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Chapter 439 The Initiator

After Wen Yunting left, Le Yao sat alone on the lazy sofa in a daze, thinking about what to do next, although she can tell herself, but if she doesn't make up the amount, it means that the money Zhou Zhou Happy to pay.But we can't let Zhou Le pay such a large sum of money for nothing.

It seems that now she has to make up the money and then resign. She is a little sad. She didn't expect that this job would end in this way.

"Mom," Le Yao called her mother's phone.

"Yaoyao." Yu Peiling was still in Shanghai, just finished a meeting: "What's the matter?"

"I—" Hesitating, she said, "I want...I want to borrow some money from you."

Yu Peiling was a little surprised, and said, "Didn't I give you a credit card? You can just swipe the card, and you don't need to tell me."

What her mother said made Le Yao feel a little uneasy. Ever since she knew her mother's situation in Wen's house, she felt a little worried in her heart: "I borrowed [-] yuan, and I will pay back this money in the future."

"Stupid child," Yu Peiling said softly at her daughter's words, "Why don't you pay it back? My money will still be yours in the future." She will work hard to save money, so that her daughter will have no worries for the rest of her life consider.

Le Yao was sad, besides her mother, who else could she borrow money from?She knew Ye Hui's income, 4 yuan was not a small amount, and she couldn't afford it for a while.As for Wen Yunting, she would never speak.

*
When Le Yao walked into Luo Xin's ward, Feng Mei was wiping her daughter's face: "Sister Feng, is Luo Xin feeling better today?"

Feng Mei sighed: "Just now I kept yelling, saying that the wound hurts."

Luo Xin's face was pale, but when she saw Le Yao, she blushed slightly, her eyes dodged and she didn't dare to look at her.

Feng Mei noticed something strange about her daughter, and dragged Le Yao into the corridor of the hospital.

"I'm not a competent mother," Feng Mei's eyes were moist again: "My child skipped class every day and met those gangsters in society, and I didn't even know it."

Le Yao handed her a tissue: "She's still young, luckily she found out in time, I'll just teach her more and guide her correctly." Seeing that Luo Xin was fine, she felt much more relaxed.

"She almost lost her life this time. I really hope she learns her lesson and stops being self-willed in the future." Feng Mei was sad and held Le Yao's hand, "Thank you, Le Yao," if it wasn't for Le Yao, She really couldn't imagine the consequences of what happened to her daughter.

"Sister Feng, you are too polite." Le Yao remembered that Feng Mei had said thank you many times last night.

"It wasn't Manager Zhou who picked you up last night." Feng Mei asked after hesitation.

Well!Le Yao said in embarrassment: "How could Manager Zhou come to pick me up? He is just my good friend's high school classmate, and I don't know him very well."

"You didn't lie to me?" Feng Mei asked.

"What did I lie to you for?" Le Yao looked at her.

Embarrassed, Feng Mei stroked the hair next to her ear with her hand uneasily. "Le Yao, I'm sorry, I thought you and Manager Zhou were a couple... I won't talk nonsense in the future."

With her words, Le Yao finally felt a little more relaxed.

"By the way, it's working time, why don't you go to the company?" Feng Mei asked.

"I was suspended." Le Yao said.

"Ah?" Feng Mei was embarrassed, yesterday she publicized Le Yao's suspension everywhere, but now, she herself felt extremely embarrassed.

"It's okay." Le Yao pursed her lips, with a slight smile: "I will go and make up the compensation today."

"Feng Mei's face suddenly flushed red, and she hesitated to say something.

*
Le Yao, who had just walked out of the hospital, met Zuo Baixiao.

Zuo Baixiao went to Malaysia for business a few days ago and came back two hours ago, "Long time no see, Le Yao."

"Brother Zuo." Le Yao looked at him with a smile, seeing Zuo Baixiao made her feel very relaxed.

"Where are you going? I'll see you off." Zuo Baixiao looked at her, who hadn't seen her for a few days, and he found a little sadness on her brow.

Le Yao didn't refuse, "I want to go back to the company."

Zuo Baixiao drove very steadily, "How are you doing recently?" When he was working in Malaysia, his nerves were tense every day, so he didn't have time to call her at all.

"Well, it's okay." Thinking of Wen Yunting, Le Yao's heart felt warm: "Brother Zuo, where is Doudou? Is she okay?" It's been a long time since I saw Doudou, she misses her very much.

