The USB drive that had been soaked in liquid was repaired. Although Xue An had brought it over early in the morning, Xiao Yanzhi had been busy organizing the contracts and documents for Jiang Li all morning and hadn't had the time to look at it.
Now it was Jiang Li herself who had discovered it.
He seemed calm on the surface, but in fact, nervousness had welled up in his heart.
"That USB drive..." Jiang Li felt that it looked more and more familiar.
The shape of the USB drive on the table was not regular, but in the shape of a bright green little pine tree, exactly the same as the one Xu Yansen had lost in the bar.
Xiao Yanzhi seemed to have thought of something. His eyes darkened, and he quickly blocked her view. "I was just talking to you. Did you hear me?"
But Jiang Li clearly wasn't going to buy it. She pushed him aside and tried to pick up the USB drive to take a closer look. "That USB drive looks very familiar. It seems to belong to my friend."
"You're mistaken," Xiao Yanzhi said calmly. "I just happened to buy one that looks the same."
Was it really just a coincidence?
Jiang Li took another look at the eye - catching emerald green. She always felt that it seriously didn't match the neat, black - and - white - and - gray cold style of his office.
She was suspicious and still very vigilant. "Let me take a look at it."
She remembered that a corner of the plastic part of Xu Yansen's USB drive had been broken, leaving a very obvious gap.
Xiao Yanzhi remained calm. His tone was more serious than before. "There are important documents in it. You can't just look at it casually."
Jiang Li was speechless. "Do you think I have some supernatural power to tell what's in the documents just by looking at the appearance?"
Xiao Yanzhi was unperturbed. "Anyway, it's not allowed."
His persistence made Jiang Li feel that something was more and more wrong. She became more and more convinced that there was something fishy about that USB drive.
"What did you just say? Say it again," Jiang Li raised her eyes. Her expression was calm. "I didn't hear clearly."
Seeing that she stopped clamoring to look at that damned USB drive, Xiao Yanzhi let out a sigh of relief. He nodded slightly. "I said that nothing happened in the office that day. I and Yu Wan..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the person in front of him suddenly flashed past him quickly and rushed over to grab the USB drive.
It was a feint.
Xiao Yanzhi didn't hesitate at all. He strode over. For a moment, he didn't care about anything else. He directly put his big hand around her waist and picked her up into the air.
He spun her around in the air and, amidst her exclamation, let her land back on the ground.
The sudden suspension in the air and being spun around 360 degrees made her heart beat accelerate instantly.
"Li Li, stop being naughty, okay?" Xiao Yanzhi tightened his grip on her soft waist to prevent her from running around. "It's just an ordinary USB drive."
"Then why don't you let me take a look?" Jiang Li looked up at him. He was holding her so tightly that her nose was almost touching his chest. "Let me go."
Xiao Yanzhi pursed his lips. He really didn't want to let go. "First listen to what I just said carefully. Believe that there's really nothing between me and Yu Wan."
"Okay, I believe you," Jiang Li nodded perfunctorily. Her tone was urgent. "Let me go first."
Xiao Yanzhi knew that all her thoughts were on that USB drive now and that she had no time to listen to him seriously. He gave a soft laugh and didn't make things difficult for her anymore.
As soon as he let her go, there was a knock on the door.
Jiang Li first looked towards the door, while Xiao Yanzhi casually put the USB drive on the table into his pocket. Then he said in a deep voice, "Come in."
Anna walked in in a formal suit, holding the latest revenue report in her hand. "Mr. Xiao, this is last week's..."
Before she could finish her sentence, she saw Jiang Li in the office.
The two stared at each other. She was so shocked that she immediately stopped speaking. Meeting Xiao Yanzhi's solemn gaze, she awkwardly touched the tip of her nose.
Obviously, she had come at a bad time.
"Anna, Mr. Xiao just said that you were on sick leave," Jiang Li wasn't surprised. Her tone was slow and steady. "But I think you're in good condition and your complexion is rosy."
"Really? Li Li, thank you! I also feel that my complexion has improved a lot recently. Maybe it's because I've reduced staying up late and I've been taking health supplements recently..."
Xiao Yanzhi immediately coughed twice.
Anna immediately stopped talking. She pretended to touch her forehead and forced a weak smile. "Thank you for the reminder. I really haven't recovered from the fever yet. I'll leave first."
Jiang Li couldn't help laughing.
In the end, she didn't keep insisting on looking at the USB drive. She took the copy of the contract and left Jiang Entertainment.
When she left, some employees who had a good relationship with her before asked her to stay for a meal, but Jiang Li shook her head and politely declined, saying that she had something to do.
She didn't ask Xiao Yanzhi's driver to take her, and the driver didn't insist either.
On the way back to the hotel by taxi, Jiang Li recalled everything that had happened in Jiang Entertainment today and couldn't help smiling.
From his request to be called by his name to his no longer disturbing her life offensively, she finally began to feel that the relationship between her and Xiao Yanzhi was gradually becoming normal.
Maybe, she and he could gradually get back on the right track.
...
During the few days Sheng Shuocheng stayed in the North City, he wasn't just on vacation. He asked Zhang Yi to investigate Zhou Ningyun's life and experiences, including the schools Jiang Li had attended and the jobs she had taken from birth to now.
Everything else seemed normal, but the fact that Jiang Li didn't get registered until she was three years old was very suspicious.
"Maybe it's because the family values sons over daughters. They didn't register their daughter's household until their son was born. This kind of thing is very common in small places."
"Why couldn't they just register their daughter's household?" Sheng Shuocheng really didn't understand.
Zhang Yi was a bit embarrassed to say. "Because if they don't register the household, it will be easier to sell the child. Since there's no record, the possibility of finding the child later is almost zero."
After hearing this, Sheng Shuocheng was shocked.
If this was the reason, then such parents were simply unworthy of being parents, or even unworthy of being human.
His eyebrows furrowed tightly. The aura around him unconsciously turned cold, suppressing his anger. He spat out two words: "Beasts."
Sheng Shuocheng was always calm and self - controlled. As he got older, he became more and more steady and deep - seated. He rarely showed his emotions, which made it hard for others to figure him out.
His being so angry because of Jiang Li's background surprised Zhang Yi.
All the information about the Jiang family that had been investigated was placed on the table, but Sheng Shuocheng had no mood to look at it anymore. He pushed the pile of waste paper aside and calmly said, "Prepare the documents and draft an inheritance agreement. The heir is Jiang Li."
As soon as he said this, Zhang Yi almost thought he had misheard.
"What did you say?"
"Adopt her as my daughter," Sheng Shuocheng said with a cold look in his eyes. "Transfer the shares of Qili under my name to her. You go and organize the relevant documents and contracts. Show some of my sincerity."