Chapter 3

The public backlash turned Iris and Silas into targets of universal scorn.

Iris was forced to suspend her studies, hiding out in that cramped rental apartment, too afraid to see anyone.

Life was tougher for Silas.

His AI Precision Marketing project was completely doomed. No investor would go near it now that his reputation was trashed.

Without funding, the whole project was nothing more than a stack of useless papers.

When Silas was backed into a corner with nowhere left to turn, a so-called benefactor appeared.

An investor named Jasper reached out to him. Jasper was in his forties, balding…