Double evil in the business district

The charity dinner was filled with the sound of wine and elegant people, but Xiao Yue and Shen Ting had no intention of enjoying this luxurious atmosphere.

They were like two detectives, carefully searching for the truth in the magnificent building of the charity.

The chaotic accounts within the organization were like a huge maze, making every step they took extremely difficult.

Xiao Yue's slender brows were tightly furrowed, and she felt restless, like a butterfly trapped in a spider web, unable to find a way out.

The slow progress made her feel powerless, as if an invisible hand was strangling her throat, making it almost impossible to breathe.

"Don't worry, Yueyue," Shen Ting's deep eyes revealed a hint of determination. His big, broad hand gently covered Xiao Yue's cold little hand, giving her silent comfort, "The truth will always surface."

His words were like a ray of warm sunshine in winter, dispelling the haze in Xiao Yue's heart and rekindling her hope.

The two returned to the hotel, and Xiao Yue once again spread out the thick financial statements on the table, carefully reading through them page by page, trying to find any clues.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the room was so quiet that the only sound was the rustling of papers.

Suddenly, Xiao Yue's eyes stopped at an inconspicuous line of numbers on the report. The destination of this money was marked as "other expenses". The amount was huge, but there was no detailed explanation.

"Other expenses?" Xiao Yue muttered to himself, alarm bells ringing in his heart.

In business operations, "other expenses" is often a sensitive area that can easily become a hotbed for corruption.

She immediately recorded the date, amount and other information of the payment and cross-checked it with other accounts.

As the investigation deepened, a vague outline gradually emerged in her mind, like a spark in the darkness, illuminating the road ahead.

Xiao Yue took a deep breath, suppressed her inner excitement, turned to look at Shen Ting, her eyes flashing with excitement: "I seem to have found a breakthrough..." Before she finished speaking, there was a knock on the door.

"Ms. Xiao, Mr. Shen, Secretary Lin is here." The waiter's voice came from outside the door.

Shen Ting and Xiao Yue exchanged glances, and an inexplicable premonition came to their hearts.

Secretary Lin walked into the room with a professional smile on her face, but there seemed to be a hint of subtle nervousness in that smile.

She handed a new financial statement to Xiao Yue: "Ms. Xiao, this is the latest financial statement, please take a look."

Xiao Yue took the report, but did not look at it immediately. Instead, he stared at Secretary Lin sharply: "Secretary Lin, can you explain the previous 'other expenses'?"

Secretary Lin's smile froze, his eyes flickered, and he stammered, "This...this expenditure...is...for some...some necessary expenses..."

"Necessary expenses?" Xiao Yue asked in a cold tone, "What are they specifically? Please explain in detail."

Beads of sweat oozed from Secretary Lin's forehead, and she subconsciously looked at Shen Ting for help.

However, Shen Ting just sat quietly by the side, his deep gaze was unfathomable, as if everything was under his control.

"I... I'm not sure..." Secretary Lin's voice became smaller and smaller, almost inaudible.

Xiao Yue pressed on: "Secretary Lin, I hope you can cooperate with our investigation. Hiding the truth will only make things more complicated." The atmosphere in the room became solemn, as if a taut string could break at any time.

During the stalemate, Shen Ting stood up and walked behind Xiao Yue, gently massaging her shoulders.

"Yueyue, thank you for your hard work." His voice was low and gentle, like a trickle of water, soothing the irritability in Xiao Yue's heart.

Xiao Yue felt the warmth of his palm, and her fatigue was relieved a lot. She took a deep breath, turned to Shen Ting and smiled slightly, then looked at Secretary Lin again, her tone firm: "Secretary Lin, we still have many questions to ask you."

Secretary Lin's face was pale and his lips were trembling. He seemed to want to say something but didn't dare to open his mouth.

At this moment, Shen Ting's cell phone suddenly vibrated.

He glanced at the caller ID and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"It seems our 'friends' can't wait any longer..."

Shen Ting answered the call and turned on the speakerphone.

A gloomy voice, voice-changed, came from the other end of the line: "Mr. Shen, I advise you to stop and not delve into things you shouldn't know."

Shen Ting sneered, "How dare you, a coward like you, shout in front of me?"

The other party's voice became even colder: "Shen Ting, don't think you can do whatever you want. There are some things you can't control." After that, the phone was hung up.

Xiao Yue and Shen Ting looked at each other and saw determination in each other's eyes.

The more threats the other party makes, the more they want to get to the bottom of it.

Xiao Yue immediately contacted Accountant Zhao and asked her to secretly investigate the flow of "other expenses".

Accountant Zhao is worthy of being a senior employee of Xiao Corporation. He is extremely efficient and made a new discovery in less than half a day.

This huge sum of money actually flowed into a shell company overseas, and the registrant of this shell company was a pseudonym.

"A pseudonym?" Xiao Yue frowned. This was obviously done intentionally by someone to conceal his or her identity.

Shen Ting arranged for Lawyer Qian to investigate the pseudonym and related information of the shell company.

Lawyer Qian's investigation results were surprising. There was no such person under this pseudonym, and behind the shell company was a complex network of equity relations, like a huge spider web, making it difficult to identify the real mastermind behind the scenes.

Just as Xiao Yue and Shen Ting were unraveling the mystery and gradually approaching the truth, the charity suddenly refused to allow them to continue viewing the relevant information on the grounds that "internal documents are confidential."

Secretary Lin's attitude also took a 180-degree turn, becoming cold and distant, as if he had become a different person.

Meanwhile, internet celebrity Zhang continued to fan the flames online, portraying Xiao and Shen's companies as unscrupulous businessmen who used charities to launder money.

Online public opinion was in an uproar, the reputations of Xiao and Shen were severely damaged, and their stock prices began to plummet.

Xiao Yue and Shen Ting were trapped in a huge whirlpool, as if an invisible hand was controlling everything behind the scenes, pushing them into the abyss.

The pressure like a mountain weighed on the shoulders of the two men, but it only aroused their fighting spirit even more.

Xiao Yue looked at Shen Ting with a firm gaze: "We can't give up!" Shen Ting held her hand tightly, his eyes as sharp as a torch: "Never!"

At this moment, Charity Master Wang suddenly appeared in front of them with a hypocritical smile on his face: "You two, I think we need to have a good talk about the charity organization..." His tone seemed calm, but there was a mystery hidden in it.