A Graduation Gift

Chapter 466 You Should Get Out Now

The day of the bidding arrived as scheduled. Everything seemed to go as planned until Lionel discovered something awry.

When he inserted his flash drive to upload his presentation, a notification appeared saying that there were no files that could be found. Confused, he removed and plugged it in again. The same message window appeared. All his files were gone!

Of course, this was no time to troubleshoot. Anxiously, he walked down the stage, found his secretary, and asked her to fetch a backup disk. To his surprise, it also failed to read anything.

Several minutes passed and Lionel still could not begin his presentation. The audience began to murmur and the project director frowned in dismay.

Beads of sweat started to form in Lionel's forehead. Embarrassed, he mumbled an apology to the awaiting public. He felt like an ant in a hot pot.

'What happened to my flash drive?' he wondered. He remembered checking it in the computer yesterday and not encountering any issue. How could he have anticipated something like this to happen at such a critical moment? What was more, what was he to do to fix this?

Suddenly, he remembered that the same thing happened to Cassandra at another bidding. Still, she managed to push through with her presentation. Lionel doubted he could pull off the same stunt.

Left with no other choice, however, he had to make do. Without his notes, he started his presentation. Stumbling over his words once in a while, he soon finished presenting all the pieces of information he could remember. Nervously, he scanned his audience and spotted the project director's face. He did not seem pleased. Then and there, Lionel knew he was done.

As he was stepping down the stage, he met eyes with Arthur who was now about to present next.

"Thank you, Mr. Tang, for making this easier for me,"

he said in a low voice with a smirk on his face. This made Lionel as enraged as he was embarrassed.

Out of words, he stared at Arthur who then responded with a meaningful smile.

Restraining himself, Lionel continued to proceed to his seat. His secretary could not seem to look at him, possibly scared of his reprimand. Nervously, she sat, half expecting her boss to scold her anytime.

Arthur delivered his presentation smoothly and confidently. It was a stark contrast to Lionel's awkward and seemingly unprepared performance.

It was clear that the Dawn Star Group would win the bid. Realizing this, Lionel decided that he no longer had business staying. Void of hope, he left even before the bidding finished.

when he saw his opponent accepting defeat. He would have laughed

the stage. Victory felt certain. Now, all he had to do was just sit and

the confirmation. With Lionel's bad performance, the Tang Group did not stand a chance.

the humiliation he felt because of Lionel as he was growing up. Looking at how far he had come

had his revenge. Now, Lionel could no longer compete with

was doomed

did not really know where he wanted to go. He couldn't go to the office as he

the bidding. After what happened, he did not

his mother, told him that she went down on her knees

his proud mother humbled herself and begged for

was Cassandra who gave him the flash drive. Could she have something to do with the accident? It seemed impossible for the flash drive to suddenly malfunction for no

and examined it. The thought gave him chills down his spine.

that Cassandra would have deliberately damaged the disk to make him a

to be punished. Lionel decided that it was best to look into his suspicions. He did not want to jump into conclusions without due diligence. In

decided to approach a friend of his who was an expert on computers and give

had a virus that deleted all its files automatically at set

code was there. His friend managed to

hate you! Do you still remember where

After a few minutes of processing his thoughts, he instructed

he knew about the sabotage, so he wanted to be clear that his friend understood this as well.

drove to the Garden Villa. He knocked at the

the scene Lionel was creating. Irritated, she

was clearly enraged. Yet, Cassandra had no

open the door or not. She no longer feared this upsetting

now in Rufus's house. Surely, Lionel would not do anything to hurt her under his roof. Realizing that, she decided to

expect this kind of behavior from you. Playing tricks behind my back? I never expected you to go so low! You can refuse to help me, sure. That's

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