"This Dansong!"
With a face full of anger, Zhou Muyuan slammed a stack of documents against the glass door, scattering A4 sheets of paper with real accounts printed in black and white all over the floor.
The amount Xinlin embezzled last week was just the tip of the iceberg. A large amount of funds had already flowed out in the form of various investment transactions before Shansong left. In fact, hundreds of millions of yuan in salary expenditures flowed into the hands of that little beast right under his nose. It was a blatant mockery.
Zhou Muyuan clenched his fist and slammed it hard on the desk. He had been tricked by this kid again.
Zhou Xinlin stood to the side with his head down, not daring to make a sound. To be honest, he was definitely involved in this matter. If it weren't for him, Shan Song wouldn't have been able to find this loophole.
Zhou Muyuan also realized that his son had never been a good son from beginning to end; it was all a facade that Shan Song used to deceive him. He glared at Zhou Xinlin, who lowered his head even further.
There's no point in dwelling on it now. The important thing is to make up for the embezzled public funds and the outstanding payments. Otherwise, we won't be able to keep up with the cash flow next quarter. Losing the partnership is a minor issue, but if word gets out at this critical juncture, it will inevitably alert outsiders... The Zhou family's situation cannot be discovered by outsiders.
If he could maintain the stock price, he had enough funds to help the Zhou family get through the next six months. After figuring this out, Zhou Muyuan prepared to take action. Seeing Zhou Xinlin still standing there, he scolded him, "What are you still doing? Go home and reflect on your actions."
Zhou Xinlin did not answer, his eyes fixed on the window.
Zhou Muyuan called out again, but there was still no response, so his condition seemed very unusual.
Sensing something was wrong, Zhou Muyuan walked to the window and looked down. He frowned. Why were the police here again?
Then, a questioning gaze fell on Zhou Xinlin. Why such a big reaction?
The number of police officers this time was significantly greater than last time, with three police cars alone. Zhou Muyuan didn't have time to worry about Zhou Xinlin's mental state. He made an urgent call, instructing the relevant departments to be careful and prevent public opinion from escalating, no matter what the matter was.
As Zhou Muyuan was going downstairs, he ran into the police officers coming towards him. Just as he was about to go up and say hello, the officer interrupted him with a serious expression: "Zhou Xinlin is suspected of criminal and economic crimes. Please come with us."
Zhou Muyuan stood there stunned. It wasn't until the police had already walked past him for a long time that he suddenly realized what criminal offense he meant.
The Zhou family's young master had already been imprisoned twice in less than three months. Everyone in the company was secretly watching the spectacle, wondering what it was about this time that had caused such a commotion. Some sharp-eyed people even noticed that Zhou Xinlin was being handcuffed by the police. In an instant, the company's various departments and groups were in an uproar.
[Holy crap, what's wrong with the young master?]
This doesn't seem like cooperating with an investigation; this looks like an arrest. They've probably committed a crime.
[Are we really going to lose our jobs?]
"How could that be? The company hasn't been handed over to him yet. At most, there will be some negative impact."
[Is that a point? Look at how much the stock price dropped before; the chairman's face was dark for two months.]
Speaking of which, didn't the chairman have a meltdown with the finance department a few days ago?
[Finance? Could the company really be in trouble? I knew there were a lot of companies running away lately.]
Find another job as soon as possible.
Unlike the lively atmosphere in the group chat, the atmosphere inside the Zhou family's residence was eerily calm. Zhou Muyuan looked at Zhou Xinlin, who was being held back by the police and dared not meet his gaze, and slapped him hard across the face: "You unfilial son!"
"...Dad, save me." Zhou Xinlin was knocked over by the forceful slap, and because the police were half-holding his arm, he was in a disheveled state with his knees bent. He looked up and cried, "Dad, I didn't mean to, please save me! That person died in an accidental car crash. I've already paid compensation. Please save me..."
Someone died, and it wasn't even intentional? Zhou Muyuan was so angry he almost turned red, and kicked him hard: "Get out!"
Ignoring Zhou Xinlin's breakdown, Zhou Muyuan urgently mobilized people to investigate. With so many things happening in a row, even a fool would know that someone must be targeting him. Who else could it be but Shan Song? But where did he get such great power? The Qi family?
It's definitely impossible for the Qin family to have an affair. They went to get the young master of the Qin family drunk for the sake of that illegitimate child, so the two of them must have been secretly having an affair for a long time. Judging from the Qin family's reaction, they probably didn't expect it either.
They were all fooled by Shan Song.
If that's the case, then he might still have a chance to re-establish cooperation with the Qin family.
Zhou Muyuan calmly thought that Zhou Xinlin was definitely not going to get out this time, and the Zhou family was about to face a new wave of public opinion crisis. He couldn't get the details out of the police's explanation, and the public relations team was at a loss. Even though he was resentful and wished he could skin Zhou Xinlin alive, he still had to find someone to investigate what Zhou Xinlin had done.
While everyone was busy and overwhelmed, Ruan Qiuju, having somehow heard rumors, came to the company and found Zhou Muyuan: "Old Zhou, where's Xinlin? I heard he got into trouble. What happened? What's wrong with these police? Why are they still investigating?"
Zhou Muyuan was annoyed whenever he saw the mother and son, and he was busy dealing with the Qin family's cooperative projects, so he didn't even spare her a glance. He simply called someone to drag her away.
Ruan Qiuju had initially been somewhat skeptical, but seeing Zhou Muyuan's indifferent attitude, her hopes were completely shattered. She sat down on the ground and wailed, "Zhou Muyuan, he's your son! How can you be so heartless and just abandon him like this?"
"What did you say back then? Xinlin is your only son. He only made a small mistake, and you're already disowning him? Don't you have any conscience? Are you even human?!"
Zhou Muyuan was enraged by her scolding and stood up abruptly: "A person is dead and you're saying this is a small mistake? I didn't care about him. I painstakingly nurtured him, gave him projects and trained him to take over the company's business. In the end, I even cleaned up his messes and patched up his holes. And what did he do? He kept causing me trouble. Now it's all because you spoiled him!"
Zhou Muyuan's tone grew louder and louder, and Ruan Qiuju was sobbing and her momentum weakened: "You raised him from childhood, don't you know that Xinlin trusts you the most? He's afraid you'll be disappointed in him, and he doesn't even dare to tell you when he makes a mistake. Can't you, as his father, understand this?"
Zhou Muyuan's chest heaved with anger. Hearing her words, he suddenly sensed something was amiss: "How did you know? You already knew what Zhou Xinlin had done?"
"Good, good." Zhou Muyuan paced back and forth, repeating to himself, "You two are really something, mother and son. I've raised a family of ungrateful wretches!"
The desk was suddenly overturned, and the things on it crashed to the floor. Zhou Muyuan gasped for breath a few times and then collapsed to the ground.
"Old Zhou? Old Zhou!"
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