Daily Life of a Villain at Work [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 71

Chapter 71: The Eleventh Day of Being a Stingy (Frugal) CEO

After hearing Mother Chu’s words, Captain Qi’s face practically radiated exasperation. Did these two liars forget they were in a police station? Did they think a veteran officer with ten years of experience would fall for “divine dreams”?

Seeing that both Wen Qingyun and Chu Qi remained silent, Captain Qi cleared her throat and continued the questioning. “You just mentioned that you thought the child was… taken back by the heavens. Then how did you know which orphanage to go to for information on Chu Qi?”

Mother Chu stammered, “Well… someone spoke to me in a dream. They said my child was fine, saved by a kind person.”

Captain Qi was actually amused by the absurdity. “This is a police station. I’ll say it again: you are responsible for your words. If you keep talking nonsense, I will open a formal investigation. We will start from the hospital where Ms. Chu Qi was born and use evidence to reconstruct the truth of what happened back then.”

Mother Chu fell silent, but the fear in her eyes was palpable.

“Captain Qi, open the investigation,” Wen Qingyun said, losing patience. She exerted pressure using the name of Tread Snow Technology. “I won’t allow two scammers to damage our brand image. I hope the police will clarify the truth as quickly as possible to give me—and our R&D Deputy Director—an explanation.”

Wen Qingyun stood up. “It’s late. I need to go home for dinner.”

She also instructed her legal department to sue the three self-media influencers for illegal entry and infringing on employees’ portrait rights.

Panicking at the mention of jail, Father Chu finally blurted out a half-truth. “The people who broke into the company weren’t us! We just met them today! Chu Qi is our child! There were family planning rules back then… we gave her to a relative, but they didn’t want her and dumped her at an orphanage. By the time we found out, we had another child and couldn’t take her back!”

Chu Qi’s footsteps faltered. She looked back at her biological parents. She saw no love, only calculating eyes and fear for their own legal safety.

“Want to eat out?” Wen Qingyun asked naturally, sensing Chu Qi’s mood.

“Sure,” Chu Qi smiled. “Let’s hit the food street.”

As they reached the door, Father Chu roared, “Chu Qi! We are your parents! Whether we raised you or not, you have to support us! If you don’t, we’ll sue you!”

Chu Qi’s smile stiffened for a second, but she didn’t stop. She followed Wen Qingyun out of the station.

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The Moral High Ground

Wen Qingyun didn’t step in openly, but privately, she had the Chu couple investigated. She discovered their precious son had recently died in a drunk-driving accident. No wonder they were desperate for a “new” source of income.

Legally, Chu Qi was a state-recognized orphan. Morally, she owed nothing to the people who abandoned her. However, Wen Qingyun knew that in traditional culture, “unfilial” labels could be weaponized by failed men looking to tear down a successful woman.

“Are there any government seminars lately?” Wen Qingyun asked her assistant. She decided to use her influence to ensure the “filial piety” narrative never gained traction in official circles.

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Retribution

“Captain Qi, I will not do a DNA test,” Chu Qi told the police later. “I was raised by the state. My ‘repayment’ is my hard work and the taxes I pay to the government that actually supported me. Let the lawyers handle it—fines, detention, whatever is necessary.”

With Wen Qingyun’s subtle intervention, the “parents” were detained for 15 days for picking quarrels and provoking trouble. The media influencers faced the same. Fu Huan, hiding behind the scenes, escaped jail for now, but Wen Qingyun had other plans for him.

“The lawyer says the abandonment charge stands, but they’ll likely only get six months of criminal detention,” Chu Qi murmured, burying her face in Wen Qingyun’s chest.

“Do you think I’m being too cruel?” Chu Qi asked softly. “They are my birth parents, and I’m sending them to jail.”

“They are going to jail because they committed a crime, not because of you,” Wen Qingyun soothed her. She privately planned to have them serve their sentence in their hometown and, upon release in winter, “help” them find “high-paying” manual labor in a neighboring southern country. Self-reliance, after all, is the best cure for greed.

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The Fall of Hongyi

By May, the drama concluded. Chu Qi funneled her energy into work, leading her team to launch more high-quality, cost-effective products.

Meanwhile, Hongyi Electronics was drowning. Internal strife between Fu Huan and Fu Han led to leaked scandals and plummeting stock prices. Wen Qingyun, who had been shorting Hongyi for a year, made a fortune.

During a high-level company retreat in Inner Mongolia, Wen Qingyun and Chu Qi’s close relationship became an open secret among the executives. Wen Qingyun’s willingness to pay for Chu Qi’s meals and their decision to stay behind for a private vacation sent a clear message: Chu Qi is off-limits.

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The Recruitment

Upon returning to Shanghai, they went to pick up Yuanbao from a former colleague’s house. The colleague complained bitterly about Fu Huan’s disastrous management at Hongyi.

“If the salary is high enough, would your boss be willing to switch employers?” Wen Qingyun interjected.

“Tread Snow’s ‘Enjoy Life’ branch isn’t just looking for a few hands; we’re looking for a massive team. Joining Tread Snow is a much wiser move than staying at a sinking ship like Hongyi.”

The former colleague gasped, looking at Chu Qi. “Are you two… colleagues? Is your girlfriend in HR at Tread Snow?”