Who stole the ore?

"Brother Nian, someone suspects that we stole ore. Now all the miners are standing in the cafeteria for interrogation. We have to hurry over there!" Xiao Hai said quickly, dragging Su Yanxi to the cafeteria in a hurry.

"Why do you suspect us?" Su Yanxi pushed Xiao Hai's hand away calmly and found out the details.

"I don't know. They didn't say when it was lost, nor how much was lost. It seems..." Xiao Hai's face was grim. Before he finished speaking, Su Yanxi took over with a heavy face:

"He comes with bad intentions."

The two rushed to the mine canteen, where three groups of people were standing in distinct groups. Supervisors and other management personnel were standing in the middle, on the left was a group of unfamiliar miners, and on the right was a group of familiar miners.

It was her forty or so younger brothers.

Su Yanxi arrived last and, under the watchful eye of the supervisor, consciously stood in the queue on the right.

Among the supervisors, there were several unfamiliar people, one of whom looked very arrogant. He said to the person on his right in a menacing manner, "Manager Zhang, you must give me an explanation today!"

"Yes, Director Zhang, if the mine owner knew how you achieved your 100% completion rate, he wouldn't be happy!"

"Supervisor Liu, you can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want!" Personnel Zhang broke out in a cold sweat.

"Oh! I'm not kidding. How else can you explain why these people couldn't even dig enough ore four or five days ago, but now they can finish the work in just one morning? Can you explain it?! You can't explain it either, right?"

Xiao Hai whispered in Su Yanxi's ear, "The one on the left is the mid-level mine manager, the one on the right is our mine manager, and the one who's speaking is a mid-level mine supervisor."

Su Yanxi nodded, only to hear Supervisor Liu continue, "There's no explanation. If it wasn't stolen, what else could it be?!"

Person in charge Zhang smiled apologetically.

After a moment of awkward laughter, he said, "Manager Chen, Supervisor Liu, I know you're worried about losing the mine, but the matter hasn't been concluded yet. We can investigate slowly."

"Investigate slowly? If we are any slower, our mine will be emptied! Manager Zhang, it's not you who lost the mine, so of course you are making sarcastic remarks!" Supervisor Liu is Chen Xiao's microphone and a good gun in his hand, and he can shoot wherever he points.

Seeing the other party's insistence on being right, Zhang continued to laugh awkwardly. "Yes, I really haven't stolen any minerals. If so much minerals were stolen, there would definitely be something unusual in the mining area. Supervisor Liu, to say that your minerals were stolen by these forty or so people, and that they stole them for four or five days, isn't that too unrealistic? Listen to me, maybe there's a mole somewhere among you. Otherwise, who could keep things so low-key?"

Person in charge Zhang seemed to be less powerful than Chen Xiao, but he used Tai Chi to fight back against all the attacks from Supervisor Liu.

Supervisor Liu sneered at these words.

People who sit in this position are not easy to deal with, but they are just going to make trouble today. The miners in the low-level mining areas have to bear the responsibility of this false accusation!

"Manager Zhang, you're trying to shirk responsibility by saying that!" Supervisor Liu snorted. "We know we're investigating our internal affairs, but now we're talking about these miners. Where did their mines come from?!"

Supervisor Liu refused to give in, and Zhang, the person in charge, wanted to quit, but the situation was stronger than him. He was sitting comfortably in his seat and didn't want to move for the time being. He had to bow his head when he should.

Who told him that he was just a low-level mine manager, while the other party was not only of a higher rank than him, but also a relative of his!

"Supervisor Liu is right. Let's ask them how they got the mine." Person in charge Zhang spread his hands and let Supervisor Liu ask himself.

He can make concessions, but he won't be the bad guy.

Supervisor Liu didn't want Zhang, the person in charge, to intervene.

He stepped forward, stood in front of the miners on the right, and said sternly, "You! Miners from the low-level mining area! You need the mine, we understand. We lost the mine, and we hope you will cooperate. Confess and we will treat you leniently, while those who resist will be punished severely. I don't want to wrongly accuse good people. As long as you can explain how this mine came from and prove its origin, you will be fine."

Su Yanxi's eyes moved slightly. This Supervisor Liu had a clear mind and did not hide it at all. However, the other management members played dumb and no one exposed him.

