily was about to say something, Alice seemed to have thought it through. A touch of firmness
appeared on her face, and then she picked up the telephone at hand and directly dialed.
The phone was soon connected.
"Ken, how's the investigation going?" She tried to make her tone sound as calm as possible.
"Things are getting tricky." Ken said, "The organizers can only determine whether one is a plagiarist
during the time of handing in the draft. You know that, after all, the original draft you submitted is a
week later than the other. And the police can't find evidence to prove your innocence."
Then she heard his voice on the phone. A sneer curled the corners of her lips, and her eyes fell on the
document given to her by Lily.
"Do you mean that I have to be convicted of plagiarism?"
"Mrs. Alice, we can't make a conclusion now. I trust you and I will try my best to find evidence..."
"Ken, come back." She continued in a cold voice, "You have worked so hard these days. You have
been busy outside for me. I have something to tell you, but I can't make it clear to you in a short time.
Come to my office directly after you go to the company."
After a few simple words, she hang up the phone in dejection. She originally wanted to call him and
have a try, but she didn't expect to hear these words.
He was still lying, thinking that he could hide the truth from everyone. The organizers could only be
judged according to the sequence of documents submitted, and the police couldn't find any evidence to
prove her innocence. It was nonsense!
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She leaned back in the chair, frowned and
closed her eyes. It seemed that she was unwilling to accept such a fact.
Well, how many people would be willing to accept the fact that the person she had always trusted
betrayed her? There were no such kind of saints in the world.
"Aunt, you don't have to be mad." Lily tried to persuade her. "He is a heartless man. If he betrays you
and cheats on you, you don't have to feel sad for him."
"You are too young to understand many things." Leaning against the back of the chair, Alice opened
her eyes and looked at the ceiling in the office, with resignation in her eyes. "I have always believed in
him. Moreover, he is capable and has a high comprehension. He is good at design and knows a lot of
things. I really put all my heart on training him, but I didn't expect..."
While speaking, she suddenly stopped. After a long pause, she heaved a sigh and continued, "But he
did such a thing. It's all in vain for me to take care of him all these years."
"People know who you are, but not the heart." Eric said, "Aunt, what are you going to do with him?"
"Ah." She sighed again. "Let's wait for him to go back to the company first."
Judging from the tone of her voice, they could tell that she couldn't be ruthless to him.
Lily and Eric glanced at each other, and knew what was going on.
Waiting for someone was a torment for everyone. Of course, this was only for Alice, Lily and Eric felt
nothing.
Half an hour later, when the door of the office opened, everyone turned around and saw Ken.
The atmosphere changed subtly. Eric and Lily sat still on the sofa and looked at him quietly.
On the other hand, sitting at her desk, the smile on her face suddenly froze the moment she saw him.
Alice looked at Ken with sharp eyes.
"Mrs. Alice..." Ken also felt the weird atmosphere. He glanced at Eric and Lily. He felt a sense of
indescribability in his heart. He wanted to escape, but he had to go inside with a scalp.
"Is there anything else happened that you want me to come back?"
But Alice didn't reply him. Instead, she kept her eyes on him. He walked a step forward, and her eyes
followed his steps closely as if she could see him through.
With her eyes fixed on him, he gradually felt a little scared. He had never met a woman like her in such
a condition. It was the first time since he had followed her for so long.
"Mrs. Alice… Why are you looking at me like that? Do you have something to tell me?" He sounded
tentatively and even his eyes were tentatively.
He used to call her President Song. But later on, because of her care and help for him, and her trust
and cultivation, he changed his address to her.
Hearing this, she suddenly smiled, but there was a little coldness in her smile. "Yes, I have something
to tell you, but I want to hear it from you first."
Her question took him by surprise. He stood there in amazement and didn't know what to do. Due to
diffidence or something else, he slightly averted his eyes and dared not look at her directly in Alice's
eyes. His hands were even in a daze.
"Mrs. I don't understand what you mean." He was still trying to pretend to be calm as he said.
Seeing his behavior, she didn't get anxious at all. Instead, she asked in a peaceful tone, "What kind of
person am I in your eyes?"
"You are a good person, of course." He blurted out, "You are kind to me. You encouraged me,
cultivated me and gave me a platform. Without you, I couldn't have gotten where I am today."
Huh…
Hearing these words, a trace of sneer flashed across her eyes. If what he said was true, then why did
he betray her?
"Really?" She asked coldly, tapping the table unconsciously.
She seldom played this little trick. Noticing it, Ken got nervous at once, which was a sign before she got
angry.
"Of course, you are my friend, Mrs. Alice..."
"Don't call me that!" She had given him several chances to tell the truth, but he still didn't change his
mind and pretended that he didn't know. She didn't want to be intimate with him any more.
"Ken, I think you know better than anyone else how my competitors got my sketches, don't you?" It
seemed to be a question, but her tone was very sure.
Hearing that, Ken was almost stunned, but then he put on an innocent look. "Are you suspecting me?"
"I'm not suspecting..." Then she stood up and picked up the documents sent over by Lily. She walked in
front of Ken, threw them to his face and said, "Of course! Look at them. Do you think you are doing the
right thing for me?"
Completely stunned, although he couldn't see clearly the paper, the reality in front of him told him that
the matter had been exposed and the evidence had also been found.
He didn't dare to look up at the expression on her face at the moment. He could only look down at the
ground and involuntarily grabbed his trouser legs with his hands falling on both sides.
He saw what on the paper that fell on his face. It was not words, but image pictures. Although the
characters in the pictures were not clear, he could recognize the person.
"What else do you want to say? Huh?" Looking at his silent face, Alice questioned.
Still keeping his head down, Ken bit his lips and looked up at her in shame. "Mrs. Alice, I'm sorry."
She looked at him coldly for quite a while before she continued, "I want to know the reason."
After saying that, she turned back to her desk and sat down again, looking up at him.
"I... I..." Perhaps it was because of shame or something else that he still didn't tell her, "I'm not a human
being and I always cheat on you."
"You don't want to tell me?" Alice raised her eyebrows and looked at him.
Ken shook his head.
After that, she stopped asking, and received no response from Ken. The room fell into silence again.
Lily and Eric, who had been observing the situation, looked at each other.
"Money, power, name and interests." Eric said flatly, "Among these four things, they can only give you
money and profit at present. Maybe in the near future, when they have a higher position in the design
circle, they will also give you a little fame, but it is too far away."
Upon hearing that, Ken turned to look at Eric subconsciously.
"Don't look at me. I did have these evidences found." Eric admitted frankly, "You just need to nod, or tell
us yourself, are you doing it for money or profit?"
Ken's eyes darkened. He did not know Eric. In his eyes, Eric was still a child, but he had to admit that
he was a very scheming person. Otherwise, how could he get the evidence for the secret he had done
and speak with a strong tone. He said were right.
In the end, Ken chose to admit it. He did it for money and profit, and unreachable fame, because they
had promised him that as long as he brought down Alice, her company would be transferred to him.
When she got the answer, she closed her eyes for a few seconds and then opened them again. "You
can go now and complete the resignation procedures."
In astonishment, Ken raised his head and looked at Alice. He didn't expect that she would let him go so
easily.
However, Alice didn't want to see him anymore. She waved him to leave.
He looked at her with a little gratitude and then turned away, in order to show his respect in the
company. She let him left quietly without making everyone know that he was the traitor.
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