Seeing her father's helplessness, his face aged several years in just a few days.
Su Xinyi also felt a pang of guilt, knowing that Su Qingwen and Min Yuehua had different motives. While she knew about Ye Beiping's family background, she was truly unaware of any important figures he knew.
"Dad, I..." Su Xinyi choked up slightly and sniffed hard: "You know I can't contact Beiping right now. He's in Wencheng. Who am I supposed to ask?"
Seeing that Su Xinyi was willing to help, Min Yuehua immediately seemed to come back to life and stopped crying and making a scene.
"Didn't he leave you any contact information? If not, we can go to Wencheng and go find him."
"this......"
Min Yuehua's actions just now did disgust Su Xinyi, but she was still her mother, and that couldn't be changed. She could only shake her head: "Without his contact information, even if I go to Wencheng, I don't know where he is or how to find him."
It's not a very big place, but finding someone there isn't so easy.
Min Yuehua, who had just begun to have hope, turned ashen-faced upon hearing Su Xinyi's words: "What to do, what to do, what to do if we can't find them?"
Even Su Qingwen frowned.
"It's been so many days, could it be that he in Beiping..."
Although he didn't finish his sentence, Su Xinyi understood.
“Dad.” Su Xinyi frowned, her expression somewhat displeased, and said, “Beiping isn’t that kind of person. Even if something happens, someone should contact him.”
Knowing that doing business is illegal these days, even if something really happens, the police will definitely contact the family.
"Yes, yes, yes." Su Qingwen nodded repeatedly.
Min Yuehua suddenly thought of something and said, "We can't find Ye Beiping, but his mother and sister are in Pingba Village, right? They must know people he knows. We can ask them for help."
"This..." Su Xinyi was immediately caught in a dilemma.
Putting everything else aside, is it appropriate to go to Pingba Village to look for Tao Qiuyan and Ye Xiaoxin when Ye Beiping cannot be contacted?
Seeing Su Xinyi fall silent, Min Yuehua became anxious: "Xinyi, save your brother! He definitely can't take the suffering in there. What if... what if he gets beaten or something?"
Min Yuehua then began to describe what Su Ze would encounter at the police station.
"I heard that the criminals inside aren't human; they bully newcomers and make them clean the latrines and wash socks."
"They even make the newcomers sleep next to the toilet. How can Xiaoze stand that?"
"And I've heard that if you don't confess, you'll get beaten. Xiaoze is still a child. What if those people hurt him badly?"
...
Soon, Su Qingwen, Su Xinyi, and Su Xinwan were able to visualize those scenes.
It was a terrible sight.
Su Xinwan shrank her shoulders and said in a tearful voice, "Sister, how about... we go and give it a try?"
Thinking that Su Ze was still her brother, she felt a little sorry for him if he were really bullied like that in the police station.
Su Xinyi glanced at Su Xinwan, then looked over at the expectant eyes of Su Qingwen and Min Yuehua, and could only nod with her lips pursed.
Actually, her thoughts were similar to Su Xinwan's. She couldn't imagine what that scene would be like; if it really happened, Su Ze would probably lose his life.
Such stories are passed down by word of mouth in honest families like theirs.
They talked about what it's like in prison, and then said that those who don't confess will be beaten, and that the beatings won't even leave visible marks.
And so, with the whole family's encouragement, Su Xinyi agreed to go back to Pingba Village to find Tao Qiuyan and Ye Xiaoxin.
Min Yuehua was very proactive this time, saying that it was too late to go today and she would leave first thing tomorrow morning. She said she would go buy some nutritional supplements and the like today, as she would definitely need to bring something when visiting her in-laws.
When Su Xinyi saw the bags and packages that Min Yuehua had bought, her lips twitched violently. She had never seen Min Yuehua be so generous to anyone before.
I'm afraid they're really in a hurry this time.
Wenzhou, at night.
In a relatively luxurious restaurant for the time, Ye Beiping and Jiang Hai were drinking with Wei Daming and Li Peiqiang, the sales directors of a state-owned factory.
At this moment, Ye Beiping was completely unaware of what was happening in Hangzhou. He was simply being introduced by Jiang Hai and was surrounded by Wei Daming and Li Peiqiang, where he drank several glasses of baijiu.
"Mr. Jiang, Mr. Ye, I wonder if your company has already decided to use the products from our factory?" After a few drinks, Li Peiqiang, still concerned about the situation at the factory, asked.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Hai and Ye Beiping exchanged a glance, and the latter smiled and said, "Director Li, after our discussion yesterday, we found that the products of Wencheng No. 1 Leather Shoe Factory and Jiangnan Leather Factory are both good, but the price is a bit high."
As Ye Beiping said this, he touched the corner of his mouth with his finger.
The meaning is clear: they are not satisfied with the quote.
At this moment, Wei Daming didn't even glance at Li Peiqiang, and said with a fawning smile, "Mr. Ye, if we can cooperate long-term, our First Leather Shoe Factory can even lower the price by 1 yuan."
If a pair of leather shoes is discounted by one yuan, then five thousand pairs would cost five thousand yuan, which is a considerable sum for Wei Daming.
The average wage is so low; five thousand yuan is enough to pay the wages of a hundred employees.
Seeing Wei Daming's quick agreement, Li Peiqiang frowned, somewhat troubled. Every factory has its own rules and regulations. Of course, their sales department director still has pricing power, but this pricing power is related to what the factory manager grants.
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