Chapter 145
Chai Qiaoying frowned and said, "What kind of man is he? What else did he say?"
"He was a middle-aged man, probably in his forties or fifties. He wasn't very good-looking, very dark, not very tall, thin, and he smelled of dry tobacco, which was quite choking. His clothes were decent, but he didn't look like a city person. He didn't say anything, just kept saying that our factory had kidnapped his wife, and asked the leader to get out and return his wife to him! When we went to talk to him, he pushed us and said that we were just gatekeepers, and he wouldn't talk to us unless the leader came over! He kept making a fuss and then cried, and we had no choice. It was almost time to get off work, and it wouldn't look good if many people saw him, and it would affect the reputation of our factory, so I hurried over to ask the leader to come." The big brother said as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.
The weather in early July has gradually become hotter, and Xia Qingtang and the others were sweating while climbing up and down. They would definitely be upset if they encountered something like this, and it would probably get even hotter.
Cheng Shuangmin said: "Our factory has recruited many people from other units. It is possible that his lover came to work in our factory."
Wang Qing touched Li Zifang's back with great interest and said silently, "Do you want to go out and take a look?"
Anyway, there is no work to do today, so I might as well go out and watch the fun before leaving get off work.
Li Zifang shook his head, indicating that he didn't want to go. He was not the type of person who liked to join in the fun, so naturally he wouldn't be interested in such things.
Wang Qing curled his lips and snorted coldly.
Others were not very interested in this matter. Xia Qingtang looked at the door lazily, thinking about buying some snacks to bring back tonight. He hadn't eaten egg cake for a while and was craving for it.
Chai Qiaoying pondered for a while and said, "Okay, I'll go out with you to take a look. If his lover really works in our factory, then this kind of thing is indeed under the jurisdiction of our factory."
Cheng Shuangmin said, "Director Chai, I'll go with you. He's a gay man. If there's a fight, it would be more convenient for me to be there."
"Okay, you come with me."
Just as Chai Qiaoying was about to leave, a small voice rang out in the office. It was from Shen Wen, who was sitting in the first row. Her voice was trembling slightly and sounded out of tune. She said, "Director Chai, wait a minute..."
Only then did the others notice that Shen Wen seemed to be a little abnormal. Her head drooped heavily and her upper body was trembling slightly, visibly.
Chai Qiaoying walked to her desk and whispered, "Xiao Shen, are you okay? Are you feeling unwell?"
Shen Wen clenched her fists tightly and tried to control her voice, but she was still trembling. She said, "I'm not feeling unwell... Director Chai... can I... talk to you alone?"
Chai Qiaoying was a smart person and had rich work experience. She immediately connected what the security guard said with Shen Wen.
So, Chai Qiaoying nodded and said, "Sure, come with me to the office."
The security guard was a little anxious: "Director Chai, are you still going to the office? What about the man at the door? We really have no other choice."
Chai Qiaoying thought for a moment and said in a deep voice, "Let Xiaocheng and Xiaoxia go and handle it first. Xiaocheng, you talk to him first and ask him about the specific situation, such as what he wants and whether anything happened at home. I will go over right after I finish talking to Xiaoshen."
Cheng Shuangmin immediately said, "Yes, I understand."
Although Xia Qingtang was a little surprised, she was indeed the most respected person in this office except Cheng Shuangmin, so she could only say, "I'll go there with the deputy director right away."
She put the things on the table into a drawer and locked it.
Shen Wen followed Chai Qiaoying to the small office, and could see that her whole body was trembling. Xia Qingtang also guessed that the thin, dark man outside the door was probably related to Shen Wen.
After Chai Qiaoying closed the office door, Wang Qing sneered, "Xiao Xia is really amazing. They asked the leader to go over and solve the problem. How could you, a non-leader, be called over?"
Xia Qingtang was walking towards the door. When she heard this, she turned around and smiled brightly at him, saying, "Yes, I am valued by my leader, which shows that I am capable. Are you envious?"
"You!" Wang Qing was so angry that he wanted to continue scolding, but Xia Qingtang had already walked out with Cheng Shuangmin, so she couldn't hear him anymore. He could only kick Xia Qingtang's chair hard in anger.
He was a gay man and was naturally very strong. With this kick, Xia Qingtang's chair flew to the wall with a clang and stopped only after it hit the wall.
