Rose trusted Dicka, so she told him everything that happened that day: "After he fainted from excessive fatigue, I helped him submit the revised plan, so Su Zibai never saw the final plan..."

Dika's eyes widened. "You...you modified Professor Su's research plan?"

Rose clenched her fists. "We definitely designed that plan ourselves. I just wanted to help him, but I didn't expect it would harm him... I also didn't expect that someone above us would dare to give Zhou Shihong that top-secret data."

Di Ka thought for a moment and said, "If that's the case, then Zhou Shihong's claim that the data was his research results from last year is pure bullshit. Isn't it enough for us to find evidence to prove that his plan was later than ours?"

Rose shook her head. "It's useless. Su Zibai didn't answer the question at the celebration banquet, and he knows nothing about the final version of the plan. Even if he proves it, no one will believe him."

Dicka was speechless for a moment.

Yes, what is most important in academia? Credibility. Once that credibility is compromised, even the most conclusive evidence will be suspected of fabrication.

"So... what do we do now? If we can't prove Professor Su's innocence, not only will his career be over, but he'll also be accused of plagiarism!"

Under the light, the lines of Rose's profile were stretched tight.

She clenched her fists, digging her nails into her palms. "No, I won't let his career end here, and I won't let him be charged with plagiarism!"

Dika stared at his boss in a daze.

At this moment, the light in Rose's eyes was brighter than ever.

For some reason, Dicka inexplicably believed in Rose and believed that she could really do it.

............

Dark as ink.

Rose stood at the gate of the military compound. Under the glaring light, her shadow was stretched out very long.

This was the third time that her convoy and armed group were turned away.

Behind the heavy iron gate, the guards repeated their superiors' orders expressionlessly: "No entry without permission. Please leave immediately."

Dika scratched his hair irritably: "Rose, forcing your way in is not an option. This is the Shen family's territory. No one can enter without a pass."

Rose suddenly said, "Dika, you take the others and go first. I will go by myself."

"What?" Di Ka's eyes widened. "Are you crazy? If you get beaten to a pulp, I can't save you... I know you want to ask the Shen family for help to save Professor Su, but you should also consider their background. Is this something we can't bother with..."

"Trust me, I have a way to get in." Rose unhooked the holster on her belt and handed the pistol to Dicka. "Go away if I tell you to. Go back to the safe spot five kilometers away and guard it. Don't come here without my order."

Dicka wanted to say something, but when he met Rose's eyes, all the words were stuck in his throat.

He had seen that look once before. Before the mission in Belgrade that almost resulted in annihilation, Rose had looked at them with that look, and then walked into the building filled with explosives alone.

At that time, everyone thought that Rose was going to die, but she came out alive and even saved everyone's lives. From then on, all the brothers followed her lead.

This woman is so ruthless and decisive that even men feel ashamed of themselves.

"...Okay." Deka finally took the gun and gestured for the team members to retreat. "Come back alive, boss."

The convoy turned around and left, raising a cloud of dust.

Rose stood alone in front of the military compound, like an isolated island.

There was a strict guard in front with a post every ten steps and a sentry every five steps. The thick and high courtyard wall extended to both sides, with no end in sight.

She took two steps forward.

"Stop!" The four guards immediately raised their guns. "This is your last warning. Please leave immediately!"

Rose stopped but didn't turn around.

Her back was straight, and her military shirt fluttered slightly in the night breeze.

Then, in front of everyone's shocked gaze, she slowly bent her knees and knelt straight down...

Kneeling on the hard concrete floor.

Her voice was not loud but every word was clear, "Tell the people inside that Shen Ci, a junior of the Shen family, wants to see you."

The air froze for a moment.

"Shen...you said you were Shen Ci...could you be the one who ran away with that man back then..."

"Quick, tell Mr. Shen..."

The guard platoon leader was the first to react and reported hurriedly on the intercom.

A few seconds later, the entire Shen family compound was like a hornet's nest that had been poked.

The servants ran around the yard telling each other.

"It's the young lady..."

"Back then, I even gave up my home to elope with a man..."

"She's actually kneeling at the door!"

Fragmentary conversations drifted into Rose's ears.

She knelt straight, her fists clenched tightly.

For seventeen years, she thought she would never return to this place and would never use the name "Shen Ci" again.

She was eighteen years old at the time, the most favored youngest daughter of the Shen family, but she refused the political marriage arranged by the family and insisted on following the young scholar Su Zibai whom she met at an academic exchange meeting.

Her father was furious, her grandfather was disappointed, and the entire Shen family viewed her as a rebel.

"Even if I, Shen Ci, die outside, I will never set foot in the Shen family compound!" She swore this when she slammed the door and left.

My grandfather's roar still echoes in my ears: "Don't regret it. If you dare to walk out of this door, I will never look at you even if you die on your knees in front of it!"

She left without looking back that year.

And now, she is back.

Not only come back, but come back on your knees, you must kneel!

The boomerang of fate hit him right in the middle of his eyebrows.

The night wind grew cooler, blowing up the scattered hair on her forehead.

Her knees had lost all feeling, but she still maintained the most standard kneeling posture.

This is what my grandfather taught me since I was a child. The Shen family would rather die on their knees than live with their backs bent.

Her gaze passed over the iron gate and looked towards the vaguely visible three-story building deep in the compound.

Seventeen years ago, the place where she was beaten with a belt by her father was also the place where her grandfather held her and watched the stars even earlier...

"The commander said..." A young guard ran over, his voice trembling, "He said he wouldn't see me."

Rose didn't even tremble her eyelashes: "Then tell him that Shen Ci will kneel until he sees her."

The guard stood there in embarrassment.

Deep in the compound, more and more windows were lighting up, and faint sounds of quarreling could be heard.

Rose knew that the Shen family must be in chaos at this moment.

The eldest daughter who brought shame to the family actually knelt down and begged for admission in public. This slap was even louder than the one she received when she ran away from her marriage.

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