After Divorce, Hidden Marriage Husband Became Addicted to Me-Chapter 578 - 369: _4

Jiang Wangyue, "Tang Xi, this has nothing to do with you."

Tang Xi, "The urgent matter at hand is to find out who leaked my draft! And to collaborate with an inferior company like Menglai Jewelry."

Menglai Jewelry, Su Kangrong, Xia Minjun, Shu Mengshu—she couldn’t help but speculate.

After the others had dispersed.

Tang Xi, along with Jiang Wangyue and Fang Yuan, remained in the conference room.

Fang Yuan, "I should be the only one with access to Sister Tang Xi’s designs, but I can stake my life on it, I did not leak the drafts."

Of course, Tang Xi and Jiang Wangyue would not suspect Fang Yuan.

Because the other party got the upper hand, Tang Xi’s side was forced to halt all promotional work.

The department had to immediately adopt backup designs, and the previously announced ’Winter Romance’ collection was pulled from the promotional plan, prompting the promotions department to reset their campaign. This series of events led to tremendous losses.

On Friday afternoon, Tang Xi received an anonymous phone call.

"Director Tang, pay attention to a new designer who has been transferred to your department."

A new transfer?

Tang Xi was about to ask for details when the caller immediately hung up the phone. Tang Xi had someone trace the number, and it turned out to be from overseas.

It was clear that the caller did not wish to reveal their identity.

Jiang Wangyue pondered for a moment, "The only new employee who has been transferred is Ke Mengling."

Fang Yuan immediately said, "Ke Mengling, she visited Sister Tang Xi’s office. It was very busy that day, and she volunteered to help organize the design drafts and assist me in delivering them to the factory."

Tang Xi also recalled the incident.

She exchanged a glance with Jiang Wangyue and nodded.

Fearing to startle the snake by hitting the grass, the two did not immediately call Ke Mengling in for questioning or inform the police. Instead, they had someone follow Ke Mengling and investigate who she had been in contact with recently, as well as whether there had been any large deposits into her accounts.

However, Tang Xi’s subordinates informed her that there were no large deposits into Ke Mengling’s account.

"However, Miss Tang, I found something else. Ke Mengling’s family’s company recently received a stream of working capital from Menglai Jewelry."

By now, the investigation made the situation clear.

Tang Xi ordered her people to inform the police and provide the evidence, and soon the police arrested Ke Mengling.

She seemed not at all surprised; facing the police, she was only afraid, a kind of instinctual fear. Ke Mengling nodded in admission to the theft of Tang Xi’s design.

But she said it was out of jealousy.

She wanted to get revenge on Tang Xi, so she chose to steal Tang Xi’s design and sell it to a small company.

It wasn’t Menglai Jewelry’s initiative to ask for it.

In a few sentences, she took all the blame upon herself and even portrayed Menglai Jewelry as a victim.

Tang Xi visited Ke Mengling at the detention center.

Ke Mengling kept her head down, not daring to look at her.

Tang Xi sat across from her, "If you don’t want people to know, you shouldn’t have done it in the first place. Your father’s company received an investment from Menglai Jewelry, and we have solid evidence here."

Ke Mengling weakly retorted, "It’s a legitimate partnership between my father’s company and Menglai Jewelry."

Tang Xi didn’t pay her any heed but directly said, "It was Shu Mengshu who made you do this, threatening you with your father’s company."

Ke Mengling was taken aback for a moment, but quickly, she retorted, "No, it’s because I was jealous of you. I envied that you were younger than me but already a director. That’s why I had thoughts of stealing, selling your designs to Menglai Jewelry."

"Do you understand what you’re facing now? Because of what you’ve done, all of Fu’s Jewelry’s new products have been suspended. Menglai Jewelry has seized market advantage, incurring losses of over a hundred million. Your act of commercial theft involves a huge amount of money, and you’re looking at a minimum sentence of ten years in jail. You’re still so young, do you really want to spend it in prison?"

Ke Mengling’s face turned pale.

She clutched her fingers tightly.

"I...I...."

She looked at Tang Xi, "Director Tang, Director Tang, please help me, beg for leniency on my behalf. I know you’re President Fu’s wife, he will certainly listen to you."

"What do you want me to help you with? Drop the charges? Get a lesser sentence? But why should I drop the charges, why should I feel sorry or pity you? Spending ten years in prison is the consequence of your own actions. Fu’s Jewelry has lost so much, the whole design department has been working overtime the past few days to redesign, and the PR department to re-plan. With losses over a hundred million, what face do you have to ask me for mercy?"

Tang Xi’s voice was calm and indifferent.

Her words made Ke Mengling’s face turn as pale as paper, her head bowed in guilt.

But she had no choice.

If she told the truth, that it was Shu Mengshu who instructed her, then her father’s company would also go bankrupt...

"Director Tang, I know it’s all my fault... I was wrong, I truly was..." After she agreed to Shu Mengshu, her heart had always been restless. After sending the photos of the sketches to Shu Mengshu, she regretted it, she was scared.

She gambled everything she had.

But if she didn’t do it, and her father’s company went bankrupt, then what about her mother?

Usually, her father was harsh and rough with her mother, rarely came home, if the company collapsed, what would her mother do...

Biting her lip, she said, "Director Tang, it was all my doing, I was jealous of you."

Listening to her words, Tang Xi sighed.

She stood up and left directly.

-

In Jiang Wangyue’s office.

She handed a stack of documents to Tang Xi, "That Ke Mengling, she is indeed a filial girl. Look at this, her father has a mistress on the outside and they even have a son. Although her mother is the first wife, her father has never been kind to them."

Tang Xi picked up the documents and glanced at them.

"I think we can approach this through Ke Mengling’s mother. If Ke Mengling can tell the truth that it was Shu Mengshu who coerced and enticed her to do this, then we can rightfully sue Menglai Jewelry and Shu Mengshu."

That afternoon, Tang Xi and Fang Yuan paid a visit to Ke Mengling’s home.

The Ke family also had a business, living in a row house in an old neighborhood. It was not very expensive but still a sign of moderate wealth, only affordable to the well-off.

A middle-aged maid opened the door, looking at Tang Xi and Fang Yuan, "Who are you looking for? The young lady is not at home."

"We’re here to see Mrs. Ke."

"Mrs. Ke? She’s been unwell these past few days and is not receiving guests."

The maid prepared to close the door.

Tang Xi said, "We are colleagues of Ke Mengling, we have come on important business to see Mrs. Ke."

After about ten minutes, Mrs. Ke Yu Jinlan came downstairs.

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