40: I'll demonstrate right here how to defile you!

The moment those words left his mouth, the entire area fell into dead silence!

Everyone seemed to have been hit by a Body-Fixing Spell, freezing on the spot, dumbfounded, almost thinking they had misheard... The righteous expression on Zhao Ming's face instantly froze, and his mind went blank.

The crying Yang Tao even forgot to cry, staring blankly at Ye Chen.

Li Qin's mouth dropped open wide enough to fit an egg.

Even the usually calm Bing Lan had a flicker of shock in her beautiful eyes as she looked at Ye Chen.

He... he actually admitted it?

Just when everyone expected him to vehemently defend himself, he openly pleaded guilty?

Zhao Ming was the first to react, his face alight with ecstasy, as he pointed at Ye Chen and shouted.

“He admitted it! He admitted it himself!”

“Did everyone hear that? What are you waiting for? Quickly apprehend him and send him to the police station!”

While shouting, he rushed forward to grab Ye Chen's arm.

Ye Chen gave him a faint glance, his feet unmoving, only raising his hand slightly to block.

“I know you're anxious, but hold your horses.”

Before his words finished, he casually flicked his arm.

Zhao Ming immediately stumbled backward, clearing the path.

Ye Chen stopped looking at him and walked straight toward Yang Tao.

“You said...”

“I intended to defile you, right?”

Yang Tao felt a chill under his gaze, but having no retreat, she forced herself to respond with a trembling voice, “Y-yes! It was you!”

“Good.”

Ye Chen nodded, “But hearsay isn't proof. To convict someone based solely on your word is far too frivolous!”

The expressions of shock on the crowd's faces eased.

Now that's more like it!

Demanding more evidence is the reaction of a normal person.

However, before the crowd could ponder what other evidence Yang Tao might produce... Ye Chen suddenly grinned, “Then why don't I just demonstrate for everyone how I 'defiled' you just now.”

Everyone: “???”

Wait... Ye Chen wasn't asking for evidence, he was asking for... a live reenactment?

They didn't mishear, did they?

Ye Chen was going to recreate the crime in front of everyone?

What... what the hell kind of move is this?!

Just as everyone's minds collectively crashed, Ye Chen took a step forward!

“Ah—! Don't come near me! Help!!!”

Yang Tao was terrified, screaming as she shrank back, her spine pressed against the cold tiles.

“Stop! How dare you continue the assault?!”

Zhao Ming's eyes were splitting with rage as he lunged forward again to intervene.

This time, Ye Chen didn't hold back.

Without even turning his head, as if he had eyes on the back of it, he sidestepped and delivered a fierce kick right into Zhao Ming's abdomen!

“Bang!”

Zhao Ming grunted, his momentum halted. He clutched his stomach and stumbled backward, collapsing onto the floor, too much in pain to speak.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen's steps didn't pause as he approached the terrified Yang Tao... “Security! Where is security?!”

Zhao Ming clutched his lower abdomen, his face contorted as he roared, “Quickly stop him! He's going to commit a crime!!!”

The security guards were just about to step forward.

“Everyone, stop.”

Bing Lan spoke calmly.

The security guards who were preparing to act instantly froze, exchanging confused glances.

The surrounding employees were also stunned, looking at Bing Lan in confusion.

It's come to this point, shouldn't she stop him immediately?

Li Qin stamped her foot anxiously, “Sister Bing Lan, quick...”

Bing Lan raised her hand, signaling Li Qin to be quiet.

She already understood what Ye Chen intended to do... “President Bing! What is the meaning of this?!”

Zhao Ming was both shocked and furious, barely believing his ears. “He... he is going to assault Yang Tao right in front of everyone! How can you indulge this...”

“Wouldn't that be perfect?”

President Bing countered with a detached tone, “Since he's taking action himself, won't the evidence... be conclusive?”

Everyone: “???”

All the employees present were utterly bewildered!

Their minds couldn't keep up with this bizarre logic... What did President Bing mean by that?

Was she encouraging a live broadcast of a crime?

Just as everyone's minds were in utter chaos... “Snap!”

Ye Chen stepped into the shower area, propping his arm against the cold tiles, trapping the panic-stricken Yang Tao between himself and the wall.

“Come on, cooperate.”

Ye Chen lowered his head, looked at Yang Tao, and coaxed, “Let's re-enact what we didn't finish earlier. There are more spectators this time, so the effect will definitely be better.”

“N-no! Get away! Get away!!!”

