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

Factory Director Yang was the most shocked. He knew Li Huaide was corrupt, but he never imagined he would embezzle so much.

This isn't just ordinary embezzlement; this is clearly massive corruption.

None of the factory leaders present were entirely honest; even Director Yang had secretly accepted bribes.

However, the amount of money they collected was negligible compared to the value of Li Huaide's two safes.

Wang Youyu exchanged a glance with Factory Director Yang; he too was now unsettled.

Originally, I thought Li Huaide had only embezzled 30,000 or 20,000 yuan, but now the yellow croakers of various sizes in the safe alone must be worth more than 100 yuan.

These yellow croakers are of very good quality; a preliminary estimate suggests that these yellow croakers alone are worth seventy to eighty thousand yuan.

Moreover, there were other items in the safe, and the security personnel were still carrying things up from the jeep below.

By the time everything was moved, the empty space behind the meeting room was completely filled.

"Cao Xu, have all these items been inventoried?"

After hearing Director Yang's question, Cao Xu took out a list and handed it over.

"Director Yang, fellow factory leaders, these items that are being brought up now were found in the courtyard house and dormitory building in Li Huaide's city."

"Preliminary investigation revealed that the gold and silver items, along with cash receipts, in the two safes were worth over 50,000 yuan."

"The other dirty items placed behind the conference room have varying values ​​that are difficult to quantify, but a rough estimate is over 40,000 yuan."

"In conclusion, the amount of embezzled funds and stolen goods involved in Li Huaide's case has exceeded 90,000 yuan, making it a major embezzlement case."

"The security department of the steel rolling mill suggested to the factory office that: the accountability mechanism should be activated immediately to suspend Li Huaide from his duties, and the bureau leadership should be notified to request the investigation team to be stationed and handle the matter in cooperation."

Cao Xu left the factory office. Factory Director Yang looked at the two lists in his hand, one valued at over 160,000 and the other at over 90,000.

That kid is a real shrewd operator. He's meticulous and thorough in his work, leaving no room for error. It's obvious that this list of 160,000 is the real one.

Director Yang instructed someone to close the meeting room door, and the leaders inside were itching to get their hands on the wealth displayed throughout the room.

The list Cao Xu just gave them immediately made sense to them. They weren't blind; those hundreds of yellow croakers alone were worth seventy or eighty thousand yuan, not even counting the banknotes next to them.

The implication behind Cao Xu's figure of 90,000 yuan in question is self-evident: he intends to make them celebrate another big year.

An hour later, the door to the factory office's conference room opened, and the leaders walked out of the conference room with smiles on their faces.

Back in their offices, the factory leaders started making phone calls, reporting their work to their relatives, classmates, former superiors, and so on.

Meanwhile, Jiang Hai's father, Jiang Mingchu, was starting to have a headache.

The street office director, who hadn't yet become the deputy district head, felt utterly disgusted looking at Li Huaide's wife and the four naked men in the side room of the courtyard.

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Zhao Dong walked into Cao Xu's office and handed him the review report.

"Section Chief, these are the results of the investigation into Li Huaide and his son. Please take a look."

Cao Xu nodded as he looked at the contents of the offering.

"I hope there weren't any serious injuries."

Zhao Dong laughed.

"Section Chief, our Security Section is a place where even spies are interrogated, let alone a deputy factory director who can't lift a finger."

"We didn't even use any other methods. A bowl of water and a few sheets of toilet paper were enough to make him confess everything."

Cao Xu knew that Zhao Dong was referring to the practice of posting official documents, which was a method of interrogation used in the old society.

It is said that this thing was invented by Old Zhu, but whether that is true or not is impossible to verify.

And nobody cares who invented this thing, as long as it works, that's enough.

"Keep the original copy, and transcribe the rest and report it to Director Yang. Remember to have Director Sun take a look before sending it to him."

Zhao Dong left the office. Cao Xu looked outside; the sky was overcast, and he guessed it was going to snow.

