I leaned back in my chair, watching him with a relaxed demeanor.
"Brother Xi, why are you so worked up?"
"I've been at my desk the whole time, what did I do to you?"
Brother Xi's face turned bright red, and he was practically spitting as he spoke.
"Stop pretending!"
"Wasn't it you who reported me anonymously? Wasn't it you who sent those emails to my clients? Who else could it be?!"
I shrugged, feigning innocence.
"Where's the evidence? Brother Xi, we need to talk about evidence in these matters."
"Besides, a fly doesn't buzz around an egg without cracks."
"Isn't it possible that your own irregularities gave someone the chance to catch you?"
My words clearly hit a nerve.
He let out a growl and reached for my collar.
I shot him a sharp look but remained still.
Several colleagues nearby had already turned to watch, whispering among themselves.
Brother Xi's hand froze in mid-air, likely considering the impact of his actions.
At that moment, his lackey, Xiao Ma, chimed in.
"Exactly! Zhou Kai, you're being really inconsiderate!"
"Brother Xi has always looked out for you; how could you stab him in the back like this?"
I almost burst out laughing.
Taking care of me? The kind of care that involves stealing my clients and sabotaging my data?
I couldn't be bothered to pay attention to Xiao Ma and continued to look at Brother Xi.
"I don't know, I have no idea, it has nothing to do with me."
A triple denial, the standard response.
Brother Xi saw that I was unyielding and, without any evidence, he couldn't really make a move in front of everyone.
His chest heaved with anger as he pointed a finger at my nose.
"Fine! Xiao Zhou! You’re ruthless!"
"This isn't over! We'll see about this!"
With that, he shot me a fierce glare and left with Xiao Ma in a huff.
The office returned to silence, but the air was thick with gossip.
Within a couple of days, news spread throughout the company that Brother Xi was being investigated for his involvement with the Taking private orders.
Old Wang sent me a private message:
"Xiao Zhou, B is in trouble this time, but he's the kind of person who holds grudges. Be careful; he might resort to even sneakier tactics when cornered."
I replied with an "OK" emoji.
Bring it on; who’s afraid of whom?
Brother Xi had been quiet for a few days, and I thought he might finally back off.
But unexpectedly, that guy found an even more disgusting way to retaliate.
That afternoon, I was entering the information of a newly acquired major client into the system—contract details, contact information, follow-up points...
I was typing away when I clicked the "Save" button.
[Error: Data save failed, please try again.]
Huh? Is the system acting up?
I refreshed the page and re-entered the information.
I tried saving again.
[Error: Data save failed, please try again.]
A chill ran down my spine; I had a bad feeling about this.
I quickly checked the recent operation logs.
Sure enough!
While I was entering data, Brother Xi's account had repeatedly performed delete operations in the background!
That Old Liu!
I took a deep breath and patiently re-entered the client information. This time, I learned my lesson and made a local backup first.
Then, I took a screenshot of the system operation logs and kept quiet.
As expected, less than half an hour later, I checked the client information again.
It had been deleted once more!
So, you want to play games with me?
I restored the data again and added a few access permissions to my own account.
Then, I kept an eye on the operation records in the system's backend.
For the third time!
Brother Xi's account sneaked in again, trying to delete my client data!
I shot up from my seat, the chair scraping loudly against the floor.
I quickly walked over to Brother Xi's workstation.
He was wearing headphones, pretending to work diligently, fingers flying over the keyboard.
But I could clearly see that his computer screen displayed the management interface of my client!
The mouse cursor was hovering over the "Delete" button!
I slammed my hand on his shoulder.
"Brother Xi, working overtime? So concerned about my client data?"
Brother Xi jumped in fright, his headphones falling off one side.
He hurriedly tried to close that window, but it was too late.
The look of guilt on his face was absolutely priceless.
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