Chapter 113 Finding the Culprit
"Team leader, you have to testify for me!" Liu Tao called out to the person in charge of the first shift in the ironmaking workshop.
Their ironmaking workshop operates in two shifts, one and two.
At this time, the squad leader of Class 1 stood up and said, "Section Chief An, Liu Tao told me about this matter at the time."
An Jianjun glanced between the two of them, "Then do you know approximately when he asked you for leave?"
"I remember. I kept a record of it. It was around ten o'clock."
"Oh? A little after ten, so that means he was working normally before then."
"Does anyone know that Liu Tao has been to the coke warehouse?"
As soon as An Jianjun said this, Liu Tao immediately became unhappy. "Section Chief An, what do you mean by this? Are you doubting me?"
"I'm just conducting a normal investigation. What's wrong? Is there something you're asking that we're not allowed to know?"
As soon as An Jianjun saw Liu Tao's evasive look, he knew that this matter had something to do with him. Considering his previous behavior of smoking secretly, he became suspicious.
If he had behaved normally, he wouldn't have suspected him, but he took leave because of a stomachache, and he hasn't shown up for so long. Isn't this a sign of guilty conscience?
"I know!"
"I remember that around nine o'clock, Liu Tao and Xiao Ping went to get coke. They went there." A classmate of the two said immediately.
"I...we did take the coke and then added it to the furnace. We didn't do anything else. The accident in the warehouse has nothing to do with us!" Another person quickly explained.
An Jianjun's eyes shuttled back and forth between Liu Ping and Liu Tao, and any small movement they made when they looked at each other did not escape An Jianjun's eyes.
"Oh? I didn't do anything else, like... taking the opportunity to smoke a cigarette." An Jianjun took out a cigarette butt.
"Which of you two is this?"
Seeing the cigarette butt in An Jianjun's hand, both of them panicked.
Li Ping immediately said, "This is not me. I... Liu Tao and I went to the coke warehouse together to get coke. We did smoke, and I took away all the cigarette butts and threw them in the toilet. Liu Tao was the last one to leave and close the warehouse door."
"Ping, what nonsense are you talking about!" Liu Tao thought Ping would not betray him. They both agreed that neither of them would tell the other about smoking.
"I didn't want to, but... this is such a big thing, and it has nothing to do with me. I looked carefully when I left, and it must have been your cigarette butt that fell in there."
Ping is not stupid. If he doesn't tell the truth at this time, it will be difficult for him to share the responsibility with Liu Tao.
It was Liu Tao who caused the trouble in the first place, so why should he take half the blame?
"Okay, haven't I told you time and again not to smoke in the workshop? If you can't help it, go to the toilet or smoke outside and then come back. Do you want to die?"
The squad leader was also furious. The last time Liu Tao was caught smoking with a few others, he had discussed this issue with them in a meeting. If they still didn't repent, it would cause a big disaster.
Their workshop is inherently dangerous, with a lot of combustible materials and a large furnace, and their superiors also have high expectations of their workshop.
We don't know how much the factory has lost now, and there's no way they can keep their jobs.
"Liu Tao, you still won't tell the truth, right? Then we will hand you over to the public security department." Section Chief Liang scolded.
Liu Tao was trembling with fear. "I... I didn't mean to. I was taking out the coke and I had a cigarette in my mouth. I didn't expect it to fall in without paying attention. I searched for it for a long time but couldn't find it. I was scared... so I left quickly, thinking it couldn't be such a coincidence, it was just a cigarette butt..."
Liu Tao was afraid that his deeds would be discovered, so he began to pretend to have a stomachache and frequently asked for leave from the squad leader to create evidence of his absence.
Unexpectedly, something happened in the end, alarming the entire factory.
"Asshole!" Section Chief Qi was so angry that he really wanted to give Liu Tao two big slaps.
If we had found someone to deal with it immediately, there would have been no need to mobilize so many people and lose so much coke.
If this happened in the middle of the night and the entire warehouse was filled with coke, it would lead to even more serious consequences, such as explosion and carbon monoxide poisoning. None of these would be a small matter, and many people would die.
"I was wrong, Section Chief, Deputy Director, please forgive me. I will definitely pay attention next time." Liu Tao was also scared and quickly knelt down to beg them.
"There is no future!" The deputy factory director kicked the man away and left angrily.
How dare I employ such a person?
"Squad leader, please help me. I will definitely not do that again." Liu Tao went to ask the squad leader again.
"Taozi, you're not a child anymore. You're already twenty years old. You have to be responsible for your own actions. Not everything can be solved by your mother coming over and making a fuss. Not only did you not learn your lesson from the last incident, but you've caused even bigger trouble this time. I can't help you."
The squad leader had no choice. He usually saw Liu Tao and his mother depend on each other and would take care of him. But this was no small matter and he couldn't handle it.
An Jianjun arranged all the follow-up matters before returning home.
It was already past two in the morning.
"Jianjun, you're finally here. Are you hurt?" Mother An saw her son dressed in black, with a black face.
"Mom, Jiaojiao, I'm fine. I'll go take a shower now." An Jianjun took a shower and changed his clothes.
At this time, An's mother had already served a bowl of noodles to her son. He must be hungry after working for so long, so she also served a small bowl to Feng Jiaojiao.
An Jianjun told both of them what happened.
"Then... Liu Tao's mother won't come to the factory to cause trouble again, right?" Feng Jiaojiao guessed that Liu's mother would definitely make a big fuss.
"This kind of person is so infuriating and hateful. I gave him too much of an easy time last time, so he didn't take it to heart."
"Jiaojiao, you and mother should be careful when you go out. If you meet such irrational people, stay away from them." An Jianjun warned them.
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