Chapter 295 Five Thousand Five Thousand in Hand
"Thank you, sirs and police officers. Could you please act as witnesses for me?"
Su Hongying said, "This money is to pay back my family's surgery fees and nutrition expenses during their hospital stay, not as compensation to me."
Hearing this, the leader felt a little flustered. She glared at Zheng Xiulan and said, "Have the finance department give you an extra five hundred as compensation..."
"no……"
Upon hearing this, Zheng Xiulan was about to explode again, but her boss glared at her coldly and said, "Shut up."
The group arrived at the finance department, where the staff frowned as they flipped through the records. Looking up at their supervisor, they said, "Zheng Xiulan has already received a year's salary in advance. If two-thirds are deducted each month, it will start from the year after next. After that, she'll only have a few dozen yuan left each month..."
"What does 'already borrowed a year's worth of money' mean?"
Zheng Xiulan was puzzled, "I have never received an advance on my salary."
"It's not you."
The man glanced at her and said, "It was your second son who rushed to the office early yesterday morning, saying there had been a family emergency. I saw he was sweating profusely and I thought something had happened to your family, so I just took care of it..."
"What nonsense are you talking about? My family is all fine..."
Halfway through her sentence, Zheng Xiulan suddenly realized that the property certificate for the courtyard her second son bought for five thousand yuan was fake; her second son had been cheated!
That brat, when he talked about getting an advance on his salary, he actually took an advance on her salary!
Zheng Xiulan felt dizzy and almost threw the baby away.
What are you doing?
Su Hongying exclaimed in surprise, quickly lunging forward to snatch the child away and carefully holding her in her arms. "Zheng Xiulan, if you can't raise a child, then don't raise one. I'll take the child; from now on, the child will take my surname, Su, and I'll raise it..."
"You're dreaming!"
Zheng Xiulan noticed Su Hongying's concern for the child, and with a flash of shrewdness in her eyes, she grabbed the child's little arm and tried to take it away!
The child was in pain from being pulled and started crying loudly.
The sound of "waaaaaa" echoed throughout the room.
Su Hongying didn't dare to pull too hard, and tilted the baby towards Zheng Xiulan, saying, "Zheng Xiulan, you're hurting the baby, let go quickly."
"This is my Zhang family's grandson. If anyone should let go, it's you!"
Zheng Xiulan looked smug and pulled even harder.
Su Hongying reluctantly let go of the child, but Zheng Xiulan grabbed the child's arm and snatched the child back. The child was still crying in her arms, but Zheng Xiulan acted as if she didn't see it and looked at Su Hongying defiantly.
"You're acting all serious. If you really cared about your child, you wouldn't have come here causing trouble and demanding money from me! If you take all my money, how am I supposed to support your son in the future..."
Su Hongying spat in her face.
"Have you no shame? I said I was raising the child, and you insisted on taking him back because he was your Zhang family's child. But when it comes to spending money to raise him, you claim he's my son. Zheng Xiulan, being born into your Zhang family is truly a tragedy for this child!"
Su Hongying glanced at the child whose face was covered in tears, pursed her lips, gritted her teeth, and turned her head away.
Before Zheng Xiulan could say anything more, her supervisor stopped her and told her to calm down, while urging the finance department to calculate the amount. "Five thousand five hundred is not enough to cover the deductions during normal working hours, so we'll deduct it from her retirement pension."
When the finance officer saw the police following them, he knew things wouldn't end well. He didn't care about anything else, so he bent down and started typing away on his abacus. After a while, he wrote it down on a piece of paper and handed it to his supervisor.
The leader placed the paper in the middle, gesturing for the others to look at it together.
No one objected. The leader placed the paper on the table and instructed the finance department to record it. "Where's Xiaoyue? Have her bring the money over..."
"I'll call her and let her know. It's such a large sum of money, and it's not payday, so it'll probably take a while," the accountant said.
When the leader looked at Su Hongying, Su Hongying said, "I can wait."
The police won't leave; they'll wait until the matter is resolved before they can go.
Half an hour later, a young girl rushed in and handed a paper package wrapped in newspaper to the leader. "Five thousand five hundred, it's all here. I counted it several times."
The leader handed the money to Su Hongying, saying, "Comrade Su, please count it."
"No need, I trust the leaders, they won't make things difficult for me regarding money."
Su Hongying took the money, stepped back, and solemnly bowed deeply to the leaders, saying, "Thank you for upholding justice for me."
She then bowed to thank the police officers for acting as her witness.
Before leaving, Su Hongying glanced at Zheng Xiulan, who seemed to want to tear her apart, and said, "Treat the child well for the sake of the child's surname being Zhang, otherwise you will lose your son and grandson."
"Get out! Take the money and get out!" Zheng Xiulan spat at her.
Su Hongying gave her a deep look, a mocking smile curving her lips. She took a deep breath, raised her head, and walked out.
With 5,500 yuan in hand, her outburst was worthwhile.
Stepping out of this door will mark the beginning of a new chapter in her life.
The police officers said goodbye to the union leaders and left behind Su Hongying.
"Boss, I..."
Several leaders frowned. "Alright, did you come to work with your child? Go home first, settle the child down, and report to work tomorrow."
After they finished speaking, they left one by one.
Zheng Xiulan tried to catch up with the child while holding him, but the child cried even harder and was about to faint from crying.
She was furious and slapped the child across the face. "Cry, cry, cry! What are you crying for? You jinx, just like your mother, you make me angry just looking at you!"
The leaders hadn't gone far when they saw her attacking a child, and their expressions turned grim.
Back in the office, they discussed, "Should we find a suitable opportunity to let her retire on medical grounds? Keeping someone like that in our ranks is both a scourge and a disgrace."
Someone sighed softly, "I never imagined that Zheng Xiulan, who seems so kind on the surface, could be so dark-hearted in real life. She almost caused the death of a woman and her unborn child. Luckily, the woman's family arrived in time; otherwise, she would have been left to die. It's too cruel..."
"Exactly, she's a woman herself, how could she be so heartless? It's so vicious."
Zheng Xiulan was unaware of these comments, nor did she know that her career was about to end. She took her crying child back to her office and called her second son.
"Did you take my salary in advance? Who gave you permission to take it? Was it that little slut Fan Liangyu...?"
"So what if I paid for it?!"
Zhang Lao Er was in a daze at work when his mother questioned him about the advance on his salary. Like a firecracker with its fuse lit, he exploded, yelling, "So what if I took it? Anyway, your and Dad's money will belong to the three of us brothers in the future. What's wrong with me spending it in advance for you?! What's wrong with that! You caused me to lose my home and my wife, so what if I spend a little of your money?!"
"Second son! What are you saying? I'm your mother! You took my salary in advance and I can't even ask you a question?"
Zheng Xiulan was furious. When she heard him mention Old Man Zhang in his words, her heart skipped a beat. She tentatively asked, "You even received an advance on your father's salary? For a whole year?"
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