"If you want to know if she's okay, don't you know if you go and have a look?" Zuo Baixiao half-jokingly said, "Le Yao, you haven't forgotten, you are Doudou's godmother, right?"

Le Yao was ashamed, but she had to keep a distance from him, otherwise Wen Yunting would be unhappy.Being estranged from him means not being able to accompany Doudou often.

"Le Yao, are you in love?" Zuo Baixiao felt shy in his heart, but he, who has always been accurate in seeing people, could spot her changes at a glance.

Le Yao was slightly surprised, and put her hand on her cheek. Is her performance so obvious?Or... is she really in love, with Wen Yunting?

"Am I out?" Seeing that she didn't admit it but didn't deny it, Zuo Baixiao's hoarse voice was magnetic.

"Brother Zuo, I—" How could she tell Zuo Baixiao, whom she regarded as her eldest brother, about her relationship with Wen Yunting? "I... In my heart, you have always been like my big brother."

There was a wry smile on Zuo Baixiao's lips, and his eyebrows slightly raised: "I've already been knocked out by three strikes, haven't I?" Hehe chuckled as if he didn't care about it, as if mocking himself: "It's okay. The relationship between brother and sister is for life , Family affection is stronger than love, isn't it?" Actually, he doesn't want to be just siblings with her...

Le Yao trusted him even more, he was always so generous, that could give her peace and warmth: "I'm sorry."

"Don't say I'm sorry. Le Yao, I respect your choice, as long as you are happy!" Zuo Baixiao put his hands on the steering wheel, and after a while, he said as if promised: "If one day you are tired, don't forget, I He Doudou has been waiting for you."

How could Le Yao not be moved?But emotional matters cannot be forced. She has long lived in her heart and can no longer accommodate others.

After sending Le Yao to the trading company, Zuo Baixiao drove away, his expression changed from the gentleness before to very cold, and he called: "Nami."

"Boss, what's the matter." After staying up all night in the Galaxy for nine days last night, Nanami was still sleeping, and when he was drowsy, when he received a call, his voice was still a little dazed.

"What's the matter, I've only been out of the cloud for a few days, and something happened?" Zuo Baixiao's voice was cold and stern, and he got the news before he got off the plane.

Nami woke up, "I don't know what's going on this time, that Internet cafe is very secluded, we have stored 'goods' there several times before without any problems, Boss, I'm checking who called the police. "

"So what if it's found out?" Zuo Baixiao asked, "Do you know how much money you lost and how many downlines you lost?" It was in that small Internet cafe that he temporarily stockpiled a lot of "goods" , It is obviously the safest place, but for some reason, this time, it was taken away by the police. Those priceless "goods" were all confiscated by the police.

"I've already met Director Liu," Nami said.

"So what if we met? Can the goods come back?" Zuo Baixiao was very angry. After the goods hidden in the Internet cafe were searched, their stockpiles were almost destroyed.

Nano is silent.

"Hurry up and think of a way, we must buy another batch of goods within two days." Zuo Baixiao ordered unequivocally.He can't let his yard run out of stock.

"Brother Shan——" After yesterday's accident, Nanami was already trying to fix it, so she tentatively said, "He didn't sell the goods last time, and he came to me again yesterday."

Zuo Baixiao frowned and sneered.

"Boss, don't worry about the goods, I will find a way to deal with it." His sneer was the scariest, Nami felt a little scared, so he quickly changed the subject: "In the past few days, I found someone following and monitoring Doudou .”

Zuo Baixiao raised her eyebrows, her expression serious: "Who is it?"

"There are some clues, but it's not certain yet," Nami said.

"I see." Zuo Baixiao's hoarse voice was icy cold, and after he hung up the phone, his eyes were gloomy. Who the hell is so bold that he dares to follow Doudou?
*
Le Yao handed a thick envelope to Lu Min, "This is 53716 yuan." She said quietly, "It's the money I should pay for." Now that she came, her thoughts settled down, it's time to meet face to face , always have to face.

"Le Yao," Lu Min was no longer as aggressive as yesterday, and even, a little gentle, she didn't take the money: "You sit down and talk about it."

"Miss Lu?"

Lu Min's expression was a bit awkward, "Listen to me." She drank her saliva and cleared her throat: "Actually... it's just a misunderstanding."

what?
Le Yao was surprised, "What do you mean?" There was solid evidence for what she said yesterday, and the HR department even asked her to talk to her, and even suspended her from her job, so why do you say it was just a misunderstanding today?This plot has changed too much!
Lu Min took out a stack of storage slips from the drawer, and said in a friendly voice, "I found the storage slip for XX coffee last month, and it was stuck in the newspaper on my desk."

