Chapter 641: Chapter 342 Evelyn Claire’s Background
Soon, Evelyn Claire opened the door and came out.
When Wendy turned around to look at her, she could see through the crack of the door that a corner of her home was very tidy.
Claiming that the house is messy and wanting to go out for juice is clearly just an excuse to prevent people from entering, isn’t it?
She pursed her lips, smiled, closed the door, and took Wendy’s wrist while they went downstairs, saying: "How did you find this place? It’s quite hard to locate."
"In Anchester, is there a place a taxi driver can’t find?" Wendy’s tone was unfriendly.
"You’re not upset because I didn’t invite you to sit at my place, are you?"
Evelyn Claire said with a giggle: "I’ve been living alone for so long, my room is always uncleaned, really dirty.
Could you let me know before you come next time, so I can tidy up a bit beforehand?
Even just a spot to step into would be fine, otherwise, I’m really too embarrassed to invite you in."
"Who said I definitely wanted to sit at your house," Wendy shook off her hand and had already gone downstairs.
Evelyn Claire pointed across the street: "There’s a milk tea shop over there with a pretty good taste, let’s go, my treat."
Both of them walked to the entrance of the small shop, and Evelyn Claire was stunned for a moment when she saw it, three yuan a cup for milk tea...
She thought so, how could Evelyn Claire possibly change.
"Boss, two cups of pearl milk tea."
"I don’t want it," Wendy calmly declined the offer to drink milk tea.
Evelyn Claire nodded: "Then just one cup."
After getting the milk tea, she said to Wendy: "There’s a small park over there, let’s go sit there for a while."
Talking business in the park in the dead of winter? Crazy.
She saw an UP COFFEE not far away and headed straight for it.
Evelyn Claire muttered: "Hey, hey, the park is this way."
Wendy ignored her, so she had to quickly follow.
Once inside the cafe, Wendy ordered a cappuccino, Evelyn Claire put her milk tea aside, and said to the waiter: "Give me the same."
Wendy calmly said: "Pay for it yourself, I’m not covering your coffee."
Upon hearing this, Evelyn Claire immediately waved her hands: "Nevermind, I don’t want it, my milk tea is tasty enough."
Wendy scoffed internally, hating women like this the most.
"Wendy, didn’t you have some questions for me? What do you want to ask?
I have things to do tonight; ask away, and after I answer, I still have to head back," Evelyn Claire urged.
After gazing at her face for a moment, Wendy asked: "Where is Evie Larkin now?"
"I don’t know."
"You’re friends with her, and you’re saying you don’t know?"
Evelyn Claire put on an expression of great injustice: "I swear, we only met once after she quit, haven’t I told you before?
But Wendy, what do you want with Evie?
Isn’t your current relationship with her one of mutual suspicion?"
"I want to take care of her, is that a problem?" Wendy’s expression was very confrontational.
Evelyn Claire giggled: "It’s okay, but I just think, she has already resigned and is also a victim of this incident.
We were all colleagues before, why bother?
She’s having a tough time now and hasn’t even found a job."
"That’s not something I need to worry about.
Just one question, do you know or not?
If you don’t know, you can leave now.
And in the future, don’t come to me looking for information.
If you don’t tell me, then I certainly won’t tell you."
Evelyn Claire giggled again: "I really don’t know, but how about this, I’ll keep an eye out for you, and if I find out, I’ll let you know, okay?"
Wendy pursed her lips without making a sound: "Alright, you can go."
Getting up, Evelyn Claire lifted her cup of milk tea and smiled sheepishly: "Let me stay and finish drinking with you."
Not pleased, Wendy stood up and left first, not wanting to have coffee with Evelyn Claire.
After she left, the coffee was served, and Evelyn Claire took advantage of it.
As she drank the coffee, she wondered to herself: "This Wendy, what’s wrong with her? Why would she pick a fight with someone who has already resigned? Isn’t that crazy?"
On her way home, Wendy kept thinking about one thing: what secret was hidden in Evelyn Claire’s room?
She must find out.
She deliberately used the matter of Evie Larkin to distract Evelyn Claire, not because she really wanted to do anything to Evie Larkin.
