Chapter 252: Misappropriation of

public funds Xia Xuelian said yes, but her expression was a little hesitant, "This is too troublesome, it will increase the workload."

Yuan Xiao looked at her unhappily, "If you think the workload is too heavy, then hire someone to share it for you! I have said before that everything in the welfare home is for the children. If you can't do it, then find someone else."

Xia Xuelian's face was pale, "It can be done! I will go to recruit people tomorrow!"

Yuan Xiao closed the file and stood up: "I'm leaving first, I Take it away first, I will bring it back before I leave."

After sending Yuan Xiao away, Xia Xuelian looked panicked and asked the man beside her: "Guanjun, she won't find out, right?"

Xia Guanjun looked determined, "How could she find out? We filled it out truthfully. If she has the ability, she can go to every place to check. Those places are not close to us, she won't find out!" On

this side, Yuan Xiao came down from the dean's office and saw a little girl sitting at the door, looking very lonely.

Seeing Yuan Xiao walking towards her, she looked a little timid.

Yuan Xiao took out a White Rabbit candy from his pocket and put it in her palm, and she calmed down a little.

The girl asked timidly, "Can I have this?"

Yuan Xiao touched her head, "Yes, it's for you, eat it!"

The girl smiled with pursed lips, peeled off the candy wrapper, stuffed the candy into her mouth, squinted her eyes, "It's delicious, I've never eaten such delicious candy."

Yuan Xiao's expression froze, and then smiled and asked, "How could you not have eaten it before, didn't the dean's mother buy candy for you?"

Although she didn't have a photographic memory, she remembered that this was in the account book.

Because candy is not cheap, ordinary people may only eat it during the Chinese New Year.

The girl shook her head and said bitterly, "No, the director's mother never gave it to us. Sister... are you here to adopt us?"

Yuan Xiao laughed, "Isn't it good to be adopted? Then you will have a father and a mother."

The girl pouted and rested her chin on her knees, "My sister was adopted by someone and went to a very far place. My friends said that I would never see my sister again. They also said that when I turn ten, I will also be adopted..."

Yuan Xiao was shocked. Ten years old? Why ten years old?

She opened her mouth to ask something else, and then she heard Xia Xuelian's panicked voice: "Xiao Ye, what are you doing at the door? Why don't you take a shower?"

Xiao Ye stood up in a panic and disappeared in a flash.

Xia Xuelian seemed to be relieved and walked out hurriedly, "This child is really ignorant, did she not bother you?"

Yuan Xiao shook his head, "No, it's just that she said she had never eaten candy before, I think it's strange, didn't you buy it?"

Xia Xuelian hesitated for a few times and said, "Yes! I bought it, Xiaoye is new, so she didn't eat it, I'll buy it next time!"

"Is that so, then I'll leave first."

Yuan Xiao and Gu Lanting walked out of the welfare home one after another.

As soon as she walked out, her eyes were red.

Lie! The date on the account book clearly says that the candy was bought yesterday, how could it not be eaten?

This means that this thing was not bought at all!

Or, it was bought but not given to the child.

Gu Lanting held her hand and gave her silent comfort.

She was a little confused and looked at Gu Lanting: "Did I do something wrong..."

"No!" Gu Lanting hugged her in his arms, "You can't do everything by yourself. Even if you are wrong, you don't know people well. But Xiaoxiao, we can't see into people's hearts. This is unavoidable."

Yuan Xiao looked at him with red eyes: "You also noticed it, right?"

Gu Lanting's eyes sank slightly, and nodded, "Yes!"

She picked up the documents in her hand, "It's not just a problem of accounts, ten years old, why ten years old?"

Gu Lanting stroked her cheek, his voice low: "I have a guess, but you promised me not to get excited after listening to it."

Yuan Xiao nodded.

Gu Lanting flipped through the file, pulled out the girls' information pages, and pointed out the addresses of the families who adopted them one by one.

Some were in Guizhou Province, some in this province, and some were in other places he had never heard of.

"Because of the mission, I have been to various parts of China. In some mountainous areas, men who can't get married will buy their wives."

He had made it very clear.

Yuan Xiao's tears burst out instantly. If these children were really bought, they might never be found again in this lifetime. If

they were bought at this age, it would be more likely that they would be adopted as child brides.

"What should we do? What should we do now?"

Gu Lanting soothed softly, "Tomorrow we will ask Zhao Fubing to go to the welfare home. Since they eat meat every day, let's see how the children are eating. By the way, send someone to notify the Public Security Bureau to make preparations."

He could only hope that things were not as bad as they thought.

But the next day, Yuan Xiao made an impromptu raid and went to the canteen to see what the children were eating, only to find out that things were worse than she thought.

Yuan Xiao's eyes were wide open, staring at Xia Xuelian fiercely: "The account book says that meat must be purchased every day, but you only feed them these? Pork belly, pickled vegetables?"

Xia Xuelian was panicked and couldn't speak at all.

Xia Guanjun hurriedly said, "No, they ate too much greasy food a few days ago, so we cleaned their intestines and stomachs today."

Xia Xuelian quickly agreed, "That's right, children can't eat too much greasy food! Eating meat every day is not okay!"

Some older children were sensible and stood up to retort, "No, we eat this every day!"

The other children followed suit and cried.

"Yes, sister, we eat this every day!"

"Where is the meat? I haven't eaten meat for a long time!"

"I used to find meat in the trash can!"

"I want to eat meat!"

Yuan Xiao couldn't control his anger and slapped Xia Xuelian.

She didn't show any mercy in this slap, and her palm turned red.

Xia Guanjun wanted to step forward, but was frightened by Gu Lanting's cold eyes, so he had to shout at the top of his voice: "Although my aunt receives your salary, you have no right to bully her like this!"

Yuan Xiao sneered, "This is called bullying, are you human? A dog will wag its tail for me, but who are you, worse than animals! Forget it, don't insult animals!"

Xia Xuelian did not have the courage of Xia Guanjun, and knelt down and confessed: "I, I just need money urgently. , I embezzled public funds, it was not intentional! Give me some time, I will make up for it!"

Feng Yan came in from outside with several police officers, with a mocking look on his face: "In urgent need of money? Is it to build a house for your brother from your mother's side, or to marry your nephew, or to buy a house for your second brother from your mother's side?"

After that, Feng Yan walked to Gu Lanting and saluted: "Captain!"

Gu Lanting patted him on the shoulder, "I'm not the captain now, you are!"

After he left, Feng Yan took his position.

"Captain, I have checked it out! My good man, this woman has embezzled a lot of money. She spent more than a thousand yuan to apply for a homestead for her brother to build a house in his hometown, and it was a small building! Just the one next to her, her nephew, spent 500 yuan to marry a wife! It cost nearly 2,000 yuan to buy a house for her brother in the city!"

He not only thinks this woman is rich, he also thinks Yuan Xiao is rich!

After all, this money was given to others for free!