Chapter 41: The Wife Was Shedding Tears the Entire Way

Qin Xingwan wanted to go mad.

To go mad regardless of everything.

Hatred and pain were intertwined, slicing through all of her emotions like a thousand cuts.

"Why?" She pointed at Qin Yunshu with trembling fingers and questioned Chu Li, "Why do you always take her side every time?"

It was clearly only one step away from proving her own innocence.

Chu Li had ruined it all.

For the sake of Qin Yunshu, he had chosen to abandon her once again.

Tears blurred her vision.

"Chu Li, you know it, don't you? You know that everything I said is true; she appeared here together with an executive from a rival company."

If a private investigator could find out such a thing, how could it be possible for Chu Li not to?

Qin Yunshu felt very aggrieved; she walked in front of Qin Xingwan, tilted her small face up, and her eyes looked pitiful.

"Does sister mean that just because I happened to come here to eat at the same time as the other party, I am the one who sold out the formula?"

She blinked her eyes, and a few teardrops slid down.

"Yes, I admit it, I did eat here with the other party, but sister, don't you know in your heart why?"

"It is because sister bullied me in the office and ordered those people to pick on me; I couldn't stay there and wanted to change jobs, which is why I ate with the other party."

"And another thing, the formula was concocted by sister herself in the laboratory bit by bit; I have never entered the laboratory, so does sister really not know how the formula appeared in the other party's hands?"

Her face was full of the grievance of being framed.

Qin Xingwan clenched her fists; the matter of the formula being leaked was seamless.

She could not find even the slightest trace of evidence to clear her name.

Except for the surveillance.

"I will find someone to recover the surveillance data; if you are still clear of conscience then, I am willing to accept this charge."

Qin Yunshu choked with sobs: "Sister knows clearly that I was almost... yet you still want to ruin me?"

"It is just checking the surveillance of you eating that day, what are you afraid of?"

Qin Xingwan was even more certain that the person harming her behind the scenes was Qin Yunshu.

Perhaps the blind date matter was also something she directed and acted out herself.

Otherwise, why be so obsessed with deleting the surveillance.

"Chu Li, I must see the surveillance." Qin Xingwan stubbornly reiterated, "If you are worried, you can send someone to watch me, or monitor me yourself; I will only watch the video of them eating that day."

With things having been said to this point, everything was already clear.

Chu Li grasped her palms and pried her clenched fingers open one by one.

From this angle, one could not see the emotions in his eyes at all.

Her heart turned cold, and her voice became tense.

"Chu Li, are you going to shield her?"

Chu Li held his wife's hand tightly, rubbed his chin against the top of her head, and his voice was low and gentle.

"Xingwan, you need to rest; I will have someone take you back."

Qin Xingwan heard a different meaning in his words.

Her bright eyes were filled with disbelief.

It was clearly just a matter of looking at the surveillance to prove Qin Yunshu innocent or guilty.

Yet he was unwilling to do even that.

He even wanted to send her home.

Qin Xingwan started to laugh, laughing exceptionally loudly, with tears streaming down.

Her expression was full of gray despair.

"Chu Li, have you ever heard a saying: a bootlicker, a bootlicker, ends up with nothing in the end."

"I wish that in this life, you will never get what you want regarding the person you like."

Chu Li gritted his teeth, dark colors rolling in his gloomy eyes.

Such a curse from her made him panic, and even more furious.

"Assistant Wu." He called for the assistant, "Arrange for someone to take Madam home; Madam has not been in good spirits these past few days, so she should just stay at home and rest."

Assistant Wu hurriedly agreed, his attitude toward Qin Xingwan respectful, "Madam, I will take you back."

Qin Xingwan looked coldly at Chu Li and Qin Yunshu: "Scum man and cheap woman."

She turned and left, her body trembling, her footsteps staggering.

Chu Li's face turned black.

Qin Yunshu breathed a sigh of relief, bit her lip, and thanked Chu Li softly, "A Li, thank you."

Once again, he stood on her side.

"Let's go back to the company." Chu Li said faintly, and left the private room.

Qin Yunshu whispered an "en," and she followed Chu Li's pace.

After Chu Li finished his meeting at the company and came out, Assistant Wu had already returned.

Chu Li closed the document, feeling irritable, "How is she?"

Assistant Wu said: "Madam was shedding tears the entire way."

She did not make a single sound while crying, only tears sliding down one by one.

That scene was heartbreaking no matter how one looked at it.

"What about the surveillance?" Chu Li asked.

Assistant Wu handed the tablet to Chu Li; on the tablet was the restored surveillance footage, showing the scene of Qin Yunshu dining with the opposing executive that day.

From the video, it could be seen that Qin Yunshu was not in very good spirits, and she was only discussing work benefits and compensation with the other party, never mentioning the formula.

Therefore, the leak of the formula had nothing to do with her.

His wife was too harsh toward her own younger sister.

"What else did you find?" he continued to ask.

Assistant Wu said, "Director Qin had no other contact with the opposing executive besides this meeting, and the perfume formula the other party obtained is proven to be the final version adjusted by the Madam."

This meant that the only person who could have leaked it was Qin Xingwan.

Qin Yunshu listened quietly, clutched her chest, and let out a sigh of relief, "The innocent will clear themselves."

She then softly pleaded with Assistant Wu, "Regarding that surveillance, I must trouble you not to let it spread."

Assistant Wu agreed.

"I'll head back to R&D first." Qin Yunshu left with small steps.

As she turned, her fragile expression gained a hint of joy.

That was the smile of a victor.

That's right, she had done all of this, a brilliant plan step by step; unless she confessed it herself, Qin Xingwan would never find any evidence.

Even if the surveillance video was restored, she had nothing to fear; after all, during that meal, neither she nor the other party had mentioned a word about the formula.

And she had deliberately staged this act to stop Qin Xingwan from checking the surveillance, just to make the rift between Qin Xingwan and Chu Li even deeper.

Qin Xingwan, her dear sister...

She had already allowed her to live the life of a wealthy lady with glory and riches, yet not only was she ungrateful, she had repeatedly humiliated her, making everyone think that her own ability as a Perfumer could not compare to her.

Clearly, she had studied under an international master, while she was just an amateur who had come out of nowhere.

By what right should she be better than her?

A genius Perfumer—one is enough.

And Chu Li...

Since Qin Xingwan had repeatedly tried to sow discord between her and A Li, then she would just take A Li back.

Qin Xingwan sat in the living room for a long time.

It was not until ten o'clock that Chu Li arrived home.

Her eyes were red and swollen as she stared fixedly at him, "Chu Li..."

"I had someone restore the surveillance; the truth you wanted is all in there." Chu Li handed the tablet to her.

Qin Xingwan opened it immediately and watched it from beginning to end three times.

"Impossible." She murmured in a daze.

How could this be?

How could Qin Yunshu not have mentioned the matter of the formula to the other party?

Chu Li pulled the tablet away, took his wife into his arms, and said in a low voice, "Xingwan, I know you grew up with your grandmother and aren't close to the Qin Family, but Yun Shu is kind-hearted; she isn't that kind of person."

"You don't have to like her, but you cannot just casually frame her."

Qin Xingwan felt a heavy tightness in her chest, "So you mean, it was me?"

Chu Li was silent for a few seconds, "As of now, yes; the formula the other party obtained is the final version you adjusted."

He did not believe his wife was that kind of person, but the facts were as they were.

The evidence was clear and plain, all laid out on the table.