Mu Yiran frowned: "No, that's not it."
She picked up a delivery box next to her and said, "This is the poster your department printed. I've checked it and it's usable."
Chen Yiting: "...The sea, the poster?"
She put the things into the girl's arms, then pulled out the invitation that had been stuffed into her arms and pressed it down. "Don't be so clumsy next time. Go ahead."
Chen Yiting stood there motionless, then suddenly looked up. "Mr. Cheng, where's the gift you promised me?!"
Mu Yiran: "A gift? Oh!"
She took a card out of her desk drawer and handed it to Chen Yiting.
"Here you go, this is the ticket to Qianmu Resort, and this is the suite key card. With this, everything at the resort is free."
"..."
Chen Yiting took the card in a daze, her throat felt like it was being choked, and she couldn't speak. She could only stare blankly at the card in her hand.
"I noticed several girls in the group have been asking if there's a chance to get this card. The resort looks pretty good, so I'll save it for you..."
"I think it suits you quite well."
"...Don't you like it?"
"..."
The woman's voice became both faint and amplified. Chen Yiting walked in a daze, clutching a card tightly in her palm.
A slightly sharp edge of the card pierced her fingernail, the pain bringing her back to her senses. Only then did Chen Yiting realize that she hadn't taken the elevator and was now in a dark emergency escape stairwell.
She doesn't remember how she answered Cheng Ran in the end, but that doesn't matter anymore.
Chen Yiting released her grip; the resort access card, worth 100,000 yuan, was bent from her squeezing.
A suitable gift for her?
Chen Yiting was well aware of the card's purpose and value, as it was originally a trial card given to the group by the Helian family!
She personally brought the card to Cheng Ran's office!
It turns out that this was so casually given to him by a woman as a...birthday present?!
The dimly lit stairwell couldn't reflect the chilling, increasingly twisted rage surging in the girl's eyes.
I remember running out of the office still fantasizing about who the cello was for.
What did Cheng Ran say?
Oh! She smiled without saying anything, her gaze towards the cello filled with tenderness.
The woman said helplessly, "It's for our eldest son, so I guess it's a birthday present for him. I don't know if he'll like it or not. I just thought it would look really nice on him, so I made this. But teenage boys probably don't like these things that look good but aren't actually useful."
"So I prepared several extra for him."
"Hey! Yiting, what do you think 16-year-old boys like? Why don't you help me pick some?"
Why should I?!
She knew CEO Cheng much earlier than Shi Youxi and Ai Ni, so why did CEO Cheng only care about them and treat her so perfunctorily?
Shi Youxi and Ai Ni's gifts were carefully selected and priceless, while hers was just a cheap trial card?!
She was the one who said it was cute to have a bunny as a friend!
Chen Yiting wanted Xiao Cheng to be her friend like Tom, only spending time with her friends!
Be good only to her!
Why?! Yes! No!
Chen Yiting was so angry that she trembled, and suddenly grabbed the card with both hands and snapped it in half!
"What should we do now?!"
"!!"
A hysterical female voice rang out, startling Chen Yiting so much that she almost dropped the card.
Who is it?!
She curled up and quietly climbed up one floor...
Through the gap in the handrail, Chen Yiting saw Su Tian, who was going crazy, and a man with his back to her.
But the silver hair already told Chen Yiting who it was.
After being embroiled in public opinion and pressured by the police and society for several days, Su Tian seemed like a different person. She looked more than ten years older in just a few days. The once meticulous and elegant actress Su Tian now appeared without makeup, and the traces of high technology on her face were clearly visible.
Her skin and flesh clung precariously to her facial bones, making her look both wretched and terrifying.
Her uneven manicure kept scratching at her cheek.
"What do we do! All those people testified! Now Ah Li is completely locked up, they want to kill him! These despicable bastards who gave false testimony want to kill my son!"
"But none of that is true! My son is innocent! Those people were worthless to begin with; using them to fill the cemetery with yin energy is clearly their good fortune! Those ungrateful bastards!"
