133: Change his name to Mr. Su?

Lin Jia checked the bathroom surveillance and saw that Su Yue's left arm had no wounds.

Instead, he shivered in front of the camera, as if frozen by cold water.

As Su Yue turned off the shower, Lin Jia also pretended nothing was wrong and went downstairs.

She started blow-drying her hair in front of the full-length mirror.

Soon, Su Yue also changed into his pajamas and came out of the bathroom.

Glancing at Lin Jia blow-drying her hair, Su Yue could guess what had just happened.

The sound of the hairdryer had started not long ago, indicating that Lin Jia must have gone upstairs to check the surveillance just now.

Seeing Lin Jia's nonchalant expression, Su Yue knew his plan had succeeded.

Everything she was thinking now was exactly what Su Yue had designed.

Then, Lin Jia's movements stopped, as if she noticed that he had come out of the bathroom.

"Finished washing? That was fast," Lin Jia said, sounding a little surprised.

"Yeah, not much hot water, just a quick rinse."

Su Yue replied simply, but Lin Jia couldn't help but recall seeing Su Yue shiver from the cold in the surveillance footage just now.

A guilty smile appeared on her face: "Ah, sorry... I used up all the hot water just now."

"You should go back to your room and rest quickly. Be careful not to catch a cold."

Su Yue smiled faintly and said casually, pretending not to care:

"Just took a shower. With my physical fitness, I won't get sick from this, right?"

Su Yue said this intentionally, and it indeed left an impression on Lin Jia.

After all, the more certain you are about something, the more likely it is to backfire.

"Hmm... I hope you're still this energetic when I see you tomorrow," Lin Jia said playfully.

Su Yue also caught the message in Lin Jia's words, as their work and life schedules were different.

"Tomorrow?" Su Yue asked casually.

A complex expression flashed across Lin Jia's face, and the events of today came back to her mind.

"Well... I might need to take a few days off, so I'll be home more often."

Seeing Lin Jia's expression, Su Yue understood.

That's right, after what happened today, although Lin Jia seemed relatively stable emotionally,

she actually needed some time to recover. She was definitely not in a state suitable for continuing work.

And Police might also want to get more information from her.

However, despite knowing everything, Su Yue still put on a confused expression.

"What's wrong? You seem a bit off."

Lin Jia was silent for a moment, then looked at Su Yue with a complicated gaze.

"I'll tell you when I have a chance." Only then did she continue blow-drying her hair.

Seeing this, Su Yue didn't press further and turned to go back to his room.

The moment he closed the door, a wave of dizziness hit his head again.

A deep, throbbing pain surged in his brain, like being pricked by needles.

The wound on his left arm also ached.

Su Yue took a deep breath. His goal had been achieved.

He had found a reason for the fever caused by the gunshot wound that Lin Jia wouldn't suspect.

Finally, he didn't have to force himself to stay awake and collapsed onto the bed.

Tormented by various discomforts caused by the fever, Su Yue fell into a deep sleep.

...

The next day, with the large-scale police operation, Wang Lin's smuggling gang was completely wiped out.

And Kelly Investment also came under full investigation by Police.

During the investigation of Wang Lin's smuggling case, issues with the accounts were also uncovered.

For a time, it caused a stir and attracted attention from people from all walks of life.

Although the court trial had not yet taken place,

it was clear that Kelly Investment existed only in name; its collapse was only a matter of time.

Companies that previously had a cooperative relationship with Kelly Investment began to distance themselves as much as possible.

They stopped all related matters.

And in search of new partners, their attention naturally fell on Yuantu Investment.

Companies that had cooperated with Kelly Investment extended olive branches to Far View (Yuantu), one after another.

They expressed their desire to establish business cooperation.

And President Lan had not expected that the case Liang Yuzhu investigated would bring such positive help to her company.

In just one morning, the phone in President Lan's office didn't stop ringing.

Secretary Yang Qingmei was even busier, rushing between departments with documents, constantly running back and forth between departments and the President's office.

This also kept the Market Department, where Su Yue worked, extremely busy. There were too many companies applying for cooperation.

After a simple screening, the Market Department still needed to conduct research to determine the potential benefits of establishing cooperation for the company.

To put it bluntly, the Market Department had never fought such a wealthy battle before.

For a time, the staff were overwhelmed, with an endless stream of data to organize.

