LOGINLilian and Harvey remained silent while listening to the murmurs around them. So did Jorge, Narcissa, and Quentin.They were still reeling from the shock.Then someone seemed to recall something and suddenly spoke up. "I seem to remember hearing a long time ago that YodaVision was jointly founded by two of Mr. Newman's students. If Ms. Rodriguez is the other founder of YodaVision, does that mean she is also…"Lilian, Harvey, Quentin, Narcissa, Jorge, and Miles all heard him. They snapped out of their shock and immediately turned toward Matthias and Celeste.Even Philip looked stunned.Another person hurriedly asked, "Mr. Yoder, is this true? Is Ms. Rodriguez really one of Mr. Newman's students?"Under everyone's watchful eyes, Matthias smiled. "Yes. Mr. Simmons remembered correctly. Aside from being my business partner, Cel is also my junior."The revelation triggered another wave of astonishment."No wonder Ms. Rodriguez always attended gatherings with Mr. Newman and Mr. Yoder
Quentin never would have imagined that Cuap was actually Celeste's creation.The shock hit him so hard that he couldn't recover for a long time. His chest felt tight, and it took him quite a while to finally regain his composure.He looked at Matthias and spoke with difficulty. "Are you trying to say that Celeste was able to get into YodaVision because of her capability rather than because she pulled strings like I thought?"The moment he spoke, the entire room fell silent.Matthias gave him a mocking smile. "Of course not. Weren't you just asking whether the reason Ms. Locket failed to get into YodaVision, become my mentor's student, and become Professor Lancaster's student tonight was all because Cel was taking revenge on her?"I don't know the details of what happened tonight with Professor Lancaster, as we just found out that he wanted to take Cel on as his student at the same time as everyone else here. But for the other two matters…"He paused and didn't continue immediatel
Matthias first handed his phone to his secretary.Then he looked at Quentin as though he had just heard the most ridiculous joke. "Mr. Yallop, you're overthinking this. Just because the woman you admire happens to be despicable, you think everyone else is just like her?"Hearing Matthias openly disparage Wynn, Quentin finally snapped back to reality. "You—"Matthias had no interest in hearing him out.He cut him off and suddenly said, "You just said that you and Ms. Locket both joined YodaVision because of our Cuap programming language, right? A lot of people assume I developed Cuap myself, but I believe I already told you back then that it wasn't my work."Quentin froze. "Yes, you did..."He couldn't understand why Matthias had suddenly brought this up. Then a thought flashed through his mind.In an instant, he understood what Matthias was getting at. His eyes widened in shock as he looked between Matthias and Celeste."Y-You mean..."Everyone in the industry knew about YodaV
The crowd was equally stunned."If what Mr. Yoder said is true, then this is literally the real-life version of 'The Scorpion and The Frog'.""Exactly. The Rodriguez family kindly helped their friends, only for that family to repay their kindness by destroying them. And years later, they came after the granddaughter's marriage too! The entire family was a nest of vipers, ruthless enough to devour anyone who crossed their path!""I bet they got a taste of the benefits the first time around. Then, when they saw Ms. Rodriguez married into one of the most powerful families in Baumond, they got jealous and decided to pull the same trick again."After all, if they hadn't latched onto Mr. Fleming, they wouldn't even have been qualified to attend tonight's banquet. They really would do anything to climb the social ladder.""I had dinner with Mr. Fleming, Ms. Locket, and Ms. Rodriguez before. Ms. Locket sat right next to Mr. Fleming in front of Ms. Rodriguez and acted like she was his girl
Narcissa was so stunned that her mind went completely blank. "What… What did you say?"Quentin, Jorge, and Kieran were just as shocked, their faces filled with disbelief.In fact, Miles and Beck were even more stunned than Narcissa, Quentin, and the others. It took them quite a while to recover from Matthias's words before they looked at Trevor in disbelief.Wynn and Celeste… were actually half-sisters? And Wynn's mother had been the other woman who had forced Celeste's mother out of her marriage? In order to secure her position, she had even driven Celeste's mother insane?They actually knew a little about what had happened to Celeste's mother, but they had never imagined that the person who had driven her to madness would be Wynn's mother.Trevor had never told them any of this.If what Matthias said was true, then…Seeing the shock on Narcissa and Quentin's faces, Matthias smiled, though there was no warmth in his eyes. "Judging from how shocked the two of you look, it seems
Before Celeste or Matthias could respond, Narcissa sneered at Celeste again."But, Ms. Rodriguez, justice is in the hearts of the people. No one's going to believe your excuses anymore, so you might as well stop wasting your time. Wouldn't it be better to preserve the last shred of dignity you have left?"Celeste showed no reaction.Matthias, however, smiled. "What a wonderful thing to say—'justice is in the hearts of the people.'"He then glanced toward Quentin on the stage. "The two of you have put on quite the righteous display, bravely standing up for your friend. I genuinely admire that. But do you know who I admire even more?"His gaze shifted to Wynn. "Ms. Locket, from what I can see, one of them genuinely admires you, while the other genuinely considers you a friend. Yet you've deceived both of them. Doesn't your conscience bother you at all?"He paused, then chuckled. "Oh, that's right. I forgot. You don't have a conscience to begin with. After all, it's hereditary."Wy







