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60- Yalu River
Her face turned red, and her eyes were a little disappointed, but she was expected, smiled embarrassedly, and lowered her head into silence.
Seeing that she didn't look up after pinching her fingers for a long time, he changed the subject: "Actually, I have something to look for you."
"Oh?" She raised her face only then, her blushing still lingering, and her eyes fell on a pot of orchids on the windowsill.
"I want to do a paternity test, the kind that is judicially effective." He took out a form and a few printed documents from his bag: "This is the application form and the entrusted appraisal agreement, which needs your signature. Then we will make an appointment At some time, the three of you will go to the forensic identification center to sample, can you see it?"
His voice was soft, with rare tenderness and courtesy.
She took it over and looked at it seriously, and asked, "Are all three going? Can't you just go with Su Quan?"
"I have asked carefully. There are two types of paternity tests: 'personal appraisal' and 'forensic appraisal'. Only forensic appraisal has legal effect. When Su Quan grows up, he may need to go through some procedures, such as visa, study abroad, immigration, and overseas medical treatment. Or inheritance or something, I need a strong proof of paternity."
"Inheritance?" She was startled. "Whose inheritance? Yours?"
"Yes." He nodded, "I have written him into my will. I am not married, and my parents and brother are rich enough to not need my property, so Su Quan is the only heir of my property. If she was alive, so would she."
"This... is it too early?" She looked at his young face and was in a trance, "You are only thirty years old."
"Not early. I have a heart attack and could die suddenly at any time."
She bit her lip and said, "Okay."
Then he picked up the pen and quickly signed: "Tell me in advance when you make an appointment."
He didn't expect her to be so cheerful, he was slightly surprised: "Yes, thank you."
After Su Quan came back, Min Hui played with him for an hour and then left. The child has changed so fast, he is not so clingy anymore, and the habit of touching his breast and feeding his milk has disappeared. After eating, she would put the dishes in the sink by herself, put away the toys that she played with, dress herself, go to the toilet, and even play the piano for 20 minutes every day... Min Hui couldn't help feeling a little ashamed. I am too unqualified as a mother: the child is frail and sick from birth, she is busy with work, has no plans for the child's training, is spoiled a lot, and is not patient enough. For example, Su Quan wants to wear shoes every time, she dislikes The speed is too slow, and he often wears the wrong left and right. Every time he is not allowed to wear it, he would rather do it himself.
"You still know how to educate children," she couldn't help but sigh, "Quanquan seems to have grown up a lot overnight."
"It's your genetics. Your child is smart and learns quickly," he said.
Min Hui smiled without saying a word, and the two of them played sticks to each other - this was the first time.
Before leaving, Xin Qi took her to the elevator door and suddenly asked, "You don't seem to be going well recently, can I help you with something?"
She shook her head: "No."
"You're welcome," the elevator came. He held down the elevator door to keep it from closing, and said earnestly, "You know I have the ability to help you."
"It's really not necessary, you still fight your own battles."
"But don't use bricks."
"Um."
"Don't be impulsive, don't do stupid things."
"Understand."
The elevator door closed slowly, but her unconcerned look made him even more worried.
The next afternoon, Xin Qi met Deng Chen at the company. The two chatted for a while, and Xin Qi suddenly asked, "Do you have any new clues about Min Hui and Cheng Qirang's lawsuit?"
Deng Chen shook his head: "All the information I can get has been handed over to you. Once sexual harassment occurs in the workplace, it is difficult to find out the truth. Because the incident happened suddenly, it is often in a private and closed space, and it is difficult to obtain evidence." He Although he was ordered to investigate the matter, Xin Qi did not show concern from beginning to end. There are few replies to the information sent, and this is the first time he has taken the initiative to ask.
"Not a single witness?"
"In an interview, Min Hui once mentioned a witness who happened to be walking into Cheng Qirang's office and saw Cheng Qirang's harassment behavior. But I don't know why this person did not testify for her. Or he did testify. , but the court did not accept it.”
Xin Qi frowned: "If someone testified and witnessed it with their own eyes, why can't they be trusted?"
"Because most of the witnesses' identities are also employees, the court may not accept the witnesses on the grounds that they have an interest in the perpetrator and the victim." Deng Chen said.
"Who is the witness? Can you find out?"
"Because the witness requested to protect privacy, the reports and materials available on the market did not reveal the identity of this person. I sent someone to inquire about the inside of Guanchao, and there are three theories: some people said that it was Mi Keer, Cheng Qirang's secretary. , She often goes in and out of the office, and she is most likely to bump into it." Deng Chen took a sip of coffee and added, "Some people say that it is Dong Yue, Cheng Qirang's assistant, and Wei Yongcheng's predecessor. This person is also a software expert with a mysterious sexual orientation. There are gossips that he likes Cheng Qirang, and the two have a good personal relationship. Dong Yue also often goes in and out of Cheng Qirang's office."
