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Chapter 75 Providing a way out at the right time
"I'm not buying your act. If I get sick, it's definitely because of you guys!"

"Because of you, so much of our hard work has gone to waste. How should this loss be calculated? Who will bear this loss? You little brat, go play somewhere else. You don't understand anything. Don't get in my way!"

Director Wu was about sixty years old, about the same height as Ji Sisi, around 1.68 meters, and thin and frail.

Ji Sisi hadn't expected that Director Wu, such a young old man, would have such a powerful voice; she felt her eardrums vibrate painfully.

Director Wu glared angrily at Ji Sisi.

"Stop giving me empty platitudes. Tell me what you're going to do now. If this delays development, who among you can take responsibility? And that educated youth, he couldn't even wake up such a large herd of cattle and sheep. What else could he have done but do it on purpose? I won't let this go!"

Ji Sisi looked in the direction Director Wu was pointing, and what she saw made her stunned.

Shen Zichen?!

Ji Sisi blinked, making sure she wasn't mistaken; it was Shen Zichen.

He stood between two policemen, dejected, his hands cuffed.

That's true. She doesn't seem to have ever asked Shen Zichen which production team he was from. Besides, there are so many people in the sixth team, and she has only seen a small portion of them. With so much work to do every day, it's normal that she hasn't seen Shen Zichen.

Based on her previous interactions with Shen Zichen, Ji Sisi's intuition told her that he wasn't such a careless person.

Ji Sisi remained calm and gently advised, "Director Wu, please calm down. What's done is done, and venting your anger now won't help. Why don't you see if there's any way to salvage the situation?"

"Besides, this isn't entirely the responsibility of our sixth team."

As soon as Ji Sisi finished speaking, Captain Ma and Director Yan exchanged knowing words and said, "Sisi!"

Ji Sisi turned around, and the two of them reminded her in hushed tones.

Director Yan: "Don't talk nonsense. This is not something you can solve. Quickly apologize to Director Wu!"

Captain Ma: "Sisi, I know you're doing this for the good of the team, but this is a problem for our production team."

Director Wu was dumbfounded, speechless with anger at Ji Sisi. He patted his chest, looking like he was about to pass out from anger.

Upon seeing this, the staff from the agricultural supplies depot rushed back.

"Director, are you alright?"

Director Wu snorted coldly, "Fine, very well then tell me, if your Sixth Team bears no responsibility, then who does?"

Ji Sisi glanced at the people around her. There were more than a dozen people surrounding her, and she couldn't let so many people hear what she was saying.

"Director Wu, may we speak in private for a moment?"

Director Wu walked a short distance with Ji Sisi, his face cold, until it was just the two of them.

"Speak, I'd like to see what tricks you have up your sleeve!"

"First of all, the experimental site was selected by the agricultural materials institute. Before the site was selected, you did not conduct a thorough investigation and did not rule out the possibility of livestock grazing areas in the surrounding area before arbitrarily determining the location of the experimental site."

Secondly, you did not take any protective measures for the experimental site. Instead, you handed it over to our production team to handle. The production team had to focus on production while also guarding the experimental site and carrying out daily weeding and pest control.

Because of the experimental site, Team Six was given a piece of wasteland in exchange for a lot of work. It's no wonder that people were exhausted, and even machines couldn't handle it. It's understandable that they slept soundly.

"If you had erected fences and piled up stone walls as a firebreak beforehand, could this situation have been avoided?"

Ji Sisi glanced at Shen Zichen in the distance, then turned her gaze to Director Wu.

"Finally, before the matter has been investigated, you have been arbitrarily insulting the people of our production team and commune. Don't you think that's really going too far? You keep saying that this is your hard work, but let me ask you, besides research and development, what else have you contributed?"

To put it bluntly, you also made mistakes in choosing the site and the production team. You didn't do any risk assessment and never considered how to deal with things if something went wrong. This is a crucial matter concerning production; pulling up one radish brings up another. As the person in charge, don't you bear responsibility for mismanagement?

Director Wu was initially furious, but his anger gradually subsided under Ji Sisi's questioning.

His face flushed red, and he opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

Ji Sisi was right. He had been blinded by anger, but after hearing her words, Director Wu realized that he was also partly to blame.

Director Wu was speechless. "Nothing happened before, so why did something happen in your sixth team? Other production teams also need to focus on production, and they haven't had any problems or complaints before. You guys are just making a fuss!"

"Director Wu, that's why I say you have a sharp eye. With your choice, you not only picked the poorest commune, but also the poorest production team, and you even took their most fertile land."

Director Wu: "..."

"Director Wu, the main responsibility for this matter still lies with our Sixth Team. Don't worry, we will absolutely not shirk our responsibilities. But shouldn't we first take stock of the general situation and find out the truth?"

Ji Sisi lowered her stance and gave Director Wu a way out at the right time.

She needs to find an opportunity to ask Shen Zichen what happened. Could it be that he was sleeping too soundly?

Even if Shen Zichen were awake, how could he possibly drive so many cattle and sheep out of the experimental area by himself?
“You’re quite the sharp-tongued woman. I admit there’s some truth to what you’re saying, and it’s true that I didn’t think things through.”

Director Wu never expected that at his age, he would be scolded by a young girl.

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something.

"You're the girl who asked Chen Chen for fertilizer last time?"

Ji Sisi was taken aback, then nodded, "It's me."

Just as Chen Chen said, there was a female comrade in the sixth team who was not only very bold, but also very direct in her speech.

He thought that, aside from all that, Ji Sisi's brain was better than most of the people at the agricultural supplies institute.

With so many people at the agricultural supplies institute, not a single one had thought of this problem.

As for the risk assessment that Ji Sisi just mentioned, he felt that he must write a large character and hang it in his office to remind himself at all times.

"Alright, we'll do as you say, and decide based on the consequences. Your production team is to blame, including that brat who was guarding the place!"

Director Wu and Ji Sisi returned to the experimental site.

Chen Chen also returned from the fields this time, holding a notebook in his hand, his face extremely grim.

Director Wu asked proactively, "How is it going?"

"Less than a quarter remained; most were trampled to death, and a small portion were eaten."

When Director Wu heard the results, his anger flared up, but when he met Ji Sisi's ambiguous smile, his anger subsided.

"Have the police officers come up with any results from their investigation?"

Chen Chen shook his head, speaking sparingly, "It's still the same as I guessed."

Director Wu's heart skipped a beat. If the speculation was true, he would also bear an unshirkable responsibility. If the matter were investigated, their agricultural supplies institute would inevitably be criticized.

Director Wu coughed twice and took the initiative to start a conversation with Ji Sisi.

"Comrade Ji, what do you think?"

I was locked in the dark room last night and only released this morning. I dare not update this late again, sob sob QAQ
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