Chapter 94: I Can Forgive You This Time

Zheng Xinyao immediately retorted, “You’re lying! This is clearly my idea! The timeline here can prove it!”

Su Yiren smiled faintly, picked up a USB drive that had been prepared on the table, and shook it in front of Zheng Xinyao.

“Since you want to use the timeline to prove whose idea it is, then what I have here can also prove that it’s mine.”

Facing the reporters, Su Yiren said calmly, “I have a habit. I don’t like to keep design drawings on the company computer. I always design them at home and then copy them to the company computer. If I remember correctly, the initial design time for the one you have should be March 7th, right?”

Zheng Xinyao pursed her lips and didn’t speak, but a flicker of worry was clearly visible in her eyes.

Seeing her silence, Su Yiren smiled and said, “But my first version of the design was on February 21st, a full half month earlier than yours. You tell me, which one of us is the real one?”

The reporters were in an uproar, all looking at Zheng Xinyao.

Zheng Xinyao’s lips moved, but before she could retort, she heard Su Yiren ask again, “You just resigned last month. According to the contract you signed at the time, you are not allowed to work for any competitor within six months. But what did you do? Not only did you secretly go to another company, you also stole the company’s confidential files. I can completely report you to the police! Oh, no, to be precise, I already reported it to the police this morning when I saw the new product picture released by ‘Juvenile’.” As she spoke, she raised her wrist to check her watch and said lightly, “The relevant personnel from ‘Juvenile’ should have been taken away by now.”

Zheng Xinyao was obviously also a fool. Seeing that her plan had failed, she couldn’t hold back and shouted, ” “Su Yiren! Your company’s contract is full of unfair terms! You want me to not look for other similar jobs within six months. Are you going to let me sit at home and starve?”

Seeing her throwing a tantrum and trying to slander the company, Su Yiren’s face immediately turned cold, “Zheng Xinyao, have you forgotten that the company compensated you for a year’s salary? When you first joined the company, you should have read the contract carefully. This clause is clearly written in it. You signed your name in black and white at the time, it has legal effect, why, now you don’t want to admit it?”

Zheng Xinyao’s fingers holding the USB drive trembled uncontrollably. She finally realized that she had been tricked!

It turned out that everything was manipulated behind the scenes by those people, and she was just a pawn on the chessboard!

Looking at Zheng Xinyao’s pale face, Su Yiren’s gaze turned cold, “Zheng Xinyao, the company has been kind to you, but you turned around and bit us, and even framed us. It’s really despicable!”

Zheng Xinyao wanted to argue, but she saw two policemen walking in from the side door, and her face turned white in an instant.

Su Yiren leaned back, her tone calm and composed, “You should talk to the police about anything else.”

The reporters’ long guns and short cannons were all aimed at Zheng Xinyao, clicking away non-stop.

Su Yiren watched coldly as she was taken away, but she was also a little puzzled:

At the time, the new secretary assistant, Zou Xiaoli, was the one who copied the files in the surveillance footage, but now the files are in Zheng Xinyao’s hands. How did this happen?

Thinking about this, Su Yiren turned her head and looked at the back of the screen.

She knew that Zou Xiaoli was suspicious, so she had been paying attention to her recently. She even brought her to the release conference today, wanting to see what this person was planning.

But when she looked, she found that Zou Xiaoli wasn’t standing there.

Although she was puzzled, Su Yiren still continued the release conference. The rest of the process went smoothly.

After stepping down, Su Yiren felt uneasy and went directly back to the dressing room, only to find Si Hong and Zou Xiaoli there.

Si Hong was standing there with one hand in his pocket, his shoulders straight, exuding an air of coldness and detachment.

Zou Xiaoli was standing opposite him, crying her eyes out.

Si Hong heard the door open and turned his head to look over, his eyes still carrying a trace of coldness. When he saw Su Yiren, his gaze immediately warmed up.

Su Yiren met Si Hong’s gaze and had a premonition. She walked forward and asked softly, “What’s wrong?”

Zou Xiaoli sobbed uncontrollably, “Ms. Su, I’m sorry, I stole the file, but I really had no choice.”

Her voice was choked with sobs, and she couldn’t speak clearly.

Si Hong spoke for her, explaining the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that Zou Xiaoli was tricked by Zheng Xinyao. Zheng Xinyao said she would lend her some money for her mother’s surgery.

Unexpectedly, after Zou Xiaoli borrowed the money, Zheng Xinyao went back on her word, saying she needed the money urgently and asked her to return it immediately.

But the money had already been given to the hospital. Where could Zou Xiaoli get it?

No matter how she begged Zheng Xinyao, it was useless. In the end, Zheng Xinyao made a request, asking her to steal the design draft from Su Yiren’s office.

She definitely didn’t want to do it at first, but Zheng Xinyao said that if she refused, she would have to call the police and say that she had cheated her out of money.

Zou Xiaoli was just a recent college graduate, how could she have seen the wickedness of society? When she heard that the other party was going to call the police, she was scared silly.

However, Zheng Xinyao told her that the surveillance cameras in Su Yiren’s office and the corridor had been tampered with. As long as she quietly copied the files, no one would notice.

Therefore, she went to Su Yiren’s office that day, mustered her courage, and took the file. Later, she gave it to Zheng Xinyao.

Zheng Xinyao kept her word, not only didn’t ask her to do anything else, but also directly lent her the tens of thousands of yuan without interest, and signed a promissory note.

The whole thing wasn’t complicated, what was complicated was human nature.

If this was true, then Zheng Xinyao was really not a good person!

Su Yiren saw that Zou Xiaoli was crying so hard that her eye makeup was smudged. Her pitiful appearance made it hard for Su Yiren to harden her heart. She pulled out two wet tissues and handed them to her, asking, “How is your mother doing?”

Zou Xiaoli didn’t expect Su Yiren to care about her mother. She felt both grateful and regretful, and sobbed, “The doctor said she has passed the critical stage, and she just needs to stay in the hospital for a few more days of observation.”

Su Yiren nodded, “That’s good. Then you should take good care of her these days.”

Although Zou Xiaoli felt ashamed, she still said with her two red eyes, “Ms. Su, if you want to have me arrested, can you wait until my mother is discharged from the hospital? My brother and I are taking turns taking care of my mother now. If I’m arrested, she won’t have anyone to look after her at night…”

Su Yiren sighed inwardly. She was still a little soft-hearted.

She looked at Zou Xiaoli intently for a moment, then said, “I will verify what you said. If it’s true, I can forgive you this time.”

Zou Xiaoli looked at her with tearful eyes, unable to believe her ears!

She was about to say thank you, but she heard Su Yiren say again, “But the company won’t hire you anymore.”