Chapter 158

Chapter 158: Looks Not So Smart

The sudden loud shout made the three of them jump. They answered almost on reflex.

“Yes!”

“No!”

The three of them gave two completely different answers. They stared at one another with wide eyes, then silently changed their answers.

“No!”

“Yes!”

The three of them: “…”

The crowd around them: “…”

Qiu Ji Chen was almost speechless from anger as he said: “So is there or not? Do you three want to get your story straight before you talk?”

Lai Yiwen had not expected them to be this stupid. But since the words were already out, she could only grit her teeth and smooth things over for them so she would not look suspicious. She said: “What they mean is, they did not see her steal anything with their own eyes, but they did see her put the things into the drawer.”

As she spoke, Lai Yiwen shot the three of them a warning look.

Feeling her gaze, they all shivered. At least they were not hopelessly stupid. They quickly echoed: “Right, right, right. We did not see her steal anything with our own eyes, but we all saw her put the things into the drawer. We are definitely not wrong. She is a thief!”

As soon as they said this, the crowd around them started whispering again.

Chairman Qiu straightened his back and spoke like an elder: “Ji Chen, you heard them. When something like this happens inside the company, we must deal with it strictly. Otherwise the employees will copy it, and the whole place will fall into chaos.”

“Third Uncle is right,” Qiu Ji Chen said meaningfully. “When something like this happens in the company, if we do not handle it strictly, people will copy it and the whole place will turn foul. That is why I am very curious: are you a worm in their stomach? They cannot even explain clearly, yet you seem to know every detail.”

Lai Yiwen’s face stiffened. Before she could say anything, Qiu Ji Chen had already turned back to the three of them and said: “I will give you one more chance. Are you sure you saw her steal this jewelry with your own eyes and hide it in the drawer?”

When everyone heard this, they finally sensed that something was wrong. Chairman Qiu’s expression changed even more as he said: “Ji Chen, what do you mean by that? Do you also want to cover for this woman? They already said that they saw everything with their own eyes. There is absolutely no mistake. Even if you want to take her side, you should not cover everyone’s mouths and turn things upside down.”

When the big bosses fought, it was the little guys who suffered.

On one side was the company’s board director, on the other was the boss’s own son. The three little guys were caught in the middle, cold sweat breaking out on their foreheads.

In the end, they could only grit their teeth and side with Chairman Qiu: “That is right. We really did see her hide these things with our own eyes. We swear on our character that everything we said is true.”

“Then call the police,” Qiu Ji Chen said. “We can ask the police officers to check my surveillance and see who is lying and who is really the thief who stole things…”

“What, surveillance?!”

Lai Yiwen, Chairman Qiu, and the three of them all looked in the direction Qiu Ji Chen pointed. When they saw the security camera that had been installed in the corner at some unknown time, they could no longer keep a calm face and all screamed.

With the camera there, everything that followed became much easier to handle.

As the main victim in the case, Li Man Zhi went with Qiu Ji Chen and the others to the police station.

After they finished settling everything and came out of the police station, the first thing she did was open the big family group chat and send a message.

[Everything is solved. All the sneaky villains have been sent inside. Every single thing An An predicted came true without a single mistake. Awesome!]

As soon as this message went out, the chat was instantly flooded with thumbs-up emojis.

[We will leave the rest to Jia Qi. People of our Du family cannot take the initiative to hurt others, but we also cannot let others hurt us for no reason!]

As soon as the eldest elder sent this message, Du Jia Qi, Li Man Zhi’s husband and the Du family’s second cousin, popped up in the chat and sent an OK emoji.

At the same time, he opened a private chat window and sent his wife a message.

[Things here are not finished yet. Wait for me outside for a bit. We will pick up Xiu Xiu together.]

But Li Man Zhi did not plan to wait around outside. She quickly sent a message back, turning down her husband’s plan to go with her.

[Do your work. I will go pick up Xiu Xiu first. If I am late, I will miss the show.]

[A show? What show? black-question-mark.jpg]

Ignoring her husband’s curiosity, Li Man Zhi happily called Director Liu to ask for leave. She planned to go to the hospital for a checkup early the next morning.

After all the fuss today, she had completely made a name for herself with all the supervisors above her.

Now that Lai Yiwen had gone in, there was a good chance she would not be coming out. If nothing unexpected happened, the position of department manager would probably fall to her next.

Whether she was promoted or not, Li Man Zhi did not really care. But there is one carrot for one pit. As long as she took the position, most likely no more weird people would be parachuted in to make her life hard. It would really kill two birds with one stone.

Her smooth work situation made her feel full of energy and put her in a great mood to go around and watch the fun.

The first bit of drama she could watch was right at her own daughter’s kindergarten. Based on the secrets she heard at the Du family yesterday, and putting herself in someone else’s shoes, Li Man Zhi was sure that Yu Xi’s big cousin would probably show up at the kindergarten today to look for his long-lost first love and his own son.

So today, Li Man Zhi had been paying close attention to what was happening around the kindergarten.

When she took her daughter to kindergarten in the morning, she even stayed at the gate for a while on purpose, afraid she would miss this big reunion scene.

But this Young Master Li moved far too slowly. Li Man Zhi waited at the kindergarten gate until they were almost closing and still did not see even a shadow of him, so she could only leave in regret.

But now she had a feeling that when school let out, this unreliable cousin, Mr. Li, would definitely appear!

As it turned out, a woman’s sixth sense was often quite accurate.

Just as Li Man Zhi picked up her daughter, a loud roar of engines sounded outside, followed by many parents’ surprised gasps.

Even the kindergarten teachers craned their necks to look outside and asked: “What is going on?”

With a feeling, Li Man Zhi turned to look and sure enough saw a long row of black luxury cars smoothly stopping in front of the kindergarten gate, drawing the eyes of everyone there.

After all the cars stopped, the door of the most luxurious car in the front opened, and a tall, straight figure stepped out from the back seat.

When Li Man Zhi looked carefully, she saw bruises at the corners of the man’s mouth and eyes. He looked like he had been badly beaten.

[??? Is this really Yu Xi’s cousin?!]

As soon as Li Zhao Yang got out of the car, he saw a familiar figure in the distance. His eyes lit up, and the corners of his lips lifted without him thinking, but he accidentally pulled the wound at his mouth and hissed.

After a moment, Li Zhao Yang took the bouquet of roses handed to him and quickly walked up to Lv Jing Zhu. He said excitedly: “Jing Zhu, we finally meet again. I have been looking for you… hiss…”

Suddenly becoming the focus of everyone’s gaze, Lv Jing Zhu: “…”

Li Man Zhi: “…” The luxury car entrance had been so stunning just now, but now it was just as disappointing. This cousin of Yu Xi’s really did not look very smart.