Chapter 83 When it rains, it pours.
Tang Ran then called Lin Jixin's assistant, but the assistant said she didn't know either and that Lin Jixin hadn't contacted her.
Back at the ward door, Tang Ran had relaxed her furrowed brows.
She didn't want Song Zhixu to worry about the family's troubles.
Song Zhixu stayed a while longer before Tang Ran 'sent' her home. She had a group meeting the next morning and needed to get some rest.
Lying on the cot, thinking about Lin Jixin whom she couldn't contact and worrying about Tang Wanru's health, Tang Ran's mind was in turmoil, and she couldn't fall asleep for a long time.
I don't know what time it was, but I fell asleep without realizing it. However, my sleep was restless, and I woke up several times on and off.
Around 7 a.m., Aunt Liu brought breakfast over. Tang Wanru woke up for a while, but she still didn't have much energy. After eating breakfast, she went back to sleep.
Afterwards, Song Zhixu brought Tang Ran a change of clothes and stayed in the ward for a while before leaving.
Around 9 a.m., Tang Ran received a call from President Yu.
"Did you know that General Manager Zhong has gone abroad?" General Manager Yu asked in a serious tone.
"Go abroad?" Tang Ran frowned.
The temperature in Jiangcheng has recently plummeted from 35 or 36 degrees Celsius to just over 20 degrees Celsius, and many employees have taken sick leave due to colds.
Zhong Weide took sick leave a few days ago, which Tang Ran knew but didn't think much of. However, when she heard that he had gone abroad, Tang Ran had a bad feeling.
In his previous life, Zhong Weide absconded abroad with the money ahead of time.
Although she changed the machine distributor in this life and prevented Zhong Weide from making any money, it's hard to say whether he sensed something and ran away beforehand.
"Um."
It was quite a coincidence. Yesterday, when Mr. Yu went to the airport to see off a client, he glanced at the boarding gate as he said goodbye and thought he saw Zhong Weide.
Her client was going to the port city, departing from the international departure point. At first, Ms. Yu thought she had misread the information.
After returning home, she became increasingly suspicious. She asked someone to check, and they actually found Zhong Weide's exit record, with his destination being the United States.
It just doesn't seem right that I suddenly went abroad for no reason.
"Do you think he found out about the supplier's affair and ran away beforehand?" President Yu immediately thought of the leaked recording.
Zhong Weide has been in the purchasing manager position for over ten years, and he has probably made a lot of money off the company. If he is investigated, he will likely end up working as a sewing machine operator.
Mr. Yu felt that the chances of him running away were quite high.
Having not slept well all night, Tang Ran's temple twitched involuntarily upon hearing this news.
It's truly a case of misfortunes never coming singly.
Bad things always seem to come together.
only.
In order not to alert the enemy, she did not even openly check the company's accounts. How did Zhong Weide find out?
Tang Ran frowned, a hint of doubt creeping into her mind.
After hanging up with President Zhong, Tang Ran dialed Lin Jixin's number again, but still couldn't get through.
Back in the ward, Tang Wanru had already woken up.
When Tang Ran went in, she was staring blankly out the window, seemingly lost in thought.
"Mommy," Tang Ran called out as she walked over.
Tang Wanru snapped out of her daze, saw her daughter, and smiled slightly.
She tried to sit up, supporting herself with her hands, and Tang Ran quickly went over to help her. "Let me raise the bed a little."
After she adjusted the bed, Tang Wanru pulled her daughter to sit on the edge of the bed. "Ranran, I have something to tell you."
She had wanted to tell him about it as soon as she woke up, but Aunt Liu was there, so she didn't say anything.
Tang Wanru leaned weakly against the hospital bed, but her tone was unusually serious, "I'm going to divorce your mother."
Tang Ran was taken aback upon hearing this and looked at Tang Wanru in surprise.
Why does Mommy suddenly want a divorce?
Then, a thought involuntarily flashed through my mind.
The next second, Tang Wanru's words confirmed her suspicions: "She betrayed us."
Tang Wanru took a deep breath, took her phone, and handed it to Tang Ran.
Tang Ran took the phone.
On Tang Wanru's screen was a folder containing both photos and documents.