Su Yanxi's temper flared up, he took a deep breath, and replied: "Supervisor Liu, I can tell you how our mine came about!"

"Oh?" Supervisor Liu was overjoyed to see someone so understanding. "Well said, I'll pardon you!"

Su Yanxi walked forward and said, "Supervisor Liu, of course we dig our ore! You've been a supervisor for so long, don't you know this?"

After Su Yanxi's joke, many miners couldn't help laughing. Even Zhang, the person in charge, would have wanted to laugh out loud if it weren't for the inappropriate occasion.

Supervisor Liu realized he had been tricked and became furious. "I think you stole it!"

Su Yanxi waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no, no, we dug it."

"If you say it was dug, then it was dug?" Supervisor Liu slammed the table.

"Do you mean stolen is stolen?"

Under Supervisor Liu's angry gaze, Su Yanxi shrugged innocently.

"Okay!" Supervisor Liu closed his eyes and calmed himself, reminding himself not to forget the important matter. "You said you dug it, fine. Then what did you use to dig it?"

"Ah?" Su Yanxi feigned surprise, opening her mouth exaggeratedly and covering her lips with her hand. "Supervisor Liu, you still have to ask me this? I think everyone knows the answer to this question. Of course..."

Under Supervisor Liu's eager gaze, Su Yanxi paused and said, "Of course, use a pickaxe!"

After saying that, Supervisor Liu's face was gloomy as water could drip from it. He stared at Su Yanxi, but she was not afraid.

No one has ever looked at her like this!

Your eyes are so ugly, I want to dig them out!

"Really? What kind of pickaxe is that? Take it out and let us see it!" Supervisor Liu asked.

He didn't believe it without any clues.

There must be a secret behind being able to mine so quickly.

"I don't have the pickaxe with me." Su Yanxi's eyes dodged.

Supervisor Liu felt that he had asked the right question. His sharp eyes did not miss the miner's fleeting hint of guilt.

"Really? It doesn't matter. If you don't bring it, someone else will!" Supervisor Liu showed a sly smile and walked up to a miner. He pulled off the pickaxe on his waist and the man's cloth skirt, causing a group of miners to sigh.

The female miner even screamed and covered her eyes.

This incident caused chaos at the scene.

Supervisor Liu frowned as he held the pickaxe.

"What are you making so much noise for! Keep quiet!" He knocked on the corner of the table with the blunt end of the pickaxe, and the loud sound brought the crowd back to silence.

After everyone was quiet, he raised his eyebrows at Su Yanxi.

"You! Come! Dig with a pickaxe."

He specifically asked Su Yanxi to go mining, as if he was trying to get his hands on the spoils, but he didn't know that this was exactly what Su Yanxi wanted.

If Supervisor Liu digs the soil himself, the system's bonus will be ineffective and will instead serve as counter-evidence.

Su Yanxi pretended to be reluctant, stepped forward to take the pickaxe, and followed the mining management to the nearest mine.

Facing the stone wall, Su Yanxi held the pickaxe but did not move.

Chen Xiao was getting impatient waiting, "Why don't you dig?!"

"Dig faster! What are you dawdling for?!" Supervisor Liu urged, pretending to push Su Yanxi's shoulder.

She dodged sideways and said, "Why are you in such a hurry? Mining is an important matter. Respect the God of Mines, and he will bless you. If you rush him like this and anger him, don't accuse us of stealing your mines!"

When it came to something as mysterious as the Mining God, Chen Xiao and Supervisor Liu fell silent, waiting quietly for Su Yanxi to reflect on his mistakes.

Su Yanxi's brothers: Why didn't they mention worshipping the mining god when they were mining?

After a long time, so long that Chen Xiao twisted his mouth countless times and wanted to urge again, Su Yanxi finally took action under their noses.

I saw a strong man swinging the pickaxe like a whirlwind without even breathing. Ore fell down wherever the pickaxe hit, sometimes two or three pieces at a time, and occasionally candies and jewelry appeared out of thin air. Even when the management was attracted by the strange phenomenon caused by Su Yanxi and unconsciously moved closer, a huge duvet emerged from under the small pickaxe and covered everyone's face.