"..."
"After the sexual harassment incident, this person was inexplicably transferred to the European headquarters by Zheng Yiting. In fact, he was promoted, but people said that he was very unhappy when he left. Guanchao specially organized a party for him. He is a big man. Holding Cheng Qirang and crying bitterly at the party made me very embarrassed."
Xin Qi hummed and laughed: "This 'President Cheng' has a very rich private life."
"The last statement is Lin Xiyue, who was in the sales department at the time. Before Min Hui came to watch the tide, she and Cheng Qirang were very close. There were a lot of rumors about them in the company, but no one had any real evidence. Cheng Qirang's office is not casual. Anyone can enter, Lin Xiyue is considered his cronies, and she often reported to him during that time because of her work relationship, maybe she saw something, but chose to be silent."
"Lin Xiyue?" Xin Qi couldn't help pondering, remembering the disgusted expression on Min Hui's face when he saw Lin Xiyue in Beijing not long ago.
"I have asked all three of them privately. Both Mi Keer and Lin Xiyue said that they had signed a non-disclosure agreement with Guanchao, and they had no comment on this matter. Dong Yue told me that he did go to see him that day. Cheng Qirang several times, but he never met Min Hui, nor did he testify in court."
"I think Lin Xiyue is the most likely." Xin Qi said.
"why?"
"Min Hui told me that Lin Xiyue used to be friends with her, but not anymore. Something must have happened between them."
"Both of them were promoted by Cheng Qirang, and they are both very close to Cheng Qirang. There may be a competitive relationship between the two."
"Yeah." Xin Qi walked to the window and looked at the morning clock building across from him in deep thought.
"It is difficult to win a sexual harassment case without strong evidence. Besides, Guanchao International is a private company, and Cheng Qirang holds an important position and is the chairman's son-in-law. No matter how much money Guanchao spends, he will be protected. Min Hui fights with one person. It is very difficult for an institution to gain the upper hand, so she has to use social media to expose the truth and appeal for herself. She has the courage to do so. I heard that there were ups and downs at the time, and the stock of Guanchao also plummeted for a few days. In the end, Zheng Lan had to go out and solve the crisis in person, hired a lawyer to sue Min Hui for defamation, and sent out a press release to discredit Min Hui. As for Min Hui, she obviously had no combat experience and lost a crushing defeat. So take a bite'."
Xin Qi paced up nervously. After a while, he turned around and asked, "What about yourself? After investigating for so long, what do you think?"
"I am willing to trust Min Hui, this is my personal judgment."
"The reason?"
"There is no reason, it's just intuition." Deng Chen pointed to his head, "From the perspective of her handling of Su Tian's disappearance, she has a relatively strong sense of morality and a sense of responsibility. Circle, you will not meet at Yong'an Bridge."
Xin Qi was silent.
"By the way," Deng Chen suddenly remembered something: "Min Hui is going to Beijing with Cheng Qirang on a business trip tomorrow."
He raised his head: "How do you know?"
"She asked me to hire a bodyguard."
"What?" Xin Qi was a little dumbfounded, "Public?"
"Well. She said that Cheng Qirang asked her to go to Beijing by name. It was just the two of them along the way, and there were no other colleagues. She felt unsafe."
"Okay." Xin Qi looked at his watch, "Go ahead, I have a meeting soon."
He ended the meeting in half an hour, went back to the office to drink a glass of water, and the secretary came in and said, "Lin Xiyue is here."
"Please come in."
Suddenly there was a scent in the office, and Lin Xiyue walked in lightly.
She was wearing a lake green dress today, and her long hair was flowing down to her waist. She is a go-getter under Chen Yuan. She has worked in BBG for two years and has maintained the top performance in a row. Xin Qi has a good impression of her.
"Mr. Xin, are you looking for me?" she asked with a smile.
Although she is thirty-one years old, Lin Xiyue has delicate skin, petite body, and slender hands and feet like a girl. In the shopping mall, Chen Yuan will send her out for many uncertain things, and she will most likely be able to pull back the defeat.
"Yes, please take a seat." Xin Qi said politely, "What would you like to drink? Coffee? Tea? Juice?"
"Juice bar."
He asked the secretary to bring a bottle of juice, she unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip, looking at the scar on his face curiously: "Mr. Xin, is your face okay?"
"fine."
"Is it... the window glass?"
He was startled.
"I saw it." She said softly, her voice full of concern, "I was also on the side of the road at the time. I saw Min Hui..."
Xin Qi coughed, and she stopped immediately knowingly.
"Xiyue, I want to ask you about Min Hui."
She straightened up subconsciously: "Please speak."
