NABC What's going on in Chapter 97?
What's going on in Chapter 97?
Lin Shuyao put down her chopsticks and glanced towards the door: "Is that Su Wan?"
I vaguely heard what sounded like her voice just now.
Cheng Zheng hummed in agreement: "Go eat in the reception room next door first. I'll come find you after I'm done here."
"I'm not going to wait for you," Lin Shuyao said, resting her chin on her hand as she looked at him, her eyes slightly upturned. "I'm going back to my dorm to rest."
She stood up, scooped the last few pieces of meat from her lunchbox into his, and blinked her watery almond-shaped eyes at him. "Bye-bye... big doggy."
The last three words, uttered with a soft, delicate tone, had a strange quality to them. Cheng Zheng's eardrums went numb, his Adam's apple bobbed uncontrollably, and his eyes darkened.
Seeing his reaction, Lin Shuyao smiled slightly, her waist and hips swaying gracefully in the air, and then she left.
Watching her walk away, Cheng Zheng's lips curved into a faint smile. Only when she was out of sight did he slowly turn his gaze away.
Not long after Lin Shuyao left, there was a knock on the door.
"Go in." Cheng Zheng uttered a single word indifferently.
"Representative." Su Wan pushed the door open and came in. Seeing that only Cheng Zheng was there, she turned around and tried to close the door.
"No need to close the door," Cheng Zheng immediately reminded him.
Su Wan paused in closing the door, her heart instantly feeling like it had been plunged into a vat of vinegar, unbearably sour.
Why can he talk to Shen Qing with the door closed in the office, but he has to keep the door open when he's with her, as if he's afraid of being misunderstood?
Su Wan deliberately didn't open the door, only leaving it slightly ajar, then turned around and went inside.
Watching her actions, Cheng Zheng frowned impatiently, then stood up, walked to the door, grabbed the doorknob, and opened the door wide before returning to his seat.
This action was like an invisible slap in the face to Su Wan.
She stiffly pulled out a chair and sat down, her face pale.
Cheng Zheng glanced at her, without any pleasantries, his expression cold and businesslike: "Speak, about the emergency situation regarding the project."
Upon hearing this, Su Wan immediately cleared her throat and straightened her back: "Representative, I've noticed that Comrade Shen Qing has been acting very strangely lately!"
"Something's not right?" Cheng Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly, his expression remaining impassive.
Encouraged, Su Wan immediately launched into a long explanation: "Shen Qing has recently acquired a lot of expensive items. You must have noticed the watch on her wrist, right? It looks like a foreign brand, quite valuable. She was so poor before that she couldn't even afford a blanket. Even if she cooked for the experts, how could her salary be enough to buy that watch in just one month?"
"And that day she brought a tape recorder back to the dorm. Actually, Tiger was clamoring for a tape recorder because he saw that Comrade Shen had one. Kids like that, they want what others have. But Comrade Shen is so precious to him, he won't let anyone else touch it. That's why the kid..."
As she spoke, she observed Cheng Zheng's expression, but seeing no change in her demeanor, she reluctantly changed the subject: "Anyway, Comrade Shen's salary simply cannot afford these two things. Her family... her adoptive parents are ordinary employees of a state-owned factory in Yuncheng, and they have also adopted a nephew. It's impossible for them to support her extravagance."
"As for her biological parents... I've never heard her mention them at all, so I think Comrade Shen Qing is very likely being targeted, or even corrupted, by enemy agents! These two things she recently added are evidence!"
Cheng Zheng's expression remained unchanged: "Did you discover anything else?"
"besides!"
Su Wan remembered and leaned forward: "A few days ago, I saw Comrade Shen dressed up and going out. She was supposed to be working in the department at that time. I tried to find out where she was, but she didn't tell me. I guess she went to meet with her superior that day."
"Representative, Shen Qing's work involves access to the factory's core technical data. If she were to leak it, or deliberately misinterpret the data during translation, the consequences would be unimaginable!"
Su Wan became more and more excited as she spoke, her hands clenched into fists on her knees, her face flushed with excitement. She didn't seem worried about the project going wrong; instead, she seemed to be filled with anticipation of seeing someone fail and suffer misfortune.
Cheng Zheng saw through Su Wan's true emotions almost immediately.
His indifferent tone carried a hint of mockery: "So what do you think we should do now?"
Su Wan stood up, waving her hands excitedly, and said, "I suggest that Comrade Shen Qing be immediately placed under isolation and investigation!"
If Shen Qing gets involved in something like this, she'll never have a chance with Cheng Zheng again in this lifetime.
The Cheng family would never allow Cheng Zheng to be with a potential spy, let alone let such a daughter-in-law into the family.
Cheng Zheng didn't speak immediately, but his gaze towards Su Wan became meaningful. Su Wan couldn't quite grasp his thoughts and felt a little guilty under his gaze. "Representative, did I say something wrong? I came to report to you as soon as I discovered the situation. I was only thinking about the factory's interests. Besides, I've noticed that you've been getting very close to her lately, and I'm afraid you... have fallen into her trap."
Cheng Zheng: "It's good that you're alert, but I was already aware of all the information you just reported. Comrade Shen Qing has no problems."
"How is that possible?" Su Wan exclaimed in disbelief. "I know Shen Qing is beautiful, but the facts are right in front of you. You can't just show such favoritism and cover for her!"
Covering up? Cheng Zheng frowned, his voice turning completely cold: "The watch and radio you mentioned were bought for her by me. She left the factory during work hours to carry out tasks directly assigned to her, and I was there at the time. So what you're imagining simply doesn't exist."
What?
Were all those things gifts from him?
Was Shen Qing dressed up so extravagantly that day also with him?
Su Wan's flushed face turned deathly pale in an instant, her nails digging into her palms: "So...are you two dating?"
Cheng Zheng coldly replied, "This is my private matter, and I have no obligation to answer you."
Su Wan was unwilling to accept this: "Then, why did you ask me to get close to Shen Qing in the first place... wasn't it because you suspected she was a spy and wanted me to extract information from her?"
Cheng Zheng: "I asked you to get close to her to find out about her biological parents. It has nothing to do with any spies. You're overthinking it."
She's overthinking it... She's overthinking it...
Su Wan couldn't accept this fact. Her straight back slammed back against the chair, her eyes wide with shock.
"Is there anything else to report?" Cheng Zheng asked indifferently.
Su Wan slowly shook her head.
"That just so happens I need to talk to you."
Cheng Zheng pulled out a few documents from the shelf next to him and slammed them on the table. "These are the documents you recently filed. Several of them have damaged pages, and there are tea stains and food scraps on them. And these are just a few that I randomly picked up while looking through the files."
"Representative, I, I..." Su Wan's blank eyes gradually focused, her face flushed. She did often eat and drink while working, and sometimes she even brought her child to the archives. She didn't know if Hu Zi had put the child there.
Cheng Zheng didn't give her a chance to explain, and said directly, "I don't want this to happen again. Furthermore, I don't want every word you said to me here today to be heard outside, understand?"
His eyes held a blatant warning.
"Yes, I understand." Su Wan nodded blankly.
"Get out." Cheng Zheng directly ordered them to leave.