Because she was addicted

Wen Jia quickly opened the company's large group chat.

A company-wide notice with an official red header suddenly appeared.

Xu Li, taking advantage of her position, engaged in corrupt dealings with business partners for three years, involving millions of yuan. Recently, she further abused her position as the president's secretary to steal bidding documents from the group and leak them to companies participating in the bidding process.

All incidents have been investigated and the evidence is conclusive; they have been handed over to the public security authorities for handling.

The signature was a joint signature of the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Human Resources.

It bears the group's large red seal.

The group was silent.

Apart from that announcement, there wasn't a single WeChat message following it.

Wen Jia's mind exploded.

My first thought was of her fierce and furious rebuke of Lu Chenyan:

"Lu Chenyan, are you fucking crazy?!"

Depend on!

Wen Jia covered her face with her hands and buried herself deeply in the pillow.

She misunderstood him.

They even called him sick in front of so many people!

She must be mentally ill.

Such a large sum of money couldn't have been verified in half a day. The group must have been secretly investigating Xu Li for a long time before Lu Chenyan suddenly made his move today.

In the morning, Lu Chenyan told her to go back to his office; she could find out the truth as soon as she returned. But she didn't give him a chance and ran away immediately.

She cursed at Lu Chenyan, and then ran away...

Then she remembered what Lu Chenyan had once told her:

"Wen Jia, you have to believe me."

He had told her long ago to trust him, but whenever something happened, she chose not to believe him and even cursed him, not giving him a chance to explain.

Open Lu Chenyan's WeChat.

The message was still, "I'm not going to the company today. If you miss me, look at these photos to satisfy your cravings. If that's not enough, just let me know and I'll send you more when I have a chance."

She thought about it for a long time, hesitated for a long time, and finally wrote it down:

"sorry."

But there was no movement from the other side for a long time.

Wen Jia thought that Lu Chenyan must be furious with her. He might give up on pursuing her altogether and they would never see each other again.

Actually, this is for the best, since she and he don't belong to the same world after all.

His world is glamorous and beautiful.

Her world was a mess, full of chaos and disarray.

Right now, two major embarrassments are taking over her home.

When she was dating Shen Yu, she was always on edge, afraid that her unsavory family background would affect their relationship and make Shen Yu look down on her.

Shen Yu was indeed very disdainful. He even publicly criticized her family in front of her, saying that her brother was unambitious, sponged off his parents, and was a street urchin, while her sister had climbed the social ladder by taking advantage of her youth and beauty. He also told Wen Jia not to talk about her family in front of him anymore, as he didn't want to know anything about it, and that Wen Jia should stop associating with them.

Wen Jia only had time to talk about her younger brother and older sister. Seeing Shen Yu's reaction, she dared not continue talking about her mother.

From then on, Wen Jia felt even more inferior in his presence.

She was like this even when facing Shen Yu.

How is she supposed to face Lu Chenyan now?

Just as she was lost in thought, her phone beeped.

"Jiajia, where are you?" asked Yimo, her expression filled with anxiety and worry.

"I'm at the ** Hotel."

What are you doing at the hotel?

"My mom and brother came, and there wasn't enough room at home, so I moved out."

"Oh. Jiajia, we were all so worried about you when you just ran out like that. As soon as you left, the legal and IT people came to search Xu Li's computer. Less than half an hour later, the police arrived too. You can't even imagine what Xu Li did..."

Things went pretty much as she had guessed, and Wen Jia felt even more guilty.

After chatting for a while, half an hour had passed.

Looking at the time, it was only 1:30 pm.

Lu Chenyan didn't reply to her WeChat messages.

After thinking it over, Wen Jia packed up and prepared to go back to work.

I need to apologize properly in person; I don't know if I can still keep my job.

Everyone in the company was on edge.

Lu Chenyan was not there; his office door was tightly closed.

"Jiajia, after you left this morning, President Lu and President Fu went out, saying they were going to Hong Kong on a business trip and would be back in three days."

Seeing Wen Jia frequently glancing towards Lu Chenyan's office, Yi Mo pushed her way over in a chair and whispered in her ear.

Wen Jia's shoulders twitched slightly. "What does it matter to me where President Lu goes?"

Yi Mo pouted, "Jiajia, you're in the wrong this time. Putting aside Xu Li stealing company secrets, I was really touched by President Lu's protectiveness of you. If my boyfriend protected me like that, I would marry him on the spot."

"What are you saying!" Wen Jia turned and glared at Yi Mo.

Yi Mo shrugged, then slid her feet back to her seat as if paddling through water, sighing as she did so.

"Sigh, some people don't even know how lucky they are!"

Wen Jia felt even more depressed.

She took out her phone, but there was still no activity on Lu Chenyan's WeChat.

She couldn't sit still any longer, so she got up and went to the 48th floor.

Director Liu weighs 260 pounds. His office chair is so worn out from sitting on it that he sighs as he rests a thermos full of tea on his stomach.

"Oh dear, who could have predicted that Xu Li was an internal traitor? If it weren't for President Lu's keen insight in catching this scourge, who knows what enormous losses the company would have suffered in the future."

Wen Jia responded with "Mmm".

Director Liu leaned forward, handed over a stack of documents, and pointed at them with his index finger, saying:

"Look, this is a copy of the investigation report. Mr. Lu, along with me, the legal and auditing colleagues, and the IT team, worked two all-nighters to find this out. Secretary Wen, I'm still so tired I can barely breathe, I'm only able to stay awake with this strong tea. I'm getting old, I can't keep up with Mr. Lu, he stays up all night but still has so much energy during the day."

While complaining, Mr. Liu lay back in his chair and rubbed his temples.

"Speaking of which, I have to thank Secretary Wen for bringing this matter to a conclusion so quickly."

"Me?" Wen Jia didn't understand what she had to do with this.

Director Liu pointed to the report, "Turn to page six. See it?"

Wen Jia turned to the sixth page of the report, which contained Xu Li's location surveillance footage, including records of her phone conversations with Lin Zhidong.

Looking at the time, it was the day she returned.

And then there were the days when Lin Zhidong waited for her downstairs at her company.

"Jiajia, didn't you and President Lin have a bit of a disagreement the other day? You know what? Your whereabouts were revealed to President Lin by Xu Li, and when we investigated, we found out that she and President Lin had many financial dealings. President Lu is meticulous and discovered this clue. We used this clue to break through."

Director Liu continued talking in a rambling manner.

Wen Jia had long since lost the patience to listen any further.

Xu Li's crimes are undeniable, and the evidence is solid, leaving no room for denial.

Previously, she had only heard Yi Mo give a general account of the case, but now, after reading the investigation report, she understands the whole story.

Therefore, she really misunderstood Lu Chenyan.

"Secretary Wen, please take your time reading. I can't go on, I need to take a nap."

Before Mr. Liu could finish speaking, he had already started snoring softly while lying back in his office chair.

After reading the report, Wen Jia gently placed it back in his hand.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lu. I made hasty judgments and even insulted you before understanding the whole situation. My behavior was both immature and reckless. I sincerely apologize to you. Whether you transfer me or fire me, I will accept it."

Wen Jia took a deep breath and wrote this message to Lu Chenyan on WeChat.