Courtyard House: Drunk and barging into the Xu family's house, I woke up numb.

“Zhao Dong has already told me that I firmly stand on the side of the security department in exposing Li Huaide.”

Cheng Yuan spat to the side.

"Wrong, you must firmly stand on the side of the vast majority of workers in the steel rolling mill."

"You can't bear to see the workers continue to be exploited by Deputy Factory Director Li. This is called a sudden repentance. Do you understand?"

Wang Jiaxing nodded quickly.

"I understand, I understand... Ming"

Cheng Yuan shook his head and sighed.

“Tell me, if you had even a tenth of your nephew’s intelligence, how could you have ended up in such a state?”

“If it weren’t for my junior brother protecting Zhao Dong and preventing him from being implicated by you, you would have been in jail for at least ten years.”

After saying that, Cheng Yuan picked up his clothes and walked towards the door.

"Let's go, let's go to the second battlefield!"

Wang Jiaxing hurriedly followed Cheng Yuan's steps like a lackey, heading towards the dormitory building exclusively for the leaders of the steel rolling mill.

Chapter 169 A Massive Embezzlement Case: Factory Leaders Gather for a Joyful Gathering! [Please Subscribe]

bang bang bang...

Cheng Yuan led his men to the factory dormitory of Deputy Factory Director Li. Before they even opened the door, they could hear a woman's voice inside.

"Old Wang, just open the door!"

Cheng Yuan knew that usually only Deputy Factory Director Li and his son lived here, and almost no outsiders came.

Now, a woman's moans could be heard coming from inside, and the woman's voice sounded to be only in her early twenties. It seemed that something was going on inside.

Wang Jiaxing took out a key and opened the door to Deputy Factory Director Li's house. The key was taken from Deputy Factory Director Li, who was currently in the security department.

Once inside, the sounds were crystal clear; moans of a man and a woman were constantly emanating from the next room.

Cheng Yuan waved his hand, and the security guard next to him rushed over and kicked the door open.

Upon entering the room, the man and woman, who were in the middle of an exciting moment, were completely stunned.

Before the two could react, the security guards rushed forward and handcuffed them.

Cheng Yuan and Wang Jiaxing exchanged a speechless glance. What a family of talented people!

Cheng Yuan recognized the woman on the bed; she, like Liu Lan, was Li Huaide's lover, and the man was Li Huaide's son.

Li Huaide's son is only seventeen years old and is still in high school.

Cheng Yuan had just heard Wang Jiaxing mention the matter of Deputy Factory Director Li's wife, but he didn't expect that something would happen here as well.

Goodness, Deputy Factory Director Li's family is really busy today. His wife is playing a bondage game with her husband's family, and his son is cheating on him with his wife's family.

"Well done, kid. You've got guts. No wonder you're Li Huaide's son."

Li Huaide's son looked completely bewildered.

"Who are you, and what are you doing in my house?"

Cheng Yuan was too lazy to argue with him, so he directly gave the order to the person next to him.

"Take those two from 917 back to the security department in a bit!"

Li Huaide's son was stunned with fear, but after a moment he came to his senses and shouted at Cheng Yuan.

"You're from the factory's security department. Do you even know where you are? How dare you act so arrogantly here? Do you even want to stay in this job?"

Cheng Yuan shook his head and waved his hand. The security guard next to him rushed forward, slapped Li Huaide's son, and then gagged him.

"Let's get started. Search carefully, don't miss any corner."

The reason they searched Li Huaide's outer yard first was because they knew that Li Huaide was unlikely to leave his belongings in the dormitory building.

Another point is that the factory leaders live in the dormitory building, and a raid on their homes would alert them.

If we don't get evidence before we're stopped, it will cause trouble, so this is the last place we search.

Sure enough, not long after they finished searching, Deputy Factory Director Ma, who lived upstairs, and Director Feng, who lived downstairs in the logistics department, came up.

"Cheng Yuan, what's going on? Who gave you permission to mess around here?"

Cheng Yuan looked at Deputy Factory Director Ma who had entered the room, greeted him, and then took out his search warrant.

"Deputy Factory Director Ma, Li Huaide has been detained for serious violations of discipline and suspected embezzlement. The security department has been ordered to search his home for stolen money and goods!"

