Chapter 34 Chapter 34 Framed
Chapter 34
The next morning, Ruan Yan left home earlier than usual.
Based on the information she found, she took a taxi to Beiqin Road, which was quite a distance away from the Shizhou Building.
She sat on a chair outside McDonald's, her eyes fixed on the entrance of the office building in front of her.
It was working hours, and waves of people were entering the office building.
The baseball cap pulled down low covered most of Ruan Yan's face. There was coffee and hash browns on the table. She raised the burger she had just unpacked and took a bite, staring at the crowd in front of her without blinking.
After the incident, she was really confused for a while, but quickly tried to calm herself down.
She was being framed, so when had she been targeted? Why had they framed her? Was their goal simply to kick her out of the company?
To clarify these issues, we must first find "Xu Jia".
She didn't want to passively wait for the results from the company. After something like this happened, she couldn't sit still at home, so she set out early in the morning to find the answer herself.
But to her, "Xu Jia" is a completely false existence. The only thing she knows now is that she is from Hengrong Construction.
So Ruan Yan found the address of Hengrong Building and first used the most stupid method of waiting.
In fact, it is also a matter of luck.
She waited here from morning till night, but gained nothing.
While she felt disappointed, it was also expected. After the other party sent the photos to Zhuo Lu, she knew that the truth would be exposed soon, so she should have guessed that Ruan Yan would come here to block her. It was a normal reaction for her to hide.
Ruan Yan folded the laminated paper left over from eating the hamburger again and again, and her thoughts slowed down as she folded the paper.
She found that she had put the wrong focus in her impatience. The "Xu Jia" who showed his face would definitely not be easy for her to find. What she should think about now was who was "Xu Jia's" accomplice.
Is there one or more?
There is no doubt that the person hiding in the dark must be someone she knows and is inside the company.
What colleagues at the company said...
She recalled the last time she delivered documents to Lu Pei, and her thoughts became clearer.
Who else could have known in advance the time when she would deliver the documents and arranged for "Xu Jia" to meet her by chance, except Zhuo Zhongsen who temporarily asked her to go to Wanlai with the plan?
Thinking back to the look in Zhuo Zhongsen's eyes that had warned her fiercely before, it must have started from that time...
He knew that she took the subway every day to go home, so he arranged for "Xu Jia" to wait there, looking for opportunities to get close to her.
Fainting from hypoglycemia was a pretext, allowing Ruan Yan to let down her guard towards her. Drinking coffee and eating together afterwards became more natural, and it was also easier to secretly take photos of the two of them that seemed intimate.
After anonymously sending the photo to Zhuo Lu, Zhuo Zhongsen tipped off "Xu Jia" to avoid her...
But if she rushed to confront Zhuo Zhongsen now, he would definitely not admit it.
No matter how well she analyzed it, it was just her guess.
Zhuo Zhongsen is Zhuo Ming's cousin, and since he has a say in the company, the higher-ups will naturally trust him more.
Words are not enough. Without strong evidence, no matter how much you say, it will not convince people.
Evidence, evidence...where can I find a breakthrough?
Ruan Yan placed the folded paper on the dinner plate, a look of worry on her face.
The sky was filled with darkness, and a young couple came to the table next to us.
The girl scooped a cup of strawberry tea with a spoon and ate it, not looking very happy.
The boy looked at her face and apologized carefully: "Don't be upset, I was wrong, please don't ignore me."
The girl glanced away from him. "I've told you to stay away from Vivi in your department. How many times has this happened? If you like her so much, why not just go ahead and be with her?"
"Oh, it's not what you think. She's in charge of attendance for the department. If I have a good relationship with her, it will be more convenient for me to be late or leave early," the boy coaxed her. "How could I possibly like her? Compared to you, she's far inferior. She's not as pretty as you, nor as capable as you..."
Ruan Yan finished sipping the remaining coffee at the bottom of the cup and looked up at the slick boy across from her.
He snorted disdainfully, a cunning man with many schemes.
He uses the girl's favor to gain convenience, and then tries to drag her down behind her back. I really don't know how he can flirt with his girlfriend in front of another girl...
Ruan Yan suddenly thought of Zhuo Zhongsen and the abnormal behavior of that man that day. An inadvertent detail that she had discovered before also suddenly came to her mind.
Yes, that person.
She decided to try to see if she could find a breakthrough from that person.
But before that, she wanted to make a phone call to confirm.
Lin Lin was not very surprised when she received Ruan Yan's call.
But she was a little surprised at the purpose of Ruan Yan's call.
Ruan Yan got straight to the point: "Sister Lin Lin, why didn't you and Zhuo Zhongsen become boyfriend and girlfriend at that time?"
Lin Lin didn't expect her to ask so directly. After a pause, she answered, "Because I don't think he's right for me."
Ruan Yan further asked: "Did something happen between you? Or did you discover something?"
Lin Lin was silent for a moment, thinking about why Ruan Yan suddenly called and asked her so directly, could it be...
"So, you too?" Lin Lin asked tentatively.
Ruan Yan understood the vague words instantly and replied, "Yes."
Lin Lin on the other end of the phone laughed awkwardly: "I see."
Ruan Yan fiddled with the origami on the table with her fingertips and said, "You found another person, right? Perhaps that person is the reason for the breakdown of your relationship."
"Yes." Lin Lin replied honestly.
Ruan Yan said the name.
Lin Lin seemed a little surprised: "How did you know?"
Ruan Yan raised her eyebrows, she had guessed right.
