Business Information Identity

Chapter 13: Major Case

Huang Yu and Chen Fan turned to look as Mai Yan appeared in the restaurant. After staring at the three for a moment, Mai Yan looked at Nie Zu. Nie Zu shrugged, and Mai Yan immediately understood what had happened, smiling in her heart and walking over. Chen Fan stood up with gentlemanly decorum to help Mai Yan pull out the chair, but unexpectedly, Mai Yan leaned down to give Nie Zu a little French kiss, then straightened up and said to Chen Fan, 'Thank you!' before sitting down. Chen Fan's heart felt as if it had been pierced by a sharp knife.

Nie Zuo ignored the injured person and asked, "What shall we eat?"

"Steak, please."

"I'll have that."

Mai Yan told the waiter who came: "Ribeye with foie gras."

Chen Fan didn't understand: "Nie Zuo ordered steak, why can't Ms. Mai also order steak?"

Nie Zuo sighed: "When we eat normally, half of my steak will be taken by her, so I'll take half of her foie gras. If both of us have steak, it would seem too childish for us to fight over it." Showing affection, with my partner singing and I following the tune, hey, not that I want to show off, but my woman wants to, so of course I'll cooperate. As for whether you're happy or not, it has nothing to do with my happiness, as long as my woman is happy.

Mai Yan showed a toothy smile and picked up the lemon water in front of her: "Mr. Chen, I just heard that you're getting a promotion to the Venture Capital department, I'll offer you my water as a toast, may everything go smoothly for you and may your wealth multiply."

"Thank you." Chen Fan picked up his glass, feeling quite unhappy inside. According to the script, Nie Zuo had heard so much, and logically he should have some anger towards Mai Yan for helping a man work overtime and eating lunch with him every day.

Not to mention him, Huang Yu was also confused. Huang Yu had limited contact with Nie Zuo, and Mai Yan didn't talk about Nie Zuo when chatting with her. Mai Yan asked: "Gentleman, how was your interview?"

"I have an interview in the afternoon, but... I probably won't make it." Nie Zuo answered.

Mai Yan asked in surprise: "Why?"

"Because the interviewer didn't intend to interview in the first place." Nie Zuo explained: "Everyone is different, so it's normal for the interview time to be different too. At first, the interview times varied, which was normal. But after 9 a.m., each interview was exactly two minutes, no more and no less. If I guessed right, it was purely a formality to ask questions. At 9:30 a.m., they simply replaced the young girl with a new interviewer. I knew then that either they had enough candidates by 9 a.m. or the interviewer had no intention of selecting someone from the interviewees."

Mai Yan was taken aback: "So..."

"It's fine now, I'm planning to open a fruit shop in the city."

Mai Yan questioned: "Brother Xiao is willing to move the shop elsewhere just for you young apprentice? Tell me, aren't you two..." Mai Yan wisely stopped short of her question, covering her mouth and laughing.

“Big brother promised Sister-in-law to sell the house and buy a school district home.”

“What’s the name of that examiner?” Mai Yan asked. “This is a complete waste of company resources; I’m going to file a complaint against him.”

Chen Fan said, “Miss Mai, at the moment, it’s just Nie Zuo’s word against the rest, and I heard that the interviewer this time is Vice President Mi. Vice President Mi is a very serious person. I think Nie Zuo misunderstood and is guessing wildly.”

Mai Yan shook her head. “Nie Zuo never speaks without reason.”

“……” This was called blind trust, trust without reason, leaving Chen Fan speechless.

At this moment, Cao Kai from the neighboring table walked over and asked, “Are you interviewing for the Internal Affairs Department?”

Nie Zuo frowned. What a coincidence. The Internal Affairs Department was a new department, and the manager should be a professional hire. That’s why Chen Fan and Huang Yu didn’t recognize him. Damn… he had said too much.

Seeing Nie Zuo’s frozen expression, Mai Yan knew he was deep in thought and immediately stepped in to answer for him. “Yes.”

“Nie Zuo?” Cao Kai asked. How did this interviewee get here? Was he a corporate spy? Cao Kai had been eating while the conversation between Chen Fan and Huang Yu had been quite loud, so he had heard everything clearly. At first, he had been confused, but when Mai Yan arrived, and Chen Fan pulled out a chair, and Mai Yan kissed Nie Zuo, he understood what this dinner was all about. He was somewhat surprised by Nie Zuo’s composure; either he had great self-restraint, or he was numb, or perhaps he saw through the true meaning of the dinner, feeling disdain for the two of them in his heart.

What truly shocked him was that Nie Zuo’s evaluation of the examiner was entirely accurate. Nie Zuo didn’t use words like ‘maybe’ or ‘perhaps’; he spoke with certainty.

Cao Kai said, “Be at Starcloud Building, 20th floor, at nine tomorrow morning. My name is Cao Kai, and I am the manager of the Internal Affairs Department.”

Nie Zuo thought for a moment. “Tomorrow? I’m not available tomorrow.”

“The day after is fine too.”

“I’ll be free the day after at nine tomorrow.” Mai Yan’s fingernails pinched Nie Zuo’s right hand from below, her eyes on him: Are you courting death, man?

Cao Kai looked at Nie Zuo. “I can offer you double the salary.”

He nodded, "Okay, nine o'clock tomorrow."

He said, "Four times!"

He asked back, "What do you want?"

"See you tomorrow." He picked up his suit on the chair and the nearby Zhang Mei Ling also stood up, he took a few steps and turned to look at him and said, "I will give those who are really capable enough rewards, and enough space, you can even not come to work. Your girlfriend treats you well, don't let her down."

Saying that, he took off and Zhang Mei Ling followed him, and he whispered, "Check this person through the police system, it's possible that he's a corporate spy."

"Why?"

"A police officer's reaction to a corpse is completely different from that of an ordinary person, not because the police's psychological quality is good, but because he has seen worse corpses. This dinner is obviously not simple, this person named Ruo, handles the dinner dilemma easily and calmly. Before this morning, I did not see him from the monitor, but he was able to tell that our invigilator was responding, that is to say he avoided the surveillance cameras and was observing the surrounding situation. He has some desire to get this position, at the same time, he does not care about this job. When I approached him directly, he immediately showed reluctance, expressing resistance to this job that was sent to his door, and he regretted saying too much, which means he did not want me to know he was capable." He said, "So there's a possibility he could be a corporate spy, or he might not be... He has a stable girlfriend? Check on this May Ying by the way."

Zhang Mei Ling shook her head, "I'm sorry, although we are police, we cannot arbitrarily check on the personal data of citizens unless necessary. Otherwise, a bad police officer could gain access to the personal data of everyone in the city."

He did not speak and left the restaurant with Zhang Mei Ling, picked up the phone, "Hack into A city's police system, I need the information on a person named Ruo and one named May Ying... You start hacking, I don't know the correct spelling of their names, I'll give it to you later."

"Cao Kai, what you're doing is illegal."

"Speak up when you have enough evidence to sue me." He hung up the phone, "But you see, these two don't seem to have a criminal record, so your police may not have detailed information." At most, their household registration, temporary residence, tax records, social security and medical insurance payment records.

"Cao Kai, I really can't arrest you, but you should know that you are despising the law."

"I despise all the police in a whole city." He sneered, "Don't you realize that there's a bigger case? Instead of insistently tangling over such minor details with me."

ps: Since the previous chapter, the manuscript from now on has no one to help proofread, so the number of typos will increase a little bit...