Qin Zhao walked to Shen Yixuan's office door, where a circle of people had already gathered.
Someone said that Shen Yixuan had been in her office for two to three hours without making a sound, and they were worried something might have happened to her.
More than a dozen people had gathered after hearing the news, congregating here.
They wanted to knock on the door and ask about Shen Yixuan's situation.
"What should we do? I'm so worried about Manager Shen!" a female colleague with curly hair said softly.
A female colleague with black-framed glasses suggested: "Why don't you knock on the door again? Maybe Manager Shen will open the door this time."
"I've knocked seven times already!"
Princess Cut female colleague murmured: "On one hand we're worried that Manager Shen won't open the door and suffocate inside. On the other hand we're worried that Manager Shen will open the door but come out wielding a knife.
If I were her, I would have been annoyed to death by the sound of a dozen people knocking on my door in turns.
My heart would have accumulated a rich dark energy that could only be vented by stabbing someone."
Upon hearing this, everyone recoiled tactically!
"That can't be. Our Manager Shen is so pretty and gentle, how could she possibly do something so out of character?"
Princess Cut continued: "Maybe Manager Shen's character setting includes popular moe attributes from the 2D world, like gap moe."
The female colleague in a plaid shirt put a frog head mask over Princess Cut's head and said, "You should be at your desk, not here, now go do your character design!"
Muffled inside the mask, Princess Cut said, "But I'm worried about Manager Shen. I won't leave until she comes out."
Slap!
Her words gave the female colleague with straight bangs an idea. She clapped her hands together and said, "I know how to get Manager Shen to come out!"
Everyone asked in unison: "How?"
They heard her yell at the door: "Manager Shen, if you don't come out, I'll go smash your figure display in the exhibition hall!"
She had thought of threatening Shen Yixuan!
Although her threat didn't work, it opened everyone else's minds. They started racking their brains to threaten Shen Yixuan.
Saying things like they would expose her dark history of cosplaying as Attack on Titan at a comic convention when she was 16.
Publicize her feat of dressing up as a zombie and getting chased down the street on Christmas.
They even shouted out Shen Yixuan's life dream she revealed while drunk - falling asleep while sucking on her girlfriend's nipples!
Qin Zhao listened to all this with great interest, gaining an even deeper understanding of Shen Yixuan.
After half an hour, everyone had shouted out all their ammunition, but the door remained shut tight.
Parched and frustrated, they looked at each other in despair.
The female colleague who looked the toughest hugged the curly haired female colleague and sobbed, "Wah wah wah, what should we do about our gentle, cute and beautiful Manager Shen?!"
Seeing this situation, Qin Zhao's expression also became solemn. She circled around the colleagues with a grave look on her face.
Stopping in front of the door, she knocked twice and said, "Shen Yixuan, open the door."
Everyone looked towards her, silently lighting a candle for her in their hearts.
How could such an ordinary, unoriginal way of knocking possibly open this thousand-pound door?
The next second, with a click!
The door opened a crack, and a pale hand reached out from inside.
In a flash it grabbed Qin Zhao and yanked her in!
The crowd: "......"
For a moment, it was very quiet. When they reacted, everyone crowded around the door again, pounding on it chaotically and shouting, "Manager Shen, how could you do this? We want to come in too!"
When shouting didn't elicit any response, they dispersed in twos and threes.
Complaining as they left.
"Manager Shen is playing favorites, she's gone too far! How could she only let Qin Zhao in?!"
"Is she only letting in people she finds attractive?!"
"No, Manager Shen isn't that kind of person."
"Then what is she like?"
"Maybe she's only letting in taller people."
A female colleague over 1.5 meters jumped up and gave the outrageous speaker a knock on the head.
......
The commotion outside subsided.
Qin Zhao walked to the window and opened the black curtains.
Shen Yixuan had really gone all out, blocking out all the light in broad daylight, making the office gloomy and oppressive.
Sitting back down on the sofa, looking at the dazed Shen Yixuan across from her, Qin Zhao said, "Sorry, the company's troubles are all because of me."
Shen Yixuan looked up and met Qin Zhao's gaze, seeming not to understand her words.
Qin Zhao continued, "Don't blame yourself. Those people are really targeting me.
I came to tell you about my resignation.
I will personally bear all the company's losses."
After speaking, she stood up and had just taken a step when Shen Yixuan stopped her.
"Don't go. What makes you think all the troubles will be resolved if you leave?" Shen Yixuan demanded.
Qin Zhao had no choice but to return to her seat and said, "Yes, if I leave, certain damage that has already been done cannot be undone.
But if I stay, you and your company will be in danger, even life-threatening.
Even so, do you still not want me to leave?"
Shen Yixuan fell silent. Time passed second by second, but the few minutes felt exceptionally difficult to endure.
