The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 338 Detective Li Na Makes Her Debut

After leaving the residential area, Lan Hong hugged Luo Bin's arm with both hands and rested her head on Luo Bin's shoulder.

"Yang Muye, this is just returning the favor. You've helped Li Na so much, and even helped her get a new job. You deserve all of this."

Luo Bin didn't say anything.

In reality, he knew very well that Yang Muyi was doing this simply to win people's hearts.

He would use a deal to redeem the effort he had invested in Li Na.

To put it bluntly, it's about picking the peaches (profiting at the expense of others).

Lan Hong knew nothing of this. Seeing that Luo Bin remained silent, she looked up and asked in confusion:

"What, did I say something wrong?"

"You should know that I help Li Na not because I want her to repay me. I am very satisfied with her dedication to working for me, so I will try my best to protect and help her. Of course, it's not just her; I would do the same for any subordinate I admire."

At this point, Luo Bin paused for a moment.

"As for the return, I would prefer that customers choose me because of my business capabilities rather than relying on relationships to acquire them."

Lan Hong nodded in agreement on the surface, but inwardly she disagreed.

Luo Bin is certainly exceptionally capable, but what China has in abundance is talent.

The competition is particularly fierce in the legal profession.

To put it bluntly, if you don't do it, Paluken will.

This is where the importance of "relationships" becomes apparent.

Although the concept of a "red circle" magic circle doesn't exist in China yet, the reason why magic circles and silver circles are so highly regarded abroad is that while ability is important, connections are the most crucial factor.

Luo Bin used to be "protected" too much by Li Na, who always took the lead in all kinds of social interactions.

Now that Li Na is gone, it might not be such a bad thing.

They forced Luo Bin to adapt to various social interactions and change his "naive" personality.

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Room 3601.

After the "three-way trial" ended, Hu Yifei decisively sent Zeng Xiaoxian away.

Li Na then called out to Huo Mei, who was about to return to her room.

"Sister Xiaomei, can we talk?"

Before Huo Mei could speak, Hu Yifei stood up first.

"You guys chat, I'm going to take a shower."

After everyone left, Huo Mei looked at Li Na with curiosity.

"What do you want to talk to me about?"

Although she knew perfectly well that Huo Mei was asking a question she already knew the answer to, Li Na still answered seriously:

"I'm starting work tomorrow, but I haven't even met General Manager Yang yet, let alone know much about him... I hope Sister Xiaomei can give me some guidance in this regard."

Huo Mei doesn't believe that Li Na didn't investigate Yang Muye, a potential major client of the law firm, after learning that he lived next door.

However, Li Na had only moved in two days ago, and even though she had investigated Yang Muye, she only had limited information.

Before deciding to move to Love Apartment and become Yang Muye's neighbor, Huo Mei herself conducted a very thorough and detailed investigation into Yang Muye.

What Li Na wanted was all the information about Yang Muye that Huo Mei had.

In return, Li Na was willing to form an "alliance" with Huo Mei.

Information sharing with Homei without compromising one's duties as a secretary.

Neither of them spoke explicitly; they reached a pleasant agreement simply through eye contact.

"You come with me."

Huo Mei got up and led Li Na to her room, first taking a heavy folder from the bookshelf.

It's full of all sorts of survey data and pictures.

Just as Li Na was about to thank him, Huo Mei took a roll of sketch paper from beside the desk. It was about 1.2 meters wide and the length was unknown.

Anyway, it's quite heavy to hold.

"I originally wanted to make a mind map, but I thought the whiteboard took up too much space and was hard to store, so I bought this instead... Later, the plan changed and I stopped. I think you will find it useful."

A look of shock flashed in Li Na's eyes.

She guessed that Homei would have a lot of information, but she didn't expect it to be this exaggerated.

Mind maps are needed to understand the whole picture.

Homei simply shrugged at this.

Understanding Yang Muye's businesses isn't actually that complicated; the real complexity lies in his interpersonal relationships.

After thanking Homei again, Li Na took the folder and sketch paper and went back to her room.

I initially planned to lay the sketch paper on my desk, but when I unfolded it, I discovered that it was nearly two meters long.

There's definitely not enough room for a desk, so I'll have to put it on the bed.

Li Na didn't start making mind maps right away; instead, she opened the folder that was crammed full of documents.

……

More than an hour later.

Li Na stood in front of the bed, holding a marker in her hand.

The entire sheet of sketch paper was divided into three areas.

Dali, Yanjing, and Shanghai.

Yang Muye's name was written in the center of each area.

The Dali area is mainly inhabited by Yang Muye's family.

