"This..." Qin Wen hesitated. After all, Jian Sheng was just the boss's daughter, and Gu Jiang Yan was his actual boss. Logically, he should report any company issues to his boss immediately.
The young lady's request was highly unprofessional.
Jian Sheng's little finger remained pointed upwards, trembling slightly from holding the pose for so long. Her other hand clutched Qin Wen's sleeve, looking at him pleadingly, "Uncle Qin, you must know how deep the misunderstanding between Daddy and Mommy is. Sheng Sheng doesn't want to see Daddy and Mommy always arguing and fighting. Uncle, please help Sheng Sheng, okay~?"
Qin Wen didn't know how to respond.
From yesterday until now, he could indeed see that the boss and his wife weren't just having disagreements; there was a complete lack of trust between them.
However, he instinctively felt that the wife, who raised such a smart, lively, and well-behaved young lady, couldn't be as bad as the boss imagined.
Jian Sheng's lips quivered, and she looked so wronged, on the verge of tears, "Uncle, you don't want Sheng Sheng to be without a daddy, do you?"
Qin Wen's mouth twitched. Why did that sound so off?
In the end, Qin Wen agreed.
He simply couldn't bear the way the young lady looked at him with such pitiful eyes, making him feel like a terrible villain bullying a child.
Moreover, he didn't entirely agree with the boss's actions. Even though their daughter was so grown, he still showed no fatherly responsibility.
At most, at most, the boss would get angry later, and he would lose his job.
With a resigned sigh, Qin Wen extended his large palm, made a fist, and linked his pinky finger with Jian Sheng's small, stubby hand.
Jian Sheng happily swung their linked fingers, her soft voice earnest, "Pinky promise, for a hundred years, no take-backs!"
Qin Wen chuckled, his mood completely relaxing at that moment.
Having made his decision, Qin Wen looked at everyone present. "You all saw what just happened. You are definitely responsible for the mishap, but the act of concealing it was solely my doing. Consider that you didn't see the agreement between me and the young lady, and you don't know that I concealed it, understood?"
"Yes," everyone quickly replied.
Once the surveillance system was repaired, as expected, Tang Xiao Xiao had already left the CEO's office. Qin Wen led the two inside to inspect it. Everything was normal, with no trace of being rummaged through.
However, Qin Wen hadn't expected to find anything. If they could find clues, Tang Xiao Xiao would be a very failed spy.
"What should we do next?" Qin Wen asked after they exited the CEO's office. "When should we tell the boss? If we delay too long and Tang Xiao Xiao transmits the information, it won't be good if competitors target the boss based on it."
Qi Sui Bai suddenly said, "You don't need to worry about that. If your boss is smart, he wouldn't let important information be easily stolen. Strict security measures are a must for a successful businessman. If he fails to do that, he deserves it."
Qin Wen raised an eyebrow. He agreed with the first part, but regarding the latter part, didn't he just like using the young lady as a shield?
Otherwise, where did his animosity towards the boss come from?
He didn't refute anything. They were already on this treacherous path; nothing they said now mattered.
Following the young lady's request, Qin Wen dispatched people to monitor Tang Xiao Xiao, and then the three of them headed towards the suburban manor.
Jian Sheng led the two to her mother's study. Because she had left in such a hurry that morning, the computer on the desk was still on, but the screen had automatically locked, requiring a password to access.
"This is Mommy's computer, but what if I don't know how to use it?" Jian Sheng climbed onto a stool, her height now matching the computer. She gazed at the computer's background, lost in thought.
While in the cultivation world, Jian Sheng had learned many things out of boredom, but computers were definitely not among them.
Qin Wen stepped forward. "Young lady, why is Madam so sure that Tang Xiao Xiao will use company data to frame her?"
"Uh..." Jian Sheng froze for a moment before quickly reacting indignantly, "Of course, it's because they always used these methods against my Mommy before! They do bad things themselves but always shift the blame onto Mommy. That's how Daddy's initial misunderstanding of Mommy was caused!"
Qin Wen fell into thought. "Are you saying they are habitual offenders, young lady?"
"Mhm, mhm, mhm!" Jian Sheng quickly nodded. "It would be strange if they didn't take the opportunity to frame Mommy!"
Qin Wen's mouth twitched. What did they say about your greatest enemy understanding you best? This was it!
But even Madam, after being framed so many times, had drawn conclusions from experience, yet the boss hadn't noticed anything. Was that reasonable?
He stepped forward and opened the computer, a password prompt appearing.
Jian Sheng recalled the password her mother entered when booting up: "The password is gjy0321, with a capital G."
After unlocking it, Qin Wen suddenly realized and subconsciously said, "Isn't that the boss's initials and birthday?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the adult and the child both fell into silence.
Jian Sheng sighed inwardly again: This generation's Mommy is really hard to handle. She's really worn out her heart for Mommy!
After opening the computer, Qin Wen looked at the densely packed folders with some hesitation. "Young lady, are we really going to look at Madam's computer without permission?"
However, before they could take further action, a magnetic and steady voice sounded behind them: "What are you all doing here?"
Qin Wen abruptly turned his head, exclaiming, "Boss?"
The person who had arrived was Gu Jiang Yan, accompanied by a tall, thin young man wearing rimless glasses.
Qin Wen looked puzzled. The tall, thin young man was also a company employee, but shouldn't he be at the Shenzhen headquarters right now? Why was he here?
"Why are you all here?" Gu Jiang Yan's voice was deep and somber. His gaze swept over them, and his hostility was particularly evident when he looked at Qi Sui Bai.
Qin Wen, having been with Gu Jiang Yan the longest, immediately detected the wrongness in his boss's tone. "Boss, did something happen?"
Gu Jiang Yan's cold gaze swept over him, and Qin Wen felt a chill crawl up his spine, causing him to say nothing more.
Gu Jiang Yan moved aside, gesturing for the tall, thin young man beside him to step forward. "Zi Ping, it's up to you."
Zhong Zi Ping, a college classmate of the scummy father, was a top student in Computer Science at Shenzhen University, a premier talent at Blue Domain, and had conducted in-depth research in network security, particularly firewall technology. He served as a security consultant in Gu Jiang Yan's information technology department.
Jian Sheng matched the tall, thin young man with a character from the book. In the book, Tang Xiao Xiao knew about Zhong Zi Ping's relationship with her scummy father, so she deliberately used hacker techniques to steal company secrets, then attacked Zhong Zi Ping to guide him into investigating Mommy.
Zhong Zi Ping, following instructions, walked to the desk and saw the little dumpling standing on the chair. He said coldly, "Child, get down."
Instantly, all eyes in the study turned to him, several of them particularly sharp, as if trying to pierce him with knives.
Zhong Zi Ping turned his head and saw that one of the people glaring fiercely at him was coincidentally his direct superior.
Silently turning his head back, Zhong Zi Ping no longer wanted the chair and instead bent over to type on the computer keyboard.