IGTCDCN chapter 16

Cameras, find the cameras! Su Jiujiu’s first reaction was this—such a big company, she refused to believe there wasn’t a single camera that could prove her innocence!

She looked around, and in the end, sadly discovered that the only camera in the break room was right behind Song Yawen. In other words, Song Yawen had spotted the camera’s position from the start and blocked it!

That’s so sneaky!

This supporting female character actually made a move before her, and still dared to frame her!

Failing to steal the chicken but losing the rice, Su Jiujiu felt that this trip was simply too much of a loss! Moreover, she still didn’t know how she was going to use this matter to gain benefits from Tan Chen!

But… Su Jiujiu thought of a serious question: Would Tan Chen believe her in this matter?

Of course not! Cats naturally love messing with things. Besides, her past encounters with Tan Chen weren’t great, and last time he even caught her in the act with that ‘devilish smile.’

He would definitely think she’s just a troublemaking cat and believe it without any proof.

Su Jiujiu drooped her head, looking extremely dejected.

The system, which she had bullied just a moment ago and had been whining loudly, now comforted her without holding a grudge: [Don’t be sad! What if the male lead believes you?]

“No… he won’t believe me.” Su Jiujiu tilted her head back, her eyes filled with a bubble of cat-like tears. “I only knew the new female supporting character was smart and beautiful, I only knew she had a good temperament and a good family background, but I didn’t expect her methods for dealing with cats to be so advanced.”

The system didn’t know how to comfort her either, so it could only squat beside her and silently wait for the female supporting character’s next move.

Song Yawen did not disappoint them. She bent down and picked up the cat, ignoring its frantic struggles in her arms, and carried it back to the office.

She smartly didn’t go straight to Tan Chen, but went to assistant Liu instead.

“Sister Liu, Mr. Tan’s cat ran into the break room and broke my cup. There was too much glass on the floor, and I was afraid it would hurt itself, so I picked it up.”

“Broke your cup?” assistant Liu glanced at the cat in her arms when she had a moment, not doubting the truth of her words, but she also didn’t think there was anything wrong with a cat breaking a cup. She shrugged it off and said, “How much? I’ll pay you.”

“No need, out with the old, in with the new.”

“Hurry up, don’t waste time.”

Song Yawen had no choice but to explain the price: “Thirty-six thousand, actually that’s the price for a whole set. A single mug doesn’t cost that much.”

Hearing this price, Su Jiujiu was immediately stunned.

Thirty-six thousand for a set of mugs? Is this what low-key rich people are like? No wonder selling her wouldn’t even cover the cost.

Obviously, Liu, the assistant, was shocked too.

After hearing the price, she raised an eyebrow and glanced at Song Yawen.

Song Yawen hurriedly said, “Sister Liu, it’s actually not necessary, I still have some at home…”

“Transferred it to you.” Secretary Liu didn’t listen to her rambling and immediately transferred thirty-six thousand yuan to her.

However, she wasn’t as calm as she appeared on the surface; she stared thoughtfully at Song Yawen several times.

In the end, she didn’t say anything.

“Let’s get to work.”

“Then what about this cat?”

“I’ll take it to President Tan’s office.”

Song Yawen wasn’t surprised either. She hadn’t expected to be able to come and go in Tan Chen’s office so legitimately so soon. She handed the cat to assistant Liu.

Once the cat was in assistant Liu’s arms, its previously frantic struggles instantly stopped, and it became extremely well-behaved and obedient.

Such a stark contrast made Song Yawen’s eyes darken slightly.

Assistant Liu didn’t pay any more attention to her and carried Su Jiujiu into President Tan’s office.

Tan Chen was momentarily taken aback when he saw the cat in assistant Liu’s arms, then realized—it must have somehow wandered out.

He let out a cold snort and said, “You still had heart to came back?”

Su Jiujiu leapt down from Secretary Liu’s arms with a look of grievance, scurrying over to Tan Chen’s legs in just a few steps. With a jump, she landed on his lap, her paws clinging to the edge of his clothes, and instinctively buried her head into his stomach.

Damn it, I feel wronged.

Tan Chen quickly noticed that the cat seemed unusually listless after going out for a while. “What happened?”

Assistant Liu hesitated for a moment, then told the truth: “It ran into Song Yawen in the break room. Yawen said the cat broke her mug.”

The way she spoke was also clever; she didn’t directly say that the cat broke the mug, but rather—Song Yawen said that it broke her mug.

As for whether this was true or not, it depended on whether President Tan was ready to believe the cat or believe the person.

Su Jiujiu also held on to a last sliver of hope, hoping the male lead would believe her. Of course, this hope was so flimsy that she had already anticipated the result before the male lead even spoke.

If the male lead really didn’t believe her, she would ignore him for three days! No, a week!

After a moment, Tan Chen finally spoke: “Compensate her twice the price of the mug.”

I knew it!

The guy also thinks it was it that broke it! Su Jiujiu felt both wronged and angry, cursing herself for not being human enough to defend herself.

She immediately climbed off Tan Chen’s lap, jumped onto the desk, and, holding her butt and turning her back like a sulky kid, got into full-blown ignore mode.

Tan Chen watched this whole smooth sequence of moves and chuckled, “You broke someone else’s mug and now you’re feeling wronged?”

The cat ignored him, and assistant Liu reminded him from the side, “President Tan, Yawen’s set of mugs costs 36,000 yuan.”

Double that would be 72,000 yuan.

“She’s really rich,” Tan Chen said with an ambiguous smile. “Even coming to work, she likes to show off.”

