After answering the questions from my subordinate researchers, it was lunchtime.
Cheng Baidong retraced his steps and returned to the ground.
There was only one secret passage in the office building, which was the factory manager's office.
Fortunately, the factory director's office was a suite, and the inner room was off-limits. Apart from a few people in the factory who knew about it, no one knew that there was such a secret passage hidden in the factory director's office.
After finishing his work in the morning, Cheng Baidong went home for lunch as usual.
As soon as he entered the house, he could smell the aroma of food. Fang Qiao was just coming out of the kitchen with a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes. When she saw Cheng Baidong return, she smiled and said, "You're back just in time. Wash your hands and eat."
The warmth and familiarity of the home instantly dispelled the tension on Cheng Baidong's face.
He unconsciously curled the corners of his mouth and responded with a smile.
The case of 'Wu Tianyou' involved a wide range of issues, and was subsequently transferred to a specialized department.
Sun Shuyi and Li Dan were repeatedly questioned by the security department. Only after it was confirmed that they had been deceived and used and had not participated in the scheme were they released.
However, although they were being used, they made a serious mistake of principle throughout the entire process.
As factory workers and their families, they disregarded factory rules and, for petty gains, carelessly leaked factory information to outsiders, almost causing incalculable losses to the factory.
So although the person was released, they also lost their job.
Sun Shuyi was alright. Although she was dating Wu Tianyou, she was the type who was pretty but had an empty mind. All she thought about was eating, dressing, having fun, and how to keep a man. She knew all the gossip in the factory, but she knew nothing about the important information that Wu Tianyou wanted to know.
Unlike Sun Shuyi, who was completely taken advantage of by Wu Tianyou but gained nothing, Li Dan was much more shrewd.
Since she met Wu Tianyou by chance, she has received many valuable gifts from him, which she then resold on the black market for a considerable profit.
The dismissal was not unjust.
On the same day the two were released, the decision to expel Sun Shuyi was posted on the bulletin board.
The training class where Li Dan worked was a joint venture between a pharmaceutical factory and a steel factory. After the training class leaders learned of this, they also dismissed Li Dan.
As a married woman, Li Dan was able to continue living in the family compound even after losing her job.
Sun Shuyi is in a bad situation.
Her family's small villa had been confiscated and allocated to other people. Only one room was left for her family of three, which was then partitioned to accommodate the four of them.
Not long after, her parents and brothers were sent to the countryside, and she also faced the risk of being sent down to the countryside. So she hurriedly married a shepherd boy from the countryside, and the two continued to live in that small room.
Later, because the divorce was shady and her ex-husband's relatives kept causing trouble there, she moved into the factory's employee dormitory.
The neighborhood has a quota for sending workers to the countryside every quarter. She used to have a job and that's how she escaped this situation. Now that she's been fired from the factory, she'll definitely be "conscripted" when she goes back.
When Sun Shuyi finally packed her bags and left, she was filled with despair.
She knew that what lay ahead of her was a dark road with no hope in sight.
With the matter settled, Fang Qiao received a reward from Cheng Baidong—a thick envelope.
She was somewhat surprised: "What is this?"
Cheng Baidong gestured for Fang to open it: "Open it and take a look."
Fang Qiao opened it and found that it contained neatly bundled sheets of paper called "Big Unity" (a type of Chinese currency). After glancing at the thickness, he estimated that there were at least fifty sheets!
Fifty sheets!
Five hundred yuan!
Even after all these years of saving, the couple still didn't have this much!
Fang Qiao instinctively closed the gate to the yard to prevent the neighbors from overhearing and causing her to be burgled at night.
Pulling Cheng Baidong into the house, Fang Qiao lowered her voice and asked him, "How come you have so much money? Where did you get it?"
Cheng Baidong explained, "This money is a reward from the factory for my meritorious service in reporting spies. You can keep it without worry."
"Five hundred yuan for each report? The factory is that generous?"
Fang Qiao's eyes widened, and a get-rich-quick idea began to take shape in her mind.
One costs 500 yuan, two would cost 1,000 yuan.
If you report a dozen or so people, you'll have courtyard houses all around the Second Ring Road!
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