As Zhou Yunwan finished speaking, the entire living room fell into silence.
"You? How is that possible?" Li Jinning was the first to speak and break the silence. After thinking for a moment, she immediately guessed her intention: "Even if you want to help Yan... your brother get away with the crime, you wouldn't lie like this, right?"
Several leaders looked at each other, with indescribable expressions on their faces. This girl said she was Chen Yanli's girlfriend, and Li Jinning said no, so was she really that?
Who should they trust?
Everyone in the room looked at Chen Yanli who was standing at the entrance at the same time. Of course, this matter depended on what the person said.
Under the gaze of everyone, Shen Yanli walked straight towards Zhou Yunwan, and his deep voice slowly sounded: "She is indeed my girlfriend."
As if he was afraid that everyone wouldn't believe him, he reached out and held her hand, interlocking their fingers, very intimately.
As soon as Zhou Yunwan raised her eyes, her gaze met his. Her deep black eyes were sparkling with soft and warm starlight, brilliant and charming.
But Zhou Yunwan was feeling annoyed right now, and would not be easily seduced by his beauty. If she hadn't been concerned about so many people, she would definitely kick him.
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"How is this possible? How is this possible?" Li Jinning looked at their tightly clasped hands, her pupils suddenly shrank, and she murmured twice, totally unable to believe what she saw and heard.
"Ahem." Yu Liwei coughed twice, cleared his throat and said, "In that case, let's sit down and have a good chat."
"Okay." Zhou Yunwan said with a smile, then turned her head and quietly glared at Shen Yanli: "What are you standing there for? Why don't you move some chairs over."
The sofa in Chen Yanli's house is a straight sofa, which can barely accommodate four people. There is no place for others to sit. They can't just stand and chat, right?
Shen Yanli immediately understood what she said, and after saying "OK", he let go of her hand and moved a few chairs to the dining table.
Zhou Yunwan went to the kitchen and poured out a few cups of hot water, placing them in front of the leaders one by one. Her sweet smile made people feel good about her.
Yu Liwei could see that Zhou Yunwan was quite familiar with Shen Yanli's family. The interaction between the two was sweet and natural, and their cooperation was tacit. Anyone who saw them would think that they were a young couple.
After Zhou Yunwan poured the water, she sat down on the chair that Shen Yanli had brought, glanced at the leaders present, and took the initiative to say, “I’ve been dating Shen Yanli for almost half a year. I know his character, and I believe he’s not a two-timing person.”
"You said someone anonymously wrote a letter of complaint about his misconduct. If possible, can I see that letter?"
At the director's signal, Yu Liwei handed the letter of complaint to Zhou Yunwan.
Zhou Yunwan took the letter and read its contents carefully.
The content of the letter was very simple. The whistleblower's letter meant that Shen Yanli, despite having a girlfriend, brought a girl in and out of the house alone, behaved intimately, and had an impure relationship. He also listed several specific dates and time points.
As she watched, Zhou Yunwan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
This abrupt smile caused everyone to frown, and Shen Yanli next to her also looked at her.
"Sorry, I really couldn't help it." Zhou Yunwan restrained her smile a second later, as if she was not the one who lost her composure just now.
After a while, she spread the letter out neatly on the table and explained why she was laughing: "I just found it funny that such vague words as speculation, possibility, or perhaps could be used as material for reporting."
"The other party wanted to target our Shen Yanli, but was also afraid that he would get into trouble if the matter was exposed, so he was very careful in his choice of words."
Hearing this, a serious look flashed across everyone else's faces, but Shen Yanli couldn't suppress the smile on his face. All his attention was focused on her words "our family" and her protection of him, and his eyes were full of love.
Zhou Yunwan's words were tantamount to indirectly accusing their institute of launching an investigation into Shen Yanli because of this irregular anonymous report letter, which was a bit "funny".
They are all in their forties, so they know how crude the other party's tactics are.
But the reason why they chose to do so was, firstly, because the institute valued Shen Yanli and wanted to clear his name, and secondly, because there had not been any report letter in the institute for a long time, and it would be unreasonable if they did not deal with it.
Moreover, if we don't investigate, others will accuse us of covering up. With both parties in such a dilemma, we have no choice but to investigate.
Who knew that Shen Yanli's attitude was particularly tough, and he directly stated that he would not implicate innocent people because of a report letter without any basis, so he would not say a word until they found the person who made the anonymous report.
Such a "aloof" and uncooperative attitude made the director so angry that he temporarily suspended him from his post.
So among these leaders, the director had the ugliest expression.
After a while, the director said, "Then the time points and dates listed above..."
Hearing this, Zhou Yunwan continued, “Of the several time points listed above, I only remember two, because I have only been here twice. One time was when Shen Yanli came back from the Northeast Research Institute and we came here to hide from the rain, and another time was when we came here to deliver something after shopping with friends, but we left not long after.”
As soon as these words came out, the expressions on everyone's faces changed, and they couldn't help but wonder if Shen Yanli had a third woman? Otherwise, what happened to the extra time points?
“…” Zhou Yunwan didn’t know what was going on at other time points, and raised her eyes to look at Shen Yanli next to her.
Shen Yanli received her inquiring look and continued her words calmly. He explained clearly what he was doing at home at those times, and it couldn't be more specific.
"The people who reported me really knew me well, and most of the time they picked out was when I lived here."
Zhou Yunwan's heart tightened, and this also meant that he might not have any witnesses.
Perhaps seeing her worry, Shen Yanli gave her a reassuring look, and then he continued: “But this time point is wrong, I was living at my parents’ house at the time, and at this time point I was sending my sister-in-law back to her parents’ home, so it’s impossible for me to appear here, and it’s impossible for me to go in and out of my house with any woman.”
Although he didn't say it directly, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that what he meant was that the timing was fake.
The person who reported it knew so well when Shen Yanli was at home and when he was not at home, so he must be either someone close to him or someone who had paid special attention to it.
Everyone couldn't help but think of what Zhou Yunwan had said just now. It was really like she was targeting them on purpose!
After listening to Shen Yanli's words, Zhou Yunwan realized belatedly that his memory was better than hers. Since he knew that the evidence was false, why didn't he defend himself from the beginning?
Thinking of this, she asked.
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