<h4>Chapter 152 - Devious n</h4>


    "...What a damn bitch. Oops."


    Lu Shao shot her a weird look so she sheepishly smiled. She innocently looked at him as if she didn’t just blurt out something vulgar.


    He withdrew his gaze and returned back to his screen.


    "It seems that Linda Yang has been hooking up with our nning Director."


    "So it seems. But what about it?"


    It’s not like she or the Lu Corporation cares that the nning Director and Linda Yang is hooking up ah.


    Recalling their previous meeting back in the airport, she grimaced.


    "I found the original post who leaked our data leak issue. Then I checked that blogger’s finances and I saw a recently wired money on his ount. Six digits. Then when I traced back the ount, it pinged back to one of Linda Yang’s assistants."


    So Linda Yang used her assistant’s bank ount to wire the money? Isn’t that in stupidity? If you were trying to hide your traces, then why would you use someone’s bank ount that is closely connected to you?


    Ah, not that she’s reallyining though. It is good news that she is stupid so now they knew how the news was leaked to the press. It must have been the nning Director who lea...wait a second.


    That’s not it though. Something clicked in her mind.


    "But the nning Director wasn’t supposed to know about the data leak though. I only called for the Marketing Director, Finance Director, Software and IT Director, and Operations Director back then. I did inform the PR Director so they could draft the apology email and refund to the customers but the nning Director wasn’t involved in any way in it." Xiu Mei pointed out.


    "But aside from the Directors, there are others who knew about the incident right?"


    "Well, some marketing team members knew about it but I didn’t mention that something was stolen from our database at all. I’d say only the IT team who investigated the attack would know about it aside from me, my assistant, and the directors, I guess."


    Xiu Mei analyzed the whole picture again from the very start.


    "Then someone from the IT department must’ve been bribed and opened their mouths or maybe they were just really loose-lipped." Lu Shao said, taking in all the other information Xiu Mei was sharing with him.


    "That’s highly possible. But why though? Why would the nning Director target thepany when the president dumped him a very important negotiation? I doubt that being blinded by love would lead him to be a bbermouth to her."


    "Maybe the negotiations are going south?"


    "So before thepany could fire him, he wants to hit us first? Even if he really is nning that, with the foothold ourpany has in the whole industry, who dares to hire him again right? Ah! But the president did mention that maybe the leak was masterminded by ourpetitors. You know, maybe someone bribed him behind our back or he was already a spy for the otherpanies in the very beginning?"


    Since the nning Director was already at his position when she came to thepany, she wasn’t sure how they did the background check for him before he got the position.


    "We did a thorough background check on him before so being a spy from the very beginning is impossible. Though he might have really taken bribes from ourpetitors after that. It’s not like we’re keeping an eye on all the Directors in ourpany."


    Xiu Mei nodded her head, acknowledging that it was possible. Pursing her lips, she pushed forward a suggestion to Lu Shao.


    "Since we haven’t found any evidence yet proving that he took a bribe, why don’t we make him confess his sins himself then?"


    Lu Shao raised his eyebrow, intrigued by her suggestion.


    "Oh? Then let’s hear it."


    After hearing his agreement to cooperate, she revealed a devious smile.


    Aside from doing their work in cleaning up the dirtbags in theirpany as secretaries, she can consider this her petty revenge for all the stress and uing overtime that he caused.


    Calling for her assistant, the three of them huddled in Lu Shao’s workstation and started building their n.


    A few dayster, a rumor started buzzing around thepany. A gossip going around was nothing new but apparently, it was about someone taking a bribe from otherpanies.


    Obviously, a lot of employees were already stressed and tired dealing with the aftermath in various areas so the object of the gossip became their target to relieve all those stress.


    Who is it?


    Of course, well, it was none other than the nning Director. Since the position he was upying was pretty high, everyone discreetly gossiped about him behind his back. It was only after the 2nd day did he be aware of the rumors going around. By then, it was already toote to rectify.


    "Ms.Xiu, I need to talk to the president." The nning Director sounded rushed and desperate on the other line.


    Unfortunately for him, instead of Xiu Mei, it was her assistant who received the call from the nning Director.


    "I’m sorry, Ms.Xiu is currently out of her office right now. I’ll be transferring your call to Mr.Lu Shao instead. Thank you." And without waiting for his response, her assistant clicked a button on her telephone directly transferring the call to the opposite table.


    Xiu Mei’s assistant shed an ’OK’ signal with her hand at Lu Shao beforepletely putting down her telephone. Lu Shao, receiving the baton pass from the assistant nodded and picked up the ringing telephone.


    "Hello?" Just like his boss, he answered the call in such a cold manner instantly intimidating the other person.


    The nning Director was taken aback for a second. He hesitated.


    He was looking for Ms.Xiu... why did he suddenly get transferred to Mr.Lu Shao?


    Ms.Xiu would have been easier to talk to....


    "If no one’s speaking then I’ll be dropping this call then." While the nning Director was still hesitating, Lu Shao pushed him into the corner.


    The day before yesterday, it was already announced that the President would be going out of the city starting tomorrow due to some business trips. Hence, anyone who needs to report back to him has to do so until today.


    "No! Ah, no. It’s me, the nning Director. I would like to speak with the President this afternoon if he has time." He was tensed when he was saying that is if he was being pressured to do so.


    However, Lu Shao quickly shot his request down. "I’m sorry, Mr.Bai(nning Director) but the President does not have any free time left for the rest of his afternoon. If you’d like, you can tell it to me first then I will notify it to the President."


    "No! It is imperative that I talk to the President immediately. I-It’s... It’s uh, rted to the negotiations for the Green Energy Industry project we’re taking over."


    "Apologies, Mr.Bai but we really can’t amodate your request at the moment. The earliest that I could schedule your appointment would be on Friday next week. Will that be alright with you?"


    "But..."


    "If it’s really important, I would be more than d to deliver it on your behalf to the President."


    The nning Director was cornered. On the other side, the people behind him were pressuring him for some information. The Lu Corporation suddenly put pressure on some handful of theirpetitors affecting their stocks. Right now, they are forcing him to convince the President to release the pressure on theirpanies.


    With that in mind, he finally gave in and epted to meet Mr. Lu Shao instead of the President.


    Though at the back of his mind, it would’ve been better if it was Ms.Xiu instead. In his experience, women are easily fooled than men.


    After the call, Lu Shao looked at the two women at the opposite table. He shed a triumphant smile and announced, "He bit the bait."


    Xiu Mei smiled knowingly as if she already knew that it would have gone that way as she expected while her assistant grinned at her.


    Quietly, she cleaned up her desk and picked up herptop and purse leaving no trace of her presence there. Since she was supposed to be out of the office, she will not let him pick up any signs that he was being tricked.


    Knocking on the door to the President’s office, she opened it and met Lu Chen’s eyes who was currently in the middle of a conference call with someone. Keeping her footsteps light, she approached the sofa and put down her stuff there.


    She quickly opened herptop and after clicking a few more stuff, a live video stream in the seventh-floor conference room shed. She smirked. It was the setting she chose where the nning Director would confess all the things he did behind their backs for all those years.