Grandpa Yang and Uncle Yang Deqing both have "Yunmiao Village" marked below their names.

Below the names of the father, Yang Deyuan, and the mother, Gao Yunyue, is the label "Shenzhen".

There is also a line connecting the two, marking their divorced relationship.

In addition, one name was specially marked.

It was even more eye-catching than Yang's father and mother.

Xie Zhiyao.

However, Li Na hesitated when marking the connections.

According to the information provided by Huo Mei, the relationship between Yang Muye and Xie Zhiyao is not just that of childhood friends; there seems to be a special and subtle competitive relationship between them.

This was an intuition that Li Na had after reading the information.

Finally, she added a question mark after the competitor's name, indicating that it still needed to be verified.

Currently, there are only so many people in Dali worth marking.

Li Na's gaze then fell on the Yanjing area.

First, there were three college roommates.

Cheng Feng and Wu Di were replaced with "Old Boy".

Shi Xiaomeng was listed separately, with "Central Selection" next to his name, followed by a question mark.

This is a haphazard move; it's uncertain how many years it will take before it becomes effective, or even if it will be effective at all.

Even Li Na felt that Yang Muye was not so much investing in Shi Xiaomeng as he was trying to help him out.

Next up are "Plastic Brothers" and "Loser Boys," which also directly use the group name instead of the given name.

When it was the turn of the "Sisters Who Make Waves" contestants, Li Na carefully listed the names of all nine girls separately.

The names of Xu Hongdou, Chen Nanxing, Yang Zixi, Xia Qing, and Zhu Suosuo are circled together and marked as belonging to the same college.

Guan Wen and Xie Meilan are marked as classmates.

Zheng Wei and Ruan Wan are marked as being from the same school.

That wasn't all. Li Na then picked up her pen and added two more names next to the list of "Sisters Who Make Waves".

Willow green, star fruit.

One is marked as a senior in college, and the other is marked as a year after graduation.

Then Li Na changed to a red marker and added a connection line between Xu Hongdou, Yang Tao, and Yang Muye.

After doing all this, Li Na stared at Liu Qing's name and thought for a while, but ultimately gave up on connecting.

I picked up the black marker again and added a few more names: Xia Fenghua, Ma Siyi, Xin Huimei, and Chen Xi.

Looking around, more than 80% of the area around Yang Muye was surrounded by women's names.

Li Na already had a general idea of ​​her new boss's character.

Finally, there's Shanghai.

The situation is similar to that in Yanjing.

The information in Huo Mei's folder was actually less comprehensive than what Li Na found on her own.

She first categorized them by school.

Qiao Jingjing, Bei Weiwei, Meng Yiran, Cheng Yun, and Ruan Liuzheng from Dongda University.

Jiang Nansun from Tongji University.

The names linked to Yang Muye are all friends.

Oh no, Li Na added another red line between Jiang Nansun's and Yang Muye's names.

Next, Li Na wrote down the names of Hu Yifei, Huo Mei, Liu Wenjing, and herself, and marked them as neighbors.

Just finished doing these—

"Boom boom boom!"

There was a knock on the door.

Li Na stared intently at the mind map in front of her, and said without turning her head:
"Please come in, the door is unlocked!"

The door was pushed open from the outside.

Liu Wenjing stood outside the door with a restrained expression.

"Sister Li Na, I just went next door and made some late-night snacks for Boss Yang and the others. I also brought some over for Sister Yi Fei and Sister Xiao Mei. Would you like to have some with me?"

As he spoke, his eyes couldn't help but wander to the mind map that Li Na had spread out on the bed.

To my surprise, I even saw my own name on it.

Just as she was surprised, Li Na turned around:

"Thank you, but I'm not very hungry right now. You guys eat."

Liu Wenjing quickly looked away and nodded to Li Na.

Just as she was about to close the door and leave, Li Na suddenly called out to Liu Wenjing.

He pointed to the mind map on the bed.

"Are you interested in this?"

Liu Wenjing was quite embarrassed when she was caught peeping.

"Sister Li Na, I really didn't mean to peek."

Li Na acted very magnanimously.

"It's okay, you're not an outsider, so you saw it."

Relieved, Liu Wenjing couldn't help but ask curiously, "Sister Li Na, what are you doing—"

"Make a mind map."

Seeing that Liu Wenjing didn't understand, Li Na continued to explain: "You've seen crime dramas, right? When the police are investigating some complex cases, they often make clue diagrams like this to clarify the relationship between the people involved and the case."

Liu Wenjing nodded, looking both impressed and bewildered.

