Chapter 36 What are you pretending for? Did you do this?

Gu Shaonan underwent an internal group investigation.

The core figures of the incident, including Zhou Ze, Chen Xiaowei, and Xie Cheng, were all present.

Ling Yue arrived late.

As soon as she entered the conference room, over a dozen pairs of eyes turned toward her.

Ling Yue's expression remained unchanged as she calmly found a seat for herself.

Supervisor Liao Yifeng was utterly exasperated. Didn't she see the Vice President was there? She was still so relaxed; he had no idea where she got the audacity to be so arrogant!

"Ling Yue, let me ask you, what exactly happened at the Western restaurant at noon today?" Thinking that resolving the matter was the top priority, Supervisor Liao Yifeng was the first to speak up and question her.

Ling Yue put on a look of bewilderment. "What do you mean, what happened?"

Supervisor Liao Yifeng showed the video to Ling Yue again.

It was still the same video, except the likes had reached 870,000 and the comments had hit 60,000.

At this stage, it wasn't just the internet water army being effective; the netizens themselves were incredible.

Ling Yue watched the whole thing at double speed and exclaimed, "Is this the restaurant's internal video? How did it get uploaded to the internet?!"

"Why are you pretending? Was it you who did this!" Gu Shaonan was afraid of taking responsibility, and the most direct method he could think of was shifting the blame.

But in a situation like this, was shifting the blame even useful?

Ling Yue innocently picked at the corner of her mouth. "Isn't the person in the video you? Those words were spoken by you, too. I had no way to force you to say those things, so why is the blame being pinned on my head?"

Supervisor Liao Yifeng glared at Gu Shaonan, signaling him to behave!

Gu Shaonan was anxious to clear his name and hated Ling Yue's posturing. However, with the higher-ups present, he couldn't act as freely as usual. Being unable to speak his mind made him feel extremely aggrieved. For a moment, his eyes were filled with fury, feeling as if he were about to explode like a furnace.

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Supervisor Liao Yifeng asked again, "At noon today, you and Gu Shaonan were eating together at the restaurant, is that correct?"

Ling Yue nodded. "Yes."

"And did you have an argument?" Supervisor Liao Yifeng guided her step by step.

Ling Yue shook her head with a look of complete honesty. "No. I was just sitting there eating when I heard the Team Leader babbling away. At the time, many people took out their phones to record. I was worried about the negative impact, so I asked the restaurant manager to escort Team Leader Gu out."

Supervisor Liao Yifeng also asked, "Then why didn't you say anything at the time?"

Ling Yue smiled and said, "He wasn't talking about me, so why would I respond?"

Supervisor Liao Yifeng simply couldn't find a reason to refute her.

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He couldn't help but complain that Ling Yue was too good at talking.

He could only try another angle. "As far as I know, you and Gu Shaonan have had several arguments recently, and you've even mocked him multiple times. Is that true?"

Ling Yue nodded. "Yes."

"So, did you hold a grudge against Gu Shaonan because of that and expose the video?" Supervisor Liao Yifeng pressed further.

Ling Yue looked lost. "How could I have exposed the video?"

Supervisor Liao Yifeng sneered, "Because you wanted to get revenge on Gu Shaonan."

Ling Yue was even more confused. "And why would I want to get revenge on him?"

"Because he..." Supervisor Liao Yifeng shut his mouth just in time.

He suddenly remembered something. Because Gu Shaonan was favored by him, he often threw his weight around, spoke carelessly, loved making lewd jokes, was slick-tongued, liked to snitch, and frequently isolated or bullied employees. He knew about all these bad habits.

But if he said that, then as a superior who clearly knew about his subordinate's terrible qualities yet failed to restrain or remove him, it would be a dereliction of duty. He would have to bear most of the responsibility today.

Then he would be finished too.

She almost led him into a trap!

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Supervisor Liao Yifeng felt another surge of hatred.

Ling Yue wanted to laugh so badly that she had to keep the corners of her mouth pressed down.

"Alright, no need to ask anymore." The Vice President, who had been sitting in silence with a dark expression, finally spoke.

He knew that he wouldn't get anything useful out of Supervisor Liao Yifeng.

"All of you may leave now." His eyes swept over everyone, including Supervisor Liao Yifeng.

Supervisor Liao Yifeng felt uneasy. Because he had been too anxious to pin the blame on Ling Yue, he had inadvertently exposed a flaw.

Once they were out the door, Gu Shaonan wanted to grab Ling Yue to say something, but he was held back by Supervisor Liao Yifeng.

Very soon.

Everyone in the Operations Department went to the conference room one by one to report.

Clearly, the Vice President wanted to learn some of the inside story through other people's mouths.

Gu Shaonan knew very well that he wasn't popular in the department and was even somewhat disliked. At a time like this, if anyone said even the slightest bad thing about him, he would likely be finished.

For a moment, his face turned ashen, and his heart felt like ice.

Meanwhile, Ling Yue found Laladixi on WeChat: The script is OK, thanks for the hard work.

She transferred 8,000 yuan.

Laladixi: No need for any changes?

Ling Yue thought to herself that Gu Shaonan must be scared to death right now; how could he possibly have the mood to nitpick her work?

Ling Yue replied: No need.

Laladixi accepted the money: SendingLove.jpg

Laladixi: Thanks, Sis! You can look for me again next time there's work!! Efficiency guaranteed!!

Ling Yue replied with an OK hand gesture emoji.

Ling Yue was quite idle the entire afternoon.

Since no one assigned her any work, she just browsed TikTok China.

People kept going in and out of the conference room until finally, at some point, peace was restored.

Gu Shaonan was called into the conference room again.

It was unclear what the Vice President said to him, but Gu Shaonan's loud excuses could be heard outside the workspace. "Vice President, it's fine if you fire me, but the person who triggered this public outcry is definitely Ling Yue! She's the one who truly doesn't care about the company's interests; she's the hidden landmine!

And she recently came into a sudden windfall; she's wearing designer brands from head to toe. I bet she definitely took money from our competitors to intentionally screw us over!

Right, she also has cancer. Maybe it's because she has cancer and no money for treatment that she took money from the competitors. Vice President, you must investigate this thoroughly! Don't be blinded by that bitch!"

Hearing this, Ling Yue couldn't help but stand up.

*Knock, knock, knock.*

She walked to the conference room door and knocked.

The Vice President said, "Enter."

Ling Yue pushed the door open. Under Gu Shaonan's murderous glare, as if he wanted to rush up and bite her, Ling Yue calmly placed a medical diagnosis certificate on the Vice President's desk.

"Team Leader Gu, I don't know why you're so insistent on dragging me down and even using my illness as an excuse.

I had early-stage cancer, and it has already been cured. Taking money from others for unfair competition is something the company can send me to prison for. Now that I've finally recovered and can live a good life, would I be crazy enough to do something that would dig my own grave?"

Besides, why would she use someone else's hands for such a small act of revenge?

This Gu Shaonan was still too stupid.

Ling Yue left immediately after speaking, giving Gu Shaonan no chance to react.

After she left, the Vice President stated coldly, "We've tracked down the person who posted the video. It wasn't Ling Yue's account, and it isn't even linked to her at all.

This matter is most likely being pushed by our competitors, but if you hadn't said those things yourself, would they have had the chance to suppress us?

Do you know how many people complained to me about you today! You love making lewd jokes to female colleagues on a regular basis; you really are something. I don't know how Liao Yifeng does his job, keeping someone like you around until now.

In short, you'd better pray that this matter ends smoothly and that not a single project cancels its contract with us, otherwise, we'll see each other in court!"

"Vice President! Vice President..."