Chapter 20

At around eight o'clock, Zhu Rongqiang, who was already seventy-three years old, led a group of people including his secretary, assistant, and bodyguards, and boarded a China Southern Airlines flight from the capital to Shazhou City, the capital of Nanhu Province.

Before the plane took off, the information about the owner of the silver-gray Geely Panda car had already been sent to the secretary's email. The details were so comprehensive that even the owner himself would be shocked if he saw them.

The secretary was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a fair and clean appearance, looking refined. He wore a pair of half-rimmed glasses with a black frame, and his suit was brand new and spotless.

Opening his laptop and retrieving the email, the secretary held the computer and said to Zhu Rongqiang, who was sitting next to him, staring out the window, "Mr. Zhu, the information about the car owner you asked for has been sent. Do you want to take a look?"

"Hmm?" Zhu Rongqiang, whose thoughts had drifted back to six years ago, was pulled back to reality by the secretary's words. He nodded and said, "Let me see it."

The secretary held the laptop, and Zhu Rongqiang's gaze fell on the screen. The screen displayed detailed information about a young man named Zhu Yonggui, with a half-length photo of him attached. The background suggested it was not an official photo, and it was unclear where they had found it.

Zhu Yonggui, male, born on September 4, 1988, from Jiugou District, Fengming City, Nanhu Province, high school graduate, member of the Communist Youth League, 176 cm tall, 61 kg, unmarried, no real estate under his name...

As he read, the smile on Zhu Rongqiang's face gradually faded.

Especially when he saw Zhu Yonggui's work history after high school, his brows knitted into a frown. Some disciples from hidden sects who enter the secular world for training might be given fabricated personal histories, but no sect would go to such lengths to create such a detailed work history!

After graduating from high school, Zhu Yonggui had worked at seven different companies, with the longest stint lasting less than seven months and the shortest only one or two months. There was also a gap of about half a year when he was unemployed...

If that were all, it would be understandable, as these details could be fabricated. A little enthusiasm from the person in charge would be understandable.

But the key point was... after leaving his last company, the information showed that Zhu Yonggui was working at the Suzhou Pharmaceutical Group in Jinzhou City, and had been there for more than half a year!

The Zhu family's business spanned various industries, but the seven brothers had made their mark in metallurgy, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, general equipment manufacturing, and retail. Zhu Rongqiang himself was the chairman and general manager of Yuanbang Pharmaceutical (Capital) Group Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Yuanbang Group, and had a high reputation in the pharmaceutical industry after decades of experience.

He knew most of the executives of large pharmaceutical companies, especially those from the Suzhou Group... which was essentially a junior partner of Yuanbang Pharmaceutical, one of the three domestic contract manufacturers for Yuanbang Pharmaceutical!

The CEO of the Suzhou Group had even visited Zhu Rongqiang in the capital with his son just a few days ago. How could Zhu Rongqiang be unfamiliar with the Suzhou Group?

Looking at Zhu Yonggui's personal information, Zhu Rongqiang found it hard to believe... Could such a talented and young person really be playing a minor role at the Suzhou Group, only to transform into a superhero when needed, just like in the movies?

Or did the sect to which this young man belonged have rules requiring its disciples to play secular roles, with unreasonable time constraints?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was off. But the information was very detailed, and on the surface, there was nothing unusual about Zhu Yonggui.

But this precisely aligned with Zhu Rongqiang's view. If it was for secular training, the person's history would naturally be flawless!

With this in mind, Zhu Rongqiang temporarily set aside his doubts. After a few seconds of consideration, he took out his phone and dialed a number that was in his contacts but rarely used...

...

Zhu Yonggui was now extremely agitated, even wild and crazy.

Early in the morning, he saw that the front of his beloved car, parked downstairs in the residential complex, had been completely smashed.

When he angrily went to confront Tang Yino, he saw her helping a younger man into a taxi and driving away.

Tang Yino's phone was also turned off, and he couldn't get through.

Although there was a note on the car's dashboard, written in neat handwriting, expressing her apologies and promising to compensate for all the damages, even replacing the car if necessary...

Zhu Yonggui, already seething with anger, couldn't suppress his rage when he saw Tang Yino's intimate behavior with the young man.

