In the small courtyard, Tian Jing took off the backpack from behind her.
"Wan Ting, Xuan Xuan is going to live here and learn martial arts from Lu Shi. She can only stay with you. Can you handle it?"
"It's okay."
Li Wan Ting beckoned to Xuan Xuan, "I have a companion. Ji Qing and Ji Xiang won't come in anymore. Only Xiao Xiao Hei will stay with me."
"Woof woof."
Xiao Xiao Hei, covered in grass, ran in.
Xuan Xuan walked towards Li Wan Ting's body and immediately turned to Xiao Xiao Hei, "Don't jump. Auntie is having a baby."
"Woof."
Xiao Xiao Hei's big head lowered and nuzzled against Xuan Xuan.
Xuan Xuan raised her hand and rubbed its big head, "Be good."
"Woof."
Xiao Xiao Hei closed its eyes comfortably.
As long as the matter was not clarified, Tian Jing could not rest assured, and her granddaughter had just moved in, so Tian Jing decided to stay.
That night, Wan Ting and Xuan Xuan slept in the same bed, while Tian Jing slept on the small bed in the study. She tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
Why was Zeng Jing Rong taking so long to investigate such a simple matter?
The next morning, Li Wan Ting woke up wanting to make breakfast, only to find that her mother-in-law had already prepared it.
"Wan Ting, you go wash up. I'll go wake Xuan Xuan."
At eight o'clock, Tian Jing took Li Wan Ting and Xuan Xuan to the administrative building, with Xiao Xiao Hei following behind naturally. "Jiang Lin, today you will familiarize Wan Ting with the work. Bring in a confidentiality agreement."
"Yes."
Jiang Lin's voice came from the secretary's office, and she also entered the deputy captain's office with her footsteps.
"Captain Tian, is Wan Ting jie working in your office? Or in the secretary's office?"
"In my office,"
Tian Jing's gaze fell towards the lounge. "Wan Ting, you can use the lounge. When I'm not here and you have nothing to do, you can rest there."
"That's not appropriate?" Li Wan Ting hesitated.
"It's fine,"
Tian Jing said indifferently, "The office is so big, and it's cleaned every day but no one uses it. Isn't that a waste? Just add a set of office furniture."
"There's some in the secretary's office."
Jiang Lin turned and walked out of the office, "I'll go prepare a desk."
Li Wan Ting wanted to follow, but Tian Jing stopped her, "What are you going to do? Can you lift it?"
"A pregnant woman cannot exert herself too much, cannot carry heavy objects, cannot fall, cannot twist her waist, cannot wear high heels. There are many 'cannots.' As a mother, you must carefully protect the baby in your womb."
"Oh."
Li Wan Ting stood there somewhat at a loss. Xuan Xuan took her hand and walked towards the desk, "Auntie, go sit down. You'll get bumped if you lift the desk."
Tian Jing looked at her granddaughter with satisfaction, "Xuan Xuan, you're amazing. You watch your auntie. I'll go lift the desk."
Xuan Xuan stood straight beside Li Wan Ting, guarding her, and Xiao Xiao Hei squatted beside her, guarding her too.
Li Wan Ting raised her hand and stroked her head, "Auntie is an adult, yet I need Xuan Xuan to protect me."
Xuan Xuan smiled, "I'm protecting my little brother."
Tian Jing and Jiang Lin carried the desk out of the secretary's office just as Zeng Jing Rong and Ji Shiyi arrived with Yao Yao.
Zeng Jing Rong took one end of the desk from Tian Jing, and Tian Jing turned to carry the other end with Jiang Lin.
The three of them carried the desk into Tian Jing's office. Ji Shiyi, holding her daughter's hand, also followed in. "Where is Xuan Xuan?"
Xuan Xuan peeked her head out from under the desk, looking curiously at Ji Shiyi and her daughter.
Ji Shiyi walked to the desk, "Xuan Xuan, I am your great aunt. This is your little aunt Yao Yao."
Xuan Xuan looked at her grandmother.
Tian Jing had already placed the desk down. "Xuan Xuan, standing in front of you are your great uncle's wife and daughter."
Xuan Xuan obediently called out, "Great Aunt, Little Aunt Yao Yao."
"Hey!" Ji Shiyi happily responded, "Your great uncle said you've moved in. Perfect, you can play with your little aunt Yao Yao."
Xuan Xuan looked at her little aunt Yao Yao, then shook her head, "I don't play with elders."
The elders in the office were speechless.
Yao Yao smiled, "Then call me Yao Yao. Can we play together?"
Xuan Xuan nodded, "Yao Yao."
Yao Yao extended her hand, "Xuan Xuan."
