Chapter 95: So “Ruthless”

Zou Xiaoli was stunned, her face clearly flashing with a hint of disappointment. Then she nodded, understanding.

“I know. I made such a big mistake, and you didn’t call the police to arrest me. That’s the greatest kindness you could have given me.” She stopped crying and bowed respectfully to Su Yiren.

“I’m sorry, Ms. Su. I’ve caused you so much trouble. If… if you ever need anything from me in the future, I will do my best…”

Su Yiren just nodded, but didn’t say anything more.

It was true, as Zou Xiaoli said, that she had done such a terrible thing, and Su Yiren could have easily called the police to arrest her. But after hearing her story, she couldn’t bring herself to do it.

After all, she was just a student who had just entered society. This time, she had been tricked. Hopefully, this incident would teach her a lesson and she wouldn’t be so easily manipulated in the future.

Seeing Zou Xiaoli leave with tears in her eyes, Su Yiren frowned slightly:

Speaking of being manipulated, wasn’t there also Zheng Xinyao?

Si Hong took the thermos, unscrewed it and handed it to her, asking lightly:

“You just let her go so easily?”

Su Yiren glanced at him,

“If Zou Xiaoli was really the mastermind, you would have already taken action, right? You wouldn’t have waited for me to deal with it? You just want me to do her a favor.”

Si Hong smiled, “You seem to know me pretty well.”

After seeing the surveillance footage of Zou Xiaoli taking the files, he had re-investigated her.

He found that Zou Xiaoli, like her background check during her entry, was clean, with simple relationships, and had only interacted with Zheng Xinyao because of a loan.

That’s why he stayed put, watching coldly to see how far these people could go.

It could be said that everything that happened today was within their expectations and control.

Su Yiren took a sip of warm water,

“After knowing you for so long, I still don’t know how many tricks you have up your sleeve?”

She remembered something and asked softly,

“I heard that Wang Meng was tortured half to death in prison. Was that your doing?”

She had inquired about Wang Meng’s situation in prison some time ago. It was said that he had been tortured quite a bit. At that time, she had guessed that it was all related to Si Hong.

Si Hong’s eyes flashed with coldness. He pushed his glasses up, his voice flat, but every word carried a ruthlessness,

“He didn’t hurt you, but he did come for you. I only spared him an arm because I was being merciful.”

“Wow! Our great Si Shao is so ‘ruthless’…” Su Yiren said that, but in her heart, she was grateful to Si Hong.

He always silently took care of everything for her, like a lush and leafy tree, providing her with shelter from the wind and rain, and allowing her to rest and relax.

Si Hong smiled, continuing to report to her:

“The security guard who damaged the surveillance system has also been dealt with.”

Su Yiren suddenly remembered that a security guard had appeared in the surveillance footage. At that time, he had only closed the door, but she didn’t expect that he was also involved.

This “escaped fish” ultimately couldn’t escape Si Hong’s sharp eyes.

Si Hong’s tone was slightly proud, “They thought they did a perfect job, but you had already installed hidden surveillance, so you were able to catch them all.”

Su Yiren wasn’t happy, instead she frowned,

“But I think this is really strange. Did Zheng Xinyao think that she could bring me down with such a clumsy scheme?”

Si Hong shook his head,

“You don’t know, this Zheng Xinyao was your third uncle’s former lover. But later, he dumped her and gave her a lot of money, I heard. Since you took over the company, many people have been flattering and belittling her, and they haven’t stopped squeezing her out of the company. So she had no choice but to go back to your third uncle. I don’t know what kind of handle she has on him, but he’s been accommodating her everywhere. I guess this time he didn’t want to put up with it anymore, so he used her as a scapegoat.”

Su Yiren snorted, “I didn’t expect that short, fat old man to actually be flirting with his female colleagues.”

Si Hong continued, “Moreover, the person in charge of ‘Juvenile’ has some grievances with your third uncle. This time, he used this foolish woman to stir up trouble between the two companies. If you were framed for plagiarism, and the new brand encountered a crisis, it would have been to his advantage. If you saw through it, you would have used your hand to get rid of Zheng Xinyao and ‘Juvenile’, a win-win situation.”

“He could smear me and use a knife to kill two birds with one stone.” Su Yiren sneered,

“Third uncle really has a good plan. It seems that no matter which side suffers, it’s beneficial to him.”

Si Hong nodded,

“Indeed. At least the new brand has been successfully launched, and we can relax for a while.”

Su Yiren stretched, yawning,

“You’re right, everything is taken care of. We can rest for a couple of days.”

The two chatted as they walked to the parking lot.

As the car drove out for a while, Su Yiren received a call from Jiang Jinyun.

The other party asked her about the establishment of the new brand, and after talking for a while, they mentioned the company’s anniversary celebration. They said that she should return to the ancestral home in advance and attend the celebration with Lu Yunting.

Jiang Jinyun probably didn’t know about their divorce proceedings.

Su Yiren didn’t want to be in the same frame as Lu Yunting again, so she politely declined:

“The company has just started running smoothly, and the new brand has just been established. I’m too busy these days, I’m afraid I can’t leave.”

But Jiang Jinyun said,

“You should know about the rumors from a while back, right? It’s had a very bad impact on the company, and the stock price has dropped a lot. If you two can appear together at the anniversary celebration, the rumors should be dispelled.”

Su Yiren was about to refuse, but Jiang Jinyun seemed to have something to do on her end and ended the call abruptly.

Su Yiren looked out the window in frustration and sighed.

Si Hong looked at her, asking,

“What’s wrong?”

“Lu Yunting’s mother asked me to attend Lu Group’s anniversary celebration.”

“Do you want to go?”

“Of course not!” Su Yiren blurted out,

“I don’t want to see that annoying man again.”

Speak of the devil.

As their car reached the front of the villa, Su Yiren saw a figure standing under the streetlight.

Lu Yunting was tall and slender, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. He stood there, his features blurred, but the light from above outlined his silhouette, adding a faint halo.

He glanced at Si Hong behind her, and the tone he had prepared changed slightly,

“Go to the company’s anniversary celebration with me!” he said bluntly.

Su Yiren asked back, “Mr. Lu, what’s my status now? Have you forgotten that we’re in a cooling-off period for our divorce? Why do we have to be together?”

Lu Yunting knew that she wouldn’t just go along with it, so he said,

“I can give you Xu Ying, the designer.”

Lu Group’s stock price was fluctuating wildly now, it had been dropping for days, and the losses were huge.

Rather than fighting with her over a designer now, it was better to use him as a bargaining chip.

After all, designers are easy to find, but the current situation was not easy to get through.

He felt that he had already made the biggest concession, but unexpectedly, Su Yiren looked at him in surprise and snorted,

“Give me? You really overestimate yourself.”