Finally, Shen Yixuan took a deep breath, as if making a big decision, and said, "Yes, I won't let you leave.
Since you know the trouble was caused by you, then you should resolve the troublemakers.
My only condition is to participate in the whole process!"
"Why?"
"Ren Xiaoyao is like my daughter. They made a move against my daughter.
Tell me, shouldn't I retaliate?"
Shen Yixuan held out her hand suspended in midair.
"Shen Yixuan, you're very brave," Qin Zhao shook her hand. "Let's work happily together."
"Let's work happily together."
When she came out of the office, Qin Zhao was met with resentful glares from everyone!
She greeted them calmly and collectedly: "Good afternoon, colleagues."
Everyone's expressions changed and they unanimously looked away.
That turning of heads created a desolate, autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves effect.
What an interesting group of colleagues, being able to continue working with them was undoubtedly a blessing.
Returning to her desk, Qin Zhao turned on her computer.
While reviewing materials, she discovered a new folder had been added.
Looking closely, it turned out to be a virus disguised as a folder!
She had a feeling someone was up to mischief!
Qin Zhao had learned some hacking skills, but her level was mediocre. However, this virus was even more inferior.
She stopped halfway through decrypting it, because this virus was not as simple as she had first judged.
It looked weak for now because it was an evolving virus still in its developmental stage.
To find out who was causing trouble, she would have to see its final form first.
So Qin Zhao did the opposite and not only didn't destroy it, but instead decided to help incubate it.
After adding a "chicken coop and hen's butt" to the virus, she turned off her computer.
Beep!
A text message tone sounded.
Checking her phone, it was from Xiao Tao, with just four words: Ghost Casino.
The name was quite fitting.
There were only two kinds of people at casinos, gambler ghosts who lost even their pants, and gambler gods who won pots full of money.
Ghosts were common, gods were not.
"Host, why are you going to the casino?"
"To meet a gambler ghost named Zhao Zhongyi."
This man's other identity was Ye Chenxi Company's Deputy Finance Director.
He was also one of the three cronies behind the scenes who sent Nan Chenghui to jail.
He was the most trusted man of Ye Chenxi, with most of the finances handled by Zhao Zhongyi.
Capturing this man was akin to breaking Ye Chenxi's other leg.
Qin Zhao really looked forward to seeing Ye Chenxi crawling on the ground.
No matter who made that deadly phone call, the counterattack against them had already begun!
Qin Zhao walked to Shen Yixuan's office door, where a circle of people had already gathered.
Someone said that Shen Yixuan had been in her office for two to three hours without making a sound, and they were worried something might have happened to her.
More than a dozen people had gathered after hearing the news, congregating here.
They wanted to knock on the door and ask about Shen Yixuan's situation.
"What should we do? I'm so worried about Manager Shen!" a female colleague with curly hair said softly.
A female colleague with black-framed glasses suggested: "Why don't you knock on the door again? Maybe Manager Shen will open the door this time."
"I've knocked seven times already!"
Princess Cut female colleague murmured: "On one hand we're worried that Manager Shen won't open the door and suffocate inside. On the other hand we're worried that Manager Shen will open the door but come out wielding a knife.
If I were her, I would have been annoyed to death by the sound of a dozen people knocking on my door in turns.
My heart would have accumulated a rich dark energy that could only be vented by stabbing someone."
Upon hearing this, everyone recoiled tactically!
"That can't be. Our Manager Shen is so pretty and gentle, how could she possibly do something so out of character?"
Princess Cut continued: "Maybe Manager Shen's character setting includes popular moe attributes from the 2D world, like gap moe."
The female colleague in a plaid shirt put a frog head mask over Princess Cut's head and said, "You should be at your desk, not here, now go do your character design!"
Muffled inside the mask, Princess Cut said, "But I'm worried about Manager Shen. I won't leave until she comes out."
Slap!
Her words gave the female colleague with straight bangs an idea. She clapped her hands together and said, "I know how to get Manager Shen to come out!"
Everyone asked in unison: "How?"
They heard her yell at the door: "Manager Shen, if you don't come out, I'll go smash your figure display in the exhibition hall!"
She had thought of threatening Shen Yixuan!
Although her threat didn't work, it opened everyone else's minds. They started racking their brains to threaten Shen Yixuan.
Saying things like they would expose her dark history of cosplaying as Attack on Titan at a comic convention when she was 16.
Publicize her feat of dressing up as a zombie and getting chased down the street on Christmas.
They even shouted out Shen Yixuan's life dream she revealed while drunk - falling asleep while sucking on her girlfriend's nipples!
Qin Zhao listened to all this with great interest, gaining an even deeper understanding of Shen Yixuan.
After half an hour, everyone had shouted out all their ammunition, but the door remained shut tight.
Parched and frustrated, they looked at each other in despair.
