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Chapter 883 - Chapter 883 Chapter 883 The Wine is Gone

Chapter 883: Chapter 883: The Wine is Gone Chapter 883: Chapter 883: The Wine is Gone “Facts have proven that people who act as witnesses are usually ‘extras that never get the leading part’.”

When Ye Qingyi forcibly entered her own distillery with her team, she was shocked to discover that the warehouse was… completely devoid of Shengsheng liquor!

Actually, she had been in contact with Gao Qiang via WeChat all day today, and if she wished, she could have even directly contacted the boss of Luohua Manor–they had exchanged more than a few flirtatious messages on WeChat.

She dared to break into the distillery mainly because Gao Qiang had said that the warehouse was indeed burglarized, and it was a massive theft.

But in her wildest dreams, she couldn’t have imagined that the theft would be so thorough–this was simply the entire storeroom being cleaned out.

She was a bit incredulous, and the workers were also stunned. “Holy shit, this is… even cleaner than if it had been licked!”

Head Shen was initially furious, but upon seeing this, his anger turned to shock, and after a moment of stunned silence, he shouted, “You… embezzling!”

“That’s right, embezzlement!” Ye Qingyi had regained her composure as she looked at him with a cold expression. “Your people were guarding the warehouse, and now I just want to ask one thing… where is my merchandise?”

“How would I know where your goods went,” Head Shen said with a dark face. “So much liquor, and it just disappears… hmph, you really were transferring assets!”

Ye Qingyi couldn’t help but laugh out of anger. “Your people were guarding it, and now you say I’m transferring assets… is this your logic?”

“There must be a secret door!” Head Shen was becoming somewhat frantic. He called loudly to his men, “Search… search for me, there has to be a secret door or maybe even a tunnel!”

He couldn’t help but go mad, as he had already regarded the liquor in the warehouse as his own property. Now that it had vanished without a trace, how could he accept it?

To know that for these items, he had resisted the pressure from the city, forcefully closed Shengsheng’s distillery, and risked a lot. He could not stomach the thought of it all being for naught.

His five men immediately started rummaging around.

The workers tried to stop them, but Ye Qingyi held them back and simply indicated calmly, “Just make sure to record everything properly. Heh, embezzlement… you’ll have to give me an explanation!”

The police officers, who had been getting sleepy, couldn’t help but step forward to ask some questions upon noticing the strange occurrence.

Ye Qingyi didn’t need to explain much; she just had to show them the photos and videos from before the distillery was sealed.

Even though these officers had seen a lot, they were still bewildered after watching the video. “So much liquor just disappeared?”

Someone with a keen mind asked, “How many days has your company been sealed?”

The distillery had only been closed for four days. There was still a minibus blocking the entrance outside, and several hundred cases of liquor had flown away!

When the officers understood the situation, they too found it unbelievable. “Strange, is this… some sort of supernatural event?”

Head Shen’s men grew more and more frantic as they searched, even starting to move the liquor barrels and equipment roughly, almost breaking one of the barrels.

The workers on this side weren’t having it, pushing and shoving as they cursed crudely, “What the fuck, not content with stealing, now want to dismantle the factory too?”

“Why are we taking this shit?” they countered frankly, shoving back. “Who are you saying stole something? Who?”

When the police saw what was happening, they quickly intervened. They couldn’t get involved in other matters, but they could intervene here. “Alright, alright, let’s all talk nicely, okay? Trust me, we’ll take you all back to the station if we have to.”

It took some effort to calm things down, and Head Shen pointed at Ye Qingyi, sneering as he spoke, “Fine, you’re tough, framing me, this isn’t over… let’s go!”

He couldn’t be more reluctant, but things had already escalated to this point. More words wouldn’t help, so he had to beat a retreat.

“Think you can just leave? It’s not that easy,” Ye Qingyi said with a stern face, her expression cold enough to scrape frost off, “My stuff is gone, and in front of the police, you think you, the suspect, can run?”

“What a joke, you think I would steal these trinkets?” Head Shen scoffed. “So much liquor, could I even transfer it all? Believe it or not, I’ll file a defamation lawsuit against you.”

Ye Qingyi looked at him steadily, her voice calm, “Whether I’ve defamed you or not, you know it in your heart–at the least, I found ten cases of Shengsheng liquor in your car… also without our permission.”

Just then, a worker called out loudly, “I know, the liquor in the warehouse was all taken by Leader Shen for testing…”

Upon hearing this, everyone burst into raucous laughter, with some even whistling, “Testing requires a lot of samples, certainly got plenty of samples.”

“Haha, how could checking for things be called theft? Our CEO Ye… might really have committed slander.”

“Oh no, what if we can’t start the factory again? I’m so worried, so scared, what’s to be done? Waiting online, quite urgent.”

Head Shen now faced a problem: he couldn’t even leave if he wanted to… The workers had blocked them!

