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"Don't cry. This isn't the only time you've violated discipline!" said a member of the Political Department's Security Division, then produced the breakup letter Zhou Yuanyuan had written to He Tiantian, which included a photo of Zhou Yuanyuan. "This letter was written in Huo Yingjie's handwriting, violating the institute's regulations. You will be transferred from the institute within three days, expelled from the Party, punished, and the incident recorded in your personnel file. Do you have any objections?"

After what happened, Zhou Yuanyuan knew she had no face to stay any longer, and leaving might be the best option.

As for Huo Yingjie...

That's him—a heart of stone!

Since she couldn't win over Huo Yingjie, she decided to go after He Tiantian!

If He Tiantian dies, Huo Yingjie will eventually get married, and that will be her chance.

If she still doesn't get what she wants, she will do it herself...

“No objection, I will obey the organization’s decision!” Zhou Yuanyuan said in a low voice. This time, she failed again.

However, this only strengthened Zhou Yuanyuan's resolve to deal with He Tiantian and possess Huo Yingjie!

Seeing that Zhou Yuanyuan had realized her mistake, the others did not intend to pursue the matter further. After all, it concerned a woman's reputation, and Zhou Yuanyuan was someone with connections, so they could not be too harsh on her.

The staff had already written their statements and showed them to Zhou Yuanyuan and Huo Yingjie, saying, "If the situation is true, please sign them, and this matter will end here!"

They have just sent some people to check Huo Yingjie's dormitory. It is true that Zhou Yuanyuan slandered Huo Yingjie. This mistake is valid. However, there was no leak, so the punishment should not be too severe.

Huo Yingjie read it carefully. It described how Zhou Yuanyuan had framed him, and the facts were true. He then signed his name.

Huo Yingjie had long anticipated this outcome. He couldn't actually send Zhou Yuanyuan to jail, but through this experience, he realized that Zhou Yuanyuan dared to be so arrogant because the Zhou family and the Huo family were evenly matched, so she felt fearless.

Since that's the case, there's no need to be polite to the Zhou family anymore! Huo Yingjie is preparing to take action against the Zhou family, to cut off their resources at the root. At that time, Zhou Yuanyuan, without any support, will be like a snake without fangs, easily defeated.

Zhou Yuanyuan had no choice but to sign her name.

In front of everyone, Zhou Yuanyuan apologized to Huo Yingjie, and she couldn't hold back her tears of humiliation any longer, sobbing loudly.

It's said that the squeaky wheel gets the grease, and Zhou Yuanyuan's heartbroken crying actually garnered some people's sympathy.

Huo Yingjie didn't want to have too much involvement with Zhou Yuanyuan, so he left after signing the papers, not wanting to see her cry.

Although those tears were shed for him, he had no feelings for Zhou Yuanyuan, so he felt nothing in her eyes. He only hoped that Zhou Yuanyuan would stay far away from him in the future and never appear in his sight again.

Huo Yingjie was worried that Zhou Yuanyuan would talk nonsense after leaving the research institute and returning to Yanjing, so he personally wrote two letters to explain the whole story. He also told his grandparents about the investigation by the Ministry of Political Education's Security Department so that they would be at ease.

At least when facing the Zhou family, I can face them with composure.

The Huo family has done nothing wrong to the Zhou family. They ask the Zhou family to keep their daughter and granddaughter in check and not to do anything disgraceful!

Three days later, Zhou Yuanyuan indeed disappeared from the research institute and was taken away by the security department to be punished.

Because of Zhou Yuanyuan's paranoia and madness, several departments were punished, and everyone wanted to get rid of Zhou Yuanyuan as soon as possible.

Huo Yingjie was finally relieved and could focus on his work.

The rumors circulating in the research institute did not disappear after Zhou Yuanyuan left.

Others were curious, and Huo Yingjie's assistant was also very curious.

During a break at work, Qian Miaomiao whispered to Zhou Yuanchao, "Brother Zhou, is it true that Boss and Zhou Yuanyuan didn't have anything more than friendship?"

"No, really no," Zhou Yuanchao said. "With his old-fashioned ways, could he really do something like that?"

Qian Miaomiao looked up at Huo Yingjie, who had entered the laboratory and seemed like a completely different person, and swallowed carefully, saying, "I also think that the boss can't do those things. It's just that Zhou Yuanyuan left, and people are talking about her behind her back. Some of the things they said were really nasty."

"Hmph!" Zhou Yuanchao sneered, "Instead of gossiping like this, you should be doing experiments properly! This matter is very simple, but some people, out of jealousy, like to see the boss make a fool of himself to make up for their own shortcomings at work. You're in our group, you can't be like those people, unable to distinguish right from wrong!"

“Of course not,” Qian Miaomiao said. “Our group’s great achievements are all thanks to our leader. We’ve learned a lot as assistants. Brother Zhou, you’re right, those people are just jealous of us.”

"It's good that you understand. Follow the boss for a few years, and I guarantee you'll be able to handle things on your own in the future," Zhou Yuanchao said, reassuring his team members and telling them not to panic.

The eldest brother is busy with work all day and has no idea about the rumors circulating outside.

"You two stay here and keep watch. I'm going back to rest first, and I'll come back to relieve you tomorrow morning." Huo Yingjie walked over, rubbing his temples to refresh himself. He was too tired and desperately needed rest.

Seeing how tired Huo Yingjie was, Zhou Yuanchao, who had originally wanted to talk about the rumors about the research, swallowed his words and decided not to say anything.

"Boss, go back and get some rest," Zhou Yuanchao said. "Xiao Qian and I will keep an eye on things here, so don't worry."

Huo Yingjie nodded, quickly washed up, and left the laboratory.

Walking from the research lab to the dormitory, Huo Yingjie looked up at the sky.

The stars are especially bright tonight, twinkling like sparkling gems, or like He Tiantian's bright eyes.

Zhou Yuanyuan's departure put Huo Yingjie at ease.

His busy work allowed him to temporarily forget his troubles and his longing for He Tiantian!

It's been almost a year, and he has done some things, but it's far from enough.

Things didn't go as he planned; many unexpected events occurred.

This is a chaotic era, and also an era of rationality bordering on madness!

To remain invincible in this era requires more strategies, even cunning! And more blood and more people.

He heard some rumors about the research institute in his dormitory, but he didn't care.

The more you explain these rumors, the less people will believe them!

As long as the organization trusts him, that's enough; it doesn't matter what about the others!

The research institute is just a stepping stone for him. As long as he works hard, achieves good results, and becomes one of the top talents in China, he will have more control over his career!

For example, the upcoming holiday!

If we don't get good results, who would dare to mention it to Chief Engineer Sun?

Huo Yingjie was overjoyed at the thought of a twenty-day holiday!

All the hardships and exhaustion we endured before were nothing!

On his way to Huo Yingjie's dormitory, he ran into some former colleagues. After exchanging greetings, they whispered among themselves after Huo Yingjie had walked a little further away.

They thought Huo Yingjie couldn't hear, but Huo Yingjie had excellent hearing and heard every word perfectly.

These people are really boring.

Just as Zhou Yuanchao said, instead of wasting time making up lies behind people's backs, they should be thinking about their work!

If they had such a rich imagination at work, perhaps they would work faster and achieve greater success!

I don't want to think about it anymore, I'm too tired, I need to rest.

Without Zhou Yuanyuan, Huo Yingjie could finally sleep with the window open without worry. (To be continued.)