Chapter 016: The Thief
Sun Guodong stared at Shi Yue with his fiery eyes. If the knife in his sight could become real, Shi Yue's body would probably be riddled with holes.
Shi Yue touched his nose awkwardly. If he told Sun Guodong that he didn't eavesdrop on the conversation, would Sun Guodong believe it?
Zhao Hui waved his hand: "Hey, Shi Yue, I'm talking to you, why don't you come in?"
Shi Yue shook the cup in his hand: "Ah, Brother Zhao, I'm going to get some hot water."
Zhao Hui: "You can answer it later. Go in first. I have something to tell you."
"Oh, okay." Shi Yue followed Zhao Hui back to the office. As soon as he entered the office, he was bombarded with looks from everyone in the office. Some of the looks clearly accused him of eavesdropping, while some of the looks immediately avoided him after meeting his sight.
He pretended not to notice the looks and went back to his desk and sat down.
The feeling of embarrassment is like this: as long as you are not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed.
Seeing Shi Yue sitting down with a normal expression, those who had accused him of eavesdropping began to avoid looking at him. At first, they did think that Shi Yue was going too far and actually eavesdropped on their conversation, but when they thought about it carefully, it seemed that they should not have talked about Shi Yue behind his back.
Thinking of this, several people in the office showed embarrassed and ashamed expressions on their faces.
Zhao Hui had no idea what kind of eye contact lawsuit these people in the office were having, but he wasn't interested in finding out. He coughed lightly and said, "Well, everyone, put aside what you're doing for now. I have something to say."
He paused and continued, "The following is what happened. The warehouse was taking inventory these past two days and discovered that a batch of spark plug parts, about a hundred in number, were missing. So the warehouse manager came to me this morning and asked our security department to investigate what happened."
Before Zhao Hui finished speaking, other people in the office started talking about it.
"What the hell is going on? I haven't seen anyone sneaking in these past two days. How come so many parts are missing from the warehouse?"
"Oh, it's not necessarily stolen by thieves from outside. Didn't you hear what Brother Zhao said? It was only after an inventory that we discovered that more than 200 parts were missing. If we hadn't done the inventory, they might not have been discovered."
"Hiss—so, it's an internal thief?"
"That's right. Maybe it was the guys in charge of the warehouse who stole it."
"Hey, Lao Wang, don't talk nonsense. We still don't know what's going on. It may not be a problem in the warehouse." Zhao Hui said in a deep and serious voice to stop the suspicion about the warehouse in the office.
Although the people in the warehouse were indeed suspects, they didn't even investigate and just stamped their conclusion that the people in charge of the warehouse were corrupt. The warehouse side must be unhappy about this.
Lao Wang was scolded, lowered his head, and muttered softly: "That's right, the parts were kept in the warehouse, and suddenly they were lost. There must be something wrong with the warehouse..."
Zhao Hui frowned. "Only after investigation can we have the right to speak. No matter what, we have to investigate first to find out what is going on."
"Then Brother Zhao, tell me, how do we investigate?"
Zhao Hui: "This matter is handled in two ways. The first is the investigation. So, Old Sun, you take Zhang Lei and Wang Wu with me to the warehouse for a walk. Let's go over and see what's going on there and see if we can find any clues or signs of intrusion. First, we need to determine if it was a thief who sneaked in and committed the theft."
"Then there's patrols. We used to patrol once an hour, but starting today, we'll be patrolling every half hour, day or night. We'll focus on patrolling around the warehouse. And, what about the hour? You'll be with me for the next two days. We'll take turns on the night shift to ensure there's a section chief in charge of the security department."
Shi Yue must have been a little unhappy to hear this. As a deputy section chief, he was not supposed to work the night shift. But he also knew that there were thieves in the factory and the workload of the security department had increased. In order to manage and supervise the people in the security department, he had to work the night shift even if he didn't want to.
He frowned and nodded: "Okay, Brother Zhao, I understand."
For him, working the night shift and staying up late is not a problem; the problem is what to do with Shi Qiu Shui.
He came to work the night shift, and Shi Qiu Shui was the only one left at home. What if something happened at night or someone broke in?
Shi Yue, like an old father, was worried.
Sad! So sad!
Zhao Hui noticed Shi Yue's furrowed brows out of the corner of his eye, and he had a thought in his mind, guessing why Shi Yue was worried. He had a solution to this problem, but he didn't say it yet.
He cleared his throat and said, "That's all I have to say. There's nothing else. During this time, you should be more careful and attentive when on duty. If you catch a thief, I'll report it to the higher-ups and have them arrange a reward for you."
"Hey, Brother Zhao, let's make a deal. Don't wait until we catch the thief before you deny it!"
Zhao Hui laughed and cursed: "Fuck you, am I that kind of person?"
"Okay! Then just wait, Brother Zhao. We promise to catch that little thief for you!"
Zhao Hui: "Okay, stop talking big and get back to business. Those who need to patrol should patrol, and those who need to go to the warehouse should go to the warehouse."