Cars are often referred to as a man's first wife. Zhu Yonggui, who had struggled to convince his family to buy a car for commuting, was no exception.

If Tang Yino hadn't personally come to borrow the car and Zhu Yonggui hadn't already announced his intention to pursue her at the company, he wouldn't have lent it to her.

But who would have thought that his beloved would use his car to go out with another man...

In one night, the car was destroyed, and the beauty was gone... Zhu Yonggui, who had never experienced such humiliation, went to work with a burning anger, checking Tang Yino's office door every now and then.

When Tang Yino, who was nearly an hour late, finally arrived at her office, Zhu Yonggui, who had been waiting for her, kicked open the door and started shouting before he even entered...

"Tang Yino, you bitch! What did you do last night? What did you do to my car? Your phone is off, what's your intention? Do you think I'm stupid and easy to bully?!"

Tang Yino, who was almost collapsing from exhaustion, looked up in surprise. Seeing Zhu Yonggui's angry face, she instinctively said, "I'm sorry, I just got back this morning and had to rush to do some errands, so I didn't have time to tell you..."

"You..."

"But I left a note on your car!" Tang Yino quickly added, "Didn't you see it?"

"Note? I saw it, so what?" Mentioning the note made Zhu Yonggui even more upset, and his words became more harsh, "Crashing my car and leaving a note is all it takes? Offering to cover all the damages or even replace the car... you talk big, but can you really afford it? Or are you being kept as a mistress?"

The noise in the office grew louder, and many clerks from the outer office area began to peek in.

Zhu Yonggui, who was not one to let go of an advantage, especially seeing Tang Yino's exhausted appearance, which he used to find endearing but now only made him angry, felt it was clear proof that she hadn't slept all night.

The young man Tang Yino had helped into the car had been leaning on his waist, looking weak and feeble...

The more he thought about it, the more he felt he was right. Without waiting for the pale-faced Tang Yino to respond, he snorted and said, "Don't think I don't know you're being kept by a rich man. With your salary, you can't afford to pay for the damages... I saw you helping a man into a taxi this morning... Tang Yino, I really misjudged you. I never thought you'd be so low, willing to sell your body for money!"

The last sentence was almost shouted, as Zhu Rongqiang noticed that more and more people were gathering outside the office. Since he had already given up on pursuing Tang Yino, he might as well ruin her reputation...

"Zhu Yonggui! How can you say such things about me?!" Zhu Yonggui's疯狂表现让唐伊诺几乎惊呆了，她没想到这个平时对她客客气气的男同事，竟然会有如此令人心悸的一面！

朱永贵把一盆盆脏水都泼到了唐伊诺身上，以至于外面的同事们此刻都对着唐伊诺指指点点，嗡嗡嗡的议论声很快就席卷了整个楼层！

“那边怎么回事？怎么这么吵？”

“你还没听到啊？是朱永贵在跟唐伊诺吵架呢……”

“怎么回事？”

“好像是唐伊诺借了朱永贵的车，但把车给撞坏了，还被朱永贵发现她被人包养当小三了……这不，朱永贵正在她办公室里发飙呢。”

“唐助理平时人挺好的呀，怎么会做那种事？”

“什么助理啊……她就是个打杂的，张助理才是真的助理呢，她不过是给张助理跑腿、整理资料的，挂个助理的名头好听点罢了！不过我也不认为她能干出这种事来……”

“嗨，这年头，有钱就是爷，连电影明星为了钱都能把腿岔开呢，何况唐伊诺只是个穷地方出来的丫头？被人用钱随便一砸，还不得乖乖躺下么……”

“真没想到，平时看起来挺正经的一个人，也会干这么下贱的事情……”

“谁说不是呢，所以说，人心隔肚皮啊！平时装的跟个贞洁玉女似的，敢情比二楼的那位还不要脸呢……”

办公区内的议论声更大了，甚至连在办公室里的唐伊诺都能隐约听到他们在讲些什么！

脸已经涨得通红，委屈的泪水更是在眼眶中反复打转，好几次都快掉下来了。

唐伊诺带着一丝哭腔吼道：“你是妈生的，我也是妈生的，你凭什么这么诬陷我？”

