Chapter 157 Is there one?
On the other side, Director Liu already had the answer in his mind after reading the information brought by Li Manzhi.
"I will report this to Mr. Qiu in person. Don't worry, you are from our Yayu Group. I will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation after discussing it with Mr. Qiu."
Li Manzhi was overjoyed: "Thank you, Director Liu."
"You're welcome. I don't want to have such a hypocritical person who has no ability and likes to steal under my command."
Li Manzhi's eyes rolled, and she thought of what Duanrao mentioned yesterday, that Director Liu had encountered similar things before, so he hated people like Lai Yiwen.
Now it seems that it should be true!
As the two were talking, there was a sudden knock on the office door.
"Come in."
"Director Liu, please go over and take a look. Something happened in the design department." A female employee in formal attire rushed in with an anxious look on her face.
"What happened?"
"It seems... it seems that someone from the design department stole a piece of expensive jewelry from the company and was caught red-handed. Now there's a big commotion over there."
"What?!" Director Liu was shocked. He didn't care about anything else and walked out quickly.
Li Manzhi also knew that the show had already begun. If she, the person involved, did not go back quickly, she would be convicted of a crime by covering her mouth. She was not even given a chance to explain, so she hurriedly followed.
When the two arrived at the design department, in addition to the staff from the design department, there were also people from other departments who came to watch the fun.
When Lai Yiwen's lackeys saw Li Manzhi appear, they immediately started shouting, fearing that the people around them couldn't hear them.
"Here comes the thief!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Who do you say is the thief?" Li Manzhi walked closer and saw that the things on her workstation were indeed in a mess, and the drawers were all opened. At the bottom, one could see a sparkling gem necklace and some scattered earrings and rings.
"The thief is whoever's seat the stolen goods were found from."
"That's right. If you're not a thief, how come there are finished jewelry from the company in your drawer?"
"I was wondering how some people, whose family backgrounds aren't that good, can afford to buy famous brands and jewelry all the time. It turns out they made their fortune by stealing. There are so many things found here, and who knows how much they stole before. We can't just let this go. We have to report it to the board of directors and ask her to return all the stolen jewelry!"
The onlookers were unaware of the inside story and, listening to the instigation of a few people, they pointed at Li Manzhi and whispered to each other.
Li Manzhi's eyes flashed. She already knew who Lai Yiwen's backer was, and she immediately understood these people's plan. They were planning to let Lai Yiwen's uncle come forward, nail her to the pillar of shame, and completely ban her from the industry!
What a vicious heart and what a vicious plan. If she hadn't been lucky enough to meet An An, she would have been bullied to death by this group of villains today.
Director Liu is, after all, an old employee of the company and has seen a lot of things. Li Manzhi is the person the general manager specifically asked to be protected. Regardless of her character, just based on this relationship, she is destined not to be so shallow as to steal jewelry from within the company.
The most important thing is that the timing of this incident was too coincidental. Li Manzhi had worked in the company for three or four years and nothing had ever gone wrong.
Just today she was given the information that could prove someone had plagiarized her design, and this incident happened immediately. It's hard not to suspect that someone did it on purpose just to silence her!
"What are you yelling about? Who told you to gossip and convict people before the matter is concluded?"
"There are all the witnesses and evidence, but Director Liu said the matter has not been concluded. Is he trying to openly protect someone?"
The appearance of Lai Yiwen further confirmed Director Liu's guess.
However, she was followed by her uncle-in-law, Mr. Qiu, who was her backer. Even though Director Liu was dissatisfied, he had to endure it for the time being.
"I just think that before there is solid evidence, we shouldn't jump to conclusions too early, so as not to wrongly accuse good people."
"You are wrongly accusing a good person?" Director Qiu snorted coldly, "There are thieves in the company, and you are still favoring the so-called good people? Liu Qifeng, I think you don't want to be a director anymore! You should step down early and let others take over, so that both of you can save face. Otherwise, a charge of dereliction of duty will be enough to make you suffer and ruin your reputation!"
"Who is so arrogant that he dares to threaten Director Liu? I want to see who can so easily make our company's director suffer and lose his reputation."
"General...General Manager?" Lai Yiwen never expected Qiu Jichen to appear at this time, and the smug expression on her face suddenly froze.
Director Qiu's expression suddenly changed, and he looked at the other party with wide eyes in surprise: "Ji... Ji Chen, why are you here?"
Compared to Lai Yiwen and the others who were panicking, Li Manzhi's eyes lit up. She knew that this person was most likely here for her and Lai Yiwen's affairs, which meant...
Li Manzhi glanced at Xin'an's surveillance camera in the corner not far away without leaving a trace, her lips slightly raised, and she felt relieved.
Qiu Jichen was indeed coming for Li Manzhi. After talking to Du Anrao on the phone yesterday, he not only asked people to install surveillance cameras nearby as soon as possible, but also specially sent someone to keep an eye on the design department.
As soon as there was some movement here, he got the news and rushed down from upstairs without stopping.
"I should be the one asking this question to my uncle. It's rare for him to come to the company. Is there something important?"
Director Qiu, who was so arrogant in front of Director Liu just now, seemed to be a little shorter than Qiu Jichen. He forced a smile and said, "I just happened to come to the company for inspection. I heard some noise here, so I followed in to take a look."
After Mr. Qiu finished speaking, he winked at Lai Yiwen, who immediately understood and came forward to complain: "Mr. Qiu, there's a thief in our department who stole the company's jewelry."
Qiu Jichen raised his eyebrows and asked knowingly, "Oh? Is that true?"
"It's true! Look, the evidence is all there, so I can't deny it at all."
"Evidence? Physical evidence? Which evidence? Which evidence?"
"This... this jewelry was found under the drawer of her seat. It is physical evidence. As for the witnesses, they all saw it." Lai Yiwen pointed with her finger, and everyone's eyes immediately focused on her three lackeys.
"You are the witnesses? Did you see her stealing things with your own eyes?"
None of them expected that they would face off against the big boss, and the speeches they had prepared early on were stuck in an instant.
"We...we..."
While hesitating, he subconsciously glanced at Lai Yiwen, fearing that others might not realize that they were in the same group.
Qiu Jichen was so angry at these idiots that he laughed. He immediately shouted, "What do you mean by 'you'? If you have it, you have it. If you don't have it, you don't have it. Do you have it or not?"
(End of this chapter)
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