As time passed, the rumors began to spread throughout the group. After all, Chinese people were born with a love of gossip—especially when it involved something happening in a company leader’s office. After several rounds of retelling, almost everyone knew about Tao Yiyi.
“Really? Tao Yiyi from Human Resources? President Ye demanded that she provide him with services?”
“I don’t know. That’s just what people are saying. Look, Tao Yiyi is even calling for President Ye to be judged online.”
“Tsk. Tao Yiyi looks all right, I guess. But isn’t she still a little behind President Chen?”
“She put on makeup and used a beauty filter. Look at this photo instead.”
“Holy crap, the beauty filter practically gave her a whole new face!”
Still, many people in the group didn’t believe Tao Yiyi’s story, especially those in Human Resources. To put it bluntly, Tao Yiyi and Ye Shuang had no connection whatsoever. If not for Bai Yuyou, Ye Shuang almost never went to Human Resources, so he had never interacted with Tao Yiyi either.
“Hey, Yu You, have you heard the rumors about your brother lately?” Tang Keke had also caught wind of them, and she quietly spoke to Bai Yuyou. “It’s about that Tao Yiyi from last time. She actually slandered your brother online.”
“Slandered…?” Bai Yuyou had been working intently, but when she heard that it concerned Ye Shuang, she stopped and looked over, seemingly puzzled. “How did she slander him?”
Tang Keke pulled up Tao Yiyi’s video account and showed it to Bai Yuyou—
“Hello, everyone. I’m Tao Yiyi. I’m making a real-name report against Vice President Ye Shuang of the Chen Corporation for abusing his authority…”
After watching the video, Bai Yuyou was confused. “Why would she do this…? Does it benefit her in any way?”
She had fabricated a nonexistent crime and accused someone else of it. Did she really think she would succeed?
“Look at the comments. Everyone is condemning your brother. And this company too—they’re saying it’s awful. That woman doesn’t have a shred of evidence. She’s relying entirely on some long-winded post she wrote herself.” Tang Keke scrolled through the comments. Some people had left relatively neutral replies, but they were attacked with hundreds of responses and eventually deleted their comments.
“We’ll ask Ye Shuang about it at lunch,” Bai Yuyou said.
“Okay.”
…
Meanwhile, Ye Shuang went to Chen Qin’s office. Since he had returned from his business trip, he naturally had to come over and say hello.
He knocked on the door, and a voice came from inside.
“It’s me.”
Ye Shuang pushed open the door and saw Chen Qin sitting in her chair with her eyes closed, apparently resting. She opened her eyes and looked at him.
“Ye.”
“Was the business trip exhausting?” Ye Shuang asked as he sat across from Chen Qin.
“Mm, not too bad…” Chen Qin was used to traveling for work, but she still felt somewhat powerless. It wasn’t because of her workload. It was because Ye Shuang was no longer the same Ye Shuang. His attitude toward her seemed more like that of a friend than a husband.
Although Chen Qin had prepared herself mentally, she couldn’t help feeling hurt.
After composing herself, Chen Qin stood up and walked over to sit beside Ye Shuang. She deliberately sat as close to him as possible, trying to reduce the distance between them.
Ye Shuang instinctively shifted aside to make room for her. When Chen Qin noticed, she immediately dropped herself onto his lap.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
“Nowhere. I was just making room for you.”
“Hmph.” Chen Qin folded her arms, then casually flicked back her hair and said with a haughty air, “Hold me.”
Her slightly domineering request left Ye Shuang stunned for a moment, but he still wrapped his arms around Chen Qin’s slender waist. With her slim waist and peach-like curves, her figure was undeniably impressive. It also gave Ye Shuang a strange sense of familiarity, as if he had often toyed with her body before.
“…” While Ye Shuang was lost in thought, Chen Qin asked, “Ye, I’ve heard some rumors lately.”
“What kind?”
Chen Qin said, “About an employee reporting that you forced a female subordinate into doing something.”
“Your sources are pretty good, considering you were overseas.”
“Of course.” Chen Qin smiled brightly.
“Someone asked me about it during today’s regular meeting too,” Ye Shuang said. “But I don’t really feel like responding. If several more people come asking, I’ll have to answer every one of them. Wouldn’t that exhaust me?”
“That’s true. Leave this to me.”
“That won’t be necessary.”
“So you’re just going to ignore it?”
Ye Shuang remembered the attitude of the two fish and answered uncertainly, “Uh… someone should take care of it… right?”
Chen Qin didn’t know what Ye Shuang meant by “someone should take care of it.” In fact, if the matter were handed to Public Relations, it could be resolved in no time. But given how much she trusted Ye Shuang, she didn’t press him further.
“Then I won’t interfere?”
“Mm.”
Chen Qin’s schedule was packed. After chatting with Ye Shuang for a while, she left to attend a lecture. Seeing that it was almost lunchtime, Ye Shuang called the two fish over so they could all go down to the cafeteria together.
Fish Tofu: Pack mine to go.
An Shiyu: Beef brisket noodles, please. Just the beef brisket—no noodles.
Ye Shuang: …
He still instructed the kitchen to send a serving of beef brisket soup to the office.
Since the two fish weren’t coming downstairs and Chen Qin had also left, Ye Shuang was left to have lunch with Yu You and the others.
As soon as they sat down, Tang Keke eagerly asked Ye Shuang about the rumors.
“Brother, did you know? That Tao Yiyi actually spread rumors about you online!”
“I know.” Ye Shuang hadn’t expected not only Chen Qin but also Tang Keke and Bai Yuyou to know about it. A few seconds later, he suddenly said, “Keke, were you slacking off at work? You didn’t know about this in the morning.”
“Huh? This, well… um…” Tang Keke guiltily rubbed the back of her head.
Seeing her guilty expression, Ye Shuang could pretty much guess what had happened. “As long as you finish your work, I don’t mind you slacking off a little.”
The group didn’t promote a “wolf culture.” Employees didn’t need to squeeze every last second out of their day for the sake of working hard. People were people, not machines. As long as they reasonably completed the work they were supposed to do, that was enough.
“Ye Shuang, she’s gone too far. Will this affect the company?” Bai Yuyou asked. “I think we should release an official statement.”
Ye Shuang smiled at that. “Yu You, do you know about the trap of trying to prove your innocence?”
“The trap of trying to prove your innocence?”
“Exactly. When someone accuses you of something, if you rush to prove that you’re innocent, you’ve already fallen into the trap.” Ye Shuang explained, “The burden of proof lies with the accuser. If you hurry to provide evidence of your innocence, you’ll only invite more questions. It becomes a never-ending cycle. If someone keeps questioning you, can you really produce endless evidence?”
“Who’s actually going to care how many bowls of noodles you ate?”
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