Shi Xiaoyu looked back and immediately got angry: "Wang Qing, what are you doing? You're fighting in the office?"
"Who did it? Which hand did you see me use?" Wang Qing sneered, "Don't yell anymore. You usually play with Xia Qingtang all day long, but he is so valued by his boss that he obviously doesn't take you seriously. For someone like you, you are only fit to be Xia Qingtang's little follower!"
"Wang Qing, let me tell you, don't talk so harshly. Do you think I don't know that you are jealous of Xiao Xia being valued by the leader? But don't you think about why the leader values Xiao Xia? That's because Xiao Xia is capable! You are not valued because you are incompetent! Only cowardly and incompetent people will take out their anger on other people's chairs! Also, does it matter to you who I am a follower of? I am happy to be Xiao Xia's follower. Are you envious? Because no one here wants to talk to you, and no one wants to play with you!" Shi Xiaoyu sneered, with contempt in his eyes.
Wang Qing was so angry that he was shaking all over, because he was indeed the one with the worst popularity in the office. Several female comrades would take a detour when they saw him, not to mention that the two male comrades, Cheng Shuangmin and Li Zifang, basically ignored him. Except for work-related matters, no one in the office would talk to him.
During lunch, Xia Qingtang and the other three girls always gathered together to chat and laugh. Li Zifang and Cheng Shuangmin could also sit together to talk about work and some recent news. Only he was always alone.
He actually didn't want to be alone, but whenever he sat next to Li Zifang and Cheng Shuangmin, the two of them would bury their heads in their food and not say a word.
Of course he knew that everyone disliked and excluded him, so he was always full of complaints and didn't understand why Li Zifang couldn't be of the same mind as him.
Li Zifang is also a person who is not valued by the leader. The two of them should unite against the enemy and get rid of Xia Qingtang, the ostentatious woman!
Every time this happened, he would miss the time when Yang Dachuan was still around. Yang Dachuan was rich and powerful. When they were around him, even the female employees would smile at him. Not to mention that Yang Dachuan was generous and he could always get free cigarettes and candies.
Once, Yang Dachuan gave him a high-quality handkerchief sold in a department store, but because there was a small drop of ink on it, he took it home and asked his mother to wash it. Now he is using it as stylishly as ever.
Ever since Yang Dachuan left, Wang Qing suddenly became the disliked person in the office. He didn't know what he had done wrong, nor did he know why his colleagues disliked him. But Shi Xiaoyu's words really touched his wounds. After all, although he didn't say it normally, this was what he cared about most.
"If you've got the guts, say that again?" Wang Qing suddenly stood up, his eyes red, his right hand pointing directly at the tip of Shi Xiaoyu's nose, his left hand clenched into a fist, looking as if he was about to rush up and attack in the next second.
Shi Xiaoyu stood there fearlessly. She smiled and said, "What? You still want to hit someone? Come on, hit me!"
Li Zifang, who had been ignoring this place, had no choice but to stand up. He took a step forward to block Wang Qing, and then said in a deep voice: "Wang Qing, Director Chai is in the office. Do you really not want to do this? If we are kicked out from here, we will just starve to death at home. Have you thought it through?"
Wang Qing's eyes were bloodshot and his nostrils were wide open, showing that he was very angry. But when he heard these words, he suddenly wilted like a deflated ball.
After hesitating for a few seconds, he put his right hand down. Although his nostrils were still wide open, his eyelids had drooped - his momentum had dissipated.
Li Zifang said: "Sit down and calm down first, or go to the bathroom and wash your face with cold water."
Wang Qing pushed him away with his shoulder and walked out with his head lowered.
Li Zifang sighed and said, "Master, why bother to fight with him?"
"I'm fighting with him? He kicked over Xiaoxia's chair for no reason! Who does he think he is? Why should I indulge him?" Shi Xiaoyu was not convinced.
Li Zifang said: "I know that everyone dislikes him, but after all, he is an office worker and we see each other all the time. If things get too awkward, it will be uncomfortable to work with him in the future."
"You should tell him who made the atmosphere in the office tense. It wasn't me."
"He just has a bad mouth, but he's not really a bad person." Li Zifang walked over, reached out to pick up Xia Qingtang's chair, and then put it back in its place.
