Shi Lian turns back to see who is it. It turns out to be the woman who was there in the meeting, gossiping with her other friend.
Now Shi Lian had to deal with her first, she cannot let her spoil her plan. All the people start looking left and right when she mentioned about Chairman's coming. They are thinking that Mo Zeng Yuan is nearby or something. Shi Lian observes their expression and feels satisfied that it won't be hard to convince them.
Before that woman could say anything else, Shi Lian walks fast to her and stand beside her.
"Isn't it Miss future Chair-" Shi Lian close her mouth with her palm to stop her from bluffing.
"You dare say anything about me, you will pay the price" Shi Lian warns her in low voice, only she can hear.
The woman's facial expression changes, she starts panicking thinking about it. The woman's name is Ruan Ha Wei, she is an employee working in the PR department. She is the type of person who loves to gossip more than work, she sometimes bullies the newcomers showing off her dominancy. But when faced with crises, she is a big coward.
She is sweating all over when Shi Lian gave her the warning, it is as if do or die situation for her.
"Mhmmphhmmh…." She struggles to say but cannot.
"You won't say anything, would you?" Shi Lian whisper in her left ear.
She nods frantically and Shi Lian lets her go after it.
"Where is the Chairman, Huawei?" one employee ask her, looking left and right in curiosity.
Shi Lian gives her a death glare standing beside her. 'if she utters anything, she is doomed' Shi Lian remunerates.
"Hahaha…..I was only kidding! You guys are always so serious!" the woman laughs awkwardly. All the people glare at her for joking something like this.
"Oh, c'mon you all! I apologize for that" Ha Wei says still laughing awkwardly as well as sweating in fear.
They turn their attention from her and continue with their work and during it, Shi Lian plans to talk to her about the issue. Shi Lian grabs her by her hand, a fake sweet smile on her face, and asks her to come with her. In a more private place, the washroom, they both walk inside the room and lock so that no one can hear them.
"Okay….tell me why do you want to expose me?" Shi Lian asks, giving the woman a domineering aura.
"I-I wasn't exposing…you" she shutters in fear, "I th-thought they already know!"
"They don't and you are not allowed to tell them. Understood?" Shi Lian orders her, more like warn her.
"Y-yes, I und-understand" she gulps down.
"And another thing, I want you in my team for the investigation"
Ha Wei nods without giving it any more thinking.
"Can you do me a favor?"
"I can..maybe.."
"Do you have any suspicion on someone who will be able to do it? From the PR department?"
Ha Wei thinks hard about it, but she has no suspicions or answers about it, "I can't say but Chen, Li Yuewan and Mei Yi seemed odd for a couple of days."
Thankfully, Shi Lian finally got some leads about this case, and with that, she can work forward in it.
"Thanks for telling me. And can you keep an eye on them, the one which you just named?" Shi Lian asks her and the naïve Ha Wei agrees to do it.
"Well then, let's get out of here" They both walk out of the washroom without being seen by anyone. They go out separately in their way, Shi Lian on her way back to Ruxi's office and Ruan Ha Wei to do her task.
"Where did you go?" Ruxi asks her when Shi Lian enters the room; she tried to come quietly but failed to do so.
"Just took a stroll around the company" she answers her, taking her seat.
"Alright" Ruxi did not ask any further questions related to it as she is having a headache so she is trying to talk less.
"Are you feeling alright?" Shi Lian asks her.
"Just a minor headache, I'll be fine after taking my shots. "
"Shots?" Shi Lian asks her. The first thing that comes to her mind after hearing shots is alcohol or something related to it but looking at Ruxi's personality she doesn't seem to be like that.
"My coffee," Ruxi tells her answering her question. Now that makes sense to it, says Shi Lian in her mind.
"Mind telling me about your plan?" Ruxi asks with her eyes closed. The inclined leather chair helps her to make herself comfortable a little.
"I don't have a solid plan, it's my first time to be doing this so I don't know how things will work out" she explains,
"And can I request the people that I want for the investigation?"
Ruxi pops her eyes open and looks in the direction where Shi Lian is sitting.
"Yes, name them and they are yours" Ruxi agrees, "But I don't think you know any employee of this company that well, except for me and Chairman and Zhang Hao" she questions.
"True indeed. About this, I went to the PR department to get to know the people and I got to know one who can be helpful in this case" Shi Lian tells.
"You already captured one?" Ruxi comments with a smile.
"Yeah, I guess" Shi Lian chuckles. Without saying anything more, Shi Lian continues with her work and Ruxi with hers.
**********
3 days later
The news of plagiarism somehow surpassed and the company could have their breath for a while. Shi Lian with the other four members started digging about the investigation. She chose those members with the intention that they somehow will do good at it, they all have some quality that will help in doing the investigation.
Junlie is an expert in analysis and is likes to solve riddles; Xingzi is friendly and has a photographic memory; Qianchu, he is lazy but can be productive when the time comes, and lastly, it's Huawei, she is a gossiper but can be very observant.
With these four, Shi Lian started her investigation yesterday and found something unusual and amusing. They thought to watch the CCTV recordings first somehow the recordings of some particular time got deleted. The backup system is also not accessible.
Someone who did this is not an ordinary person, the person must be working with someone who is equally powerful like Mo's.
"It's amusing that it links with the Fu corporation or someone related to it" Shi Lian muses.
"What do you mean?" All the four ask her in unison with shock on their face.
"What I mean is that the betrayer may be working with the Fu's...the betrayer may be notifying them our every move….I think it's someone from the PR department."
"You are not implying that we are one of them, are you? Because I can guarantee that we are not" Junlie says.
"If you were, why would I be discussing these matters with you?" Shi Lian questions raising her eyebrow.
"So that it will be easier for you to investigate, as the people, on which you are having suspicions will show some signs. It's a very smart move to do it as you will all be doing this on your own without making it obvious" Junlie states his prediction.
"Smart" Shi Lian smirks.
She did think of doing it but later changed her mind; but she was not expecting Junlie to see through it, it was the right decision to select him.
"I did think it before but I changed my mind. I do have suspicions but you are not on the list" she assures them.
They all sigh in relief; the color on their faces was back.
"So what do we do now?" Xingzi ask.
They all are now back where they started, it will be a tough nut to crack.
"Huawei, give me the daily report about them" Shi Lian orders her.
Three days ago, Shi Lian assigned her to keep an eye on those people which Huawei named.
Huawei comes forward, stands in front of her, and says, "In the past two days, I kept my eyes on Yuewan, Meiyi, and Chen, they are suspicious are ever. Chen always keeps the password on his pc and not just on the lock screen but on every file he had stored on it. Meiyi talks to a random person often and in secrecy where no one can listen to their discussion. Bout Yuewan, he hasn't done anything that looks suspicious so I am not sure about him."
'Are they playing some kind of tricks? I need to talk to each of them….sooner' Shi Lian thinks.
"Good. Continue observing them and careful of not letting them get suspicious about you" Shi Lian tells her; Huawei nods.
"Can anyone of you hack into Chen's computer?" Shi Lian asks them.
Qianchu raises his hands, "I can give it a shot" he says.
Shi Lian says okay and ends the discussion. About her being the Chairman, they still don't about it except for Huawei. She is known as Ruxi's right hand for the time being. 'It's going to tricky' she muses.