Chen Lizhou was looking down, dealing with the messages on his phone, while Nan Zhubin's gaze had already fallen into the outer office.

What surprised Nan Zhubin were the two people who shouldn't have been there.

Among these two, there was one whom Nan Zhubin did not recognize at all. She had red-framed glasses and was a woman of medium build, initially seeming intent on entering the consulting room but was stopped by Chonghui and Mo Kai.

Just before Nan Zhubin opened the door and came out, she was still quietly arguing with Chonghui, even having a slight physical conflict.

Now, seeing Chen Lizhou behind Nan Zhubin, her eyes lit up instantly: "Director Chen!"

Compared to the urgency that was written all over Red Glasses, the other person appeared more silent and restrained.

Xia Tian exchanged glances with Nan Zhubin, pulling out an awkward smile, then forcefully suppressed it. However, after a breath, the smile at the corner of his mouth inevitably expanded.

For a moment, Nan Zhubin didn't know what expression to make, almost giving himself a dose of .

Meanwhile, hearing the commotion from the consultation room, Chonghui and Mo Kai also turned around.

The complex information from their micro expressions flooded into his eyes, and Nan Zhubin felt their emotions were probably similar to his own.

The three of them looked at each other in silence, without any movement.

Fortunately, there were more active ones in the office now, drawing the attention.

Red Glasses hurried past Nan Zhubin and faced Chen Lizhou: "Director Chen!"

Chen Lizhou was still looking down at the newly booted phone, with a screen full of missed calls and unread messages making him dizzy.

When Red Glasses called him the first time, he barely responded, still scrolling on the screen; only when Red Glasses got in his face did he finally look up as if he couldn't avoid it anymore.

"You are... the assistant to the Director of Legal Affairs?"

"Yes, it's me, and... our director has an urgent matter to discuss with you. It's about the boss, he should be looking for you too..."

At this point, Red Glasses glances around subtly.

"Urgent matter?"

Chen Lizhou glanced down at the phone's screen again to make sure the messages, though numerous, were indeed just from two people—Director of Legal Affairs and Boss Wang.

"I don't know the details very well either," Red Glasses paused in her tone, "It's about some company project disputes recently, involving legal issues, and the boss asked about it; but we don't have a comprehensive understanding of the details here, so our director is eager for you to come over and realign things."

Saying this, she added a note to Xia Tian: "Xiao Xia is a new intern, following me to find you."

Chonghui and Mo Kai involuntarily lowered their heads by 5 degrees.

Chen Lizhou was silent for a few seconds, then slowly spoke: "Let's go."

Red Glasses breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly stepped aside to make way, with Xia Tian closely following behind her.

…

Until the consulting room door "clicked" shut, blocking the three's figures.

Mo Kai finally couldn't hold it anymore: "Brother, that young girl behind the legal affairs director assistant just now, is she..."

Nan Zhubin nodded slowly and deliberately, everything was understood without words.

Chonghui took a deep breath and quickly recounted the incident to Nan Zhubin—

Just as the consultation with Nan Zhubin and Chen Lizhou was about forty minutes in, Red Glasses came knocking with Xia Tian. After learning that Chen Lizhou was in the consulting room, they insisted on going in.

If there was an urgent situation—such as an exception involving confidentiality—Chonghui naturally dared not stop them.

But Red Glasses was always vague in her speech, and Xia Tian behind her also had an inexplicable look, so Chonghui could only use the reason that the consultation was about to end and asked them to wait outside the consulting room.

The hold lasted nearly twenty minutes.

Other members of the project team in the EAP Office didn't dare say much, after all, so much had been happening recently, and someone even barged in during a visitor's consultation to fetch people?

Who knows what's going on in this company now.

Now, after listening to Chonghui's recount to Nan Zhubin, someone noticed something amiss.

The front desk master's keen senses picked out a detail: "Brother, that young lady behind the assistant with Red Glasses, is she an acquaintance?"

After asking Chonghui, she subconsciously turned to Mo Kai, who was generally easier to talk to: "Is she a junior entering the team this year? Why is she involved in legal affairs work?"

Mo Kai, unable to hide things, directly turned his head to Nan Zhubin.

The front desk master's eyebrows knitted together.

Nan Zhubin cleared his throat: "Indeed, she's an acquaintance, but... no need to mind."

Hearing this, Mo Kai and Chonghui couldn't help but lower their heads by another 5 degrees.

Without waiting for further explanation, the three of them spontaneously entered the room where Chen Lizhou had just been counseled, and started a small meeting.

"Xia Tian... is probably here to collect evidence for us." Chonghui spoke first, uncovering the truth.

He sighed: "At that time she only told us not to worry about the evidence, she had a way, but I didn't expect... it would be like this." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Mo Kai picked up the thread, acknowledging: "Indeed. If she were entering as a lawyer, that would be fine. But hearing from the legal director assistant earlier, Sister Xia entered as an intern... does this count as commercial espionage?"