Chapter 424 - Chapter 424: Chapter 269: Almost Driven Crazy! _2 (1/2)
Chapter 424: Chapter 269: Almost Driven Crazy! _2
She continued to ask, “What happened, was there an immediate judgement, did Lin Chuan appeal for a second trial?”
Suddenly!
Yu Qin’s smile froze on her face, her brows furrowed, and she slowly turned her head to look at Lucas.
Lucas was smiling, but when he met Yu Qin’s gaze, he sensed something was amiss, his expression changed, and he asked, “Yu, what’s happened?”
“We lost.”
Yu Qin’s mouth slightly agape, she incredulously uttered these four words.
“Ah?”
Lucas’s eyes widened, he felt a buzzing in his ears as if he hadn’t heard clearly, and he quickly confirmed again, “We lost?”
Yu Qin did not answer, her face filled with confusion.
“How could we lose?” Lucas repeatedly asked, “Could the Anling Court dare disregard international public opinion and blatantly favor, oh no, protect Lin Chuan? This is a grave taboo!”
Initially, they had invested a significant amount of money and hired countless paid commentators to ensure the topic ‘Web Novel Writer Lin Chuan Infringes Sania Weapons Company Rights’ had a very high level of discussion.
It was all to exert pressure on the court with international public opinion.
But now?
They received news that they lost?
Lucas could hardly believe it!
Thump thump thump!
Just as the two in the office had fallen silent and hadn’t yet managed to contemplate further, the sound of knocking rushed into their ears, very urgent.
Outside, stood his secretary, dressed in a fetching OL outfit that emphasized her curvy frame, with long legs in black stockings, especially pleasing to the eye yet equally draining.
However,
Lucas saw her but felt inexplicably irritable and snapped, “Don’t you see I’m busy?”
“General manager! Urgent!!!”
The secretary did not back down from Lucas’s imminent outburst, instead, she continued reporting.
She knew if she didn’t report this matter timely, her job would pretty much be over, and she might also suffer torment from Lucas.
“What is it, quickly!” Lucas waved his hand impatiently.
“It’s… it’s about Steve.” The secretary, looking at Lucas who was on the brink of exploding, said nervously, “After the court session ended, Steve was taken away.”
“What?!”
Both Yu Qin and Lucas almost simultaneously turned, their piercing gazes shooting towards the secretary as if to devour her.
The secretary immediately shrank back, her throat dry, “Steve was taken away by special police!”
Yu Qin stood up immediately and walked quickly to the secretary, knocking over the champagne on the desk in the process, shattering the glass all over the floor.
She asked directly, “Where did you get this information?”
Lucas followed immediately, leaping over the couch, demanding from the secretary, “You better clarify immediately, your source of information, and the full details of the incident!”
The secretary, intimidated by their presence, stiffly handed over the tablet she had been holding all along, “Here… it’s here.”
Lucas snatched the tablet.
The tablet wasn’t turned off, a video was playing on it.
Yu Qin ignored the secretary, her eyes fixed intensely on the video.
In the video, large yellow letters on the screen — Plaintiff in Web Writer Copyright Infringement Case Suspected of Stealing Tech Results from the National Weapons Research Institute, Its Representative Taken Away on the Spot!
In between was the visual footage.
A spirited middle-aged man stood to the right in front of a special police van, holding a microphone with ‘Anling Daily’ written on it.
A young girl’s voice came through, “I am An Yang from Anling Daily, I would like to interview you about Steve’s arrest, may I?”
“Yes,” the middle-aged man answered.
“Leader, thank you for accepting the interview during your busy schedule. Steve, as the plaintiff in the ‘Web Writer Copyright Infringement Case’, does he have criminal behavior?” the young girl’s voice came again.
The leader, smiling, said, “Sania Weapons Research Company, suspected of collaborating with hacker organization AW, broke into the National Weapons Research Institute’s internal network, carrying out a six-year theft of technological research achievements, so, we will have Steve come with us to assist in the investigation.”
The video ended there.
Yu Qin’s eyes looked vacantly at Lucas.
Lucas, almost as if in sync, stared blankly back at Yu Qin.
Their minds both blanked for a moment.
Sania had broken into the National Weapons Research Institute’s internal network, committing a six-year theft of technological research achievements?
This!
What on earth was this about?
Yu Qin grabbed the tablet, watching it over and over again, watched it no fewer than ten times, still feeling as though it was all a dream.