“Alright, just compensate her double, and I’ll reimburse you. By the way, tell her that my cat doesn’t have a habit of breaking things, and she should be careful with her mugs in the future. Otherwise, if all the company’s mugs get broken, will she blame it all on my cat?”

Assistant Liu noticed that President Tan wasn’t fond of Song Yawen, and watched carefully, keeping her thoughts to herself: “Okay.”

“Also, have security send me the footage from the break room just now.”

“No problem.”

After assistant Liu left, Su Jiujiu finally realized the protective meaning behind Tan Chen’s words and turned her head to secretly check his expression.

Unexpectedly, the moment she looked back, Tan Chen caught her spying. He raised an eyebrow and gestured with his hand: “Now you’re willing to pay attention to me?”

Su Jiujiu didn’t expect that he would defend her even when he didn’t know the truth, and she also didn’t expect that her image in his eyes was actually pretty good. She slowly turned around, then slowly jumped back onto Tan Chen’s lap, and gently rubbed his hand with a bit of guilt.

Sorry, poop scooper, I misunderstood you.

Tan Chen’s mood finally lifted a little. After getting the surveillance footage, he immediately went straight to the part where Song Yawen and the cat were alone in the break room.

Su Jiujiu leaned on the office desk and watched with him, trying to find evidence to prove her innocence.

The surveillance only lasted a few minutes, and after Song Yawen deliberately walked toward the cat and blocked the camera, you couldn’t see what happened afterward. Plus, the camera didn’t have sound, so all they knew was that the mug ended up shattered.

Su Jiujiu got angrier with each viewing and flailed her little cat paws wildly.

She’s slandering me! She’s totally slandering me!

Tan Chen pressed down on its head: “Looking so seriously, could it be that you can actually understand?”

“Meow!”

I can!

Tan Chen’s big hand subconsciously began to stroke the cat’s back. Even if he couldn’t see clearly what was happening behind the surveillance, it was enough to guess who was directing this act.

“Grandfather’s judgment is still as poor as ever. Such a clumsy trick can still be performed right in front of me.”

Su Jiujiu could only hear a cold sneer from above her head. When she looked up, she saw the male lead’s jawline exuding indifference and mockery.

Woo woo woo, the male lead looking so perceptive is really handsome! No wonder he’s the male lead!

The system then quietly popped up: [In the original novel plot, the male lead wasn’t this perceptive. After Song Yawen framed the female lead, he didn’t help prove her innocence either.]

“So?”

[So congratulations to the host for independently completing Task 9: A supporting female character who does not cause chaos is not a good supporting character. In the battle among supporting female characters, you made the male lead favor you and prove things for you, opening a historically new chapter and taking your relationship further, unlocking a new ‘overbearing’ pose for the male lead. Reward: 1000 points!]

[Current points: 1600; points needed to exchange for a body: 5000; points needed to complete the task: 10000. Victory is just ahead, please continue your efforts, host!]

Reward 1000 points?

Such a huge wave of surprises completely stunned Su Jiujiu. At this moment, she felt that even ten thousand points weren’t so hard to achieve!

And the male lead was on her side!

Su Jiujiu was overjoyed and began to dance around happily.

Tan Chen looked down and met those sparkling cat eyes, and instantly smiled: “Silly cat, still so happy even when falsely accused by others.”

Believing in my innocence is enough!

Tan Chen assured, as if he really saw this meaning in the cat’s eyes.An unprecedented sense of satisfaction filled his heart. Although he was making decisions for the cat, he himself felt an indescribable contentment.

Perhaps it was because moments when he cared about someone or was willing to protect someone had been too few in the past. In other words, he did not need anyone, and naturally, no one needed him.

But now it was different; at least this cat needed him. Tan Chen took a deep breath, picked up the cat on his lap, and held it in eye-level.

“Next time something like this happens, don’t act dumb. I can handle it for you.”

Wuwuwu, what kind of overbearing CEO declaration is this!

Su Jiujiu was so touched that her eyes welled up with tears. She leaned in toward Tan Chen’s face and planted another kiss on him.

Saying ‘kiss’ is a bit exaggerated—it was more like she was too excited and just nibbled all over his face, after all, she was still just a cat right now.

…..

Meanwhile, assistant Liu spared Song Yawen some face and called her out privately, repeating what President Tan had said to her.

“I know your family might be well-off, but a company is a company, and work is work. I hope in the future you can bring some different things to work. After all, if other colleagues break your mug, they probably can’t compensate you like Mr. Tan can.”

Those words were said without any sugarcoating, and Song Yawen’s expression immediately turned pale.

“…I understand.”

“Mm, now go to work.”

Song Yawen turned around and walked toward the office, her neatly trimmed nails digging into her palm. The pain helped her maintain the right smile on her face, as if assistant Liu had just called her out for a normal conversation, rather than a stern, pointed hint.

She had just returned to the country, and even though she had heard a lot about Tan Chen from Grandpa Tan, she still couldn’t quite figure out his personality.

The earlier ‘false accusation’ was just a small test when meeting for the first time. It’s perfectly normal for a cat to paw at things. Whether this matters a lot or a little depends on what this person, who came in through a ‘backdoor,’ represents in his eyes.

Unexpectedly, this little test triggered a big storm. Song Yawen prided herself on being a junior whom Grandpa Tan trusted, but she didn’t expect Tan Chen to not even grant this small courtesy.

Could it be that in President Tan’s eyes, this great beauty of mine is actually not even as good as a cat?

Song Yawen was still smiling on the outside, but inside she was frantically thinking about her next steps. It seems that the path she wants to marry into the Tan family is still ahead.

The author has something to say:
Kisses, kisses! Good night~
Thank you very much to everyone for your support, I will continue to work hard!​