Shi Xiaoyu said, "I don't agree with you. What is a bad person? Do people who kill people and set fires have to be bad people? We ordinary people work and live honestly all our lives. People like him are not good people. If you want to spoil him, that's your business. I don't want to spoil him. Is that not okay? At worst, we can go to Director Chai to sort it out and see who is wrong!"
Li Zifang sighed again: "You are right, but he was so angry that his eyes turned purple. When he comes in later, please don't provoke him anymore, okay?"
"Okay, I'll give you a favor." Shi Xiaoyu said, "It's really boring. It would be better if we didn't have this person in our office."
On the other side, Xia Qingtang and Cheng Shuangmin had already walked to the factory gate and saw the thin and dark man that the security guard had mentioned.
He was sitting on the ground two meters away from the guard room, with a dirty cloth bag next to him. The bag was bulging, and no one knew what was in it.
He looked like a man who was almost fifty years old, with a crew cut, a square face, an ugly appearance, and a dark face full of wrinkles. He wore a white Dacron shirt on the upper body, army green trousers on the lower body, and a pair of green Liberation shoes on his feet. He was indeed dressed quite decently, but his face and temperament did not look like a city person. He looked more like an old farmer from the countryside who rarely came to the city. The clothes he wore might have been borrowed from relatives.
As for his height, it cannot be seen for the time being, after all, he is sitting.
When the man saw the security guard coming with two people, he immediately raised his head and shouted, "Is this the leader?"
"It's the leader! This is the deputy director of the factory office, Director Cheng!" The security guard wiped the sweat from his forehead and said loudly: "You can tell Director Cheng anything you want to say!"
The man probably couldn't tell how important a leader the factory director was. He squinted at Cheng Shuangmin's plain white shirt and black pants, then looked at his black cloth shoes, and said, "I want to see the factory director! The factory director is a big leader!"
Cheng Shuangmin walked over, squatted in front of him, and said gently: "Hello, comrade, my name is Cheng Shuangmin, I am the deputy director of the factory office. The factory director and others are not in the factory today. If you have any questions, you can tell me first. I understand the situation. If I can help you, then the problem can be solved. If I can't help you, I can help you convey it to the factory director. After all, our factory director is a foreigner, and he speaks a foreign language, so you may not understand him, comrade."
The dark and thin man squinted his eyes and thought about it. He probably felt that this was true, so he said, "Can what I told you really help me solve the problem?"
Xia Qingtang was standing closer to him at this time, and indeed she smelled a pungent smell of dry tobacco. She couldn't help but take a step back to let the air get fresher.
Cheng Shuangmin didn't despise it at all. He just squatted there and said with a smile, "Comrade, you speak first. We have to speak out about this matter first before we can judge whether it can be solved!"
"Then give my wife back to me!"
"Does your wife work in our factory?"
"Yes, otherwise what am I doing here? My wife ran away from home. I asked a lot of people and found out that she came to work in your factory! There are children at home who are still in school. Why is she staying here? Hurry up, give my wife back to me. I want to take her back!"
Cheng Shuangmin asked, "May I ask what your wife's name is? Which department does she work in?"
"Her name is Shen Wen. How would I know what department she is in? I told you she ran away from home!" The dark and thin man shouted, "Aren't you the director? Hurry and call my wife out!"
Cheng Shuangmin turned around and looked at Xia Qingtang.
Obviously, neither of them was surprised by this incident. When they were in the office, they had already guessed that this man had a relationship with Shen Wen.
But Xia Qingtang was still very surprised. She didn't expect Shen Wen to marry such a man.
Although Shen Wen is old and haggard now, one can tell from her facial features that she must have been a beautiful girl when she was young, and she was admitted to university. A beautiful girl with knowledge and culture actually married such a man, and a man who is more than ten years older than her...
The reason why Xia Qingtang was surprised was not only because this dark and thin man was ugly, short, and old, but also because this man had a vulgar temperament and it was obvious that he was not from the same world as Shen Wen...
But in that era, many people were forced to marry such people due to some unavoidable reasons...
No wonder Shen Wen was so timid. How could she still have confidence after spending so many years with a man like this?
What little self-confidence she had was probably worn away by the pain of the years.
Xia Qingtang sighed in her heart. She looked at Cheng Shuangmin, wanting to know how he was going to solve this matter.
Cheng Shuangmin thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Comrade, what is your name?"
"My name is Wu Dayou. Why are you asking this? Just call my wife out!" The man glared at Cheng Shuangmin impatiently.
