Lu Yuncheng is a complete idiot!
With both matters finally resolved, Zhou Tianmei happily took the IOU and left with Shen Qianqian. The second branch of the family also felt at ease and went back to the Lu family to sleep.
Only Lu Yuncheng had his door locked from the inside by Qi Ran, who had returned home first.
"Qi Ran, open the door!" Lu Yuncheng knocked on the door countless times but couldn't get in. In the end, he could only return to his office inside the factory and barely make it through the night.
The next day, Shen Qianqian brought Zhou Tian to Lu Yuncheng to ask for money.
Lu Yuncheng didn't take it seriously: "Oh, you should know that a thousand yuan is not a small amount. If you want to get the money in advance, you have to go through layers of approval from the factory."
"Come on!" Shen Qianqian scoffed. "You're the deputy factory director, the only one above you is the factory director. You can just say a word to him and it'll be over."
"Besides, after all the shady things you did for Zhao Ling, didn't he treat you like a treasure? You think you can't get a mere thousand yuan?"
Lu Yuncheng remained unmoved, waving his hand and replying, "No money! Don't come asking me for it! Go cool off somewhere else!"
After Lu Yuncheng finished speaking, he turned and plunged into the factory without looking back. Zhou Tian wanted to chase after him, but Shen Qianqian stopped him.
"We won't get it from him now," Shen Qianqian said, watching Lu Yuncheng gradually disappear from sight.
"Why?" Zhou Tian asked.
Shen Qianqian explained, "I guess Lu Yuncheng had already arranged for security personnel to stop us, so we can't get into the factory. We can only talk to Lu Yuncheng outside the factory, but there's no one outside, so Lu Yuncheng naturally won't care about pretending to be his true nature."
"So, does that mean we can't get that thousand yuan back?" Zhou Tian suddenly looked dejected.
He squatted on the ground, having originally thought he could use the money to travel all over the country to find his sister.
It seems that this wish may not come true.
"No, not at all." Shen Qianqian patted his shoulder reassuringly. "You forgot? We have an IOU. Let's report it to the police station first. If we don't let them into the factory, surely the police can investigate and collect evidence, right?"
Zhou Tian's eyes lit up, and he and Shen Qianqian rushed to the police station.
Lu Yuncheng was still resting in his office at this time: "I must teach Qi Ran a good lesson when I get home today. She has been really outrageous lately."
He rubbed his aching shoulders, muttering under his breath, "This lousy bed in the office is no place for a human to sleep on; it's given me a backache!"
Just then, the old man on duty came to the door: "Deputy Factory Director, someone is looking for you." Lu Yuncheng subconsciously assumed it was Shen Qianqian and the others, and frowned, his tone extremely impatient.
Annoyed: "I've told you hundreds of times, just stop anyone who comes looking for me today and from now on!"
The old man asked timidly, "Do the police stop them too?"
...
The police visit to the factory even alarmed Zhao Ling, who immediately grabbed Lu Yuncheng, and the two hurriedly walked up to the police.
Zhao Ling asked with a smile, "Officer, what brings you here today?"
"Nothing much, I just came to see Lu Yuncheng," the policeman said. "Someone came to the station saying he owes money."
"We're not returning it; we just came to find out what's going on."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Ling felt a weight lifted from his heart; he had thought the police had come specifically for that matter.
He nudged Lu Yuncheng with his hand: "I'm asking you, what's going on with the money debt?" Lu Yuncheng really didn't expect Shen Qianqian to act so quickly; it only took the blink of an eye.
Take the matter to the police.
He didn't know how to explain this to everyone. He had promised Zhou Tian a thousand yuan in front of everyone yesterday, but now he was refusing to pay back the money.
Lu Yuncheng didn't want to lose face.
Seeing Lu Yuncheng remain silent, a worker in the crowd who had previously clashed with Lu Yuncheng suddenly spoke up: "What else could it be? It's just that the deputy factory director's wife occupied someone else's house, and the person came to their door demanding money. The deputy factory director is trying to have his cake and eat it too!"
"They promise to give them money in front of everyone to gain a good reputation, but then they turn their backs on them and refuse to give them a single penny!"
Zhao Ling felt ashamed for Lu Yuncheng after hearing this, as a matter had been so blatantly exposed to everyone.
Of course, what he cared about most was the image he and his factory projected in front of the police at that moment.
He didn't want to be seen as a liar by the police, otherwise it might implicate him in that matter.
"Xiao Lu, how much can a house in the village be worth? You should return it to them as soon as possible," Zhao Ling advised Lu Yuncheng.
Lu Yuncheng gritted his teeth and squeezed out three words: "One thousand yuan."
Zhao Ling cursed Lu Yuncheng in his heart: "What an idiot! He only causes him trouble!"
But on the surface, Zhao Ling still pretended to be amiable: "Oh, is that so? Then I'll make an appointment in advance."
Here's your salary for the next five months. Hurry up and pay them back!
After saying that, Zhao Ling wanted to maintain a good image in front of the police, so he continued, "It's such a small matter, yet you've gone to all this trouble. You see, I strongly oppose this kind of debt-ridden behavior. After all, the most important thing for a businessman is 'integrity'!"
Afterwards, Zhao Ling exchanged a few more pleasantries with the police before seeing them off.
After getting off work in the evening, Zhao Ling transferred the money to Lu Yuncheng and urged Lu Yuncheng to transfer the money to Zhou Tian and the others as soon as possible.
He didn't want the police to come knocking on his door again!
After receiving the money, Zhou Tian had dinner with Shen Qianqian and Lu Yunzhi to celebrate before embarking on his journey to find his sister.
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