A Graduation Gift

Obscene moans could be heard continually from the video on the screen. Some of the employees blushed with embarrassment and the whispers in the crowd grew heated, resulting in an increased commotion.

When the words 'Lionel Tang' showed up on the screen, each one of them turned to look at Lionel, who was sitting in the front of the room.

Lionel had turned pale the moment he saw the video. Now, seeing his name on it, he jumped out of his chair. Rushing to the stage, he plucked the remote out of the hands of the stunned emcee.

Pointing it at the screen, he turned off the video and furiously looked around.

"Who is responsible for this prank? And what are you people looking at? Close your eyes, goddammit, all of you!"

Lionel's eyes flashed with rage like flames of fire. Ivy's face had gone white. She was completely dumbfounded at what just happened. How did the video get switched to this?

She had arranged the video in the playlist, the one of Rufus and Cassandra entering and leaving the hotel room in H City. How did it get swapped for the footage of her and Lionel in bed?

The erotic video spoiled the celebration banquet. Everyone had been having a great time until now, an awkward tension lingered in the air. Horace was trembling. He wanted to go up on the stage and slap his disappointing son.

"What a shame! How disgraceful!"

Jill put an arm around Horace and patted him on the chest in consolation. She was red with embarrassment too.

People were whispering once again. Cassandra blinked and looked around, not sure what to do next. She gulped hard, feeling like she had lost the ability to speak.

"Did you do that?"

she somehow asked Rufus, who stood next to her. His face had been expressionless ever since the video began. He didn't let out so much as a gasp. Unlike others, he wasn't shocked or scandalized.

He was always calm in the face of all kinds of situations, no matter how startling they were. But why today? Why did he decide to play the video in front of all employees in the Tang Group at the victory banquet? It was quite a real blow to Lionel.

"I'm just reciprocating an act of kindness."

Rufus sneered, not answering her directly. The curl of his lips sent a chill down her spine.

it puzzled Cassandra. What was he

a bit too

mustered up her courage and asked him the question,

though? You think

asked her pointedly without looking at her. His voice was

know about Lionel and Ivy's plan. If he hadn't changed the video himself, she would have been the one humiliated

don't think it was appropriate to play that

lightly, attempting to explain her point of view. She had sensed the displeasure in

the truth is much crueler than you

and left her side without another word. He strode toward the stage, meaning to clean up the mess he had

gradually escaped her view. She blinked in confusion, not understanding what he had meant to say.

but he seemed to be an enigma. She had

at the Tang mansion, a terrible silence pervaded

the hell was that video? I always turned a blind eye to your flings with those women as long as you didn't do anything unforgivable. Now, the entire company knows about your

the middle of the room and glared at Lionel. His face

His eyes were fastened on Rufus, who

you want. You've successfully caused me to lose face. Are you satisfied now? Did you really think you could kick me

what had happened. If it wasn't for his half-brother, he wouldn't have been so humiliated tonight.

Horace tried to compose himself. He coughed a

was mature and rational. Horace refused to

of doing

for tonight's banquet. You and Lionel are biological brothers. If you two have problems, it's better you talk them out openly, instead of going behind each other's backs. I don't want to

suspect me. And where's the evidence? Everyone could see that Lionel brought his mistress to the company party tonight, despite the fact that his wife was at the banquet too. If he can do such a thing, what other shameless things is he capable of? What are you trying

were emphatic, and they hit Lionel like stones being hurled at him.

by broadcasting the video to the public, so that he could reveal that the woman

I still remember that you kicked me in the hotel that day. Sooner or later, you will pay for what you have done, and I'll be there to collect my

off. He no longer wanted to continue arguing about

came home shorn. He had failed this time. Afraid that his family would find out about his and Ivy's plan if he continued to argue, he dropped

to scatter like roaches. No one dared