Cheng Shuangmin still had a smile on his face. He said, "There are a lot of employees in our factory, and there are many people with the same name. You only said a name, and I don't know which department she works in. I have to check the factory roster before I can find this person for sure."
"Then go find her now! What are you standing here for? Don't think you are so great just because you are a director! I tell you, that's my wife. Your factory has detained her. That's kidnapping! I am going to take my wife back now! Hurry up, hand over my wife! Do you hear me? Hand her over!" The man stretched out his hand and pushed, and Cheng Shuangmin, who was kneeling unsteadily, was pushed down by him.
Xia Qingtang hurried over to help Cheng Shuangmin up, then said softly: "Comrade Wu, please talk nicely if you have something to say. Don't touch our leader! This is the leader. If he gets hurt, you can't afford it."
Although her voice was soft, her tone was serious, as if she was deliberately giving him a warning.
Wu Dayou was frightened by her. He rolled his eyes and whispered, "I didn't mean to do that. I just touched the leader lightly. The leader is not made of paper. How could I know that he would fall down with just one push?"
Cheng Shuangmin stood up, gently patted the dust off his body, and his face became serious.
He said, "Comrade Wu, this is what you said. You said there is a woman named Shen Wen working in our factory and she is your lover. But we are a big factory and these things need proof. Do you have anything to prove that the person you are talking about is your husband and wife?"
"What? Do you need to prove it again? The woman I married has slept with me for more than ten years and gave birth to two children for me. How could I make a mistake about my own woman?" Wu Dayou was angry.
Xia Qingtang said in a deep voice: "You said you have a wife, then you can definitely prove it. We married people all have marriage registration certificates, you should show it to us, so that it will count. Otherwise, if your comrade Wu comes here today and says that you have a lover working in our factory, and someone else comes here the day after tomorrow and says the same thing, we won't know whether it's true or not. What if you are a liar?"
"What? You dare to say that I'm a liar? Believe it or not, I will beat you up?" Wu Dayou jumped up from the ground and raised his fist.
Xia Qingtang immediately dodged backwards, Cheng Shuangmin hurried to block her, and the security guard next to them reacted quickly and reached out to grab Wu Dayou.
"Comrade, please talk nicely. This person is a female comrade. If you hit someone, something serious will happen."
"What's wrong with the woman? She said I was a liar! I'm going to beat her to death!" Wu Dayou was so angry.
Xia Qingtang said: "If you do this again, we will call the police!"
Cheng Shuangmin said: "She didn't say you were a liar, she said you have to prove that you and that woman are married. If you can't prove it, we can't just deal with it casually. How about this? Tell me in detail what happened? Since you have a lover and two children at home, why did your lover run away? Also, which unit do you work for? Otherwise, I'll call your unit, your unit can always prove your lover's affairs, right?"
Wu Dayou said, "I work at the Hongxing County Health Center. My father was the director of the health center. If you ask, everyone knows that my wife's name is Shen Wen. My eldest son is twelve years old, and my youngest son is ten years old. They are both in primary school in the county! If you don't believe me, go and ask! I tell you, if you find out clearly, you can quickly return my wife to me! This is just a shabby factory of yours, how can you call it a big factory? You specialize in kidnapping other people's wives! It's not a decent place at first glance!"
Cheng Shuangmin said in a deep voice: "Comrade Wu, let's talk it over nicely. Even if your wife comes to work in our factory, it is her freedom. She is an adult and can work anywhere she wants. Our factory is the most important factory in the city, and all recruitment is supervised by the city leaders. If you keep talking nonsense, I can ask the police to come and take care of this matter."
Wu Dayou snorted coldly and said, "What do you mean by freedom or not? She is my wife! If she comes here to work, what will happen to my family? Who will wash the clothes and who will cook? The kids at home have to come back to the canteen every day. What's the big deal? After getting married, you should serve your husband well, respect your parents-in-law, and raise your children! It's not like she doesn't have a job in the county. Our family has found her a job as a salesperson! The supply and marketing cooperative is a lucrative job, and it's leisurely. She can take care of the family when she gets home from work. What on earth is she dissatisfied with? Why does she come to work in such a shabby place? I see that you are not young anymore, and you must have a wife. Let me ask you, if your wife goes to work in a faraway place, will you be happy?"
