Reborn: The Return of the Villainous Mr. Liu

The discussion with Zixin and Assistant Ling brought Guiying back to the IT department the next day. The same guy who handed her the laptop was present at his desk. He was relieved to not see Zixin following her this time.

"Yes, Miss. Cai. How can I help you? Is the laptop working all fine now?"

She smiled. "The laptop is fine, but something happened that I cannot put my finger on it."

He blinked in confusion.

"There was an email sent from my mail app which I have no idea of. It caused a conflict with another meeting which was really embarrassing for me. But I am sure that I never sent the second mail invite. So, I want to know if you have any idea of what could have possibly happened."

His eyes widened. "That sucks. How is it possible? Do you think it was a bug or technical glitch with the laptop?"

"That is one of the possible conclusions I came to."

He shook his head. "I had fixed your laptop myself. I did a pretty good job. There is no way that it could be any sort of a malfunction, certainly of not accidentally sending wrong emails. That just doesn't happen. That has never happened before."

With his confidence, Guiying felt like she was going somewhere.

"Then…the only possibility remaining would be if somebody tampered with my laptop, right? Or somebody accessed it without my permission?"

The IT guy furrowed his brows. "That seems to be like the only thing that could have happened?"

She asked with a sense of urgency, "Was there anybody around my laptop while it was submitted here at the IT?"

His eyes stretched wide again. "No way! We don't expose employees' laptops like that. All the laptops are kept secured in the storage room until they are fixed. The room is locked obviously and only Miss. Zheng and I have access to it. There is another colleague with access, but she is on a long leave. So it's just me and Miss. Zheng. So you can see how it's impossible for anybody to sneak around."

Guiying left the IT department with her shoulders sulking and dropping. She had hoped that somebody would have seen something, any suspicious person unnecessarily near her laptop, but that wasn't the case at all.

But in the back of her mind, a thought still persisted.

"Hey."

She stiffened with the familiar voice. From the corner of her eye, Zheng Jiao approached her and looked at her with lips curved into a smile. "Did you find anything?"

She didn't respond.

"I heard you were searching for some clues in my department. That honestly makes me sad. Did you really think there is a bent person in my department who would be looking to frame you?"

Guiying squinted her eyes.

"Why do you look at me that way?" She raised her brow. "It almost feels like you doubt me too. But that cannot be so, right? What would I get by doing this?"

"Don't you want me to stop being Sir Zixin's assistant and join your department? Only you and that guy have access to laptops. It wouldn't be difficult for a person knowing about computers to send a simple email right? Can you blame me for acting cautious?"

For a moment, Guiying was startled by her own demeanor. She wasn't the kind of person to confront anybody like this or talk back. It was more of 'Guiying's' way to deal with such unpleasant stuff.

"Oh my," Zheng Jiao narrowed her eyes. "This reminds me of our coffee time that day but not quite in the same way. Anyway, you do make valid points though. Come to my office. I will show you something interesting."

Guiying's suspicions immediately deepened.

"I don't bite," she smiled.

Guiying thought for a moment and wondered if it was wise to follow a person she had suspicions on. But it was Chen Corps and she couldn't be in danger. Zheng Jiao wouldn't be so stupid either.

The lights automatically switched on as they stepped in the office and Zheng Jiao fired her laptop on. She clicked on some folders that had video recordings in it.

"Security footage of my department. This is from the time you submitted your laptop till the time you took it back. See for yourself if I was being sneaky."

Guiying carefully watched the videos and to her dismay, nobody ever accessed her laptop. She was completely absorbed in finding any tiny hint of evidence she could but there was nothing incriminating.

"See? I am innocent."

Guiying was startled as the voice came from behind her with Zheng Jiao standing too close and too intimidating to her taste.

Calming the sudden burst of a shock, she said, "This proves nothing. You could easily delete or alter the footage to suit your convenience. Or you might not even physically need my laptop. I think you might be capable enough to remotely access my emails and play with them."

Zheng Jiao folded her arms and laughed. "I like your thinking. Those are valid points too. But then it makes your job very difficult, you see. How will you prove that I am the culprit?"

Guiying had no answer to that.

"I am flattered that you think I am so capable but I am not the only one you know," she smiled which faintly felt like a sneer too.

Guiying left the IT department a second time, clueless of what to do next. She met everybody at lunch time where Jia Lin, Xun Da and Wan Yong expressed their sighs.

"We heard about the conflict with the board. Such a shame," Xun Da said.

Jia Lin flared her nostrils. "I know, right? It was just an accident yet the oldies bullied the newbie like this."

"It wasn't an accident," Guiying said, "I wasn't wrong. I didn't send any wrong invites. I was very focused when I was doing my job. There wasn't any glitch either as the IT guy explained it to me. He did a thorough job of fixing my laptop. That's why I feel that somebody purposely did this to frame me."

The three held shock in their faces.

"But you just joined. Who would have anything against you in such a short time already?" Wan Yong frowned.

Guiying looked determined. "That's what I have to find and I will. I have thought of a way for that too."