Ming Zheng smiled faintly.
Her deeds, deeply hidden.
"Ming Zheng! You... what are you doing!" Ming Yanlun's voice was clearly agitated as he stood up abruptly.
From the phone, the sound of things crashing to the floor could still be heard.
It was evident that Ming Yanlun's emotions were highly unstable at the moment.
His voice even trembled.
Ming Zheng nonchalantly raised an eyebrow, her voice lazy, her tone breezy and detached, "When you encounter illegal activities, you should call the police, shouldn't you?"
That logic held.
But...
"What about the Ming family's data?!" Ming Yanlun's voice grew taut.
With Ming Zheng calling the police...
Everything at the scene would be confiscated as evidence!
Ming Zheng replied indifferently, "Then ask the police for it."
Ming Yanlun: "..."
If he could just ask for it.
He wouldn't be asking this question!
That data was core internal information for the Ming family.
Which also meant...
It wasn't clean.
If the police investigated, the Ming family would suffer consequences too.
How could he ask the police for it?
Yet, he couldn't blame Ming Zheng.
After all, Ming Zheng didn't know about the Ming family's unsavory dealings.
This was now a disaster.
If their father found out...
He would likely vent his anger on Ming Zheng again.
As Ming Yanlun was in a panic.
He heard Ming Zheng's lazy, casual voice, tinged with amusement, "I indeed did not let Ming Zhi Rou hand over the data to Mr. Wang, and Mr. Wang was indeed unable to use that data to tamper with the Ming family."
She paused.
The end of her voice tilted slightly upwards, adding a playful, alluring charm, "Is there a problem?"
Her tone was clearly laced with schadenfreude.
Ming Yanlun's mind buzzed.
Suddenly, he seemed to realize something—
Ming Zheng wasn't unaware that the Ming family's data was problematic.
She simply...
Didn't care about the Ming family.
Therefore, it was inconsequential to her what consequences the data falling into the hands of the police might bring.
It's over.
This time, it's truly over!
He shouldn't have listened to Ming Zheng.
He should have stopped Ming Zhi Rou from the very beginning when he saw her betraying the Ming family!
Ming Yanlun abruptly pressed the hang-up button.
He no longer wanted to speak with Ming Zheng.
He feared he might not be able to control himself and would lash out at Ming Zheng's heartlessness, at Ming Zheng's malice!
Ming Yanlun sat before his computer.
His hands trembled uncontrollably.
He covered his face little by little.
Completely lost.
Although, the Ming Corporation had always been managed by his eldest brother.
They were somewhat aware...
Or, to be more precise, no large enterprise dared to claim absolute cleanliness.
The Ming family had simply utilized certain opportunities, created false accounts to avoid taxes.
And engaged in some shady, clandestine transactions.
If all of this fell into the hands of the police...
If relevant departments launched a thorough investigation into the Ming family...
Then the Ming family...
What would they do?
How could he save the Ming family?
Ming Yanlun clutched his hair, pulling at it handful by handful.
At that moment.
A hurried knocking echoed from outside the door.
Without waiting for Ming Yanlun's response, the door was pushed open.
In walked their father and Ming Ting Xu.
Holding their phones, their faces were dark and ashen, "Fifth, what's going on? The police station just called, saying... Zhi Rou has been arrested!"
Their initial reaction was...
That their fifth brother's intrusion into the Wang family's core technology last night had been discovered by the Wang family.
The Wang family had reported it to the police.
So they had come looking for answers.
Both of their expressions were grim.
Upon seeing Ming Yanlun with his hair disheveled like a bird's nest and his face pale.
A jolt went through their hearts.
"Could it be... what happened last night was really..." Ming Ting Xu's expression instantly tightened, his voice becoming taut.
Ming Yanlun stared blankly at his father, at his elder brother.
The surging waves in his eyes almost threatened to drown him whole.
Several seconds later.
His dry lips moved slightly.
His voice was also extremely dry, "No..."
"If not, then why do you look like this?" Ming Ting Xu walked to Ming Yanlun's side, looking up at his computer screen.
The computer screen was frozen on a string of intrusion code, and the chat window showing the interrupted call with Ming Zheng.
And behind the chat window.
Was a surveillance feed.
The image was somewhat dim, but one could vaguely see police officers in uniform walking back and forth.
And Ming Zhi Rou's muffled sobs.
Ming Ting Xu's gaze instantly darkened, "Are you monitoring Zhi Rou?"
Upon hearing this, their father also hurried over.
They stood on either side of Ming Yanlun, "Why are you monitoring Zhi Rou? What's going on? Do you know why Zhi Rou was arrested?"
Now, the police station was asking them to come over.
Normally, they wouldn't be flustered.
But after their fifth brother had infiltrated the Wang family's system last night, and Ming Zhi Rou was arrested today.
This couldn't help but make them suspect something.
"Also, why did you hack into Ming Zheng's system? What did you say to Ming Zheng?" Ming Ting Xu tapped his finger on the point where the call had been interrupted.
Ming Yanlun became even more agitated, running his hands through his hair.
His eyes became increasingly hollow and lost.
Being pressed and questioned by his father and elder brother.
He had become completely numb.
His voice rasped, hoarse, "It's over."
"The Ming family is finished."
"We... all of us are finished."
-
This incident escalated very quickly.
Ming Zheng saw the news about the Ming family on the headlines.
Ming Zhi Rou arrested.
Then, the Ming family sealed.
The Public Security Criminal Investigation Department and the Tax Department all arrived, launching a thorough investigation into the Ming family.
At this point, the Ming family was not only facing enormous compensation but also the possibility of imprisonment for labor.
It could be said...
The Ming family was utterly ruined this time.
Mo Qi Yu, who enjoyed watching drama unfold.
Upon learning of all this.
He rushed to the scene to observe.
Rumor had it that the scene was a bloody battlefield.
After the Ming family members were taken to the police station for questioning and met Ming Zhi Rou.
They began to furiously curse and attack Ming Zhi Rou, wishing they could kill her.
The same vile words they had used to humiliate Ming Zheng before.
Were now being used, perhaps even more viciously, to insult Ming Zhi Rou.
If the police hadn't intervened.
It was likely that several members of the Ming family would have beaten Ming Zhi Rou to a pulp on the ground.
Of course, among these...
There were also Ming Zheng's machinations.
She specifically compiled the scenes of Ming Zhi Rou entering the study to steal data and the USB drive, the scene of her calling Mr. Wang, and the scene of her meeting Mr. Wang afterward for a transaction.
She even thoughtfully added subtitles to the dialogues in bold, striking red fonts, making them perfectly clear.