Female Novel
Chapter 727 Lying Again
The topic of studying history quickly faded from Andrew's mind as he became engrossed in thetelevision.
After spending a few days at Martin's house, Simond established a connection with the designcompetition organizers. The competition schedule was changed, and the process was extended tonearly a year.
Late at night, while preparing a midnight snack, Abigail called Sean.
"Yes, the competition schedule has changed. It looks like I'll have to stay here for at least tenmonths," she apologized to him. "I didn't expect this, but I've already signed the contract. If I backout, there will be a hefty penalty, and besides, I really want to win the prize."
Of course, winning the prize was already guaranteed.
However, the competition that she participated in was not very significant. With her abilities,participating in such a competition was simply adding prestige to her name.
Winning a prize was an effortless task for her.
And because of the guaranteed award, she felt guilty. She had also invested a lot of money in thecompetition and more than tripled the original prize pool. Anyone who participated in thecompetition and received an outstanding award would receive a considerable amount of money.
"Ten months... That's too long," he said reluctantly.
"Yeah." She agreed and felt guilty about lying. If she could still go back and see him from time totime, it wouldn't be a big deal. However, the main problem was that there was no possibility of goingback at all.
"In that case, I'll come over when I have time to see you." Sean didn't want to sound like he wasblaming her. She had her own pursuits, and he would support her, even though he had doubtsabout the situation.
"Okay." Abigail reluctantly agreed. She planned to figure out a way to stop him when he decided tovisit.
After ending the call with Abigail, Sean immediately called Kevin.
Kevin answered promptly.
"Do you know anything about her going to Perou for a design competition?" Sean asked. He feltthat Kevin, as his friend, would tell him if there were any issues on Abigail's end.
Kevin hesitated for a moment and replied, "I don't know much about it. You know I'm not interestedin those competitions."
"So, she really is participating in the competition, right? Kevin, you're not lying to me, are you?"Sean's voice carried a hint of coldness.
"Sean, why would I lie to you? What's the point?" Kevin's voice rose. He was perspiring from hisguilt.novelbin
Thankfully, he had checked out Johnson Hospital's research lab and made sure it was safe enoughto keep Abigail out of harm's way.
Otherwise, if he continued to deceive Sean like this, they could forget about being best friendsanymore.
Sean hung up the phone.
He put his phone down and asked Xavien beside him, "How did the investigation into the website'sfinances go?"
"I found some issues." Xavien immediately approached him. "I checked all the websites of this kindand discovered that many have closed down in the past two years. Their financial records weremostly negative, too. They were losing money every year, except for the one Abigail signed with.Suddenly, their finances went downhill, and they also had losses last year."
Sean nodded. "Let me take a look at the information."
Xavien immediately handed him the folder.
One of the websites was owned by a second-generation rich person, but it closed down due toconsecutive losses.
It indicated that running such websites was not profitable anymore.
So, what was the motive behind the internet celebrities lavishly spending money on these websites?
"I inquired with the relevant departments about the procedures for fraud," Xavien spoke slowly."They said there's a method of money laundering that goes unnoticed. Some people in Eswadiabrowse certain websites and end up getting scammed. In such cases, their cards might not beusable anymore because they've fallen into the hands of criminals."
"I'm aware of that. Once their accounts are in the hands of criminals, they become unusable," Seanreplied.
After finishing, he paused abruptly and looked at Xavien. "While I was watching Abby's video earlierand leaving her with a trip, I saw a comment. I didn't pay much attention to it, though."
"What was it?" Xavien asked immediately.
"There was a very ordinary comment asking why a person would be willing to give such a large sumof money as a tip to someone they only know online. Do you think it's something that someone whoearns money would do?" Sean asked Xavien.
"Aren't there many men who spend a lot of money just to be with those female streamers?" Xavienfelt this situation was quite common.
"Forget about people like me who know Abby personally and those who are solely attracted to herphysically. What about the rest of those big spenders? Do you think it's normal?" Sean questioned.
As online fans, will they really give 150 thousand or even 2.8 million for no reason other than likinga streamer? Xavien looked at him and thought.
Sean's expression turned cold. "What I'm saying is, if this account is being used for shady dealings,and the fraudsters are posing as... the owners of the website. And what if the website has madeagreements with these impostors? Turning dirty money into clean cash always comes with risks, butthe website might only be seeing the profits. Why wouldn't they go along with it, right?"
After all, the users of these dubious websites likely had legitimate accounts and did not commit anycriminal activities.
Even if the website was investigated, the truth might not be revealed.
Xavien caught on. "So, are you saying the website we invested in was targeted by fraudsterswithout our knowledge?"
Sean smirked. "Whether we're aware or not, who knows?"