Chapter 22


    Chapter 22 Stealing Someone Else’s Design


    L pounded on the table furiously. Just then, two more people came in from outside. They were


    designers at her fashion studio and they were all in the same situation.


    “Miss L, our sketches are gone too.” “Yeah, so is mine.” That was when L realized the severity of


    the situation. “Get a technician toe have a look right now.”


    From outside, a man replied, “The technician was just with me earlier. He said either someone erased it


    or we were hacked.” She was stunned. “Hacked?”


    What hacker would want to attack my small studio? “Is there no way to recover it?” she asked


    desperately.


    “Unfortunately, there isn’t. The technician said it was a skilled hacker. He can’t seem to find a trace.”


    L flopped in her chair with a ghastly look on her face.


    Sarah consoled, “Don’t panic, Miss L. Do you guys have any hand-drawn sketches? If you polish it up


    a bit, you can probably still make it in time for the registration.”


    L red at Sarah. “Are you a fool? The contest wants us to submit a digital copy of our designs!”


    Sarah fell silent. She only wanted tofort L. L brushed them off, “Okay, just get out. All of you.”


    They started to shuffle out of the room.


    L sat in her chairpletely dumbfounded. Who would hack her tiny studio? She got up and closed


    the door to her office then made a phone call. “Ben, can youe over right now?” A man gushed from


    the other end of the phone, “What’s wrong, sweetheart?” “Someone hacked myputer and all my


    designs are gone,” she said anxiously. “Don’t fret, sweetheart. I’m out of town right now. Can I go


    tomorrow? I’ll take a look at it for you tomorrow.” She frowned. “Can’t youe back now?” “Sweetheart,


    I’m in Mastar. I can make it back tomorrow at the earliest. Don’t worry. When have I ever pushed off your


    things?”


    She murmured, “When is your flight? I’ll go and pick you up.”


    The voice on the phone suddenly turned dubious. “Do you miss me already?” “Ugh, did you have to


    ask?” she grumbled and started to blush. Heughed. “I’ll let you know after I book the ne tickets. IMaterial ? N?velDrama.Org.


    miss you to death.” They flirted back and forth for a while before hanging up. She sat in her chair and


    spent some time thinking. I can’t just sit here in defeat. What if Ben can’t recover the data either? Won’t I


    just be wasting my time?


    All of a sudden, she sprung up and left the studio, then drove home to the Brooklyn Residence. When


    she got home, Le was the only one there.


    “Mom!” she yelled as soon as she entered the house.


    Le was quite taken aback to see Le home. “Why are you back already?” “Did you throw away


    all of Cam’s things?” L asked. Le could not understand what was happening. “All of her things are


    in storage.”


    L did not have time to exin and went straight into the storage. She searched through it for about


    half an hour beforeing out with a book of design sketches. Le asked, “What is that?” “Design


    sketches. The sketch I prepared for thepetition got erased. There are only a few more days left


    before the registration closes. I’m going to see if I can find anything useful in here,” she said as she


    flipped through the book. Those sketches came from the sudden bursts of inspiration Cam got while


    she studied design. They were allpiled into one thick book. When Cam left the housest time,


    she did not manage to take all these things with her. L stopped flipping abruptly and her gaze fell on


    the page in front of her. There were four formal wear sketches altogether; each of them was in a different


    shade-plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum. There was a fusion of traditional Chinese art in the


    designs and each one was mesmerizing and refreshing to look at. Originally, L wanted toe home


    to distract herself. She figured those designs from years ago must be out of fashion by now. She did not


    expect, however, that Cam would have such contemporary ideas in designs from seven years ago.


    “This one. I should be able to use this to enter the contest,” she mused. Le was slightly concerned. “I


    heard that Cam is back. If she catches you, aren’t you afraid she’ll sue you for copyright infringement?”