"Thank you Sister Linlin for telling me this." The sadness on Ruan Yan's face had mostly disappeared.
Before hanging up the phone, Lin Lin hesitated and called her.
"Ruan Yan, you think it was Zhuo Zhongsen who leaked the plan and framed you, right?"
Ruan Yan didn't answer directly, but simply said, "I'm looking for evidence now. I want to clarify every suspicious point."
Lin Lin was silent for a moment, then said, "Okay, I hope you succeed."
…
A week later, Ruan Yan took the initiative to find the company and said that she had important clues to provide.
Looking at the serious faces of the people, Ruan Yan didn't say any unnecessary nonsense and directly pointed out: "Regarding the leak of the plan, I reasonably suspect that Zhuo Zhongsen from our team framed me."
As soon as these words came out, everyone except Lin Lin was surprised.
Huang Shijie, who was sitting in the front, raised his glasses and said, "You said he framed you. How did he do that?"
"The person in the photo was instructed by Zhuo Zhongsen to deliberately approach me..." Ruan Yan repeated her speculation truthfully.
After hearing this, several people frowned in thought, as if they were trying to figure out the truth of what was said.
Huang Shijie asked her, "Then how are you going to prove what you said?"
Ruan Yan replied, "It may not be possible for the time being, because this 'Xu Jia' is now in hiding and I can't find her, and Zhuo Zhongsen will definitely not admit his actions."
Huang Shijie frowned. "You've been talking for a long time, but you don't have any evidence. Everything is based on your own conjecture. How can we know if you are deliberately making it up to frame him?"
Ruan Yan met his eyes. "Of course I'm not making this up. I have evidence that he stole our company's project plans and design drawings several times and resold them to rival companies."
Her words made several people, including Lin Lin, look at each other in surprise.
Huang Shijie thought of Zhuo Zhongsen's background and their good relationship, so he said, "Are you suspicious or do you have concrete evidence? If you are just talking nonsense, then stop wasting everyone's time."
Ruan Yan smiled: "It should be more reasonable than those photos you suspected me of."
Huang Shijie's face turned grim for a moment, and just as he was about to say something, the leaves of the Clivia pot at the office door moved.
Then, a deep and steady voice sounded: "What evidence do you have? I'd like to hear it."
Ruan Yan turned around and saw Lu Peishi, who had been listening at the door for an unknown amount of time with one hand in his pocket.
They moved the conversation to the conference room.
Sitting in the seats were not only people from the Human Resources Department, but also Lu Peishi and Tan Xinyi.
Zhuo Ming was at a project site in another city. He just finished some work yesterday and is on his way back today.
Ruan Yan specifically told him not to tell Wen Ying about this matter first, because she didn't want Wen Ying to worry about her while she was busy abroad.
After a while, Zhuo Zhongsen came in from outside the meeting room. His originally calm expression froze uncontrollably when he saw Lu Pei sitting in the middle of the table.
Soon, he calmed down and walked over calmly.
"Mr. Lu, Mr. Huang," Zhuo Zhongsen looked around at everyone, looking very confused, "Why did you suddenly call me over?..."
Huang Shijie coughed lightly. "Ruan Yan from your group said that you were the one who framed her for the leak of the museum plan."
Zhuo Zhongsen was horrified and turned to Ruan Yan, "How could you...how could you just say such nonsense?"
Ruan Yan didn't look at him, but calmly turned towards everyone. "As far as I know, Zhuo Zhongsen sold confidential information from several projects in the first half of the year, including the amusement park, library, and Nanjiao Commercial Complex, to competing companies, and..."
"Ruan Yan!" Zhuo Zhongsen interrupted her angrily, "You've been caught betraying the company yourself, and now you're trying to confuse the public by dragging others into this, right?"
Ruan Yan looked relaxed and said, "Manager Zhuo, I haven't even finished what I was saying. Why are you so excited? What are you afraid of?"
Zhuo Zhongsen choked, then raised his voice to bolster his confidence, retorting, "Originally, I didn't want to tell you. Ruan Yan approached me time and again before, always wanting to get something out of me. Later, I saw through her plans and stopped her. I suspect that's why she holds a grudge against me!"
Ruan Yan listened to his nonsense and realized that it was not as exaggerated as in novels and TV dramas. There were really people in real life who could be so shameless.
She didn't get irritated as he wished, but just chuckled sarcastically: "Zhuo Zhongsen, don't you know what kind of person you are? Did you draft a lie before making up such a lie? Oh no, you always come up with lies easily, no need to draft." Her attitude made Zhuo Zhongsen angry and embarrassed. He pointed at her with his index finger: "Lies? How dare you say you haven't had dinner with me? Haven't you gone shopping with me? Haven't you deliberately sow discord in my love life?!"
He became more and more excited as he spoke: "You obviously have a boyfriend, but you're still flirting with other men all day long. Let me tell you, I've seen a lot of fickle women like you. You appear noble on the surface, but in reality, you'll sell anything for profit. Who knew that besides stealing the blueprints, you would also..."
Bang!
A dull thud of something slamming on the table interrupted Zhuo Zhongsen's passionate words.
At the same time, a furious voice rang out: "Zhuo Zhongsen! Watch your words and attitude!"
Ruan Yan was slightly stunned and looked at the man with an unhappy face behind the conference table.
Lu Peishi, who had been silent all this time, suddenly became furious, shocking everyone present, including Ruan Yan.
She didn't expect that his reaction would be bigger than hers.
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