Yang Tao was scared out of her wits. Her hands pressed desperately against Ye Chen's firm chest as she struggled to shrink back, the cold tiles digging painfully into her.

Tears and snot streamed down her face. Her psychological defense completely collapsed under Ye Chen's unconventional pressure.

“I'm calling the police! I'm calling the police! Don't come closer... Stop!!!”

Ye Chen ignored her screams. His free hand shot out like lightning, grabbing the bath towel, preparing to rip it off!

“No!!!”

Yang Tao completely broke down, screaming hysterically, “You didn't defile me! You didn't! Someone instructed me to frame you!!!”

The entire crowd was shocked!

Afterward, everyone suddenly realized!

So... Ye Chen had used aggression as a defense, employing this extreme method to force out the truth!

Was Bing Lan's tacit approval because she had already seen through the conspiracy and understood Ye Chen's intention?

Li Qin was also stunned.

Good heavens!

Bing Lan and Ye Chen didn't exchange a single word the entire time, yet they had such perfect tacit understanding?

Ye Chen released his grip and asked, “Explain clearly, who instructed you?”

Still shaken, Yang Tao tightened her towel and pointed at Zhao Ming.

“It... it was him!”

“Director Zhao told me to do this!”

“He said that if I successfully framed Consultant Ye, he would give me... a promotion and a raise!”

She only revealed part of the reason.

The other part... her relationship with Zhao Ming was special, like secret lovers.

But to be genuinely assaulted by a strange man just for a promotion and a raise... She wasn't Bai Jie, she couldn't do it!!!

“Yang Tao! You damn liar! How dare you frame me?!”

Zhao Ming was beside himself with rage, struggling to rush over.

He never expected this woman to betray him in the blink of an eye!

Ye Chen watched Zhao Ming approach, neither dodging nor avoiding, merely holding up the brown paper file bag in his hand between the two of them.

“Director Zhao, then please explain why you asked me to deliver this here?”

Zhao Ming's steps suddenly halted, his eyes flickering nervously.

“I... I had a terrible stomachache at the time, my mind was fuzzy, I misspoke!”

“I meant for you to deliver it to my office!”

“Oh?” Ye Chen raised an eyebrow. “Your office... is here?”

The muscles in Zhao Ming's cheeks twitched, but he stubbornly insisted, “I told you, the pain confused me, so I pointed in the wrong direction!”

Ye Chen couldn't help but laugh, “You can point in the wrong direction, yet you clearly knew the way from the Design Department to the restroom, running faster than anyone else, Director Zhao?”

“Pfft—!”

Li Qin was the first who couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing.

This act was like lighting a fuse, and the surrounding employees who understood what was happening also roared with laughter.

“Hahaha, Director Zhao's stomachache really knows how to pick its timing!”

“Exactly! He points to the wrong door when delivering a file, but he knows the way to the restroom like the back of his hand!”

“This script wasn't well-written, Director Zhao!”

...The sounds of mockery were like slaps, fiercely striking Zhao Ming's face.

Humiliated and enraged, he pointed at Ye Chen and Yang Tao and roared, “You... you two! You conspired to frame me! President Bing, you must investigate thoroughly!”

“Zhao Ming! Do you have any conscience?!”

Before Bing Lan could speak, Yang Tao exploded.

She pointed at Zhao Ming's nose and unleashed a torrent of furious curses.

“Now that the matter is exposed, instead of taking responsibility, you turn around and accuse me of framing you?”

“Fine, fine! Since you are heartless, don't blame me for being unjust!”

As she spoke, she quickly snatched the phone from the shelf nearby, unlocked it, tapped a few times, and displayed the screen to the crowd!

“Now let everyone see exactly what kind of relationship we have!”

On the screen were several photos of her and Zhao Ming acting intimately, and one even showed Zhao Ming shirtless, hugging her from behind!

The background was clearly a hotel room!

The entire area fell silent for a moment, then erupted in an uproar!

“Holy crap! So they were having an affair!”

“No wonder Yang Tao was willing to help him do such a despicable thing!”

“Director Zhao is quite the player, abusing his authority to sexually harass subordinates and then using them as a pawn?”

...Zhao Ming stared at those photos, looking as if he'd been struck by lightning. He froze on the spot, his face ashen.

He opened his mouth but couldn't utter a single word.

It's over.

Completely over.

Ye Chen dropped his smile and looked at President Bing, “President Bing, it seems I don't need to continue explaining.”