Zuo Yuqing asked again, "Is it very serious?"

Lu Jingchen nodded once, then said, "I’ll have the driver take you back first. If you still have feelings for Chu Munan, and if you don’t mind, try to spend more time with him. After all, we don’t know if he can make it through..."

Alright, he admitted his words were a bit harsh.

But he had always considered Chu Munan a direct rival in love, and even though this time Chu Munan was injured because of Qiaoqiao, he still couldn’t treat that man well.

After all, if it hadn’t been for Chu Munan, he wouldn’t have lost contact with Qiaoqiao for five years, missing even the time his daughter was born and grew up until now.

Zuo Yuqing declined, "If you have things to do, just go ahead. I still want to sit here for a bit."

Lu Jingchen glanced at her, said nothing further, nodded, and then left directly, also settling the bill on his way out.

The confidential documents of CK Group went missing, which was only discovered this morning by the high-level executive managing the files. Most importantly, what was lost were not just contracts, but information about longstanding VIP clients who had collaborated with CK Group for many years.

Such client information has always been highly confidential. In the business world, there are inevitably competitors, and some people don’t like to play fair, preferring underhanded tactics instead.

CK Group had grown bigger over the years, and it had made quite a few enemies, but those people didn’t dare challenge CK Group openly. After all, anyone reckless enough to confront CK Group outright would be courting death.

Upon returning to CK Group, the secretary had already received numerous calls from clients. The matter was too serious for him to handle, so he could only politely delay, telling them to wait for the CEO to handle it and that they would get a satisfactory answer.

Some clients were reasonable and didn’t say much after hearing his explanation, hanging up the phone directly. After all, having cooperated for so many years, they understood the shared interests involved.

However, there were one or two clients who seemed bent on making trouble and scolded him over the phone.

This made him really want to hang up the phone directly, as the other person’s words were extremely unpleasant.

However, in the end, he still had to force a smile.

...

After Lu Jingchen returned to the company, the secretary immediately informed him of everything he knew. After listening, the men’s brows furrowed tightly, clearly recognizing that this matter was not simple.

In fact, if the lost document could be recovered, that would be good, but if someone with malintent exposed it, it could very well be used by rival companies to make trouble. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

The biggest concern was that the opposing party would reach out to those VIP clients, coerce or entice them to sever ties with CK Group.

CK Group had managed to establish a firm foothold in An City over the years and even break into the top 100 internationally. This was entirely due to the group’s longstanding cooperation with a batch of VVIP old clients. Everything these clients provided was what CK Group needed, and it was guaranteed quality. Moreover, the contracts CK Group had with them lasted at least ten years, only becoming invalid if the clients went bankrupt or couldn’t provide the required goods.

But this client information was also confidential, known only to CK Group’s senior management.

Sitting at the desk, Lu Jingchen’s expression was quite grim, clearly not having anticipated such an incident.

He directly instructed the secretary, "Go and call up Chairman Chen."

The secretary promptly responded and withdrew.

Chairman Chen was the one in charge of the files, and only he would clearly know what was going on.

After the secretary went out, Lu Jingchen sat at the desk, his face carrying a somewhat dark and terrifying look. He had already confirmed one thing.

There was a mole within the company.

With Xu Qian and Song Qiao kidnapped and missing during such a critical juncture, it was very likely this incident was related to their abduction.

He made a direct decision in his mind; evidently, CK Group indeed needed a thorough reorganization.

Did those people think that he had been too low-key over the years, hence daring to pull the tiger’s whiskers?

Chairman Chen came up quickly. The secretary was out for less than five minutes before Lu Jingchen realized that Chairman Chen had probably been waiting outside for quite some time.

The office door opened, and in walked a man with white hair, who appeared to be in his sixties—this man was Chairman Chen.

Lu Jingchen addressed Chairman Chen as he entered, "Chen Shu, have a seat here."

Chairman Chen nodded, his expression wasn’t good either, and there was a hint of pallor, clearly understanding the gravity of the situation.

Lu Jingchen wasn’t in a hurry, directly asked the secretary to make two cups of coffee, then looked at Chairman Chen and asked, "Chairman Chen, can you tell me how the documents went missing?"

Chairman Chen nodded and then was silent for half a minute, seemingly organizing his thoughts before speaking, "I took a look at those files yesterday morning, but this morning when Chairman Li asked me for information on one client, I went to check and discovered they were missing. I’m not aware of the exact time they went missing because I only discovered it this morning..."

Lu Jingchen made a faint "ah" sound, then asked, "Do you know who else knows where you keep the documents?"

Chairman Chen’s face alternated between pale and flushed, then he lowered his head and spoke with a guilty tone, "Many people know I put the documents in the safe, but only I know the combination..."

Usually, crucial files are kept in a safe because its security is relatively high. Even if some people knew about it, without the combination, they absolutely couldn’t steal anything from the safe.

This is one of the reasons why Chairman Chen deposited important documents inside, unafraid of others knowing.

He simply hadn’t anticipated that his boldness over the years would lead to such trouble now. None of the other items in the safe were missing, not even billion-yuan contracts; only that client information was gone.

The client’s information was actually more valuable than those billion-yuan contracts, but outsiders wouldn’t know that.

So it could be confirmed that whoever stole the documents was definitely an insider and likely held a grudge against CK Group, intending to harm CK Group.