Suppress the restless hearts of the team members.

Chonghui continued, "For now, let's focus on our own tasks. Just gather the recordings and screenshots from our communications with the company. There's no rush to prove the illegal layoffs yet."

This seemed to set the tone for the upcoming work.

The team members immediately busied themselves with individual tasks—though there wasn't much to do. The EAP project didn't need further development at the moment, and there were few consultations, so the main job for the team was chatting and gossiping.

However, because of what Chonghui just said, everyone felt an urge to "do something," resulting in them looking for things to do.

The masters logged onto the university's IP to read literature; the consultants began reviewing verbatim transcripts of previous consultations or compiling insights from recent EAP work.

Chonghui looked at the orderly office and let out a long sigh.

"Whew—"

Although this project wasn't entirely successful, it was expected.

Having followed Bai Qinghua for years, Chonghui had been on many business trips, and not every task encountered could be completed smoothly. There were numerous times when Bai Qinghua had to step in personally.

At least compared to the troubles he had faced before, this situation was much better.

"Just hoping there won't be any accidents later and that everyone can return safely..." Chonghui murmured to himself. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

While he was pondering, the reception master couldn't help but come over again.

"Senior Brother..."

"What is it?"

"I was just wondering, who is our legal consultant?" the reception master whispered, "I know quite a few classmates and teachers from our law school."

Chonghui gave a fond look: "There's no need for that. We've hired a professional lawyer from Law University."

Hearing this, the reception master breathed a sigh of relief, and curiously continued, "How are they planning to help us gather the evidence for the illegal layoffs? After all, these are internal company documents, and it seems like it would cause quite a stir."

Indeed, finding such fragmented evidence requires delving deep into the company and talking with the employees one by one.

In this case, it seems more convenient for the EAP project team members to handle it.

Chonghui actually thought the same.

"She didn't tell us the specifics..." Chonghui frowned slightly but quickly relaxed, "But it doesn't matter, as I said—we can completely trust her!"

Seeing the reliable senior brother speak so highly of the legal advisor, whom they had never met, the reception master involuntarily felt reassured and let out a sigh of relief.

"That's good," she said, "After all, the legal department of a thousand-employee company is somewhat intimidating… Since both you and Junior Brother Nan say so, there must be no problem!"

...

On the floors and ceilings separated from the EAP project team.

Tongping Software Technology Company, Legal Department.

Unlike other departments, it was very quiet here, with no clattering of keyboards or ringing of phones; even the number of desks was less than in other departments, making it seem spacious.

Now, half of the already limited number of desks were empty, making the space even more open and the atmosphere more leisurely.

The employees here lacked the tension found in other departments. They leisurely browsed through books and documents, occasionally typing on their computers. It seemed like slacking, but there was work being done; though to call it work seemed overly relaxed.

Thud, thud, thud—

The sound of hard-soled shoes tapping on the floor echoed.

Upon hearing the sound, the relaxed employees straightened up slightly, and once the owner of the shoes closed the office door with a "bang," they slumped back down.

But different from the others, a female employee wearing red-framed glasses, who was closest to the office and had been perusing a book, suddenly had her eyes light up.

Recalling the face of the person who had just passed by, she carefully removed her headphones and approached the director's office.

Knock, knock, knock—

"Enter." A deep male voice came from inside.

As soon as the voice sounded, Red Glasses turned the doorknob, spun around, and entered, softly greeting the man looking up at her with a smile, "Brother-in-law—"

The brother-in-law director frowned, "How many times have I told you not to call me that in the company."

"There's no one else here… Okay, Director." Seeing the man's eyebrows furrow again, the corners of Red Glasses' mouth curled up a bit more.

She naturally understood the man's constant reminders. However, a harmless little mistake like this, if occasionally made and corrected immediately upon his reminder, had a better effect than strictly adhering to the rules.

"Director, I heard our department is going to get a new intern… is it true?"

Hearing this, the brother-in-law director sighed, "You're so familiar just now, how come you're so distant now? This isn't your real question, is it?"

In professional communication, a trivial question is usually used to start a conversation.

Red Glasses took small, quick steps to sit on the chair opposite the desk: "I do have other questions I want to ask... but this is something I want to know too. It's just that I put the relatively unimportant question first."

The brother-in-law director stared at his sister-in-law for a moment: "Yes, we are going to have a new intern here."