Ling Yiyi's arm was twisted at an unnatural angle, causing her to cry out in pain, "It hurts! Let me go! Are you fucking trying to kill me...?"

Qiao Zhen watched coldly as Ling Yiyi's palm turned bright red. Just as she was about to let go, a colleague came over and advised, "Qiao Zhen, we're colleagues after all. Why hurt Yiyi?"

That makes it sound like Qiao Zhen is petty and deliberately trying to hurt people.

Qiao Zhen refused to let go and asked bluntly, "Insulting and slanderous words are like sharp weapons. She hurt someone first, so why didn't you tell her to shut up?"

The colleague was speechless and turned away in embarrassment.

Qiao Zhen then shook off Ling Yiyi.

Ling Yiyi staggered a few steps and bumped into the edge of the desk. She immediately grimaced, bent over, and was in so much pain that she couldn't speak.

Qiao Zhen took out an alcohol wipe, carefully wiped her hands, calmly sat back in her chair, and continued working.

"Qiao Zhen, you bitch..." Ling Yiyi had calmed down a bit by now. Pointing at Qiao Zhen's face, she wished she could poke that vixen's face to pieces. "Your good days are over. Don't think no one will know about you..."

"Throw her out."

A cold, sharp male voice rang out, and the large office fell silent instantly.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound.

The tall, handsome man wore a dark gray bespoke suit, his hair was neatly combed, his deep eyes were sharp and intense, and his aura was terrifyingly powerful.

They immediately shrank back, trying to make themselves less noticeable.

Qiao Zhen didn't even look up; her slender fingers flew across the keyboard.

Two security guards grabbed Ling Yiyi and dragged her out.

"Hey, let me go! This is sexual harassment! I'm calling the police!" Ling Yiyi struggled and shouted.

The security guard said, "You have already resigned and are no longer with our company. This constitutes unauthorized intrusion."

Ling Yiyi was stunned.

"You've gone too far! Lu Zheng, you will pay the price for what you've done!" As she passed by Lu Zheng, she stretched her neck and spat at him, cursing wildly.

Lu Zheng reacted quickly and turned to avoid it.

Ling Yiyi was taken out by security guards, and the HR personnel hurriedly threw all her personal belongings on her desk into a trash bag and threw them out together.

The group leaders were adept at reading people's expressions and immediately waved to signal everyone to get back to work once the office was quiet again.

Lu Zheng glanced at Qiao Zhen and went straight into the office.

As soon as the door closed, the gossips started stirring again.

Qiao Zhen's phone screen lit up; it was a video of the surveillance footage from downstairs at the company sent by Lu Zheng.

Ling Yiyi stood in front of the building. Despite her embarrassing moment, she quickly adjusted her mindset, tidying her messy hair with a smug look on her face, patting her skirt, and then facing the wind, tilting her head back to look at the logo on the building, looking quite like a returning avenger.

Qiao Zhen continued flipping through the pages.

Next, Ling Yiyi took the cardboard box from the trash bag and hugged it to her chest like a treasure.

"Hey, look what Ling Yiyi and the others are doing!" A gossipy colleague sitting by the window whispered a reminder.

My colleague by the window looked downstairs with curiosity.

In Qiao Zhen's phone, as Ling Yiyi was about to leave, someone chased after her.

It's the front desk.

"They look like they're arguing. Are they close...?"

Colleagues who couldn't go to the window to watch requested a live stream from the crowd that could see the view.

Just then, a colleague returned from a field trip and immediately played the role of a secret agent, hiding behind a pillar by the gate to take photos.

"Yiyi, why are you leaving? You haven't even helped me get a permanent position yet! Am I going to the new company with you?"

"Get out of my way!" Ling Yiyi impatiently shook off the receptionist's hand, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "Someone as stupid as you actually dares to dream of getting a permanent position at a better company? You don't even deserve it!"

The receptionist's face turned pale instantly. "What...what do you mean?"

"It means go somewhere cool and stay there." Ling Yiyi rolled her eyes and prepared to get into a taxi.

"Ling Yiyi!" The receptionist finally realized she'd been dumped and lunged at Ling Yiyi, grabbing her arm. "We agreed that if I helped you get something from Qiao Zhen, you'd help me get a permanent position. How could you..."

Ling Yiyi sneered, "Did I say such a thing? Where's the proof?"

"...How could you do this?" The receptionist trembled uncontrollably, large tears streaming from her eyes. "Aren't you...aren't you afraid I'll report you?"

"Report me? Go ahead, you stole it anyway, it's covered in your fingerprints."

Upon hearing this, the receptionist collapsed to the ground in a panic.

Ling Yiyi shook her head and laughed. Just as she was about to close the car door, two police cars with flashing red and blue lights blocked their way from the front and back.

"Ling Yiyi, Zhang Xuan, the police have received a report that you are suspected of illegal intrusion and theft. We need your cooperation in the police investigation."

This time, not only the receptionist, but also Ling Yiyi was terrified.

Soon, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Ling Yiyi and the receptionist were taken away in a police car.

Qiao Zhen slowly exhaled and put down her phone.

At first, she didn't pay much attention to the front desk's application for permanent employment, until the front desk was reprimanded again for making a mistake.

The company has very strict requirements for becoming a permanent employee. If you make repeated mistakes during the probationary period, there is basically no hope of becoming a permanent employee.

What made the receptionist so confident in submitting her application for permanent employment?

In addition, the receptionist was always insistent on having lunch with her.

The receptionist became her suspect, and on her way to her workstation, she told Lu Zheng about her discovery.

Lu Zheng acted swiftly; after investigation, the fingerprints on the metal fittings belonged to the receptionist.

On the day Qiao Luosheng had his accident, surveillance cameras in the Qiao family's residential complex captured a girl wearing a hoodie and a mask, acting somewhat furtively. Although her face was not visible, the bag she was carrying and her figure clearly belonged to the receptionist.

Who would have thought that this girl with a sweet smile and seemingly harmless demeanor would be a thief?

There was no way she was alone, so after waiting a while, they indeed caught her accomplice—Ling Yiyi.

Qiao Zhen opened her bag and found that a black drawstring bag was missing.

That was a prop that Lu Zheng had prepared. The drawstring bag contained a locked jewelry box. It looked very expensive, and inside was a dazzling and gorgeous ring, which was actually only worth about three thousand five hundred yuan, but just enough to meet the criteria for filing a case.

The receptionist, who had never seen the Heart of Eternity before, was eager to complete the task and assumed she had succeeded upon seeing the jewelry box.

Eager to find a new patron, Ling Yiyi resigned and left immediately, beaming with pride.

But now, what awaits them is not a bright future, but tears behind bars.

With more evidence gathered, the mastermind behind this farce could no longer hide in the shadows.

Qiao Zhen's gaze involuntarily fell on the tightly closed office door, wondering what Lu Zheng was planning.

She gripped her bag tightly, her fingers trembling, a complex mix of emotions welling up inside her.

This is infuriating, yet utterly absurd.

At this moment, the phone screen lit up again.

Lu Zheng sent a message—

"Come to my office."