Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 806 A Man-Made Coincidence!

"Dingling! Dingling! Dingling!"

The next morning around 7 a.m., Mr. Zhao had just finished breakfast and was about to get in his car to go to work when the phone at home suddenly rang.

Upon hearing the phone ring, the secretary immediately stepped forward, picked up the receiver, and politely asked, "Hello! This is Mr. Zhao's home. May I ask who is speaking?"

"Uncle Liu! This is Chen Tiantian! Is my grandfather home? Could you let him answer the phone?" The secretary's question had barely finished when a young woman's anxious voice came through the phone.

Hearing the girl's question and sensing the anxiety in her voice, the secretary immediately said to her, "Sweetie! Mr. Zhao is right next to me. Please wait a moment while I let him answer the phone."

After finishing her sentence, the secretary handed the microphone to General Manager Zhao and reported respectfully, "General Manager Zhao! It's your granddaughter Chen Tiantian on the phone. She said she has something important to discuss with you, and from her tone, she sounded very urgent."

Upon hearing his secretary's report, General Manager Zhao took the phone from her and asked with a loving expression, "Sweetie! Why are you calling Grandpa so early in the morning? Is there something you need?"

Upon hearing Mr. Zhao's question, Chen Tiantian, recalling the moment her parents were taken away by the disciplinary authorities, said to Mr. Zhao with a sob in her voice, "Grandpa! My dad and mom were just taken away by the disciplinary authorities."

"What! Tian Tian, ​​what did you say? Your dad and mom have been taken away by the disciplinary authorities? What exactly happened?" Upon learning that his daughter and son-in-law had been taken away by the disciplinary authorities, President Zhao's face showed shock, and he asked Chen Tian Tian in a very serious tone.

Upon hearing Mr. Zhao's question, Chen Tiantian, recalling what had happened that morning, tearfully explained to him, "Grandpa! Here's what happened: last night, our house was burgled. This morning, my parents woke up to find the house had been broken into, and they searched everywhere for a long time. Just as my parents were discussing what to do, the disciplinary authorities came to our house and took my parents away."

Upon hearing Chen Tiantian's account, General Manager Zhao immediately realized something was amiss. Remembering his second son's recent sentencing for disrupting a marriage, he had a nagging feeling that Zhao Huidong's report might not have been an accident. An ominous premonition instantly gripped his heart.

Realizing something was wrong, Mr. Zhao immediately asked Chen Tiantian, "Tiantian! Do you know how much stuff was stolen from your house in total?"

When Chen Tiantian heard Mr. Zhao's question, she remembered that her parents had discovered the house had been burgled that morning and were as anxious as ants on a hot pan. She cried and replied, "Grandpa! I don't know exactly how much was stolen, but judging from my parents' reactions, it seems that everything was stolen. Also, I heard that the patrol team discovered the thief last night while on patrol."

After hearing Chen Tiantian's explanation, General Manager Zhao became even more certain of his suspicions. With a very serious expression, he instructed Chen Tiantian, "Tiantian! Don't worry. Grandpa will ask around right away, and I will let you know as soon as I have any news."

Hearing Mr. Zhao's promise, Chen Tiantian finally felt relieved and said to him through tears, "Okay! Grandpa! Then I'll wait for your news at home."

"Dad! What happened?" Zhao Huiguo, the youngest son of General Manager Zhao, asked his father with curiosity after overhearing a few words from his father's phone call with his niece. Hearing his son's question, General Manager Zhao, recalling what had happened, explained to Zhao Huiguo with a grim expression, "Huiguo! Your eldest sister's house was burgled last night. The thief was caught red-handed by the patrol team. Your sister and brother-in-law were just taken away by the disciplinary authorities because of the burglary."

"What! My older sister and brother-in-law have been taken away by the disciplinary authorities? Wasn't their house robbed? Why would the disciplinary authorities take my sister and brother-in-law away?" Zhao Huiguo asked Zhao Huiguo with an incredulous expression after hearing what General Manager Zhao had to say.

Mr. Zhao could more or less guess why his daughter and son-in-law had been taken away by the disciplinary authorities. When his youngest son asked him, Mr. Zhao pondered for a moment and then solemnly instructed Zhao Huiguo, "Huiguo! Go to your eldest sister's house and see what's going on. Then bring Tiantian and Xiaobin home first."

Upon hearing Mr. Zhao's instructions, Zhao Huiguo immediately nodded and replied, "Dad! I'll go over right away after I finish breakfast."

Upon hearing his youngest son's answer, General Manager Zhao immediately instructed his secretary, "Xiao Liu! Let's go to the office first."

"Mr. Zhao! There was an accident in Huidong just a few days ago, and now, only a day or two later, Huiping and Chen Weizhong have also run into trouble. Isn't that too much of a coincidence?" As the jeep sped along the road, the secretary, thinking about what had happened to the Zhao family recently, solemnly reminded Mr. Zhao, whose face was gloomy.

When Zhao Huidong was reported, Boss Zhao had Zheng Xinhua investigate the whistleblower and found that it was just a coincidence. Now, Zhao Huiping's house was burgled, and the thief just happened to be caught red-handed by the patrol team. All of this seemed like a coincidence, but it made Boss Zhao feel very uneasy.

Upon hearing his secretary's reminder, and recalling the events of the past few days, General Manager Zhao replied with a grave expression, "The fact that Hui Dong was reported was a coincidence, and now what happened at Hui Ping's home is also a coincidence. This precisely illustrates that the coincidences of these two events are very likely man-made. Otherwise, how could there be so many coincidences in this world?"

Twenty minutes later, General Manager Zhao arrived at his office with a solemn expression. He reached for the phone on his desk, shook it vigorously a few times, then picked up the receiver and said in a very serious tone, "This is the General Administration. Please transfer me to the Discipline Inspection Department, to Zhou Yongnian's office."

"Hello! This is Mr. Zhou's office. May I ask who this is?" The call was answered quickly. Before Mr. Zhao could even speak, a middle-aged man's polite voice came from the other end.

Upon hearing the inquiry on the phone, General Manager Zhao immediately introduced himself, "I am Zhao Zhonghua from the General Administration of Public Security. Is Mr. Zhou in his office?"

"Mr. Zhao! Hello! Our General Manager Zhou has just arrived at the office. Please wait a moment while I inform him." The middle-aged man who answered the phone replied respectfully upon hearing Mr. Zhao's self-introduction.

"Old Zhao! You're calling me so early in the morning, what's up?" After waiting for about a minute or two, the call was finally answered, and a middle-aged man's strong voice came from the other end.

(End of this chapter)