Chapter 018 Rampant Thief
Although Shi Yue was not very serious about catching thieves, he worked diligently and conscientiously when it was time to work the night shift.
He was like this, and other people in the security department were even more dedicated. For example, Sun Guodong, who was eager to make a contribution, spontaneously added two hours of overtime. He arrived an hour earlier and left an hour later every day, patrolling around the warehouse, wishing to catch all the mosquitoes around the warehouse for investigation.
But even so, the security department was unable to find any clues about the thief who stole the parts.
Because of this, everyone in the security department was in a low mood for the past two days. Shi Yue was no exception and could only go to work with his head hung down every day. Even when he read jokes in the newspaper, he kept his head down and dared not laugh out loud.
That day, when he was in the office with his head down watching a joke, the office door was suddenly pushed open. He looked up and found that the person who came in was Xue, the warehouse manager, whom he had met before.
He stood up and greeted, "Manager Xue, what brings you here?"
Supervisor Xue's face darkened: "Of course I have something to do. If I didn't have anything to do, why would I come to your security department?"
As soon as Manager Xue opened his mouth, Shi Yue knew why Sun Guodong had quarreled with him when he went to the warehouse to investigate.
Does this guy have a thorn on his mouth? I haven't offended him, but he speaks in such a sarcastic tone. What does it mean?
Shi Yue didn't like to give someone a cold shoulder. When Manager Xue looked unhappy, he would only respond with an even uglier expression. He sat down again and said, "Oh, Manager Xue, what brings you here?"
Seeing Shi Yue sitting down on his own, Manager Xue's face darkened even more. He didn't expect that the new deputy chief of the security department was so tough and dared to show him the cold shoulder in front of him.
It's just that their warehouse is busy right now, so he doesn't have time to argue with Shi Yue. He just silently made a note of Shi Yue in his heart, and then said, "Another batch of spark plugs are missing from our warehouse."
Shi Yue was stunned: "Ah? Another batch is missing? How is this possible? Our security department has been keeping a very strict watch on the warehouse during this period."
In addition to being shocked that the thief was able to steal the parts despite the strict supervision of the Security Department, he was also shocked that the thief dared to commit the crime despite the Security Department's serious efforts to catch thieves.
Well, this thief is either a fool or very brave.
Supervisor Xue: "You ask me, but who should I ask? I also want to ask why another batch of spark plugs went missing from the warehouse. Do you security department really care about the warehouse? I only know that your security department keeps a very strict watch over our warehouse employees. You check every one of us every time we come and go. If someone doesn't know, they'd think we're in jail instead of working!"
Speaking of this, Manager Xue was full of resentment.
Although he knew that the first people to be suspected when something was lost in the warehouse would be the employees working there, he felt really bad seeing the security department guarding against them like they were thieves all day long, and his employees also complained about this.
Today, after discovering that another batch of spare parts were missing from the warehouse, everyone’s first thought was not to worry about being blamed by the superiors for poor supervision, but to think that the security department could now divert suspicion away from them!
Unfortunately, upon hearing that another batch of parts had gone missing, Sun Guodong, returning from patrol, initially suspected the warehouse staff. He started: "When did you find out the parts were missing? This morning? And what about the people on duty last night? Did you ask them? Didn't they steal them?"
It's no wonder he asked this. After all, he was on duty last night, and he was very sure that no outsiders had entered or left the warehouse. Not to mention outsiders, not even a mosquito from outside flew into the warehouse.
But when Manager Xue heard this, he naturally thought that Sun Guodong was looking for trouble. The employees in their warehouse were searched every day when they went to and from get off work. In this case, how could they possibly steal things!
His expression darkened even further, and he said in a cold voice, "The employee who was on duty in the warehouse last night hasn't left yet. Why don't you bring him in for interrogation?"
Sun Guodong: "Okay, take me to see him."
Shi Yue twitched his eyes and thought to himself, it was not in vain that he called Sun Guodong a pig.
Isn't he as stupid as a pig?
Anyone with a brain could hear that Manager Xue was mocking Sun Guodong, but Sun Guodong took it seriously and even went to ask the employee on duty.
Sure enough, after hearing Sun Guodong's reply, Manager Xue's face turned even greener, as green as the green potatoes thrown out by Gao Cuifen's family.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll take you there!"
Sun Guodong put his notebook in his pocket and shook his head at Manager Xue: "Let's go, you lead the way."
Manager Xue gritted his teeth and said, "Okay. I'll lead the way."
Seeing the two men about to walk out, Shi Yue quickly put down the newspaper, stood up and followed them. He had to go. What if that stupid guy Sun Guodong said something he shouldn't have said and made Supervisor Xue angry and something bad happened? Wouldn't that destroy the unity of the factory?
The three of them hurried to the warehouse and saw two night shift workers waiting obediently at the warehouse door.
