She has never been one to tolerate others. "Dad, you are confused. Why should you give up your position for him? The worst that can happen is that you can pay some money to shut him up."
"His father is dead. Isn't it insulting to ask for money? The Chen family is no worse than ours. It will be even more embarrassing if we turn against each other."
Deputy Section Chief Yan has a particularly headache. He has four sons and only one daughter, and he usually gives her everything she wants.
Especially his mother, she has no bottom line when it comes to her only granddaughter.
When she was a child, she didn't like eating vegetables and would overturn the plate. He wanted to teach her a lesson but was stopped, saying that the child was ignorant and made another dish for her.
From then on, there would always be her favorite dishes on the table, and she would have to change them when she got tired of them.
Over time, she has been spoiled.
The grain station quota he had worked so hard to get when he first started working was wasted, and he had to apologize to others.
Okay, as a daughter, it’s normal for her to be a little spoiled. If she doesn’t want to work, then she doesn’t have to work. I can still support her at home.
Last year, she asked to go to the countryside, but she refused to go. He had no choice but to spend money and find a girl who was too old to go to the countryside, but whose family was not well off. He paid her a sum of money every month to let her take Yan Yiyi's place.
Before we could have a few days of peace, such a big incident happened again.
Deputy Section Chief Yan felt that none of the problems he had encountered in the unit over the years were as difficult as the one he was facing now.
There's no other way. It's my own daughter. If I want to teach her a lesson, I have to bring her home safe and sound, otherwise her mother will stand up and take the blame for her.
They are already old, so it’s better for them to stay out of trouble.
Let alone losing my job, I can focus on raising my sons. His career hasn't been going well lately and his chances of promotion are slim, so it's better to make use of his remaining energy.
Yan Yiyi tugged at his sleeve and refused to accept it. "Is there no other way? Go and investigate carefully. I don't believe it. Could this be the work of a ghost?"
While the father and daughter were arguing, many people came in from outside, including the police officer who was in charge of investigating the human traffickers' case at the time, and leaders and colleagues from Chen Lishu's former unit.
Two cadre families are involved, and they both take this matter very seriously.
Chen Guangde couldn't hold it in any longer and took the initiative to tell others about his father suddenly spending a large amount of money to buy food.
Someone went to the warehouse where he said the grain was temporarily stored, and found that there was not a single grain of grain inside.
There were only traces of vehicles entering on the ground, but no traces of vehicles coming out. People around also said that there were not many people coming and going, and they did not see anyone pulling a cart or driving a truck to pull it away.
If what Chen Lishu said is true, 12,000 kilograms of grain is not a small amount.
Even if you carry ten bags in one trip, you will have to go back and forth more than ten times, so the noise cannot be small.
So they guessed that those people just created the illusion of sending food and had no intention of trading with him. They then waited until he came with the balance and then killed him.
As for Yan Yiyi's past, it was either a coincidence or the group wanted to frame him.
Chen Guangde objected, "Impossible! My father personally checked it out. He said the grain was weighed exactly, nothing was missing, and it was all fresh grain. The money was well spent."
An older police officer scoffed, "Do you believe that? I've dealt with those ruthless people in the black market countless times. They're already being conscientious by not mixing sand into the grain and soaking it in water beforehand. They still think you can give us enough good grain? I'm afraid you're dreaming!"
The people around him thought it made sense. "Yeah, I think this is obvious. It's just a case of black robbing black. They only want money, not goods. I've seen this kind of thing many times."
"Those people are so kind that they want to eat their flesh and skin it. How can they be so kind? I told you not to deal with them. They don't care what official position you held in the past. They only care about money. Look, you've even lost your life."
"There's going to be a famine, why haven't I heard about it?"
"How could that be? My aunt is in the countryside. The last time she came, she said the harvest was good. It must have been someone from the black market who spread the news and set a trap for him, just to lure him in."
After hearing their detailed analysis of the common scams in the black market, most of which matched his father's experiences, even Chen Guangde couldn't guarantee whether they were true.
After all, his father just said a few words and didn't bring home a single grain of food.
He still said, "It's different. My dad is not old and confused. He won't lie about this kind of thing."
The old policeman refused to believe it. "Comrade Chen, do you know what happened to your father? I'm afraid even his family doesn't know who he really is. It's hard for us to believe what he said before he died."
Anyone with a discerning eye could understand that he was talking about Chen Lishu's exposed character, and there was a hint of irony in his words.
Chen Guangde also felt ashamed and hesitated for a long time without saying anything.
The police leader felt something was amiss. "Judging from the wounds on his body, he likely committed the crime out of a strong desire for revenge. It doesn't seem like someone from the black market would have done it."
"Perhaps he did something evil in the past that hasn't been exposed yet."
"I think it was someone from the black market who framed me and left it suspicious."
Everyone was busy collecting evidence, and soon people from the Revolutionary Committee rushed in aggressively.
"Chen Guangde, someone reported that someone in your family colluded with personnel from the grain department to steal state property. We sent people to search your home and found many banned books and property that is beyond your income. Don't you have any excuses?"
It's over.
The truth was revealed.
Chen Guangde's face turned pale and he suddenly resented his father.
If he hadn't behaved improperly, their family wouldn't have suffered all the subsequent misfortunes.
It’s easy to imagine that it must have been the Liu family who reported it.
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