Chapter 1316: Admission

After being close friends for so many years, how could Cheng Chen not see the guilt and sadness in Xiao Rou’s eyes? She frowned, grabbed Xiao Rou by the arm, and strode straight into the room.

At this moment, the guy she’d seen before—the one she’d written off as a goofy science-and-engineering nerd—was sitting on the sofa. Because of the commotion on her side, He still lifted his head to glance over.

There was embarrassment on his face, but not the slightest bit of guilt.

Cheng Chen’s expression was icy, yet she let out a faint laugh: "You did it?"

Whether it was actually this man in front of her who did it was still an unknown, like she’d said earlier, there wasn’t a hundred percent certainty; it might even be that Liu Xiaoyu was framing him.

Of course, that kind of thought had never even appeared in Cheng Chen’s mind—let alone if it did, she’d swat it away immediately.

Who is Liu Xiaoyu? Xi Siyan’s number one little fanboy. Even if he betrayed the whole world, he would never betray Xi Siyan.

So Cheng Chen hadn’t even considered that angle. Now, with the way Xiao Rou looked, what was there left to be confused about?

So she didn’t beat around the bush and asked directly.

The man sitting on the sofa stood up at this point, the embarrassment still on his face, but still no guilt.

He was at least straightforward, not trying to hide anything. He nodded: "It was me."

Cheng Chen’s temper shot through the roof in an instant. She didn’t care that she was a head shorter than him; in a few quick strides she rushed up to him, grabbed him by the collar in a domineering move: "Do you have any shame? What has Si Yan ever done wrong to you that you’d actually pull something like this?"

Xiao Rou didn’t try to stop her by the side; the man, however, was clearly startled by Cheng Chen’s sudden action.

But he was a man after all, his strength wasn’t something Cheng Chen could match.

He quickly broke free.

Most of the embarrassment faded from his face as he spoke: "Miss Zhou, I know who you are. With the Zhou Family’s clout, it’s not like this can’t be suppressed. I know what I did was shady, but I’ve already thought of a solution for you guys."

Cheng Chen’s eyes widened. Just a second ago she’d thought that since he dared to openly admit what he’d done, maybe it had just been a moment of stupidity or something.

She hadn’t expected him to say this now. Cheng Chen felt like all the anger flooding her chest suddenly had nowhere to go.

Her hands clenched into fists. She gave a cold laugh: "Heh, is that so? Then go on, what’s this solution?"

"I can give you the name of the other company. They may have gotten the source code, but it’ll still take time for them to build out the architecture and then go public. With the Zhou Family’s clout, you pressure them—they can’t afford to offend you. That way, even if the source code is in their hands, it’s just a pile of useless scrap symbols. Cheng Yi’s side can still proceed according to the original plan."

Cheng Chen’s eyes stayed wide, her brain buzzing, and for a moment she didn’t even know what word to use to describe the man in front of her.

Shameless? Disgusting? Despicable?

No, no, no—calling him that would be praising him.

So furious she couldn’t get any more furious, Cheng Chen suddenly let out a cold laugh: "So in your opinion, this is actually a win–win? You get to rake in a huge sum of money, and Cheng Yi doesn’t suffer any loss?"

"Of course!"

"Bullshit!"

Cheng Chen cursed without hesitation. "Of course"? Just how thick-skinned did he have to be to say something like that?

"I’ve seen shameless people, but never anyone as shameless as you. How vile do you have to be to say something like that? You sell out the blood, sweat, and effort of everyone in the company to line your own pockets, and you dare call that a win–win?"