During dinner, Tao Wuji and Hu Yue talked at length, including their acquaintance and journey with Tian Xiaohui. Tian Xiaohui, a genuine Shanghai girl, chose to accompany the poor boy from out of town, Tao Wuji, in their struggle together. Hu Yue was filled with envy, touched, and admiration for their love. In order to facilitate farmers’ applications for agricultural loans, Tao Wuji personally approached Director Jia of the branch’s technical department, hoping he could help optimize the agricultural loan app.
Director Jia stated that the department was currently short-staffed and that the process from optimization to testing and then to trial use would take at least a month. However, for Tao Wuji, a month was too long because the rainy season was approaching, and he hoped to shorten the time to ten days. Zhao Hui took the initiative to speak up for Tao Wuji, and it was under his patronage that Director Jia promised to complete the app’s optimization upgrade within ten days.
Miao Che compiled the financial statements and audit reports and handed them over to Gu Shen, which were riddled with problems, greatly displeasing Gu Shen. Li Sen gloated on the sidelines, even hinting at adding insult to injury. Miao Che retorted that they were currently in the stage of a written investigation and conclusions could only be drawn after talking to Zhao Hui. In the end, Gu Shen decided to temporarily suspend all of Zhao Hui’s work and notified the administrative department to issue an internal notice.
However, the Discipline Inspection Team quickly received materials anonymously reporting that Zhao Hui had accepted bribes, including photos of him dating Zhou Lin and wearing a Rolex Submariner worth over four hundred thousand yuan. In addition, there was an anonymous letter accusing Zhao Hui of repeatedly accepting bribes through overseas charity platforms for his daughter’s medical treatment. Zhao Hui was asked to cooperate unconditionally with the investigation, causing Su Jianren to feel anxious and restless. He hurriedly contacted Li Sen for a countermeasure. Li Sen suggested pushing all the blame onto Zhao Hui, guaranteeing that he himself would not be implicated, and promised that once Zhao Hui stepped down, he would be appointed as the branch manager within six months.
The Discipline Inspection Team showed Zhao Hui the photos, inquired about the source of the watch, and demanded that he hand over the watch. Zhao Hui believed that normal interaction between friends was beyond reproach. However, the Discipline Inspection Team discovered through surveillance footage that shortly after Zhao Hui left, Xie Zhiyuan and Su Jianren met with Zhou Lin at the same restaurant. There was an internal leak in Junlong Group, with the bidding price for the Xinglu Project being leaked to competitors. The bidding documents were only stored on Wu Xiaofei’s computer, which only Luo Secretary and Tian Xiaohui had touched. Wu Xiaofei confronted Luo Secretary face to face, exposing her for selling herself out for money and forcing her to sign a debt note, threatening to deal with her using special means if she didn’t comply.
After this incident, Tian Xiaohui realized how terrifying Wu Xiaofei was. Wu Xiaofei took the opportunity to warn her that since she was working with him, she should understand that there were some things that couldn’t be told to anyone, including her most trusted family members. Back at her desk, Tian Xiaohui was still trembling with fear. She wanted to call Tao Wuji but gave up as he was busy dealing with the heavy rain.