“诬陷？我早上可是亲眼看到的……”见自己把唐伊诺逼得快哭了，朱永贵非但不觉得自责，反而更加变本加厉地冷笑起来，“再者说了，上个月你还跟别人借钱寄回家呢，凭你一个月三千五的工资，要不是兜里突然有钱了，你能说出不行就换辆新车给我这种话来吗？”

“车不是我撞的，是我一个朋友不小心才撞的，钱也不是我给的，是我朋友给的……”

“就是早上你扶他上车的那个？”

“是……可是……”

“你看看，你自己不都承认了？！”朱永贵仿佛抓住了把柄，再次大声嚷嚷起来，“一个男的凭啥给你钱？何况大早上的还在一起，昨晚不明显是你自己倒贴着让人家睡了呗……”

“朱永贵！你……你太过分了！”

“哈哈，我过分？我不过是在讲实话而已，怎么，你自己能做这么丢人的事情，还不许人家说了？”朱永贵继续嚷嚷道：“实在是不知道你爹妈的号码，要不然我不仅要让全公司知道你唐伊诺是个什么样的货色，连你爹妈那边我也一定如实相告！”

“你……”眼泪再也忍不住吧嗒吧嗒掉了下来。

可这时，门外的围观者突然间像是一群受了惊的兔子，呼啦一下全都散开了。

一名三十来岁，打扮得西装笔挺的青年男子提着一只黑色公文包走了进来，颇有威严地问道：“一大早的，你们两个干什么呢？公司还要不要形象了！”

一见到这个人，唐伊诺吓了一跳，朱永贵也是吓得差点没摔在地上。

他一脸讪讪的应道：“张助理，您……您今天怎么这么早就来上班了啊……”

张助理，张克勇，宿江集团常务副总经理吴士春真正的助理，而非唐伊诺等人这样的冒牌助理，算是唐伊诺的顶头上司，在张克勇的手下，像唐伊诺这样的人，足有四个之多。

若是以坐席来排顺序的话，张克勇是首席助理，往下就是次席、第三席、第四席及第五席助理，其中张克勇在吴士春面前的地位最高，是唯一真正能行使助理权力的一位。

而余下的四个所谓助理，其实更像是他的秘书，其中第二席助理还有点小权力，到了第三、第四、第五席的时候，所扮演的角色就跟普通的文员没太大的区别了。

唯一的区别是唐伊诺有一间虽然小小的，但却属于她的办公室，而外面的文员们则没有自己的办公室，只能挤在大厅内和别人一起工作。

所以唐伊诺和朱永贵都很怕张克勇，因为在他们的眼中，张克勇的权力非常大，甚至能当场开除他们！但平时张克勇都很少来公司办公的，一直都跟在吴士春的身边鞍前马后的效力。

天知道今天他怎么说来就来了？

朱永贵站在那讪讪的笑着，可张克勇盯着他看了几秒钟后，却突然脸色一变，问道：“你是朱永贵？”

“啊？我……我是朱永贵……”朱永贵没想到张克勇居然还能记得他的名字，却又不知道张克勇突然问他的名字是什么意思，当下便有点忐忑起来了。

但张克勇却接着问道：“你有一辆银灰色的吉利熊猫？”

“是……”

“呵呵，原来你就是朱永贵。”可让朱永贵差点昏过去的是，在确认他的身份之后，一向高高在上的张助理，却是露出了一脸的笑容，还很客气地上前与他亲切地握手。

“张助理，你……你这是……”

“呵呵，小朱啊，咱们都是明白人，你就别揣着明白装糊涂了。”张克勇亲热地拍了拍朱永贵的肩膀，一脸笑意地说道：“你的情况我都知道了……可以啊你小子，藏得这么深……”

“我怎么有点听不明白呢？”朱永贵一头雾水。

张克勇却哈哈一笑，露出一副‘我知道你在想什么’的了然模样，勾着嘴角笑道：“听不明白没关系……董事长马上就来了，点名要见你呢，你小子马上就要飞黄腾达了！”

