Chapter 311 The Silver is Lost
Chen Feng recognized that it was Wu Shiren's voice and was startled. What happened?
He rubbed his swollen temples, put on his shoes, and walked out of the house. He saw Wu Shiren and the chefs who had been drinking with him yesterday standing outside the door in a menacing manner.
"Shopkeeper Wu, what's going on?" Chen Feng asked in confusion.
Before Wu Shiren could respond, Wang Qi behind him snorted coldly, "Brother, you don't know yet, the one hundred taels of silver under Mr. Wang's pillow has been stolen."
"No way, is this really true?" Chen Feng looked at Wang Decai standing beside him. He lost his arrogance and disdain from yesterday and said respectfully, "Mr. Wang, you didn't put it in the wrong place, did you?"
"Oh my dear brother, that's one hundred taels of silver, how could I have misplaced it!" Wang Decai stamped his feet anxiously. "I was afraid of losing it, so I used my blue gown to wrap the silver and use it as a pillow. But when I woke up today, I found the pillow was gone. This is killing me!"
Wu Shiren hurriedly tried to persuade him, "Mr. Wang, don't worry. It's not worth it to ruin your health."
"You say it's easy, but that's a hundred taels of silver. How can I not be anxious?" Wang Decai glared at Wu Shiren, "This is all your fault. If you can't find it, you have to compensate me."
"Mr. Wang, what are you talking about? I didn't steal it, why are you blaming me?"
"It's all your fault. If you hadn't told me there was silver in my pillow yesterday, would it have been lost today?"
"How can you be so unreasonable?" Wu Shiren's face suddenly darkened.
Seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel like two fighting cocks, Chen Feng hurried forward to dissuade them.
"Don't be angry, boss. Mr. Wang, don't be anxious either. If you really lost the money, you'd better report it to the police immediately."
"Yes, yes, yes. Send someone to report to the police immediately." Wu Shiren nodded in agreement.
"No, we can't report this to the authorities," Wang Qi objected. "Boss, think about it carefully. Going to the county government office and reporting this to the authorities will take two hours, which is like giving the thieves an opportunity to sell the stolen goods. I suggest that we first search the room where the person we drank with yesterday stayed. If we find him, we'll have caught him red-handed. If we can't find him, we can report this to the authorities later."
As soon as this was said, others also expressed their agreement.
"What Wang Qi said makes sense. Let's search first to prevent the thieves from escaping."
"Yes, that's right. Everyone who drank yesterday is now a suspect and must be searched one by one."
"That's a good idea. To prove our innocence, let's search my room first." Li Liu said, looking at Chen Feng, "Brother, do you have any objections?"
Chen Feng always felt that something was wrong, but he believed that he had a clear conscience, so he didn't think too much about it and nodded, "Since everyone agrees, let's start by searching my room!"
Hearing this, Wu Shiren couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth with a hint of conspiracy, "Okay, then listen to everyone and do it!"
Zhao Tianwang and his men received instructions and rushed into Chen Feng's room and began to search through the drawers...
After a while, everyone came out empty-handed one after another, "Boss, no."
"That's right, let's go to Li Liu's room and take a look."
Wu Shiren turned around and was about to leave when he heard someone behind him laughing,
"Alright, Chen Feng. I didn't realize you were so conceited that you even secretly made a long gown. Come and see how I look in it."
Everyone turned around and saw Wang Qi holding a blue gown and gesturing at him.
Chen Feng looked confused and asked casually, "This is not my clothes, where did you find it?"
"If it's not yours, then it's mine? I just don't understand why you hid the clothes under the bed."
"No, these are really not my clothes." Chen Feng shook his head and waved his hands repeatedly.
Wang Decai walked over quickly, looked over it several times, and looked at Wang Qi in surprise, "Hey, this, this, isn't this the clothes I used to wrap the silver? How did it get here?"
"Mr. Wang, why are you looking at me? How would I know? You should ask Chen Feng!"
Everyone was surprised and turned their heads to focus their attention on Chen Feng.
Chen Feng was stunned and waved his hands quickly, "I don't know how these clothes ended up in my room."
Wang Decai grabbed Chen Feng by the collar and said, "Good boy, you are still pretending here. Tell me, where is my money?"
"No, no, no, Mr. Wang, you're wrong. I really don't know what's going on."
The sudden change caught Chen Feng off guard, and he hurriedly looked at Wu Shiren beside him.
"Manager Wu, you know me best. I would never do such sneaky things."
"Yes, Decai, Chen Feng is an honest and decent boy. He shouldn't be a thief who stole the silver." Wu Shiren said in a hypocritical manner, "Take a closer look and see if this dress is yours. We can't wrongly accuse a good person!"
Wang Decai snorted coldly, "No doubt about it, this dress is mine. I used to wear it often, but it got burned by charcoal fire accidentally and a hole was left in it. If you don't believe me, you can check it out."
Zhao Tian also nodded in agreement, "Yes, Mr. Wang is right. I can testify to this. I saw it at the time. If I remember correctly, the hole should be on the front."
"Show it to me. If you wrongly accuse Chen Feng, I will never let you go."
Wu Shiren took the clothes and looked at them carefully. His face changed drastically and he glared at Chen Feng.
"I didn't expect it was really you who did this. You've wasted my trust in you. I'm so disappointed."
Seeing that everyone was doubting him, Chen Feng was stunned.
I secretly blamed myself for not being able to control my words after drinking a few glasses of cat urine. I even said the words that I cursed Wang Decai in my heart. It was really a mistake to drink alcohol.
Thinking carefully, he seemed to have mentioned the matter of the one hundred taels of silver at the dinner table, but he had no recollection of how he left the table or how he returned to the house.
He felt a faint unease. The money hadn't been lost earlier or later, but just when he was about to leave the restaurant. Could it be that someone was targeting him? ...
Thinking of this, Chen Feng quickly explained, "Someone must have wanted to frame me. The silver was stolen by one of them, and then they took advantage of me being drunk and quietly put the clothes into my room. That must be what happened."
Wu Shiren sneered disdainfully, "Then tell me, who wants to frame you?"
"This..." Chen Feng looked at the crowd hesitantly and saw several chefs glaring at him.
He panicked and raised his hand to swear, "Shopkeeper Wu, this, this, this, this really wasn't me. I swear to heaven."
"What the hell are you swearing? You've been caught red-handed and you're still trying to argue. Hurry up and return the silver to Mr. Wang. In consideration of your many years of hard work, we'll just pretend this never happened."
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