Chapter 219: Chapter 219

When Shi Nian returned to work, the most excited person was naturally Ye He. After getting Shi Nian’s call, she arrived downstairs early, and when she saw Shi Nian’s car, she jumped up and waved excitedly.

Shi Nian got out of the car, hugged Ye He, and couldn’t help but whisper in her ear, "You should have worn a grass skirt today or brought a flower garland, so it would be easier to dance and shout ’Welcome, welcome, warmly welcome’."

Ye He’s face turned red, and she adorably bit her lip while staring at Shi Nian, "Boss, do we really need to be so formal with each other?"

Shi Nian tapped her nose and said, "I’m not so delusional to think you’re here just to welcome me. I told you to wear a grass skirt to welcome the real VIP."

Ye He was flustered, "Boss, tacit understanding is a virtue."

Returning to her familiar environment, Shi Nian became cheerful, and couldn’t help but move her feet, making horizontal wave-like gestures with her hands at her waist.

Tang Yanqing locked his car and walked over with a frown. He adjusted his sunglasses, choosing to ignore Ye He and instead scrutinized Shi Nian’s movements.

Shi Nian rolled her eyes, thinking if it were the Zhang Manyu version of the Green Snake, she might reluctantly accept it.

Who knew Tang Yanqing would add directly, "The one Xiao Shenyang and Cheng Ye performed on Jiangsu Satellite TV in 2013."

"Pfft..." Shi Nian recalled Cheng Ye’s chubby Green Snake and immediately reached out to support herself against the wall.

This Tang Yanqing, he’s too ruthless!

Ye He, having spent a long time in M Country, wasn’t very attuned to the domestic comedy scene, so she didn’t understand their conversation. She grabbed the sleeve of Tang Yanqing’s police uniform and earnestly asked, "Are you talking about the ’Legend of the White Snake’?"

Shi Nian chuckled to herself, realizing Ye He was even more outdated than her own Zhang Manyu version of the Green Snake.

Tang Yanqing looked down at Ye He’s hand on his uniform, seriously saying from above, "BMW."

"Huh?" Ye He was confused again.

With a sigh, Shi Nian stepped forward to retrieve Ye He’s hand, while casually gifting Tang Yanqing with three words: "BYD!"

Fortunately, there was a bit of space left in the elevator, so Shi Nian grabbed Ye He’s hand and darted in first. Tang Yanqing smiled slightly, but he was just one step too late. Shi Nian pressed the close button in advance, leaving him to watch them go upstairs first.

Ye He, still confused, leaned close to Shi Nian’s ear and asked softly, "Boss, were you and Mr. Tang just talking about cars? Is one of you planning to get a new car?"

Shi Nian could only pat her hand and say, "Child, to keep your innocence, it’s better not to ask. Otherwise, you’ll pick up bad habits."

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Five minutes later, Tang Yanqing sauntered in, his gaze directing itself right through the partition from the doorway. With sunglasses on, his eyes were hidden, but the slight curve of his lips was visible.

Seeing her sneaking glances his way, he calmly mouthed from afar, "Wait - for - me - to - settle - the - score."

She hurriedly lowered her head to avoid his gaze, quietly smiling.

Just then, Li普曼 walked into the office in quick succession, and Shi Nian quickly held her materials and fled in to report, temporarily escaping someone’s reckoning.

Ye He, eager to learn and also seizing the opportunity to chat, proactively went over to help tidy up the sofas and coffee table in the reception area for him. She even flipped his book back to the page he was last on.

Tang Yanqing nodded in satisfaction, handing her a piece of candy as he sat down, "Little Yezi, you look even more beautiful after just a few days."

Ye He blushed with happiness and joyfully went to make him coffee. When she brought it over, she squatted by the coffee table, earnestly inquiring, "Mr. Tang, are you going to buy a BMW, and is our boss going to buy a BYD?"

Tang Yanqing held a sip of coffee in his mouth, twisted his eyebrows a few times but managed not to laugh, safely swallowing the coffee.

He finally said two flat words, "Not really."

Ye He pouted, "Then just tell me."

Tang Yanqing then grinned at her, "When I said BMW, I meant ’Don’t Touch Me’."

"Cough..." Ye He choked.

But one of Ye He’s particularly good qualities was that, though blushing, she persisted in seeking clarification, "So what does our boss mean by BYD?"

"Ahem," Tang Yanqing cleared his throat but didn’t immediately answer. Instead, he looked up seriously at the ceiling, as if checking whether the ’Deep Throat’ office had highly sensitive sprinkler systems installed.

