Chapter 328 The Paper Was Leaked


    The two days of rest was effective in relieving the pain on her waist. Rachel stretched her waist and


    felt that she has recovered enough to return to her job at the hospital.


    She was worried that she would bezy if shey down for even just a day more.


    Unexpectedly, she received a call from the director before she could call him and notify him about


    her decision to return to work.


    "How are you today, Rachel?" The director greeted her by asking about her condition as soon as


    she answered the call.


    "It''s almostpletely healed. I''m okay to go back to work tomorrow," Rachel replied


    optimistically.


    "Don''t worry about it. You can stay at home a few more days to fully recover," the director replied in


    a positive tone of voice.


    His words left Rachel speechless. She wondered if the she was being given special treatment or


    not. She paused and thought of the most appropriate reply, but the director continued before she


    could say anything. "How are you at home these past few days? I have a paper that I have to


    publish in two days, but I have to go on a business trip tomorrow. So, I really have no time to modify


    it anymore."


    There was a short pause before the director continued. "Do you think you can help me out with it?"


    It turned out that he didn''t call only because he cared about her health.


    "Yes, of course. Please sent it to me."


    "It would be quite simple, really. Just check for any incorrect words and then make any necessary


    changes to the references as needed."


    It might sound like a simple task, but the workload was not that small.


    However, since she had already promised that she would help, she would have to do it to the best


    of her ability.


    She went to the study, turned on herputer and carefully read through the director''s paper. Only


    by reading through it would she find any problems with it and correct them.


    She didn''t notice that she worked on the paper until midnight.


    She had a good sleep after she worked on the paper until the ringing of her phone woke her up.


    Rachel picked up the phone and answered it in a low voice, "Hello." The director''s voice came from


    the other end of the call. He sounded so angry when he replied back to Rachel. "Where are you


    now, Rachel?"


    "What can I do for you, Director?" Rachel replied as she rubbed her eyes. She worked on the


    computer for a long time and her eyes felt sore and ufortable even after some sleep.


    The director snorted when he heard Rachel''s voice. "Let me ask you this. Who else read my paper?


    Why is it now attached to Affiliated No.1 Hospital''s rk Zhao''s paper?"


    "No one. I''m the only one who read it," Rachel replied.


    She was not stupid to allow anyone else to read the director''s paper. Additionally, she didn''t know


    rk Zhao at all.


    But the director did not believe her reply at all. "What do you mean, you didn''t? You''re the only


    person other than me who had a copy of my paper. But now it was published by that person under


    his name! It took me a lot of time and effort toplete this paper! I have never wronged you before


    and I have always treated you fairly. And this is the kind of thanks that I get from you, Rachel?"


    "But, I didn''t!"


    Rachel replied despondently. It was all that she could say. She had no idea how his paper was


    leaked. As expected, Jack cancelled all of his afternoon appointments. As soon as he got out of his


    car, he saw a man in courier clothing who approached the front of Rachel''s house. He held a sealed


    envelope in his hand.


    Jack hurried to catch up to him and stopped him. "Is that a parcel for Rachel Shen? You can leave it


    with me."


    The courier stopped and checked the name on the envelope and shook his head. "I can''t. She


    needs to sign it in person."


    Jack stayed quiet and didn''t insist anymore. He watched the strange look on Rachel''s face as she


    signed for the parcel. "What kind of letter is it?" he asked.


    "It''s awyer''s letter," Rachel replied tly. She handed him the letter and twisted her lips to one


    side. She never expected that the director would go so far as to sue her for giarism because his


    paper got leaked.


    Jack frowned as he read the letter. "What really happened, Rachel? Why are you getting sued for


    giarism?"


    She felt like there was a lump in her throat. She was in no mood to speak and exin herself. She


    took back thewyer''s letter from Jack, folded it a few times and ced it back into the envelope.


    She then sat on the sofa with an expressionless face.


    She wondered what really caused the problem. However, she was absolutely sure that the problem


    did note from her end. The only thing that she could think of was that there was a traitor around


    the director.


    If that was the case, she should not take the me for what happened.


    Rachel dialed the director''s number. And as she initially expected, the call was dropped.


    She reached out her hand to Jack and said, "Lend me your phone. I need to make a call."


    When she called using Jack''s phone, the person on the other end of the call picked up the phone


    immediately. Before he could speak, Rachel said quickly, "Director, I never gave your paper to


    anyone. You''re insisting that I giarized your paper without investigating first. Don''t you think that


    it''s unreasonable?"


    Silence followed after Rachel finished speaking. The director did not reply back right away.


    A few secondster, Rachel finally heard his voice. "I''m not an unreasonable person. I gave you


    that important task because I trusted you. But you disappointed me, Rachel! Now, rk Zhao is


    telling everyone that he wanted to thank you."


    Rachel had no idea why rk Zhao would say something like that to others. At that point, she was


    convinced that there was no reason for the director to lie to her. It seemed that she had fallen into a


    trap when she epted that paper. However, she would never take responsibility for something that


    she never did. "I don''t know why rk Zhao is saying that, Director, but I really don''t know him. Can


    you give me some time to investigate this?"


