Chapter 12

Jeff knew that what his uncle said was true and he had to learn more from now on. He couldn't let Berliana take over what he had worked for, and now was not the time to quit or give in to the girl.

"Her methods can only cause her to stumble with her own actions. I'm putting together some plans to make her fall and be embarrassed in front of the president. That's the only way we cunning people can survive, because otherwise we'll never get what we want either." Jeff said making his uncle silent.

From the very beginning, they were not a clear-cut family when it came to making a profit. They used all kinds of means and all things that could be used so now they also had no ability to do anything other than tackle someone on purpose.

"Our region is not a special region that will get positions as regional officials for generations. If it were possible it would be easier, but even if it were possible it would definitely not be me who would take office in this place because it would definitely be the descendants of the old mayor who would do it." The man was seen walking and gazing at the surroundings with a serious face.

Even in this residence, he could not say much because there were several subordinates who were directly ordered by the government and the president to see and help his performance, so he could not carelessly criticize including criticizing the president because it would only be disastrous.

"Then continue what you are trying to do, this woman has quite a lot of backing because she is also a robot expert from America. She is indeed our citizen but she is a person who is recognized worldwide as the most expert robot inventor. If left unchecked I believe she will get a very high position and might surpass you.

"I don't want anything to happen, so I just want to say that in the future you have to really rely on yourself if you want to get ahead. You can't stay in your position without doing anything, you as the head of the lab must do something and make the government proud of you so that you still have a place and won't be pushed aside by new people."

Jeff nodded, he knew that it all made sense and he couldn't just quit. He had to maintain his position as head of the lab and he couldn't quit or it would be a big problem for his future.

"It's hard to find a weakness in her, she's a slippery eel. Miss Berliana is a great person and can protect all her weaknesses. Of course her abilities are more than ours and we can't do what they want to do, sir."

Jeff sighed softly and looked ahead. "My uncle has given me a blatant ultimatum. I can't keep quiet from now on or my position will start to be taken away by that Berliana. After all, he already knows that what he thinks is right and Berliana is more capable than me," she said with a panicked look on her face.

"No way, I have to move quickly to make things easier. No matter what, he knows that everything can be threatened by Berliana's existence. After all, my uncle is a man who knows about risks, so he can already predict that Berliana's existence will only cause me trouble. I won't lose, I won't stop. He can't keep dominating me like this, so I have to make a decision and a plan. My uncle has been trying to find a job for me, so I don't want to waste it all."

"What are you going to do?"

"I can't think of anything yet, stick to the original plan. Watch everything the people around her do. Pay attention to what she's doing and look for their weaknesses, they're human and they still have weaknesses. With that it will be easier, we can destroy them more easily because everything is in accordance with what we want," he said with a serious face.

They nodded, knowing that what they were currently trying to do was for their own good. If Jeff remained in his position then they would also remain in their position and continue to earn a good salary and money every month.

"I won't let you keep bullying me, I'll definitely have a way to get rid of you. It won't just be about who is more capable, but who is stronger. You may be more capable, but you won't be as strong as me. I will never let you occupy me to that extent, because I can definitely make things go according to what I want."

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Berliana turned on the lights and attached a camera. She covered it using foam that could be fine-tuned according to what was needed.

"Don't let things go wrong and he finds out that I'm recording and finds out."

Berliana sighed softly, really having to be careful in this endeavor. She couldn't be careless or it would become a big problem again, because if she really wanted to catch the culprit then she had to find out everything as deeply as possible. Because she wanted to make everything stop by threatening with the evidence she managed to find.

Cooking dinner, Berliana ate dinner before finally cleaning up before going to bed. Right now she couldn't move too much because it would only hinder what she was trying to do.

"If I don't find her tonight, I will still try to search and be patient until she actually enters the recording I'm making. I don't want everything to end up with nothing."

Sighing deeply, Berliana climbed onto the bed and closed her eyes. The night felt calmer, like it wasn't something she had experienced the past few days.

She even experienced such a peaceful sleep, like it was something she was holding back and had been wanting for several years. She didn't know what had happened but when she checked the morning CCTV using her cell phone, she didn't find anything that pointed to anything either.

"Why is there nothing? Is it because he knows that I installed the CCTV?"