Deputy Factory Director Ma said with a stern face.

"Did Sun Guofu send you?"

Cheng Yuan didn't respond to the question, but instead changed the subject.

“Deputy Factory Director Ma, I am just following orders. If you have any complaints, you can go directly to the factory director’s office to find out the situation.”

Director Feng, standing to the side, frowned and said.

"Director Ma, this is really against the rules."

"If the security guards came to raid the home of their own deputy factory director, wouldn't people laugh their heads off?"

Looking at Cheng Yuan, who was sitting in the main room with a long face, Deputy Factory Director Ma knew that Cheng Yuan was like a rock in a latrine—stinky and stubborn.

"Let's go to the factory."

Deputy Factory Director Ma didn't waste words with Cheng Yuan. The factory had already been raided; it was too late for anything he said. He'd better go find Factory Director Yang to get some information.

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In the steel rolling mill's conference room, Director Yang sat at the head of the table, his cigarette half-burnt, but he didn't take a single puff.

Sitting next to him were Wang Youyu, the director of the personnel department, and Sun Guofu, the director of the security department, while below them were five deputy factory directors whispering and discussing.

"Director Yang, isn't what the security department is doing going too far?"

"A search warrant? Is that a search? It's practically ransacking the house!"

"Absolutely! Deputy Factory Director Li's son was handcuffed and thrown out. That's unacceptable!"

"Director Sun, you have to give us an explanation for this, or we're going to report it to the bureau."

"But what if Deputy Factory Director Li actually finds something during the search? What will we do then?"

"What else can we do? Let's minimize the damage and make it disappear. If the amount isn't large, we can just find some excuse to cover it up."

“That makes sense. Once this is over, we can kick out Cao Xu from the security department and Cheng Yuan, that troublemaker, together. That would be a way to give the higher-ups an explanation.”

The heat from the nearly burnt-out cigarette brought Director Yang back to his senses, and he looked at Wang Youyu beside him and asked.

"Old Wang, is Cao Xu really confident?"

Wang Youyu leaned closer and whispered.

"Director Yang, don't worry, this matter will be handled perfectly."

"You also need to be prepared. Once the evidence arrives, you must act immediately."

"We must act swiftly and decisively, and absolutely not give Li Huaide any opportunity to take advantage of us. We must completely suppress him."

Wang Youyu knew that the battle was already won from the moment Cao Xu secretly raided Li Huaide's home.

In his view, Cao Xu would definitely be able to find something in the house. Even if Li Huaide's house didn't have anything hidden, Cao Xu would help him hide some.

A short while later, the sound of a jeep braking came from downstairs. Sun Guofu quickly walked to the window and looked down.

He only felt relieved when he saw Cao Xu directing the security personnel to carry things downstairs.

Only Cao Xu and Zhao Dong got out of the jeep; the others had already been dismissed and sent home.

Cao Xu noticed as soon as he arrived that these people had hidden some small items, which he tacitly approved of.

It's much better to let them take some suitable items within a controllable range than to let them take things randomly in secret.

After all, some finite items cannot be moved, as they are too conspicuous, while small amounts of money, tickets, or small items are not a problem.

So Cao Xu sent these people home on the pretext that they had been busy all afternoon and had a different team move things into the conference room.

Cao Xu went straight upstairs, while Zhao Dong directed the group to move the dirty items downstairs.

"Brothers, be careful not to bump or knock anything over. If this gets damaged, I couldn't afford to pay for it even if I sold myself!"

The first things brought out of the conference room were two safes.

The boxes weren't very big; one was about the size of a backpack, and the other was about the size of a pillow.

After entering the room, Cao Xu did not rush to speak to anyone. He walked forward and opened the safe to present the evidence to everyone.

Before the safe was opened, the deputy factory manager had already prepared his lines, ready to confront Cao Xu.

But as soon as the lid was opened, all the leaders in the room stood up in unison.

Every single factory leader present, including Director Yang, continued to sit and watch the show.

Upon seeing the dazzling array of large and small goldfish, jewelry, gold and silver instruments, and stacks of banknotes inside the safe, everyone gasped in astonishment.