Chapter 40
After a long time, a childish but deep voice finally came from the other end of the line. “Mom, why are you calling me?”
“George, only you can help me now. I’ve run out of options…”
Dew covered her lips, and her tears kept falling.
She said in a sobbing tone, “Someone is viciously attacking Daugherty Corporation. There’s tons of negative news about Daugherty Corporation on the Internet now. The corporation’s stock prices have also dropped to the minimum now. If this progresses, the company will need to announce bankruptcy…”
While she spoke, there were audible tapping sounds from the keyboard on the other end of the line.
A while later, the deep voice could be heard again. “Mom, Daugherty Corporation has a lot of wealth, so it won’t go bankrupt just because of this. All the negative rumors on the Internet now are based on a fifty-four-second surveillance video. Mom, may I know if you’re the person in the video?”
“It’s not me… Why would it be me?” Dew instinctively started to deny it.
“Someone purposely made that fake video to take down the Daugherty family!”
“Really?”
Tapping sounds on the keyboard rang out again. The deep voice had a cold quality to it. “There are no traces of manual edits on the surveillance video. Mom, why are you lying?”
Dew suddenly panicked.
Why did she forget that George was way more intelligent than a normal person? she must have been blinded by anger. She had actually lied to George.
She took a deep breath, “I’m sorry, George. I didn’t mean to lie to you. Your grandpa forced me to do this, so I had no choice … I was afraid that you would misunderstand me for being a cruel and vicious woman, so I dared not admit it. George, help me delete the video, okay?”
“Wait.”
After George uttered that word, he did not speak anymore,
He sat in front of his computer and stared at the screen with his black eyes.
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