"What is this?" Chen Xiao struggled out of the white duvet and saw that it was a good warming item. A hint of greed flashed in his eyes.

Xiao Hai was very perceptive and immediately stepped forward to put the quilt away.

The management who had touched the down quilt were all fascinated by its softness and warmth. They were reluctant to let go of the quilt when it was taken away from their hands. Chen Xiao even held on to the quilt tightly and refused to let go.

"Sir, please relax a little," Xiao Hai said.

His tone was not very good. After all, this person had just pointed at their noses and called them thieves. No matter how poor or humble a person was, he could not stand such injustice.

Chen Xiao's glares flew towards the tactless Xiao Hai, who looked back at him neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, it was naturally impossible for Chen Xiao to steal anything.

He threw off the quilt and said, "You ignorant thing, why would I care about this thing?"

Chen Xiao even took a few steps back, fearing that he would be misunderstood if he got close to the duvet.

Zhang, the person in charge standing by, said: If he wants it, can we give it to him?

Only then did they remember that there was someone who was mining frantically. In a short while, the ore under Su Yanxi's feet had piled up into a small hill, and other miscellaneous dropped objects were scattered all over the ground.

Zhang, the person in charge, had some ideas about the duvet and quickly stopped it: “Chen Yunian, it’s okay. With your speed, you will definitely be able to complete the clocking task in one morning. You have proved your innocence for everyone.”

Su Yanxi stopped what he was doing and turned to look at Supervisor Liu: "Mining is such an easy task, is it difficult to complete the task in one morning?"

Supervisor Liu felt her mockery and felt jealous and angry.

"Oh, it wasn't you who stole it, but who knows if it was someone else who stole it?" Supervisor Liu said stubbornly.

Even without Su Yanxi's intervention, Supervisor Liu's words had already aroused public anger. Even Zhang, the person in charge who didn't want to intervene, was a little fed up.

They're forcing the thief to go to his low-level mining area! Do they think he's dead?!

"Supervisor Liu, I think the facts are very clear. You should go look for the batch of goods you lost somewhere else. The sooner you find them, the better, so as not to delay important matters." said Zhang, the person in charge.

"Manager Zhang..." Supervisor Liu wanted to continue to argue, but Chen Xiao suddenly said:

"Let's go."

"Thank you for your hard work today, Manager Zhang. If you have any news about ore, please let me know in time. If you find any ore, I will come to thank you."

After saying this, Chen Xiao left with his men.

On the way, Supervisor Liu asked in confusion:

"Boss, why don't we take this opportunity to grab that pickaxe?"

Chen Xiao looked at Supervisor Liu speechlessly, with a look of "Are you stupid?"

"That's a nice thought. Do you think Zhang can just sit there and watch us snatch such a great thing?"

Seeing that Supervisor Liu understood, Chen Xiao said, "Some things are better done in secret, so that no one knows when you will take action."

*

After Chen Xiao left, Xiao Hai's father took the lead in thanking Zhang, the person in charge.

Su Yanxi has been in the aristocratic circle for decades, so he has some emotional intelligence and knows that he has to pay homage to the local leaders wherever he goes.

This was the first time she met Zhang, the person in charge. He looked kind, but many people were evil at heart despite their kindness, so she did not let her guard down.

After chatting for a while, Su Yanxi said, "This quilt is quite soft. I think Manager Zhang likes it very much. Thank you Manager Zhang for taking a liking to it. Why don't you take it home and use it as a mattress pad."

Zhang, the person in charge, liked what he heard and immediately took the duvet, but said:

"How can this be so embarrassing..."

After Zhang left, Chen Shi was unhappy and pouted, "I will definitely dig another quilt for Brother Nian!"

Su Yanxi just wanted to laugh, "Okay, I don't need that quilt!"

Then, her face became serious.

Xiao Hai keenly noticed that she was worried and asked quietly, "Brother Nian, the matter has been resolved, why do you still seem so heavy?"

Su Yanxi sighed.

"This isn't the end of the matter; it's just the beginning."

If what happened today happens again, they won't be so lucky. After all, self-incrimination is a trap, and it's easy to find excuses to accuse someone of a crime.

We have to find a permanent solution.