108: Chapter 18 Latest News

"I have a very valuable piece of news, want to hear it?"

Chen Ling rolled her eyes and typed a question mark into the reply box before sending it.

"?"

"It's about Wuzhe Company's public bidding. Want to hear about it or not? If you want to hear, come to yesterday's location."

Because she ran into Shen Yan at the KTV last night, she didn't want to go to a KTV again, but she was unwilling to miss out on this news.

So she thought for a moment and proactively changed the meeting location.

"Don't go there. I know a good place, let's meet there."

Then, she sent the other party a new location.

The other party's reply was also very quick.

"OK."

...

Cheng Hu Company, office.

"Ring ring ring ring!"

The alarm sounded.

Shen Yan shifted his gaze from the computer screen to his phone.

Three-thirty.

He was supposed to go meet the Shop Owner at the coffee shop.

He closed his laptop, stood up, and walked toward the office door.

"Old Chen, keep an eye on the company for me, I have to leave early."

Chen Guangke replied without even lifting his head: "Got it. Go ahead with your business!"

After leaving the company, he rushed straight to the coffee shop.

The coffee shop in the afternoon was much livelier than in the morning.

As soon as he entered, he saw that the coffee shop was full of people.

"Hello, sir, what would you like to drink?"

Hearing the question, Shen Yan politely said: "I'm not here for coffee. I'm here to find your Shop Owner. May I ask where your Shop Owner is?"

The other party was stunned and pointed at himself.

"I am the coffee Shop Owner. What do you need me for?"

Shen Yan pursed his lips and said seriously: "I want to check your shop's surveillance footage, and then... I'd like to copy a portion of it."

The Shop Owner was dumbfounded.

"You want to see our shop's surveillance footage?"

"Why?"

Shen Yan opened his mouth.

It's over!

He only remembered he needed to copy the surveillance footage, but he forgot to make up a plausible reason to convince the coffee Shop Owner to copy the footage for him!

Seeing that he couldn't come up with a reason after staring at him for a long time, the coffee Shop Owner assumed he was playing a prank and immediately got angry: "If you're not buying coffee, hurry up and leave. Our shop is not an object for your pranks!"

The Shop Owner said this while walking away from the front desk.

Just as Shen Yan was about to chase after him to explain properly, he heard a familiar voice.

"Shop Owner, I'm here to hand over my duties."

Turning around, Shen Yan saw the Waitress from yesterday who had wanted to end her life.

The other party was clearly very surprised to see him.

"Why are you here?!"

The Shop Owner was also very surprised to see that the two knew each other.

"Xiao Tang, you know him?"

A moment later, the three of them stood at the entrance, looking at each other speechlessly.

Shen Yan coughed a few times and took the initiative to break the deadlock.

"It's like this. The reason I came this time is that I want a copy of the surveillance footage from July 19th, with the purpose of uploading this footage online."

The Shop Owner nodded and asked: "Why? Is it because of Xiao Tang? What is your relationship with Xiao Tang?"

Shen Yan hadn't opened his mouth to answer yet.

The Waitress Xiao Tang interrupted: "He is my good friend!"

"He... he saw me being bullied and felt that person couldn't just get away with it, so he thought about uploading that surveillance footage online to vent my anger for me."

After listening, the Shop Owner sighed.

"Then why didn't you tell me sooner?"

"It made me think some competitor was trying to maliciously prank our coffee shop."

Xiao Tang lowered her head and apologized: "I'm sorry, Shop Owner. I should have told you earlier."

Shen Yan frowned, wanting to speak up and explain, but he was afraid of wasting Xiao Tang's good intentions.

"Alright, since it was a misunderstanding, then I have nothing more to say. I'll copy the surveillance footage for you right now."

Shen Yan didn't expect the coffee Shop Owner to agree so readily.

He asked in surprise: "That woman doesn't look easy to mess with. Aren't you afraid of getting into trouble?"

The coffee Shop Owner smiled.

"She might not be easy to mess with, but do you think I am?"

"Originally, she bullied my employee on my turf, which already annoyed me enough. If it weren't for Xiao Tang not wanting to pursue it, I would have already forced her to apologize to Xiao Tang by holding her head down."

"Oh right, Xiao Tang, are you really sure you want to resign?"

Shen Yan looked at Xiao Tang in surprise.

"You're resigning?!"

Xiao Tang nodded, her tone relaxed.

"Yes. I've thought it through. Not everything has to be carried by me alone. I want to give myself some time to rest and don't want to push myself so hard anymore."

"Shop Owner, thank you for helping me during my most difficult time."

The Shop Owner waved her hand.

"It's nothing. Forget it. Since you've made up your mind, I won't interfere with your decision. I'll go copy the surveillance footage for you now."

With that, she turned and went inside the shop.

When only the two of them were left outside, Shen Yan asked Xiao Tang: "Aren't you going to ask me why I'm doing this?"

Xiao Tang shrugged her shoulders.

"Why should I care? You helped me once, and I'll help you once. Then we'll be even from now on."

Shen Yan originally wanted to say something more, but seeing that Xiao Tang didn't want to elaborate, he didn't say anything further.

Half an hour later, the Shop Owner came out holding a USB drive.

"Alright, I've copied the footage onto this USB drive. Is there anything else I can help you with?"

Shen Yan shook his head. Getting the surveillance footage was enough.

Mission accomplished.

Shen Yan didn't linger at the coffee shop entrance.

He thanked the Shop Owner, then turned to hand his business card to Xiao Tang, saying: "If you need my help with anything later, you can contact me."

Xiao Tang nodded and took the business card.

After he left, the Shop Owner asked Xiao Tang with a puzzled expression: "Didn't you say he was your friend? Don't you two even have a way to contact each other?"

Xiao Tang smiled and replied: "Schrödinger's friend~"

Evening.

Jianshu Restaurant VIP Private Room.

"This is the good place you mentioned?"

The man, dressed in sportswear, looked at the private room with distaste.

Chen Ling pulled out a chair and sat down, replying: "The food here is quite good."

The man scoffed, placing his sagging fat onto the chair.

"Is this the sincerity of President Chen? If you are like this... it will be very difficult for me to tell you the latest news I obtained!"

Chen Ling swirled the red wine in her glass.

"President Zhang, we are both smart people. There's no need for you to beat around the bush with me. Just say what you want directly."

President Zhang narrowed his eyes, his expression changing as he reached out to touch Chen Ling's hand.

"President Chen, don't you know what I want?"

"Slap!"

Disgust flashed across Chen Ling's face as she sharply slapped his hand away.

"President Zhang, this isn't right, is it?"

"Last night I asked you to spend some money to help our company through this difficult time. What did you tell me?"