Chapter 25 Heartbeats Twenty-five "I didn't get the person I was waiting for, I can...
One stone can cause a thousand ripples.
Suspicious, accusing, and determined gazes flooded in like a flood. Those who were all dressed in suits and ties and greeted people with smiles in the past now had serious expressions, almost confirming that Wen Huai was the one who betrayed Peak.
There were too many questions and doubts before him. Wen Huai no longer had time to dwell on the sorrows of the past and he immediately regained his sanity.
She looked up and saw Sui Jianwen looking calm and composed, with his fingers clenched.
"No?" Dong Chen stood up immediately. "Minister Cui, did you remember it wrong?"
Cui Ran on the other end of the line heard this and immediately denied it: "I was in the office today, no one left, it's impossible that I remembered it wrong."
"Thank you, Minister Cui. I'm sorry for wasting your time." Sui Jianwen hung up the phone and looked at everyone. "You all heard it, someone is lying."
Dong Chen frowned: "No, what do you mean?"
"Dong Chen." Wen Huai wanted to pull him to sit down, but her palms were sticky, so she had to call him, "Sit down first."
Dong Chen wanted to say something but received Wen Huai's signal and had to do as he was told.
Meeting the judging gaze once again, Wen Huai adjusted his breathing, straightened his back, and tried to sound calm. "This morning, I called logistics and it was Xiao Zheng, Zheng Xiwen, who answered the phone. He was the one who came to the office to fix it. He even sent me a message after he finished. I have the chat logs here."
She opened her phone and showed it, the chat history and notes were clearly visible.
"The company has surveillance systems, and we'll know the truth once we check. We can't just rely on our one-sided statement." After she finished speaking, she looked at Li Qicheng.
Sui Jianwen: "Who knows if this Zheng something is in cahoots with you——"
"Boss Sui, can you please stop talking for now?" Li Qicheng, who had also seen the chat log, interrupted Sui Jianwen and nodded at her, "Go on."
"Mr. Sui used the premise that Mr. Su and I worked at the same company to infer that I abused my position for personal gain. If this logic holds true, doesn't it mean that anyone who has interned or worked at another company could exploit their position to leak information at any time?"
"That's not what I meant. I just have doubts." Sui Jianwen shrugged.
Wen Huai continued, "Last night, due to a printer malfunction, the other two in the President's office were working. In order to complete the task before leaving get off work, I went to the public printing area. As Secretary Jiao said, I did print the data for the new car battery, but the content is different from what Dongyang released today. This is also in accordance with General Xu's request and work needs."
Sui Jianwen was the first to disbelieve him. "You say the data is different, so it's different? Besides, if Mr. Xu wants to ask the technical department, can't he just ask? He has people in the technical department, so why would he go to such great lengths to ask you to print it? And print a different copy? He's out of town and can't come back. You can say whatever you want."
He turned to Li Qicheng and said, "Boss Li, I think Wen Huai is just trying to confuse people. She's most likely the one who tipped off Dongyang. There's no need for someone like her to stay at the top!"
After the shock, there was whispering at the table.
Some people felt it was inappropriate and gave an objective evaluation: "This question is simple. Nowadays, printers have historical records. If we check the historical records, we will naturally know whether Secretary Wen lied."
Li Qicheng was about to speak when Sui Jianwen took over: "If we find out, won't it prove that Wen Mi is innocent? What if she secretly contacts Dongyang and leaks the data? We won't know. Right now, we still have to quickly fire Wen Huai and let her pay the price to fill the vacancy."
After the silence, Wen Huai caught a few voices of agreement in the noisy conversation, but his frown did not relax at all.
She looked at the two people in the main seat, and an idea began to germinate in her heart.
Before she could speak, a sharp and extremely impatient voice pierced her eardrums, intimidating without even being angry.
"As you said, can I also suspect you of having private dealings with Dongyang and fire you?"
As everyone looked over, Wen Huai saw Xu Youjing wearing a casual black T-shirt and black pants.
Seeing that comfortable outfit that she had seen at home in the office, although it was inconsistent with Xiao Yan's atmosphere, the coldness around him and the gloomy face were enough to make everyone present ashamed and not lose the slightest bit of oppression.
They all stood up and said in unison, "Boss Xu."
