Chapter 129 Fire
Gu Jinyan had already told Ye Qian in advance that he would not be back at noon, but Ye Qian did not expect that Gu Jinyan would not even come back at night.
The next day.
Ye Qian didn't sleep well, so she went to the office after a simple breakfast. Before she reached the door, she found that many people were gathered at the door of the Grain Bureau and were talking. She could vaguely hear them saying something about a fire and not being able to put it out in time.
Fire? I wonder if anyone got burned.
Ye Qian squeezed through the crowd and took out her work ID. The security guard naturally recognized Ye Qian and told her directly: "There was a fire in our Grain Bureau yesterday. It started from your union. Several offices next to it are also on fire. You should go in quickly."
Ye Qian's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. What was going on? How could the union catch fire? They were only there for a short while yesterday.
Ye Qian thought about it for a while, wondering if it was what she thought.
The weather is cold, so naturally everyone needs to light the stove when they arrive. The four of them left in a hurry yesterday, but Wang Zhengyi was still there. He wouldn't just leave like that, would he?
Ye Qian cursed everyone in her heart and rushed towards the union without stopping.
When Ye Qian arrived at the union, everyone except Wang Zhengyi had already arrived. When they saw Ye Qian coming over, they immediately started to complain to her.
Dong Jing said impatiently: "What's going on? How did it catch fire? It was fine when we left yesterday."
Jiang Sha also explained: "Yes, the four of us left together, and Wang Zhengyi was still there when we left."
Li Manyu said, "The police who investigated yesterday said it seemed the fire was caused by the stove, which set the curtains on fire, and the fire got bigger and bigger."
Dong Jing continued, "There were still people there when we left yesterday, right? Why didn't they put out the stove?"
Ye Qian knew what they meant. They wanted to clear themselves of the responsibility. Ye Qian was not stupid enough to take the responsibility and agreed: "Well, there were still people when we left."
After everyone finished talking, President Wang also came out of the office next door. President Wang was right next door, so naturally he heard everyone's conversation.
Seeing that everyone seemed to be hesitant to speak, he shook his head and said nothing.
What does President Wang mean? Does he want everyone to help his nephew take the blame, or does he want everyone to help his nephew explain it? Isn't this a dream? This is a big deal. Not only his nephew, but everyone else is also at fault.
Not only Ye Qian saw President Wang's actions, but the others also saw it. They all rolled their eyes and turned their heads away, not bothering to pay attention to President Wang.
Dong Jing and Jiang Sha had already gone in to check. Nothing was left inside. Chairman Wang's office next door was also burned down. Fortunately, there was only the union office on this side, and other departments were not affected. However, not only was the inside of the house burned black by the thick smoke, but the outside was also burned black.
At this time, people from the public security department had arrived at the scene. They checked the situation at the scene very late yesterday, so they came directly to the unit today to record their statements.
President Wang had already known the situation last night. It must be his nephew's problem. Just now, he really wanted them to help his nephew, but he was usually not a good person and offended everyone. Now that something happened, naturally no one would speak for him, so he had to keep quiet.
I have to say that President Wang is overthinking it. Such a big matter cannot be resolved by just talking it over, no matter how good the relationship is. The truth must be told.
Two company comrades took statements from the four people, and it was finished quickly. The four people left at the same time, and they all testified that Wang Zhengyi was still in the office when they left.
The public security comrades asked where Wang Zhengyi was. The four of them looked at Chairman Wang, and Chairman Wang shook his head repeatedly.
At this time, a person squeezed out from the crowd, saw everyone and said: "Hey, what's going on? How can it be burned like this? How can we go to work?"
The person who spoke was Wang Zhengyi, and at this time President Wang shook his head with a look of disappointment on his face, wishing that he could cut his nephew into pieces. Why couldn't he just work honestly instead of causing trouble? This time he caused such a big trouble that no one could help him and no one was too lazy to care about him anymore.
Everyone didn't want to talk to this person, so the public security comrade asked, "Who are you?"
Wang Zhengyi arrived late and only knew about the union fire. He was still happy that he didn't have to work: "I'm Wang Zhengyi, the union leader."
A police officer looked at each other and asked, "Tell us what happened after work yesterday."
Wang Zhengyi was a bit adorable, and seeing how serious the public security officer was, he said directly, "I came to the meeting yesterday, and then all four of them left, and then I left too."
The public security officer confirmed, "You left after all four of them left yesterday."
Wang Zhengyi nodded and said, "Yes."
At this moment, I was a little confused as to why the public security comrade asked this question, but I never thought that the fire was related to him.
Seeing Wang Zhengyi's bewildered look, the public security officer explained, "You were the last to leave yesterday, but you left the stove on. Our investigation revealed that the fire was caused by the stove being on, so you were the last to leave."
No matter how dumb Wang Zhengyi was, he could tell that the fire was caused by him. He panicked and said, "No, it's the stove. I didn't light it."
After Wang Zhengyi finished speaking, he looked at the four people, and they nodded at the same time: "We ordered it."
Wang Zhengyi raised his voice: "Then why don't you turn off the lights that you ordered?"
Dong Jing explained: "You haven't left yet, who knows when you will leave? What if the stove goes out and you get frozen?"
Wang Zhengyi said, "Then you can't blame me for this."
Jiang Sha didn't want to take responsibility either: "We've always done this before. We close the door and turn off the lights and stove when we leave. It's not your first day at work, how could you not know?"
Li Manyu and Wang Zhengyi didn't get along well to begin with, so she added, "He's always late and leaves early, what do you know?"
Dong Jing agreed, "We all work together, how could you not know? And you're always late and leave early, why didn't you just come in late and leave early yesterday? If we had done it ourselves, nothing would have happened. Look at what this house has become, it's burnt down, nothing is left."
After hearing what Dong Jing said, President Wang glanced at his own house. Yes, everything was burned down. If he had known this would happen, he would never have introduced his nephew to work here, and he would never have arranged for him to work under him.
What a sin.
All that was burned in the house were the documents and materials that everyone had been using, and all their personal belongings were taken back home for the Chinese New Year. If you ask how sad the four of them were, actually they were not.
President Wang was really sad. He came to work yesterday and moved all his personal belongings, including the thermos cup he bought from Ye Qian.
Ouch.
I feel so sad.
(End of this chapter)
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