The CEO is domineering, the devil Boss is addicted to pampering

Chapter 1341 Yunrui Enchanting: Lao Zhang from the Technical Department

Gu Yunxi stood in the branch's monitoring room, her fingertips swiping across the employee attendance records on the screen. The blue light from the screen reflected on her face, making her eyes, once filled with bookish air, appear a bit colder.

The bug she had discovered three days ago was still in her pocket. The metal casing hurt her palms, as if reminding her all the time that this was not a laboratory, but a battlefield without the smoke of gunpowder.

"Pull up a list of everyone who entered the core computer room last week," she said to the security director behind her, her voice so calm she couldn't detect any emotion. She used to be so nervous about publishing a paper in an academic journal that she couldn't sleep. Now, facing the dense web of surveillance data, her fingers didn't even tremble.

The security director handed over the printed list. Gu Yunxi glanced at it and suddenly stopped at the three words "Zhang Qiming".

Lao Zhang from the technical department, the elder who watched her grow up and always loved to bring her osmanthus cakes, had a record of entering the computer room seven times during non-working hours last week.

"Check his bank statements and communication records." She folded the list into a square and placed her fingertips firmly on the three characters "Zhang Qiming." "I want to know who he's been in contact with recently."

As she turned to leave the monitoring room, the employees in the corridor bowed their heads and greeted her. They looked at her with awe and curiosity, but no one dared to pat her shoulder and call her "Xiao Xi" as they used to. Gu Yunxi knew that this was the distance brought by power, and it was also the price she had to bear.

Back in the office, his encrypted phone vibrated. A dark web informant had sent him a screenshot of transactions between "GStar" and an overseas account. One remittance was marked "memory material sample fee." Gu Yunxi's pupils suddenly constricted—they had already obtained some of the experimental data.

She turned on her computer, pulled up the research and development log for her "new memory material," and recoded all key parameters using a custom encryption algorithm. The clacking of her keyboard was remarkably clear in the quiet office, like a countdown to this silent war.

The hands that once observed molecular structures through a microscope now manipulate the code that can influence the fate of a company. The calluses on the fingertips have changed positions, but they still embody the same concentration and strength...

In the corridor of Xiangcheng Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Qi Ruixiang was looking down at the prenatal examination report in his hand.

The fetus on the ultrasound image already had a clear outline. The doctor said it was developing well, and even a tiny heartbeat was visible. He gently placed his fingertips on the image, and a strange tenderness welled up in his heart.

"What are you thinking about?" Yang Xiaotang came out of the clinic with a thin layer of sweat on his forehead from the examination.

Qi Ruixiang put away the report and helped her walk to the rest area: "I'm thinking about what to name the child."

Yang Xiaotang's cheeks flushed slightly: "It's too early to think about this now."

"It's not early." Qi Ruixiang helped her tidy up her hair that was messed up by the wind. "We have to prepare in advance."

They sat down on a bench, sunlight filtering through the window onto their clasped hands. Qi Ruixiang pulled out his phone and clicked on the page about a postpartum care center. "I've seen this one; the environment and reputation are both good. Should we go check it out next weekend?"

Yang Xiaotang looked at the heartwarming photos on the page, feeling a surge of warmth in her heart. However, she couldn't help but worry, "Will it be too expensive? And... my dad hasn't agreed yet."

"Money is not a problem." Qi Ruixiang closed the page and said firmly, "As for your father, it will be better if we spend more time with him. Anyway, there is no rush to go to the seaside town. I have already rented a house here, so I will stay here for now."

He had already made up his mind: every morning he would go to the park near Yang's house to "accidentally" run into Yang Bin, play chess with him, and walk his bird.

At noon, he brought freshly prepared meals to the police station to let his colleagues know how much he valued Qi's daughter;

In the evening, he took Yang Xiaotang home for dinner. Even if he just had to stand at the door and wait for half an hour, he wanted Yang Bin to see his sincerity.

Adults never express their apologies through words, but through their actions day after day...

When Gu Yunxi's office was brightly lit, Qi Ruixiang had just brought his thermos back from the Yang family's door. The chicken soup inside was still steaming, but he wasn't allowed in—this was the fifth consecutive day he'd been turned away.

"You didn't go in again?" Yang Xiaotang took the thermos bucket, his tone filled with heartache.

"It's okay." Qi Ruixiang rubbed her hair. "Your father looked at me twice more today. This is progress."

He turned to the kitchen to heat up some soup when his phone vibrated in his pocket. It was a message from his assistant saying there had been new developments at the branch office: Gu Yunxi had promoted several young technicians, sidelining Old Zhang.

Qi Ruixiang looked at the screen with a complicated smile on her lips - she was indeed becoming more and more like a helmsman.

Late at night in the branch office building, Gu Yunxi finally cracked Lao Zhang's encrypted communication. The chat logs, with phrases like "Samples shipped" and "Balance payment due next week," stung her eyes. She backed up the evidence and sent it to Gu Yunqian, then leaned back in her chair, staring blankly at the starry sky outside the window.

In the photo frame on the table, the photo of the two of them is still there, and the picture of the talented man and the beautiful woman still makes people feel sweet.

Gu Yunxi stretched out his hand and stroked the person in the photo with his fingertips. Suddenly, he felt like he was watching a story from another world.

At this moment, the phone rang. It was a text message from an unfamiliar number: "Zhang is under control. What's next?"

She deleted the text message and replied: "Proceed as planned."

As he put down his phone, the first rays of morning light pierced the sky. Gu Yunxi stood up, walked to the French window, and looked out at the city about to wake up. He who once believed that scientific research was his lifelong pursuit now stood at the center of power, directing a secret battle that depended on the survival of his company.

In a park in Xiangcheng, Qi Ruixiang finally won a game of Chinese chess against Yang Bin. The old man slammed his chess pieces, cursing, "You stinky boy, you're cheating!" But the anger in his eyes faded a little.

"Uncle Yang, I'm taking Xiaotang to see a confinement center tomorrow. Would you like to come with us?" Qi Ruixiang was packing up the chess pieces, his tone as natural as if he was talking about the weather.

Yang Bin snorted coldly and turned to walk away, but stopped at the entrance of the alley. "That place called 'Anxin' is good. My comrade's daughter-in-law is staying there for her confinement."

Qi Ruixiang watched him from behind and suddenly smiled. Sunlight filtered through the leaves onto the chessboard, illuminating the character "check" with exceptional clarity. After this protracted battle, he seemed to finally see the dawn of victory...

When Gu Yunxi announced the removal of Lao Zhang from his position at a high-level meeting, there was no objection from the audience.

She projected the evidence onto the big screen, and every transaction record was clearly visible. Those who had once questioned her now lowered their heads, not daring to look her in the eye.

"From today on, Li Mo will be the interim head of the technical department." Gu Yunxi's eyes swept across the entire room. "I don't care who you were before. Now, I only care about the results."

After the meeting, Li Mo walked into the office and handed over a new defense system plan: "Mr. Gu, this is an upgraded plan for overseas attacks. Please review it."

Gu Yunxi took the plan and paused his fingertips on the words "quantum encryption" for a moment.

People who used to place laboratory reagents according to labels are now changing the company's power structure at will, and wherever their pen passes, their decisions are unquestionable.

While Qi Ruixiang accompanied Yang Xiaotang to sign a contract at the Anxin Confinement Center, Gu Yunxi was signing a new cooperation agreement. Sunlight streamed through the glass windows of different cities, falling on them with a similar warmth.

The two people who were once entangled are now moving forward along their own paths...