Let alone obtaining evidence, no normal person would be stupid enough to willingly confess to their own crimes.
“It should be correct, right? He admitted it himself.”
Ivy thought for a moment, not guaranteeing anything, but her tone suggested she was confident.
“No, why would he tell you?”
Gu Chen still couldn’t figure it out.
The whole thing was going so smoothly that even in her wildest dreams she wouldn’t have imagined it.
She instead thought Ivy was more likely to have been tricked.
Ivy had to explain what happened.
Because during today’s training, Guo Laoban participated the entire time, being overly enthusiastic—clearly up to no good.
After it ended, he even treated her to dinner.
When he learned she liked all kinds of fine wines, he said he had a large collection at home and invited Ivy to come take a look.
So Ivy naturally went to his house—it was a standalone villa.
Then they found topics to chat about, he introduced the wines, and invited her to drink together.
Guo Laoban obviously intended to get her drunk, and then do something unspeakable to this mixed-race beauty with an incredible figure.
But Ivy was a Wall Street socialite; such little schemes were practically written on his face.
How could she not see through them?
After several rounds of drinking, not only did he fail to get her drunk, but Guo Laoban himself was dizzy and disoriented.
“Miss Ivy, the moment I first saw you, I knew we were destined to meet. Don’t worry, as long as you stick with me, there will be plenty of benefits in the future.”
Guo Laoban sat in his chair, swaying, with a lecherous expression.
“Boss, but I heard you’re not very good to your employees. That must just be a perfunctory line, right?”
Ivy skillfully avoided his wandering hands and asked slowly.
“They’re not the same as you. I… I genuinely like you.”
Guo Laoban patted his chest in assurance.
“But they’re very dissatisfied with you. I heard they’re planning to report you. Aren’t you worried?”
Seeing that he was already drunk and incoherent, Ivy started probing.
“Hahaha!”
“Report me? Ridiculous. Without evidence, how can they report? They’re just shouting empty threats. In the end, they’ll still let themselves be exploited.”
Guo Laoban looked confident.
“Evidence? You have evidence?”
“Of course, otherwise how would I reconcile the accounts? I keep it at home. They can’t get in. And even if they did, there’s no way they’d find it inside the picture frame in the bedroom. Even if by some miracle they did find it, the safe requires a password, otherwise it won’t open.”
Guo Laoban straightened up, as if showing off.
“That’s not necessarily true. Passwords are usually birthdays or the last few digits of a phone number. It’s not hard to guess.”
Ivy’s eyes flickered as she deliberately raised a doubt.
“Do you think I’m that stupid? The password is indeed related to my birthday, but I designed it specially—it’s the day after my birthday. No one could guess it.”
He revealed a smug expression; this move was indeed clever.
Then, thinking of something, he continued:
“Speaking of birthdays, it happens to be the seventeenth of next month. I plan to throw a grand birthday party and invite everyone. Then I’ll announce you as our company’s main promoter. Are you happy?”
“Oh? Great, thank you, boss. Here, have another drink.”
…
“So… you found the safe in the picture frame and took the hard drive?”
After hearing the whole story, Gu Chen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
That guy had just spilled everything?
No torture needed.
He cooperated a little too well!
She initially thought he was at least a big boss–level character, but it turned out he was just a beginner-level monster.
As the saying goes, this world is just a giant shoddy stage…
“Oh, Miss Ivy, you’re back?”
At that moment, Dad came out after cleaning the kitchen.
He saw her sitting on the sofa and looked equally surprised.
“Dad, she got the evidence, but we still need to confirm if it’s real.”
Gu Chen immediately explained the situation.
“That fast? Really?”
“Who knows? Let’s go check it out. No one knows what’s actually on the hard drive.”
Gu Chen didn’t dare guarantee anything.
Since her room had a computer, she directly connected the hard drive externally to see what was on it.
Dad and Ivy stood behind to watch, both looking quite nervous.
Soon the data was read.
Gu Chen’s heart was in her throat.
She took a deep breath and clicked.
Inside were rows of data compressed files—nothing else.
“Damn, these are encrypted too. What kind of game is this?”
Gu Chen couldn’t help cursing.
The file packages still required a password to open.
Who knew this guy was so cautious? Even at this stage, there was still a password.
If they couldn’t crack it, all efforts would be wasted.
“Try it.”
“Maybe… it’s the same password.”
Ivy thought for a moment.
Gu Chen wasn’t sure, but she casually typed it in.
Surprisingly, she guessed right.
Now all the data on the hard drive was exposed to them.
“Good heavens, that guy’s really something. He evaded that much tax.”
Dad was the first to notice, clicking his tongue.
“Is this really his criminal evidence?”
Gu Chen knew nothing about business.
But Dad had worked at a big company before, so he definitely understood more than her.
It shouldn’t be wrong.
“Yeah, it’s a dual set of accounts used to reconcile his income. Great, with this, Guo Laoban is completely finished.”
Dad nodded with certainty.
“Alright, Dad, then let’s take this to report him tomorrow. It’s time for that guy to pay the price.”
Gu Chen was overjoyed.
Not just for what happened to her family, but also for the employees and streamers that Guo Laoban had screwed over.
“Don’t worry, I know what to do.”
Dad took the item.
It was too late today; tomorrow would be more appropriate.
Going now wouldn’t finish the work anyway.
As for Guo Laoban, no need to worry.
He wouldn’t check the safe every day.
Even if he did, the stuff was already here.
His only option was to run.
“Ivy, thank you so much this time.”
After things were settled, Gu Chen expressed her gratitude again.
“You’re welcome. You took me in, so it’s the least I could do to repay you.”
She smiled.
Actually, she felt she didn’t deserve the thanks—the task was too simple.
With Guo Laoban’s level of skill, if he were back in her country, she wouldn’t even bother to take him down…
Since Ivy had suddenly returned, Gu Chen had to take out the quilt and pillow again and put them on the sofa.
“Sorry, you’ll have to make do with the sofa again. Don’t worry about work; I’ll help you find something as soon as possible. There will definitely be opportunities. It might just be difficult locally. Can you accept a job away from home?”
After fixing the bedding, Gu Chen casually asked.
Now that the matter was settled, the next step was her job.