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Chapter 419: Chapter 419: Investigation

The workers also seemed very calm, lining up in a long queue at the office entrance.

Since the salaries really began to be distributed, everyone dared not continue to blockade Li Xiaoya.

“Don’t let her go,” someone shouted, “What if she intends to pay a few people first and runs away when we let our guard down?”

Just as everyone was at a loss, Li Xiaoya suddenly stood up, “I’m not leaving, I will wait in the office until everyone has received their salaries!”

Having said that, Li Xiaoya walked towards the office.

The crowd parted to make way for her.

Xiao Han followed closely behind and entered the office. After entering, Li Xiaoya looked at Xiao Han gratefully and said, “Xiao Han, thank you, I really owe you thanks this time!”

“Sister, it should be me thanking you!” Xiao Han smiled at Li Xiaoya and then said, “If it weren’t for your help at the beginning, how could I have come this far? So, it’s really me who should be thankful.”

“By the way, where did you get so much money?” Li Xiaoya asked curiously.

“Have you forgotten?” Xiao Han laughed, “Liu Si invested twenty million in Hanmen, plus I have been working hard for over a year. The profits from a few chain restaurants in one year are quite substantial, along with the income from Hanmen Technology. Actually, most of this money is what I earned, though, of course, much of it is from Liu Si’s investment.”

“How can you misappropriate the company’s funds?” Li Xiaoya said in shock.

“If my sister is having trouble, how does it matter if I misappropriate the funds?” Xiao Han laughed and then said, “Besides, no one would criticize me for it. The company is personally mine; the company’s money is my money, and I don’t have many employees, so the total wages paid each month isn’t huge. So, sister, you don’t need to worry about me.”

“But, Liu Si is also a shareholder of the company now,” Li Xiaoya hurriedly said.

“I know!” Xiao Han nodded, “Rest assured, Liu Si won’t say anything. He doesn’t interfere with the company’s affairs, as long as the company makes him money, he won’t care.”

“That’s good,” Li Xiaoya nodded.

The office was very quiet.

Yang Daguo and the secretary were busy. Several financial staff were ceaselessly busy, frantically busy.

……

Outside, hundreds of workers quietly lined up, most of them looking down at their smartphones. Of course, most of the people were very happy. However, in the crowd, a few were not happy. Wu Yue, who was at the very front of the line, was very nervous.

Wu Yue was just a minor supervisor in the factory, managing about fifty or sixty people, mainly assisting with packaging and sealing work. Here, he could make over six thousand yuan a month. Compared to other company managers, this salary was already quite high. Wu Yue’s ego had become somewhat inflated. This guy had hooked up with a young girl in the factory and soon established a financial support arrangement with her, paying her two thousand yuan a month. This was considered a low-end support agreement. Initially, life was comfortable and enjoyable.

However, since the company stopped paying salaries three months ago, Wu Yue’s life had become difficult.

With the salaries stopped, the young woman he supported was very dissatisfied, causing trouble constantly. She would quarrel at the drop of a hat, which wounded Wu Yue’s pride as a man. Until one night two months ago, when the company’s CEO sought him out to collaborate.

At first, he didn’t understand the situation, until later he discovered that the company’s management had been bought out by another company. And he had given all the design drawings for packaging and sealing to them, in exchange for a benefit fee of twenty thousand yuan. Later, the manager gave him ten thousand yuan in three installments, instructing him to cause disturbances with the packaging group’s workers and try not to be discovered.

Two months had passed, and Wu Yue decided that after receiving three months’ salary, he would immediately resign and leave, firmly not letting anyone catch any evidence against him. Little did he know, his various behaviors and signs had already betrayed him.

Wu Yue looked uneasy and hesitant, appearing as though he was guilty.

“Manager Wu, it’s your turn,” said a worker coming out from inside.

“Uh!” Wu Yue quickly nodded, and he scurried inside.

Upon entering, there was an empty desk at finance, but instead of heading straight there, he first glanced at Li Xiaoya and Xiao Han. When he caught Xiao Han’s gaze, he trembled all over, almost losing the strength in his legs from fright. He hurriedly scuttled over to finance with a forced smile, “Hehe, I knew the company would definitely get through this crisis. Truly, the heavens are kind.”

Just as the finance staff was about to settle his account, suddenly, Xiao Han stood up, “What’s your name?”

“I…” Wu Yue looked at Xiao Han, his voice trembling, “I… my name is Wu Yue.”

“Wu Yue?” Xiao Han looked at him and then shook the papers in his hand, “Are you the leader of the packaging group?”

“Yes, yes, yes!” Wu Yue hurriedly nodded.

