Luke stared at the laptop screen and said, “Dr. Albus, can you prove that you did the research yourself?"

Dr. Albus handed the papers in his hands to Luke and replied, "Of course. Boss, I'm pretty certain about this. And I have evidence too. I made several mistakes before I managed to complete this research.

Besides, our company has an incentive program. I wouldn't have to go through all those things if I really bought the research from someone else. And I would have also just launched the product before the other party did."

"Then it must be someone in the company who sold the confidential information," Luke concluded.

"Boss, someone must have stolen my confidential information and sold it to the other party. They beat us to it by forging the trial data and results, then they applied for the product launching. Boss, you must find out the truth!" Dr. Albus went along with Luke. He had not been able to eat or sleep from the day his application for the product launch and patent was rejected. He had been asking people to find out what happened. He would not stop until the truth came out.

Luke did not say anything. He was tapping on the meeting desk with his index finger.

Dr. Albus glanced at Dr. Feron, who was a close friend of his. Then, Dr. Albus gave Dr. Feron a meaningful glance, asking him to speak up for him.

Dr. Feron did not want to get involved in this. However, Dr. Feron had benefited greatly from Dr. Albus in the past. He had no choice but to stand up and speak up for Dr. Albus. "Boss, Dr. Albus is right. Not only do we need to find out who's behind this, but we'll also have to handle the PR crisis as well. The best way is to ask for Dr. Craw's help to speed up the research and apply for the product launch."

Dr. Albus previously held a one-hour press conference before the research was ready to be launched in the market. It was the first drug by Watson Biopharmaceuticals to launch on the market. Hence, the reporters had all written articles about it.

Now, not only were they facing internal problems, but they had to handle external issues as well.

Luke swept his piercing gaze across everyone in the meeting room when Dr. Feron mentioned Luca's name.

They lowered their heads whenever Luke's gaze fell on them, not daring to say another word.

"Dr. Craw is helping me to work on the project now. And all of you want Dr. Craw to bear the responsibility and help you to clean up the mess you've made?" Luke questioned.

The professors noticed that something was wrong with Luke's words.

Luke was saying that it was a mess they had made instead of Dr. Albus' mess alone...

That would mean Luke was not planning to let a specific research team bear the responsibility for this matter alone. All of them would be involved...

The manager was shocked to hear this. “Boss, how could you say that? Isn't Dr. Albus' research team responsible for this matter?"

"Those who have access to enter the labs in this company are suspects," said Luke.

The manager glanced at the others. They were either shocked or showing looks of disapproval, but no one dared to say a word.

Since the professors dared not say anything, then he was the only person left. "Boss, the research information was kept by Dr. Albus and his team members. If I had to make a guess—"

"Everyone has to be placed under investigation," Luke interrupted him.

Investigating everyone in the company was the most efficient way. After all, anyone could have stolen the information.

Everyone fell silent, while the manager cried out bitterly in his heart. This meant that their workload would increase a lot in the near future.

After all, other than checking the surveillance footage, everyone's recent whereabouts had to be investigated. That was how they could prove a person's innocence—or guilt.

The research department alone had more than ten employees, and there were also other employees working in other departments who had access to the research department. According to what Luke said, these people would be placed under investigation too.

Dr. Albus took a deep breath and mustered his courage to ask, "Dr. Craw also participated in my research. Does she need to be investigated too?"

The way Luke looked at Dr. Albus grew colder. Luke fell silent for a few seconds and eventually said, "All those involved have to be placed under investigation."

Jason's phone vibrated in his pocket.

Jason took his phone out and glanced at it. It was a message from Gale.

Jason bent down and whispered in Luke's ear to remind him, "Boss, Gale is already downstairs. He doesn't have the permission to come in."

Luke turned to look at the manager and said, "Go downstairs and bring my guest to my office."

"Me?" The manager looked at Luke and quickly nodded. "Alright, Boss."

The manager hurriedly left the meeting room as though he was running away from something.

Luke looked up coldly and said, "That's all for today."

The professors in the meeting room exchanged glances with each other. Were they ending the meeting without discussing a plan?

Jason pushed Luke's wheelchair and left the meeting room. Dr. Albus made sure that Luke had left before asking, "What now?"

"He's the boss. Boss didn't say anything about what we should do now. We'd better get back to work," replied Dr. Feron. He tidied up his laptop and documents before standing up.

They had not reached a conclusion after the meeting. Dr. Albus had no choice but to stand up and leave the meeting room as well.

Dr. Albus, who was the company's rising star, had fallen into an unfavorable position because of this matter.

Luke had not said anything either. No one knew how to fix this. Dr. Albus had a bad feeling about this.

Noontime.

Luca glanced at the time while she was waiting for the machine's results. It was already noon.

There was dead silence, and the entire villa became quiet without the kids playing around and making noises.

Luca stood up as she thought of going downstairs. Just then, her phone rang.

Luca glanced at it and noticed that it was a call from a string of numbers. She pursed her lips and answered the call.

“You answered the call quickly this time." Abel reckoned that the phone had just rung once and it was already answered. He guessed that Luca must have found out about what happened to Dr. Albus and was probably feeling upset about it.

"What's the matter?" There was still not a hint of respect in Luca's tone.

"I told you to make everyone suspect that Dr. Albus is the one who did it. It's time for you to make a move now." Abel's voice sounded creepy. She could already tell that he was smiling on the other end of the call.

Luca thought Abel knew that Luke must be facing some difficulties now. That was why Abel was smiling. "How do I do that?"

Luca had no choice but to listen to him now that things had come this far.

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"I have a sum of money now. Deposit the money into Dr. Albus' Swiss bank account," said Abel.

"You can do this yourself." Luca frowned. She had already handed the research information to Abel. Now, he wanted her to frame Dr. Albus.

Did Abel harbor a grudge against Dr. Albus?

"Of course, you have to be the one to do it. That'll make it more interesting. Oh, the guy named Albus doesn't have a Swiss bank account. You'll have to open a bank account for him and then deposit the money into the account," said Abel.

"I can't do this. I don't have such skills!" Luca rejected him. Abel was too malicious for coming up with such a dirty trick.

If Luca forged fake evidence, Dr. Albus would be put into a much more difficult position. At least right now, there was no evidence against him.

If she forged evidence and Luke investigated the matter, the consequences Dr. Albus would have to face later were not as simple as being forced to resign from the company. He probably had to be held accountable for this, and he might end up in prison...