Zhao Ling's face turned deathly pale. Lu Bairan continued unhurriedly, "If I'm not mistaken, it's one million coming in in installments, right?" Seeing her tremble slightly, he knew she was right.
However, Zhao Ling continued to argue, saying that she had borrowed the money for her father's surgery. Too lazy to argue with her any longer, Lu Bairan directly pulled up his father's surgery record, which showed that she had already paid for the surgery when the money came in.
Zhao Lingcai started to panic. She begged Gu Anran for forgiveness in a trembling voice, saying that she had been blinded by money and asking for her forgiveness.
Gu Anran looked at him expressionlessly, "Do you know how much effort this represents?"
Lu Boran seized the opportunity and said, "As long as you tell us who you sold it to, this matter can be settled privately."
With tears streaming down her face, Zhao Ling sobbed as she looked at Gu Anran. Seeing that Gu Anran didn't speak, she quickly described the trader's physique.
She was wearing a hat and a mask at the time, so I could only see her eyes, which were large and double-lidded. That's all I knew, and we never saw each other again.
After receiving the information, Gu Anran stopped arguing with her and told her to leave the industry and the city. He also said he would expose her for leaking company secrets and that the remaining money would be handed over to the company. Zhao Ling quickly agreed, saying she was willing to do anything as long as she didn't go to jail.
Watching their retreating figures, Zhao Ling collapsed to the ground. Although she had seen what the trader looked like, she didn't know her name. She hadn't revealed her full appearance only because she had promised the woman that she wouldn't expose her if something went wrong.
She was only describing general characteristics; you see people like that all the time, so it's not really an oversight.
The two returned to the office, and finding the person behind the scenes based on the existing clues was obviously difficult, so he decided to start the investigation from the work itself.
Seeing her furrowed brows, Lu Bairan comforted her, "If we can find out which factory produced the clothes, things will be much simpler." Gu Anran nodded and took out her phone to start investigating.
The clothes are sold both online and offline. Lu Bairan found one of the stores online and learned through some small talk that it was produced by a factory called Youze Factory.
He investigated the responsible factory and found it to be a small factory located in the city. "Let's go and take a look."
The two arrived at the suburbs according to the address, and walked for another half hour before they saw the factory.
The factory wasn't very large. As Lu Boran walked in, he was stopped by a security guard who asked, "What are you doing here?"
"I need to speak with your manager."
The security guard looked the two of them up and down before telling them to wait while he made a phone call. A short while after they finished, a short, middle-aged man with a receding hairline emerged.
"I'm the person in charge here. What do you need?"
After shaking hands with him, Lu Boran smiled and said, "It's like this, our company is looking for manufacturers to cooperate with. We found out that the recent batch of very popular clothes came from your company. The order volume is huge, so we came to visit."
Gu Anran, who was standing to the side, was stunned. This factory was obviously substandard, and she would definitely not agree to let YR cooperate with the factory.
But in the end, under Lu Bairan's watchful eye, she handed the business card to the person in charge. The person in charge, who had been somewhat wary, grinned from ear to ear. They were just a small factory, and it was very rare for them to be able to cooperate with such a large company.
The person in charge led them into the factory, explaining as they walked. No matter how eloquently he described it, the equipment on display was clearly not up to standard.
“As you know, YR is a big company with a large demand. Judging from the current situation of the factory, it probably doesn’t meet our standards.” Gu Anran said bluntly, and the person in charge chuckled twice.
"We have another request this time. We would like to know which company ordered that batch of goods. Of course, we won't ask for it for nothing. I can provide you with a few machines."
Gu Anran, who has high standards for quality, would never joke about the company's work, so she decided to break through from another angle. Sure enough, the person in charge looked somewhat hesitant.
"I guarantee that the machine I provide you is the most advanced available. Also..." She took out a card and handed him a piece of white paper with the password and amount written on it.
Upon seeing the amount, the person in charge swallowed hard, hesitated for a moment, and then agreed, "Okay, but although our factory is small, we receive quite a few orders. I've forgotten who ordered this batch of goods, so you'll have to check it yourselves."
Gu Anran agreed, and the two followed him toward the office on the south side. Lu Bairan glanced at Gu Anran.
"These days, nobody really turns down money."
Gu Anran raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. After entering the office, the person in charge asked the employees to pull up the orders from the previous two months, and Lu Bairan took over and started to check them.
As the person in charge said, the orders were indeed few in number but many in quantity. They would even take orders that most factories would not accept. Lu Bairan stared intently at the screen, carefully searching through the small black characters.
Just when everyone thought things would go smoothly, someone suddenly pushed open the office door after they had checked a few pages. The person in charge was so startled that he stood up and asked, "Boss, what brings you here?"
The boss didn't even glance at him, rushed up to Lu Bairan, and forcefully pulled him up, demanding, "Who gave you permission to look at our orders?"
Gu Anran stepped forward to stop her, saying, "We have already obtained the factory manager's consent."
Although Lu Boran looked very refined, when he grabbed the boss's wrist, the boss let go in pain, which surprised Gu Anran. However, the nature of his job did require him to have some skills to protect himself.
“I’m the factory owner, I’m in charge. If I say no investigation, then no investigation.” He glared at the two men, rubbing his aching wrist.
The person in charge quickly stepped forward and repeated the conditions Gu Anran had mentioned, but the boss remained unmoved. Gu Anran tried to reason with him but was shoved hard by the boss and fell to the ground.
Lu Boran helped the man up, not wanting to cause trouble, so he asked the boss to make further demands, but the boss wouldn't listen at all.
"What are you standing there for? Go find security!" The security guards who rushed over didn't dare to ask any more questions and forcibly kicked the two of them out of the door, which was then closed.
Standing outside the door, Gu Anran's expression was not good. Such an obvious expulsion must have been pre-arranged by someone. Now they had found nothing and all their efforts had been in vain.
This was an important clue that she couldn't give up. She paced back and forth at the door, and seeing that Lu Bairan couldn't come up with a solution either, she could only take out her phone and call Ye Lichuan.
"Is something wrong?" Ye Lichuan knew she was investigating the show, so calling him must have been met with obstacles.
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