Le Yao was surprised, she clearly remembered that the storage slip was in her safe, but why it was in the newspaper on Lu Min's desk: "Why is it in the newspaper?"

"Maybe you gave it to me, so I'll just let it go," Lu Min said with some shame, "Le Yao, don't be angry, what I said yesterday was a bit harsh, but I'm also doing it for work."

Lu Min apologized?Le Yao was confused.

"Also." Lu Min took out the few orders made yesterday: "These wrongly made orders have not yet been shipped from the warehouse. Fortunately, we found out in time, and I have already voided these orders."

"Then the money?" This... It was like a farce, which made Le Yao stunned.

"The goods have not been shipped, so of course there is no need to pay for the money." Lu Min said.

Le Yao was still puzzled: "But yesterday—"

"Yesterday was my negligence. I wronged you without understanding it, Le Yao, I'm sorry." There was an imperceptible embarrassment in Lu Min's words.

After walking out of the accounting room, Le Yao was still puzzled, why did the storage slip end up in Lu Min's newspaper?Also, several days have passed since the mistaken order was made. Isn't the order made and shipped on the same day?Why hasn't it shipped yet?Too strange.But just now, Lu Min was obviously not as serious as usual, and became a little humble.

When Le Yao passed Zhou Le's vacant office, he heard his voice.

"I have already dealt with this matter properly, and all the problems have been resolved. Don't worry, this matter will not affect Le Yao's future work." Zhou Le's voice was calm, but very clear.

Le Yao was startled, and there were many more doubts in her heart, what happened to all this?

Since she joined the trading company, she never knew that Zhou Le was her guarantor.Thinking back carefully now, during this period of work, Zhou Le seemed to be protecting her intentionally or unintentionally, even in the face of those rumors about them, he didn't deliberately clear up.

Could it be because of Ye Hui?

impossible!Ye Hui and Zhou Le only met after she joined the trading company, and they had lost contact for a long time before that.

What's going on with all this?

Le Yao knocked lightly on the door.

When Zhou Le saw Le Yao, he was slightly startled, "Come in and sit down."

"Manager Zhou, what's going on?" She had a feeling of being manipulated by others. Since she joined the trading company, it seemed that her every move was in someone's eyes. She felt terrified: "What happened this time?" How did the receipt come out of the newspaper?Yesterday, I clearly said that I would lose money, why did I just say it was just a misunderstanding?Could it be that this matter was not investigated when it was handed over from the finance department to the personnel department?
Zhou Le wasn't sure if Le Yao heard what he said just now, so he asked, "What do you mean?"

Seeing that he was unwilling to say anything, Le Yao asked again: "I heard that you are my guarantor, but why didn't I know about this?"

Zhou Le's eyebrows were slightly tightened, and then he said in embarrassment, "Where did you hear that?"

"Sister Li from the Human Resources Department talked to me yesterday." Le Yao looked at him, "I heard that to be a guarantor, you must sign the guarantee letter." The implication is that Zhou Le is her guarantor. Just look at her personnel file. "Manager Zhou, I just want to know who is behind my back..." She watched me, and she didn't say the last three words.In addition, Le Yao can feel that Zhou Le likes Ye Hui because of Ye Hui's relationship with her, but these are not enough for Zhou Le to take the risk to guarantee her and help her solve the problem. suspension thing.

Zhou Le pursed his lips and remained silent.

"It's him, isn't it?" Le Yao suddenly thought of something, raised his eyebrows slightly, but the guess in his heart gradually became clear.

Zhou Le looked at her, but he didn't hide anymore: "Everything Zuo Shao has done is to help you."

It was indeed Zuo Baixiao.

Le Yao was slightly silent.

"Le Yao, Young Master Zuo is sincere to you." Zhou Le said after noticing her silence.

sincere?

Of course she knew that Zuo Baixiao was sincere, but she couldn't accept him.

After a silence, Le Yao asked: "You forged the receipt, right? The wrong receipt, the goods have actually been sent out, right?"

Zhou Le smiled lightly: "You are very smart, but you guessed wrong this time. The receipt was indeed found in the newspaper, and there was the wrong order. The goods have already been sent out, but, The amount has already been made up by Zuo Shao."

