Wen Xinya sat quietly on the couch with a stack of documents.
After meeting with Ling Qingxuan and the rest, Xia Ruya’s bizarre actions following Ling Qingxuan’s allegations of Gu Yihan had raised her guard. Thereafter, Wen Xinya had Liu Yanhua dig up everything they could about Lu Bingxin.
Si Siyan came out of his study after finishing a video conference meeting. He noticed Wen Xinya’s grave expression and went over to sit by her side, pulling her into his arms.
“What’s the matter? You look so grim.”
Actually, he could more or less already guess. Although Gu Yihan’s matter had been more or less settled, it did not mean the entire affair had concluded. It was probably just the beginning. The Wen Corporation had too many issues, and the real troubles were just waiting to erupt.
“I just had Liu Yanhua check into Lu Bingxin. I found out that Lu Bingxin joined the Wen Corporation during the same period when Xia Ruya returned from Country M. And she left shortly after Xiao Chengyu’s death. I suspect that Lu Bingxin was a mole that Xia Ruya planted in Wen Corporation all along.”
Wen Xinya had not paid much attention to this matter previously as she thought Xia Ruya’s original goal was to make use of Lu Bingxin to deal a blow to the Wen Corporation.
Grandpa’s decisiveness and prowess in handling this matter had been astonishing. With his meticulous methods, there was no way he would not have checked into Lu Bingxin’s background.
Now that Grandpa was overseeing the Wen Corporation, there was no need for her to interfere.
Si Yiyan didn’t look shocked. He had obviously expected this. “Xia Ruya is well-prepared this time to battle the Wen Corporation.”
Previously with Wen Haowen managing the Wen Corporation and with Ning Shuqian around, it was easy for Xia Ruya to plant a spy within the company. That was why he had earlier cautioned Wen Wen Xinya to beware the core management of the Wen Corporation.
Unfortunately, he never expected Xia Ruya to move so fast that the Wen Corporation had barely time to react.
Nevertheless, it also proved one point.
Xia Ruya held more than one trump card that could lead to the defeat of the Wen Corporation.
As a result, he was very sure that Lu Bingxin was just the beginning.
Wen Xinya looked conflicted. “Xia Ruya is indeed a scheming and vicious woman. Since she managed to plant one mole in the Wen Corporation, it means that she could have planted others. The Wen Corporation already lost the chance to make the first move and is caught in a perilous dilemma.”
But she never expected Xia Ruya to have planted a spy from so early on in the Wen Corporation. Her despicable methods were indeed spine-chilling.
Embedding spies within a competitor was a relatively common thing among major enterprises, but she and her Grandpa had always disdained such methods.
Hence, they had never stooped so low.
“Xinya, you must know that Wen Corporation’s biggest weakest now is Gu Yihan.”
Clothing was the Wen Corporation’s largest driver of sales, but apart from Gu Yihan, the company didn’t have many other outstanding fashion designers. Xia Ruya had targeted Gu Yihan right from the start as she was well aware that as long as she could deal Gu Yihan a blow, the Wen Corporation’s clothing department would totally collapse, endangering the entire company.
It would be a fatal blow to the Wen Corporation if she succeeded.
By then, the Li Corporation would be able to successfully take over Wen Corporation’s share of the clothing market. All the years of effort the Wen Corporation had poured into this market would end up easy pickings for the Li Corporation.
Xia Ruya’s character and methods were utterly vicious and one could not afford to overlook anything.
Wen Xinya said, “I know. My most pressing worry now is Teacher Gu’s safety. With Xia Ruya’s malevolent character, she might make a direct attack on Teacher Gu.”
Earlier on, she had already called Liu Yanhua to assign a discreet security detail to Teacher Gu. With the Korean-Chinese Alliance lurking around, one could not be too careful.
Si Yiyan replied calmly, “Xia Ruya will not attack Gu Yihan directly as the implications are too massive. If she dies, Rosy Lane will not be able to emerge unscathed. The Korean-Chinese Alliance will never take such a major risk. And at this point in time, there’s no way that Xia Ruya will dare to act on her own accord.”
What would the press and the public think if Gu Yihan was to suddenly die so soon after Rosy Lane and Lu Bingxin’s little act?
Wen Xinya wished to retaliate, but she had no idea how to.
Si Yiyan sighed. He gently stroked her tightly-pursed lips with one finger. “You are so smart, how could you fail to understand my meaning? Since you already investigated Lu Bingxin, why don’t you just check into Gu Yihan at the same time? This is not your usual manner of doing things.”
Doing things halfway had never been Xinya’s style.
Wen Xinya shook her head. “Teacher Gu would never betray the Wen Corporation. I trust her. Why should I investigate her!”
She had known Gu Yihan for so many years. She was both her teacher and her close friend. Gu Yihan had done so much for the Wen Corporation. The company owed its current position in the clothing market all to her.
As a result, when Lu Bingxin accused Gu Yihan, she had immediately taken for granted that Gu Yihan was innocent and protected her without any questions.
“Xinya, I know you trust Gu Yihan. I didn’t say she betrayed the Wen Corporation. I just want you to investigate her as a precaution. If you are so sure, then Gu Yihan shouldn’t have anything on her that can be used, right?”
He was well aware of how loyal Wen Xinya was to her friends and family.
He had interacted with Gu Yihan before and she appeared to be a honorable person. He would naturally not believe that she would betray them. But apart from betrayal, there were other ways to get to a person.
Human beings were complex creatures and could be capable of many things beyond imagination.
“I trust Teacher Gu’s character.”
Wen Xinya knew how naive her words sounded. But she respected Gu Yihan deeply as a teacher and a friend, and so was very much against the idea of investigating her.
“Xinya, you shouldn’t trust others so easily. Otherwise, you might get burned one day.”
Xia Ruya was like a cockroach that could not be exterminated. She knew the human psyche too well. In this aspect, the blindly loyal Xinya was at a disadvantage.
Wen Xinya looked very conflicted. She was momentarily at a loss for words.
“If you are unwilling, you can hand this matter over to me.” Si Yiyan didn’t force her. He had brought this up as he didn’t want her meeting with any future issues just because she didn’t carry out the necessary checks.
Wen Xinya shook her head. “No need. I will do it myself!”
Si Yiyan was right.
Currently, Gu Yihan was the Wen Corporation’s biggest weakness. Xia Ruya was obviously not going to let go of Gu Yihan, which clearly showed that something was up. The problem wouldn’t go away just because Wen Xinya tried her best to avoid or ignore the matter.
For the sake of the Wen Corporation, her wisest course of action was to conduct an investigation into Gu Yihan.
All would be good if there were no issues.
And if there turned out to be a problem, then it would be best to resolve it as quickly as possible.