Tang Ran opened and checked them one by one, and the more she read, the more shocked and incredulous she became.
This document contains transaction records for more than a dozen overseas accounts belonging to Lin Jixin, totaling nearly 100 million yuan. The most recent transaction was over 10 million yuan, and the source was traced back to the engineering contractor who undertook the construction of Tang's Central Kitchen project.
Tang Ran had seen Tang's financial statements and was particularly impressed by this project payment. She clearly remembered that the project payment should be more than 30 million.
Of the more than 30 million yuan in project funds, more than 10 million yuan went to Lin Jixin's private account. The implications are self-evident.
If this is the case for over ten million, then the rest of the transactions will likely be in a similar situation.
"These are all mothers..."
Tang Ran looked at Tang Wanru in surprise, the words stuck in her throat and she couldn't say them.
Having worked at the company for so long, Tang Ran wasn't completely oblivious to Lin Jixin's suspicions. Coupled with the phone call from President Yu that morning, she began to doubt Lin Jixin.
In her previous life, Zhong Weide colluded with the machine distributor and embezzled a large sum of money. Tang Ran always felt that Zhong Weide must have other helpers in the company, such as finance, legal affairs, or contracts.
But she overlooked the most important person, her mother, Lin Jixin.
With President Lin Jixin in charge, it can be done even without those people above her.
Because she was her mother, Tang Ran never doubted her, even though she had discovered that Lin Jixin was not as good as she had thought in her previous life, regarding her engagement to Song Wuqi.
Zhong Weide's escape aroused Tang Ran's suspicions, but when she actually saw the evidence, she was still shocked.
Her mother, the one she thought loved her and her mother in her previous life, had been secretly embezzling and transferring Tang's assets for many years.
Tang Wanru closed her eyes and nodded.
Even though the windows in the ward were closed, Tang Ran still felt a cold draft, making her feel chilly all over.
Tang Ran's palms were cold, and her fingers were so stiff that she could barely hold the phone. "Mommy, where did you get these?"
"I had someone investigate." Tang Wanru took a deep breath, trying to calm her anger.
In fact, Tang Wanru had already vaguely sensed something was amiss when Lin Jixin began to aggressively expand the company after Tang Ran's grandfather passed away.
However, the central kitchen project was beneficial to Tang's development. Tang Wanru didn't really understand the company's management. Although she felt it was inappropriate, she didn't have too many doubts.
It wasn't until Tang's loan was not approved and Lin Jixin insisted on getting Tang Ran and Song Wuqi engaged that she truly began to have doubts.
She and Lin Jixin were college classmates. Lin Jixin came from an average family, but had a good personality and was very accommodating and caring towards her.
Before the marriage, her father proposed signing a prenuptial agreement, stipulating that Tang's assets, whether before or after the marriage, would have nothing to do with Lin Jixin.
Lin Jixin agreed without hesitation. At that time, Tang Wanru felt that her father was overthinking things and that Lin Jixin was being wronged.
She never imagined that the person who had so sworn he wouldn't covet a single bit of the Tang family's assets would secretly transfer and embezzle Tang's assets step by step.
Looking back now, Lin Jixin deliberately projected an aggressive expansionist image, causing the company to fall into financial difficulties, so that she could more easily transfer assets out.
The earliest of these accounts dates back five years, after her father developed serious health problems and gradually relinquished control of the Tang family business to Lin Jixin.
Tang Wanru felt increasingly disheartened the more she thought about it.
After so many years of marriage, how much of it was genuine?
Did Lin Jixin defect halfway through because she couldn't stick to it? Or was this her plan from the beginning?
Moreover, what Tang Wanru couldn't understand was that, despite being married to Lin Jixin for so many years, apart from not being able to directly possess the Tang family's assets, Tang Wanru was the one paying off every single one of Lin Jixin's credit cards.
Tang Wanru never restricted Lin Jixin's finances regarding food, clothing, daily necessities, or anything else she wanted to buy.
If you don't lack money, why have you been scheming to secretly transfer money out of the country for so many years?
Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere in the ward was oppressive and heavy.
Compared to Tang Wanru, Tang Ran's emotions were even more complicated.