Tomorrow is the Lantern Festival, and based on past experience, it's estimated that it will snow again this year.

He will turn twenty after the Lantern Festival, which will be a new beginning.

As for Li Huaide, Cao Xu no longer cared about him; the items had already been handed over to the factory office.

Regardless of which list Director Yang and his associates use, this is a major embezzlement case, and Li Huaide is destined to be punished.

As for his son, who was only seventeen and had already started an affair with his mistress, it would be considered a miracle if he could even get out of the college entrance exam when it was reinstated.

As for how his four wives fared, that depends on Deputy District Head Jiang—oh no, I mean, now Director Jiang—and how he handles the situation.

Li Huaide's father-in-law must be in a panic right now. With his daughter, son-in-law, and grandson all in jail, how could he possibly escape unscathed?

Even if he wanted to walk away, Director Yang and the other factory leaders wouldn't allow it. He'd be lucky to escape with a humiliating exit.

If he were as dishonest as Li Huaide, he might also get implicated and end up eating free cornbread.

"Wow, it's quite surprising that Section Chief Cao isn't spending time with his confidante but instead working overtime in the office."

Cao Xu did not turn his head and continued to look out the window.

"Is Deputy Director Xia here to return the money?"

"It's a pity I didn't bring the IOU with me, but don't worry about me. You can just leave the money here, and I'll tear up the IOU when I get back."

Xia Jie casually closed the office door, walked to Cao Xu's desk, and sat down directly on it.

"Cao Xu, you're such a jerk. You only bring up money when we meet. I just helped you raid Li Huaide's house, and you're already turning your back on me?"

"You've probably made a fortune on this trip, so why would you care about a few dozen dollars?"

Cao Xu turned around and put his hand to his head.

“You can’t just say things like that. I’m an honest and upright cadre. Besides, one thing at a time, it’s only right to pay back debts.”

"Xia Jie, you're a deputy director now, you can't possibly cheat on a subordinate like me."

Xia Jie rested her hand on the desk.

"Hello, I know you're my subordinate. People who don't know you might think you're my boss."

Cao Xu looked at the jade bracelet that had slipped down Xia Jie's wrist.

"Not bad, this full-color glass-type jadeite matches you quite well."

Xia Jie raised her hand and waved it in front of Cao Xu.

"I think so."

Cao Xu smiled.

"Take it back and put it away properly. Don't show it off in public, or someone might sue you."

Xia Jie pretended not to care.

"I'm not afraid at all. It's not like I was the only one who took it. If anyone's going to be arrested, it'll be you, the culprit, first."

"A pile of filth, two lists, how did you even come up with that?"

Cao Xu looked Xia Jie up and down.

"So how much did you take?"

Xia Jie took off the jade bracelet.

"I only took this one. It wouldn't be right for me not to take one since everyone else has taken one, so I'll just take this as a token."

"But don't underestimate this thing. Although it's not worth much money now, it will definitely be enough for my retirement when I retire."

Others might not know how much this thing is worth, but Cao Xu, who comes from the future, certainly does.

In his opinion, Xia Jie's statement that she had enough to support him in his old age was quite accurate.

"I didn't expect you to be so forward-thinking. Don't you have that kind of money or tickets?"

Xia Jie pointed to her clothes pocket.

"Hehe, of course I took a little, not much, just six hundred and sixty-six hundred yuan, just for good luck."

Cao Xu slammed his hand on the table and stood up.

"gone."

Xia Jie asked in confusion.

"where to?"

Cao Xu picked up the coat hanging on the rack and put it on.

"Of course we're going out to eat. I helped you make such a huge windfall. You don't even have to pay me back, shouldn't you at least treat me to a meal?"

Xia Jie jumped down from the desk.

"Hey, Cao Xu, don't act innocent after getting the benefit."

"I signed those two search warrants for you. Luckily nothing happened. If something had, I would have had to take the blame for you."

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