E-Ladies: Navigating the Wired World
Chapter 114: Episode 114: Seizing the Advantage and Counterattacking 6

Chapter 114: Episode 114: Seizing the Advantage and Counterattacking 6

Two days had gone by, and Mi Lu hadn’t made contact with Da Boyi.

"Yinyin, do you think I should reach out to Mi Lu and ask about the situation?" Da Boyi asked anxiously.

"Hmm? She hasn’t contacted you these past two days?" Zhou Xueyin asked in surprise.

"No, I thought she would get in touch with me, but she hasn’t... I wonder what she’s plotting..." Da Boyi said helplessly.

"You should make the first move and contact her since in her view, you’ve wronged her, right? So be proactive, understand?"

"But... what should I say to her?" Da Boyi was puzzled.

"Just say what you need to say. You didn’t actually do what she claims, did you? She might have fabricated evidence that you did, but the fact is you didn’t!" Zhou Xueyin spoke while holding the phone with her shoulder, "I have customers to contact on my end, so I can’t talk anymore! With your high EQ, you’ll surely handle it well!"

"Yinyin, what the what and which the which? Who are you trying to confuse with riddles?" Li Jiniang actually understood, but she still thought the phone conversation was funny and made a joke.

"There’s no what or which here, get back to work! Have you contacted the customers? Have you signed the orders? Be careful, or I might dock your pay next month!" Zhou Xueyin joked back at Li Jiniang.

After hanging up, Da Boyi walked around the company’s lounge with his phone, thinking about what to say when he called Mi Lu.

"Buzz buzz buzz..."

Just as Da Boyi was about to call Mi Lu, her call came in: "Hello? President Da? It’s me, Mi Lu. You weren’t feeling well last time, right? We couldn’t sign the contract smoothly. How about we go to your company to sign it today?"

"About that, I’m not at the office today, how about tomorrow? Would that be okay? I’ll bring the contract and the company seal to your office tomorrow for the signing. There’s no need for you to come all this way to mine!"

Having Mi Lu come to his company would be like letting the wolf into the sheep’s pen. If she made a fuss with the evidence she had at his company, Da Boyi would undoubtedly be kicked out, not to mention he might end up losing his wife and children.

"Oh? You’re really afraid of me visiting your company, huh? But okay, it’s not impossible to sign at my office... though I have a condition..." Mi Lu’s voice trailed off, waiting for Da Boyi’s reaction.

"What, what condition?" Although he hadn’t done anything guilty, he was still sweating profusely.

"You’ll see when you come tomorrow. We’ll talk in detail then!" Mi Lu dangled a huge temptation.

As for what the tease was about, Da Boyi couldn’t guess...

"Right! Call Yinyin right away! Discuss a strategy!"

Da Boyi called Zhou Xueyin again, telling her that Mi Lu had taken the initiative to contact him and had dangled a tease.

"The few of us, we’ll go with you tomorrow! I can probably guess what kind of potion she’s looking to buy in her gourd!"

Zhou Xueyin consoled Da Boyi, telling him not to worry. Tomorrow she would disguise herself, pretending to be Da Boyi’s secretary—when the time came and the evidence was presented, they would see who had the last laugh.

The next day, Da Boyi arrived at 51buy first. He saw Zhou Xueyin, who was wearing a bob wig, thick glasses, her face dotted with freckles and fake braces on her teeth, clad in a vintage job-seeking suit, and genuinely did not recognize her.

He even wondered when their company had acquired such a character.

"Your disguise is brilliant! I didn’t even recognize you!" Da Boyi said admiringly.

"With that weston, I step out, nobody westonizes me as Zhou Xueyin!" Zhou Xueyin said with her fake braces, her speech emitting a whistling sound.

"What about those two?" Da Boyi looked at Zhang Jingwan and Zhao Caiyun, who remained unchanged.

"They are waiting at the entrance of Mi Lu’s company. I’ll text them to come in when it’s time!" In order to talk freely, Zhou Xueyin decided to remove these two ’thorns’ first.

A group of people arrived at the entrance of Xiaolu Technology Company, with Zhang Jingwan and Zhao Caiyun standing by in the elevator area.

Da Boyi and Zhou Xueyin went to meet with Mi Lu.

It had been less than two months since Da Boyi’s last visit to the company, and now there were only Mi Lu and another employee left; the other workstations were all deserted.

"Miss Mi, what happened to your company? Where is everyone?" Da Boyi asked knowingly.

’Where is everyone? I poached them all.’ Zhou Xueyin chuckled secretly in her heart.

"Mr. Da, you really picked the wrong time to visit, they all went out street canvassing!" Mi Lu lied effortlessly.

Tricking a ghost? Machines were covered with dust, clearly unused for at least a month, and nobody had bothered to clean them...

"Really?" Da Boyi questioned back.

"Really, really! Believe me! Let’s talk in my office, and who is this?" Mi Lu looked at Zhou Xueyin with suspicion.

"Ah, this is my secretary, Li Xue!" Da Boyi introduced Zhou Xueyin using the name they had agreed on beforehand.

"Hello... I’m Li Xue..." Zhou Xueyin spoke with a leak in her words, nearly spitting out her saliva.

"Hello, hello..." Mi Lu indeed didn’t recognize Zhou Xueyin and led the two into her office.

This woman really lived in luxury—she not only had her own private office but also had bookshelves and work furniture made of solid wood, and the executive chair was a high-end leather one, although the guest sofa was made of synthetic leather.

"Mr. Da, why not invest the money you were planning to put into 51buy into our Xiaolu Technology instead?" Mi Lu sat in her leather executive chair, arrogantly resting her feet on the desk, looking at Da Boyi.

"Ah? That won’t do... who to invest in and how much to invest is decided by our boss. We have to check the earnings situation at the end of the year, we can’t just give it to anyone!" Da Boyi feigned difficulty.

"It’s your boss’s decision, huh..." Mi Lu looked troubled as she regarded Da Boyi, "What would your boss think if he saw this?"

As expected! Mi Lu played her trump card right from the start!

She tossed a photo of herself and Da Boyi together in front of him.

"Fake! This is fake! That day I only had a glass of water... then I... I didn’t know anything after that!" Da Boyi panicked in his act, "You... you didn’t do something to that glass of water, did you?"

"What are you talking about? We drank that day! You couldn’t hold your liquor... and took advantage of me..." Mi Lu said while throwing various photos onto the table at Da Boyi as though dealing cards.

"You’re framing me? Do you know..." Had Zhou Xueyin not tugged on Da Boyi’s sleeve, he might have shown his own trump card.

"What do I know?" Mi Lu looked at Da Boyi provocatively, "Even if I’m framing you, how can you refute it? I even have your marked underwear! Alone with you in a room, no second witness, if I accuse you of assault, can’t you just deny it?"

"No wonder, I asked to meet you in the hotel room and you agreed right away, waiting here for me, huh?" Although he knew he had an ace up his sleeve, Da Boyi was still furious facing Mi Lu’s provocation.