Wen Huai's voice was mixed among theirs, and she couldn't even hear it herself, but Xu Youjing could accurately find her through them.
At that moment, she saw herself in the cold black eyes.
She saw the frosty brows melt away, and the swaying worry broke through the snow and was exposed to the air.
There was silence in my ears, as if I had spied something.
The hands at her side clenched the hem of her clothes. She didn't dare to think about it, nor did she want to have any other thoughts. She was even more afraid of being too sentimental.
Very frustrated and embarrassed.
She lowered her eyes in panic, avoiding his gaze.
It was 5:58 pm, two minutes before the end of the get off work day.
Forty minutes ago.
Xu Youjing set out from Bustin to the summit to pick up Wen Huai who was about to get off work.
Before coming, he agreed with Aunt Ping that he would cook tonight's meal and she didn't have to prepare it.
All arrangements were proceeding smoothly according to track, but at the fifth intersection away from the peak, he received news, followed by a call from Meng Ting, which contained Sui Jianwen's groundless accusation.
The unpleasant voice and illogical words were irritating. But Wen Huai didn't say anything, so he didn't know what she was feeling.
So he turned the car around, went back to Bustin to pick up the photos, and then returned the same way.
Along the way, he heard clearly the malicious speculations that Wen Huai was facing. While waiting for the traffic light, he contacted Jiang Han and asked him to retrieve all the surveillance and printer records, and then wait for him outside the conference room with two documents.
Now, he finally arrived and looked at the person at the center of the topic, but she looked like she refused to communicate.
Did she think that he would also distrust her because she and Su Ji were old acquaintances?
His face darkened, and the frost around him condensed again.
but.
Whatever it is, now is not the time to delve into it.
He looked away and stepped forward.
Li Qicheng and Sui Jianwen stood up when he came in and made way for them. However, Xu Youjing did not sit down. Instead, he found an empty chair, pulled it out, and sat down.
Silence spread, and the atmosphere became even more strange and oppressive than before, leaving everyone at a loss. It was Li Qicheng who spoke first, breaking the silence: "Mr. Xu, you've arrived so quickly. It's really hard work. But okay, let me repeat what happened just now. We-"
"Mr. Xu."
With a knock on the door, Jiang Han came in holding documents, "Everything is here."
The cold man nodded, and just by looking up, he felt timidity and cold sweat rising on his back.
Some people can't help but wonder: How can he be so cruel and domineering at such a young age?
"Mr. Xu, we all know that you protect your people, but what Wen Huai did is not worth your concern."
Sui Jianwen was startled by what Xu Youjing said when he first arrived. When he came to his senses, he felt guilty and wanted to redeem himself: "Wen Huai, talk to Mr. Xu yourself."
As soon as Wen Huai's lips touched hers, she heard a raised voice, which covered her coldly without any emotion.
"Everything she did was at my behest."
"The CEO of Dongyang is also an old friend of the elders of the Xu family. Are you saying that I should leave Peak as well?"
He casually threw a stack of documents, which scattered across the middle of the long table.
The plastic folder made a strange sound as it rotated and rubbed against the wooden table, like a blade being sharpened.
No one knows who the sharp tip of the knife will point to.
"Mr. Xu, what is this?"
Jiang Han said at the right moment, "Here are the records that Secretary Wen printed out that night. There are also two files with battery energy data. Please read them carefully."
Li Qicheng went to get the documents and noticed that Sui Jianwen and his secretary looked at each other, and he had an idea.
Jiang Han walked to the projector computer and inserted the USB drive.
"Here's the surveillance footage from the President's Office and the public printing area from 5:00 to 6:00 last night. The following footage is from 9:30 to 9:55 this morning, when the Logistics Department went to the President's Office to repair the printer."
"Bang!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound.
Jiao Xiaolin blushed and whispered sorry.
She accidentally dropped the notebook on the ground.
Those looks inevitably turned into blame, silently accusing him of doing these distracting things during such a critical period.
No one paid any more attention to what was happening and started looking at the surveillance video and the documents in their hands.
Regardless of the facts, there was no evidence to suggest Wen Huai was lying. Instead, Jiao Xiaolin twisted the facts, saying Wen Huai was unwilling to give her the information. After all, the video footage clearly showed it, and some of them had become suspicious of Wen Huai because of her words.