Documents were even being sent to the department group constantly, and the tasks were piling up heavily.

And Li Haoyang was also inevitably assigned tasks, typing data all morning.

During this time, he even had a wild idea of creating a backend program that could automatically organize reports.

However, at such a tense moment,

Su Yue's workstation opposite Li Haoyang was still empty; he hadn't arrived by noon.

Seeing this, Li Haoyang couldn't help but sigh:

"Yue Ge is really sick and needs to take a few days off."

"I have to say, this illness came at quite the right time... just when the company is busiest."

Meanwhile, the Director of the Market Department passed by in a hurry.

He held a newly acquired document bag in his hand, muttering to himself.

And as he passed by Li Haoyang, the corner of his eye caught sight of Su Yue's workstation.

Seeing that no one was at the workstation, the Director's face darkened noticeably.

He had only heard from Li Haoyang last night that Su Yue was sick, but the person himself was nowhere to be found.

Not to mention Su Yue's unexcused absence yesterday, he still hadn't sent him any message.

Thinking of this, the Director immediately snorted coldly.

He asked Li Haoyang irritably, "Where is Su Yue? He hasn't come yet, right?"

Li Haoyang was taken aback by the question.

He looked up at the Director's expression, who apparently didn't know about Su Yue taking leave.

"What the... what's going on?"

"Did Yue Ge not ask the Director for leave yet?"

Realizing this, Li Haoyang's heart skipped a beat.

He glanced at his watch, seeing that it was almost time for lunch break.

He hadn't even sent a message to the Director, and just didn't show up?

Suddenly, a sense of admiration for Su Yue arose from the bottom of Li Haoyang's heart.

Yue Ge is way too composed!

As President Lan's golden little spy in the company, he wouldn't dare to be so blatantly absent.

But now, why does it feel like Su Yue has a bigger backer than himself?

Li Haoyang secretly gave Su Yue a thumbs-up in his heart and didn't directly answer the Director's question.

He just mumbled and brushed it off casually.

Then he heard the Director say, "Hmph, he doesn't know that President Lan has already noticed his absence?"

"I think he doesn't even need to ask me for leave; he can just write a resignation letter."

The Director had also been busy all day and was already overwhelmed.

Now was the time when manpower was needed, but Su Yue hadn't even sent a message.

It was bound to rub the Director the wrong way.

After saying a few angry words, the Director ignored him.

He took the document bag and plunged into his office.

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Seeing the Director leave, the other employees around also breathed a sigh of relief.

They could all tell that the Director was quite anxious now.

And Su Yue's absence had drawn away most of the Director's anger.

It also implicitly saved other employees from a disaster.

Meanwhile, the electronic clock in the office beeped twice.

It was time for the lunch break.

The employees stopped what they were doing, one after another, and stretched.

Li Haoyang also relaxed and planned to take out his phone to find Yang Qingmei.

However, at this moment, several employees nearby looking at their phones let out a few cries of agony in unison.

Seeing this, Li Haoyang was stunned, then he also took out his phone to check.

He was shocked to find the notice the Director had just sent in the department group.

"Due to the heavy workload recently, the lunch break will be temporarily shortened to half an hour."

"Please hurry up, there's a possibility of working overtime tonight, @all members."

Seeing this, Li Haoyang's face also showed the same bitter expression as the other employees.

However, despite this, looking at the flood of messages in the group,

Li Haoyang still reluctantly followed with a received + smiley face emoji.

Immediately after, he saw a new message on his phone.

The message was from Yang Qingmei.

She was asking if he was done and where they should eat lunch.

Seeing this, Li Haoyang was a little surprised.

Yang Qingmei asked faster than him? Why is that?

After all, the company is so busy from top to bottom right now, even their Market Department is stretched thin.

And as President Lan's Secretary, Yang Qingmei should theoretically be even busier and unable to get away.

He had even prepared himself, thinking there was no hope of having lunch with Yang Qingmei.

But he didn't expect that she would be the one to send him a message first.

And from her words, it seemed like she was already free.

After a moment of stunned silence, Li Haoyang quickly replied to Yang Qingmei.

They agreed to meet in the restaurant, and Li Haoyang went to the appointment with questions in his heart.

...

Soon, Li Haoyang arrived at the company restaurant.

But he found that Yang Qingmei had arrived even earlier than him today and was already sitting at a table waiting for him.

