Song Chen used professional equipment to test the Beastman’s Spiritual Sea again, and indeed it had returned to normal values!
The live broadcast room was in an uproar!
The news about Huafeng Technology inventing a rest pod that could help Beastmen reduce Spiritual Sea pollution quickly topped the global trending list!
The on-site media couldn’t wait to step forward and begin interviewing Song Chen.
Among them, a reporter asked, "What inspired you to have such an idea, what was your initial motivation and design concept?"
Song Chen looked at the reporter and slowly said, "Actually, the true designer of this rest pod is my wife, Yu Man. I am just an assistant who helped her step by step to realize her ideal."
"Now, why don’t I let my wife introduce this product to everyone?"
Song Chen looked attentively at Yu Man, leaving the speaking spot open for her, silently acting as her guardian by her side.
"Actually, I had this idea a few years ago, but the progress of research and development was slow due to various obstacles. I am very happy to be able to develop this product and bring it to the public..."
Yu Man elaborated on the concept she had started conceptualizing during her university years, and the scene was very quiet, with reporters attentively listening.
Meanwhile, the internet gradually began to uncover Yu Man’s past.
[I looked it up online! Yu Man really did publish such an article back in university!]
[So, if there hadn’t been any obstacles, could this product have come out even earlier? What’s going on?]
[I heard that when Yu Man graduated, she had already become an S-grade Purification Master. Generally, she might have been assigned to be the lord of a sea area, right? But in the past few years, there hasn’t been any news about Yu, and if it weren’t for today’s live broadcast, maybe no one would know what she was working on!]
[There must be a problem! Everyone, dig deeper!]
Thinking that the rest pod could have come out earlier but was delayed due to someone’s obstruction, made them furious.
Triggered by their interests, netizens’ enthusiasm soared instantly, determined to uncover the truth!
Until Yu Man’s speech ended smoothly, the media happily left, but Pat still hadn’t come to his senses.
How could this happen?
Why was it not the same as he had imagined?
The people from Lingchuan Company did not notice anything amiss and continued discussing collaboration matters with Song Chen.
In the end, they signed the contract on the spot.
"Pleasure to cooperate." Back at the company, Guan Heng returned to his formal, businesslike demeanor, showing no trace of the shamelessness from asking to live together the previous night.
"I wonder if you’d be interested in having a meal outside with us? As a celebration of our initial cooperation?"
Song Chen shook his head, "Sorry, our company has some things that need handling. The celebration... can wait until the second batch of experiments succeed."
Yu Man chimed in, "We have things to deal with internally, please everyone go back first."
"Alright." Guan Heng looked at Yu Man’s expression. It didn’t seem like she was declining, probably there really were important matters to attend to.
"Chen, if there’s nothing else, shall we head out?" Pat said with a smile.
"Pat, you and Yu stay, we have something to talk with you." Song Chen’s face seemed to darken.
Pat’s smile froze, "Alright..."
Pang Xiaoyu looked down, his gaze drifting.
Guan Heng sensed something and glanced curiously at Pat and Pang Xiaoyu.
Song Chen’s expression seemed familiar to him.
Just like the look when he knew someone had betrayed the Guan Family some days ago.
"Let’s go." Guan Heng left with the people from Lingchuan.
Pat smiled, "Bro, why so serious all of a sudden? Did something happen?"
Song Chen sat in the chair, fingers crossed, looking at them, "Isn’t there something you should confess to me?"
Pat awkwardly laughed, "Chen, what would we have to confess? Aren’t we your most trustworthy brothers? This kind of behavior will hurt our feelings."
"My father told us on his deathbed, that we must trust each other!"
Song Chen slammed his palm on the table, "You dare bring up your father?"
"If it weren’t for my foster father, I would have sent you to the police station long ago!" Song Chen’s gaze was icy, his hand clenched into a fist.
Pat’s smile froze, still unwillingly asking, "Chen, what’s happened? Why are you so serious? What about the police station?"
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"Chen, I’m sorry I wronged you!"
Pat stared at him, Song Chen hadn’t said anything yet, why was he so hasty? Could it be a deliberate deception?
"So, why did you alter the rest pod’s system?"
Pang Xiaoyu remained silent for a long moment before speaking slowly, "I’m sorry, it’s my fault... you can send me to the police station..."
"This has nothing to do with Pat, it was all me... all my doing!" Pang Xiaoyu gritted his teeth and took full responsibility upon himself.
Pat felt slightly at ease.
At least Pang Xiaoyu didn’t sell him out, as agreed before.
"Whether it’s his involvement, I know very well myself. Now I’m asking you, why did you alter the rest pod’s system!"
Song Chen sneered, "In all these years, have I ever done anything to wrong you?"
Pang Xiaoyu’s gaze evaded, "No, you’ve never done anything wrong to us..."
"It was me, blinded by jealousy, that led me to such actions, it’s—it’s jealousy of you that made me alter the rest pod’s system!"
Song Chen scoffed, "You don’t need to say that, just tell me, who instructed you?"
"No one!" Pang Xiaoyu looked down, "No one instructed me, it’s just because I was jealous of you!"
"Is it truly no one, or you genuinely don’t know who it is?" Song Chen shifted his gaze to Pat, "Because the one who instructed you to alter the system, was him."
Pat raised his head, "This has nothing to do with me! Chen, you have to believe me!"
"Believe you?" Song Chen tapped his fingers on the table, "Didn’t you tell Yu that once the system is altered, his wife’s needed heart transplant surgery, you would handle it?"
Pat suddenly stared into Song Chen’s mocking eyes, clenching his fists tightly.
"Since you already know, why are you still asking us?" Pat sneered, straightening his back, with an unafraid demeanor.
"It was me who got Pang Xiaoyu to do it, so what?"
"It was me, the one truly envious of you, the one who didn’t want you to soar, who wanted to see you fall into the mud, was also me!"
Pat no longer hid, glaring into Song Chen’s eyes, his face twisted, "I wanted to do this for a long time!"
"Why?" Song Chen didn’t understand.