Seeing Philip and the reactions of everyone below the stage, Quentin's smile remained unchanged. But his eyes were cold.
He stared directly at Celeste. "That's right. Everyone knows this is impossible, don't they? But someone actually did it."
He emphasized the words "actually did it" one by one, the sarcasm in both his expression and tone completely undisguised.
At this point, everyone naturally understood what Quentin was implying. He was telling them that Celeste had used improper means to enter YodaVision.
That she wasn't actually as outstanding as everyone believed. That the papers she had published weren't truly her own work.
Whether Celeste was really as talented as everyone thought didn't matter much to outsiders, as long as it didn't affect their collaborations.
But if the papers Celeste published had actually been written by Matthias himself—or had been written by someone else on her behalf—then it would involve academic fraud.
And that was a completely different matter.
Someone couldn't help saying, "Actually, when Celeste's first paper was published, there were already people online questioning her capabilities. Many people suspected that Matthias had written it for her to promote his girlfriend.
"But a lot of people also felt that Matthias wouldn't be foolish enough to do something like that. After all, he's a student of Mr. Newman. If things became serious, it wouldn't just affect him—even Mr. Newman would be impacted to some extent."
"Exactly."
Previously, everyone had believed Matthias couldn't possibly be reckless enough to do something like that. But now…
After hearing all of this, if everything they had just heard was true, then perhaps Matthias writing papers for Celeste wasn't completely impossible anymore.
As for Celeste, they truly hadn't expected her to be this ambitious, or to use such underhanded methods.
Indeed, a person couldn't be judged by appearance alone.
At that moment, someone couldn't help commenting. "So there was actually this kind of history between Matthias, Celeste, and Wynn. No wonder Philip found it strange earlier.
"YodaVision and Fleming Group have clearly worked together for such a long time, and their cooperation has always gone smoothly, yet Mr. Fleming and Matthias have always seemed distant. They barely interacted outside of work."

Finally, his gaze returned to Matthias. "Mr. Yoder, you really are quite protective of her."
Matthias's eyes were unwavering. His tone was equally firm. "Of course."
The crowd below erupted in another wave of surprised exclamations.
To be honest, everyone had expected Matthias to deny it. After all, if he admitted it, there would be no way to salvage the situation.
Quentin understood this as well.

Or perhaps, disappointed.


Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The Breaking Point of Love (Celeste and Trevor)
Somehow i am relieved today to see no updates than to be disappointed with yet another irritating show of everyone else's POV but the main characters...
I know everyone will not agree with me and I also know that Trevor is a trash and all but I want Trevor and Celeste to get back together. They should be the end game and for that to happen Trevor should start working hard for that second chance....
So we're going to go on for another 15 chapter's about jordan's temper tantrum with neither of the parents asking her what's wrong..stop milking it. The only reason i'm still reading is because i cant leave a book unfinished. What I'm pissed about is the book started with promise and turned into a circus....
The story should just come to an end and the writer should give their reader the closure they deserve. There's no point in keeping the story going. It's been the same since the start. Not has changed. The initial story plot was, that Celeste and Trevor are getting devorce and still after 800 + chapter, they are still heading for a devorce....
Don’t Shaws and Lockets reflect ever on themselves? Every difficult situation, they look forward to Wynn to ask for Trevor to help. Initially the focus of the novel was on how Wynn is so accomplished blah blah and now - she is just a useless person, incapable of anything. Irritating storyline...
I'm starting to get bored and I can't predict exactly where the story is headed....
Beck being the only actual adult to ask a child what’s wrong...
Can we get to the point its stagnant and I am unimpressed,I don't care about the company being in trouble nor the inner thoughts of others. Come on now....
Its a good thing both jordan parents are loaded. They going to spend a lot for Jordan therapy. 😂...
Wynn has no shame. And keeping the staff well beyond their work hours is an a-hole move....