Chapter 31 She was slandered

Mu Yuan bit her lips unconsciously and stared at the big screen intently.

After a moment, her face became solemn and she raised her eyes to look at Aunt Zhang.

"Aunt Zhang, besides me, has anyone else touched the surveillance camera?"

"No, you're the only one here today."

After Aunt Zhang finished speaking, she noticed that Mu Yuan's expression was not right, and she became nervous and quickly closed the novel.

"What's wrong, Xiao Mu? Is there something wrong with the surveillance?"

Mu Yuan's eyes were complicated: "The surveillance footage from last night is missing."

She was half relieved and half worried about this matter.

It seems that the withering of the rare seedlings this time is indeed abnormal.

Mu Yuan walked back to the laboratory and told them about this.

After all, it can't be found, so it doesn't matter.

The deputy director was filled with righteous indignation: "Call the police! Someone is deliberately trying to harm us. It's 100% those bastards from the K lab who did this!"

K Lab is their competitor.

It never fits.

Whether it was the motive for the crime or the method used to injure the seedlings without leaving any trace, all clues pointed to K's laboratory. However, in the face of absolute evidence, this was nothing more than speculation.

Mu Yuan hugged her elbows, a heavy look on her fair face. "But there's no surveillance. We don't have direct evidence to prove they did it. Even if we call the police, it's meaningless. The police want to see evidence."

The deputy dean was so angry that his face turned red: "Grandsons! These grandsons actually used such dirty means to harm people, and we can't do anything about them!"

Mu Yuan's long eyelashes drooped as she fell into thought: "Now that things have come to this, I have to think of another way and attend the results assessment meeting."

The deputy dean was most concerned about this and asked hurriedly, "What do you mean?!"

When she mentioned the method, Huo Min's cold face unconsciously appeared in her mind.

But as soon as this thought came to her mind, she ruthlessly suppressed it.

Even if they have a personal relationship, this is an occasion that involves fair and just competition.

There was no way Huo Min would help her and no reason for him to do so.

After following Huo Min for so many years, she had heard about the reasons why he was able to dominate the business world.

He is cruel enough.

He will show no mercy and will kill anyone who stands in his way without hesitation.

But he is both the controller and the abider of the rules of the game.

Now that these rare seedlings have withered, how can Huo Min help?

Give her a backdoor?

Not to mention whether Huo Min would help or not, she herself felt shameless.

Mu Yuan said after a long while: "Change the research target."

"Huh?" Everyone said in unison, equally confused.

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The three days passed quickly.

Mu Yuan almost slept in the laboratory. He only took time during the day to take a shower and take a nap at noon, and then worked overtime to prepare the report materials.

As for Huo Min, he didn't contact her at all.

This dispelled Mu Yuan's idea of ​​being polite and saying that she had been working overtime and not going home recently.

Group meeting room.

Mu Yuan walked into the meeting room with a cold expression, holding a flowerpot with only soil but no flowers.

K Lab's core researcher, Chen Zhoufeng, saw Mu Yuan holding the soil. A smug look flashed through his black-rimmed glasses as he taunted her, "Mr. Mu, were you in a hurry and picked up the wrong pot?"

The other researchers and judges immediately turned their attention to her.

Mu Yuan straightened his back and said calmly, "I didn't pick it up by mistake. This is the target of my research - soil."

Chen Zhoufeng scoffed, "Pfft, are you sure?" He immediately turned to look at the judges. "Judges, if I remember correctly, the results evaluation meeting will mainly focus on plants, right? But soil? Can it be included in the scope of this evaluation meeting?"

As soon as these words were spoken, discussions broke out everywhere.

Mu Yuan calmly put down the flowerpot and said, "Dear judges, soil is the foundation of plant growth. Without soil, there would be no plants. And this is not ordinary soil. This is soil that nurtures rare seedlings. So I don't think that my research, which focuses on soil, violates the scope of the conference."

