Chapter 14
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Philip inade the phone call.
“I’m already at Quilton Central Hospital. There will be a public case analysis tomorrow, but the hospital refused to hand over Juliana’s medical records on the grounds of protecting the patient’s privacy.”
Hearing this, Cecilia became more sure that something was wrong with Juliana’s illness.
“I’ll figure something out. Just get ready.”
“Okay, I have something to ask you. Can we have dinner together tonight?”
“Sure, you can rest first. I’ll tell you the time and address after booking a restaurant.”
“Okay, I’ll leave you to your work first.”
Cecilia hung up the phone and found Yvette looking at her expectantly.
“What’s wrong?”
Yvette asked, “Ceci, can you invite me to your dinner?”
“Sorry, I’m meeting someone special. It’s inconvenient, but I can treat you to lunch.”
Yvette had helped her a lot today. She owed Yvette a meal.
Yvette hurriedly waved her hand. “No, no thanks. I should treat you to a meal.”
“Let’s eat in the university cafeteria. I have something to deal with. See you at noon.”
Cecilia left after saying that.
Christopher looked at Cecilia’s back, and his eyes darkened.
Seeing this, Yvette deliberately walked up to Christopher and
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blocked his view.
“Christopher, you and Ceci…”
She yelled in her mind, “They kissed! They hugged! They slept together!”
The amount of information was so huge that her nosiness almost killed her.
Christopher withdrew his gaze, instantly becoming unapproachable.
He glanced at Yvette coldly and turned to leave.
Yvette was afraid of him at first, but she was suddenly unafraid when she saw how gentle he was to Cecilia.
She hurriedly caught up with Christopher and asked, “Christopher, you like Ceci, but she doesn’t like you, right?”
Christopher ignored it.
“Christopher, I can help you pursue Ceci.”
Yvette thought Christopher would be tempted, but he ended up walking faster.
Christopher had many ways to get a woman. Why would he need an outsider’s help?
Yvette wanted to say something more, but Christopher suddenly turned his head and looked at her coldly.
“Mind your own business.”
Yvette was so frightened that she paused, covered her mouth, and nodded heavily.
It was her fault. Christopher was still fierce; he was only gentle to Cecilia.
Christopher withdrew his gaze and continued to go downstairs.
There were unpleasant comments about Cecilia on the way.
His unapproachable face grew colder. He was like a walking2
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iceberg, putting the whole recording studio complex in low
pressure.
The speakers felt a chill in their necks and unconsciously shut up.
When Christopher came out of the recording studio complex, the vice–chancellor, Howard, immediately stepped forward while smiling obsequiously.
“Mr. Forte, how is your inspection?”
Christopher’s lips pressed into a straight line; his presence was intimidating.
“Students of the music department are average, but they’re good at twisting the facts. If I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, I would really believe in the rumor–spreading video. If the university doesn’t punish the rumor spreader, forget about expanding the music department.”
After saying that, he strode away.
After getting in the car, he did not leave immediately but turned on the computer.
After a while, he entered Quilton University’s security system and checked the recording studio complex’s surveillance footage.
The surveillance footage on the third floor was deleted, but it was not a problem for Christopher.
He not only recovered the data but also found the IP address that deleted the surveillance footage remotely.
It was Quilton University’s Dormitory Building No.8, Room 203, Bed 3.
With a specific bed, he could find out the exact person.
Joel Lynch was a genius in the computer science department. Christopher looked at Joel’s profile and sneered. “Genius? Loser!”
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However, he did not destroy Joel at once. Instead, he anonymously sent the lead he found to Hendrix.
Cecilia disliked him for being nosy, so he let her handle it first.
He would strike after she was done.
After closing the computer, Christopher asked Solomon, who was driving, “Did you find anything on the person I asked you to investigate?”
“Mr. Forte, I’ve sent the information to your email address.” After the car left Quilton University, Solomon could not help saying, “Mr. Forte, Ms. Yancey is so excellent that more boys will go after her. Instead of secretly chasing them off, you should take the initiative to pursue her.”
“You talked too much!”
Solomon immediately shut up and focused on driving.
Christopher took out his phone and checked the person who called Cecilia earlier.
Although he did not hear the specific content of the call, he was sure that it was a man.
However, instead of finding the call record, his phone set off an alarm that it was attacked.
Fortunately, he reacted in time and cracked the trojan virus. Otherwise, they would trace his IP address.
Instead of feeling angry, he felt excited to meet an opponent.
Cecilia was currently standing at the door of Hendrix’s office. Looking at the danger warning on her phone screen, she frowned.
She thought, ‘Who’s investigating me?
If the hacker can easily crack my anti–tracking program, it means they’re as powerful as my hacking skills.
Are they the same person who investigated what happened
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three years ago?‘
While she was deep in thought, the office door was suddenly pushed open.
A gentle and elegant middle–aged man walked out and asked, “Why didn’t you go in?”
The speaker was Hendrix.
Cecilia put her phone back in her pocket and looked at the corner of the stairs.
The heads of several people withdrew at the same time.