Cheng Shuangmin said: "No matter where my wife wants to work, I will support her. As for family matters, the child is not hers alone. As a father, can't I take care of the child?"
"It's so easy for you to say that. This matter has not fallen on your head! Okay, okay, leader, don't waste time with me here. Hurry up and make a phone call. Go and ask our hospital to see if my wife's name is Shen Wen! Did she run away and doesn't want our family anymore?" Wu Dayou held his chin high, looking very arrogant.
Cheng Shuangmin pulled Xia Qingtang aside and whispered, "I'll call the Hongxing County Health Center to confirm. You go back to the office and tell them about this. Tell Xiao Shen not to come out rashly. This man doesn't look safe."
"I understand." Xia Qingtang said, "Then I'll go over now."
After saying that, she walked quickly towards the office building.
Cheng Shuangmin also went to the telephone room to make a call. Xia Qingtang returned to the office and found that the door of the small office was still closed, which meant that the two of them were probably still talking.
"Xiao Xia is back? How's the situation at the door?" Shi Xiaoyu asked.
Xia Qingtang said: "The deputy director has gone to call to confirm the man's workplace. I will come back and tell Director Chai about the basic situation."
After saying that, she knocked on the door of the small office.
"What's wrong?" The door opened, Chai Qiaoying gently revealed her face and asked in a low voice: "What's going on outside?"
"Can I go in and talk?" Xia Qingtang also lowered his voice.
"Come in." Chai Qiaoying opened a gap and let Xia Qingtang in.
Outside, Wang Qing stared at the door and whispered, "This doesn't look right. What's going on so secretly?"
Shi Xiaoyu and Li Zifang were both looking down at the newspapers and no one paid any attention to him. Wang Qing could only vent his anger by smashing his notebook.
As soon as Xia Qingtang walked into the small office, he saw Shen Wen crying.
Her face was red from crying, her eyes were swollen like walnuts, and she was still crying with a wrinkled handkerchief covering her mouth.
Xia Qingtang whispered, "The man outside the door is called Wu Dayou. He said he was a staff member of Hongxing County Health Center. His lover is called Shen Wen. She left him and their two children to work in our factory. He wants us to return his lover to him."
Shen Wen paused for a moment, and tears began to flow down the corners of his eyes.
Chai Qiaoying asked, "Where's Xiaocheng?"
"He called the Hongxing County Health Center to confirm whether it was true." Xia Qingtang said.
Shen Wen choked up and said, "It's all true. That person was my former lover... I... I divorced him, and I don't want to go back with him."
"Don't be afraid. No one is asking you to go back." Chai Qiaoying said, "You live in the factory dormitory anyway. He can't get in through the factory gate. You are safe. Don't worry."
"What should he do? If he stays at the door, it will be time to get off work soon, and everyone will know."
"This is easy to handle. Don't worry. You are already divorced, and you have nothing to do with him. Besides, you have never registered before, and you are not listed in their household register. In fact, there is no relationship between you two. And your organizational relationship has been transferred from the Hongxing County Supply and Marketing Cooperative to our factory. You are a member of our factory, so don't worry about this." Chai Qiaoying said, "Just sit here and don't go out. I will go find Xiaocheng first, and then see how to get rid of that person. Even if we can't get rid of him for the time being, we will find a way to invite him to sit in the reception room, and we will never let anyone else know about this."
"Thank you Director Chai... Thank you so much..." Shen Wen sobbed again.
Chai Qiaoying whispered, "You're welcome. You're my subordinate, and I will definitely protect you."
After saying that, Chai Qiaoying pulled Xia Qingtang out.
They went to the telephone room first. Cheng Shuangmin had confirmed it. He said, "Director Chai, Comrade Wu Dayou is indeed from the Hongxing County Health Center. The person on the other end of the phone said that he married Shen Wen more than ten years ago. Shen Wen was sent to work in the countryside at the time. Once he was sick and was hospitalized in the health center, where he met Wu Dayou. After that, no one knew what happened, but they got married. After marriage, Shen Wen went from the countryside to the Wu family, and the Wu family found her a job in a supply and marketing cooperative. It is said that Wu Dayou is a very irritable person. When he is drunk, he will beat people, either Shen Wen or the children. Shen Wen was beaten several times in the middle of the night and was sent to the health center for treatment. The people in their health center only recently heard that Shen Wen ran away from the Wu family and said that he didn't want the child anymore. Wu Dayou has been looking for Shen Wen for more than ten days, and they only knew that Wu Dayou had found them after receiving the call."
