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Chapter 971 - 757: Her Eyelashes, Curved Lips (Part 2)

The photocopy clearly shows the employee’s expected salary and the company’s actual calculated base salary."From this, you can see that the company has systematically calculated the employee’s ’deserved compensation,’ but deliberately only gave a little money in the end."

Xia Tian’s eyes curved: "Senior, is this what you are going to provide us, an internal version? Or is it just what was given to the employee, only their actual compensation received without evidence of the ’deserved compensation’?"

Shi Chuxin blinked, subconsciously lowered her head to look at the document, her fingertips uncontrollably reaching out to flip it.

But Xia Tian immediately withdrew her hand, placing the document in front of Nan Zhubin.

"Don’t rush, senior, there’s more."

Xia Tian pulled out a stack of photocopies with fluorescent green sticky notes in the upper left corner.

"Here’s a screenshot of the company’s internal announcement release record. Guess what? There’s no official release record of this layoff announcement in the backend, only an unreviewed draft archived!"

Xia Tian’s tone was excited, using the same tone she would use to share desserts with a girlfriend: "And this, the public announcement receipt in the backend, every public announcement in the past month has a signed record, except for this layoff announcement’s posting receipt—this means the layoff notice was only drafted and never officially announced!"

"Senior, do you think this is useful?"

...

Is it useful?

Shi Chuxin wasn’t thinking about that question.

Rather, she was thinking—how did this young lady get her hands on these things?

The same question lingered in Chonghui’s mind. He involuntarily looked at Nan Zhubin, only to find that Nan Zhubin was not looking at him with the usual understanding.

"And also, senior, you mentioned helping to contact company management and all, but I can’t provide any document evidence—"

Xia Tian said somewhat humbly.

"—but I have this!"

Xia Tian pulled out another batch of documents. This time the documents were particularly thick, with colorful sticky notes dividing them every few pages.

"These are payroll streams and labor contracts of employees laid off from the sales, R&D, and marketing departments that I collected. There are fifteen, I’m only showing part, each clearly marking the corresponding employee’s employment date, salary structure, and compensation amount, directly revealing that the compensation for all laid-off old employees did not include commissions and bonuses."

"And several layoff notices with vague dismissal reasons... like this one, stating ’Position adjusted, unable to adapt.’ But the attached job adjustment notice is signed post-layoff..."

Xia Tian pulled out another batch of documents, her pleasant voice flowing like a stream.

...

Shi Chuxin unconsciously opened her mouth.

Chonghui subconsciously reached out.

Xia Tian blinked: "Senior, do you think these are useful?"

"If they are not useful, could you help us collect similar materials?"

The desktop fell silent for a moment.

Shi Chuxin suddenly clenched her fingers. Looking at Xia Tian’s curving eyes, smiling lips, and the surrounding sunny vibe, she felt a chill running up her arm from her fingertips.

Her throat felt dry, she couldn’t speak.

Xia Tian, however, with a flower-like smile focused on Shi Chuxin, seemed almost demanding an answer.

Eventually, a voice broke the silence.

"These materials are useful."

Nan Zhubin confidently nodded: "Although I don’t quite understand, her expression just now told me. These are useful."

"The documentation you’ve collected is better than what she can gather; the announcement drafts you’ve obtained would be hard for her to procure;"

"As for these contracts and notice letters, she would likely struggle and may not succeed in obtaining them."

Nan Zhubin’s fingers drew an invisible circle on Shi Chuxin’s face across the table: "Her expression told me just now."

...

Shi Chuxin pulled her arm under the table, her hands shaking uncontrollably.

Chonghui just felt his molars starting to ache. How is this... a combo move?

Usually, he might have enjoyed the thrill like a bloodthirsty audience, but now his emotions were complicated.

Only Mo Kai, just back from fetching Xia Tian’s meal, showed pure excitement in his eyes.

"Senior, so this is what you were just talking about."

Xia Tian was still respectful to Shi Chuxin: "If Teacher Nan told me correctly, we are negotiating, right?"

Nan Zhubin nodded: "That’s right, we are negotiating."

Xia Tian couldn’t help but flash a grin at Nan Zhubin, then when turning back to Shi Chuxin, adjusted her smile down by 2 degrees: "In negotiation, you give some things to get some things, right?"

"But if you want something, isn’t it bad if you don’t have the chips to trade?"

Nan Zhubin rearranged the documents Xia Tian had laid out, clearing space for the tray, affirming: "It’s indeed not good."

Xia Tian said, "Cough... senior. Since we already have so many materials—can we ask you to help collect more things we don’t have yet, or find inconvenient to collect ourselves?"

"Only then can we regain negotiation elements, mutual exchange after all."

The young lady before her had neither changed her expression, nor voice, since she arrived, yet Shi Chuxin felt her legs starting to tremble.

"Not there... and inconvenient?"

Shi Chuxin repeated Xia Tian’s request, taking a deep breath: "What do you want?"

Xia Tian’s eyes curved: "First, I want you to help us photocopy a private work ledger of the HR manager. You yourself are a mid-level manager in the HR department, should not be hard for you;"

"Second, help us get a complete list of evidence for all related to the layoff project, like re-signed attendance records, post-hoc signature additions, false performance evaluations, etc.;"

"Third, you said you had quite the connections internally, then help us check if the higher-ups plan to ’clean up’ previous materials—we all know the company’s ’clean up’ means destruction."

Xia Tian emphasized: "I need the specific time, place, people involved, and a rough idea of the destruction content."

After speaking, Xia Tian didn’t forget to add: "You should be able to get these, right senior?"

Chonghui turned back and started poking his chopsticks into his tray.

Meanwhile, Shi Chuxin started to sweat coldly: "No way! These... no way!"

Her refusal almost came without thought, purely instinct.

Knowing what Xia Tian asked, compared to those prior internal verification receipts, system announcement files, employee contracts, were not on the same level at all.

No wonder Xia Tian said this was the ’inconvenient’ stuff to grab.

Getting these would entail quite the risk!

The previous ones were manageable, but if Shi Chuxin gathered those personal ledgers, complete lists, even relaying internal info... if caught, it wouldn’t just be a simple dismissal.

She’d face legal ramifications!

"She’s afraid." Nan Zhubin suddenly said, "Very afraid."

"But... there’s no sense of helplessness." Nan Zhubin added, "Implying she could do it, she just doesn’t want to."

Xia Tian gently nodded, nodding one time then another.

Each nod growing larger.

And as her nods grew, her curving eyes and uplifted lips gradually calmed.

"Senior." Xia Tian said, "We’ve talked this deep, do you think you still have room to refuse?"