"Over here~" Yang Qingmei waved at Li Haoyang.

Li Haoyang sat down opposite her and placed two cups of coffee on the table.

Looking at Yang Qingmei's slightly tired expression, he asked:

"Qingmei, how come you're on time for lunch break today?"

"And looking at the company's atmosphere today, everyone seems pretty busy."

Yang Qingmei took the coffee and took a sip, saying mysteriously:

"Mm-hmm, it was indeed quite busy this morning."

"Oh, right, do you know why?"

Li Haoyang thought for a moment and nodded:

"I heard some gossip this morning, it seems like our competitor had some trouble?"

"It's not 'seems like', it's true," Yang Qingmei said with certainty in her eyes.

"I heard that Police caught Wang Lin, the second young master of Kelly Investment, red-handed based on secret intelligence provided by a concerned citizen."

"This Wang Lin was not only involved in illegal smuggling privately, but Kelly Investment's accounts themselves also had problems."

"So as soon as the news broke this morning, the business circle was in chaos. Those who had cooperation with Kelly Investment now all want to come over to our side."

Hearing Yang Qingmei's words, Li Haoyang nodded thoughtfully: "Oh..."

"No wonder the Market Department's research tasks are so heavy. It seems we need to investigate the background of these companies thoroughly."

"And also to avoid accidentally getting involved with anything shady..."

As Li Haoyang spoke, he also became interested in the so-called concerned citizen.

As someone who considered himself a golden little spy and was willing to believe in the light,

he was more sensitive to these matters than others.

He understood that the term 'concerned citizen' was just a convenient excuse.

For Police to use such a versatile term to conceal the source of information, the investigation behind it must not have been simple.

Yang Qingmei, on the other hand, was noncommittal and then changed the subject:

"But it's fine now, and it should be easier this afternoon."

"Really? Shouldn't President Lan be the busiest?"

Li Haoyang looked at Yang Qingmei's relaxed expression and couldn't help but ask in confusion.

"President Lan seems to have left for something, so I don't have to run around anymore."

Hearing this, Li Haoyang was even more confused.

There were so many things piled up in the company right now, and everyone was busy running around.

But President Lan actually left at this time?

Did she have something urgent that she needed to handle personally?

Li Haoyang pondered for a long time but couldn't figure it out.

However, at this moment, Yang Qingmei seemed to remember something.

She suddenly asked, interrupting Li Haoyang's thoughts:

"Oh, right... Your colleague Su Yue, has he had any special circumstances recently?"

"Yue Ge?" Li Haoyang was confused by Yang Qingmei's question.

"Why are you suddenly asking about him?"

And in the next second, Yang Qingmei's answer instantly stunned Li Haoyang.

"Well... didn't I just say that President Lan went out for something?"

"Before she left the company, the last document she asked me to find was Su Yue's address."

Hearing this, Li Haoyang nearly jumped out of his seat.

"Huh??" His tone was full of disbelief.

President Lan was actually looking for Su Yue's residential address?

And she left the company only after that?

What is going on?! Could it be that President Lan went to visit Yue Ge at his home?

That's completely unreasonable!

Li Haoyang's body felt like it had been struck by lightning, and his brain was working at high speed.

But even with his CPU almost burning out, he couldn't figure out anything.

How could President Lan, the dignified President of the company, go to visit Yue Ge?

After all, even as President Lan's golden spy, if he were sick, he wouldn't dare to say he could ask her to visit him personally.

Unless he was lying in the morgue due to work-related injury during an outdoor assignment, maybe he could get some attention.

But what about Yue Ge? What he said on the phone last night, wasn't it just a common cold?!

How could that make President Lan personally visit him...

Thinking of this, Li Haoyang suddenly shivered.

It seemed like a flash of inspiration had connected the events of last night.

Could it be that when President Lan suddenly visited last night, she wasn't looking for him at all?

Was she actually looking for Yue Ge?

And it wasn't to deal with Yue Ge's unexcused absence... but to ask Yue Ge out on a date?!

So even if Yue Ge didn't come to the company and didn't send a message to the Director,

President Lan would just simply say to remember to give him a leave slip and let it go!

Connecting these things, Li Haoyang couldn't help but cover his mouth with his hand.

So that's why Yue Ge was so fearless, because of this relationship!

"Oh my god, will I have to... change how I address him to General Manager Su from now on?!"

...

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