Chapter 8 If He Wasn't So Proud, He Wouldn't Be the Demon King 2
This is too much! What does this mean? If I continue to hide behind Xia Senshi, I will be a puppy! I know the truth, how can I be timid and not dare to speak out at this time?
I jumped out and loudly accused Ji Feibai: "Everything you just said is a lie! Your design was stolen! I dare to guarantee with my life that this nano lizard robot was designed by Xia Senshi! You stole his design and published it in advance! Don't believe his words, these are all lies!"
Xia Senshi grabbed my arm and signaled me not to say anything more.
But I was really angry.
We cannot be kept in the dark. If this design is so great, then all the credit for it should go to Xia Senshi. That’s only fair!
Everyone's expressions wavered and I heard some whispers.
"Who is this girl? She looks familiar!"
"Have you forgotten? She is Xia Senshi's only assistant!"
"Oh, her name is Yan Dingding, right? Can you believe what she said?"
"I'm not sure, but I also think that the robot that Ji Feibai suddenly released is a bit strange. I remember that his previous research direction was not this..."
"Alas, research direction and invention are different. You'd better stop talking nonsense."
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The questioning remarks did not ferment in the end, and everyone remained quiet.
I grabbed someone at random and anxiously explained: "That nano lizard robot is definitely Xia Senshi's work! Ji Feibai is a thief!"
Everyone started to talk in low voices again, but no one seemed to believe what I said.
I anxiously looked for help at the director who was like a statue on the stage. But he just pursed his lips and stared at me sternly.
"Xia Senshi, Xia Senshi, say something! They don't believe me, but if you show me the design draft, they will definitely believe it!" I turned my head and shook Xia Senshi's arm, but he seemed to be made of ice and didn't move at all.
After a while, he persuaded me to give up in a voice that couldn't be any lower: "It's useless, you don't have to help me."
My scalp tingled. For the first time, I felt so helpless. How could this be? Was it useless to tell the truth?
Ji Feibai laughed strangely. He looked at me viciously, no longer as gentle as before. He said, "Yan Dingding, you just said that you dare to use your life to guarantee it? Hahaha, don't you feel ashamed to say such childish things in front of a group of scientists? How can life be used as evidence? Where is your evidence? Take it out and show it to everyone!"
The evidence...the evidence is Xia Senshi’s original design!
I searched in Xia Senshi's pocket, but even if I took out his phone, I couldn't open it. Rouwan's big eyes rolled around, looking at me guiltily. I immediately understood that Rouwan must have tried to eat Xia Senshi's phone and broke it...
What should I do? What should I do? Without the design draft, what evidence do I have? How can people believe us?
Xia Senshi shook his head imperceptibly. Even at this moment, he didn't seem to be panicked at all, which was completely different from the crazy me.
At this time, the director sighed and said, "It is undeniable that inventions and creations are strikingly similar, but the time of publication largely determines who is the owner. If you can't produce decent evidence, you really can't just say it's plagiarism."
This... can't be true? The robot shown on the screen is exactly the same as the one in Xia Senshi's design!
Seeing that I was speechless, Ji Feibai laughed even more wildly.
"If you talk nonsense without any evidence, I can sue you for defamation, Miss Yan Dingding." He sighed hypocritically, "It's a pity that you rejected my kindness and chose Xia Senshi. In this case, you can't blame others, right? But why did you choose to follow Xia Senshi, but couldn't be loyal to ?"
I asked curiously, "What do you mean by that?"
Xia Senshi, who asked the same question as me, also said, "What do you mean?"
Ji Feibai smiled maliciously, winked at Xia Senshi meaningfully, and said, "As a last gift before leaving, Xia Senshi, this is a kind reminder. Not everyone can be recruited as an assistant, especially in a field like ours. Assistants still need reliable people, right?"
I'm really going crazy.
What is Ji Feibai talking about? Is he a devil? Why can he say such confusing things?
"Ji Feibai, shut up! Are you saying I'm unreliable?"
I was horrified to find that everyone was looking at me strangely, with a hint of hostility, as if I were really a leaker.
