After the meeting, I returned to my office. The assistant Lan Wang had prepared a pile of documents for me to sign.
I suddenly realized that I was busy traveling between Yang City and Hai City because of Wenbei a few days ago and I didn’t study many documents carefully before I signed them, so they deliberately made me sign some documents that I shouldn’t have and then transferred away the company’s $300 million dollars.
I looked at pretty Lan Wang, who was sent to me by Ling Jiang. I was almost certain now that she was sent by Ling Jiang to spy on me. Could she have anything to do with the 300 million dollars?
She wasn’t alarmed when she noticed I was looking at her. She just asked me why I kept staring at her.
“Feng Shen said he heard from you about the transfer of 300 million dollars from the company’s account. Did you have anything to do with this?” I asked baldly.
“No. It has nothing to do with me.” She replied calmly, “The truth is contrary to what Vice President Shen said. In fact, I heard about it from him. He said he found a secret and asked me to report it to President Jiang.”
“And then you reported it to President Jiang?” I stared at her and asked.
“No. I didn’t know if it was true, so I didn’t report it to her. In my opinion, you are always very smart and capable and would never do something stupid like that. By the time I was sure this was true, President Jiang has already known about it, so there’s no need for me to report it to her again.”
Her words were well organized and didn’t make me doubt her. She seemed to anticipate that I would ask her the question, so she had prepared everything she needed to say. I couldn’t find anything suspicious at the moment. Of course there was also the possibility that she was telling the truth but Feng Shen was lying.
“So you weren’t involved in this?” I stared at her and asked.
“No, I’m not. I’m your assistant and you’re my boss, so why would I set my boss up? It won’t do me any good.” Lan said calmly.
“But how are you going to explain it to President Jiang?” I hinted to her that her real boss was Ling Jiang. She’s the one that Ling had placed at my side deliberately.
“President Jiang did instruct me to tell her about you if anything happens to the company. But I only tell her what I am sure about, but not what I’m not sure about. President Jiang also doesn’t have much time to listen to me talk about every trivial thing that happens in Hai City. Am I right, Miss. Yao?”
Lan was really smart. I kind of believed her words.
“I know. You can go ahead and get busy.” I waved my hand to indicate that she could go out.
But Lan didn’t leave. She stood there without moving. As if she had something to say.
“Is there anything else?” I looked at her and asked.
“The current financial director used to work for Xiaodong Su. He held a key position in the group. He was only demoted at the branch later on after Xiaodong Su’s accident and failed to return to the headquarters. I think he and Feng Shen engineered this incident together.” Lan said.
“How do you know?” I asked her.
“I’ve been with the company longer, so I know a little more about the past.” Lan said.
“Then why are you telling me this?”
“You’re my boss. I have said that it won’t do me any good if my boss were to be set up. Although I also take orders from Ling Jiang, you are my real boss. Only when you are safe and sound will my job be stable.”
She had been working as my assistant for some time. I always thought she was smart and capable, but I didn’t expect her to be so calm in a situation.
“So that means that the financial director and Feng Shen did this together? And the man behind the curtain is Xiaodong Su?”
“Yes, I think so.” Lan said with certainty
“But I need proof, or the board won’t believe me. Do you have proof? Or can you help me get proof?” I asked casually.
“I’m sorry I don’t have proof, but you may get it from the financial director. You call the police and arrest him. Once the police question him, the truth of the matter will be known.” said Lan
We had talked it for a few minutes, but the solution to things was to call the police. It seemed that it would be really hard for me to get evidence other than to call the police. But I couldn’t let police know about this, because the company’s executives wouldn’t allow me to do that, and neither did Wenbei.
“I see. Thank you.” I said to Lan.
“Then I’ll go to work first. If you have anything, just call me.”
After Lan went out, I sat alone in my office and thought for a long time. I could get Feng Shen who set me up relieved of his post. Was there nothing I could do with the finance director? I couldn’t call the police. But was there any other way I can do it?
Suddenly, I thought of Jiannan Lyu again. But after considering it, I gave up on asking him for help. I couldn’t trouble him with everything, and his way of dealing with people was so despicable that I was afraid that he may torture people to death when he’d be in a bad mood, which would be even more troublesome.
I wanted to Leon, but I couldn’t always trouble him with my business, or I would one day cause him trouble as well. After thinking about it for a while, I decided to take care of this matter myself.
I turn on the recording on my cell phone and then used the office phone to tell Lan to tell Director Fang to come to my office.
I didn’t need much tangible evidence about this matter, I just wanted him to admit who he was planning this with.
Director Fang is a slightly chubby man in his forties. He is not completely bald and only has little hair on the top of his head.
“Mr. Yao, did you call me for something?” He asked cautiously.
“Feng Shen is temporarily suspended from his job today. You know that, right?” I asked coldly.
“Yes, I know. I attended today’s meeting.” He replied.
“Now you have two options. The first option is for you to be suspended and questioned by the police, and the other option is that you tell me what you did in this matter.” I slammed the table and stood up.
My question was a little abrupt, and he did startle a little. He looked straight at me and didn’t say anything right away.
I looked at my watch, “You only have three minutes. The police will be here soon. You have to make your choice quickly. Don’t expect Xiaodong Su to help you. If he dared to do something like this, the board of directors will also come after him.”
“Miss Yao, do you misunderstand something?” said he.
I certainly didn’t give him much time to react and think about how to respond to my question. I interrupted him immediately, “I’ll say it again. You only have a few minutes. For the sake of being colleagues, I won’t let the police take you away if you tell me who ordered you to do this. Was it Xiaodong Su or was it President Jiang, as Xiaodong Su said?”
He was even more confused and couldn’t speak with his mouth open. He didn’t know if what I was saying was true or not.
“If you say that it wasn’t Xiaodong Su that made you do it, then it was Ling Jiang who made you do it as Xiaodong Su said. Then when the police come, you’ll tell them the truth. Now, you can go out and get ready. The police will be here soon.” I waved my hand and motioned for him to get out.
But he stood still, now he was a little panicked.
“Miss Yao, isn’t the headquarters not allowing you to call the police?” He said.
“We’re in Hai City, not Yang City. The headquarters is trying to protect the group’s reputation by preventing me from calling the police, while I’m calling the police to prove my innocence. You go and get ready, the police will be here soon.” I said coldly.