From Le Yao's point of view, once money is involved in many things, it seems that things change.

"Le Yao, you are innocent in these two incidents." Zhou Le said, "I checked the surveillance records, and someone put the receipt into the newspaper on Lu Min's desk."

"Who is it?" Le Yao was slightly surprised. Sure enough, someone deliberately hid the receipt.

"Feng Mei." Zhou Le said.

Le Yao felt sad, but it was actually Feng Mei, which seemed to be expected, after all, from the very beginning, she was not very friendly to herself.

"The wrong list made with your job number was also made by her."

"The receipt and my seal are locked in the safe." Le Yao wondered, how could she open it?

"The safe you used was also used by Feng Mei." Zhou Le said, "She should have copied the key, and she also knows the password. It is not difficult to open it."

Le Yao was a little puzzled, and said to herself, "Since Sister Feng is going to frame me, why did you send back the receipt?"

Zhou Le raised his head slightly indifferently: "Who knows."

Le Yao frowned slightly.

Zhou Le looked at her, "Do you still remember the milk powder thing last time?"

Le Yao was slightly stunned: "You mean the milk powder that the company sold as a consignment?" Of course she remembered, because the milk powder had expired, but someone scraped off the date of manufacture.

Zhou Le nodded, "I have already checked, and the representative of the milk powder manufacturer is Feng Mei's husband. Canceling the consignment contract will cause the manufacturer the most serious losses. I think this is the reason why Feng Mei is targeting you this time."

Le Yao was sad, how could those expired milk powder be returned to the market?Isn't that hurting people?

"Le Yao, go back to work." Zhou Le put the cigarette on the table: "Feng Mei, I will take care of it."

It turned out that Zuo Baixiao had always been taking care of her behind her back. However, this kind of care made her uneasy, as if all her privacy was exposed in front of his eyes. Thinking about it carefully, it's no wonder that he would know that he was working overtime. Know something about yourself.If this continues, how can she continue to work here with peace of mind?

"Manager Zhou, thank you." No matter what Zuo Baixiao said, she had to thank Zhou Le for taking care of her during this time. In her heart, she had already made a decision about whether to stay or not.

"You should thank Zuo Shao," Zhou Le smiled lightly, "Le Yao, Zuo Shao cares about you very much."

Le Yao said indifferently, "I'm going out to do errands first." She didn't want to talk about Zuo Baixiao with him.

Back in the billing room, Le Yao continued to work step by step. On the outside, her mood didn't seem to have changed. However, before she got off work, she submitted a resignation report to the HR department.

Li Hua from the personnel department was surprised and tried to persuade her to stay, but she had already made up her mind to resign, no matter how much Li Hua persuaded her, she decided to resign.Then, according to the company's regulations, resignation must be submitted one month in advance, so she has to continue working here for one month.

In the past, when she was in Times Ginza, she resigned voluntarily due to many reasons, but now, she resigned from the trading company because she didn't want to be taken care of by Zuo Baixiao, let alone owe him anything.

*
When Le Yao came to the hospital, after knowing the whole story, when Le Yao saw Feng Mei again, she felt a kind of pity in her heart. In fact, this kind of calculation and harm, in the final analysis, was an insecure desire to defend her own interests. In Le Yao's view, Feng Mei is only strong on the outside, but actually very fragile on the inside, especially after Luo Xin was injured, she was in a daze, covering her face and crying.

"Le Yao." Feng Mei was a little embarrassed.

Le Yao didn't intend to tell the truth about some things, she came to the hospital just to see Luo Xin, after a short stay, she said goodbye.

"Le Yao," Feng Mei chased her out in the hospital corridor.

"What's up?"

"I'm sorry." Feng Mei said guiltily, but some words stopped abruptly in her heart, and she couldn't say them out.

Le Yao understood, smiled and turned to leave.

Feng Mei stood at the door of the ward, and returned to the ward with a sigh when Le Yao's figure disappeared from the stairs.

"Mom," Luo Xin said, "I want to drink water."

Feng Mei fed her daughter some warm water.

"I hate that woman when I look at it." Luo Xin said sullenly.

"You still have the nerve to say it," Feng Mei frowned, and lightly reprimanded, "If it wasn't for her, you would have already—"

"If she hadn't been meddling in other things, I would have been fine at all." Luo Xin's pale face was stubborn, and a girl in her teens had a particularly rebellious heart when she reached puberty: "Don't you hate her the most? Now Why did you help her speak up?"