The female colleague who looked the toughest hugged the curly haired female colleague and sobbed, "Wah wah wah, what should we do about our gentle, cute and beautiful Manager Shen?!"
Seeing this situation, Qin Zhao's expression also became solemn. She circled around the colleagues with a grave look on her face.
Stopping in front of the door, she knocked twice and said, "Shen Yixuan, open the door."
Everyone looked towards her, silently lighting a candle for her in their hearts.
How could such an ordinary, unoriginal way of knocking possibly open this thousand-pound door?
The next second, with a click!
The door opened a crack, and a pale hand reached out from inside.
In a flash it grabbed Qin Zhao and yanked her in!
The crowd: "......"
For a moment, it was very quiet. When they reacted, everyone crowded around the door again, pounding on it chaotically and shouting, "Manager Shen, how could you do this? We want to come in too!"
When shouting didn't elicit any response, they dispersed in twos and threes.
Complaining as they left.
"Manager Shen is playing favorites, she's gone too far! How could she only let Qin Zhao in?!"
"Is she only letting in people she finds attractive?!"
"No, Manager Shen isn't that kind of person."
"Then what is she like?"
"Maybe she's only letting in taller people."
A female colleague over 1.5 meters jumped up and gave the outrageous speaker a knock on the head.
......
The commotion outside subsided.
Qin Zhao walked to the window and opened the black curtains.
Shen Yixuan had really gone all out, blocking out all the light in broad daylight, making the office gloomy and oppressive.
Sitting back down on the sofa, looking at the dazed Shen Yixuan across from her, Qin Zhao said, "Sorry, the company's troubles are all because of me."
Shen Yixuan looked up and met Qin Zhao's gaze, seeming not to understand her words.
Qin Zhao continued, "Don't blame yourself. Those people are really targeting me.
I came to tell you about my resignation.
I will personally bear all the company's losses."
After speaking, she stood up and had just taken a step when Shen Yixuan stopped her.
"Don't go. What makes you think all the troubles will be resolved if you leave?" Shen Yixuan demanded.
Qin Zhao had no choice but to return to her seat and said, "Yes, if I leave, certain damage that has already been done cannot be undone.
But if I stay, you and your company will be in danger, even life-threatening.
Even so, do you still not want me to leave?"
Shen Yixuan fell silent. Time passed second by second, but the few minutes felt exceptionally difficult to endure.
Finally, Shen Yixuan took a deep breath, as if making a big decision, and said, "Yes, I won't let you leave.
Since you know the trouble was caused by you, then you should resolve the troublemakers.
My only condition is to participate in the whole process!"
"Why?"
"Ren Xiaoyao is like my daughter. They made a move against my daughter.
Tell me, shouldn't I retaliate?"
Shen Yixuan held out her hand suspended in midair.
"Shen Yixuan, you're very brave," Qin Zhao shook her hand. "Let's work happily together."
"Let's work happily together."
When she came out of the office, Qin Zhao was met with resentful glares from everyone!
She greeted them calmly and collectedly: "Good afternoon, colleagues."
Everyone's expressions changed and they unanimously looked away.
That turning of heads created a desolate, autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves effect.
What an interesting group of colleagues, being able to continue working with them was undoubtedly a blessing.
Returning to her desk, Qin Zhao turned on her computer.
While reviewing materials, she discovered a new folder had been added.
Looking closely, it turned out to be a virus disguised as a folder!
She had a feeling someone was up to mischief!
Qin Zhao had learned some hacking skills, but her level was mediocre. However, this virus was even more inferior.
She stopped halfway through decrypting it, because this virus was not as simple as she had first judged.
It looked weak for now because it was an evolving virus still in its developmental stage.
To find out who was causing trouble, she would have to see its final form first.
So Qin Zhao did the opposite and not only didn't destroy it, but instead decided to help incubate it.
After adding a "chicken coop and hen's butt" to the virus, she turned off her computer.
Beep!
A text message tone sounded.
Checking her phone, it was from Xiao Tao, with just four words: Ghost Casino.
The name was quite fitting.
There were only two kinds of people at casinos, gambler ghosts who lost even their pants, and gambler gods who won pots full of money.
Ghosts were common, gods were not.
"Host, why are you going to the casino?"
"To meet a gambler ghost named Zhao Zhongyi."
This man's other identity was Ye Chenxi Company's Deputy Finance Director.
He was also one of the three cronies behind the scenes who sent Nan Chenghui to jail.
He was the most trusted man of Ye Chenxi, with most of the finances handled by Zhao Zhongyi.
Capturing this man was akin to breaking Ye Chenxi's other leg.
Qin Zhao really looked forward to seeing Ye Chenxi crawling on the ground.
No matter who made that deadly phone call, the counterattack against them had already begun!