Even with all her pettiness, she would not stoop to concern herself with someone as down-and-out as Evie Larkin.
What she really wanted to know was if Evelyn Claire had teamed up with Evie Larkin, and what secrets she was hiding.
After returning home, Wendy began to investigate matters related to Evelyn Claire.
It took her several days, but Wendy was surprised to find that Evelyn Claire didn’t have a single friend at the company.
On the surface, she seemed to get along with everyone really well.
But in reality, that wasn’t the case; her reputation was particularly bad.
She had two labels attached to her: one was "gossip," and the other "greed."
At noon, Wendy invited Annie for lunch, and as usual, they had a feast.
Annie knew that whenever Wendy invited her to eat, she definitely needed her help with something.
Halfway through the meal, Annie said, "Alright, stop adding tea and pouring water for me. Spill it, what do you want to do this time?"
"Annie, I really can’t hide anything from you every time I have something on my mind."
While saying this, she took out a long box from her bag behind her: "This is for you."
Annie raised her eyebrows, opened the box, and couldn’t help but be surprised.
"A Scarlett necklace? Whoa, what’s the situation this time?
Tell me your main business first."
Wendy smiled with pursed lips: "Annie, please take it, I’m just here to ask you about something.
Evelyn Claire has been working under you for so many years, do you know anything about her?"
"Evelyn Claire?" Annie frowned, "This question of yours is so odd. I thought you were going to ask me to help you with something, why bring her up?"
"No, I’ve just been feeling that Evelyn Claire is acting a bit strange lately, so I wanted to investigate her a bit."
"Strange?" Annie looked at her: "What kind of strange?"
"I can’t explain this matter in just a word or two.
Just tell me, do you understand her or not?"
Annie laughed and said, "Evelyn Claire is someone you’re better off not messing with.
You see her acting foolishly and loving gossip, but she is clever."
"Oh?"
"She’s not interested in promotions or raises at the company, nor does she actively volunteer to be a dedicated assistant for any manager, just hanging out in her department day after day.
Once I had a talk with her, asking if she wanted to be seconded.
At that time, Manager Sun from the External Cooperation Department was looking for a personal assistant.
I thought she was tactful and wanted to give her a chance.
But she turned me down and said a lot of pleasant things.
Latter, I transferred someone else.
At the time, I couldn’t understand why she refused, but I later realized that she had already inquired about it. Manager Sun was married, and there was no future in following him except for being a mistress.
I see this woman as lying in wait for an opportunity to turn things around."
Wendy was shocked: "My God, I had no idea she was this kind of person, and she’s betrayed me so many times."
Annie smiled smugly: "You’re still okay; she’s never spoken ill of you in front of me."
"She often gossips in front of you?"
"I discovered her love for gossip, so I secretly gave her a privilege to help me supervise the staff.
If any employee said something, she would report it to me.
Now you should know why I’m so well-informed about everyone."
"This woman is really too much... Annie, aren’t you afraid that she might badmouth you in front of other leaders?"
Annie sneered: "So far, she definitely doesn’t dare to, and the leaders aren’t fools either.
She’s just an ordinary employee without a backer, and her family background is so tragic, who would choose her as their confidante? It would only lower their own standards."
"Her family background is tragic?"
"There should be no one in the company who knows about this, but now there’s only her left in her family.
Her father mysteriously disappeared while working at a construction site years ago, and the police finally found his body in a nearby reservoir.
Her mother was young at the time, and feeling unable to cope with her sister and her, she abandoned them and ran off.
Evelyn Claire and her sister depended on each other as they grew up, but when she was in her teens, her sister committed suicide.
Evelyn Claire, well... she’s star-crossed."
Hearing this from Annie, Wendy had nothing to say, indeed it was quite tragic.
It seems she also grew up suffering.
Thinking this way, it was understandable why she was so capable.
"Also, do you know which construction site Evelyn Claire’s father died at?"
Wendy stared at Annie with wide eyes, waiting for her to give an answer.
Annie spoke mysteriously: "Our company."
Wendy was taken aback for a moment, then she suddenly thought of something very important, a life for a life...