"You knew Min Hui before, right?" Xin Qi sat on the opposite sofa, narrowed his eyes, and said lightly, "About her and Cheng Qirang...I want to know something."
Lin Xiyue was stunned for a moment, put the juice on the coffee table, and cleared her throat seriously: "Mr. Xin, feel free to ask any questions you have, I know everything."
Seeing that she was a little nervous, Xin Qi smiled and reassured: "Please don't worry too much. Although Min Hui is my son's mother, I have only been with her for a short time, and we don't know each other very well. Having children is also an accident."
She was pondering the overtones of his words.
Xin Qi continued: "She and I have our own lives now, but we both want to fight for the custody of our children. I heard that you used to be a colleague with her when you were working in Guanchao, and I want to get to know you about this person first. In this case, I can do some strategic preparations when dealing with her in the future."
"Understood." Lin Xiyue thought for a moment and said, "Among the staff of Guanchao, only 10% are women, and most of them are engaged in administrative and secretarial work. That year, Guanchao graduated from Huaqing University. Many graduates have been recruited, and Min Hui is the best one. She is also very beautiful, so she became a popular character as soon as she entered the trend. Boys lined up to pursue her, some were just secret crushes, some were very The person who is explicit, the one who chases her the most is called Wang Tongyuan, who is the person in charge of her team. Wang Tongyuan is very infatuated with Min Hui, and uses her position to launch various offensives against her, often leaving her to work overtime with him in the name of work Min Hui was overwhelmed and threatened to file a complaint with HR. Only then did Wang Tongyuan restrain herself, but she began to wear small shoes for her at work. I don’t know why Cheng Qi let me know about this, and Wang Tongyuan was transferred away within a few days. Now, Min Hui has been appointed as the team leader. You must know that she had only been working for three months at the time, and she has not yet become a regular. That team is the gold team of the R&D Department of Guanchao, and there are many senior software engineers. Some people heard that This appointment is very unconvincing..."
"What happened later? How did the affair between her and Cheng Qirang happen?" Xin Qi asked.
"Cheng Qirang was very appreciative of Min Hui and praised her by name at several conferences. The project Min Hui was working on at that time was called "BlackDot", which was the first project of Guanchao to test the waters of AI medical treatment. Heart, spare no effort to promote and publicize Min Hui everywhere. Of course, Min Hui is also very good, taking the project to participate in the industry competition and winning a grand prize. However, there are also many people who are not convinced and feel that without Cheng Qirang's help, Min Hui is impossible Write such a good code. There are also some rumors that the relationship between the two has become so close that it exceeds the scope of colleagues..." Lin Xiyue talked casually, with a very calm tone.
Xin Qi's side is also calm: "What about you? What do you think?"
"Cheng Qirang is a legend in Huaqing University, and he is very professional in his field. He was born in a Kochi family and his parents are famous local doctors. He is well-mannered and prudent. The girls in Guanchao like him very much. Min Hui Admiration and admiration for him.”
"So you and Min Hui... have a good relationship?"
"It was like this at the beginning. Although she and I are not majors, we both like to shop in clothing stores, and we can talk very well on topics such as clothing. The apartment we rent is also very close, and we often commute to get off work together, Eat and watch movies together."
"Talk about anything?"
"Not really. She's a bit of a nerd, and I like parties. She likes to play games, and I like K-song. We're just very acquainted, but we're not inseparable. At that time, her mother had cancer, and she always ran to the hospital, and she was in a bad mood. Not very good……"
"Has she talked to you about sexual harassment?"
"No." She bit her lip and gave a wry smile, "She was quite short of money at the time, and her mother spent a lot of money on medical treatment. Usually, as long as Cheng Qirang is mentioned, she always has a tone of gratitude. If Cheng Qirang is the same as Wang Tongyuan , she must be very annoying, she will make all kinds of complaints and complaints in front of me. So... the sexual harassment incident suddenly appeared, I was quite surprised. Min Hui never said Cheng Qirang in front of me. A bad word, and it's obvious that she secretly likes people... So I think... in the middle... um... In short, I don't really believe that Cheng Qirang would do such a thing. Even if he had this idea, he would not choose to be there. In his own company, under the eyes of his wife. Before that, he and Min Hui often traveled together for business and meetings, and it was actually very easy to want something to happen. I also persuaded her to keep a distance from Cheng Qirang. After all, she has a wife. Zheng Yiting is another amazing person..."
"So on the day of the incident, you didn't see anything?" Xin Qi suddenly interrupted.
"I happened to have a contract that day that I needed Cheng Qirang to sign. He said that the contract was ready and I could find him anytime. As the secretary was not here, I pushed the door and went in." She paused deliberately at this point, glanced at Xin Qi, and found him With a look of indifference, she added: "I saw Min Hui talking to Cheng Qirang, as if he was talking about the project, so I left because it was inconvenient to disturb me. Min Hui later told me that not long after I left, Cheng Qirang I started to harass her, but she couldn't find any witnesses and wanted to ask me to testify. I thought, I haven't seen anything out of the ordinary, so how can I give this testimony? Isn't this out of nothing? So she refused. She was very angry, I felt that I wasn’t a friend enough, so I didn’t help her at the critical moment, so I quarreled with me, and WeChat was blocked. Actually, I was also very wronged. At that time, HR was conducting investigations and looking for people to talk to. Min Hui insisted that I was a witness. HR cross-examined me for a long time, and then they filed a lawsuit, and I was called to cross-examine again - my psychological shadow has not been filled. To be honest, her relationship with Cheng Qirang is so close, even if something happened, I would not be surprised ."
"In other words, do you think that there is indeed some kind of intimate relationship between Min Hui and Cheng Qirang, and even if things do happen, they agree with each other?" Xin Qi said.
"I don't know what happened between them, but I know Min Hui's temper. She will say something directly when she wants something, and she must get it."
"What do you mean: What did Min Hui want, but Cheng Qirang didn't give her, so she decided to use the sexual harassment case to bring him down?"
"Probably so," Lin Xiyue shrugged. "She had just started working at the time, so she didn't understand the cruelty of the workplace. She also had a strong competitive mentality. No matter what she did, she wanted to win and overwhelm others. She also had a violent temper. Simple to see things, impulsive to do things - I have persuaded her many times that she should be more restrained, not to think that she is NumberOne at every turn..."
Xin Qi didn't make a statement, just listened carefully.
"Min Hui doesn't have any bad intentions, really. Cheng Qirang is also very fond of her. There are many green lights in the project, and too many people in the company are jealous. Min Hui is more confident at work, or willful, and with the blessing of the CTO, Everyone should follow her. Maybe it was because of a quarrel with Cheng Qirang, and he sued him as soon as he got angry. ...In addition, her mother was in critical condition during that time, her mood was fluctuating, and she was prone to make irrational decisions. In short, she was not a bad person, but she didn't know that the workplace was not as beautiful, clean, and fair as she imagined. Some things will inevitably happen, we can't react too aggressively, and if we are too aggressive, we will be backlashed..."
The secretary knocked on the door and came in and said, "Mr. Chen wants to see you on something."
"Please come in."
Xin Qi stood up, sent Lin Xiyue to the door, and said lightly, "Understood. Thank you for telling me so much."
Lin Xiyue nodded and left, Chen Yuan hurried in, he was the financial director of BBG's Asia Pacific Department, his English name was Frank, and he held a stack of documents in his hand: "Ethan, this is the cooperation investment agreement between BBG and Guanchao, I've made up-"
Xin Qi took it in his hand and flipped it over, then put the document aside and whispered, "Frank, I hope you find a reason to let Lin Xiyue leave BBG within three months."
Chen Yuan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why? She did a good job with us."
"So you can't be fired directly, you have to find a reason."
"But"
"Find a reason for you for three months, isn't that enough?"
"Enough is enough, Ethan, you want someone to go, one day is enough."
"Let me do it, one day is enough. But she was hired by you, so give you time to deal with it."
"Okay." Chen Yuan is also a veteran in the workplace. Seeing that Xin Qi's tone is firm, he knows that he must have a good reason. He wanted to argue a few words, but he had to nod in agreement, "Then look at the agreement as soon as possible, watch the tide. The investment in us is still very positive.”
"Well, wait for a while." Xin Qi added, "I still need to think about how BBG cooperates with Guanchao."
"……OK."
"I need to know about Guanchao's current shareholding structure. Do you have any information there?"
"Yes, I will forward you a copy immediately."
"thanks."
When Chen Yuan left, Deng Chen's phone came in: "Ethan, I just received a text message from Min Hui, she cancelled the bodyguard thing."
He was a little confused: "Why? Not going to Beijing?"
"Go. Maybe I think it's not appropriate to do this after weighing it... Is it too much to bring a bodyguard on a business trip with your boss?" There was a hint of ridicule in Deng Chen's tone on the other end of the microphone.
"Do you have her schedule for Beijing?"
"Have."
"Send me one."
"Hey, she just posted a circle of friends." Deng Chen said again.
"What content?"
"With a poster of "The Avengers", there is only one sentence on it: 'Majestic, high-spirited, crossing the Yalu River'."
Xin Qi was drinking tea, and when she heard this, she almost choked: "Majestic and high-spirited? What does she want?"
"I don't know." There was a little more worry in Deng Chen's voice, "I only know one thing: she is definitely not afraid of death, because she has already died once."