Chapter 245: Mei Lin’s Request
"Why should I care? Isn’t what Mrs. Cen said the truth?"
Yun Zijin’s methods may have been simple and crude, but in the end, it was because Ann Betty and Cen Senrong provoked her first. Otherwise, Yun Zijin wouldn’t have bothered to look into them.
Lu Yunque had some idea of the capabilities of the people working for Yun Zijin. An investigation like this would surely uncover everything about them.
As for how much information Yun Zijin sent Mrs. Cen, he had no idea.
However, Lu Yunque trusted that Yun Zijin knew where to draw the line.
"That’s true."
Yun Zijin had only helped them tear through that final layer of paper. Even if they had complaints, they could only endure it.
Accuse Yun Zijin of starting rumors? The photos she provided were solid proof, completely unedited.
They couldn’t even sue for slander.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Cen’s words successfully made the color drain from Cen Senrong’s face.
The one thing he found most difficult to admit in his entire life was that the Cen Family business, which he had built with his own hands, had initially gotten off the ground with the support of his wife’s family.
Even now, the Cen business was still propped up by Mrs. Cen’s family’s company.
If his wife reported his affair to her family, the Cen business would be more or less finished.
"Honey, she seduced me! You’re the one I love the most. You should know how I feel about you!
I only brought her to the exchange meeting because she threatened me. She said if I didn’t bring her, she’d tell you about us.
Honey, I can’t lose you!"
Cen Senrong’s words were so earnest and affectionate that Yun Zijin almost applauded him.
’It’s true what they say: a tipsy man can act well enough to make you cry.’
Cen Senrong had been drinking today, and his face was already flushed.
But Mrs. Cen was clearly very sober today and didn’t believe a single word Cen Senrong said. "She seduced you, so you took the bait? When it comes down to it, isn’t it just that your feelings for me aren’t deep enough for you to stay faithful?
I don’t have a fetish for sharing my husband with other women! You’d better pray that without my Xiao Family, your Cen Family can remain as glorious as it is now!"
After speaking, she shot a glare at Cen Senrong and Ann Betty, then left the banquet hall, her stilettos clicking loudly on the floor.
"Beautiful! That’s how it’s done. Let that scumbag stew in his regret!"
To be honest, Yun Zijin quite admired this Mrs. Cen.
Thinking this, Yun Zijin took out her phone and looked again at the information Mei Lin had sent her.
Mrs. Cen’s name—Xiao Wenqiong.
’A rather nice name.’
"What do you guys think? Should I give this Ms. Xiao a hand?"
Xiao Wenqiong had, in a way, been deceived by a "phoenix man" like Cen Senrong. When she was young and naive, she thought a man’s few sweet nothings constituted true love.
Little did she know that one can never truly know what’s in another’s heart. He spoke sweet words, but who knew what schemes he was plotting inside? He was the perfect embodiment of "honey on the tongue, a sword in the belly."
The Xiao Family had been very low-key in recent years, which was what gave the Cen business the opportunity to rise.
But in reality, the Cen business’s foundation was no match for the Xiao Family’s.
"As long as you’re happy."
Lu Yunque didn’t stop Yun Zijin. In any case, no matter what she did, his job was just to be there to back her up.
"Well then... I think ’leaving with nothing but the clothes on his back’ has a nice ring to it."
With a single sentence, Yun Zijin decided Cen Senrong’s final fate.
Lu Yunque, Li Yuexing, and their companion all smiled. Yun Zijin was now able to say the cruelest things with a smile.
Leaving with nothing. For Cen Senrong, that was a fate worse than death.
"It’s about time. If there’s nothing else, let’s go."
It was currently 7:30 PM. The exchange meeting wouldn’t end for another half hour, but Yun Zijin had no interest in staying any longer.
Having dealt with Cen Senrong and Ann Betty, she could count it as her good deed for the day.
Of course, Lu Yunque and the others had no objections. They had already accomplished what they came to the exchange meeting to do. The rest was up to everyone’s own abilities.
The group of five left without a sound. By the time anyone thought to look for them, they were already gone.
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At 8:00 AM on the third day after the exchange meeting, Yun Zijin received a message from Mei Lin. There was a reply regarding the matter with Tang Zhaosong.
Yun Zijin happened to have a class first period that day. When Mei Lin’s message arrived, she was in the classroom talking with Qin Sitong about their graduation thesis topics.
The business with Tang Zhaosong was a top priority for Yun Zijin. As soon as she got the message, she excused herself to Qin Sitong and stepped outside the classroom to call Mei Lin.
The call connected instantly, and Mei Lin’s voice came through the receiver.
"Miss, did you receive the message I sent?"
"Yes. What did they say? Did they agree?"
"Not exactly. They still need to confirm whether you can meet the requirements you stated, Miss."
The most important of which is the laboratory’s security system.
"So, will you have any problem with that?"
Yun Zijin wouldn’t just dump everything on Mei Lin; Zero One and the others could also help.
"Mei Lin will do her utmost to accomplish whatever you desire, Miss."
Mei Lin was a robot, devoid of human emotions, possessing only the purest loyalty to Yun Zijin.
"I’ll be counting on you, then. But don’t push yourselves too hard. Just complete it with a normal workload."
"Yes, Miss."
No matter what Yun Zijin said, Mei Lin would never have any objections.
It had to be said, this assistant from Randomly Spend was incredibly useful.
After hanging up, Yun Zijin returned to the classroom.
Seeing Yun Zijin come back, Qin Sitong filled her in on what the professor had just covered and showed her the notes she had taken.
They were already fourth-year students, so there weren’t many serious courses left. This class was just an elective, so Yun Zijin wasn’t particularly concerned about it.
Meanwhile, after finishing her call with Yun Zijin, Mei Lin returned to the private room where she was meeting with Tang Zhaosong and his group.
"Miss Mei Lin, what are your thoughts on what we just discussed?"
The speaker was a young man next to Tang Zhaosong, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and exuding the air of a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
"A beta version of the security system can be ready by tomorrow. Where would you like to conduct the test?"
It was just a security system; Mei Lin could create one in minutes. It was only because Yun Zijin needed it that she would even offer it.
"Tomorrow? You mean you’ve already been researching this?"
Mei Lin said nothing, and her silence was taken as a tacit agreement.
"I can provide you with a complete security system and guarantee that no one can infiltrate the laboratory without authorization. However, you must guarantee that my Miss’s manor will be her personal private property. No individual or organization may, for any reason or in any form, expropriate ownership of the manor from her."
Mei Lin knew that Yun Zijin’s original intention in agreeing to help them build the laboratory was simply her desire to build her own private manor.
However, private manors basically don’t exist in Hua Country. Even the ones that do are mostly commercial in nature.
What Yun Zijin wanted was a completely non-commercial private manor, exclusively hers.
Mei Lin had really worried herself sick over Yun Zijin’s private manor.
"As long as your security system can pass the test, all of these things are negotiable."
The wolf in sheep’s clothing pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose.