diskusbooks Chapter 137 Tea and Wisdom
Chapter 137 Tea and Wisdom
Bai Shuiru was neither angry nor annoyed. He grabbed a tissue and soaked the stain on his shirt. He looked calmly across the crowd towards the outside of the tea room.
Before Manager Zhao could continue to curse, he heard a young but dignified female voice, which temporarily suppressed the commotion:
"It's lunch time now, why are you making noise? If you don't want to take a lunch break, you can just work overtime quietly. Please don't disturb others who are resting."
Everyone turned their heads to look at the sound, and shuddered slightly:
Yang Rong from the chairman's secretary's office stood in the corridor outside the door holding a thick stack of folders. She had a serious and upright expression, and it was obvious that she was working overtime and just happened to pass by.
Bai Shuiru curled the corners of her lips slightly, and intentionally slowed down for a moment, giving Manager Zhao the opportunity to "complain first".
"Secretary General, we all just had afternoon tea that Bai Shuiru invited us to, and we immediately had vomiting and diarrhea." Although Manager Zhao was not in good condition, he was quick to think, "Since she belongs to the Director's Office, please ask Secretary General Yang to deal with this rat shit impartially to prevent it from harming more colleagues."
Yang Rong frowned and looked at Manager Zhao with disapproval. "According to Article 12 of the Biluo Criminal Law, no one can be found guilty without a judgment by the People's Court in accordance with the law. Manager Zhao must be feeling very unwell, so his words were inappropriate."
Bai Shuiru looked at the deflated Manager Zhao with a smile on her face, and continued to eat the tomato-flavored potato chips in her hand. The crunching sound of her chewing was regular and crisp, and the 3D surround sound showed her character of being weak, helpless, pitiful, but able to eat.
Yang Rong glanced at Bai Shuiru calmly, then looked around at the male and female colleagues in and out of the tea room who were carrying takeout and had not yet "caused trouble" and said, "Are you sure you didn't eat other food and thus developed diarrhea? I just finished that afternoon tea as lunch 20 minutes before I came here. Apart from the delicious taste and feeling full, I don't have any other discomfort for the time being."
Manager Zhao looked back at his colleagues who had come with him to "seek justice" and gave evidence:
"Secretary Yang, but our vomiting and diarrhea are not isolated cases; we counted and found that at least 40 people have the same symptoms."
Yang Rong looked back at Bai Shuiru, savoring her calmness, and asked:
"Even if Bai Shuiru had the opportunity to handle the food and did something with it, what was her motive?"
Bai Shuiru wiped her mouth and hands with a tissue and threw them into the trash can. Then she answered slowly:
"Secretary General, Manager, I have just arrived at the company and have only been working there for one morning. You all know how likely it is that I will offend others. I naturally do not have the ability to shake anyone's position. And you two must also understand that the reason I invited everyone to afternoon tea is to integrate with my colleagues as quickly as possible. If I spend money to play pranks on my colleagues and cause panic and complaints, it will not do me any good."
The implication is that good intentions are deliberately framed.
Bai Shuiru pointed to a surveillance camera in the corridor outside the tea room and said, "God is watching what you do. Whether I, Bai Shuiru, did it or not, the surveillance camera will testify for me."
Bai Shuiru tilted her head slightly, sneered at the men and women who were "seeking justice" from her, and continued:
"Please also ask Secretary Yang to help me find out who intentionally locked me in the tea room during lunch break and turned off the power inside, causing me to almost suffocate to death in here."
Shen Yiyi, who had been joining the crowd to "join in the fun" and standing far away outside the tea room watching the situation, heard that they were going to check the surveillance footage, her face turned pale and she turned and ran away.
Yang Rong ended the call and looked calmly at Manager Zhao who had just returned from the bathroom. "I have arranged a special car to take the colleagues with symptoms to the nearest hospital for treatment, and also took the meals away for testing. I will inform Mr. Hei of the results of the investigation."
Yang Rong was just about to ask Bai Shuiru to change clothes and go to his office so that he could deal with the matter behind closed doors when he saw a group of people, led by Manager Yang, quickly blocking the door of the tea room in an excited manner.
Yang Rong pushed the frame of his glasses and glanced meaningfully at the pale and sickly colleagues who were still supporting each other in the road. "Manager Zhao, please feel free to go to the hospital for a check-up. Severe dehydration can cause lack of energy, thirst and abdominal cramps; more serious dehydration can cause a rapid drop in blood pressure..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a thin woman fainted without any warning.
Yang Rong calmly made a phone call, urging the ambulance to go upstairs and pick up the person on a stretcher.
A female employee leaned against her colleague and objected in a whisper:
"We won't go to the hospital unless we see Bai Shuiru being convicted!"
"Secretary Yang, you are clearly shielding Bai Shuiru and want to use this opportunity to let her go and make a big deal out of a small matter!"
"Yes! We can't suffer for more than an hour in vain." A male employee echoed loudly, turned around and ran to the bathroom in a hurry.
Bai Shuiru sat calmly in the chair from beginning to end, and raised his hand slightly to show his agreement, "Secretary General, please handle this impartially and clear my name."
"What innocence?! How are you innocent?! It's obviously you... don't stop him..." another male employee shouted, and suddenly stopped talking and turned to look to his left.
However, there was nothing but a wall and a potted plant on the left side, and there was no one standing behind him. The male employee frowned and looked at the left shoulder of his white shirt. His face changed drastically when he saw a handprint with long nails that looked like a devil's claws. He shouted:
"Ah~~! Yes, there are floating ones~!"
"What are you yelling about?"
The male and female colleagues near the male employee noticed something was wrong with him and soon discovered the palm print on his shoulder. They subconsciously began to back away from him.
"Really! He just... pressed my left shoulder~!"
"Me, me too...", a thin, low voice trembled in agreement.
"Ah! Who stepped on me~!"
"Yes... it's a very cold hand~!"
The crowd screamed in fear one after another, just like a choir providing the perfect background music for a horror movie.
Bai Shuiru glanced at the secret guards, and when they all shook their heads innocently, she frowned quickly, then smiled slightly and said to Yang Rong, "Even hallucinations are starting to appear. I'm afraid that what they ate is actually fungi. It's better to go to the hospital as soon as possible."
It was a casual joke, but it urged Yang Rong to make the final decision in a very authoritative manner.
Yang Rong lowered his eyes in silent respect, looked around at everyone with a serious expression, and made arrangements without allowing any objection:
"You are one of Mingxin's most important assets. Ensuring your health is my primary responsibility. I have sent someone to send the afternoon tea used by colleagues with symptoms for testing. If it is true, we will claim compensation from the food supplier on behalf of you in the name of the company. In other words, if it is an internal situation of the company, I will immediately call the police to handle it. In short, no matter what the nature of the matter is, I will report it to Mr. Hei truthfully."
"Don't treat us like fools!"
Suddenly there were angry roars from the crowd, and a confused man grabbed a box of exquisite cakes, rushed forward with extraordinary speed and jumping ability, jumped over the crowd, and slapped Bai Shuiru in the face with a gust of wind like covering a hot pot.
The secret guards teleported and formed a defensive formation to stop them, but they heard Bai Shuiru shouting in a low voice:
“Back off!”
Bai Shuiru did not dodge or evade, and even quickly stood up and straightened his body, staring at the other party with a sharp gaze.
The rebellious man was suddenly met with Bai Shuiru's fearless gaze. He was shocked and admired at the same time. He took a half step back involuntarily. His hands moved slowly and he suddenly felt his shins being kicked. His legs went soft and he fell forward, with his entire face pressed on the durian mille-feuille cake.
Bai Shuiru twitched the corners of her lips, suppressed her smile, and turned to look at the leader of the secret guards.
Dark Guard Six slowly retracted his long legs, not daring to look at Bai Shuiru. He just clenched his fists and coughed softly, "I didn't block it, I just tripped."
The leader of the secret guards slowly raised his thumb from his fist hanging by his side, and the other secret guards cheered and applauded in time.
"Do you rich people need to do it yourself if you want to plot against someone? Your money is enough to get people to poison you randomly." A male employee with an oval face took two steps forward and retorted loudly, then looked at a thin girl who was slumped in a chair with a pale face, as if to seek credit.
Bai Shuiru raised the corners of her lips slightly, showing off her powerful aura. Her clear almond-shaped eyes, which were clearly black and white, glared at the oval-faced male employee who was retorting, "Since it's random, then let randomness solve it. I'll eat whatever you want me to try."
The oval-faced male employee was forced to limp by Bai Shuiru's aura, almost completely leaning on the chair where the girl was sitting. He coughed twice, and his eyes turned around and pointed at a cup of hot chocolate in panic, "You, you, then take a sip of that."
Rich and sweet cocoa is most likely to cover up the taste of other additives, and is indeed the category that is most easily tampered with.
The oval-faced male employee smugly caught Bai Shuiru's surprised expression, and was satisfied that she would not dare to drink it. The next second, he quickly shut up out of shock and walked around behind his crush.
Bai Shuiru drank a cup of cooled hot chocolate with a raised eyebrow and a smile as if she was tasting wine, then smacked her lips and looked at a cup of mango milkshake, "Let me try that too, and also an egg tart, Black Forest cake, and puffs..."
The secret guards beside him couldn't help but laugh and discuss:
"Hahahaha, letting the Queen of the Underworld drink chocolate is like letting Sun Wukong guard the Peach Garden~!!"
“Hahahahaha!! Exactly, look at the Queen of the Underworld’s greedy expression, she can’t wait to continue feasting~!”
"Don't mention the Queen of the Underworld. Even I want to eat such a delicious meal. By the way, is our full banquet about to be delivered? Isn't it said that the delivery boys in the human world are very capable?"
Yang Rong cleared his throat and interrupted Bai Shuiru's ordering plan:
"Bai Shuiru, go to my office and change your clothes first."
The secret guards sent their only female colleague, Twelve, into Yang Rong's office to protect Bai Shuiru, while the rest of them gathered at the door and continued to dawdle and discuss:
"Captain, what do you think?"
The leader of the secret guards nodded slowly and praised:
"The Tao Te Ching says: 'Strong soldiers will be destroyed, strong trees will be broken. The strong will be below, the weak will be above.' In the absence of the Hades Emperor and the temporary inconvenience of backing her up, the Hades Queen has placed herself in a vulnerable group from beginning to end. On the surface, she appears to be harmless and ready to be slaughtered, but in fact, she is giving up the strong for the weak, giving up the hard and keeping the soft, and taking advantage of everything. This means that even if Yang Rong faces it, he must ignore the opposition and handle it impartially, expanding the impact of the matter to the limit within the controllable range."
Flat-headed Dark Guard Seven stroked his chin, put on a thoughtful look, and clapped his legs to express his opinion:
"Looking at it this way, the Queen of the Underworld does have a little bit of, um, tea?"
"What tea?" Dark Guard Nine slapped Dark Guard Seven on the back of his head and corrected him:
"This is called 'wisdom' and 'understanding'~!"
"Captain, are we really not going to report to the Hades Emperor as the Hades Queen has instructed?"
The leader of the secret guards thought for a moment and shook his head. "Secretary Yang has personally delivered important documents to the manor for the Dark Emperor to sign several times. It was such a coincidence that the Dark Emperor did not want to work immediately. It was the Dark Queen who persuaded him to avoid making Secretary Yang run in vain or waiting for a long time. Secretary Yang will definitely repay these favors."
"And Twelve didn't come out to report, which proves that Secretary Yang knows his limits."
In the Secretary-General's office.
Yang Rong lowered the blinds and motioned Bai Shuiru to look at the dozen or so gift boxes neatly stacked on the sofa. "These are selected by me according to the preferences and sizes of the chairman when he customized the group's clothing for you. If they are not suitable, please tell me and I can help you change them." His attitude was as respectful as the previous times they met.
Yang Rong has been in the workplace for many years and has been with Hei Huo Mian for many years. He could tell early on how important Bai Shuiru is to Hei Huo Mian.
Moreover, Yang Rong had the good impression and favor of Bai Shuiru who spoke up for her several times before, and her calm and composed performance in the dispute just now, so she admired Bai Shuiru even more.
"Thank you for your trouble." Bai Shuiru nodded to thank him. After seeing the other party off and locking the door, she opened the gift box casually and found that everything from underwear, shirts, trousers to shoes, socks, and even matching perfumes, brooches, earrings and necklaces were all available.
