Chapter 287 - 287 Taking The Blame

287 Taking The Blame

Of course, Chen Zhao did not dare to.

The head secretary’s job was to do everything the CEO asked of him. If there were any special circumstances, Chen Zhao would tell the CEO himself. Otherwise, he would not dare to give the entire task to someone else.

If there were any mistakes or leaks of important company secrets, Chen Zhao would have to bear the responsibility.

He Miao’s incident was neither a big deal nor a small one. Tao Xin would be even more embarrassed to be exposed in public, so she could only try to be the peacemaker and minimize the damage.

“Miss He, it’s like this. I asked Xu Ling to help Tao Xin. Tao Xin doesn’t know anything about spices, but Xu Ling’s family has been in the spice business and knows a little, so I asked her to help.” Chen Zhao took the initiative to blame himself and took the blame for Tao Xin.

He Miao laughed coldly. Of course, she knew that things were not as he had said. However, now that things had come to her, what she had to do and say had all been done. The rest would depend on Xu Ling’s own wits.

Luckily, Xu Ling did not let her down. She really did have a habit of recording on the phone. As soon as Chen Zhao finished, Xu Ling pretended to be ignorant and took out her phone. She found the recording and said in confusion, “That’s not right, Brother Chen. Didn’t Sister Tao call me first to help her? She also said that she had blisters on her feet.”

After the recording was played, the entire incident was clear. Tao Xin’s face turned even paler. She immediately turned to Chen Zhao for help with tears in her eyes. “Brother Chen, I didn’t know that this matter would be so serious. I thought it was just a small matter. Miss He needs spices. Whether I bought it or not, I just had to give her everything in the end, right?”

He Miao’s gaze landed on her indifferently, and she said word by word, “Buying spices is the beginning of fragrance making. The information on which spices the company uses and which spices are used the most is enough for my opponents to find out the formula I have. You gave the list I gave you to others so easily, which is equivalent to leaking the formula’s secrets. How dare you say that this is a small matter?”

He Miao was not exaggerating. In her previous life, she had suffered the same loss. Her assistant had been bribed to report the spices she used every day to the other party. In the end, the other party had found out the recipe of her self-made recipes. The loss of money was more than a few million.

She did not really want to make a fuss by giving Tao Xin the list. She just wanted to lure her away so that Jing Yan’s men could check the real situation of the company’s renovation. However, she never thought that Tao Xin would dare to neglect her duty and hand over her formula to someone else. If Xu Ling was a spy, then the formula her mother left for her would be stolen from her.

Tao Xin still felt wronged and did not understand the key to the problem. She grabbed Chen Zhao’s arm and cried, “Big brother Chen, you know the reason for this. You really can’t blame me. My feet are still hurting.”

“Is that so?” Xu Meng could not stand the woman’s pretentiousness. She pulled her to a chair and sat down. She did not care about the dirt. She pulled off the high heels on her feet, revealing her white and delicate feet.

Xu Meng threw away her shoes and pointed at her feet. “Where are your blisters? How come I can’t see where your foot hurts?”

Chen Zhao was also stunned. He really thought that Tao Xin needed help urgently, so he sent Xu Ling to help him when he needed help as well. However, if Tao Xin had lied to him from the beginning and her purpose was just to find someone to run errands for her, he would not only be letting He Miao down, but he would also be letting Xu Ling down, who he had ordered around.

After thinking it through, Chen Zhao stood in front of He Miao and admitted his mistake. “Miss He, I’m in the wrong. I apologize. If I’ve caused you any losses, I’m willing to pay for it on behalf of Tao Xin. Please forgive her and don’t fire her.”

“You’re still trying to protect her even now?” He Miao raised an eyebrow and laughed. “Have you suffered for her?”

“Yes.” Chen Zhao answered firmly.

In his opinion, Tao Xin was no different from his girlfriend. They were just not confirmed in their relationship and had not yet broken through the last layer of paper.

However, he knew that Tao Xin still had feelings for him. In that case, he could not let Tao Xin suffer alone. As her boyfriend, he should bear the consequences for her.

He Miao nodded and walked around him expressionlessly to the president’s office behind her. Before she pulled the door open, she suddenly turned to Xu Ling, who had hope in her eyes, and smiled. “From today onwards, Xu Ling will follow me. I will personally ask your president for her later. I happen to need someone who knows about spices to be my secretary.”

“Yes!” Xu Ling was overjoyed!

She really liked this smart, astute, and decisive young woman. More importantly, she could finally return to her old career, and her previous love for spices had not been in vain.