"Ok, whatever you say, you can also make a backup."

"I don’t need a backup now, just have Xueyin come up and take these back. Remember, no matter what, don’t get yourself involved!"

"Don’t worry."

...

"Manager, your coffee."

Jiang Xueyin really brewed the coffee and eagerly brought it to Li Yan.

"Thank you." Li Yan was a bit surprised. He was just teasing her earlier and didn’t expect her to actually make it.

"Try it, see if you like how I brewed it?" Jiang Xueyin continued eagerly.

Looking at her expectant eyes, Li Yan found it a bit odd but since he needed her to keep running errands, he didn’t think much of it and took a sip, savoring it in his mouth.

This was ordinary instant coffee; the so-called brewing was just a matter of how much water to add and adjusting the strength—it didn’t require much skill.

"Not bad."

"You’re just humoring me! I’ll believe you if you drink a big gulp."

Li Yan took another big gulp and as he began to swallow, he heard Jiang Xueyin ask with a grin, "Is it not hot?"

Li Yan nodded; she hadn’t added much water, so it’s normal for it to have cooled down a bit.

"Hehe, isn’t the taste nice? I made this for you after I washed my hands..." Jiang Xueyin couldn’t hold back her prank any longer and laughed triumphantly.

"Pfft—!"

Before she finished laughing, Li Yan spat out the coffee he hadn’t swallowed yet, and since she had brought the coffee over to watch his reaction, half of it ended up on her face!

Jiang Xueyin was stunned—not only was her face covered in coffee, but because she had been laughing triumphantly, some even got into her mouth.

Uh... Seeing her state, Li Yan quickly put down the cup and gave her a napkin.

After being dumbstruck for a moment, Jiang Xueyin finally started to freak out: "I just fooled you by saying it was unsanitary water, you fooled me once, I fooled you once, but did you have to spit all over my face?!"

She originally wanted to add something to the coffee, but there was no chili oil or wasabi around. Being a girl, she just wanted to prank him for fun and hadn’t really used anything gross. The final plan was to gross him out by saying something disgusting after he drank it. She initially thought of saying she had put snot in it but found it too disgusting herself, so she settled on saying she used water she had washed her hands with.

"I didn’t mean to spit it on you, I hadn’t swallowed it yet when you said that, it caught me by surprise, and I couldn’t control it." Li Yan chuckled bitterly, wiping her face with the napkin.

Jiang Xueyin took the napkin angrily, wanting to leave, but realizing how messy she looked, she didn’t want others to misunderstand, so she stomped to the side to clean herself up.

"Alright, I believe you didn’t use unsanitary water, I’ll finish it." Li Yan picked up the coffee, blew on it, and drank it all in a few gulps.

Jiang Xueyin, wiping her face and the little bit splattered into her mouth, had already dissolved due to talking and couldn’t easily spit it out. She grumbled, "I didn’t use unsanitary water, but I did spit in it!"

"..." Li Yan felt a bit awkward; if it were another girl, he might have joked, ’A beauty’s spit, I’ll take it as an indirect kiss,’ but since Jiang Xueyin was Yurong’s cousin, thus his cousin, he couldn’t joke around.

Seeing him stay silent, Jiang Xueyin realized saying she spat in it was a bit childish, inappropriate among adults. Having mostly cleaned up, she turned to leave for the restroom to wash better.

"Xueyin, Yurong asked you to go up, please go when you have time!" Seeing her angry demeanor, Li Yan thought it wasn’t right to mention retrieving the earlier-sent bag.

After she left, Li Yan started contacting 5261941. This job, if he handled it, even if the cyber police joined the hunt, they wouldn’t find him.

...

When Jiang Xueyin returned with the file bag, she remained expressionless, dropping it off without a word, clearly resentful for making her run in vain.

Li Yan immediately copied the information to his computer, discovering that the USB storing audio not only had the USB files but also electronic files of the printed documents, saving him the trouble of sending them directly to 526.

worked efficiently; by the afternoon, posts about the "conspiracy of anthrax virus at Prince Hotel six months ago" appeared on several financial-related forums and the local S City forum. This event was a hot topic for many days back then, but due to Zhang Yurong’s combined PR efforts, Prince Hotel turned crisis into opportunity. Modern people are forgetful, and not many followed up on what happened to the foreigner who released the virus. Now, with old news revisited and conspiracy revelations added, it quickly drew the attention of many who knew and were bored. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

The difference between online media and traditional media lies in unpredictability: some widely promoted topics may not yield results, while others can naturally gather many followers, growing larger.

Of course, the real secret in the audio, namely Changhe Group’s conspiracy, only directly involved a few individuals.

As the old case was being reported and investigated online, on the same afternoon, two seismic personnel changes occurred at Paradise Group!

One was original Business Development Director Ye Jiahong, who, after over a month in the hospital, did not return to his department but was instead assigned to a key position at Paradise Group’s branch in the Beautiful Country.

This change made the entire business department see the situation and direction clearly, understanding that they could no longer hesitate and must firmly follow Wen Qianyi. This was practically a show of the President’s clear support for Wen Qianyi! People in other departments, too, realized a shift, as more leaders and ingenious people acknowledged the rise of the younger faction and Wen Qianyi’s rapid ascent, signaling Zhang Yurong’s intended transformation. Some old-fashioned conservatives started thinking whether to change attitudes, keeping pace or retiring altogether.

The other change surprised everyone further as the original PR Director Lin Fenni was suddenly sent to South Africa for PR duties! Meanwhile, the PR Director role was temporarily taken over by President Zhang Yurong.

These two personnel changes, although company decisions, were undoubtedly Zhang Yurong’s strong propositions, passed with the support of Hai Fu and others. Since Lin Fenni’s issues weren’t suitable for public disclosure, it left people with even more imagination and speculation compared to Ye Jiahong. (To be continued, for more details, please visit www.qidian.com, support the author, and embrace genuine reading!)