Chapter 644

Old Master Wright paused slightly at her words.

He lifted his eyelids and looked at Evelyn.

A slow smile curved the corners of his mouth.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

Evelyn met his gaze directly.

"I know the truth."

The smile on Old Master Wright's face faded a little.

"What do you know?"

Evelyn took half a step forward.

"I know Professor Nathaniel Wright is not a traitor."

She paused.

"I also know that you are not a spy."

Old Master Wright was silent for a few seconds.

He suddenly gave a bitter laugh.

"I truly don't understand what you mean."

Evelyn did not back down.

"Everyone says Professor Wright betrayed his country and stayed abroad, refusing to return."

"But only a very few people know that Professor Wright has been cultivating talent for the nation all along."

"He will return one day."

She stared at Old Master Wright's face.

"That day might be far away. Or it might be tomorrow."

Old Master Wright's expression changed.

His eyes suddenly sharpened, fixing on Evelyn like a hawk's.

"Who exactly are you?"

"How could you possibly know these things?"

Evelyn shook her head.

"Who I am is not important."

"How I know is also not important."

Her voice softened slightly.

"What's important is... you have suffered."

Old Master Wright said nothing.

He lowered his eyes, staring at the ground.

Evelyn continued.

"I know you were only acting in this play with him."

"If the act wasn't convincing, it would draw attention from Aldoria."

"Then it would be even harder for him to return."

"So you had no choice but to accept this blame."

Old Master Wright's lips tightened.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but ultimately only sighed.

"First Senior Sister, I really don't understand what you mean."

"If that were truly the case, the higher-ups wouldn't have detained me..."

Evelyn knew she had to present evidence.

She took a deep breath.

"A friend told me."

"He has met Professor Nathaniel Wright."

"Professor Wright appears to have betrayed his country, but his heart has always been with the nation."

"He takes on disciples abroad, publicly stating they won't return."

"But privately, he selects students with extreme strictness."

"Every student must sign a repatriation agreement."

Old Master Wright frowned.

Evelyn looked at him.

"The friend who told me this is my husband."

Just moments ago, when Grace mentioned Nathaniel Wright, Alexander had whispered a sentence in her ear.

That sentence was the truth.

Now, meeting Old Master Wright, she understood everything.

Old Master Wright knew Nathaniel Wright's plan.

He was Nathaniel Wright's helper within the country.

For Nathaniel Wright to establish himself firmly abroad, he needed technical support.

What the old master provided certainly did not involve national security.

The money Nathaniel Wright transferred to the old master was, on the surface, payment for technology.

In reality, it was perhaps just him returning the money he earned to the country.

That's why the money had been sitting untouched in the old master's account all this time.

A true miser could not do that.

Seeing Evelyn speak with such certainty, Old Master Wright knew he could no longer hide it.

He stared intently at Evelyn.

"Can I trust you?"

Evelyn nodded.

"Yes."

Old Master Wright gave a bitter smile.

"Even if I don't trust you, I have to believe you now, don't I?"

His expression turned grave.

"First Senior Sister, you are from the Cortez Sect."

"At your core, you should also love your country."

"I beg you, please never speak of this matter to anyone..."

He lowered his voice.

"Nathaniel Wright's research abroad is of utmost importance."

"It is crucial for our country's development."

"We are at a critical juncture now."

"Only after completing this research can he return home with his students."

"So, at this stage, I must be the spy."

"I can only be the spy."

Evelyn stared at him.

"How long will it take to overcome this critical juncture?"

Old Master Wright was taken aback.

"Soon."

"How soon is 'soon'?"

Old Master Wright pressed his lips together and remained silent.

Evelyn looked at him.

"I am also a researcher."

"I know very well that 'soon' can be two years, or it can be five."

"Every research problem's critical point is the most difficult time."

"Old Master, you can be detained for a week, a month."

"But what if it's ten years?"

Old Master Wright smiled.

"Then ten years it is."

Evelyn's heart tightened.

"You are locked up here. Your son is under house arrest outside."

"Your granddaughter has to face accusations from everyone around her."

"You don't care about any of that?"

Old Master Wright looked ahead.

"Some of what I said to Grace earlier was true."

"Back then, her grandmother was seriously ill."

"Only Aldoria could treat her."

"They asked me for a hundred million."

His voice grew hoarse.

"Later, Grace's grandmother passed away."

"I was in agony."

Old Master Wright turned to Evelyn.

"I agonized over why our country's technological level still lagged behind foreign countries in certain areas."

"Technology is the primary productive force."

"So is medicine."

"Over the years, we have slowly caught up to them."

"But it's not enough."

"We must be number one."

"We must make others beg us desperately."

"Not us begging them..."

His eyes were clear and righteous, filled with noble conviction.

Evelyn felt a surge of deep respect.

Old Master Wright spoke each word deliberately.

"I don't want Grace, or anyone else in our country, to fall ill and have to beg a foreign country for a chance."

"Only to be picked over by them, to have harsh conditions imposed."

Evelyn looked at the eighty-year-old man before her.

At his temples streaked with white hair.

She knew that was the result of striving for the prosperity of their nation.

She suddenly thought of the blood and tears of their ancestors.

Of the words they had spoken.

I have endured this hardship so that my descendants won't have to.

Evelyn's eyes reddened.

She looked at Old Master Wright.

"So, the reason you never stepped down was also because this matter needed a scapegoat."

"You didn't want Marcus Wright to become that scapegoat."

"You were protecting him?"

Old Master Wright smiled.

"I am, after all, his elder."

"Now that I've been captured, he can take over the Special Operations Division with a clean slate."

Evelyn was deeply moved.

She looked at Old Master Wright in astonishment.

"Old Master, you sacrificed yourself for the good of everyone."

"But what about your son? What about Grace?"

"They are your son, your granddaughter!"

Old Master Wright's smile was gentle.

"Someone always has to make a sacrifice."

"I believe that on the day my name is cleared, your Uncle Wright and Grace will forgive me."

"It will be soon."

"This time... it will be soon..."

A single tear suddenly escaped from his eye.

He looked at Evelyn.

"You don't need to help Grace."

"She bears the Wright name."

"Our Wright family motto is patriotism."

"For the country, we can sacrifice everything personal."

"So, this is also her duty."