Be Careful, Scum Dad! Mommy Is Back!
Chapter 354: Is your dad very poor?

Chapter 354: Chapter 354: Is your dad very poor?

The next morning, in the silent meeting room.

Shen Congliang listened to the voice playing through the speakers, his complexion ashen, never expecting to be exposed so directly.

Today, Lu Xining called for an impromptu project meeting, gathering all members responsible for the Artificial Uterus biological project. As everyone listened to the recording, they turned their heads one after another to look at Shen Congliang, who had always been the most enthusiastic on normal days.

"Shen Congliang, you always talked about Teacher Sang as if he was your own parent. Is this how you treat your parents?"

"No wonder you’ve always been talking in front of us, saying that Teacher Sang often researches alone in the lab late into the night. It turns out you wanted to direct the blame at Teacher Sang, when in reality, you are the true traitor!"

"Don’t forget, the only reason you got into the ZN research base was because of Teacher Sang’s recommendation. Even your house, car, and your daughter’s schooling, all were solved by Professor Lu. How could you be so ungrateful!"

Shen Congliang shifted his gaze guiltily, his eyeballs darting around rapidly, and his lips were bitten hard out of nervousness, drawing blood.

His gaze instinctively went to his teacher. In the past, whenever a problem arose, it was Sang Yimin who would resolve it for him, but today, not even a glimpse of concern was spared for him.

"I... This isn’t true! Professor Lu, Teacher Sang, I really didn’t do it," he said.

"You’ve also said that I respect Teacher Sang the most on normal days, and Professor Lu has helped me with so many things. One could say that without Professor Lu and Teacher Sang, Shen Congliang wouldn’t have his happy life today."

His voice was urgent and sincere, paired with his honest and straightforward appearance, which could easily lower one’s guard.

"I came all the way here from a rural background through exams. If not for Teacher Sang’s promotion of me, and allocating a portion of his salary for me to live on, I wouldn’t have made it to where I am today. You can doubt my character, but you can’t deny my respect for Teacher Sang!"

The conference room was so quiet, everyone watched Shen Congliang’s solo pantomime.

But not a single person spoke up for him.

The experimentation process is dull and tedious, requiring steadfast faith to keep one going.

Many times, years of experiments may not even result in success.

To them, the final experiment result is like an embryo that has been carefully nurtured over many years, finally surviving in a critical moment.

The success of the Artificial Uterus biological project was akin to the joy of their children being successfully born.

Now, someone has sold the ’child’ they had trouble raising, not a single ’parent’ could forgive him!

How is that different from a human trafficker?

Lu Xining sat in the chairman’s position at the conference table and looked at Shen Congliang, speaking in a faint voice, "Xiao Shen, do you know what my original intent was for researching the Artificial Uterus biological project?"

This point was made clear to them at the beginning of the experiment. It was to fulfill the wishes of mothers who long for children but are physically unable to have them, allowing them to experience motherhood.

But fulfilling this wish came with conditions.

The candidate must undergo comprehensive background and psychological evaluations to ensure they genuinely desire children, craved for children, and would surely love the children, only then would they qualify to register for the Artificial Uterus project.

But what about now?

The Antis biological research company launched the Artificial Uterus project indiscriminately, using a high price as a restriction, turning it into an accessory for the wealthy, completely deviating from the original intent of the experiment.

Faced with Lu Xining’s questioning, Shen Congliang subconsciously dodged with his eyes, his complexion flushing red, his hands under the table clenching his clothes tightly, his lips parted for a long while without uttering a single word.

Because he didn’t know how to defend himself.

Thinking about the tens of millions in his account, Shen Congliang took a deep breath and said, "Professor Lu, I am innocent."

Someone slammed the table and stood up, angrily rebuking, "Shen Congliang, at this point, are you still going to lie?"

"Yesterday your daughter told my daughter while they were playing that you didn’t take her to the beach at all, nor did you go home. It was only after ’Antis’ biotech company announced the ’Artificial Uterus’ project that you hastily booked tickets for them to come to Fuxian."

The speaker was a colleague living next to Shen Congliang’s apartment, and they were all students of Sang Yimin.

Compared to Shen Congliang, who always pretentiously thanked his mentor in daily conversations, this student might not express much but always silently helped Sang Yimin with his work, learning by his side.

Lu Xining looked at the man who was stammering and did not know how to retort, and turned on the projector in the meeting room.

With a stern look, she asked, "Shen Congliang, can you explain why, just after ’Antis’ biotech company released the ’Artificial Uterus’ project, 50 million appeared in your mother’s account?"

"50 million?" Everyone else sucked in a breath of cold air!

Shen Congliang’s eyes wandered, still struggling desperately, "It’s, it’s because a person whom my mother had helped before, to thank her for saving his life, so he, he..."

There was no need for Lu Xining to ask any further, as someone stood up to expose Shen Congliang’s lie.

"What nonsense are you spouting! I’ve been at the same school as you since high school, and knowing how your mother conducts herself, even the cows that pass by your house would get skinned by her. And now you say your mother helps people?"

As if finding a reason to vent, Shen Congliang also slammed the table and stood up, his speaking pace quickening.

"You’re talking crap! Don’t you smear my mother! I’ve really had it with you for a long time, if it wasn’t for my recommendation to Teacher Sang back in the day, could you have become Teacher Sang’s student? You are the ungrateful one!"

"You’ve had it with me? Ha! Your so-called doting of your wife, love for your daughter, respect for your teacher, all that nonsense, it’s all fake!"

Lu Xining coldly watched Shen Congliang getting severely beaten up on the ground, and seeing that he still wasn’t willing to admit his own problems, she turned her head to Teacher Sang Yimin, who had been silent next to her, and asked, "Teacher Sang, what do you think?"

The moment the man heard Shen Congliang’s voice from the speaker, a certain firm belief in his eyes had already crumbled.

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then turned his head to meet Lu Xining’s gaze, and slowly said, "I’m sorry, I failed to properly discipline my student. I will abide by the lab’s decision, I have no objections."

Sang Yimin raised his voice slightly, and declared solemnly, "From today onwards, Shen Congliang is no longer my student, Sang Yimin."

The beaten Shen Congliang turned his head sharply upon hearing his words, "Teacher Sang! Even you don’t believe me?"

He pushed others away, shouting loudly, "I know you all just want someone to take the fall, thinking I’m easy to bully because I come from the countryside. I tell you, it wasn’t me who did this, and I will not admit to it! Even if you kill me, I won’t admit it!"

Utterly obstinate!

Suddenly! The meeting room’s screen echoed with the soft voice of Lu Nuonuo.

"Miaomiao, look, this is the gold bean that my stepfather bought for me, isn’t it super pretty?"

"My dad has one of these too, and besides, yours is so small. The gold bars my dad bought are like bricks, much shinier than yours. Is your dad really poor? My dad says, only poor people buy gold beans."

Lu Nuonuo: "???" Is stepdad really poor?

A man in Beicheng started sneezing again.