I Treat You as My Sister, But You Want to be My Wife?!
Chapter 611: Taking Matters into One’s Own Hands

Chapter 611: Chapter 611: Taking Matters into One’s Own Hands

"The result was actually not what I expected, which shocked me. It’s quite impressive for such a young girl to have this kind of plan, but she ran off before I could ask her early this morning. This was indeed a surprise. Now it’s not easy to find her, it’s really a troublesome matter," Shen Dong said and then shook his head.

After hearing this, Zhang Tao’s mouth hung open wide enough to fit an egg—he had never imagined that one of his subordinates could do such a thing, sell his proposal. If that proposal was sold to a rival competitor, and they created it first, then wouldn’t his own be branded as plagiarism?

All of these had not been patented yet, this won’t do—I might have to hurry and apply for patents. If she sells it to someone else, then mine will be deemed plagiarism... This incident also gave Zhang Tao a certain idea. Whether it was getting the person back or something else, he couldn’t let this issue continue to ferment.

Shen Dong patted Zhang Tao’s shoulder and began to say, "Losing that bit of money isn’t a big deal, but I hope that the person can be caught soon and give me an explanation. And I want her to compensate for the loss. You can’t just sell it like that, that’s not ethical. If I remember correctly, wasn’t there a contract with your documentation? This could be taken to court."

Zhang Tao was not some clueless young master—if he were, he wouldn’t have survived this long in a prominent family. He had his methods, only that he didn’t use them often; having a kind heart didn’t mean he allowed others to bully him. With such an event unfolding, he could no longer stand idly by.

He then seriously said to Shen Dong, "I’m sorry for this incident; I did say that I didn’t keep a close enough watch on my staff. I will get her back and give you an explanation, as well as return all the money."

After these words, Zhang Tao returned to his own office and began making phone calls. It seemed like he was summoning some people from the underworld to track down Shi Jia and see if they could get her back. Shi Jia mustn’t be an ordinary woman; otherwise, she wouldn’t have gotten involved with the dark web. She was likely converting all that money into foreign currency now.

Then planning to flee to another country—countries in chaos are much harder to search. Shen Dong felt that if he didn’t help out, relying on Zhang Tao alone might take who knows how long to catch her. He then gave Wang Xiaocon a look, signaling him to bring Shi Jia back.

Wang Xiaocon was the best at this kind of thing. Upon receiving the order, he immediately got to work. Zhang Tao was just informed as a courtesy, without expecting him to actually bring her back. This put Zhang Tao in a tough spot.

Therefore, he went to Zhang Tao and said, "Don’t worry; your most important task right now is to get the software done. Leave the rest to me. Catching a person is easy for me but would indeed drain a lot of your energy.

Since I bought the project, and I suffered the loss, I will personally reclaim it. You just focus on finishing the software—that would be your best way to repay me. Don’t be burdened by it, understood? Life isn’t filled with so many complications."

After saying this, Shen Dong looked at Zhang Tao with a resolute gaze, signaling him not to think too much. Zhang Tao hadn’t expected to cause so much trouble on his first venture, and now he was so nervous that he didn’t know where to put his hands.

"Don’t feel guilty. Strictly speaking, this has nothing to do with you. Of course, you can’t monitor everyone that closely. Consider yourself lucky that fate still wants us to release our software first, otherwise, if Shi Jia had sold the document to someone else, we may have lost both fame and fortune.

We should feel fortunate." Shen Dong was quick to take action; within a matter of seconds, Wang Xiaocon had locked on to Shi Jia and sent people to intercept her. Coming over to report, Wang Xiaocon said:

"Boss, I’ve found her at the train station. She’s planning to take a train to a distant place and then fly overseas. She’s quite cunning, hiding a large amount of cash in her bag as if preparing to flee. It’s just too bad she’s a bit too slow, just ten minutes short.

If it weren’t for our swift actions, she would have gotten on that train. We were just a hair away, but luckily, our brother was a bit faster," Wang Xiaocon boasted with a hint of pride.

Zhang Tao also heaved a sigh of relief. It was a good thing he didn’t go personally; otherwise, who knows how long it would have taken to catch this woman. It’s easier to catch someone domestically, but overseas it’s like finding a needle in a haystack, and there’s no telling if the money could be reclaimed. He would have felt extremely ashamed.

Luckily, she was caught. However, what Shi Jia faced after being caught was out of his knowledge; after all, none of those present were ordinary people or easily pacified. Knowing Shen Dong’s background, anyone who could build such a vast empire couldn’t simply be fooled.

It looked like Shi Jia was in grave danger, but this had nothing to do with him anymore. Shi Jia hadn’t considered him at all, nor had she thought about the potential consequences of him losing the files, or what would happen if others launched the product first before him. She hadn’t considered any of that, only focusing on her own grand escape. Now he truly regretted harboring such an ingrate.

He knew he wasn’t exceptionally good, but he had been clear-conscienced toward them, giving them everything they needed. Still, betrayal happened. In any case, he decided not to involve himself in this matter anymore.

Let Mr. Shen decide how to handle it; getting further involved would seem overly meddlesome. Having clarified his thoughts, he returned to his desk and started on his work, intending to rewrite some of the framework’s code and adjust the caching.