“啊？”再听到这个消息，朱永贵就更加凌乱了，董事长要来公司，而且点名要见自己？！

可这会儿张克勇却把目光投到了一旁唐伊诺的身上，亲热的笑容没了，取而代之的是一副严肃的表情，“小唐，刚才是怎么回事？闹成这样，成何体统？！”

“张助理，我……”

“张助理，这件事情它是这样的……”可朱永贵没给唐伊诺说话的机会，张嘴就噼里啪啦地将自己与唐伊诺之间的那点事情全部倒了出来，最后还带上了自己掌握的，所谓的证据。

而听完朱永贵的话后，张克勇的脸色就变得很难看了，他扭头就对唐伊诺训斥道：“年纪轻轻的就不知道洁身自好，你这种人留在公司只怕也是个祸害！从今天开始，你不用再来上班了！”

“张助理，你听我解释啊……”

“小朱都已经把情况说的很明白了，你还解释什么？”张克勇板着脸说道：“收拾收拾东西，限你十点钟之前离开公司，你的辞退信我等会儿会让小刘送来的，十点钟之后要还留在公司的话，可就别怪我对你不客气了！”

说完这话，张克勇就搂着朱永贵的肩膀满脸微笑地说道：“走走走，小朱，趁董事长还没过来，到我办公室里喝杯茶，咱哥俩好好聊聊天……”

虽然不知道这是怎么了，但张克勇的表现，却让朱永贵开始浮想联翩了。

他甚至想到，自己会不会是董事长当年流失在外的儿子？他居然很快就进入了角色，也没搞清楚状况的情况下，就反手搂住了张克勇的肩膀，笑道：“张助理客气了……”

“还叫什么张助理？叫我张哥就行了！”

“好的，张哥……”

俩人一副你亲我热的模样，出了唐伊诺的办公室。

而就这样遭到辞退的唐伊诺，却是满含泪水地坐在了自己的椅子上，委屈的眼泪如断了线的珍珠一般，哗啦啦地掉了下来……她到底做错什么了？！他们凭什么这样对她？！

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Zhu Yonggui's wild behavior almost stunned Tang Yino. She never thought that this male colleague, who was usually polite to her, could have such a terrifying side!

Zhu Yonggui's accusations spread like wildfire, and the colleagues outside began to point and whisper, the buzzing voices quickly spreading throughout the entire floor!

"What's going on over there? Why is it so noisy?"

"Didn't you hear? Zhu Yonggui is arguing with Tang Yino..."

"What happened?"

"It seems Tang Yino borrowed Zhu Yonggui's car, but crashed it, and Zhu Yonggui found out she's being kept as a mistress... Now, Zhu Yonggui is raging in her office."

"Assistant Tang is usually a good person, how could she do such a thing?"

"What assistant? She's just a helper. Zhang Assistant is the real assistant. Tang Yino just runs errands and organizes documents for Zhang Assistant, and the title 'assistant' is just for show! But I don't think she would do such a thing..."

"Hey, these days, money is everything. Even movie stars can be bought for money, let alone a girl from a poor background like Tang Yino? If someone throws money at her, she would probably lie down obediently..."

"Really didn't expect that a seemingly decent person would do such a despicable thing..."

"Exactly, you can't judge a person's heart by their appearance! She acts so pure, but she's even more shameless than the one on the second floor..."

The office area buzzed with even more gossip, and even Tang Yino could faintly hear what they were saying!

Her face was flushed red, and tears of委屈 welled up in her eyes, threatening to spill over.

Tang Yino, with a hint of a sob, shouted, "We are both born of mothers, why do you accuse me like this?"

"Accuse? I saw it with my own eyes this morning..." Seeing that he had almost made Tang Yino cry, Zhu Yonggui felt no remorse and instead laughed coldly, "Besides, last month you borrowed money from someone to send home. With your salary of 3,500 yuan a month, how could you suddenly have the money to offer to replace my car? Or are you being kept as a mistress?"

"The car wasn't crashed by me, it was crashed by a friend, and the money wasn't mine, it was my friend's..."

"Was it the young man you helped into the car this morning?"

"Yes... but..."

"See, you admitted it yourself!" Zhu Yonggui, feeling he had a solid case, shouted again, "Why would a man give you money? And you were together early in the morning, it