Chapter 393 She Stole My Card to Harm Me
All the other students were following the teacher on the tour, but Isabella was the exception. Her mind wasn't on visiting the research institute at all - she was specifically targeting the excellent men in the institute.
Should we say she's too clever or too scheming?
"I've seen plenty of girls like you with bad intentions, always trying to climb to the top in one step. But do you know that Asva is my boyfriend?"
Cressida said coldly, her gaze toward Isabella like ice, aggressive and threatening.
Isabella looked at Cressida, her brow slightly furrowed. "Are you misunderstanding something?"
"Misunderstanding?" Cressida let out a cold laugh and directly reached out to forcefully snatch the dessert and coffee from Isabella's hands.
Cressida demanded shrilly, "What is this? I saw with my own eyes Asva giving this to you! Asva has never bought dessert and coffee for any woman except me. You've really impressed me."
Looking at the coffee and dessert that Cressida had grabbed, Isabella finally understood what Cressida took her for.
"The dessert and coffee were indeed from Asva, but he didn't mean anything by it," Isabella said. "If you mind, just take them."
"What do you mean if I mind? Is this about whether I mind or not? This is about you being improper." Cressida laughed. "I've really never seen someone who seduces men and still acts so righteous about it!"
She had dealt with plenty of women trying to seduce Asva. Just within the research institute, there were several women who would do anything to seduce Asva, and some even shamelessly provoked her.
Cressida thought Isabella was just like those women - a scheming girl.
Isabella looked at Cressida in front of her, finding her completely unreasonable. "Do you have some kind of delusion? This is my first time meeting Asva. When did I seduce him?"
"You didn't seduce him? If you didn't seduce him, why would he buy these things for you?" Cressida raised her voice another notch, her eyes blazing as she looked at the girl.
Isabella laughed in anger. "This is truly unreasonable."
She stood up to leave, not wanting to waste time with a crazy person like Cressida.
Seeing her about to leave, Cressida immediately got angry. She grabbed Isabella's wrist and shouted, "You're not allowed to leave!"
Cressida used a lot of force. She did it on purpose, gripping Isabella's wrist while trying to dig her nails into her skin.
However, she didn't expect that the next second, Isabella would flip her wrist and twist Cressida's wrist in return.
A piercing pain shot through.
Cressida cried out and let go.
If she hadn't let go, Isabella could have broken her bones.
Cressida's wrist still hurt, and her face was somewhat pale. She stared at Isabella with displeasure. "You..."
"Don't mess with me." Isabella glanced at her with a slightly darkened expression, her cold voice tinged with chill.
Cressida froze.
For some reason, looking into Isabella's eyes, Cressida felt they had a bewitching quality. At the same time, those eyes revealed a strong, sharp presence that couldn't be defied.
Both Cressida and the female researcher beside her were momentarily dazed.
By the time they snapped out of it, Isabella had already left.
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"Cressida, where did you go?"
In the research lab, Asva saw Cressida coming in from outside and asked.
"Nothing." Cressida always kept her composure and didn't mention what happened downstairs at all. "I went to buy some coffee and bread."
Asva didn't say anything. He shut down the computer in front of him, stood up, and said with a somewhat serious expression, "Come on, let's go to Research Lab A007."
Hearing they were going to Research Lab A007, Cressida's expression changed slightly.
Research Lab A007 was currently conducting a highly classified research project. This project was about a future weapon - weapons that surpassed current technology levels. Whether in power or technical capability, they far exceeded current military weapons.
Starting over ten years ago, the Powell family's research institute began this massive project, investing considerable funds and establishing many experimental projects. Not only the physics group was involved, but also the biology and chemistry groups. The physics research institute was mainly responsible for the physics content.
Research Lab A007 was studying electromagnetic pulse technology. Electromagnetic pulse emitters made using this technology could destroy enemy electronic equipment and communication systems, cutting off their communications and disabling their radar functions.
This technology was crucial for modern warfare.
The first-generation electromagnetic pulse emitter had been developed, but it had a short emission distance and small range, so research needed to continue improving it.
All research labs involving "future weapons" were classified as top-level confidential research labs, and Cressida was one of the members of Project A007.
Project A007 was led by the institute's deputy director, Foxen Powell, and development was currently halfway complete.
Cressida didn't dare delay and quickly followed Asva to Research Lab A007.
Research Lab A007 was located deep inside the left side of the building. To enter, you needed an identification card.
