Female Novel
Chapter 589
Howard's expression turned grim when he noticed the reporters' attention diverted from the main topic.
Tamara had entrusted him to send Bailey to jail. He would be dead meat if he could not complete thattask.
“All right, everyone. Stop chattering. Let's all take two steps back. If you want to conduct an interview,please wait for us to finish our business.”
With that, he called over the officers standing at the side to maintain order.
The officers soon cleared away the reporters crowding in front of the building.
Howard looked at Zeke standing at the top of the stairs. He calmly said, “Mr. Shurmer, Bailey's identityas the daughter of the Shurmer family is indeed distinguished. However, she committed a crime andshould be punished according to the law.”
Zeke took a step forward and pulled Bailey to stand behind him. He looked down at Howard fromabove and flashed the latter a smile. “Did you not hear what my sister said, Mr. Lewis? I don't mindrepeating it to you. She said to give her some time. She'll find proof of where the funds went to.Besides, the balance showed a hundred twenty billion, but the donations from the public were onlyaround seventy billion. Where did the other fifty billion come from? Don't you think it's obvious?”
Howard was at a loss for words.
Zeke did not press on further when he noticed that Howard was silent. Instead, he looked to thecameras held out by the reporters and casually said, “Everyone knows that my sister is talented in
various fields such as medicine, design, literature, racing, programming, fashion design, and more. Shehas accumulated tens of billions of wealth. Despite that, she lives in a three-bedroom apartment inHallsbay and leads a humble life. Aren't you all curious where the money she earned has gone to?”
The square suddenly fell into a deathly silence.
Howard sneered. “Mr. Shurmer, are you trying to say that she donated to charity by transferring all hermoney into the foundation's account?”
Instead of answering him, Zeke asked, “Do you not think so? If not, where did the extra fifty billion inthe account come from? Were you the one who donated it? It looks like government officials inDellmoor are quite wealthy. They can donate fifty billion in one go. Mr. Lewis, you must have hundredsof billions of net worth, huh?”
Howard frowned. “Where would I get that much money to donate to the foundation? Mr. Shurmer,please mind your words and don't spout nonsense.”
“Oh? It wasn't you who donated it? Then who was it? Can they step forward and admit to it?”
Howard was rendered speechless.
Zeke's expression darkened. Raising his voice, he went on, “Out of the one hundred twenty billion inthe foundation's account, fifty billion was donated by my sister. She donated the money she earned inthe past few years to charity. If you have any conscience left, you should stop forcing her to admit tosomething she hasn't done. She's already given her everything to help those in need. All of you shouldbe treating her with respect. As for the thirty-eight billion that was found to be missing, it was originally
my sister's money anyway. How did it turn into her embezzling the charity's funds?”
He paused momentarily before continuing, “Plus, she's already expressed that she would investigatethe details of the expenditure and give everyone an explanation. Is there even a need for you to keepforcing her like this? I, Zeke Shurmer, will make it clear to everyone today. If she's unable to findanything related to the missing funds, I'll cover that thirty-eight billion.”
Tears welled up in Bailey's eyes as she stared at Zeke's back in a daze. She felt safe as she stoodbehind him.
God had treated her well. Although she had suffered a lot, got laughed at, and encountered manyobstacles throughout the years, God had gifted her the two most important men in her life.
One was Artemis, and the other was Zeke. She felt safe and loved with them by her side.
“Zeke...”
Zeke trembled and could not help but turn to look at her. Grabbing her hand, he whispered, “Don't bescared. Even if the sky falls and the world turns against you, you'll still have me by your side.”
Just then, several students dressed in casual clothing hurried toward Zeke and Bailey.
One shouted, “Mr. Shurmer, thank you for protecting Ms. Bailey. However, we don't need you to fork upthat huge sum. What goes around comes around. I'm sure Ms. Bailey's kindness will move theHeavens.”
Several people shifted their gazes to look at the newcomers. They saw a few university students that
looked a little over twenty walk over.
“University students? What are they doing here?”
“They're being so respectful toward Bailey. Could it be that Bailey had helped them?”
“If you put it that way, then I think I get it. Do you think Bailey could've used the money to help pooruniversity students from rural areas?”
“Now that I think about it, that's possible too. Wasn't there a news report on this two years ago? Theysaid a philanthropist supported many poor students and helped them achieve their dream of attendinguniversity.”
“If that's so, then Bailey is really...”
“How generous. Nowadays, capitalists are all blood-sucking creatures. It's rare to see people willing tosupport poor children out of their own pocket. Plus, there isn't any historical precedent of such a thinghappening. If Bailey did use all her money to support these children, I'd be truly impressed with her.”
Howard paled at the comments from the reporters. He could sense he was at a great disadvantage inthat situation.
At that moment, he could no longer rely on himself to turn the tables around. He needed a diversion.
“Officers! Get them out of here! We're on official business. Why did you let them get in?” novelbin
The officers heard Howard yell and hurriedly made their way toward the students, wanting to block the
students from getting too close.
However, the crowd had had enough of the nonsense. They came forward and blocked the officers byforming a circle around the university students to protect them.
“We're not stupid. Anyone with a brain can analyze the situation, so don't you dare treat us as fools andtry to shoo us away!”
“That's right. We must get a clarification on the matter regarding Bailey's embezzlement of the charity'sfunds. If she did commit the crime, we'd denounce her together. However, if she's innocent, then noneof us should continue to accuse her of it.”
“What are you youngsters doing here?”
A girl took out a big stack of documents from her backpack. She was panting as she replied, “Theseare remittance certificates that show that Ms. Bailey sponsored us to enter university. She used anoverseas account to transfer the money to us. Hence, Mr. Lewis couldn't find anything from hisinvestigation. However, that doesn't mean Ms. Bailey has never supported us.”
Another teenager added, “That's right. Ms. Bailey supported more than thirty thousand universitystudents and spent close to forty billion to make our dream of going to university come true. She shouldnot receive any accusations from this corrupt government official. This is only a portion of thecertificates. Our classmates are still handling this matter overseas. They'll return with the remainingcertificates within three to five days.”
Several people from the crowd that had previously studied abroad took the certificates from the femalestudent and flipped through them. They nodded after confirming that those certificates were legit.
“They aren't lying. These indeed show the transfers from Bailey's overseas account to the basicsavings accounts in the country. Each transaction is worth millions.”
Howard's assistant stared at the “evidence” of the embezzlement in his hands, suddenly realizing itwas a hot potato.
F*ck! Aren't I just asking for a slap in the face by taking these fabricated pieces of evidence to showthat Bailey had committed a crime?