She calmly announced the scientific name of the rare seedling, and the whole audience fell silent.

Chen Zhoufeng was stunned for a few seconds, his brows and eyes showing a dark and sinister look. "Words are not enough. If I can cultivate rare seedlings, then what about your seedlings?"

Mu Yuan raised the corners of her mouth, and her frosty almond eyes stared at him.

There was a lot of oppression in her eyes. Chen Zhoufeng suddenly felt guilty and instinctively wanted to avoid looking into her eyes.

Mu Yuan raised her lips slightly, her beautiful features lively in her smile: "Why are you in such a hurry? I'll report back in a moment."

As people gradually arrived, the performance evaluation meeting officially began.

Chen Zhoufeng even wants to be the first to report.

Mu Yuan generously made a gesture to invite him in.

On the contrary, he appears to be impatient and narrow-minded.

Chen Zhoufeng gritted his teeth, and the malice in his eyes deepened.

She was just a woman, not worthy of being compared with his achievements.

But she snatched away his position as the best researcher and always overshadowed him.

Today, he was determined to take first place in the assessment meeting and vent his anger!

Thinking of this, Chen Zhoufeng's voice became louder and his face was full of determination to win.

When he finally finished speaking, Mu Yuan walked past him holding the pot of soil, ignoring his sarcastic smile, and walked up to the reporting desk with firm steps.

Mu Yuan opened the PPT and reported all the plant growth data that he had collected over the past three days.

As soon as the judges saw the pictures of the rare seedlings, they all showed interest and praise.

The more Chen Zhoufeng looked, the darker his face became.

Mu Yuan calmly reported the professional terms and explained the entire process of the rare seedling growth one by one.

As the judges were satisfied with her experience in soil cultivation.

Chen Zhoufeng couldn't sit still anymore and stood up. "Teachers, regarding the use of pictures to show the results, I have a reasonable suspicion that Mu Gong's pictures are photoshopped."

Mu Yuan remained calm and looked at him coldly from a distance.

She opened her mouth and said, "Mr. Chen, defamation is also a crime. Do you understand?"

Chen Zhoufeng argued, "It's even more of a fraud. Since you keep saying this pot of soil is the soil that can grow rare seedlings, why don't you just bring the rare seedlings here? And you insist on showing them with pictures? It's unnecessary. Doesn't this indirectly prove that you haven't grown any rare seedlings at all, and are just faking it?"

Mu Yuan sneered: "Why I didn't bring it, you should know better than anyone else."

Chen Zhoufeng's expression darkened at her insinuation. "How am I supposed to know why you didn't bring any? Anyway, if you can't produce actual plants and only rely on pictures, I'll question the validity of this assessment."

The deputy director couldn't stand it any longer and jumped up from his seat to protect his son: "Engineer Chen, why do you think it's fake just because you say it's fake?"

Chen Zhoufeng spread his hands. "You can't even produce actual plants, only pictures. I'm sure many people here share my skepticism about the photos in your presentation PowerPoint. I urge you not to waste everyone's time and bring the rare seedlings here quickly. Otherwise, relying on these photos to participate in the meeting would be disrespectful to this assessment meeting. Judges, do you think I'm right?"

One of the judges spoke up, "Engineer Mu, what Engineer Chen said makes sense. If you really managed to grow a rare seedling with this pot of soil, why not just provide it to us? Otherwise, based on photos alone, I don't think you're qualified to participate in this assessment meeting."

Mu Yuan suddenly clenched her hand holding the flowerpot.

He looked coldly at Chen Zhoufeng who was gloating.

Is she really forced to give up this assessment meeting?

Seeing that she remained silent, the judges handled the matter in a businesslike manner: "Mr. Mu, since you cannot provide it, I can only regard you as having no actual subject matter and disqualify you from participating."

"Who said she didn't?" A familiar and pleasant low voice sounded.

Mu Yuan looked up in surprise.

She faced her 'husband' Huo Min whom she hadn't seen for three days.