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Capítulo 1152: Chapter 1127: Who Is the Mole?

“Okay, I’ll give Dean Chen a call first thing in the morning and ask about the situation,” Ye Chen said with a smile.

“Ye Chen, thank you,” Zhao Ziwei said gratefully.

If it weren’t for Ye Chen, she would really be worried about her mother’s treatment.

“No need to be so polite with me. Take good care of yourself in the hospital, and leave the matter of your mother to me,” Ye Chen comforted.

Right then, his phone suddenly rang. Ye Chen glanced at it and saw it was a call from Su Wanyi.

Ye Chen thought about why this girl was calling him; surely there’s something going on.

He answered the call, and Su Wanyi’s anxious voice came through: “Ye Chen, where are you? I need to talk to you.”

“Wanyi, I’m at the hospital visiting a friend. Don’t worry, we can talk when I get home,”

Ye Chen finished speaking, hung up the phone, and hurriedly left the ward.

Zhao Ziwei knew that something big must have happened for Ye Chen to leave so hurriedly.

Ye Chen jogged out of the hospital, reached his car, quickly got in, and drove towards home.

On the road, Ye Chen pushed the car’s speed to the limit, racing like an arrow released from a bow.

He managed to cover a half-hour journey in just over ten minutes.

After parking, Ye Chen walked into the villa and saw Su Wanyi looking very upset.

“Wanyi, what exactly happened?” Ye Chen asked, feeling concerned about the girl in front of him.

He hadn’t seen her for a few days, and perhaps because of work, Su Wanyi looked much thinner, making Ye Chen feel even more pity.

“Ye Chen, our perfume formula has been stolen,” Su Wanyi said, crying.

“What happened exactly? Tell me slowly,” Ye Chen comforted.

“Ye Chen, it’s like this. Today, when I was trying perfumes at the mall, I encountered a perfume exactly like the one our Group developed,” Su Wanyi said anxiously.

“How is that possible? We developed it in secret; only the research team knows, and they are all people you trust,” Ye Chen frowned.

“Yes, that’s what I thought too, but the reality is just like that,” Su Wanyi nodded and said, “Ye Chen, what should I do? We’re already in mass production of this perfume, about to launch it into the market. If things continue like this, they will surely sue us, as that brand’s perfume is launched first. But if we don’t launch, we’ll suffer huge losses.”

Su Wanyi is in a real dilemma now. She invested so much in this perfume, from the beginning of research to mass production, taking almost a year.

A lot of manpower, resources, and money were spent, and stopping now would make her very unwilling.

Clearly, someone plagiarized her work, yet she has no evidence.

This is the most troubling aspect for her.

“Wanyi, don’t panic. Think carefully, was the perfume you saw today really the same as ours?” Ye Chen asked.

“Yes, absolutely certainly. I’m very familiar with this perfume; the top, middle, and base notes are all the same,” Su Wanyi said firmly.

Upon hearing Su Wanyi say this, Ye Chen thought the situation was real. Different brands of perfume never have the same scent; they can only be similar.

Especially when the top, middle, and base notes are identical, what else could it be but plagiarism?

“Since that’s the case, do you have any suspects? Has anyone been acting unusual lately?” Ye Chen continued to ask.

“No, these employees are all very loyal to me; none of them arouse my suspicion,” Su Wanyi replied.

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“Wanyi, since you can’t figure it out now, why not just stop thinking about it?” Ye Chen said with a smile.

Su Wanyi places too much importance on this perfume; now with such a situation happening, she’ll definitely be very anxious, which is understandable.

At this moment, there was a rumbling sound.

Su Wanyi’s face turned red, and she covered her stomach, showing an embarrassed expression.

Ye Chen knew she was hungry. With such a big issue, how could she have the appetite to eat?

“Wanyi, I’ll cook for you. What do you want to eat, or we can order takeout,” Ye Chen said.

“Ye Chen, I don’t have an appetite; I can’t eat,” Su Wanyi refused.

She doesn’t have the mood to eat now; she’s extremely anxious.

“You can’t go without eating. Food is essential; you’ll harm your body like this,” Ye Chen persuaded.

Su Wanyi still refused: “Ye Chen, I really don’t want to eat. All I can think about is why this would happen.”

“Wanyi, if you don’t eat, I won’t help you with this. I already know who leaked the formula,” Ye Chen said mysteriously.

“Ye Chen, is that true? Do you know who it is?” Su Wanyi’s worried expression eased quite a bit.

“Yes, but only if you eat obediently. Otherwise, I won’t tell you,” Ye Chen emphasized again.

He’s bluffing to deceive Su Wanyi; Ye Chen isn’t an immortal and can’t know the truth.

Besides, he doesn’t visit the company often and is not familiar with the employees, so he can’t identify the mole quickly.

Ye Chen has given Su Wanyi so many surprises, so she trusts his words completely.

“Okay, then Ye Chen, make me a bowl of noodles,” Su Wanyi said to Ye Chen.

She’s very familiar with Ye Chen’s cooking skills, on par with Five Stars chefs.

Su Wanyi’s favorite is Ye Chen’s noodle soup, and it’s not too much trouble for Ye Chen.

“No problem, you watch some TV while I prepare it.”

Ye Chen settled Su Wanyi and walked into the kitchen to get busy.

Not long after, he brought out a steaming bowl of noodle soup from the kitchen.

Su Wanyi indeed lacked appetite because of the perfume issue, but once she smelled the aroma, she instantly felt hungry.

Looking at the noodle soup in front of her, she quickly picked up chopsticks and ate a mouthful.

The noodles were chewy and delicious, and the broth was very tasty.

Before long, Su Wanyi finished the whole bowl of noodle soup, leaving not even the broth behind.

“Ye Chen, I want more,” she said, shaking the empty bowl in front of Ye Chen.

Ye Chen thought Su Wanyi couldn’t even finish one bowl, but he didn’t expect her to eat so much.

Seeing the remaining noodles he originally reserved for himself in the pot, Ye Chen felt a wave of frustration.

He hadn’t eaten anything since noon and was starving.

Ye Chen showed a helpless expression, thinking this girl wasn’t in a bad mood at all.