Not to mention Ling Nuan didn't believe it.
The people present also thought it was impossible for Zhao Ran to cause such a big ruckus just for such a trivial matter.
Soon, someone joined Ling Nuan and asked, "Zhao Ran, who on earth asked you to do this?"
"Zhao Ran, do you know how serious it is to leak company secrets? Given the value of this project, you might not even be able to compensate for the loss even if you spend your whole life in prison! If you tell us the mastermind, you can mitigate your crime."
Zhao Ran looked a bit dazed.
She was indeed a bit hesitant, but soon, she made up her mind.
What good would it do her if she revealed Huo Xiao?
Even if the Huo Corporation let her go, Huo Xiao wouldn't!
"No one asked me to do this. I just hate Ling Nuan!" Zhao Ran insisted.
Hearing this, Ling Nuan's eyes turned red, and she looked disappointed. "Sister Zhao, I really didn't expect you to be such a person!"
Huo Linsheng watched Ling Nuan acting.
He saw it clearly.
He also roughly understood the ins and outs of this matter.
It started when Zhao Ran suddenly showed kindness to Ling Nuan.
It started when Zhang Wang hired someone to kidnap Xun Cong.
Zhao Ran had defected to Huo Xiao, so she deliberately ingratiated herself with Ling Nuan and waited for an opportunity to strike.
One was deliberately trying to please, the other was deliberately being deceived. Two people with ulterior motives became friends in a short period of time. Then, Zhao Ran found an opportunity to let Huo Xiao hire someone to kidnap Xun Cong to cause trouble for Ling Nuan.
While Ling Nuan was in a mess, Zhao Ran found the right moment to deal a heavy blow to Ling Nuan at work.
Why did Huo Xiao give up threatening Ling Nuan with her grandmother?
Because she knew that Ling Nuan had a relationship with Huo Linsheng. Even if Ling Nuan agreed to leave, Huo Xiao still had to be on guard against Huo Linsheng's interference. Once Huo Linsheng intervened, her little tricks would never escape his notice. But what if Ling Nuan betrayed the company and was kicked out by Huo Linsheng and cut off from him?
By that time, wouldn't Ling Nuan be just an ant that could be easily crushed by her?
Zhao Ran and Huo Xiao's plan was good, but unfortunately, Ling Nuan had already seen through it.
So, after finding Xun Cong that day, she told the two hooligans, "For the next period of time, you two continue to stay here with Xun Cong. Pretend that today's incident never happened, that you successfully kidnapped Xun Cong and he wasn't rescued."
The two hooligans looked confused. "Ah?"
"All you need to do is stay here quietly for a few days. After this is over, I won't hold you accountable for this incident. Moreover, I'll also give you the reward that the other party promised you."
First, she tempted them, then she threatened them. "If you don't cooperate, then I'll have to send you to where you belong."
Where should the kidnapping hooligans go?
The two shivered and immediately nodded repeatedly.
Who's money isn't money?
So, Huo Xiao didn't know at all that she had lost from the very beginning.
Regarding the trouble caused by Zhao Shuting, Ling Nuan also pretended to cooperate.
Taking advantage of the situation, there came the scene of Zhao Ran framing her at the meeting.
Pulling out Zhao Ran wasn't Ling Nuan's ultimate goal. Her aim had always been at Huo Xiao. How could she let this opportunity slip away?
However, Huo Linsheng was also curious about how far Huo Xiao had gone in this matter. In his heart, the company's interests came first.
"Why did you sell the code to Wang Ji?" Huo Linsheng asked after pinching his fingertips.
Zhao Ran's face turned slightly pale, and she quickly replied, "He offered me enough money, so I sold it."
"This Wang Ji is quite bold." Huo Linsheng commented, his words full of implications.
Zhao Ran's face turned even paler.
Who among ordinary people would dare to buy something stolen from the Huo Corporation?
So what if they got it? The Huo Corporation could still cut off all their profit channels.
Unless the person behind him was powerful enough to confront the Huo Corporation and wasn't afraid of trouble from the Huo Corporation.
But Zhao Ran still didn't dare to say.
Huo Linsheng didn't really need her answer either.
Fang Chao went to answer a phone call. After a moment, he returned to Huo Linsheng's side with a strange look on his face. For a moment, he hesitated, not knowing whether he should speak or not.
Ling Nuan took the initiative to show her confusion. "Assistant Fang, have you found any clues related to this matter?"
Huo Linsheng gave Ling Nuan a half - smiling look.
Ling Nuan was extremely nervous but still had to maintain a surprised look on her face.
Fang Chao still didn't speak. He just called out hesitantly, "Mr. Huo."
"Just say it," Huo Linsheng said. "Since it's related to the company's interests, the directors also have the right to know."
The director immediately asked, "Fang Chao, what on earth did you find? Is it so hard to say?"
Fang Chao gave the director a look full of mixed feelings and replied, "We found that someone transferred several sums of funds to Wang Ji one after another. The other party was very careful and transferred the money from an overseas account. But after our investigation, we found that... the earliest source of this batch of funds was - Miss Huo."
"Which Miss Huo?" the director was a bit confused and asked.
"Huo Xiao, Miss Huo," Fang Chao replied.
The meeting room suddenly fell silent.
No one had expected that after all this, it turned out to be a family matter, an insider!
"Could it be a misunderstanding?" someone whispered.
Ling Nuan looked blank and seemed to be defending Huo Xiao. "Miss Huo probably didn't want to damage the company's interests. She might be... because of me."
Everyone: "?"
"Ling Nuan continued, "Miss Huo and I had some conflicts before. Wang Qin, who was dismissed before, also wanted to harm me because of her. Finally, she was dismissed by Mr. Huo. And Zhao Ran..." Ling Nuan seemed heart - broken. "She also deliberately pretended not to know and wanted to dismiss me for Miss Huo's sake at that time."
The people in the meeting room were confused again.
The director frowned and asked Huo Linsheng, "Mr. Huo, is what Secretary Ling said true?"
Huo Linsheng glanced at Ling Nuan and replied, "It's true."
The director couldn't understand. "Did Huo Xiao do such a thing regardless of the company's interests just because she had a conflict with Secretary Ling and wanted to target her?"
Was Ling Nuan really defending Huo Xiao?
Who cared about her purpose? The directors only cared about the final result of this matter, which was that Huo Xiao had damaged the company's interests for her personal gain!
Not all the directors were on good terms with Uncle Huo.
"If this matter is true, then I think we need to hold a shareholders' meeting. We can't let Huo Xiao keep her shares in the company anymore, and we must never let her interfere in the company's affairs again!"
After one person expressed their stance, other directors quickly followed. As for the other senior management personnel, they didn't have a say in this matter.
Ling Nuan kindly suggested, "Miss Huo is still in the hospital for prenatal care recently. Would it be bad for her to bring up these things at this time?"
The director was angry and laughed. "She can still stir up trouble while in the hospital for prenatal care. If she were in good health, would she turn our company upside down?"
"Mr. Huo, this matter must be investigated thoroughly. Once it's determined that it's related to Huo Xiao, then she must give all of us shareholders an explanation! No one's money comes easily, right?"
Hearing this, Huo Linsheng nodded. "Of course. Anyone who is detrimental to the company, no matter who they are, even if they are from the Huo family, will not be tolerated."
He said the last sentence while looking at Ling Nuan.