Sun Guodong stepped forward with a serious face and said, "Tell me the truth, both of you. Who stole the parts?"
The two employees were confused by his question and quickly waved their hands and said, "No, we didn't steal the parts. None of us stole anything!"
The older of the two said, "Captain Sun, you've really wronged us this time. We were on duty together, and we can prove to each other that it wasn't us who stole the parts."
Sun Guodong: "Humph, who knows if you guys are in collusion?"
The younger one lost his temper and immediately flew into a rage upon hearing this: "Fuck you! Who the hell is in cahoots with us? Are you deaf? We all said we didn't steal! We didn't steal anything! If you don't believe me, go ahead and search us! Don't you love body searches the most? Don't you bring people here to search us every day? Then go ahead and search us!"
Sun Guodong: "Search! Just wait for me to find out, I..."
Seeing the atmosphere at the scene becoming increasingly tense, Shi Yue quickly stepped forward to stop both sides: "Hey, hey, hey, everyone calm down, don't get angry."
He pulled Sun Guodong and growled in a bad tone: "Be quiet and don't cause trouble for me!"
Sun Guodong: "Who gave you..."
Shi Yue ignored him and turned to the two people on duty and said, "Don't be angry, Old Sun was eager to catch the thief and was a little excited. His words were not pleasant to the ears. Please forgive me."
He smiled apologetically, "I know, it must be Old Sun who misunderstood. Although I'm not very familiar with you two, you both have clear and upright eyes. I can tell at a glance that you wouldn't do such a petty theft."
After hearing what Shi Yue said, the two men's expressions improved a little, but before they could say anything, they heard Shi Yue say, "But, what Lao Sun said is right, I still have to search you."
The two men's faces quickly darkened again. The younger one asked with a sour face, "What do you mean? You still don't trust us brothers, right?"
Shi Yue waved his hands hurriedly: "No, no, brother, you misunderstood. It's not that I don't trust you. I said I wanted to search you because of your consideration. Although I trust you, outsiders may not trust you as well."
He said, "Think about it. If someone hears that a batch of parts went missing from the warehouse while you were on duty, wouldn't their first reaction be to suspect you? And then they hear that you left the warehouse without even being searched, wouldn't they think you're even more suspicious? So the purpose of searching you is to prove your innocence."
In fact, Shi Yue himself knew that what he said was unreasonable, but not searching the bodies would not resolve Sun Guodong's suspicion of the two people. In order not to give Sun Guodong the opportunity to cause trouble later, he could only persuade the two people to accept the body search.
The two people on duty were bombarded with a series of gibberish from Shi Yue. They felt dizzy and had lost the ability to think. Their minds were unnaturally carried away by Shi Yue's words.
"Alright then, to prove our innocence, isn't it just a body search? Go ahead and search."
After getting permission, Shi Yue quickly pulled Sun Guodong forward for a body search, searching him from top to bottom, left to right. After the search, he found nothing.
Shi Yue smiled and said, "Well, we've finished searching, but we didn't find anything. Now if anyone else suspects you of stealing anything, Lao Sun and I can testify for you that you're not thieves."
After he finished speaking, he tugged at Sun Guodong, who was standing beside him, suggesting that he speak up. Sun Guodong's face wasn't very happy, and he said in a stern tone, "Well, I can prove that you're not thieves."
The younger of the two on duty snorted and seemed about to say something, but the older one beside him stopped him, smiled, and said, "Now that we've been proven innocent, can we go now?"
Shi Yue smiled: "Not yet. I'll have to trouble you to take notes with me. And you can also think about whether there was anything unusual before you discovered that the parts were missing."
He turned around and said, "And you, Manager Xue, you also need to take a statement and tell me how you discovered that the parts were missing again."
"good."
Shi Yue: "Okay, Manager Xue, you go first."
Manager Xue: "Well, I discovered this morning that parts were missing again. We used to do a monthly inventory check, but because of this missing part, I decided to do a quick check once a week. I came in early this morning just to check. I first checked the shelf where the parts were missing. I opened the boxes on that shelf and found that there seemed to be a few parts missing in each box. I took out the parts and counted them, and found that dozens of spark plugs were indeed missing."
Shi Yue was writing and drawing in his notebook when he asked, "The boxes on the shelf don't have locks. Can anyone open them?"
Manager Xue nodded: "Yes."
Shi Yue: "Who knew there were parts on that shelf?"
Manager Xue: "You know everything, right? There are labels on the shelves, telling you what's on them."
Shi Yue: "During this period of time, has anyone come close to that shelf?"
Manager Xue thought for a moment, then shook his head. "Too many people have come near this. All our shelves are placed in front and behind the warehouse. No matter what you want, you have to go into the warehouse. There are too many people approaching or passing by. Besides our warehouse employees, people from other departments also pass by when they deliver or receive items. There are so many people coming and going every day, I can't remember them all."
Hearing this, Shi Yue frowned.
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