Su Tian held onto Shi Bianji's hand tightly.
"Professor Shi, you should believe us! Ah Li is truly innocent! He didn't do it on purpose, it was all for the company!"
Shi Bianji patted her hand reassuringly, "Of course I believe President Cheng, but what about his embezzlement of public funds?"
The man shook his head helplessly:
"Since Madam Su didn't clean up the mess when she was doing these things, she should have told me."
“Now it’s not just a murder case; the crime of embezzling the group’s public property alone is enough to put the three of you in jail for several years.”
Su Tian twitched her shoulders and paced back and forth with a frantic expression.
"What should we do! What should we do! Ah Li can't be hurt! He's going to inherit the chairmanship, he can't be hurt... Otherwise, let Ah Yuan take the blame for Ah Li!"
Shi Bianji slowly raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"
The woman seemed to have grasped a glimmer of hope, and her face beamed with an ever-growing smile, like a withered tree coming back to life.
"Yes! And Yuan too! All those investments were made in Yuan's name. In the end, Li was just following Yuan's orders! He's the older brother, so we have to save Li! That's right! Find Yuan! Find Yuan!"
Shi Bianji watched her silently with a faint smile until the woman was about to rush out the door to make Cheng Yuan fulfill his "elder brother's duty," at which point he stopped her.
“Oh, Mrs. Su, please calm down. I think even if Cheng Yuan is willing to take the blame, your son will not be able to stay in the company.”
Su Tian immediately exploded and screamed:
"Why should he?! My son is the one who truly deserves to be chairman! Who else could it be—"
Shi Bianji: "And Cheng Ran too."
Su Tian's distorted face froze, like a lump of frozen, dead pork.
"Cheng Ran?"
"Mrs. Su, have you forgotten that even though Cheng Li has managed to extricate himself perfectly, the project is still gone, and all the shareholders who originally supported you have switched sides to Cheng Ran?"
“When the will is published, even without a board vote, she will still hold 45% of the group’s shares. What will your son have to fight her for?”
A glimmer of clarity flashed in Su Tian's muddled eyes, and she murmured, "Cheng Ran... how could it be such a coincidence..."
How could all the sharp spears suddenly pierce Cheng Li, while Cheng Ran just happened to avoid all the blades and reap the benefits in the end?
Shi Bianji sneered:
"A coincidence? Mrs. Su, you're too naive. I can't bear to tell you, but from the very beginning, Cheng Ran knew there was something wrong with the land in the New Fourth District! But she still watched her brother jump into the fire!"
The man looked at the madness in Su Tian's eyes with satisfaction. "Mrs. Su doesn't know yet, does she? The reason that high-ranking official was able to find the child's body was because Cheng Ran leaked the news."
"She knew everything, yet she cruelly pushed her innocent brother into prison!"
"..."
Su Tian's pupils trembled: "Cheng Ran? Cheng Ran! Ahhhhh! It's all because of Cheng Ran! It's all because of her!!"
Tokibe Kijiro straightened up, patted the woman's shoulder, and made a friendly suggestion:
"So, Madam Su, why don't you push Cheng Ran out? That way, you can preserve Cheng Yuan's position and reshuffle the share distribution."
"They're both your sons anyway! If you keep one, you won't have to worry about the other not being able to get up, right?"
Su Tian's eyes turned completely bloodshot. "You're right! It's all because of her! Cheng Ran! That bitch! She should be in jail! She should die in her brother's place!"
The woman's frantic screams echoed throughout the dark escape stairwell.
On the first floor, Chen Yiting covered her mouth tightly, her eyes filled with fear.
These two people are trying to harm Mr. Cheng...
They! They wanted to kill Boss Cheng!
No! No!
Chen Yiting ran out of the downstairs door, hugging the wall; she needed to tell that person right away!
The elevator arrived, and Chen Yiting rushed in. When she saw that there were still people standing inside, she froze for a moment before lunging at them!
"Young Master Cheng! Young Master Cheng is in danger!"
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