However, they had no idea that the sun had etched their figures on the ground.
Hendrix naturally saw it and shouted, “Come out!”
Instead of coming out, they ran away dejectedly.
Hendrix looked upset. “It’s worsening. We must rectify Quilton University’s ethos.”
Cecilia did not answer but entered the office.
There were surveillance cameras in the office. Even if she was alone with Hendrix, she was not afraid.
She walked to the couch, sat down, and asked, “Mr. Lane, have you seen the post on the campus forum?”
“Yes, deleting it won’t solve the underlying problem. I’m trying to find out who did it.”
The video of the beating was edited, yet the surveillance footage recording the third floor of the recording studio complex was deleted.
If she wanted to recover the truth, she had to find out the original video from the poster.
Cecilia asked, “Can you find it?”
“It’s hard to say. Let’s give it a try.”
After saying that, Hendrix recalled his scandal with Cecilia.
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“Cecilia, just reveal the reason you don’t have to attend classes on time, and the scandal will automatically collapse itself.” She would rather be scolded than make the reason public last time. Now, he was unsure whether she would change her mind. Cecilia thought about it and said, “There’s no hurry. Just…” Before he could finish speaking, Hendrix’s phone rang.
He looked tense as he said, “It’s from the Ministry of Education.”
The students must have joined forces to complain about him, and the Ministry of Education called to investigate.
Cecilia did not expect the scandal to get so serious.
She did not want to get Hendrix into trouble, so she immediately changed her mind. “Publicize the reason why I don’t attend class.”
“Okay, I’ll appease the Ministry of Education first.”
Hendrix was famous in the education field. The Ministry of Education would not investigate it either unless too many people complained about him.
After explaining, he asked the other party to wait for the news. After finishing the call, he made an announcement at the campus forum.
[I, Hendrix Lane, am only Cecilia Yancey’s teacher. The reason why she can be absent from classes is that her credits each semester are more than twice as many as yours. Here’s the evidence.]
The full–time credits of a main course were ten points, and the elective courses were five points. There were additional credits for participating in campus activities, and credits would also be given according to the exam results.
In total, the full score for a semester was 100 marks. Only those who exceeded 80 marks would be considered as passed.
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Failure to achieve that would result in insufficient credits and affect graduation.
In addition to these, there were additional bonus credits.
Take the performing arts department as an example. If students received a film contract and endorsement, they would be given extra credit according to the scale of the film and the amount of the endorsement fee.
Whether it was acting in films or commercials, they would not get full credit. They could only graduate smoothly with extra credits as subsidies.
The extra credits for the music department were similar, whether one attended music shows, had viral songs, released music albums, and so on.
Cecilia could get more than 100 extra credits each semester for composing Yates Corporation’s films.
The evidence Hendrix gave proved that Cecilia was Anonymous Songwriter.
It contained the time when Cecilia gave him the lyrics and song and the time he sent them to Yates Corporation.
There were also the details of Hendrix’s transfer to Cecilia and details of Yates Corporation’s payment after selecting the songs.
The announcement soon caused an uproar.
However, most people did not believe it. They thought the evidence was fake, and there were overwhelming voices of doubt.
[Is Cecilia Yancey Anonymous Songwriter? I can’t believe she could make up such nonsense!]
[That’s right. She did worse than me in every final exam!]
[If Cecilia is so talented and rich, why did she want to be a mistress?]
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[Mr. Lane, even if you want to clear Cecilia’s name, make up a reliable excuse.]
While the unpleasant discussion continued to ferment, Yates Corporation issued a statement confirming that Cecilia was Anonymous Songwriter.
Hendrix forwarded the statement to the campus forum.
Public discussion instantly took a different direction.
[Holy crap! I not only underestimated Cecilia’s appearance but also her talent. I’m guilty!]
[I’m blinded with shock. Cecilia Yancey is the mysterious Anonymous Songwriter!]
[So she didn’t skip class. What about the scandal of a mistress? It must be fake, right?]
[It’s fake, of course. Does a talented and wealthy beauty need to be a mistress for an ugly man?]
[As I said, there’s no way someone who will risk their life to save others is bad.]
[Breaking news. Cecilia Yancey didn’t bully her schoolmate. Please watch the video below.]
In less than half an hour, Cecilia went from zero to hero.
Yvette helped her, and Christopher added fuel to the fire.
As long as they clarified the beating, Cecilia’s name would be cleared completely.
She did not want to wait anymore when she saw that Hendrix had not found the instigator or restored the deleted
surveillance footage.
She stood up and said, “Mr. Lane, let me give it a try.”
With her skills, it was not difficult to restore the surveillance footage.
She did not mention it earlier because she did not want to
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reveal her abilities.
She could not care less now.
Although Hendrix was unclear about Cecilia’s skills, he inexplicably trusted her.
“Okay, you can try.”
After saying that, he got up from his desk and gave the computer to Cecilia.
As soon as Cecilia sat down, she saw the email icon in the toolbar flashing.
She subconsciously clicked on it, but she remembered that it was not her own email.
When she closed the window, she saw the contents of the email and immediately paused.
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