Xia Qingtang sighed softly in her heart. She had long guessed that Shen Wen's marriage would definitely be unhappy, but she had never expected it to be so miserable. No wonder she was so scared when she heard the thin and dark man coming over.
A person who has been beaten for many years will always feel afraid unconsciously when facing the murderer.
Chai Qiaoying said: "Xiao Shen just told me about these things. She and Wu Dayou are not registered. They only set up a few tables of wine in the county, and it was not written in the Wu family's household registration book. So their marriage relationship cannot be considered a legal one. Even if it is a legal marriage relationship, you can file for divorce. Now Xiao Shen finally got the help of a noble person to escape from the county and come to work here. We must protect her well."
Cheng Shuangmin nodded seriously: "Yes, then Director, what should we do now?"
"Well, I'll go to the reception room now, and you tell him that your leader knows about this and is checking the employee roster. Ask him to go to the reception room to talk to the leader. Get him to the reception room first so that he won't be seen by too many people."
"yes."
"Also, get two policemen to come over to the door. Wu Dayou is used to getting physical, so it's better to have the police present."
"Okay, anything else?"
Chai Qiaoying said: "No more, go and call for help first."
After Cheng Shuangmin left, Chai Qiaoying said, "Xiao Xia, go get a bottle of water and make some tea in the reception room. Tell those young comrades that we have to work overtime and they can go home first. It doesn't matter if we work late at night. The factory has a small car. I'll ask it to take us home."
"Okay, I got it. I'll go get some water now." Xia Qingtang said, and walked out.
When they returned to the big office, it was completely silent except for Wang Qing who was banging his notebook.
Xia Qingtang said: "Director Chai asked me to tell you that you can go back after get off work."
"What about you?" Shi Xiaoyu asked.
"We're going to work overtime."
"How do you get home at night?"
"Director Chai said that the factory car can take us back, so don't worry." Xia Qingtang smiled, walked to where the thermos bottles were placed, tried the feel, and found that each thermos was almost empty, so he picked up one of them and planned to go to the boiler room to boil some water first.
"Xiao Xia, what are you going to do?" Li Zifang asked.
Xia Qingtang said: "I'll go to the reception room to make tea for the guests."
"What guest? He's just the man at the door." Wang Qing curled his lips.
"Director Chai said that person is a guest, so that person is a guest. I am a subordinate, and I will do whatever my leader says." Xia Qingtang smiled lightly and went out.
After getting some hot water from the boiler room, Xia Qingtang went straight to the reception room and found that Wu Dayou had been invited in and Chai Qiaoying was talking to him with a smile on her face.
Chai Qiaoying is a very imposing leader. When she first came to work here, even Xia Qingtang respected her more, so when Wu Dayou was in front of her, he became restrained.
Xia Qingtang knocked on the door, took out a clean teacup and tea can from the cabinet, and made a cup of hot tea for Wu Dayou.
Wu Dayou touched the handle of his teacup nervously and said, "Leader, I just want to find my wife. My wife really works here. I don't know which workshop she works in, but she must be here. Have you checked the roster?"
"There are hundreds of people on the roster. My subordinates are checking it. Don't panic. Once they find out, they will definitely come and tell us. But before that, I want to make it clear to you that our place is a big factory. It's a big factory that the governor and mayor pay close attention to. There are people watching it from top to bottom, so we have to abide by rules and regulations when doing things." Chai Qiaoying said slowly.
"Yes, yes, there must be rules and regulations, but didn't the male leader just make a phone call? Just ask the people in our health center and you will know. My wife is Shen Wen. She has been married to me for more than ten years, and we have two children! Aren't these rules and regulations?" Wu Dayou's voice became weak.
Chai Qiaoying said: "Rules and regulations require written evidence. For example, if you are a couple, you must have a marriage registration certificate, or you can bring your household registration book, which will also state your marital relationship. You also know that I am a big leader. Without these two written proofs, I certainly cannot hand over the female employees of our unit casually. You know, the world is so chaotic now, and there are often cases of women being snatched outside. It's not that I don't believe you, and I don't think you are a bad person, but I am a leader and I must follow the rules and regulations when doing things. I want to see your written proof before I can bring out the female comrade you mentioned."