Oh my God, would they rather believe Ji Feibai than me?
Ji Feibai patted his clothes in a pretentious manner and said, "Everyone still remembers Yu Li, right? He was the one who was not selected last year and repeatedly came to the institute to cause trouble. Recently, I found that he tried to sneak into the institute several times, and the person who contacted him every time was Yan Dingding! If I hadn't caught him every time, I don't know how many of you here have had your results plagiarized! Yan Dingding, are you afraid that I will expose you, so you are the first to accuse me of plagiarizing Xia Senshi's research results? Then your little calculation is wrong, because I said the truth. Just check the surveillance video at the door, and then it will be clear who is lying!"
The crowd immediately became agitated.
"What? That Yu Li again? I actually saw him wandering outside."
"How about we check out the surveillance video?"
"Hush...see what they say."
Only then did I realize that when a cunning guy wants to trick you, you can never escape from his grasp.
"I didn't! I did meet Yu Li a few times, but I didn't come here to meet him. Neither of us stole anything! The camera... the camera is not a god!"
It's over, Yan Dingding, now everyone in Hanamachi Research Institute regards you as a public enemy, right? You can tell by the look in their eyes.
I was too weak to say anything back, but Ji Feibai still hadn't said he was done.
"Xia Senshi, I think you may still have some doubts, that is, will the person who lives with you day and night really betray you? Then I will kindly remind you again, I know a secret that no one else knows. Do you want to know? You must be very interested, 'Firefly Forest'?"
When I heard Ji Feibai call Xia Sen "Firefly Forest", I turned around in horror, and when I saw Xia Sen, I shook involuntarily. The calmness in my dark eyes faded away, revealing dangerous reefs.
The director heard it, too. He stepped forward and said sternly, "'Firefly Forest'? Xia Senshi, you dare to lie to me and even secretly draw comics under this pen name?"
Xia Senshi ignored the director. He squinted at me and pursed his thin lips tightly. This was a truly indifferent expression I had never seen before.
This was a secret that only Xia Senshi and I understood, but everyone present saw Xia Senshi's shocked expression, and they immediately confirmed the information that "Yan Dingding is a traitor". Everyone looked at me with disgust, as if I would pollute the Hanamachi Research Institute if I stayed for one more second.
No, Xia Senshi, only you, only you can't think like this!
"It's not me! It's not me! Xia Senshi, you have to believe me, it's really not... I don't know how he knew, but it's not me, it's not me!"
But my words were like a pebble thrown into the sea, failing to cause a ripple. No one wanted to listen, and no one cared.
After being silent for several seconds, the stagnant air began to flow again.
Ji Feibai straightened his suit and walked off the stage. He said goodbye to the director in a very graceful manner, then walked slowly towards Xia Senshi and me.
When he passed by Xia Senshi, he patted Xia Senshi on the shoulder and said, "I wish you good luck. What happened in the past is in the past, please don't mind it. Although we won't work together in the future, there will still be a chance for us to meet."
Xia Senshi twitched the corner of his mouth indifferently, then calmly raised his hand to slap Ji Feibai's hand away without even looking at him.
I was so angry that I didn't know where I got the strength from. I rushed forward regardless of anything and slapped Ji Feibai hard, shouting, "Ji Feibai, you evil villain! Not a single word you said is true! How could you do this! Ji Feibai, you are just a clown who is trying to attract attention! No matter how much you frame me, it's useless. Your invention is plagiarized from Xia Senshi!"
Xia Senshi said in an extremely cold tone: "Yan Dingding, that's enough."
I didn't react for a moment, but his cold expression easily broke my last psychological defense: "Xia Senshi, you... told me... to shut up?"
He said without hesitation: "Yan Dingding, you can leave now. You don't have to come back. I don't want to see you."
One second, two seconds...
In his eyes, I saw myself in disarray, with two dirty tear marks on my cheeks, so ugly that it made people feel distressed.
It was not until then that I realized that the clown in their eyes was me.
If you want me to leave, what reason do I have to stay?
