The richest man's parents were kidnapped, and his adorable son captivated the entire family.

Gu Yinshen sat upright at the head of the long table, his expression cold and stern, his posture upright, and his eyes swept over the documents at a rapid pace.

Suddenly, he frowned and said coldly, "Why is the gross profit margin data here nearly three percentage points different from the previous forecast?"

Hearing his sharp words and the hint of anger in his tone, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath instantly.

Xie Yumin's heart tightened, and she stood up abruptly, her brows furrowed: "I...I used the final data from the system, and I also checked the original file..."

"Is that so?" Gu Yinshen sneered, slamming the report onto the table. "I just reviewed this project's draft budget yesterday, and the fixed expenditures in it are more than two million less than in this report. What are you calculating? Are your eyes just for show?"

Xie Yumin was stunned by this merciless question, and her face turned pale instantly.

She eagerly flipped through her draft paper, but the data before her was completely different from that in the report.

How could this be? The data he saw was clearly not like this.

Could it be that someone deliberately altered the data?

Upon considering this possibility, his eyes widened slightly, filled with shock and anger.

But now, she has no evidence. All system records have been overwritten, and the original files have long been replaced.

Meanwhile, Ruolan was pretending to be surprised as she looked down at the documents, but a barely perceptible hint of mockery flashed in her eyes as she secretly waited to see him make a fool of himself.

Xie Yumin was so slandered that her eyes reddened slightly and her knuckles clenched so tightly they turned white.

She wanted to explain, but her voice trembled as soon as she opened her mouth.

After a moment, she gritted her teeth, lowered her head, and said with difficulty, "I'm sorry, it was my carelessness. I will thoroughly investigate the data source and restore the original record."

There was silence in the conference room.

Gu Yinshen gave her a cold glance and said nothing more.

It was late at night, and the entire company was already deserted, except for the lights on one of the floors of the office building.

Xie Yumin sat motionless in front of the computer, her eyes bloodshot, her face full of exhaustion and resentment.

She went through all the system backups, comparing versions from different points in time, trying to find traces of data tampering. Not only that, she also pulled up drafts, the recycle bin, and temporary files; she didn't let go of any clue.

Suddenly, she found a strangely named document in a hidden folder, containing a string of garbled characters, but with a very unusual file extension.

She frowned immediately.

She had never seen this file before, nor was it part of her work files. Her professional instincts alerted her to something amiss, and she tried several common passwords to open it. The file was unlocked without her noticing.

The next second, a densely packed table of numbers jumped into her view.

Her pupils contracted slightly.

These data are not routine business documents, but rather records of massive financial transactions between the Gu Group and a company codenamed "XX Company," with notes even including "offshore account," "temporary payment agreement," and "undisclosed share of a certain project"...

These are all internal, unpublished transaction records, and there are suspected signs of money laundering and illegal fund flows.

Xie Yumin stood frozen in place, her heart pounding like a drum.

It seems she has inadvertently stumbled upon an astonishing secret.

She sat in front of the screen, focused, her face pale as paper in the dim light from the computer screen, her heart pounding like a drum.

After a moment, he finally recovered from the shock and immediately realized that this was something that could shake the very foundation of the Gu family.

Almost instinctively, she wanted to copy and save the file. Her fingertip was about to touch the "save" button.

However, at that moment, there was a loud bang, and the computer screen suddenly went black.

There were no signs whatsoever.

The mouse cursor is still hovering over the save icon.

Then came an unnatural buzzing sound, followed by the fan spinning wildly before abruptly stopping.

The air seemed to freeze suddenly.

Xie Yumin was stunned, and her heart sank.

Her first thought was whether the power had gone out or someone had remotely shut it down. She quickly pressed the power button, trying to restart it.

Soon after, the screen finally lit up.

As the familiar desktop gradually appeared, she became extremely anxious and quickly opened the folder, but found nothing.

The encrypted file vanished completely, as if it had never existed.

She immediately widened her eyes slightly, and then anxiously searched every corner of the computer, even going into the temporary cache, recycle bin, recent files, quick access... but she couldn't find anything, not even a trace of access history.

However, all the other files on her computer were perfectly fine, and even the order of the desktop icons remained unchanged, eerily clean.

A feeling of extreme unease welled up inside me.

This is probably not a computer malfunction; it's a warning.

Meanwhile, Ruolan sat in her office in another building, staring at the computer screen with a sinister look in her eyes.

She had just learned from a backend engineer she had worked with for a long time that Xie Yumin had opened a folder that shouldn't exist.

Her heart tightened instantly, and then a ruthless glint flashed in her eyes.

"This woman is indeed a busybody."

That document contains many of his plans for the future, which were not made overnight. If it were destroyed by him, he would be heartbroken.

Without further hesitation, she immediately dialed a number she knew by heart.

"Captain Zhao, I need your cooperation on something."

The person on the other end hesitated slightly, so Ruolan added in a low voice, "After it's done, you can choose whichever position you want to be transferred to. The bonus will also be doubled."

Immediately, the other party gave up all resistance: "Speak, what is it? I will definitely help you if I can!"

Hearing this, she smiled slightly: "Don't worry, it's nothing serious. It's just that something happened to our company, and we need a scapegoat. But with our relationship, I definitely can't betray you, so I found a suitable person."

The person on the other end paused slightly, then asked, "Who is it?"

Ruolan smiled and said, "You'll find out soon enough."

He then slowly clicked the mouse beside him, opening a pre-prepared folder containing several "surveillance screenshots".

In the image, Xie Yumin is dressed in an employee uniform, appearing at the entrance of the group's confidential data room in the middle of the night. Although it's a fake, the angle and lighting are so realistic that it's hard to tell the difference.

“This.” She sent the screenshots along with the data. “In case your superiors ask any questions, just say that I accidentally discovered unauthorized access records on her computer in the system logs. I’ve already arranged for someone to tamper with it.”

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, then I finally understood what he meant.

He's trying to get me to cooperate in framing the female lead for stealing company secrets.

Although he felt a pang of conscience, he knew he was already on a sinking ship and there was no way to get off.