Staring at the CCTV she had installed, Berliana frowned and smiled softly. She knew that the CCTV was still in place, with no sign of changing position. That meant that there was absolutely no movement last night. It seemed that what she was looking for was also fruitless in one night.

After all, a few nights ago she had never experienced this. It had only been a few nights so maybe the one who deliberately disturbed her also had a schedule and didn't do it every day so she just needed to be patient for a while longer.

"I'm so tired I can't even pretend to fall asleep. I'd rather just calm myself down a bit so I can still look the same. I can't possibly show my coworkers that I'm experiencing something unpleasant."

Berliana stayed where she was with her face averted. She thought about how she had felt the last two nights, where the touch was somewhat familiar. However, she could not say that what she was thinking would be the same.

"Victor, do I miss you too much to be thinking weird thoughts like this?"

Berliana sighed softly and closed her eyes, she didn't know what she could do because things certainly wouldn't be the same. It could be that this was just a game that wouldn't get her what she wanted, because everything already felt impossible.

"What you did to me really tormented me, Victor! How could you just leave me, when you should have come and not let me get what I wanted." Berliana took a deep breath.

If only he hadn't left and died, they would have been married by now and had cute kids. It was her dream, she couldn't help it until now but no matter what, it would never happen again even if robot Victor was accepted by society as her lover.

"He won't be able to give me offspring and children, because it doesn't make sense anyway. How could a robot have sex, it's just impossible."

Tears welled up in her eyes, but she wiped them away quickly because she knew that she could not just lie down and cry over uncertainty. How could she just stand by while the world and the universe played tricks on her!

Rising, she resumed her morning ritual of showering and eating breakfast. After that she just stared at her research room, then she just passed by because she felt lazy to stop by. It hurts her heart to see the face of a robot that looks so much like Victor. She herself made it but she also felt annoyed when she saw it, something that made Berliana walk away from the house and sigh deeply.

"Hopefully this will all be over soon and I can bring the robot out soon. At least even if he's not the same Victor, he can be the cure for my longing. I'm happy enough with all that, hopefully it won't cause any chaos."

Closing her eyes, Berliana walked while expecting many things. She knew it wouldn't be easy but she was determined to get what she wanted.

"Miss Berliana, I arrived earlier this morning but when I entered the room there were some suspicions that I saw."

One of her colleagues said making Berliana raise an eyebrow. "What suspicions?"

"There were a few things, one of them was the person inside who I recognized. He's the guy from Mr. Jeff's room. I don't know what he was doing in our room, something telling but when I checked there were no signs of crime or them doing anything. But, either way, they've shown their dislike for us, so we should be suspicious."

Berliana was silent in her place, she also didn't understand why those people were clearly looking for trouble and commotion with her. She hadn't done much to make them feel intimidated, but how could they do anything to deal with her.

"It's not that I don't have the strength to deal with them but I feel that they are just children who don't need to be dealt with. There are far more important tasks and it seems like they are doing this on purpose to split our focus. I don't want to do something that will cause harm, that way everything becomes a big problem that causes mistakes. The government will have no confidence in us and pull all the projects."

The coworker nodded, he knew that from the start this girl was a very ambitious person. She wouldn't stop once she finished everything, because that would be Berliana's slogan.

Entering her room, Berliana wordlessly went straight to work on what was her part. She wouldn't let anything fail and she wouldn't make any mistakes. Because right now Jeff was trying to catch her off guard because then he could definitely get an opening and take Berliana down.

Berliana looked outside her glass-walled room where she could see Jeff walking away from their room. It was unknown exactly what his intentions were, but Berliana wasn't going to let him have his way either.

"Why don't you touch me openly, then I won't do anything to you either. But all your plans will also be looked into because I would never want to fall into the hands of an ungentlemanly man like you."

Berliana refocused, staring at what she was doing. The man was not something she could be distracted by, because now all she had to focus on was the man who would stop at nothing to make her stop.

"After all this, are we going to start assembling the frame like you planned?"

Berliana looked at her and smiled. "The frame has to be well made and strong, we value quality so it can't be haphazard. We'll just have to wait and see if the frame builder will let us know when it's ready for us to assemble it better and arrange all the necessary components."