Chapter 51 I came to be bullied by you
Seeing the little fennec fox like this, Lin Ting felt very distressed.
The little fennec fox is starving like this after receiving a 2,000 yuan salary increase.
Lin Ting casually asked, "Did you purchase the food that Uncle Zhao Huang Er eats yourself, or did you give it to someone else?"
Butler Zhao said truthfully, "To be honest, young lady, I'm old and can't take care of so many things. So the servants in charge of this area go out to buy the things the family needs, keep the invoices, and come to me for reimbursement."
"It has been implemented this way for some time and there have been no problems."
Lin Ting gently stroked the fennec fox's fur with his fingers. Although no changes could be seen from a distance, the fennec fox's fur didn't feel as smooth as before. "Uncle Zhao, aren't you afraid that someone will lie and pocket the money?"
"Or when checking the invoice for reimbursement, will they check the purchased items together with it?"
"That shouldn't be the case. The servants in the house have been here for many years. We only do spot checks on the things they buy occasionally." Butler Zhao himself didn't have much confidence in what he said.
Especially for consumable food, as long as you say you have eaten it during the random inspection, there will be no evidence. You can't ask the fennec fox in person.
"Uncle Zhao, if Huang Er really eats this much in a month, he won't be so thin from starvation. Even his hair won't be as shiny as before. Go find Aunt Zhang and bring the invoice for Huang Er's food purchases."
"Huang Er usually doesn't let us touch him. He hides when he sees us, so we can't tell he's lost weight."
Butler Zhao explained quietly and walked out quickly, "I'll call Aunt Zhang right away."
'The fox is not stupid.'
"If a stinking person bullies a fox, the fox won't hide. Will it be bullied by you?"
He is almost becoming socially anxious because of the bullying of the little fennec fox.
Not only Zhang Ma but also Lin Jing came with Butler Zhao.
"Let me hear what's going on." Lin Jing came to Lin Ting with worry between his brows.
Lin Ting's eyes swept over Zhang Ma. The man was in his forties, wearing a uniform. He had his hands folded in front of his abdomen, his eyes lowered without looking around, and looked like an honest man.
But when he saw the fennec fox in Lin Ting's arms, a hint of guilt flashed across his eyes, but he quickly suppressed it.
Lin Ting stroked the fennec fox's ears with his fingers. The thick, furry earlobes were particularly playful. "Huang Er's food was withheld, causing him to become thin and malnourished. Huang Er also said that he was often insulted by the people who fed him."
"What's wrong with Uncle Zhao?" Lin Jing looked at Butler Zhao in a threatening manner.
Butler Zhao immediately shifted the blame and looked at Aunt Zhang.
Aunt Zhang was extremely nervous because she felt guilty, her eyes wandering. "Young Master, Young Miss, sir, I have always followed the old man's instructions to feed Huang Er. I have never withheld any of his food. I have invoices for all his expenses. No matter how capable I am, I cannot commit fraud."
"As for insulting Huang Er, that's out of the question. Miss, don't listen to other people's nonsense."
'The fox is the kind of fox that talks nonsense and deceives humans.'
"Let go of the fox, it will go and scratch the bad humans to death."
The little fennec fox was only ferocious in its heart, but actually it nestled in Lin Ting's arms without moving at all. Perhaps it was full, so it didn't touch the cat food anymore.
What a timid little fennec fox, otherwise it wouldn't be bullied like this by Mrs. Zhang.
Whenever the little fennec fox fought back and bit Zhang Ma, Grandpa would find that Zhang Ma was not suitable to feed the little fennec fox and would replace her.
Lin Ting placed her fingers on the table and tapped lightly twice, and Butler Zhao naturally handed the invoice to her.
After Lin Ting took the invoice, he carefully checked every item. Lin Jing came forward to take a look. Apart from the bread, eggs, apples and carrots bought from the supermarket, the rest were cacti and berries imported from the desert.
While looking at the invoice, Lin Ting couldn't help but look up and glance at Aunt Zhang, only to see a layer of fine cold sweat on Aunt Zhang's forehead.
"I see there are quite a lot of things on the purchase list. How come Huang Er is so skinny from starvation?"
Aunt Zhang stammered, "Maybe Huang Er has a poor appetite, so he's starving to death. We humans also have a poor appetite in the summer and can lose a few pounds from starvation."
'The fox has a good appetite.'
The little fennec fox climbed into Lin Ting's arms and kept roaring in the direction of Zhang Ma.
Lin Ting patted the back of the fennec fox's neck to help smooth its fur, so as not to really make the fennec fox angry. "Yellow Ear usually eats fresh food. If you don't have a good appetite, why would you buy so much?"
Aunt Zhang seemed to have realized that Lin Ting would ask this question, and she nervously grabbed her clothes. "It's because Huang Er has a poor appetite that I thought of buying more to help him change his diet more often."
"Have you eaten the yellow ear?"
Aunt Zhang subconsciously looked up and glanced at Lin Ting, then shook her head, "No."
"If that's the case, there should be a lot of food left. Take me over to see the remaining food. Maybe it's not that Huang Er has a poor appetite, but there's something wrong with the food." Lin Ting had already stood up holding Huang Er.
Aunt Zhang hesitated and stood there without moving. Her legs felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead.
Seeing that Aunt Zhang didn't move, she urged, "Aunt Zhang, lead the way."
Aunt Zhang said hurriedly, "That food has been sitting around for too long. I've already disposed of it."
Lin Ting stared at Zhang Ma as if he were looking at prey. "Have you really disposed of all this food? I remember Grandpa bought a refrigerator specifically for keeping the yellow ear food fresh, just for cold meat."
"I saw on the purchase order that you bought a lot of cacti."
"Even if you can't eat the cactus, you can plant it first and feed it at any time. Are these also disposed of?"
"Did Aunt Zhang dispose of all that food, or did you pocket it and resell it?"
She had looked at the purchase orders, which were indeed issued by merchants. Many were airlifted from the desert, and the cacti purchased were all suitable for planting, so there was only one possibility left.
Aunt Zhang bought those things, let everyone look at them, and then found someone to resell them.
Grandpa is very generous in raising the little fennec fox.
No one asked the little fennec fox whether it had eaten those things, so the little fennec fox became thin due to hunger.
"Young lady is wrongly accusing me without any evidence. I have worked in this family for more than ten years and have never done anything to embezzle money or steal. I cannot afford to have Young lady put such a big accusation on me." Aunt Zhang rubbed her eyes in grievance.
Lin Jing was the zoo director after all. Even if he couldn't understand the fennec fox's thoughts, he knew something was wrong just by looking at its condition. "Uncle Zhao, go check the surveillance."
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