Shi Qian raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself, "What a preemptive accusation!"
Guan Qinghong seemed to have suffered a huge blow, her eyes reddening as she glared fiercely at Shi Qian. "You could have pleaded for me! Dean Yue values you so much; if you had just said a few good words for me, I wouldn't have been kicked out!"
"Why should I plead for you?" Shi Qian retorted.
Guan Qinghong rushed forward and slammed his fist on the table, as if he, not Shi Qian, was the one who had suffered a loss.
"I was just momentarily blinded by greed and provoked by Su Yang, which is why I gave him your paper!"
"But you're perfectly fine now, aren't you? You haven't suffered any losses, so why can't you say a word for me!"
"Although I was wrong in this matter, I did help you a lot before. Can't you forgive me just this once?"
What a ridiculous statement, "Even when you're in the wrong, you're still full of bravado." Shi Qian was so angry that he laughed.
"You call this taking instead of stealing? Why do you think I should continue to use someone who steals from me as an assistant? This isn't a police station; I can't take you in."
Guan Qinghong felt deeply humiliated by Shi Qian's blunt label of being a thief. When people get angry, they lose all logic and their minds are filled with nothing but venting.
"Can you call this stealing a paper? I just took it! I just showed your final draft to Senior Brother Su Yang!"
"Really? Wasn't it you who copied my data in the fifth-floor server room?"
Guan Qinghong thought she had only been discovered for stealing Shi Qian's final draft, but she didn't expect that even the things in the computer room would be exposed.
His face turned bright red, but he still tried to argue, "I didn't! You're making false accusations! Su Yang took these himself, what does it have to do with me!"
Guan Yi couldn't stand it any longer and said, "The surveillance cameras captured the whole process, and all the computers in the server room have records of their operations. You were the only one who went in during that time period."
How could it have been filmed? Didn't Su Yang say the surveillance footage had already been dealt with?
"I don't believe it! You're all ganging up on me! Are you afraid I have great potential and will surpass you in the future, so you're in such a hurry to get rid of me!"
Guan Qinghong's words became increasingly outrageous, as if he had developed paranoia. Despite being the one who harmed the victim first, he was now questioning why the victim couldn't forgive him.
Guan Yi directly pulled up the surveillance footage of Guan Qinghong entering the server room on his phone and handed it to Guan Qinghong.
When Guan Qinghong saw himself sneaking into the server room on the surveillance camera, his mind went completely blank.
Was Su Yang lying to him all along? He clearly promised to help him clean up the mess.
No, Shi Qian is the one who harmed him. He had already discovered that he had stolen the paper, so why did he deliberately write that scrapped final draft in front of him?
"Shi Qian, you did this on purpose, didn't you! You clearly didn't use the final draft I stole, why did you mislead me!"
"You could have spoken to me privately and stopped me from making the same mistake again. Why didn't you? Instead, you let this matter be reported to the dean!"
"How cruel you are! We're both newcomers, why did you have to hurt me!"
"You could have stopped me...you could have...If only you had told me, I would have known I'd been found out and definitely wouldn't have given your paper to Su Yang..."
Why did you do this? Why did you hurt me?!
Guan Qinghong became more and more agitated as she spoke, and picked up the thermos cup on the table, intending to throw it at Shi Qian, but Zhong Ran, who was quick-witted and agile, snatched it away.
"Are you crazy?!" Zhong Ran roared.
Seeing that she couldn't throw away the thermos, Guan Qinghong reached for the pen holder, but Guan Yi saw this and took the pen holder away beforehand.
Guan Qinghong missed her target and glared fiercely at Shi Qian.
He saw Shi Qian standing in front of him with a blank expression and a cold face, saying why he should help him and why he should forgive his cold and heartless words, and he just wanted Shi Qian to die.
Fearing that Guan Qinghong would suddenly lash out again, Zhong Ran grabbed Guan Qinghong's hands, as if afraid that he would take a fancy to something and throw it at Shi Qian.
Guan Qinghong sneered, then became completely insane, spouting nonsense.
"Shi Qian, I'm going to kill you!"
"Why is it that we're both newcomers, yet you get the dean's favor while I'm just tossed around like trash!"
"So what if you're good-looking? Who knows if you wrote your own paper!"
"Let me tell you, you know the Guan family, right? I'm a member of the Guan family. If you offend me, I can make you wish you were dead!"
"I've investigated you. Aren't you from Yancheng? Do you know who was the richest person in Yancheng for so many years before?"
"That's my grandfather, Guan Heng! Even though we've moved to the Federation, he still has influence in Yan City! Do you believe I can send people to your house right now and kill your family members!"
"You probably haven't been to the Federation, have you? Our Guan family is the number one family in the Federation, even more powerful than the four great families of the capital!"
“My father is now Guan Qi, the head of the Guan family. Twenty years ago, he was a big shot in Beijing. My father still has people in Beijing. If you want to survive in Beijing, you’d better kneel down and apologize to me right now!”
The Guan family? The richest family in Yancheng? Shi Qian seemed to have heard Shi Jingguo mention them when he was a child, but they moved away a long time ago and he didn't know where they went. It turns out they went to the Federation.
Shi Qian had heard about Guan Heng's deeds from Shi Jingguo. He was a very impressive person, and Shi Qian admired him quite a bit when he heard about him.
Guan Qinghong is Guan Heng's grandson? Shi Qian frowned when he thought of this. Sure enough, each generation is worse than the last.
They did something wrong, but they didn't even have the courage to admit it. Instead, they turned around and blamed others. This family's values are truly appalling.
Guan Yi, who was standing to the side, was also taken aback when he heard what Guan Qinghong said. He thought it was another "Guan family member", but when he heard the names of the Federation, Guan Heng and Guan Qi, he was instantly confused.
Isn't Guan Heng his grandfather? Isn't Guan Qi his father?
When did he get a younger brother named Guan Qinghong?
Guan Yi carefully examined Guan Qinghong's face, as if trying to find some clues. In a daze, he actually remembered something.
It was him.
Guan Qinghong's grandfather's generation had some connection with Guan Heng, but by the time Guan Qinghong's parents reached that generation, they were already beyond the fifth degree of kinship and couldn't even be considered distant relatives.
Guan Yi met Guan Qinghong once when he was ten years old. At that time, he was studying in the capital with Guan Mo. Guan Mo's father, who was also his second uncle, was also developing his career in the capital. Because of his grandfather's birthday, the group had to go back to the Federation as usual.
At that time, Guan Qinghong's grandfather happened to have something to do and came to see his second uncle. Knowing that they were going back to the Federation, he said he wanted his grandson to go with them to broaden his horizons.
It was just taking care of another child, not a big deal, so Guan Qinghong went back to the Federation with Guan Yi and the others.
However, this kid's character isn't very good.
On Guan Heng's birthday, Guan Yi unexpectedly discovered that Guan Qinghong had gone to the room where Guan Heng kept birthday gifts from others, and secretly took out a necklace, intending to take it.
Guan Yi immediately stepped forward to stop him, made him put the things back, and took him back to the hall without saying anything, saving the child's face.
I never imagined that we would meet again here after so many years.
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