CHAPTER 531: CHAPTER 296: IS THIS RETRIBUTION? _2

Tang Yue could fully imagine how Shen Lin would definitely not believe it at first, then she would show her Chen Feng’s hotel room records, and then Shen Lin would be shocked, furious, and even explode in rage.

Just thinking about Shen Lin, this beauty, being furious at her ex-husband, she couldn’t wait.

Unfortunately, she arrived a bit early, and after wandering around, most people in the office hadn’t arrived yet.

After waiting a few more minutes, the people from the office started arriving.

Shen Lin arrived only two or three minutes before the work start time.

Right after, they were about to start the morning meeting, so Tang Yue couldn’t talk to Shen Lin about Chen Feng, since there were too many people and it was work time.

Then, everyone noticed that Yuan Dawei hadn’t arrived.

The director immediately asked someone to call Yuan Dawei, but the call didn’t go through, so they had to temporarily give up.

The Monday morning meeting generally lasts about ten minutes, wrapping up the usual routine, and everyone returns to their posts.

Tang Yue followed a group of colleagues back to the office, planning to talk to Shen Lin, when the phone on her desk rang.

This was the phone for external contact at their unit, and Tang Yue’s main job was to handle this phone, so she was usually quite free.

She immediately went over, picked up the phone, and habitually said, "Hello."

The tone wasn’t bad, but also not overly gentle, just standard. However, she felt that her voice was quite sweet.

"Hello. We are from the xx Street Police Department. Is there someone named Yuan Dawei working at your unit?" The voice on the other side was also charming.

"Ah, yes. He is the director of our office department. May I ask what the matter is?"

Upon hearing it was about Director Yuan, Tang Yue immediately perked up and carefully inquired.

"It’s like this, your unit’s Yuan Dawei is currently detained at our police station, suspected of assault. I am here to notify your unit."

"What!"

Tang Yue was stunned on the spot! She forgot to ask anything else.

And after saying this, the caller just hung up directly.

"Xiao Tang, what’s going on? I think I heard you mention our director. The director didn’t come to work today, and we can’t reach him by phone. Do you think something happened?"

The most senior middle-aged woman in the office inquired with feigned concern. Her nephew is now the deputy director at the unit, just over forty, and has a subtle competitive relationship with the up-and-coming Yuan Dawei.

So, naturally, she was eager for something to happen to Yuan Dawei.

Indeed, something did happen to Yuan Dawei.

For a moment, Tang Yue didn’t know what to say.

The others, seeing her expression, knew the phone call had a story, and quickly gathered around, curiously asking questions, including Shen Lin.

In this office, there were eight people in total, four of whom were middle-aged women, plus her and Shen Lin, making six women. The other two men were usually out running errands.

With so many women in one office, there was naturally no lack of gossip and intrigues. This place was like a small pond with numerous turtles; small temples tended to be windy. That’s how an office was.

Tang Yue wanted to keep things confidential for Yuan Dawei temporarily, but then a notification letter came straight through the fax machine, leaving her with no choice but to report it.

As a result, the women in the office were all shocked.

In no time, everyone in the unit knew about Yuan Dawei’s (alleged) assault, and several middle-aged women in the same department showed signs of fear, gathering together in whispers, speculating that Yuan Dawei might have harbored intentions towards them; they even stopped working.

Tang Yue and Shen Lin didn’t participate; aside from being shocked, they were somewhat embarrassed.

Tang Yue had always been currying favor with Director Yuan, hoping to support him in climbing up the ranks so she could rise too. Their relationship was relatively close.

And Shen Lin, of course, everyone in the unit knew Director Yuan had been pursuing her, which caused other eligible young men interested in her to back off.

Now that something had happened with Yuan Dawei, everyone would obviously look at them differently.

"Xiao Lin, you weren’t taken advantage of by Yuan Dawei, right?"

After those middle-aged women whispered for quite a while, one of them finally spoke to Shen Lin.

Upon hearing this, Shen Lin was naturally uncomfortable, but considering the other’s seniority, she could only force a smile and reply, "Absolutely not. I never intended to be with him from the start."

"Then you’re really lucky. Considering Yuan Dawei’s conditions before, which divorced woman could resist his persistent pursuit? Probably only you, being so proud. Haha."

"Xiao Tang, you used to be quite close to Yuan Dawei. Um, won’t your husband misunderstand? Haha."

Another middle-aged woman in the unit was notorious for being talkative and blunt, directly helping herself to Tang Yue like this.

The other middle-aged women laughed along.

One teased, "Who doesn’t know, Xiao Kong has always been good-natured. He never uses the fact that he’s a director’s nephew to act special in the unit, always does his work well. Yuan Dawei treated him well, and they have a good relationship, like wearing the same pants."

The last remark caused the other three women to burst into laughter.

Tang Yue was infuriated, her face alternating between blue and white. She wasn’t of a good temperament either, and though young and inexperienced, her husband’s uncle was a unit leader, so she couldn’t help but snap directly, "Do you damn well know you can eat at random, but you shouldn’t talk nonsense?"

The four women changed their faces, and stood up altogether, ready to brawl.

Seeing this, Shen Lin quickly stood up, hurried over to stand between them to mediate, "Alright, alright. Everyone, please say less. After all, Director Yuan is only suspected, and the police haven’t confirmed anything. So, let’s avoid jumping to conclusions. What if he’s innocent? We should have some integrity in our words."

The four middle-aged women were indeed at fault, and they all knew Tang Yue’s temper was that of a firecracker—if she truly exploded, she wouldn’t care about anything. They weren’t afraid of verbal sparring, but if the situation escalated, it wouldn’t benefit them.

Moreover, regardless, Tang Yue was also their director’s nephew’s wife, and if things truly blew up, it wouldn’t end well for them either.

Tang Yue saw they weren’t retaliating, so she made a strategic retreat. After all, each of them had connections and backers, and she wouldn’t offend them unless necessary.

The office finally quieted down, and the middle-aged women started working.

Tang Yue had a leisurely job and began scrolling through her phone, and after a while, heard a ding—someone sent her a file.

She saw it, hesitated for a long time, and finally opened the received file.