Feng Mei was very angry at her daughter's words, and she raised her hand, but it never fell down. Her daughter was still weak, and she couldn't keep up with the slap.

"Hmph," Luo Xin said bitterly, "That woman, whoever meets her will be unlucky!" In her childish thoughts, she thought that if it wasn't for Le Yao, the Internet cafe wouldn't be banned, and that boy wouldn't be blocked either. He would lose control and stab her in the chest with a knife.

"Speak less!" Feng Mei reprimanded.

"When did you turn to her?" Luo Xin was displeased: "Didn't you keep saying before that when she joined your company, your performance bonus would drop? And she also caused Dad's milk powder to lose so much money for nothing... She also hurt me, she is really a broom star!"

Feng Mei frowned: "Kid, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand."

Luo Xin laughed at her mother: "Nonsense? Mom, I also heard these words from you."

Feng Mei was speechless.

*
"Godmother!" At the entrance of the hospital, Doudou's voice came from behind Le Yao with excitement.

"Doudou." Le Yao turned around, picked up Doudou who was pounced on her, weighed her in his arms, found that she was a lot heavier, and then pinched her face: "I miss you so much."

"I miss you too." Doudou nestled in her arms, clinging to her: "Godmother, why haven't you come to see me?"

Le Yao kissed her cheek: "I've been too busy with work recently."

"Our kindergarten is going to be on winter vacation." Perhaps because of the carefree reason, Doudou's face is rosy, and she looks very energetic.

"Really?" Le Yao looked at her with a smile, and then asked: "Doudo, who brought you here?"

"Dad." Doudou pointed to one side: "Godmother, Dad is over there."

Le Yao turned around holding Doudou, and saw Zuo Baixiao at a glance.

"Bring Doudou to the medical examination today." Zuo Baixiao drove the car and said, "I didn't expect to meet you."

Le Yao smiled, she did not expect to meet their father and daughter.

Doudou leaned closer to Le Yao's ear: "Godmother, it's winter vacation, can I go to your house to play?" Except for the kindergarten, Doudou's living world is only the left house, and the left house is full of servants. Driver, her life is monotonous and uninteresting.

"But I still have to work." Le Yao likes Doudou, but her mother wants her to stay away from Zuo Baixiao, and if Wen Yunting knows that Doudou is Zuo Baixiao's daughter...

Doudou was a little disappointed, she pursed her lips and said nothing.

"Brother Zuo." Le Yao put a thick kraft paper envelope on the passenger's seat: "This is to pay you back."

Zuo Baixiao's expression turned slightly cold, "When did you borrow my money?"

"Thank you for your help," Le Yao hugged Doudou, she must return the money to him: "Zhou Le takes good care of me."

The words had been said so clearly, Zuo Baixiao's face turned cold, and he returned the envelope to her while driving.

But Le Yao insisted on telling him: "Brother Zuo, don't argue with me." Her chin touched Doudou's hair slightly: "I am very grateful for everything you have done for me, but I can't keep bothering you. I have to bear it myself."

Zuo Baixiao said coldly, "Le Yao, I—"

"I know you treat me well." Le Yao's voice was extremely soft: "But you really don't need this...I..."

Zuo Baixiao patted the steering wheel heavily with his hand, quite annoyed: "I don't need anything in return from you, you just have to accept my kindness to you at ease." He really wanted her, but he wouldn't To force her, no matter what, he will not use force on her.

"Thank you." Her language was lacking, except for these two words, she was speechless.

"Le Yao——" He was very worried, worried that Le Yao's repayment of the money was to draw a clear line between them, so that they had no relationship at all, not even friends anymore.

"Brother Zuo, I'm Doudou's godmother, we're still friends, aren't we?" she said.

Zuo Baixiao's face was tense and he remained silent.

Inside the car, the atmosphere was slightly awkward.

Outside Tianlu No. [-].

"Godmother, hug me again." Doudou finally saw Le Yao, reluctant to let go, let alone let Le Yao get out of the car.

Zuo Baixiao sat in the driver's seat, silent about her daughter's acting like a baby.

Le Yao was embarrassed and was about to open the car door, but Doudou was hanging on her neck and refused to let go.

"Yaoyao." Wen Yunting appeared outside Zuo Baixiao's car without warning. He was wearing a velvet coat, looking handsome and tall.At this moment, he looked at them with cold eyes, but his heart was mad with jealousy, because the three of them looked like a family.

(End of this chapter)