Seeing that Liu Wenjing had misunderstood, Li Na smiled and shook her head.

"I'm just using an analogy. I'm not investigating a case here. I'm just trying to figure out the interpersonal relationships around Mr. Yang. This is an important part of my job as a secretary."

Liu Wenjing clicked her tongue in amazement after hearing this.

So there are so many things to consider when being a secretary?

Li Na's voice continued.

"Assisting the boss with work matters is just the most basic job of a secretary. To do better and gain more trust from the boss, you must understand the boss's personality so that you can have more tacit understanding at work."

A competent secretary can quickly make a judgment based on just one expression, one action, or one word from their leader, understand their emotions and psychology, and then address the problem accordingly.

If Liu Wenjing were just an ordinary nanny, Li Na wouldn't need to explain these things to her.

But from the envy in Liu Wenjing's eyes, Li Na clearly saw something called ambition.

This reminded Li Na of herself in college.

Giving Liu Wenjing advice is actually helping his younger self.

Of course, you could also say that they are training a successor.

Li Na's efforts to be a good secretary do not mean that she only wants to be a secretary forever.

Moreover, Liu Wenjing is currently Yang Muyi's nanny.

Befriending Liu Wenjing is also a way to understand the interpersonal relationships around Yang Muye.

"Sister Li Na, thank you for explaining so much to me. Mr. Yang just told me that when preparing meals in the future, he will include your portion as well. If you have any dietary restrictions or preferences, you can tell me."

Liu Wenjing's move can be seen as a way of returning a favor, although it has the suspicion of "falsely conveying imperial edicts".

Yang Muye only asked Liu Wenjing to cook for one more person; he did not mention that he should take into account Li Na's taste preferences.

Liu Wenjing is Yang Muye's nanny, not Li Na's.

Li Na nodded knowingly, indicating that she was fine except for not being able to eat spicy food very well.

After Liu Wenjing closed the door and left, Li Na picked up a pen, circled Liu Wenjing's name, and wrote Gao Yunyue's name after it.

Based on the information Li Na has, Liu Wenjing is most likely a spy planted by Gao Yunyue next to Yang Muye.

The same applies to Xu Sanduo's bodyguard.

Liu Wenjing returned to the living room, where Hu Yifei and Huo Mei, who were sitting at the dining table, both looked over.

"Wenjing, isn't Lina going to eat?"

Hu Yifei asked questions while eating.

Liu Wenjing nodded and relayed Li Na's original words.

Just then, my phone rang.

Upon seeing that it was Gao Yunyue calling, Liu Wenjing quickly answered the phone and hurried to the balcony.

"Aunt Gao, is there something you need calling me so late?"

"It's nothing. Zixuan was a little irritable today. I just got her to sleep and thought I'd call you. Are you doing alright over there?"

"That's great. Mr. Yang even found me a tutor a while ago."

"Is that the girl named Su Mingyu?"

"Aunt Gao, you already know?"

"Yes, I saw your live stream."

Gao Yunyue lied. In fact, Xu Hongdou told her about this when she called Xu Hongdou in Zixuan's name earlier.

At the same time, Xu Hongdou also told Gao Yunyue that her family would be renting Yang Muyi's house for the Spring Festival.

Gao Yunyue found it strange that the top-floor duplex she bought for Yang Muyi in Jiahao New City had already started renovations.
Even if it takes a while for the smell to dissipate after installation, it should be ready to move in by the Spring Festival.

Why did Yang Muye lend the secondhand house he had acquired from someone else to Xu Hongdou's family for the Spring Festival, instead of lending them the new house in Jiahao New City?

I called Liu Wenjing to ask if she had heard Yang Muyi mention this matter.

Before she could even speak, Liu Wenjing told Gao Yunyue something else.

"What? You mean Ono got a secretary?"

"Yes, Sister Li Na also graduated from Dongda University. Although she didn't study law, she got a job at a well-known law firm. Sister Yi Fei and Sister Xiao Mei both said she's very capable."

Liu Wenjing was so focused on praising Li Na that she didn't notice the change in Gao Yunyue's emotions on the other end of the phone.

This girl named Li Na is really amazing.

She immediately took care of the "spies" she had placed next to her son.

After hearing Liu Wenjing's praise of Li Na, Gao Yunyue couldn't help but think of another secretary candidate she had previously chosen for Yang Muye.

Liu Qing.

Since the secretary position has already been filled by someone else, Gao Yunyue's arrangements for Liu Qing also need to be changed.

I should call Liu Qing and ask him about that top-floor duplex in Jiahao New City.

(End of this chapter)