<h4>Chapter 137: Chapter 0137: Defection from the Company</h4><h4></h4>


    "Ah—" Shi Jinghai finally let out a scream, but Chu Ge had released the hand that was choking him.


    "I’ve suddenly changed my mind. I need you to deliver a message for me." Chu Ge looked at Shi Jinghai copsed on the ground, as limp as mud, and revealed a gentle smile: "Tell your senior brother that I am waiting for him here. The jade pendant is in my hands. If he has the ability, let hime and take it."


    At this moment, Shi Jinghai looked as if he was fine, but in reality, just like Chen Jun before, all the bones in his body had been smashed to pieces, it was only a strand of True Qi that barely allowed him to remain mobile.


    Shi Jinghai was not like Chen Jun, an ordinary person. As a Martial Artist of the Postnatal Realm, he could faintly sense the current state of his body, which is why his gaze toward Chu Ge became even more fearful.


    .......


    The subsequent matters were naturally arranged in full by Ah Hu. After sending Shi Jinghai down, the boxing match continued.


    After giving a few simple orders, since there was still time, Chu Ge asked to be driven back to Jinxiu Group.


    However, just as he stepped through thepany’s main entrance, his phone suddenly rang.


    "Bingtong?" Chu Ge nced at the caller ID and pressed the answer key.


    "Chu Ge, are you avable right now?" Mu Bingtong’s voice was slightly hoarse, seemingly carrying a hint of barely noticeable urgency.


    "What’s wrong?"


    "There’s a problem at thepany." Mu Bingtong spoke very quickly, and the background was quite noisy, as if she was busy with something: "Anyway, if you’re free,e to the meeting room on the fourth floor."


    For some reason, although it seemed like Chu Ge couldn’t help with anything, the first thing Mu Bingtong thought of was to have Chu Ge by her side...


    After hanging up the phone, Chu Ge turned his head to nce at the zing sun in the sky, murmuring to himself: "What a troublesome autumn... Why do I always feel that the recent incidents all seem to be connected somehow?"


    Just as Chu Ge was about to walk into the building, Wang Shunjie happened toe out from inside. Seeing Chu Ge, he quickly said, "Mr. Chu, you’re back? President Mu personally called just now, telling you to go..."


    "I already got a call from Bingtong." Chu Ge waved his hand to interrupt Wang Shunjie, asking, "Has anything unusual happened in thepany?"


    "Unusual?" Wang Shunjie scratched his head and mumbled with a shake of his head: "It doesn’t seem like anything’s unusual, but suddenly all the senior staff went to the meeting room. It looks like something big has happened... Oh, right!"


    At that moment, as if Wang Shunjie suddenly remembered something, he pped his thigh, looked around, then leaned closer to Chu Ge and whispered, "Mr. Chu, this is just some gossip I managed to get hold of, ha. I heard that this incident seems to be rted to Manager Xie."


    "Xie Nanyong?" After being reminded by Wang Shunjie, Chu Ge also recalled that Xie Nanyong indeed had not been at thepany recently.


    "Alright, you can go." Chu Ge waved his hand, dismissing Wang Shunjie, and then walked into the building alone.


    ......


    The conference room on the fourth floor was where nearly all the high-level management of thepany had gathered, and at the very front was a ratherrge virtual screen. The screen was divided into several sections, each controlled by one of six different people, disying a series ofplex codes and curve diagrams.


    Mu Bingtong stood at the forefront, hands crossed in front of her, with her phoenix eyes fixated on the contents of the screen, her eyebrows deeply furrowed.


    After a long while, she finally spoke up, "Just how much data did Xie Nanyong take with him?"


    The people below exchanged nces, all lowering their heads in silence.


    Eventually, after about a minute of silence, a middle-aged man in a suit spoke up quietly, "A lot. I noticed there was something off about Manager Xie from before. When he came to me for marketing data, I told him it required your approval before he could ess it. He then appeared very flustered and hastily said it was no longer necessary, iming it was just a whim, just wanted to check on something."


    "Is that all?" asked Mu Bingtong with an expressionless face.


    There’s no denying, although she was a woman, the fact that she could carve out such arge enterprise in the highlypetitive Shanghai made absolute sense.


    Under the pressure from Mu Bingtong, dozens of men in suits lowered their heads, not daring to say a word.


    "Zhao Quanzhong, as thepany’s financial manager, don’t you have anything to say?" Finally, Mu Bingtong’s gazended on a middle-aged man seated in the middle.


    Zhao Quanzhong’s body stiffened a bit, and with no other choice, he had to gather his courage to lift his head and said with a pained expression, "President Mu, I had no idea. Everyone knew what was going on with Manager Xie, it’s an open secret because his father, Xie Bi’en, is thepany’s secondrgest shareholder. So, as long as he didn’t make excessive demands, none of us dared to contradict him too much."


    Having said this, he nced around at everyone present and continued, "Moreover, Xie Nanyong checking the financial ounts has happened not just once or twice. So, when he came over this time, I thought it wouldn’t be any different and let him see the ounts. Who would have known... that this brat would dare to do something like this!"


    Since Xie Nanyong had left Jinxiu Group, Zhao Quanzhong spoke of him with a bit more confidence.


    Just then, the conference room door was suddenly pushed open as Chu Ge walked in from outside, "What’s going on, why so serious?"


    Everyone in the room looked at Chu Ge with a kind of pitying gaze. Although Chu Ge was known to have a good rtionship with Mu Bingtong, having worked at Jinxiu Group for so long, they had some understanding of Mu Bingtong’s character.


    Although she typically presented a cold demeanor, she was still fairly reasonable to deal with. No one dared to joke with her, but after Chu Ge’s example, they subconsciously thought it was okay to asionally crack harmless jokes with her.


    However, at this moment, when thepany was facing a life and death crisis, this man still dared to be so carefree and jocr, it seemed his days were numbered!


    What shocked everyone to the point of dropping jaws came next.


    Mu Bingtong looked at Chu Ge for a few seconds and then suddenly shed a smile, speaking softly, "You’re here."


    This was the first time Mu Bingtong had shown a smile today, especially at such a time!


    Of course, despite their surprise, no one dared to show any reaction; all maintained their posture of standing with heads bowed.


    "What happened?" Chu Ge sensed the odd atmosphere and whispered into Mu Bingtong’s ear, "I just got back, still don’t understand what’s going on."


    The warm breath on her ear turned Mu Bingtong’s pretty face slightly red. Nheless, she suppressed the strange feelings in her heart and said, "Xie Nanyong stole thepany’s core data and fled."