Chapter 1660 The Lie
Evan had anticipated Steven’s concern. Narrowing his eyes, he uttered, “Mr. Maupay, I think there’s a misunderstanding here. I don’t actually want the chip. I’m merely reminding you to dispose of it when you return.”
“Dispose it?”
Steven found the whole notion to be even more incredulous. “Mr. Seet, are you telling me to scrap the one thing I spent years of my life to make? Isn’t that a bit too much?”
“No, I’m worried that the chip might just blow up your entire hideout.”
Steven frowned. “You don’t have to worry about that, Mr. Seet. I’m not that dumb to blow up my own base.”
“You won’t do it, but I might!”
Evan curled his lips slightly, looking ever so ambiguous.
Steven was puzzled after hearing that. “Mr. Seet, the remote for the chip is in my hand. How—”
“I have it too.”
Right after his words fell, Evan shot Juan a look, and the latter immediately headed to the study and returned with an exquisite little box.
Upon receiving the box from him, Evan opened it and took out a keypad. “Does it look similar to yours?” he asked while looking at Steven.
Steven could not tear his gaze away from the item in Evan’s hand. Indeed, it was very similar to the remote he had, barring the few extra buttons.
“It does, but it’s still different. Are you telling me this can control the chip, Mr. Seet? Is this a joke? Or are you just messing with me?”
Evan smirked in response. “The extra buttons are for the timer. I can make it so that the chip blows up your hideout whenever I want. I could even do a preset. For example, if I want the chip to explode tomorrow at five in the morning, I could just set it up right now.”
Steven was rendered speechless.
He can even preset the explosion?
Disbelief was written all over his face.
At the same time, Skyler could not believe Evan too. “Mr. Seet, if what you say is true, doesn’t that mean we could die whenever you feel like it? If that the case, you would be a living Grim Reaper!”
“Well, you could wait till tomorrow to find out whether I’m lying or not.”
Evan’s statement brooked no room for doubt, rendering the father and son duo silent as they looked at each other.
Judging from how serious Evan looked, they could feel that it was not a joke.
But how did he get his hands on the chip’s remote?
The more they thought about it, the more confused they became. Eventually, both Skyler and Steven shifted their gaze toward Sally simultaneously.
Nonetheless, Sally, too, had no idea whether the remote Evan had was real or not, so she looked at Kyle.
Kyle was quiet for a brief moment before answering, “You better believe what my dad said. The creator of this remote was actually part of the development team of your chip.”
Steven was momentarily stunned. So what he means is that someone from my team made that remote? Which means we have a mole among us?
His gaze darkened as he clenched his fist. “You’re truly exceptional, Mr. Seet. The men involved in the development of the chip are all my aides, but you still managed to sway them. Impressive, very impressive!”
Hearing that, Davin was secretly delighted. Does this mean he believes it now? Evan and Kyle are so good at acting!
“No need for praises. Just do as my brother say and destroy that chip. Otherwise, your underground palace will turn into ruins as soon as the clock strikes five tomorrow morning,” he remarked.
Steven curled his lips as murderous intent flashed across his gaze. I’ll have to do a thorough investigation when I return to see if what he says is the truth and find out who betrayed me!
“What’s the second condition?” he then asked.
Truth be told, Evan was only ever interested in Steven’s chip. Besides that, there was not really much he wanted from him.
Hence, he turned toward Davin.
“Davin, tell him the second condition!”
“Me?” Davin was caught off-guard as he never expected that to happen.
Well, I surely can’t miss out on such a great opportunity to mess with Steven!
