Chapter 8
The police naturally did not favor either side.
No one questioned my handling at the scene.
Only Dad and Elijah, in unison, refused my request to call the police.
“Call the police? Penelope, don’t you think today’s joke was enough? Are you determined to disgrace the Hart family?”
“Do you know what the consequences would be once the news from the scene gets out?! You cannot
afford to bear them!”
I sneered at the two of them.
“I just suggested calling the police, why are you all so scared? Are you afraid that I will find out Phoebe’s plan was plagiarized, or are you afraid that I will uncover an even bigger case?”
A trace of panic flashed in Dad’s eyes.
“You troublemaker! What nonsense are you talking about!”
“This plan was written by your sister!”
I took the opportunity to secretly call the police on my phone while they were not paying attention.
Sent another message to that person.
Just as I looked up, Elijah came striding towards me.
He grabbed my neck and dragged me to the computer.
“Search! If you can’t find Phoebe’s plan, don’t even think about taking a step out of here!”
Just at that moment, Phoebe, who had been unconscious, woke up.
She walked weakly to my side and took the mouse to click a few times on the computer.
Soon, a draft of the plan appeared on the big screen.
Tears of grievance swirled in her eyes, and she sobbed as she spoke, “Penelope, I know you didn’t believe that I could come up with a solution on my own, but this was the process I started thinking about, and I have documented it all. The plan is based on this.”
I looked at the screen, but it displayed the text I had written a week ago on the plane.
Before I could even speak, the shareholders‘ curses had already overwhelmed me.
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I looked at the time below the text and smiled.
“What a coincidence, I also have a picture like this.”
Elijah intentionally raised his voice, shouting angrily, “No wonder you would rather give up inheritance than come up with a plan. Turns out you were plagiarizing Phoebe!
“You are sisters, yet how can you have such thick skin!”
Dad also looked disappointed, sighing repeatedly beside.
The shareholders‘ anger could no longer be contained.
Cursing no longer allowed them to vent their anger.
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A group of people immediately rushed towards the stage and started punching and kicking me.
“Do you know how much money I invested in Hart Group? It’s because of that, I raised a plagiarist
like you!”
“Why don’t you go die for plagiarizing from your own younger sister!”
“Still a business genius! If plagiarism could run a company, then I, the Chairman of Hart Group,
could as well!”
I didn’t expect that they would take action directly this time.
In the struggle, the clothes had already been stained with blood.
Just as I was about to lose consciousness, a group of police officers rushed in from outside the door.
“Mr. Gordon, you are suspected of spreading computer viruses and stealing confidential
information. Please come with us.”
“Ms. Phoebe, you were suspected of stealing trade secrets, and please come with us.”
Dad quietly retreated to an unnoticed corner, hoping to seize the opportunity to leave.
Before I could even reach the door, another police officer stopped me in my tracks.
“Mr. Hart, someone reported suspicion that you were involved in a murder case from eighteen years ago. Where are you going?”
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We were taken to the police station.
The video recorded by the journalist on the scene was also simultaneously uploaded online.
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At first, netizens were still heavily criticizing my plagiarism behavior.
As soon as the police came out, everyone fell silent.
I took my computer to the police station for them to investigate and gather evidence.
During that time, Elijah requested to meet me.
I thought I knew what he was going to say, but his shamelessness still managed to lower my
expectations.
He threatened to withdraw the report by using our engagement as leverage.
He said that when he went back, he could speak well of me in front of the Gordons.
At that time, he would also send someone to suppress this incident.
I was still the daughter–in–law of the Gordon family.
His haughty demeanor made it seem as if it would be a great blessing for me to marry into the Gordon family.
I splashed a cup of boiling water on his face on the spot.
Listening to his screams and wails, I left the interrogation room without looking back.
He thought that I still didn’t know that he had tampered with my computer.
Still trying to fool me like a fool.
Unfortunately, this time I didn’t let him have his way!
The police took his computer back.
Two computers were being checked simultaneously.
Two hours later, the police technicians finally found the hidden virus software.
The downloading time was one year ago.
I remembered that time when my computer broke, and he kindly offered to help me fix it.
I trusted him, but I didn’t expect that he would take the opportunity to load a virus into my
computer.
Stole the files from my computer.
Without my knowledge, the camera was turned on.
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Always pay attention to my movements.
It is precisely because of this that I immediately passed on what I wrote to Phoebe.
The police found traces of him sending files to Phoebe on his computer.
The evidence was irrefutable, and Elijah could no longer deny it.
Dad still tried to play the family card with me, asking me to give up on reporting him to the police.
During the conversation, my mother entered from outside the door.
His face turned pale.
Eighteen years ago, he announced to the outside world that his mother had passed away
unexpectedly.
Actually, he himself found the kidnappers to tear the ticket.
She could escape from her mother.
The kidnappers wanted to demand the final payment, so they claimed that my mother had been
murdered and her body was never found.
Mother was afraid of alerting the snake while cutting the grass, so she didn’t return to the Hart family and chose to live abroad.
She has been working hard over the years, and now she has also established her own company
abroad.
I contacted me after seeing the news about Hart Group online.
Through her description, I came to know.
Phoebe was not her mother’s biological daughter.
She was the mistress that my father had outside and gave birth to.
Over the years, a lot of effort was put in secretly to ensure that all the assets of the Hart family
would be left to Phoebe.
The police immediately went to retrieve the financial situation of Hart Group.
I indeed discovered evidence of my father illegally transferring company assets.
And this was the true reason for Hart Group’s decline.
He had intended to hand over the company to Phoebe and kick me out on this occasion.
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I secretly took out the transferred funds to help her.
But I discovered it halfway through.
The police caught the kidnapper from eighteen years ago.
The other party also admitted that they had been hired by their father in the past.
The police investigation concluded and released the investigation results.
The elder members of the family immediately removed Dad and Phoebe from the family tree.
I was entrusted with the management of the company.
My mother wanted me to go abroad with her, but I refused her kind offer.
The cancer of the Hart Group has been eradicated.
Next, I wanted to establish my career.
The day they were sentenced was also the day I officially took over as the chairman.
The shareholders apologized to me one after another.
In order to retain the cooperation with Hart Group, he gave up half of his shares to me.
I didn’t blame them.
After all, who would have a problem with money?
After signing the share transfer agreement, I rewrote a new proposal based on my memory.
The company’s transformation began quickly.
And I became the first female chairperson in the history of the Hart Group.
