With her chin up and shoulders back, Kong Liu looked into the eyes of her father, "Infinity software was stolen by you and not me. You planned everything against Alice and went after her to Country Y to get the invention she was working hard for four years."

"It was your plan to involve Yang's when you saw Alice was under Feng Jianyu's protection. It was your plan to sell the software to Feng Corporation under my name to brag about my capabilities to Feng Dingxiong"

She tilted her head, "In fact, it was you who deliberately hurt XM to teach her lesson. However, the plan backfired and everything turned against us. Yes, I tried to blackmail XM, but other than that everything was done by you. It was you every time. ONLY YOU…. I was just a puppet. So, why a puppet should go to the station alone? Isn't her master should accompany her?"

Kong Da's fierce eyes clashed with her cold ones. "What an unfilial girl you are. I did so much for you yet it didn't take a second for you to turn against me. With so many efforts I got the Infinity Software, thinking about your bright future I put it under your name. what have you done? Even after getting a degree from Harvard you failed to decode it. USELESS…. I should have killed you inside your mother's womb"

Kong Liu scoffed, "You did everything for your own benefit. Infinity Software was put under my name so that you can carry on with your ulterior motives towards Feng Corporation. Don't call me unfilial when you always failed to fulfill your fatherly duties. Today when you saw that the situation was unfavourable you brushed me off like a bag of old dust. If you can turn selfish, don't forget we share the same genes"

 "You…."

"This is what a scheming father-daughter duo looks like…" Xiu Mei alternated her gaze between Kong Da and Kong Liu who glared at her, seeing the visible smirk on XM's face it irked the duo more.

"You are the one who caused this" Kong Liu said righteously. Her swollen eyes and black stained cheeks make her look dangerous.

"ALICE… It was Alice's work. If n.o.body wants to believe me, go and verify it. After every few pages, you will see the initials AKZ along with few numbers. I don't know what those numbers are but AKZ is Alice Kong Zhi"

Kong Liu accessed one of the laptops as prepared by XM. Her fingers ran swiftly on the keyboard like a synchronized dance.

 "This… This is the proof that Infinity Software was developed by Alice" She shouted proudly, "No one can decline this proof as I'm accessing your own presentation, XM"

The LED screen reflected everything as Kong Liu played the presentation video where R-Tech's engineer was working on the software, giving a live demonstration of skills. She zoomed on the video, computer automatically converted it in english language. Everyone noticed that the initials AKZ was indeed written.

"These initials can not be erased. Otherwise it might damage the entire software"

Kong Liu's smirk widened as looked at everyone who was staring at the screen with shock.

"Hahaha… You are indeed a shameless woman ah! How blatantly you claimed right over Infinity Software when all R-Tech has managed to do is to decode the software and improve it. Shameless company with shames employees" Kong Liu chuckled while watching the aged man whom everyone believes is the President of R-Tech.

"Alice made this software but it belongs to me…. It only belongs to…..?????????"

 "It only belongs to Alice"

**Lights off**

Said Xiu Mei in a soft and calm voice. Her voice contained happiness, satisfaction, emotions….. The fiery att.i.tude with which she was fighting was replaced by indifference.

The lights of the whole venue turned off and old photographs of Alice flashed on the screen. Starting from the age of five, the images showed her growing from a kid to a nerdy teenager of twelve to a beautiful innocent girl of sixteen.

Photographs stopped at sixteen…..

[Alice Kong Zhi]

[Born- unknown]

[Died- 01/05/ 2012]

The texts on the screen although short, narrated the entire story….

The difference of seven-year was visible….

**Silence**

*click*

XM was spotlighted. Her hands went to remove the mask on her eyes that hide her face.

This is the time….

The owner shall claim what belongs to her….

The lights illuminated the hall once again….

Alice??

XM is Alice?!

Why was it mentioned that Alice died seven years ago?

This can not be a coincidence that XM resembles Alice.

Alice and XM are the same with two different ident.i.ties.

Media reporters raised their camera but Feng Jianyu's bodyguards didn't allow anyone to take even a single picture.

"Liu Liu…."

Xiu Mei's voice was pure torture.

Kong Liu moved back, stumbling into her father. Questions flooded in her mind as she turned to look at Kong Da and Kong Wei.

Was this a psychological torture?

Didn't they show her the video where she was brutally tortured and killed?

Didn't yang's dispose of her corpse?

Sadly, how were they supposed to answer Kong Liu's questionable gaze? They were equally clueless. Their breath hitched, eyes widened in disbelief.

With blood drained faces their gaze glued to XM aka Alice's face. Her sharp eyes striking them endlessly, reminding them of their deed.

Their body numbed.

Alice was supposed to be dead seven years back….They never thought one day they would encounter a dead, demanding rights.

Kong Liu's questionable gaze turned into a malicious one suddenly. The overwhelming rage surged over her, the deep hatred for Alice has seeped into her blood. She hates her more than she hates XM.

An inadvertent smile bloomed on Xiu Mei's face as she took a step towards Kong Da.

"Uncle! Won't you greet your, foster niece? After all, we are meeting after seven years. Long-time it is. Right?"