The identification cards were specially issued to researchers participating in the project. It was an electronic ID card, one per person, and only with this card could you open the research lab door.
Arriving at the lab door, Cressida was about to take out her ID card when she reached for it and found that the card that should have been in her shirt pocket had vanished.
"My card!" Cressida exclaimed.
Hearing this, Asva's expression changed. "You lost your ID card?"
You have to know, the research institute's requirement for researchers was that all researchers must keep their ID cards safe!
These ID cards were like a police officer's gun, with a specific code belonging to the researcher. If lost and picked up by someone else who used it to open the lab door and steal research data, it would be considered a major mistake by the researcher. In serious cases, they could be directly fired by the institute and banned from participating in any major research projects for life.
"How could you lose your ID card? Look for it quickly," Asva frowned. "See if you accidentally left it somewhere."
"I'll go check downstairs."
Cressida hurried back to the previous reference room and searched everywhere she had sat, but didn't find it.
Asva was also helping her look, but he didn't find it either.
Cressida immediately became extremely anxious. "Where could it be? I remember when I checked my pocket this morning, it was still there..."
"Cressida, don't panic. Think carefully about all the places you've been, see if you dropped it somewhere."
"How about this - I'll have the security center make an announcement throughout the institute to see if anyone found your card."
"No!" Cressida quickly grabbed Asva.
"You can't let the security center announce it!" Cressida said urgently. "That way the director will know I lost my card. Even if we find it, he'll definitely blame me. I don't want to ruin my image in the director's mind over something like this!"
Asva naturally understood Cressida's concerns. He patted her shoulder to comfort her. "Then let's try looking first. If we really can't find it, we'll ask security to help."
Cressida rushed off to look in other places.
Still nothing.
Cressida was going crazy. "How can it be nowhere? What do I do? If someone stole it, that would be terrible."
"Cressida, don't worry..."
As Asva was saying this, before he could finish, he suddenly heard Cressida exclaim.
"I remember now!"
Asva immediately looked at her. "What do you remember?"
Cressida said with a dark expression, "It was that female student!"
"What female student?" Asva was confused.
"That female student from Radiant University who came to visit!"
Cressida remembered - her name was Isabella.
Cressida recalled the process of arguing with Isabella. When Isabella twisted her wrist, she must have reached into her pocket and taken the card!
It must be!
Other than that, she really couldn't think of who else would have had the chance to steal her card.
And she had searched everywhere - the card hadn't fallen on the ground.
It could only have been taken by Isabella.
"It must have been her. I'm sure of it." Cressida sneered. "She looks like the type who would do something like this. She stole my card to harm me."
She really didn't expect Isabella to be so vicious, deliberately taking her card to try to get her fired from the institute.
Asva was very confused. He didn't even know who Cressida was talking about.
"Cressida, are you sure someone really stole your card? Don't get it wrong. How about we still have security announce a lost and found? Maybe someone picked it up."
"I'm not wrong, and I couldn't be wrong." Cressida was very confident.
She could tell at a glance what kind of woman Isabella was - a bitch who wouldn't be surprising doing anything. This must have been her doing.
Cressida turned and went to find Isabella.
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Meanwhile, Isabella hadn't been touring with Jerald and the others.
After being disturbed by Cressida, she bought a bottle of water from the vending machine and found another place to sit and rest.
Isabella had just prepared to unscrew the cap and take a sip when out of the corner of her eye, she saw Cressida angrily walking toward her.
Cressida directly slapped the water bottle out of Isabella's hand onto the ground.
Isabella's brow furrowed slightly.
She looked at the water bottle the woman had knocked to the ground, then looked up at Cressida and said in a low voice, "What are you doing? Going crazy again?"
Cressida didn't even look at Kennedy. She stared at Isabella with an aggressive manner and a cold expression.
"You bitch, hurry up and give me back my card!"
Asva, who had followed closely behind, never expected to see this scene. His expression immediately changed.
"Cressida! What are you doing? Are you crazy?" Asva's expression was no longer calm as he shouted sternly.
He hadn't expected at all that the girl Cressida had mentioned was Isabella.
Isabella stole her card?
How was that possible?
Asva's reaction in Cressida's eyes was him being protective.
She turned to look at Asva, incredulous. "Asva, why are you yelling at me? She's the one who took my card. Why aren't you yelling at her?"
After saying this, Cressida turned back to look at Isabella even more fiercely. "You bitch, you really have some skills! Just the first time meeting, and Asva is already protecting you like this. You still dare say you're not seducing men?"