At this point, the focus shifted and the quiet meeting room became noisy again.
Jiang Han shouted: "Everyone please be quiet!"
In an instant, it stopped as if the electricity was drawn out.
Li Qicheng looked troubled: "Since Secretary Wen is innocent, who leaked the information?"
"Let it leak."
Xu Youjing took in everyone's expressions nonchalantly and smiled to himself.
Even Wen Huai was confused and didn't know what he was planning.
Leaning back in his chair, Xu Youjing raised his chin and said, "Meng Ting, you can tell me now."
"Okay, Mr. Xu."
Meng Ting also inserted the USB drive into the computer, and then the projector showed the title "'New Energy Battery Data Changed Again'".
"It's almost time to get off work, so I'll cut to the chase to avoid taking up more time. Regarding the performance issues of new energy batteries, we've been searching for the optimal solution. After constant effort and countless failed experiments, I finally succeeded. Afterwards, I only reported to President Xu, and the board of directors approved it two days ago."
When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked.
Sui Jianwen's face was even uglier. He never expected that Xu Youjing didn't even discuss it with them and made the decision directly with the board of directors.
Meng Ting continued: "Mr. Xu originally planned to make it public at the meeting tomorrow, which is why Secretary Wen printed the information..."
At this point, everyone realized that Xu Youjing didn't care about the data leak because it was only old data. Peak already had new and better data, so they didn't need to worry about what happened to the bad data.
"That's great! This way, our problems will be solved!"
"What's good about that? Just ignore how the data was leaked? For Dongyang to have such accurate digital information, there must be collusion within the company! We have to investigate!"
"I think Secretary Jiao is very suspicious. She's distorting the truth and deliberately diverting the conversation to Secretary Wen. Isn't she trying to frame Secretary Wen while President Xu is away?"
“…”
The discussion among them became louder and louder. Wen Huai listened without any expression. He looked coldly at Jiao Xiaolin, who was almost killed by Sui Jianwen's glares, and kept imagining n reasons why they were targeting her.
"As for the informant, I already have a clue. Someone handed me a photo of their meeting, and the envelope is on the desk in my office."
"But I don't plan to watch it. No matter who it was, just consider today's incident as you accidentally passing on false information and confusing the other party, which is considered a merit. If it happens again, go tell the police."
Xu Youjing ignored their emotions after he finished speaking, looked at his watch, and then stood up: "It's getting late, everyone can go home. Wen Huai, go to my office and deal with the envelope."
Wen Huai nodded, still not daring to look at him: "Okay."
Xu Youjing's gaze stayed on her face for a moment, then he withdrew and left.
...
Wen Huai entered the CEO's office and didn't see any envelopes on the table. After confirming that there were none on the floor, she turned around, took out her phone, and walked out.
“Boom.”
Hearing the noise, she looked up from the screen where she was typing halfway and saw the man leaning against the bookcase behind the door.
If it’s not Xu Youjing, then who else could it be?
The tall man's long legs, though wrapped in casual pants, do not affect the appearance and length at all. The arms casually wrapped around the chest make the muscle lines more obvious.
His eyes were clearly fixed on her, his expression calm and natural, but Wen Huai could vaguely sense his displeasure.
She stopped and said, "Mr. Xu? Haven't you left yet?"
"Where are you going?"
Xu Youjing left the bookcase and inadvertently pulled the tightly closed door ajar.
He came towards her, his eyes never leaving her.
"If the person I'm waiting for doesn't show up, where can I go?"
He didn't stop, Wen Huai panicked for a moment and subconsciously stepped back.
Until her heels hit the table, she had no way to retreat. Looking up, she saw the white collarbone pressed under the black T-shirt.
It seems that you can still smell a faint fragrance.
Xu Youjing stopped a few feet away, raised his hands to support the table, and leaned over slightly.
"say."
Wen Huai came back to his senses, not daring to look up. "Didn't you ask me to find the envelope? I was about to send you a message when I couldn't find it."
There was no sound. Wen Huai looked up and found that Xu Youjing was listening to something with his head tilted to the side.
Just as I was about to speak, I saw him turn his head towards me.
"I'll refuse anything you do later, so be loud."
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