76: Chapter 76 Catching the Mole

"Don't worry, I won't collapse over something this small. You all worked hard overtime these past few days, and I will issue the overtime pay as usual. You two days off with pay starting now."

Although they knew it was inappropriate, they couldn't help but cheer.

"Yay! We can finally rest!"

"I've become haggard from staying up these past few days... I must catch up on sleep these next two days!"

Seeing that everyone's mood was still quite good, Shen Yan felt relieved.

After all, he didn't want other matters to affect the company atmosphere.

The Employees in the conference room left one by one.

Chen Guangke looked at the back of the last Employee to leave and asked Shen Yan, "What are your plans next?"

"Are we going to develop new software, or...?"

Shen Yan looked down at the piles of documents on the table.

"If there really is a mole in our company, then developing new software is useless."

"The ideas will just be plagiarized by others again."

Chen Guangke understood.

The immediate priority was finding the mole within their company.

It was just that...

There were only a few people in their company.

He got along well with every single one of them.

Based on surface appearances, he truly couldn't figure out who would collude with Chen Ling to be the mole.

"Then how do you suggest we find the mole?"

"We can't just call them in one by one to question them, right? That would make them feel like we don't trust them."

Hearing this, Shen Yan pointed to the documents in front of him.

"Of course I know we can't question them directly. These documents are the tasks I previously assigned to them."

"We can find clues within these documents."

Chen Guangke looked at the documents on the table with astonishment.

Although everyone's tasks were different, the documents were indeed very similar.

He didn't think they could find the company mole just based on this.

"Stop joking. These documents are all pretty much the same. What clues could we possibly find in them?"

Shen Yan shrugged and replied, "How would we know if we don't look? Do you really want me to question them one by one?"

Chen Guangke quickly shook his head.

If they really questioned everyone individually, the trust that was hard-won within the company would instantly collapse.

The most crucial point was that even if they did question them, the person wouldn't tell them the truth.

In summary, it was better for them to diligently investigate the documents for clues.

With that thought, he and Shen Yan began reviewing the documents.

Because the scope of this project was so large, the amount of material each person brought was exceptionally high.

It took them three hours just to review everything.

Chen Guangke felt like his eyes were about to blur.

"No, no, my eyes are going blind!"

Shen Yan chuckled lightly.

"Giving up already? We've barely gotten anywhere!"

Chen Guangke pouted.

These documents were all text and data; looking at too much was hard on the eyes.

He took out his phone and opened a milk tea shop app, asking Shen Yan, "What do you want to drink?"

Shen Yan shook his head and replied, "I don't drink milk tea. I want coffee."

As soon as Chen Guangke heard that, he immediately exited and opened a coffee shop app.

"Okay, then what do you want?"

After a long while, Shen Yan still hadn't answered him.

"Tsk! What are you looking at? I'm asking you a question! What exactly do you want to drink?"

Shen Yan frowned and raised his hand, saying, "Don't talk for a moment!"

Chen Guangke walked over to Shen Yan, full of confusion.

"What's wrong?"

Shen Yan didn't speak, turning the pages of the document in his hand one by one.

After a while, he forcefully slammed the document in his hand onto the table.

"Found it."

Chen Guangke rushed over and picked up the document.

"This document belongs to... Xiao Xu?"

"What's wrong with his document?"

Shen Yan explained the situation to Chen Guangke.

Previously, for ease of division of labor, he had applied different dividers to each project proposal.

And just now, he noticed that this particular project proposal contained the detailed software development concepts and creative ideas.

Not only that, but this project proposal also contained the code data for the software interface they had already built.

The other project proposals did not have this component.

After hearing the explanation, Chen Guangke still seemed only half-understanding.

"So you mean Xiao Xu gave his project proposal to Chen Ling?"

"Wouldn't judging based on this be too arbitrary? What if someone else stole his project proposal?"

Shen Yan didn't deny that possibility.

Therefore, he decided to call Xiao Xu to the conference room first.

"I'll call him now and ask him to come to the company."

Chen Guangke nodded.

Immediately after, Shen Yan dialed Xiao Xu's number.

"Ring ring ring... Hello, CEO Shen?"

"It's me. Get to the company immediately."

Xiao Xu paused, his voice carrying a hint of caution.

"CEO Shen, why are you looking for me so urgently? Is something wrong?"

Shen Yan replied expressionlessly, "You'll know when you get here. I'll wait for you."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

"How was it? Did he agree to come?"

Hearing Chen Guangke's question, Shen Yan replied, "He has to agree whether he wants to or not. This matter must be investigated clearly, otherwise our company cannot continue operating."

Half an hour later.

Someone entered from outside.

Shen Yan and Chen Guangke thought it was Xiao Xu and both turned to look.

Unexpectedly, the person who arrived was Wu Ya.

"Why are you two still here?"

Chen Guangke sighed and told her everything about Xiao Xu.

"So you suspect Xiao Xu did it?"

"But why would he do that?"

Chen Guangke shrugged.

"Who knows?"

"Besides, this matter hasn't been completely confirmed yet."

"Right, Old Shen, call him again and ask where he is now?"

He didn't need to say it.

Shen Yan would have done the same.

It had already been half an hour, and the person was nowhere in sight.

It was either traffic or there was a problem.

He called, but there was no answer on the other end.

"No good, he's not picking up the phone."

Wu Ya's eyes widened.

"He's not picking up? Could it really be him?!"

Shen Yan frowned and made a decisive call, "Call the police."

Chen Guangke was surprised, "Call the police now? Shouldn't we wait a little longer? What if he's delayed because of something and just missed the call?"

Shen Yan shook his head.

"That possibility doesn't exist. Besides, if he truly has nothing to hide, then calling the police won't hurt anything."

Wu Ya nodded in agreement from the side, "That's right, let's call the police first. If he really is the mole in our company, we absolutely cannot let him get away."

Since both Shen Yan and Wu Ya said so, what else could Chen Guangke say? He could only agree.

A moment later, the three of them arrived at the police station together.

"Hello, we need to report a crime..."

...The sky had completely darkened by the time they walked out of the police station.

Chen Guangke stretched and asked Shen Yan and Wu Ya, "What do you guys want for dinner? My treat."