Older people climb the stairs more slowly, and Zhou Yunwan was in a hurry to find Chen Yanli, so she wanted to ask them to make way so that she could pass first, but what one of the old men said made her swallow the words that were on the tip of her tongue.
"The biggest problem now is that Yanli refuses to reveal the girl's information, nor does he want to ask the girl to come over to help explain things. Others think he is guilty. There are already rumors going around in the institute, which will have a great impact on his future promotion and assessment."
"So, Director Yu, you have to do some ideological work on Yan Li later. Ask him to call that girl over for a confrontation, and then explain the matter clearly and let it go. Otherwise, if it goes on like this, the situation will only get worse."
"Didn't Yanli say it a long time ago that he and Li Jinning are not boyfriend and girlfriend, and there is no issue of two-timing. Why do you have to hold him back? This is obviously a figment of the imagination of someone with ulterior motives!"
"We certainly believe that Yanli has no problem with his character. The main reason is that someone has made an anonymous report and if we don't investigate thoroughly, it will be easy for someone to use it against us."
"The innocent are innocent. How can you prove it with a banquet if you didn't do it?"
"Director Yu, that's not the way to say it. It sounds good to say that those who are innocent will be innocent, but if you really do nothing and say nothing, how can others believe it?"
After these words were spoken, the middle-aged man named Director Yu snorted heavily and seemed to be a little shaken.
Their conversation stirred up a thousand waves in Zhou Yunwan's heart. Her thoughts were surging. The person in front of her suddenly turned around and said to her, "Little girl, are we blocking you? You go first?"
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As soon as he finished speaking, the others consciously made way for him.
"Thank you." Zhou Yunwan's eyes inadvertently swept across their work badges on their chests. She forced a twitch of her lips, thanked them politely, and then quickened her pace to climb the stairs, reaching the third floor before them.
A short-haired woman stood in front of Shen Yanli's house, wearing a pure white long coat, like a lab coat or something. From the half of her face that was exposed, it was Li Jinning, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.
Even from a distance, you could see her red eyes, tears in her eyes, as if she was in conflict with someone.
"I can help you explain to Director Yu and the leaders..."
"No need, just go."
After their conversation ended, Li Jinning wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and left towards the stairs. However, before she took two steps, she met Zhou Yunwan.
Li Jinning pushed up the black-framed glasses on her nose, not wanting the other person to see her ugly appearance, and said unhappily, "Why are you looking for Yan Li?"
Hearing her unwelcome tone, Zhou Yunwan responded expressionlessly: "If you can come, why can't I?"
Li Jinning was choked and was about to say something when she heard the other party continue, "Also, can you order a banquet? You are just colleagues, don't cross the line."
When the word "crossing the line" was mentioned, Li Jinning thought of the lie he told her on the phone last time. His face turned pale and red, and he didn't dare to look her in the eye again out of guilt.
But Li Jinning soon thought of something, snorted, and fought back: "I can call you whatever I want, what's it to you? You are just his sister, not his girlfriend."
"Even if he treats you specially, it's because of your father, not because of you. What qualifications do you have to talk to me like that?"
As she was talking, Li Jinning thought of the woman that Chen Yanli would rather be criticized for than not protect. She had never met her, but how bad could someone who was loved by Chen Yanli be?
Thinking of this, her mood became even more depressed. She couldn't help but look at Zhou Yunwan in front of her. Somehow, she felt that if that woman looked like Zhou Yunwan, she would not be unable to accept it.
Zhou Yunwan didn't have time to talk nonsense with Li Jinning. She walked past her and wanted to knock on the door of Shen Yanli's house, but before she could raise her hand, the door in front of her was opened.
As soon as Shen Yanli saw her face, he was sure that he had not heard wrongly.
He pursed his lips and hesitated: "Why are you here?"
Hearing a similar question again, Zhou Yunwan bit her lower lip unhappily. What did you mean, why is she here? It seemed as if she shouldn't have come. If she hadn't come, would she have known that Shen Yanli was actually a fool?
Along the way, she imagined many possibilities of his sudden disappearance, but she never expected that it was because he was reported to have problems with his personal conduct and was two-timing. He had to cooperate with the unit's investigation, which made it inconvenient for him to go home.
Just as the person just said, the easiest way is to find her, the real girlfriend, and explain everything to the leader, and all the problems can be solved, but he just said nothing.
And she could more or less guess why he chose not to look for her.
After a while, Zhou Yunwan suppressed the surging emotions in her heart, tugged at the corner of his clothes, and said aggrievedly: "Can't I come?"
When Shen Yanli saw her low tone, he panicked instantly, raised his hand and wanted to hug her like before, but when his hand was halfway raised, he took it back abruptly, softened his voice and coaxed: "That's not what I meant, I'm glad you can come to me, but..."
Before he could finish his words, several middle-aged men appeared at the end of the corridor. They were all leaders of the institute.
Shen Yanli's handsome face turned gloomy, and he subconsciously took two steps outside, standing in front of Zhou Yunwan in a protective posture.
After the two sides greeted each other, Yu Liwei's eyes fell on the unfamiliar face behind Shen Yanli and recognized that the other party was the girl he met on the stairs just now.
She actually came to look for Shen Yanli?
A guess flashed through Yu Liwei's mind, but he didn't dare to ask directly.
Shen Yanli knew what they were here for, so he paused for a moment and said, “Leaders, please come in and talk.”
A group of people entered the house one after another, and Shen Yanli whispered to Zhou Yunwan beside him: "Wanwan, you go back first, I have some business to discuss with the leader."
If Zhou Yunwan had not just heard what his leader said, he would really believe him, thinking that they were discussing business matters and would choose to avoid the subject.
Zhou Yunwan looked at the man who lied to her and asked, "Is it really business?"
Shen Yanli was stunned by her unprecedented cold and hard voice, and didn’t know how to answer for a while. After a long while, he said: “You go back first, I will explain to you later.”
Zhou Yunwan stared at him for a while, until he was speechless, then she pushed him aside and walked into the house, standing in the empty space right in front of the sofa.
"Hello, leaders. I heard what you said on the stairs just now, and I roughly understand the purpose of your visit."
At this point, Zhou Yunwan paused and continued, “I am Shen Yanli’s girlfriend. If you have any questions, you can ask me directly.”
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