The two little girls, four months apart in age and from different generations, immediately joined hands and became good friends.
Ji Shiyi sighed with joy. Her daughter had always lacked playmates and usually acted mature, but she didn't expect her to have such a good impression of Xuan Xuan.
It was no wonder. Xuan Xuan was so lovely that people couldn't help but want to get close to her.
"Xuan Xuan, shall we go play in the archives?"
"No, I have to accompany Auntie. She has a baby brother in her belly."
"Who is your auntie?"
"Isn't she right here?"
"Sister Wan Ting? Okay, let's accompany Sister Wan Ting together. And Xiao Xiao Hei can play with us too."
With her daughter having a playmate, and being on the same floor, Ji Shiyi felt very reassured. "Wan Ting, if you don't understand anything, ask me. If you feel uncomfortable, don't hold back, you must say so."
"Mmm," Li Wan Ting nodded in agreement.
Ji Shiyi went to the archives, and Jiang Lin called Li Wan Ting to start learning.
The two little girls, with Xiao Xiao Hei, also followed Li Wan Ting.
Tian Jing looked at Zeng Jing Rong. "What's the result of the investigation?"
Zeng Jing Rong sighed, "Yulia came up. She washed the mop."
Tian Jing raised an eyebrow, "So you hesitated and didn't ask further?"
Zeng Jing Rong shook his head, "I asked her. She said she was returning the mop, saw a small oil spill on the stairs, and kindly mopped it up, then washed the mop and put it back in the sink."
"Is she clueless about housework?"
Zeng Jing Rong nodded, "She often messes up household chores."
"And what about the oil?"
Zeng Jing Rong shook his head, "I didn't see it on the surveillance. I watched the surveillance footage of the second-floor stairwell and the turning platform between the stairs many times, but there was no abnormality."
"The oil was on the first step. Many people came and went on the first floor, and many team members were exchanging tasks, but still, no one was seen pouring oil on the stairs."
"I'll go take a look later."
Tian Jing waved her hand at Zeng Jing Rong, then walked to the secretary's office and asked Li Wan Ting which room she had mopped with the mop Xiao Xiao Hei had washed.
Li Wan Ting replied, "The empty office opposite the archives."
Tian Jing asked Jiang Lin, "Where is yesterday's mop?"
Jiang Lin replied, "The one on the windowsill is it."
Tian Jing placed the mop in the basin of water. No oil slick was visible on the surface. She then dragged the mop on the ground a few times and stepped on it to test it. It was still slippery.
She changed the water, wet another mop, and went to the office opposite the archives. After mopping the floor wet, she tested it again. It was indeed very slippery, much more so than when tested by the sink.
Tian Jing said to Jiang Lin at the door, "Mop this room again with laundry detergent water."
"Okay."
...
Tian Jing went to the surveillance room. Zeng Jing Rong was already waiting there.
The guard on duty in the surveillance room rewound the footage from when Tian Jing entered the administrative building yesterday.
Tian Jing stared intently at the more than ten playback screens on the main monitor.
She indeed saw Yulia carrying the mop and washing it. She told the guard to rewind further.
"Stop, stop."
Tian Jing saw a familiar figure in one of the surveillance feeds and quickly called out to stop.
The screen froze on the back of Lin Duoer as she walked out of the administrative building's main entrance.
Tian Jing pointed at the surveillance footage, "Yulia returning the mop can be explained, but why was Lin Duoer able to enter?"
Zeng Jing Rong frowned, looked at the time on the surveillance footage, checked the roster of the guards at the administrative building's main entrance, and then called the guard on duty at the time.
The answer he received was that the guard did not see how Lin Duoer entered. There were many guards at the administrative building's entrance at the time.
He only noticed Lin Duoer when she was already in the first-floor lobby. He quickly escorted Lin Duoer out.
Tian Jing pointed at Lin Duoer's back, "Rewind further, slower, just focus on her."
After rewinding a few seconds, they saw Lin Duoer squeezing in with several other team members and entering the administrative building.
She even raised her face and smiled at the team member beside her. The team member smiled back, then said something to Lin Duoer, and Lin Duoer nodded repeatedly.
Zeng Jing Rong called the team member who was talking to Lin Duoer again.
This team member was on a mission, and his phone was turned off.
Tian Jing suddenly stood up. Better safe than sorry. It concerned her grandson, and she wanted to detain Lin Duoer.
Zeng Jing Rong asked, "Where is the evidence?"
Tian Jing frowned, "She is already a person under observation, whose freedom is restricted."
Zeng Jing Rong shook his head, "Even so, she cannot be detained without evidence."
Tian Jing remained silent for a long time, then said, "You come out with me."