As Fang Qiao spoke, she stared intently into Li Dan's eyes, her gaze slightly cold, her sharp eyes like knives piercing into Li Dan's gaze.
These words were meant for Sun Shuyi, and also for Li Dan.
Li Dan's eyes darted away, and she didn't dare to look Fang Qiao in the eye. The hand that was blocking Fang Qiao's arm fell down guiltily.
Fang Qiao twitched her lips, a hint of sarcasm flashing in her eyes, and then grabbed Sun Shuyi's arm and strode into the factory's office building!
Sun Shuyi stumbled as Fang Qiao pulled her, causing her to slump to the ground and refuse to move forward: "I won't go, I won't go..."
The factory leaders didn't like her to begin with, and they were already being exceptionally lenient by keeping her on the job last time. I wonder how they'll deal with her this time.
When the moment came, she finally realized the danger and began to regret her actions.
Sun Shuyi squatted on the ground, not daring to move forward, tears streaming down her face: "I'm sorry, I was wrong, Fang Qiao, I was wrong, I'll pay you back, I'll never do it again, let's settle this privately, please..."
Fang Qiao, however, would not let her go just because she begged for mercy a few times.
Does she really know she was wrong?
Not necessarily.
They're just afraid of being punished.
"What's going on? What's happening outside? Why is it so noisy?"
As they were talking, the door to the first office on the left side of the hall suddenly opened, and a middle-aged woman of about fifty years old walked out.
She wore a slightly yellowed white shirt, gray trousers, short black hair with a few stray white hairs, and a pair of worn black-rimmed glasses perched on her nose, giving her the appearance of a scholar, yet her eyes revealed the authority of a superior.
Fang Qiao had only been at the factory for a short time and didn't know her, but Chen Guizhi did. She immediately said, "Director Yang, Comrade Sun Shuyi has slandered and spread rumors that Comrade Fang Qiao hit her child. We've come to you to seek justice."
Director Yang is actually the deputy director, and his name is Yang Xiu.
The pharmaceutical factory has one factory director and four deputy factory directors. Adding "deputy" to "factory director" doesn't sound good, so everyone just calls them the factory director. Yang Xiu is the only woman in the leadership team.
Yang Xiu glanced expressionlessly at the large group of people who had followed them outside, and said to Fang Qiao and Sun Shuyi, who was squatting on the ground, "Come in with me."
After saying that, she turned and went back to her office.
Fang Qiao immediately followed Yang Xiu into the house. Xiao Jing, who was involved, followed along with An An and Tian Tian.
Chen Guizhi, being gossipy, took advantage of her good relationship with Fang Qiao and shamelessly followed them inside.
Sun Shuyi squatted on the ground, both shocked and frightened. She didn't want to go inside, but she had already been counted in front of Yang Xiu and dared not run away, because it would be useless to run away. She could run away but couldn't hide.
Li Dan sighed and helped her up from the ground: "Let's go inside."
While helping the person up, she whispered, "Apologize if you need to, pay if you need to. Don't be stubborn. A lie is a lie. It'll be clear once it's investigated. If you make a scene, you'll lose your job, you know? Be more polite in admitting your mistake and try to keep your job first. Don't say anything you shouldn't. If you don't have enough money, I'll give you some more."
It was to appease her, and also to shut her up.
"I know."
Sun Shuyi knows what's important.
That's the end of it. After all, involving Li Dan is pointless; she didn't do anything wrong.
She'll help me pay the money back, that's enough.
Li Dan helped Sun Shuyi into Yang Xiu's office, closing the door behind her to block out onlookers.
Once the door was closed, the already small room was immediately filled to the brim, making it feel extremely cramped.
Yang Xiu tapped the table and said in a deep voice, "Tell me, what's going on?"
Sun Shuyi didn't dare to speak, lowered her head guiltily, and tears streamed down her face.
Fang Qiao took An An into her arms and encouraged Xiao Jing by supporting her back.
Xiao Jing clenched her fists, secretly cheering herself on.
She stepped forward and, somewhat haltingly, explained the cause of the matter.
Here's what happened: Xiao Jing and Tian Tian were buying fabric from the supply and marketing cooperative when they passed by the entrance of the family compound. Xiao Jing overheard Sun Shuyi telling many of the women in the factory that Fang Qiao was beating her child at home.
Cheng Baidong was tall and handsome, and became the director of the factory at a young age, so both married and unmarried female colleagues in the factory paid close attention to him and his family.
Aside from Sun Shuyi's insatiable jealousy, no one had gossiped before. After all, the man was handsome, the woman was beautiful, and they even had a lovely little daughter.
Although the woman only has a junior high school education and no formal job, there are still many families where the man is the breadwinner and the woman stays at home these days.
As the saying goes: It's better to tear down a temple than to break up a marriage.
So there are many people who love to gossip, but not many who are truly immoral.
But Sun Shuyi said that Fang Qiao hitting the child was different. Who would have thought that a seemingly gentle and beautiful woman would hit a child!
Besides, if you hit your own child, people will just say a few words and that's it. After all, kids are very naughty these days, and who doesn't hit their child?
But hitting someone else's child is a different story; that's abuse! It's an incredibly shameful thing!
It's like pouring a bowl of water into a pan of oil; it explodes and pops all over the place.
The gossipy onlookers, asking all sorts of questions, only made Sun Shuyi more excited.
She already disliked Fang Qiao, and now that she's ruining her reputation, she's adding fuel to the fire and sparing no effort.
Unfortunately, Xiao Jing, who was passing by, overheard everything.
Xiao Jing was furious and rushed up to confront Sun Shuyi.
When two people can't agree on something, they start arguing and then they begin to fight.
Then Tian Tian called Fang Qiao over, and everyone knows what happened next.
After Xiao Jing finished speaking, Yang Xiu asked Sun Shuyi with a stern face, "Is what this young comrade said true?"
Sun Shuyi's shoulders trembled as she cried, too ashamed to speak.
Yang Xiu impatiently slammed her hand on the table, raising her voice: "Answer me!"
Sun Shuyi nodded silently, "Yes, it's true."
After she finished speaking, tears streamed down her face once again. Despite being the perpetrator, she cried as if she were the wronged party.
Having lived most of his life, Yang Xiu had seen all sorts of tricks. He was disgusted by Sun Shuyi's behavior and shouted sternly, "Wipe your tears clean! The person you've slandered isn't crying, so why are you crying? Stop crying!"
After reprimanding Sun Shuyi, Yang Xiu looked at Fang Qiao and Xiao Jing: "You must be Comrade Cheng Bodong's wife and sister. Sun Shuyi was wrong in this matter, spreading rumors and gossiping. The factory will definitely deal with such behavior seriously. What are your thoughts? I would like to hear your opinions for reference."
"Okay, Director Yang, since you want to hear my opinion, I'll just briefly share my thoughts. First, I hope to transfer her from the canteen's food serving window. She's a very petty person, and I'm afraid she'll hold a grudge and spit in my food in the future."
Fang Qiao's request was reasonable and well-founded, so Yang Xiu nodded and agreed: "Okay."
It seems the kitchen is short of a dishwasher, and the public restrooms are short of a toilet cleaner.
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