Her hand trembled, and the lid of the box fell to the ground with a not-too-light sound, like the sound of her heartstrings tightening slightly:
"It's over! Didn't Hei Huomian already know that I 'poisoned' his employees?!"
The little girl then snorted, pouted, and changed into a pair of pants that were exquisitely cut, simple in style but low-key and elegant.
At worst, I’ll pay for the lost wages and paid vacation!
"Who told them to bully me~! Humph!"
"I have money, who am I afraid of~?"
Bai Shuiru changed her clothes and strode into the chairman's office. The security department just happened to copy and send the surveillance video over.
Yang Rong, Bai Shuiru and others waited for another ten minutes before Manager Zhao from the Public Relations Department and five other people who were leading the "punitive army" to "punitive" Bai Shuiru came back from the bathroom with pale faces and light steps, and collapsed on their chairs, gasping for breath.
Yang Rong asked someone to bring some hot water to the five people and then started playing the surveillance video:
Sure enough, before the afternoon tea was delivered to each employee, no one opened the lid of the meal box; instead, a seemingly unexpected but interesting phenomenon occurred.
The "punitive army" looked at each other in bewilderment. Manager Zhao even slammed the table and stood up, "This is impossible, how is it possible?! This surveillance must be fake!"
Yang Rong glanced at Manager Zhao, "Manager Li from the Security Department is here too. Please ask him to confirm the authenticity of these surveillance videos."
Manager Zhao fell silent immediately when he received the solemn gaze from Manager Li. He pretended to be exhausted, slumped back in his chair, and closed his eyes to rest.
Yang Rong glanced at his phone and transferred the file he had just received to the projection screen. It was the expedited test report of 43 Mingxin employees who were hospitalized due to vomiting and diarrhea. "That proves that Bai Shuiru invited us to have afternoon tea with good intentions. She did not premeditatedly add foreign matter that did not meet the hygiene standards, causing 48 employees to contract salmonellosis."
Yang Rong turned to look at one of the secretaries and asked her to draft an official document to be announced to the entire group during work in the afternoon.
Yang Rong looked at Bai Shuiru, "Here are the surveillance cameras in the tea room on the top floor."
Shen Yiyi huddled in her workstation, carefully lifted the blindfold a little, and looked at the surveillance video that was playing.
As the surveillance video played, her heart rate began to rise rapidly and she swallowed frequently:
As I was walking out of the elevator, I heard the sound of high heels running quickly towards the pantry. I almost saw this:
Who locked Bai Shuiru into the tea room?
In the video, Bai Shuiru walked into the tea room humming a song.
Then a figure quickly flashed through the tea room, and while Bai Shuiru opened the refrigerator with her back to the door, he tiptoed to close the door and locked it.
The figure then quickly slipped away and met another figure at the corner of the aisle. He took out his cell phone and seemed to be reporting the situation.
The monitoring screen is paused:
The one who locked the door was Mian Shou from the Public Relations Department, and the one who turned off the power was a male employee from the Director's Office. Both of their faces were magnified; even the content of Mian Shou's communication message was clearly magnified. "Baby, I did as you said and locked that witch in the tea room."
The two immediately argued:
"This must be fake! I was clearly wearing a mask just now..."
"Yes, I wore a hat!"
Mian Shou is Manager Zhao's lover; there is also information to prove that Manager Zhao's identity as the mastermind is difficult to deny.
There was an uproar in Dong's office and accusations were heard continuously.
Bai Shuiru looked indifferent, her eyes passed over the secret guards who were snickering, and fell on the worried face of Shen Yiyi in the corner.
Shen Yiyi seemed like a small oasis that was about to be submerged in the noisy desert of quarrels and arguments.
She bit her lip silently, tore the skin of her thumb, swallowed her saliva, and waited for the "judgment" to come.
Next, my figure will appear in the surveillance video, and the fact that I helped Bai Shuiru will be known by those who are hostile to her.
The afternoon tea incident just now caused such a big fuss. Manager Zhao suffered a loss and he will definitely not let me go.
I'll take this opportunity to ask a colleague for the resignation form.