Upon arriving at the sugarcane warehouse, Zhao Shengli first led them to select sugarcane.

Yu Yao noticed a pile of rotten and moldy sugarcane not far away, and there was quite a lot of it. She asked with some doubt, "Brother Zhao, did so much sugarcane go bad this time?"

“You mean that pile?” Zhao Shengli looked up and said, “Not entirely. About half of it is natural loss during transportation and storage. Every year, there is loss in the purchase of these fruits, sugarcane and the like.”

Yu Yao looked at the pile of sugarcane and still felt that the loss was greater than she had imagined.

The journey from Hongxi Farm to the food factory was not smooth.

The section of road near Hongxi Farm is particularly prone to rocky terrain.

During transportation, bumps, squeezing, rotting and spoilage are inevitable.

However, this quantity should be controlled within a certain range; this quantity is considered excessive.

She thought of the batch of substandard sugarcane and felt something was off, but these were just her guesses; she had no evidence.

At lunchtime, Wu Huaiqing came to find her, saying, "This is the coat you left at home yesterday. Mom asked me to bring it to you."

Yu Yao was delighted: "I was just planning to go there today. Now that you've brought it, I don't have to make a wasted trip."

This scene was witnessed by a worker who occasionally glanced over from a distance.

He turned and went into Zhou Qiang's office.

“Director Zhou, you asked me to keep an eye on Director Wu for you. Just now, I saw him give a woman’s coat to that female worker named Yu Yao.”

"Women's coats?" Zhou Qiang paused. "What else?"

"Oh, right, I also heard Director Wu say that the female worker left it at his house yesterday and forgot to take it."