Chapter 57-58

Chapter 57. Blueprint was stolen

A glint of malevolent momentarily flashed in Bai Xiao Xiao’s eyes after she heard the phrase. But her face quickly changed into a panicked expression and glanced at Bao Er with alarming eyes, as if she was looking for someone to save her. But Bao Er didn’t understand, didn’t she already finish her mission? Then why was she still hanging around here, waiting for someone to shoo her off?

Bao Er stood up and walked to her side, then explained to everyone with a smile. “Actually this is my cousin.” Although she was her cousin, they were pretty much distant relatives.

The men didn’t show much response after they heard Bao Er’s words, but as for the women, they showed her an unsatisfied look that was probably transferred to her from Bai Xiao Xiao.

Bao Er was very helpless about this, really.

“It’s alright, Xiao Xiao Jie, do you want to sit down and chat? It’ll be merrier if everyone is together too, and we also rarely meet up.” A faint smile appeared on the corners of Bao Er’s mouth as she looked up to ask her.

The Bai Xiao Xiao today looked different from that night. She was wearing a pair of high heels of around ten centimeters high. Therefore, she looked taller than her original 163cm height. On her body was a tight short skirt and she had golden wavy curls, her face also looked whiter than that day probably because of her makeup. Her entire person did look very alluring.

“If so, won’t I be a bother? Since I’m an outsider and I shouldn’t disturb your fun. I better just go back since my friends are also around. Or else if I stay here without notifying them, they don’t know what happened.” Bai Xiao Xiao still decided to reject Bao Er’s invitation as much as it sounded like she didn’t mean it.

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Bao Er walked inside in between their whispers while feeling puzzled. It no longer looked neatly arranged like before. Everything was in a mess, papers, snacks wrappers and some other rubbish were all over the place.

“Qing Qing Jie, what happened?” Bao Er asked in astonishment. There was a short silence in the office. Aside from Liang Qing Qing, other people fixated their stares at Bao Er. Their eyes flashed, looking unwelcome.

Liang Qing Qing’s face showed a serious expression that only appeared once in a blue moon, “The blueprint I prepared for the autumn jewelry competition is missing!”

Chapter 58. It’s not me

Hearing those words, Bao Er was stunned. The blueprint was missing?

This could be a big or small issue. If it was unintentionally being thrown away, then fine, she could draw another one. The problem was if it was intentional. If she used the same blueprint to join the competition and the same drawing appeared at the scene, the consequences would result in a major effect on Liang Qing Qing’s future career.

No wonder those people outside the door were talking and no wonder they were looking at Bao Er with strange looks.

“We’ve searched everywhere and we can’t find it.” A woman with white clothes told Liang Qing Qing while shaking her head.

The other few people didn’t say anything but it was obvious from their expressions that they also couldn’t find it.

“Such an important blueprint, why are you so clumsy as to keep it in the office? And you even place it randomly, aren’t you just joking around with your own effort?” The white clothed woman said anxiously. She was deeply concerned for Liang Qing Qing.

Liang Qing Qing propped up her forehead with both hands. Her brows were tightly knitted, giving her usually delicate and pretty doll-face a tad more seriousness.

Bao Er stood at one side with no idea how to respond. She wanted to speak but she didn’t know what to say.

“Oh yeah, isn’t there a CCTV in the corridor outside? If there’s really someone who came to steal the blueprint, it’ll definitely capture him. Why don’t we take it out to verify? This autumn jewelry competition isn’t a very major competition but who can accept their own hard work being stolen away? I think we should go to the CCTV room to check, to see if there’s really someone who dared to come to VK to steal a blueprint.” The one who spoke was another woman. When she was talking, her eyes glanced at Bao Er discreetly.

The other people thought that it made sense after they listened to her. Liang Qing Qing pondered about it and didn’t oppose it. The group of people then went to verify. As for Bao Er, she was naturally following behind them.

In the CCTV room, after someone explained the reason, they immediately replayed the scene that was shot at the corridor’s surroundings.

Regretfully, there weren’t any abnormalities on the screen. No one snuck into Liang Qing Qing’s office after work to steal.

What could this mean? How could a blueprint that was kept in the office suddenly fly away on its own? They came to a conclusion that the blueprint was not stolen by outsiders, but by someone who often came to the office.

VK gave their designers a lot of freedom without much restraints. In the designer department, they rarely came to check on their colleagues unless the two designers had a specially good friendship. As for Liang Qing Qing’s office, other designers would occasionally come as well but not often.

“Qing Qing, could it be that you have invited a wolf into your place? Otherwise, why would this happen to you when the new person only came for a few days? This had never happened before!” It was that person again. Her words were filled with thorns as if she was afraid that Bao Er had low IQ and couldn’t understand her meaning.

After she said such words, the other people’s suspicions began to rise. Yeah, if it was really stolen by someone in the office, then what was the point of viewing the CCTV? It was pointless.

Bao Er glanced at that person with a very calm heart. She didn’t feel guilt but she did feel wronged. She then turned to look at Liang Qing Qing. “Qing Qing Jie, it’s not me.”

“Words without evidence are pointless, do you think you can just cover it up by saying it’s not you? Who are you trying to cheat! Will thieves confess that they are thieves in front of others? Do you think we are fools?” Liang Qing Qing still hadn’t said anything yet when that person continued pressuring Bao Er. Her attitude was not to others’ liking.

Friday night? That day she was playing with Tan Jingmo and his gang until twelve o’ clock, all right? If they wanted a witness, he would be the best choice.

But…

Bao Er’s brows also frowned along with Liang Qing Qing. Tan Jingmo was her “friend”, so he’d naturally side with her. Other people obviously wouldn’t believe what he said.

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