"Mr. Tang, please tell me!" Ye He persisted.

"BYD, B-Y-D~" Tang Yanqing could only sigh deeply, "Your boss is helping you retaliate against me, she’s trying to tell me—Don’t, Lust, Loose."

"Pfft..." Ye He plopped down on the ground, forgetting she was wearing a skirt, laughing so hard she couldn’t get up.

In Lipman’s office, the atmosphere was quite different.

Shi Nian seriously reported the case’s entire process to Lipman. The tall and thin Lipman listened intently, his eyes fixed on Shi Nian, not blinking.

The boss being so serious showed the importance attached to this case, making Shi Nian all the more cautious to report thoroughly.

After carefully listening to Shi Nian’s report, Lipman lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, then slowly said, "I am very concerned and curious about the connection between the Kangchuan University case you mentioned and the Child Wife Case. However, I am more concerned about whether the police will have solved the Child Wife Case by the time our series of reports reach the connection between the two cases. If the police’s progress is not that fast, will they agree to our early disclosure of the details?"

Shi Nian nodded seriously, "That is indeed my concern as well. After all, the speed of police solving the case is beyond our control."

Lipman then modified several news threads he had drawn on the white paper, "Instead, I suggest that in the early reports, we only talk about the Kangchuan University case itself without adding the connection to the Child Wife Case. Once the police progress synchronizes with ours, we will unveil the entire topic."

This is indeed a good way to avoid issues, and Shi Nian nodded, "Alright, boss, I know what to do now."

At the same time, Xiong Jie was in the office of "Black Curtain" talking with her editorial supervisor.

Xiong Jie, however, was not as relaxed as Shi Nian. She stared at the freshly printed "Black Curtain" and saw that the space originally reserved for her was temporarily replaced by another article from a different group, confusedly asking, "Supervisor, what does this mean?"

The supervisor, Ali, was a skinny woman with sharp eyes, "Xiong Jie, let me be honest with you, why did I originally hire you into ’Black Curtain’? It wasn’t because you had more obvious advantages than other candidates, but because during the interview you could openly tell us that you previously applied to ’Deep Throat’ and became one of the last two candidates. You said you lost, but only lost to an unfair competition... When you said that, your eyes were full of hatred."

"Our ’Black Curtain’ and ’Deep Throat’ have been competitors for many years, even to the point where it’s unkind to say, it’s either they die or we perish under the current circumstances. So I like rookies like you more."

"But what I valued doesn’t mean you can casually highlight the conflict between us and ’Deep Throat’ in regular articles as a selling point. Xiong Jie, wanting to directly attack the other party’s reporter in your article, especially regarding private life, is foolish."

"At best, it’ll make peers laugh at us for being petty; at worst, it might bring us lawsuits."

Xiong Jie found it hard to accept, "But Ali, you personally approved this article before, otherwise it wouldn’t have been finalized. Yet you didn’t say it was unsuitable at the time, or I would have replaced it with another article."

Ali folded her arms, "No means no, you’ve seen the actual execution page. Xiong Jie, it’s not for me to explain to you now, it’s for you to reflect on yourself. Don’t let similar articles appear before me again."

"Alright, you may leave now."

Xiong Jie clenched the newspaper and left Ali’s office, returning to her seat, and angrily threw the newspaper on the ground.

What on earth is going on?

Thinking it over carefully, she only mentioned this intention to Shi Nian before writing the article, intending to use it to threaten Shi Nian to stop covering the Kangchuan University topic... Xiong Jie squinted at this thought.

Did Shi Nian know about this in advance and find a way to get Ali to veto her article?

Shi Nian herself might not have such influence, but her husband is a lawyer. Xiong Jie recalled Ali saying, "This might bring lawsuits to the company," could it be she informed her husband, and so he sent a lawyer’s letter to the company?

No matter what, this article won’t be published, and her grudge against Shi Nian deepens!

What Xiong Jie didn’t know was that there was a large pile of photos she took on Ali’s desk, all of which captured the day of the altercation between Shi Nian, Xiang Yuan, and Rosa.

In one of the photos, a black Rolls-Royce parked on the roadside was inadvertently included.

The picture was shadowy, but vaguely showed a tall man sitting in the backseat.

Ali also sighed, reaching out to pick up a photo and fed it into the shredder.

This photo must never see print, so Xiong Jie’s article was destined to be killed.

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