“Then tell me, how did the design drawings of the packaging group get leaked?” Xiao Han stared into his eyes. Wu Yue was terrified, quickly avoiding Xiao Han’s gaze, and then said, “I… I don’t know! I… I really don’t know!”

“Is that so?” Xiao Han smiled and then said, “If you don’t know, why are you scared? Besides, you seem to have a sweetheart in the factory, right? What if we ask her, what do you think we might learn?”

Hiss…

Upon hearing this, Wu Yue immediately gasped sharply. He almost collapsed because he knew the factory girl he was financially supporting was crystal clear about his situation. This included his selling of the packaging design blueprints and intentionally conspiring with the factory workers to challenge the company. If the company knew about these, he was doomed for sure. Not paying wages was a minor issue, but going to jail was a major one.

“I… I don’t know anything!” Although Wu Yue was a manager, his mental resilience was very poor. Under just a bit of pressure, he immediately caved and surrendered.

“You don’t know?” Xiao Han snorted coldly, then said, “Should I call your sweetheart over for a chat?”

“No, no…” Wu Yue hurriedly shook his head.

“So, will you confess on your own, or shall we help you find the evidence?” Xiao Han smiled as he looked at Wu Yue.

Wu Yue was visibly flustered. He quickly straightened up and said, “I… can’t I just not want it anymore? I don’t want these three months’ salary. I… am going back, I quit, I’m resigning.”

Having said that, Wu Yue turned to leave.

Xiao Han immediately blocked Wu Yue’s path and said, “Thinking of leaving? It won’t be that easy, you’re already suspected of committing a crime!”

Thud…

Wu Yue was scared and plopped down.

At this point, Yang Daguo stepped forward, teeth clenched, and said, “Fine, fine. I never expected, really never expected, that you, young one, would turn out to be such an ungrateful wretch, despite all the care the old man has always shown you, the old man… the old man should beat you to death.”

“No, no, no!” Wu Yue hurriedly waved his hands.

Yang Daguo, annoyed, said, “You tell me, how did the packaging team’s design blueprint leak out?”

“I…” Wu Yue choked up and said, “I don’t know either.”

“You don’t know, but someone does,” Xiao Han chuckled and then said, “Should we bring your little sweetheart over?”

Just now Xiao Han had glanced over some familiar faces’ information, and all these fellows had issues. Especially Wu Yue, this guy, being a manager at the company, kept a factory girl in the factory. Xiao Han guessed this guy was definitely up to no good and hit the mark right away with a test.

“No!” Wu Yue shook his head, his eyes complicated, agitated. His heart was struggling, hesitating.

“If you confess willingly, I might just let you off,” Xiao Han sneered. “But if you don’t talk, I will call the police right now. Once the police start investigating, things won’t be so easily resolved,” he snorted.

Upon hearing this, Wu Yue exclaimed, “Don’t… don’t call the police. If you call them, I’m ruined.”

He too understood the seriousness of the situation. Once the police were involved, he was sure to be arrested. Betraying company interests, espionage… these were both severe crimes. Not only was it a civil crime, but he would also face criminal punishment. It could be one or two years at least, or three to five years at worst. Once imprisoned, he would have a criminal record. Once a record was established, finding a job in the future would be challenging.

Xiao Han snorted coldly then said, “Thinking of stopping me from calling the cops? Then just come clean.”

“I… I will confess, I will confess!” Wu Yue, devastated, sat on the ground and sobbed, “Director Yang, I was wrong, I was utterly heartless, I… I shouldn’t have… shouldn’t have betrayed the company’s interests, I… but, it was all instigated by the previous Director Li. He convinced me to give him the packaging design blueprint. He even gave me twenty thousand yuan…”

Bang…

Director Yang kicked him and scolded, “Scoundrel, you ungrateful wretch. I regret promoting you to manager back then, I never expected… really never expected you to betray the company interests. I was certainly mistaken then.”

“Director Yang, I was wrong,” Wu Yue quickly shouted.

“Call the police!” Xiao Han declared.

“No… you said if I confessed, you wouldn’t call the police!” Wu Yue yelled urgently.

“Hmph, dealing with an ungrateful wretch like you should indeed involve imprisonment!” Xiao Han said disdainfully, “Once in jail, you better reflect on yourself. Otherwise, knowing my temper, I wouldn’t be surprised if I beat you to death!”

The finance department immediately called the police.

Before long, police sirens wailed as they approached.

The factory workers lined up, shocked and puzzled, not understanding why the police were there. Soon, when Wu Yue was brought out of the office in handcuffs by the police, people started to realize what had happened.

“Hey, isn’t that Wu Yue?”

“Why was he arrested? What did he do?”

The crowd was very perplexed; after all, Wu Yue was a company manager, managing the packaging team with fifty or sixty people under him. Why was he suddenly taken away? This left everyone immensely astonished.

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