The young officer had clearly already checked it with his colleagues. When Jiang Xia asked, he was ready with his report: "It contains evidence that Mr. Tachibana and Mr. Sakuraba fabricated to frame someone for embezzling public funds. The person they targeted was Sugiyama Noriko."
Female accountant: "?!"
...Isn't that me?!
Jiang Xia looked at the stunned accountant, then at the male secretary. "You and Lawyer Tachibana planned to use this evidence to control this accountant, didn't you?"
The female accountant slammed the table and shot Secretary Sakuraba a glare. "You two actually plotted something like that?!"
"I'm sorry!" The male secretary apologized at once, explaining remorsefully, "You know Lawyer Tachibana was used to living extravagantly, but lately his income couldn't keep up, so he secretly embezzled a large amount of public funds."
"That night, I helped Lawyer Tachibana tally the accounts. He stared at the ledger with a livid face for a while, then decided to pin the money he squandered on you, claiming that you were the one who embezzled it."
The female accountant clenched her fists until they creaked. "That old bastard..."
Secretary Sakuraba sighed. "To be honest, I really didn't want to keep doing this sort of thing. When I heard that Mr. Tachibana had drowned, my first reaction was actually relief."
The lawyer with the center-parted hair was stunned. "What do you mean, relief?! Mr. Tachibana may have had some moral issues, but he was your mentor and the one who guided you into this field! How could you speak about a senior like that?!"
"What senior? I've had enough of him!" At those words, the male secretary suddenly erupted like a lit firecracker, raging:
"When I joined the Detective Agency, nobody told me I'd be helping a tiger commit evil! Every day, he ordered