"Okay! Let's walk..."
The patrol team grabbed their batons and set off. Sun Guodong and his apprentice also grabbed their gear and waited for Zhao Hui's order to go to the warehouse. Zhao Hui waved his hand and said, "Old Sun, take them over first. I'll talk to Xiaoshi about some private matters."
Hearing the name Shi Yue, Sun Guodong wanted to change his expression again, but he finally held back, "Okay, Lei Zi, Xiao Wu and I will go first."
Sun Guodong walked towards the warehouse with full of fighting spirit, rubbing his hands in anticipation. He thought to himself that although his position as deputy section chief was snatched away by Shi Yue this time, there were so many people in the entire machinery factory, and everyone knew that Sun Guodong had worked hard and made great contributions. If he could catch the thief who stole the parts again this time, the higher-ups would definitely express their gratitude for the sake of their past and current experiences.
Who knows, maybe they can pull down Shi Yue, the deputy section chief, and replace him!
Zhao Hui: "Shi Yue, let's take turns on the night shift, you take a day and I take a day. I'll go first today, and you'll take over tomorrow night. Then when you're on night shift, you can send Xiao Qiu to my house and let her sleep there. We have a big place and we can sleep in it. Do you think this is okay?"
Shi Yue was just worrying about what Shi Qiu Shui would do when he was on night shift when he heard what Zhao Hui said.
He asked hesitantly, "Sleeping at your house won't cause any trouble for you, right?"
"Hey, aren't you being a bit rude?" Zhao Hui glared. "We're all brothers, what's the big deal? Besides, you're just sleeping at my house, what kind of trouble can Xiaoqiu cause me? Just agree to it and it'll be over."
Shi Yue: "Well, that's fine. Thank you very much, Brother Zhao."
"Hey, we're all brothers, no need to say thank you or not." Zhao Hui waved his hand: "It's settled. Just send Xiaoqiu to my house tomorrow night. I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go to the warehouse."
Zhao Hui was gone for the whole morning. It was almost time for lunch when Zhao Hui and his four companions returned to the office. Sun Guodong, who was full of fighting spirit when he left, now looked listless. It was obvious that they did not get any useful information on this trip.
"Brother Zhao, how is your investigation going? Haven't you found any clues?" someone asked.
Before Zhao Hui could say anything, Sun Guodong cursed, "Damn it! You didn't even look for any useful clues. You wasted the whole morning."
As excited as he was when he went, he felt just as frustrated now: "We went there and first checked the doors and windows inside and outside the warehouse. The locks were all in good condition, with no signs of tampering. Then we walked around the outside of the warehouse, looking for footprints or handprints on the walls or windowsills, but we didn't find anything. There was no sign of anyone sneaking in."
"Hiss—no clues at all? That's a bit difficult. Hey, Old Sun, didn't you check on the people in the warehouse?"
Sun Guodong: "We checked. Why the hell didn't we check? We didn't find any signs of outsiders breaking in. The people in charge of the warehouse are the biggest suspects, right? We definitely have to investigate them."
He threw the notebook on the table and said, "But I've asked everyone in the warehouse one by one, and every one of them said they hadn't touched these parts. Some even said they hadn't even seen them. Damn it, these are all in the warehouse, how could they not have seen them?"
He sat down in a sullen mood, took a swig of cold tea, and complained, "The most infuriating thing is that warehouse supervisor, the one with the surname Xue. What the hell is he? He's just a relative of the deputy factory director, but he acts like a complete jerk. I asked him a few more questions, and he started to sneer at me, saying things like, 'Your job in the security department is to catch thieves, not just stand there and suspect people.' Fuck me. If I wasn't trying to catch thieves, I'd have to be incredibly free to even think of suspecting them."
Sun Guodong was really angry. He always felt that he had great prestige in the factory. In addition, he worked in the security department and knew many people coming in and out. From the toilet cleaner to the factory director, they were all polite to him. He didn't expect that today he would be criticized in front of so many people by a warehouse supervisor who was a few years younger than him and had no control over him at all. He felt that he had lost face this time!
When talking about this, Zhao Hui's expression was not very good. In fact, if he were to say that both Sun Guodong and the warehouse were wrong in this matter, after all, if Sun Guodong had not lost his temper and said sarcastically that the people in charge of the warehouse were dishonest, Supervisor Xue from the warehouse would not have been so uncooperative with the work of their security department.
As for Manager Xue, Zhao Hui was also very troubled. He had clearly apologized to Manager Xue and said that Sun Guodong could no longer speak, but Manager Xue was still unwilling to cooperate with their investigation. Even the other employees in the warehouse talked nonsense when they questioned him, but did not say anything useful.
"well--"
Zhao Hui sighed deeply. "Well, let's leave it at that for now. I'll go talk to the warehouse and see if I can get them to reconsider the parts issue."
Shi Yue's heart sank. Without any clues, and with the employees working in the warehouse not cooperating, it would be difficult to catch this thief...
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