Since her rebirth, she has dealt with Taiwo, changed the machine distributor, and even agreed to be with Song Zhixu at the beginning, all to prevent the Tang family from going bankrupt like in her previous life and to prevent her mother from repeating the mistakes of her previous life.
The truth is, ever since her grandfather passed away, her mother has been embezzling company funds.
Tang Ran even suspected that the Tang family's eventual bankruptcy in her previous life might also be related to her mother.
Thinking of this, Tang Ran suddenly remembered Song Wuqi, and how Song Wuqi had called her a fool who knew nothing after the Tang family went bankrupt.
So, was your mother's suicide in your previous life due to the bankruptcy of Down syndrome?
Or did Song Wuqi commit suicide because he discovered his mother's secret and was afraid of being exposed?
The thought of this possibility was something Tang Ran found completely unacceptable.
Seeing her daughter's face gradually turn pale, Tang Wanru quickly grasped her hand and anxiously called out, "Ranran."
Tang Ran was brought back to her senses by the call. She slowly raised her head, saw Tang Wanru's worried eyes, and smiled slightly, comforting Tang Wanru: "I'm fine, Mommy."
She said she was fine, but her deep voice betrayed her sadness.
Tang Wanru held her hand, her eyes filled with heartache and guilt. It was her fault for misjudging people; it took her more than 20 years to see the true colors of the person she shared a bed with, and her daughter suffered along with her.
Thinking back to those days, Tang Wanru felt even more depressed.
Perhaps she was wrong from the very beginning.
"Mommy," Tang Ran called out to her worriedly.
Tang Wanru touched Tang Ran's hair and reached out to hug her daughter.
Her marriage may have been a mistake, but it wasn't entirely a failure; at least it gave her a daughter, Tang Ran.
After a while, Tang Ran processed her emotions and looked up tentatively, asking, "Mommy, what are you planning to do?"
Lin Jixin's actions constitute embezzlement, and the amount involved is so enormous that it should be investigated thoroughly...
Thinking back to her past life, which might be related to Lin Jixin, Tang Ran felt hatred towards her. However, Lin Jixin was her mother, her biological mother with whom she shared half blood.
"If she can return the money, I don't plan to pursue it any further," Tang Wanru said calmly.
After all, they had been husband and wife, and Tang Wanru especially wanted to consider her daughter Tang Ran's feelings. She didn't want to push things too far and make things too ugly.
Moreover, if this matter really blows up, it will not have a good impact on the Tang family.
She gave Lin Jixin a week.
Either return the money and we get a peaceful divorce, or don't blame her for not cherishing our years of marriage.
There was a knock on the ward door. It was Jiang Mei who had heard that Tang Wanru had fainted and had rushed over from Jingting early in the morning to visit her.
Jiang Mei stayed with Tang Ran until almost noon before leaving. Tang Ran saw her downstairs, and when they returned to the ward, the mother and daughter did not continue their conversation about the previous topic.
Around 12 o'clock, lunch was delivered from home.
After having lunch with Tang Wanru, Tang Ran left Aunt Liu at the hospital and returned to Shengming Mansion.
Aunt Liu cleared away the dishes and saw that Tang Wanru was sleepy again, so she put down the hospital bed for her to rest, took the food box downstairs, and asked the family driver to take it back.
After taking the elevator up, I unexpectedly ran into Anna again in the hallway.
"Miss Ran? You've come to see the Empress Dowager..."
They met right next to Tang Wanru's hospital room door, and Aunt Liu subconsciously assumed that she had come to see Tang Wanru.
Before she could finish speaking, Anna interrupted her coldly, "I've come to see a friend."
Tang Wanru's ward was located near the center, and there were several other wards to the east. Hearing her say this, Aunt Liu assumed that she had misunderstood.
"Oh, oh." Aunt Liu smiled awkwardly and walked past her.
As soon as she opened the door to the ward, she saw Tang Wanru getting out of bed, and Aunt Liu quickly went forward to help her.
"It's nothing." Tang Wanru waved at her and asked, "Who were you talking to at the door just now?"
She couldn't hear what was being said through the door, but the voice seemed vaguely familiar.
Aunt Liu: "It's Miss Ran."
Tang Wanru's expression changed: "Which Miss Ran?"
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