    "That is out of the question!" the director replied in an agitated tone of voice.


    "Are you going to just let the real giarist get away with what he did to you?" Rachel asked and


    took a deep breath to calm herself down.


    But the director never considered Rachel''s idea. In his mind, she was only saying these things to


    defend herself.


    "The matter is already clear enough. There''s no need to do any additional investigation. What else


    do you need to investigate? Are you saying that all of this had nothing to do at all with you? At this


    point, you should have already received thewyer''s letter. You can speak to mywyer if you have


    anything else to say!"


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    The director ended the call without warning before Rachel could speak. And she kept the phone


    near her ear until she heard a beep. The sound made her feel like she was having a headache once


    more.


    She sat quietly on the sofa as she felt her temples throb. She wondered who could possibly use


    such a despicable method to frame her.


    But no matter how much she thought about it, Rachel couldn''t figure out who could''ve possibly


    framed her.


    Jack remained quiet and never said anything. He quietly poured water into a ss.


    Rachel turned her head to Jack. She gently coughed twice to clear her throat. "Do you want to know


    what really happened?"


    "Yes. I''m curious," he replied calmly and reached out his hand to stroke her hair.


    What he heard from Rachel''s phone call gave him a general idea of what happened. "How do you


    n to investigate?" he asked her before Rachel could speak.


    Rachel shook her head and rolled her eyes to herself. She still had no idea how to do or what do for


    the investigation.


    She had no idea where to begin.


    But her mind wandered to the question of who could get into the director''s office and has ess to


    hisputer. To make it worse, the hospital was always a chaotic ce with many people that


    came and went. As far as she could tell, many of the nurses could ess theputer inside his


    office in order to search for data rted to patients, medicines or hospital supplies.


    Jack silently stared at her for some time. He then smiled by slightly raising one side of his lips. "Let


    me deal with this matter, Rachel," he said in his husky voice. But the matter did not seem to be that


    simple to Rachel.


    She hesitated for a while as she thought about Jack''s offer. "Forget about it. I should not bother you


    about it."


    No matter how cunning one was, they would give themselves away. Besides, Rachel felt that it was


    her problem to solve and she should not bother anyone else.


    "Rachel, I wish that you would bother me every day and every moment," Jack replied with a grin as


    he poked Rachel''s left cheek.


    Rachel looked obviously startled. She leaned back on the sofa and bit her lower lip as her face


    flushed.


    She stretched out a finger and poked him in his shoulder, signaling to him to sit down. "This is a


    matter between the director and me. I''m afraid that it will be an inconvenience for you if you get


    involved in it," she exined patiently.


    It was rare nowadays to see her facing him like a young girl once more. Jack''s dark eyes were


    immediately ovee with dness as he smiled broadly at Rachel. "You are one of the parties


    involved in the case. It''s both convenient and safe for me to deal with this matter than you."


    "Uhm. Then... thank you, Jack."


    Jack felt amused and smiled back at her. "Thank me when the truth has been revealed. Do you


    agree?"


    "Okay," Rachel replied simply. She never expected that she''d feel so relieved when Jack offered to


    take over the matter for her.


    Since the very beginning, she had always a certain sense of dependence on Jack.


    But this feeling had been buried too deeply inside her to be easily noticed.


    However, she neverpletely forgot about the issue, so she went back to work on the second day.


    The hospital was a very busy ce every day, and there were different things that happened daily.


    Very few people knew anything about the director''s paper, so when she got back, Rachel never


    heard of any talk about the paper.


    Only Celia came to her office to ask her about the director during break time at noon.


    She knew nothing about the paper, but noticed that the director, who usually smiled, had a very


    gloomy dispositiontely.


    Rachel pretended not to know the reason behind the director''s gloomy countenance. Instead, she


    changed the topic and asked about Celia''s recovery.


    Her face suddenly flushed at Rachel''s question. She replied with a whisper that she had recovered


    and promised not to do such a stupid thing again.


    The two of them chatted a while longer before going back to work. They didn''t have any more free


    time in the afternoon.


    When her shift ended, all Rachel wanted was to go home and have a good rest, but she was


    stopped by a strange man as soon as she walked out of the hospital.


    "What can I do for you, sir?"


    Rachel felt impatient in dealing with the stranger''s unusual behavior. So, she decided to take a step


    back from the strange man.


    The man took out a card from his pocket and handed it to Rachel with both hands. "This is my card,


    miss."


    Rachel sighed when she thought that it was nothing more than a mere advertising.


    It wasmon in the streets of the city for people to conduct business in this way. But Rachel can''t


    think of a reason why she should take the card. She waved her hand at the man and said calmly, "I


    really don''t need it."


    The man stared at her with a smile. "Don''t you really want to take a look at it first before you decide


    whether you want it or not, Miss Shen?" Author''s note


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