Chapter 953: 951
 

Wen Xin had just finished speaking and walked out of the meeting room with grace. She had barely taken a few steps when the room erupted with a somewhat deafening shout.

“Our boss’s wife is too cool, isn’t she? She casually tossed out a major project like it was nothing. You have to know, this is a world-class project…”

“Too cool. I’ve read Independent State’s reports on this project, but you can tell that our boss’s wife’s project is way more formidable than the one in Independent State. That one is just an empty shell, but this is different, this is a complete system…”

“My goodness, I never thought I’d be involved in such a project, it’s simply unbelievable…”

Hearing the discussions behind him, Qian Meng, following Wen Xin, started to feel envious again, envious that Mu Chengxi could earn Wen Xin’s favor…

Why could Mu Chengxi win such a beauty…

After leaving Mu Group, Wen Xin sat in Qian Meng’s car. Qian Meng looked at Wen Xin through the rearview mirror, “Where to now, princess?”

“Let’s go to the Research Institute.”

Wen Xin, rubbing her temples tiredly, hadn’t slept at all last night and was now finding it hard to cope. She had a severe headache.

Qian Meng, watching Wen Xin’s actions, withdrew his gaze and drove away from Mu Group.

An hour later, Mu Group announced a new project on their official website. The announcement not only drew attention within the industry but also attracted the attention of some departments in country C, eventually shocking the world.

In a research lab in Independent State, several people heard about the aircraft project published by Mu Group in Beijing. They eagerly accessed Mu Group’s official website to check out the information on the aircraft project.

After seeing it, Ou Shenzhi slumped into his chair, momentarily at a loss for words.

“Chief Engineer Ou, this aircraft project in Country C closely resembles ours, but I don’t know why, their aircraft seems more complete than ours.”

Ou Shenzhi, looking at the tablet in front of him, couldn’t pay any attention to what the people around him were saying. He was too shocked; he had been working diligently for over a year without achieving these results.

Upon receiving news that Mu family in Beijing had publicized their aircraft project, Old Fox Wen immediately visited the aircraft research center in Independent State. As soon as he entered, he saw Ou Shenzhi slumped in a chair and walked straight up to him, grabbing Ou Shenzhi by the collar.

“Explain this to me, what exactly is going on here? Isn’t this your project? Why has it become a project of Mu Group in Beijing, and from the design diagrams they released, their design is more refined. Explain to me, what exactly is happening?”

The hand with which Old Fox Wen was gripping Ou Shenzhi’s collar couldn’t help but tremble. He had invested too many resources and much effort into Ou Shenzhi’s aircraft project, only for Ou Shenzhi to not only fail but also to be preempted by Mu Group in revealing their research developments.

This was a fierce slap in their faces and a severe blow to Independent State’s technological innovation, a catastrophic strike for the lab.

They couldn’t allow those they deemed inferior to achieve such results.

As he faced Old Fox’s questioning, Ou Shen Zhi had been bowing his head. It took him a few minutes to react before he looked up, his gaze scattered as he stared at the Old Fox.

“I don’t even know what’s going on; I only know that the design was Wen Xin’s, which I saw in my room at the sanatorium. I found it quite innovative at that moment; it dazzled me, and I came up with my own ideas.”

“I’m sorry, Mr. Wen; I’ve let down your trust. I thought I could develop the aircraft based on Wen Xin’s design, but I never expected… that Wen Xin’s design had already been perfected, and I…”

“Slap…” Before Ou Shen Zhi could finish, Mr. Wen raised his hand and fiercely slapped Ou Shen Zhi’s cheek, the action so harsh that Ou Shen Zhi felt his teeth might have been knocked out.

However, Ou Shen Zhi knew that this slap wouldn’t calm Mr. Wen’s raging fury; he swallowed the blood and teeth in his mouth together.

Old Fox Wen forcefully released himself from Ou Shen Zhi’s collar and flung Ou Shen Zhi hard onto the ground, looking at him with fury-filled eyes. He couldn’t believe that after being shrewd for so long, he had been tricked by such a young man.

“I remember when you first brought the blueprints to me, you told me it was your own project; I never expected that you were deceiving me. Tell me how you want to die!”

The Old Fox was always ruthless and never soft-hearted, not even with his own flesh and blood, let alone with someone who had deceived him.

After a while, Old Fox’s anger subsided slightly. He walked over to Ou Shen Zhi and kicked him hard. A muffled cry was heard from Ou Shen Zhi…

After hearing Ou Shen Zhi’s cry of pain, he let out a cold laugh. Hearing such sounds only infuriated him further.

Still, there were some things he wanted to ask Ou Shen Zhi, even needed Ou Shen Zhi to do, so he kept him because he was still of use.

“You’re saying you took the blueprints from Wen Xin, does Wen Xin know about you stealing her blueprints?”

The Old Fox’s question made the struggling Ou Shen Zhi sigh wearily. He shook his head, then nodded.

“Wen Xin knows I took her blueprints, but she didn’t react, just got angry with my grandfather for messing with her things. There were no extreme actions.”

Ou Shen Zhi reported the situation honestly to Old Fox Wen, completely not daring to hide anything… Now he was utterly disheartened and held no hope for his research anymore.

It was only when he saw the data on aircraft released by the Mu Group, that he realized how far behind his own research was compared to Wen Xin’s.

He suddenly understood why Wen Xin was just angry but didn’t stop him from researching—the blueprint for the aircraft was a failure; thus, his project was doomed from the start, as his research direction had been wrong all along.

Old Fox Wen watched the change in Ou Shen Zhi’s eyes and frowned tightly. He squinted his shrewd eyes, detecting some issues.

“Have you realized something? Has there been a problem from the beginning?”

The Old Fox was unwilling to let his investment go to waste just like that—he had to claw back an explanation, to soothe his irritable mood!