"Why is it so troublesome? In our county, marriage is marriage, and all the neighbors know that we are married. Why do we need a written certificate?" Wu Dayou became impatient.
"You are in the county, and we are in the provincial capital, how can they be the same? Besides, why are you so nervous? You said you have been married for more than ten years, and your children are so grown up. Your wife's name must be written on your household registration book. Just bring it over for us to see." Chai Qiaoying was still slow.
Wu Dayou's expression suddenly turned ugly. He pounded the coffee table in the reception room with his fists, muttering, "Damn it, why is it so troublesome... I shouldn't have listened to my mother and written my wife's name on it..."
"Oh, Comrade Wu, the coffee tables we use here are very expensive. If they are broken, you will have to compensate according to the price." Chai Qiaoying smiled.
Wu Dayou's fist paused there. He looked at Chai Qiaoying and after a long while, he said, "Then you should go check the roster first to see if Shen Wen works here! Also, see which workshop she is from!"
"No, you have to show us your proof first. I can only tell you other things after I'm sure you're really here to look for your wife and that you're not a kidnapper. These are the rules and regulations that we all have to abide by..."
"Then what do you mean? Did I come here for nothing today?"
"It's really tiring for you to run around, but there's nothing I can do. If I don't follow the rules and regulations, I won't be able to keep my position as a leader. I can't take that risk, don't you think?"
"Then I'll go home and ask our company to issue a certificate that Shen Wen and I are husband and wife. Is that okay?"
"Can your unit give you such a certificate? But I remember that your wife works at the county supply and marketing cooperative. How can you, as a unit, issue a certificate for people from different units?"
Wu Dayou shouted, "Then I'll find a supply and marketing cooperative and open one too!"
"That's fine too. You go back and start working first. Tomorrow is Sunday and the factory is closed. You can come back on Monday. Then just come to me. My last name is Chai."
Wu Dayou clenched his fists tightly, still looking very unwilling, he didn't want to leave.
Chai Qiaoying didn't rush him, nor was she in a hurry. She just spoke to him softly and let him drink tea.
Wu Dayou stayed in the reception room for more than 20 minutes. Seeing that his tricks really didn't work and the female leader didn't give him any leeway, he could only stand up and say, "Then I'll go back and get a certificate."
"Okay, I'll ask Deputy Director Cheng to take you out." Chai Qiaoying said with a smile, "It's getting late, be careful on the road and stay safe."
At this time, there was no bus back to the county. Wu Dayou also realized this, so he said, "I came to your factory to ask you for business, but now my business has been delayed and I haven't completed it. Shouldn't you open a guesthouse for me to stay for one night?"
Chai Qiaoying's face turned cold: "We don't have such a rule in our factory."
Wu Dayou's eyebrows jumped: "Then I will live here and not leave!"
"What's wrong? What happened?"
The two policemen were led in by the security guard. Chai Qiaoying immediately went over to shake hands with them and said, "Hello, policemen. It's like this. A comrade named Wu Dayou from Hongxing County is here. He wants to stay overnight in our factory, but our factory has some confidential information, as you know..."
"Why are you spending the night here? Go out and find a hostel." The police said, "Don't make trouble here, come with us!"
"I didn't cause any trouble!" Wu Dayou panicked.
No matter how arrogant he is, he will still be scared when he sees two tall policemen.
"If you're not causing any trouble, then come with us. You heard it too. We have confidential information here. If something is really missing, can you afford to pay for it? Come on, come on, follow us!"
"I won't go with you. I haven't done anything wrong! I'll go by myself!" Wu Dayou walked out angrily carrying his cloth bag.
Chai Qiaoying sent them out and thanked the police officers.
The policeman smiled and said, "You're welcome. This is what I should do. We will take this person over for questioning. Don't worry, if there is anything strange about his origin, I will definitely inform you as soon as possible."
"Okay, thank you." Chai Qiaoying took Cheng Shuangmin and Xia Qingtang and stood there watching them leave.
After everyone had gone far away, Chai Qiaoying said, "Let's go back to the office."
At this moment, everyone else had gone off work, leaving Shen Wen alone sitting in the large office. She didn't turn on the lights, just sat in her seat, trembling slightly.
Xia Qingtang turned on the light and said softly, "Officer Shen, the man was taken away by the police."
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