Such arrogance and malice.
If I were Lily, I would have been heartbroken by now.
11
Mr. Thompson finally noticed the unusual transaction history on Lucas’s bank card.
That day, Mrs. Thompson invited our whole family to their house to apologize for Lucas’s behavior.
Mrs. Thompson bought a set of jewelry from an auction to give to me.
I accepted it with a smile.
Lucas rolled his eyes at me behind her back.
I couldn’t be bothered with him and just lowered my head to adjust the bracelet on my wrist.
It was at this moment that Mr. Thompson returned.
He angrily threw a stack of papers in Lucas’s face:
“Where did all your money go!”
Lucas grabbed a piece of paper and answered dissatisfied: “What’s wrong with me paying medical bills for my girlfriend’s brother?”
Mr. Thompson’s anger deepened: “Do you know who her brother is? Felix! Do you remember who Felix is?”
“The poor student you paralyzed!”
Lucas’s gaze froze, and then he shouted: “Impossible!”
Mr. Thompson took out a few more papers and slammed them on Lucas’s head.
Lucas crouched down to pick them up, and a few seconds later he suddenly stood up and rushed out the door.
Amidst Mr. Thompson’s roars, I opened Twitter.
The trending topics had already been dominated by Lucas.
#ThompsonHeir_SchoolBullying#
#Lucas_BullyingCaused Disability#
#Melissa Thompson_CoveringUpForNephew#
Mrs. Thompson hadn’t yet reacted to the scene that had just unfolded and was still standing there in a daze.
I patted my parents‘ shoulders, stood up and bowed to Mrs. Thompson:
“Mrs. Thompson, we have something to attend to. You take care of things here first, we’ll come visit another time.”
Then I turned and walked out of the Thompson house.
I had already arranged for this matter to be exposed today, so I agreed to come to the Thompson house today, actually to watch the show.
It was indeed a good show.
I bought the trending topics, but all the exposés were posted by Lily.
The evidence wasn’t just the recording from that day, but also Felix’s disability certificate and medical records from that time, and even
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anonymous revelations from our classmates of that year.
It solidly nailed Lucas’s violent actions and his aunt’s cover–up behavior at the time.
Twitter now was like an orchard, full of juicy gossip everywhere.
I handed my phone to my mom.
She looked at it for a moment, patted her chest, looking like she had just escaped a disaster:
“Thankfully he proposed to break off the engagement himself, otherwise our Rachel would be getting scolded along with him now.”
12
I only knew that Lily was somewhat ruthless.
But when I heard that she had turned Lucas’s company’s vice president against him, stolen the company’s confidential documents, and even reported the company for tax evasion.
I still had to marvel, Lily was also a tough character, just a bit legally ignorant.
For several days in a row, Lucas’s figure appeared in the trending topics.
Then Lucas did something that shocked everyone.
He sued Lily, saying he wanted to reclaim all the expenses he had previously spent on her.
And he also sued Lily for stealing trade secrets.
If she couldn’t pay back the money, she would just become a deadbeat, but stealing trade secrets was a crime.
But Lucas produced the office surveillance video, which clearly showed Lily and the vice president’s faces.
This surveillance was originally set up to guard against me, but unexpectedly it was used on Lily.
This fool Lucas probably never imagined that Lily, whom he saw as a lowly person, would give him the heaviest blow.
At this moment, I was sitting across from Lucas, and he was about to sign that merger agreement.
After Lucas started trending, I didn’t even need to make any more moves, netizens spontaneously began to denounce Lucas.
After all, such a malicious incident occurring in a high school, an ivory tower, even though it had been several years, still touched everyone’s bottom line.
Under the influence of public opinion, the Thompson family’s reputation plummeted, and their stock price also fell all the way.
Even my high school was criticized on trending topics because of Lucas’s aunt.
Lucas’s clothing brand was boycotted, and his company was about to go through bankruptcy proceedings.
Mr. Thompson was overwhelmed and refused to clean up the mess for Lucas.
At this point, I proposed to acquire Lucas’s company. If he didn’t want to face lawsuits, then he would have to work under me in the future.
After all the twists and turns, Lucas was still under my control.
As he picked up the pen, he asked me:
“We’re friends after all, can’t you show some mercy?”
“You can still consider investing in me now, I’ll work hard.”
I was speechless for a moment, then burst out laughing:
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“Friends? Why didn’t you think about us being friends when you came to disrupt my birthday party?”
“Invest in you? What do you have worth investing in? Is it your face or your body or your so–called talent that’s like shit? Has Mr. Thompson cleaned up your mess so many times that you really think it’s your own talent supporting your company? How have you become more and more ridiculously stupid?”
“Do you understand your family’s current situation? Even if, taking a huge step back, I married you, even if I kept a mistress outside, your dad would only give you a slap and tell you to serve me well, understand?”
I’ve always been tolerant, and Lucas had never been scolded by me with harsh words.
The fallen young master, hearing my words, turned red with anger and was about to curse at me.
I knocked on the table:
“Hurry up and sign. You and Lily still have a lot to deal with.”
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Lily was arrested for the crime of infringing on trade secrets.
She specifically asked to see me.
