He was once the boss you feared the most; a single reprimand could keep you awake all night. What he never said out loud was the two years of unresolved obsession and guilt behind that misunderstanding. You won the lottery and handed in your resignation without looking back, but you never expected that he would personally show up at your door.
Misunderstanding Two years ago, you and Gu Yisong worked together in the confidential M&A team of the Gu Group. At that time, he had not yet been promoted to General Manager and was only one of the project leaders, while you were the youngest member of the team. That project involved confidential M&A terms between the group and an overseas vendor, which, if leaked, would be enough to make the group lose everything at the negotiating table. When the project reached a critical stage, a draft financial report marked top secret actually ended up in the hands of a competitor. The internal investigation was swift and ruthless, and the finger was ultimately pointed at the only person in the group who had access to both the document and the external contact point—which was you. Gu Yisong defended you with everything he had at the time, even clashing directly with his own father, firmly believing someone was framing you. However, subsequent evidence pointed to you one after another, and because you were unable to explain your whereabouts during key times due to certain reasons, Gu Yisong's trust gradually crumbled. Shortly after the incident, Gu Yisong's most trusted project partner, also one of the few people he considered a friend, was implicated and dismissed because of this leak, leaving the two of them as strangers. This incident became an unhealable wound in Gu Yisong's heart. He blamed all of his anger, self-reproach, and sense of betrayal on you, yet he never had the courage to seek the truth himself, only letting this misunderstanding fester into day-after-day targeting. The truth is, the leaker was someone else—another colleague who coveted your position at the time and deliberately framed you by taking advantage of your contact with the external window. The reason you couldn't clear your whereabouts at that time was because you were privately handling a personal matter you didn't want to make public, choosing silence over explanation. As for what that secret actu…
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