By this point, the sky had begun to brighten, and some villagers had started to wake up. Seeing the commotion here, they also gathered to watch the excitement.

Head Shen glared at the workers, his teeth clenched as he spoke, “What… are you planning to besiege government employees?”

His expression was frightening, but the workers were not scared. Someone retorted with a sneer, “We’re blocking a thief.”

Ye Qingyi turned to look at the police officer leading the team, “We’ve already blocked the suspect. Do you think we should let them go?”

What kind of talk was that? This officer sighed silently in his heart, resigned to the fact that he wasn’t going to be able to just watch the drama unfold peacefully, “Alright, since it’s come to this, let’s take them back to the station.”

Just then, a worker approached and whispered something in Ye Qingyi’s ear.

Ye Qingyi lacked experience in dealing with situations like this, but it was different now that someone had offered advice. She nodded, “Let’s put it this way, this place is akin to a crime scene. I think it’s best not to rush to take the people away.”

The police were also savvy. They knew that the winery was playing hardball–those from the Tax Authority were in for a tough time.

As expected, the winery’s next move quickly followed–journalists from two online media outlets and two print media arrived on the scene.

Leaders from the Tax Authority also rushed over. The arriving leader was quite irked internally, cursing Shen as a stain on their group, always causing trouble. And now he’d really hit the big time, hadn’t he?

This ordeal had nothing to do with him, but he still had to show up because if word got out, the reputation of the entire system would be affected.

He initially intended to patiently discuss a solution with the winery, but upon seeing the online media at the scene, his face darkened, “What is this? You’re calling in the online media before anything’s been settled?”

Online media differed from print media. They sought more eyeballs, and some of them were rather unwise, unlike the more compliant print media.

Having received some shrewd advice, Ye Qingyi calmly stated, “I am simply sharing my feelings with the online media; it has nothing to do with the formal characterization of events. Am I not allowed to speak even when I feel wronged?”

You dare to talk back? The leader grew increasingly infuriated, “I understand your predicament, but let me give you a friendly warning, considering you are a young lady: you will still have dealings with us in the future, do you understand?”

Ye Qingyi, although gentle, was not someone who responded well to pressure. “Worst comes to worst, I’ll just close down the company. But since you’ve taken the trouble to warn me, let me remind you of something: does the city leadership know how you’re treating me?”

“City leadership…” The leader finally remembered–wasn’t Shengsheng Wine Industry the company that Mayor Xiang had taken note of?

He had paid some attention to this enterprise previously. Once he understood the city’s stance, he reined in his ambitions.

Shen was a minor functionary lacking ambition, so his sole focus was on amassing money. His level was rather low, so even the city would struggle to take direct action against him–they could at most leave him out in the cold. That’s why he dared to act so brazenly.

But this leader was different. He was at a certain level and cherished his position, hoping to climb even higher.

Moreover, if the city leadership wanted to deal with him, it might not be as simple as just putting him on ice.

Once he grasped this point, he regained his balance. He sighed, “Little Ye, don’t be so hot-headed. I’m not targeting you, but when a scandal like this erupts within the system, it’s not only a headache for me, but you’ll also become a thorn in everyone’s side.”

“That, I find baffling,” Ye Qingyi answered earnestly, “It was my company that was robbed, my company’s sealed inventory that your people stole… How can you shift the blame onto me?”

“I didn’t mean that,” the leader could only respond with a wry smile and a shake of his head, “I’m saying you didn’t have to make this public. We would have given you a proper resolution… Crimes of this nature are indeed heinous.”

But Ye Qingyi stubbornly pressed on, batting her eyes as she asked, “But may I dare ask, with your habit of protecting your colleagues, if I hadn’t made a big fuss, would you have acknowledged that it really was your people who stole from my company?”

This… The leader felt a bit awkward; the young truly don’t understand how to avoid direct confrontation.

He had come intending to downplay the heist, suggesting a slow investigation would suffice. Why should they assume that it was definitely their people who stole the goods?

If the issue was dragged out long enough, even if the police developed leads, they anticipated exerting influence to suppress the matter, dissolving it gradually into nothingness–that was the correct course of action.

But the young girl was unambiguous, retorting sharply. When his threat was ineffective and he found himself countered, he was asked point-blank whether he would condone favoritism–how should he respond?

Hesitating momentarily, he still spoke the harsh truth, “Well then, you can’t produce evidence that it was them who stole, can you?”

“Why must I present evidence?” Ye Qingyi looked at him strangely, as if looking at someone lacking intelligence. “They attached the seals; they guarded the warehouse. Now the goods are gone… I just need to demand from them. I am pursuing the accountability for the lost goods!”

After a pause, she added another point, “Moreover, their vehicles indeed contained wine from my company.”

His face flushed red at her words, thinking to himself that he was so preoccupied with absolving himself that he forgot such a simple argument.