He Kao hurriedly interrupted him, saying, "I didn't mean that. Listen to me finish what I'm saying. I'll tell Xiaoshan that you discovered this issue and then specifically told me. Together, we found the online loan company.

It was also you who paid the money to cover up this debt for her. She's surely wondering now why the loan company hasn't been calling her to press for debt since the holidays.

The matter can be resolved for her, but the words must be clear. I'll say it in front of my uncle and aunt. This way, she won't have to live on edge for the next few years."

Huang Xiaopang: "Will Xiaoshan get scolded?"

He Kao: "If a scolding can solve this problem, she should thank fate for its mercy that she got to know you."

Huang Xiaopang: "Do we have to tell her parents? If we do, won't she blame you or me? She's kept it a secret for years!"

He Kao: "We must tell them. If she blames me or you afterward, then she's beyond help."

It's getting late, so the two speed up their pace to the company cafeteria for breakfast. He Kao finally returned from the test site to his office, but not long after he sat down, President E sent him on another errand.

Just like last time, Gao Xue'e instructed him to deliver some materials to Yunteng Mansion. Ordinarily, such tasks could just be sent via a city courier; sending a person back and forth wastes time.

But President E was urgent and required a signature receipt from the opposite party, hence it had to be He Kao who went.

People in the department were privately discussing whether He Kao, the young pup, had offended President E recently, as he was incessantly tasked with doing such laborious and trivial work.

He Kao overheard it upon exiting the office and suddenly realized that before, Gao Xue'e usually gave him various assignments, but they were business-intensive tasks, never purely manual errands.

Recently, these two instances were ones he had proactively requested from Gao Xue'e.

Yunteng Mansion has thirty-six floors in total. Initially, it was entirely used for Bada Group's internal office purposes but started leasing as office spaces a few years ago.

Now, floors below nineteen are much like ordinary office buildings, occupied by various companies. From nineteen to thirty-six, it's still the Bada Group's headquarters.

On one side of the lobby are six elevators: three go only from the first to eighteenth floors, and the other three lead to the nineteenth to thirty-fifth floors.

The department He Kao needed to visit was on the twenty-fifth floor. The elevator was crowded, so he hid at the back, scrolling on his phone. Like many severe phone addicts, he started zoning out while scrolling.

When the elevator stopped on the thirty-fifth floor, he stepped out, still watching his phone, seemingly unaware that he exited on the wrong floor until he looked up to see the signs on the doors.

It was clear he was an outsider coming on business, unfamiliar with the place, trying to find the connecting department.

Yunteng Mansion's nineteeth to thirty-fifth floors are offices for Bada Group's headquarters staff. The highest thirty-sixth floor is for Gu Yunteng's office and reception venues, including meeting rooms, reception rooms, and various recreational facilities.

One cannot access the thirty-sixth floor from the lobby elevators; employees can take a dedicated elevator from the thirty-fifth floor to meet Gu Yunteng.

This elevator leads to the underground parking lot, which is Gu Yunteng's exclusive parking area. The elevator room requires an individual access card, operating only to the thirty-fifth and thirty-sixth floors.

Last time Lin Qingshuang came to meet Gu Yunteng, she took this elevator, and Gu Yunteng could control the access on the upper floors.

Back then, due to special circumstances, only Gu Yunteng was on the thirty-sixth floor. Normally, there are quite a few staff dedicated to serving Gu Yunteng here.

He Kao walked through the corridor, unable to find the department he was looking for. Turning his head, he saw another elevator area here with a separate access control and a small table beside it with a security guard sitting.

A surveillance camera pointed at the entrance to the elevator and fire escape.

He Kao glanced at the fire escape nearby, noting it had a one-way lock, which meant one could enter the fire escape from here but couldn't open the door from the fire escape to the office area. Presumably, the thirty-sixth floor is similar.

The security guard hadn't actually noticed He Kao, as he was also busy on his phone. It was He Kao who went over and asked, "Brother, could you tell me where the planning department is?"

His attitude was very nice and polite, and the guard raised his head, "The planning department is on the twenty-fifth floor, you're mistaken; this is the thirty-fifth floor."

He Kao smacked his forehead, "Oh, I got it wrong, thanks!" Then he pointed to the side, "Can I take this elevator down?"

The guard shook his head, "This is the boss's exclusive elevator; you can't use it, nor does it go to the twenty-fifth floor."

After thanking again, He Kao returned the way he came, finished his business on the twenty-fifth floor, and figured out that the room distribution and corridor surveillance setup on these two floors are quite similar... but the thirty-sixth floor should be different.

Two days later, after work, He Kao took some time again to visit Yunteng Mansion, but not for business. As a customer, he went to a shiatsu massage health center on the sixteenth floor. This time, he drove and parked in the building's underground parking lot.

Things were calm during this period, seemingly nothing had happened.

But the many complaint files He Kao sent out have had an effect; the relevant departments in Qi Yuan City recently formed a task force and invited Gu Yunteng for several talks.

Although He Kao sent these files to numerous external agencies, the matter was eventually redirected back to handling them in Qi Yuan City.

Gu Yunteng already knew the contents of the files and had long prepared; his explanation to the task force was similar to what he told Lin Qingshuang that day, only from a different perspective.

He Kao was patiently waiting. A week after returning to work at the company, Lawyer Yao contacted him again with two pieces of news.

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