Chapter 323 Dog-bite-dog

Although Wang Decai was panicking, he still tried to argue. He pretended to be calm and said,

"Sir, I am innocent. This account book must be forged. I swear to heaven that I have never embezzled a single penny. The shopkeeper saved my life and gave me a new lease on life. How could I repay him with evil? Please, sir, be merciful!"

"Wang Decai, stop quibbling."

Chen Feng sneered, a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes.

"You destroyed all these account books, but I discovered your secret unexpectedly. I didn't want to expose you and wanted to leave you a way out.

But it's all because I was too kindhearted that you almost beat me to death. So everything that happened today is your own fault."

"You're talking nonsense. These account books are clearly fake."

Wang Decai was very confident. He had clearly thrown those account books into the river. Even if someone picked them up, they would not be so intact.

As long as he denies embezzling money and insists that the account book is fake, no one can do anything to him.

Chen Feng laughed sarcastically, "Wang Decai, did you throw the account book into the river? Are you sure you really threw it in?"

"You, what do you mean by this?" A trace of panic flashed in Wang Decai's eyes.

"Do you remember last year's Ghost Festival?"

After Chen Feng reminded him, Wang Decai suddenly remembered.

That day he went to destroy the account books. As soon as he reached the river, he saw a flickering light in the woods not far away, accompanied by a figure with disheveled hair crying.

He was terrified at the time, thinking he had encountered something unclean. He threw the account book in his hand with force, and heard a "splash". He felt that the account book had been thrown into the river, so he turned around and ran away.

He looked terrified and said, "So you are trying to scare me by playing tricks."

Chen Feng shook his head and recounted what happened that day.

"I'm not playing tricks. There were few customers dining there that day during the Ghost Festival, and the shopkeeper took Cuihua to visit relatives.

It was an especially hot night, and after I finished my work, I wanted to go to the river to take a cool bath.

As soon as I went out, I saw you sneaking towards the river with something in your arms.

I wanted to say hello to you, but you walked so fast that I followed you.

When we arrived at the woods by the river, we saw a woman with her hair loose burning paper behind the bushes to commemorate her deceased husband.

Just because you were far away, the woman's sobbing sounds were intermittent.

As the saying goes, having a guilty conscience is like a thorn in the back. It is because you have a guilty conscience that you feel guilty and throw down the things in your arms and run away.

Out of curiosity about what you threw away, I went to take a look and found these account books scattered by the river.

Although I can't read, I asked someone to look at it, and that person told me that this is a Yin-Yang account book.

I knew you were destroying the evidence, so I dug a hole under the wooden plank where I slept and hid the account books.

I was planning to give it to Cuihua before leaving Qingfeng Restaurant and have Manager Wu fire you, but I didn't expect that you would almost kill me."

After hearing these words, Wang Decai felt as if he had suffered a fatal blow. His face suddenly turned pale, his eyes were full of despair and helplessness, and he collapsed to the ground powerlessly.

Wu Cuihua spoke to the stunned Wu Shiren, "Dad, please say something! This Wang Decai not only embezzled our restaurant's money, but he also nearly beat Chen Feng to death. He's such a heartless and ruthless person, are you still going to protect him?"

Wu Shiren glared at Wang Decai with red eyes, wishing he could rush up to him and tear his heart out. He was filled with regret.

"The only good thing I, Wu Shiren, have ever done in my life was taking you in out of a moment of weakness. But I never expected you to be such an ungrateful, white-eyed wolf. It's truly a waste of my trust in you over the years."

After saying this, he looked up at Qin Shousheng and said loudly, "Sir, I want to expose this ungrateful villain who wants to kill Chen Feng. The guys in my shop can all testify. I hope you will severely punish the evildoer."

Hearing what the shopkeeper said, Zhao Tian narrowed his eyes.

As the saying goes, we are in the same boat, but when the waves hit the boat and the boat capsizes, we each escape.

Wang Decai, oh Wang Decai, I’m sorry.

I have thousands of drinking buddies, but you are nothing to me.

Now I don't care whether you live or die, the most important thing is to save your own life.

Thinking about it, he put on a righteous look and said, "Sir, I can prove that Wang Decai was the one who injured him."

"Yes, yes, I saw it with my own eyes. He was beating Chen Feng to death with a big stick. Chen Feng was injured by him." Wang Qi also hurriedly agreed.

Wang Decai laughed grimly when he saw that they were putting all the blame on him.

"Sir, Wu Shiren was the villain who filed the complaint first. He was afraid of Chen Feng, and it was his order to beat people. I am just a hired worker, so I dare not disobey him. If I am guilty, then Wu Shiren should be punished more severely."

Wu Shiren's face turned pale with anger, and he immediately retorted, "Sir, don't listen to his nonsense. I admit that I am afraid of Chen Feng, afraid that he will leave the restaurant and go out on his own, affecting my business, but I don't intend to kill him. I just want to scare him and make him bear the crime of theft and be exiled. I have no intention of harming anyone's life."

Wang Decai added loudly, "Sir, I am truly innocent. Everyone attacked Chen Feng, including Wang Qi and Zhao Tian. If you don't believe me, ask Chen Feng."

Qin Shousheng looked at Chen Feng, "Is what he said true?"

Although Chen Feng knew that Wu Shiren was also involved in this matter, he understood Wu Cuihua's feelings for him in the past few years.

He had been avoiding her because he felt that he was not worthy of her. He always thought that he could achieve something in the future and then propose to her father. Naturally, Wu Shiren would not object.

He turned his head and glanced at Wu Cuihua, and saw that she was also looking at him, with pleading and worry in her eyes...

He couldn't make her sad or upset because she was kind and never looked down on him.

"My Lord, everything he said is true. As for whether Wu Shiren ordered it, I don't know. After all, he was not among those who took action."

Wu Cuihua breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Chen Feng with gratitude. These words were clearly an excuse for her father. She was right about him.

Chen Qingqing did not miss the eye contact between the two, and knew that there was something unusual between them, but her elder brother was too impulsive to do this. Even if he spoke for Wu Shiren, Wu Shiren would not be grateful to him.

But the words have been spoken and cannot be taken back now. It seems that Wang Decai will not be loyal today.

While she was thinking, she heard Qin Shousheng shout,

"You are so ungrateful, Wang Decai! You first embezzled the money from the restaurant, then framed the owner, and nearly beat Chen Feng to death. For all your crimes, I punish you with thirty strokes of the cane and exile you to the bitter cold of the far north."

Wang Decai's face was ashen, "No, I don't accept it, I don't accept it..."

No one paid any attention to his shouts and he was dragged out by two yamen runners.

Wu Shiren grinned, "Your Excellency is wise. Thank you for clearing my name."

"This is all within my responsibility. Manager Wu, you are too polite." Qin Shousheng looked at Chen Qingqing and the others, his expression immediately becoming serious. "Miss Chen, are you satisfied with this result?"