Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 155 So it turns out it all comes down to connections!
After silently complaining to himself, Du Anrao felt something was wrong. If Li Zhaoyang was really no good, where did their child come from?
So, he can't be considered incompetent; at most, he was just unlucky and a bit slow on the uptake, which led to the loss of his wife and children.

After hearing about Li Zhaoyang and the other person's past, Du Hongyun broke out in a cold sweat.

On one hand, she was glad that the script she got, although a bit of a headache, was at least not this hellish. On the other hand, she couldn't help but feel smug. It was good that her little cousin complained about her being unreliable every day. Her cousin Yu Xi's older cousin was much more unreliable than her. Compared to him, she didn't seem so bad.

Du Yuxi couldn't follow the gossip remotely due to distance restrictions, but she had a cheat code: while she was talking to Du Anrao, Du's mother had already compiled the whole story and sent it to her in text form.

After reading it, Du Yuxi's expression was rather complicated.

The Li family members noticed the change in Du Yuxi's expression and their hearts skipped a beat. However, they were worried that speaking up would disrupt the conversation between the two, so they could only suppress their curiosity and anxiety and wait patiently.

Only after Du Yuxi hung up the phone did he eagerly step forward to ask, "Yuxi, how did it go? Did you get the address?"

Du Yuxi glanced at Aunt Li: "I did get the information, but..."

"Just what?"

"Auntie, can I talk to you alone?"

Aunt Li was surprised by Du Yuxi's words and paused for a moment before saying, "Of course, let's go inside and talk."

"Sigh~ Mom, Yu Xi..." Li Zhaoyang silently stretched out Er Kang's hand, looking pitiful as if begging to be taken away.

Xi Jingyue glanced at him and suddenly reached out and patted his shoulder.

Li Zhaoyang looked completely bewildered: "Bro, what are you doing?"

"It's alright, good luck to you." Based on Xi Jingyue's understanding of that person, and the tone that person used when mentioning this matter before, his stupid younger brother was probably going to suffer a lot this time, if not die.

Li Zhaoyang: "???"

It must be said that family members know family members best, and Xi Jingyue's guess was not far off from the actual situation.

Du Yuxi chatted with her aunt in the room for about twenty minutes, while Li Zhaoyang lay on the door like a gecko for twenty minutes.

Unfortunately, the rooms in his house were too well soundproofed, and Li Zhaoyang couldn't hear a single word.

Just as he was itching to break down the door, it suddenly slammed open, startling Li Zhaoyang so much that he almost stumbled and fell flat on his face.

"Mom, Yuxi, you guys..." Li Zhaoyang chuckled, and as soon as he looked up, he met Du Yuxi's awkward yet polite smile.

Looking again at Aunt Li, she was standing in the shadows behind the door. No one could see the expression on her face, but for some reason, Li Zhaoyang felt a sense of crisis, and even the skin on his body tensed up.

"Mom, are you..." Before Li Zhaoyang could finish speaking, he watched as Madam Li pulled out a thin feather duster from somewhere and swung it at him.

Li Zhaoyang: "?!?!" Help...help me!
Du Anrao was completely unaware that his few sarcastic remarks had successfully sparked a family war, and promoted communication between two generations of the Li family from men's singles to women's singles, and finally, naturally, evolved into mixed doubles. The screams of the victim were so loud that they were heartbreaking to hear and brought tears to the eyes of all who heard them. It was truly a great tragedy of our time!
Du Anrao had just finished gossiping with his fourth sister about the dramatic history of Li Zhaoyang's family, and after finishing the apple he had ruined for half the day, he moved on to the melon on the edge of the fruit plate when the phone rang again.

This time, unsurprisingly, it was Qiu Jichen calling. Poor General Manager Qiu gave up his leisure time on the cruise ship and diligently rushed back to the company to work overtime. His subordinates also had to accept triple overtime pay with tears in their eyes and work overtime with their boss.

Perhaps being temporarily recalled from the holiday hit a nerve with the workers, making them particularly resentful of the culprit who caused this. They worked with incredible speed and precision, uncovering the design department manager's life story, connections, and relatives in just a few hours!

"Lai Yiwen, 28 years old, joined the design department of Yayu Group two months ago and was parachuted in as the design department manager."

As Qiu Jichen read through the documents his subordinates had just brought back, he felt increasingly like a sucker. Such an important position had been infiltrated, and he, as the company's general manager, was the last to know, only becoming aware of it after being reminded by someone outside the company!

“I have had someone investigate this person’s background in detail. Although she graduated from a prestigious university like Master Du’s sister-in-law, she doesn’t actually have much ability. Her diploma and some of her works were bought with money from her family. This can only fool those uninformed laymen, but it’s no secret to those seasoned professionals.”

In other words, insiders can see through the trickery at a glance, but the reason they don't expose it is simply a matter of social etiquette.

But for a jewelry company like theirs, what's needed isn't personal connections, but genuine talent and skills, especially for positions in the design department, where there's no room for pretense.

Therefore, the existence of Lai Yiwen as the department manager is quite intriguing.

"The reason this woman was able to parachute into the design department and become the manager, surpassing the senior employees who had been with the department for four or five years, is because she is related to my uncle by marriage."

Du Anrao raised an eyebrow: "She's your cousin's..."

"Her aunt is my cousin's wife, and my cousin is her uncle-in-law."

"I see." No wonder he was parachuted into the design department as manager so easily; it turns out he got his father's connections!

The people inside the room were speechless. "..." That makes sense, doesn't it?

"Since she is a relative of Mr. Qiu's cousin, please ask Mr. Qiu to transfer my second sister-in-law to another department."

"No need, no need. I'll have HR dismiss Lai Yiwen tomorrow. Master Du, please rest assured, the same thing will never happen again."

"This……"

Seemingly sensing Du Anrao's doubts, Qiu Jichen smiled and explained, "My relationship with my mother and my father's relatives isn't very good. Most of these people were brought into the company through moral blackmail when my father was still alive. They don't do any real work and just think about shady ways. My mother and I have wanted to get rid of these parasites for a long time, but we haven't found a suitable opportunity. Instead, they've become even more brazen and are trying to do these dirty tricks without our permission."

After Qiu Jichen explained it this way, Du Anrao understood and immediately thought of the shady scheme that Miss Lai was trying to frame her second sister-in-law.

"Mr. Qiu, does your company have surveillance cameras at your workstations?"

"At the workstation? Generally, there aren't any. This involves employee privacy, and companies won't just install surveillance cameras near employees' workstations."

[As expected, Lai Yiwen knew this, which is why she wanted to use this opportunity to frame her second sister-in-law for theft.]

(End of this chapter)