Chapter 355 Why
"What did my mother teach me? Uncle, do you have any conscience when you say this? If my mother hadn't saved you, would she have died? Can I be a child without a mother to raise or teach me?"
Director Wei also knew that he had spoken too quickly, but he couldn't take back what he had said.
Wei Hongmian is the eldest child in the family, and her mother, Wei Damei, is the older sister of Director Wei. She was driven out by her in-laws to help their youngest son, Director Wei. In fact, it's not uncommon for wives in rural areas to help their parents' families. However, Wei Damei's four consecutive pregnancies were all daughters, which made her in-laws very dissatisfied. They couldn't bear a son, but they still had to support her parents' family. You can imagine how difficult life must have been for her.
When Wei Hongmian was 10 years old, Wei Damei was kicked out by her in-laws on some pretext, along with her four daughters. Wei Hongmian never had a good day in her former family. After being kicked out by her so-called father and grandparents, she simply changed her surname to Wei to distance herself from her former, unscrupulous relatives. When her father and grandparents found out, they didn't care, saying, "She's just a liar. She'll be someone else's family after all." She could change her name as she pleased.
Wei Damei then returned to her parents' home with her four daughters, but life wasn't much better than before. The family was poor, and Wei Dahai, already in his twenties, hadn't married yet. Wei Damei, who had been driven back home, happened to be at home, and was spotted by a man who was said to be interested. Ultimately, her parents sold her to an old widower from the next village for a 200-yuan betrothal gift. The widower was 46 years old, and he had beaten his first two wives to death. However, since he was wealthy, the incident was swept under the rug.
Although the scandal was kept secret, the two villages were so close that everyone who should have known about it was well aware. Wei Damei initially refused, believing she would be courting death if she married into the family. However, she couldn't convince her parents, so she married the elderly widower from the neighboring village for a 200-yuan betrothal gift.
Wei Dahai used the 200 yuan to marry a Beijing woman. After the marriage, he used the remaining money to buy a job in a garment factory, where he worked for decades until he became the factory director. Meanwhile, his mother, Wei Damei, married an elderly widower and gave birth to a son the following year. She was beaten to death before she even left the maternity hospital.
Not only does she have to take care of her three younger sisters, but she is also being forced by her so-called stepfather to defraud her of money, with the excuse that he is raising his younger brother. She knows the money is not for her younger brother, and has tried many times to get him back, but her stepfather seems to see through her and refuses to let her take him back, even warning her that he will beat her to death if she does it again.
Wei Hongmian had no other choice but to ask her stepfather for an idea: she was in purchasing, so she could make money from this. At first, she was afraid and didn't dare to take too much money, so no one noticed her behavior. But later, as she grew bolder, her stepfather's appetite grew bigger and bigger. The small amount of money she initially gave him was no longer enough, forcing her to sell inferior goods as good ones. Who knew that she would be discovered after just one try?
Wei Hongmian felt so sad that she was lying on the ground crying uncontrollably.
Soon the police arrived and were taken to the accounting office by the security guard, who then knocked on the door: "Knock... knock..."
"Two police comrades have arrived."
As soon as the security guard finished speaking, Wang Qiong turned and opened the door. The scene that came into view was the accountant standing at the window, a woman lying on the ground crying, a man standing next to her with an embarrassed look on his face, and three girls guarding the door.
The public security officer was completely bewildered. What was going on?
"It was you who called the police." asked one of the police officers.
"I called the police," Wang Qiong told the police officer, then pointed at Wei Hongmian, who was crying on the ground. "She stole the company's money and passed off inferior goods as good ones, causing the company to suffer losses. We're only now discovering this, and I don't know how much more she did before."
The company comrades frowned when they heard this: "Are you sure?"
Because this scene looked so much like a group of people bullying a woman, the company colleagues didn't dare to jump to conclusions and had to ask, "Do you have any evidence?"
Fu Shan took out the design and the finished clothes and handed them to the police officer: "I marked the fabric required, but this fabric is not the one I need. Yet, the fabric used in the accounting is mine. This is clearly fraudulent accounting."
The company looked at the woman who had just fallen asleep and was now sitting up and sobbing softly: "The accountant should be doing the accounting. She is an accountant."
Accountant Zhang, who was standing by the window, quickly explained, "No, I'm the accountant and she's the purchasing manager. She usually goes out to buy what she needs, and then gives me the order to do the accounting."
The accountant described the work process, but her words were trembling, and she was obviously afraid that this matter would implicate her.
"Where's the account book?"
Accountant Zhang left the window, found the account book, and handed it to the police. After looking through it, the police officer asked the three people, "Who are you and why are you here?"
"We are the owners of this garment factory, and this is the factory director." Ye Qian said and pointed to the silent director Wei beside her.
The public security officer nodded and said, "Come with us to the police station. I'll have someone bring everything we need."
Ye Qian nodded: "No problem, I hope the public security comrades can find out the exact amount of loss for us as soon as possible."
The public security comrade nodded, borrowed the phone here and called the bureau to send a few colleagues over to take the people back.
After the police arrived, Wei Hongmian felt itchy all over, as if she had lost her soul. She probably knew that she could not escape. When she arrived at the police station, no matter how the police asked her, Wei Hongmian just refused to speak and sat there in a daze. The police became a little annoyed and slammed the table hard, which scared the dazed Wei Hongmian and brought her back to her senses.
The police officer was blunt and said, "The evidence is clear. Whether you speak or not, you're guilty." Wei Hongmian had already been at the police station for a day and a night. Even if she didn't speak, the police officer had to work overtime with her, so she was naturally in a bad mood. Then the police officer said, "You didn't do this alone, did you? Do you want to take all the blame? The sentence will be very severe if you do it alone."
Why should she take it all on herself? She didn't want to do this. It was all her stepfather who forced her to do it. Why should she suffer alone? Wei Hongmian came to her senses and knew that she couldn't escape the blame. She couldn't let her stepfather go unpunished. He was the main culprit. Why should she be in jail while the bad guy continued to enjoy his life outside? Why?
(End of this chapter)
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