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Chapter 67 Du Haining

Early the next morning, Qingyang and An Niuniu came to the office building where Ning Meng worked. Ning Meng's company was on the 27th and 28th floors of the top floor. It was a large-scale real estate company. Ning Meng's position was the director of the human resources department.

Ning Meng's boss, the Minister of Human Resources, Xie Zhen, is a capable woman in her 30s, with short ear-length hair, and a pair of bright eyes that are focused and alert when looking at people.

Xie Zhen expressed great sadness and regret about Ning Meng's incident: "I took care of Ning Meng single-handedly. It has been almost four years since she first joined the company, and we have been getting along day and night."

Qingyang feels very good about Xie Zhen. Xie Zhen reminds her of Tang Qingqing, an intellectual beauty with the same mature, capable and intelligent temperament.

Qingyang asked Xie Zhen: "Minister Xie, how much do you know about Ning Meng's private life?"

"Ning Meng and I have a very harmonious relationship. However, I am her boss after all. We work well together, which does not mean that we are too involved in each other's lives. The topics between us basically do not involve each other's private lives."

"So, how is Ning Meng's performance at work?"

Xie Zhen sighed: "Ning Meng was promoted just three months ago. She is one of the few elites among the young people who joined the company with her. What do you think of her performance? I really like Ning Meng. This girl is very down-to-earth, kind to others, fair and stable in everything she does, and is very suitable for the human resources field."

"Has Ning Meng had any mood swings or abnormal behavior recently?"

"Ning Meng is an employee with very good professionalism. Even if there are personal matters that make her emotionally unstable, she can maintain normal working conditions. I don't find anything different about her."

"Well, does she have any good colleagues at work? Maybe communicating with people of the same level can make her more life-like and in-depth?"

Xie Zhen smiled: "Yes, I think so too. I was just about to suggest that you go find Zhang Aili from the administration department. You joined the company with her. The two have always been very good friends."

"Thank you! Also, Ning Meng didn't go to work yesterday. Did the company want to go to her home to find her?"

"This is all my fault! The human resources department is responsible for attendance. Ning Meng didn't come yesterday and didn't ask for leave. I asked Xiaomi, the receptionist in charge of attendance, to call her and said that her mobile phone was turned off and the phone at home was blocked. I asked Xiaomi to continue calling. While on the phone, I took it upon myself to write sick leave on her attendance sheet - I don’t want Ning Meng to be considered absent from work because of this..."

Xie Zhen looked a little embarrassed: "I was busy all day yesterday, and I realized after get off work that Ning Meng hadn't come all day. I also called her a few times myself, but still couldn't get through. I just wanted to go home and contact her again in the evening. Suddenly...unexpectedly, she had an accident..."

Xie Zhen was very upset: "If I had thought more and sent an employee to her house to have a look, Ning Meng might have been discovered yesterday morning."

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Zhang Aili couldn't help crying when she mentioned Ning Meng: "Ning Meng and I have been together for four years, and our relationship is better than that of our college classmates!"

"Yesterday, I heard from Xiaomi that Ning Meng didn't come to work. I called her several times but couldn't get through. During lunch, I went to the fifteenth floor to find Luo Xue, who lived with her. Luo Xue said she hadn't heard about Ning Meng. Meng is sick, she said she was fine last night..."

"Do you know Luo Xue?"

"Well, I introduced Luo Xue to Ning Meng. She and I were both members of the same fitness club and practiced yoga together. Well, it's the one opposite our building."

Zhang Aili pointed to a big sign opposite the building: Morning Star Fitness Club.

"Luo Xue is working as a part-time instructor there now. She has been practicing yoga for four or five years!"

"Did you introduce Luo Xue to stay at Ning Meng's place?"

"Yes! Luo Xue said at the time that she lived too far away and the house condition was not good. I happened to hear Ning Meng say that she had a vacant house for rent, so I introduced Luo Xue."

"Well, you and Ning Meng are good friends. Is there anything troublesome or unusual happening to her recently?"

Zhang Aili thought for a long time: "Ning Meng is a girl with a lot of ideas, how can there be any troubles that can stump her? If it's unusual...it's her boyfriend..."

Qingyang cheered up. This was the first time she heard that Ning Meng had a boyfriend: "Who is Ning Meng's boyfriend?"

"Well... because they are from the same company, they have been underground all this time, namely Du Haining from the engineering department. The two of them have been together for more than two years, and no one except Ning Meng's best friends knows about it. "

"What did you mean when you said he's been unusual lately?"

"Hey, let's face it, it's Ning Meng who is breaking up with him."

"Oh? Are the two of you in emotional crisis?"

"Ning Meng said that recently she felt that it was not interesting for the two of them to be together. The relationship was neither salty nor light, and it was not like falling in love. She felt that being with Du Haining was like an old married couple for many years. It was very dull and boring. She did not want to spend the rest of her life together. Just live like this...well, that's probably what I mean!"

Qingyang asked: "What's Du Haining's attitude? Has Ning Meng told you about it?"

Ai Li said: "The reason why I said it was unusual was Du Haining's reaction! He was very excited about Ning Meng's breakup suggestion and said that if Ning Meng had to break up, he would commit suicide and jump off the building to drink medicine and hang himself. Ning Meng choose one for him."

Qingyang and Niu Niu looked at each other, and Niu Niu asked: "So, what is Ning Meng's reaction to this?"

"Ning Meng discussed this person with me and said she was angry and funny. I didn't understand how she could fall in love with such a naive man in the first place."

"Are you familiar with Du Haining? What kind of person is he?"

"We have all been colleagues for several years, and we know each other fairly well - Du Haining joined the company a year later than us. When he came in, he was the civil engineering director of the engineering department. He was 27 or [-] years old, slightly older than us, and very handsome in appearance. He was the same as Ning. Meng looks right!"

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