I am chasing a rough man in the 80s
Chapter 944: Survivor of the Dog-Headed Guillotine

Chapter 944: Chapter 944: Survivor of the Dog-Headed Guillotine

"Jingting! Come quick!" Suizi called out upon seeing the remittance slip, "Get dad here too!"

"I don’t want to see that heartless old man! Yu Shimei! Survivor of the dog-headed guillotine!" Wang Cuihua was still angry.

"Mom, this must be a misunderstanding!"

Suizi, who was worried about not having a breakthrough, saw hope in the remittance slip.

Siyeye entered with one hand in his pocket, trying hard to maintain a semblance of authority in front of his children, even though he was only wearing a pair of large shorts.

"Has the old woman realized her mistake? Fine, if she acknowledges it, I’ll forgive her."

"You old debtor! What mistake have I made!" Wang Cuihua glared, and Siyeye’s authority dissipated completely.

"Suizi, what do you want with that thing?" Siyeye dared not look at his wife; his gaze was drawn to the remittance slip in Suizi’s hands.

"Who is Xu Achun?"

"It’s from the Jade Factory, that mess—"

"Life has become unbearable! You said you were building a factory, but actually, you went out to mess with women, and even made a mess out of it?!" Wang Cuihua felt like she had been struck by thunder, all of it green!

"Oh come on! Huahua, you can’t slander me like that. What women have I messed with, and besides, the person is dead, I’m not interested in ghosts."

"Tomorrow I’m divorcing you—eh, dead?" Wang Cuihua’s cries stopped abruptly.

Seeing that the conversation had come to this, Siyeye couldn’t avoid it any longer and reluctantly said, "This is such a distressing matter. I originally didn’t want you to know. Who would’ve thought you would think that way?"

"What on earth happened? Tell me quickly, I’m dying of anxiety here," Wang Cuihua couldn’t wait another minute.

Yu Shuisheng wanted to sit while explaining, but after a glare from his wife, he could only pretend to lean casually against the wall and started talking about the affair he was so reluctant to discuss.

He took over the Jade Factory when it was state-owned, in a situation very similar to when Yu Jingting took over the beer factory before.

Both had predecessor Factory Directors who mismanaged them, their mentality couldn’t keep up, and they were so deeply in debt that they had to restructure and shut down.

Siyeye bought the factory at a very low price, not really expecting to make money from it; it was just a bait for fishing.

It just so happened that Suizi and her husband were too capable, with innovative thinking and breaking into overseas markets, they made the Jade Factory profitable again.

Siyeye wasn’t focused on that factory at all and casually appointed someone to oversee it.

"There was an accountant in the factory named Xu Amei. She had been the accountant even before I took over. When my people came in, for the sake of a smooth handover, we kept her on for a while, but who knew she was dirty, cooking the books and showing a loss of thousands on the accounts."

Thousands, in any organization, is not a small amount, enough to warrant a sentence.

Siyeye’s subordinate feared blame for not noticing Xu Amei’s fraudulent accounting, as it had all happened right under his watch.

To facilitate her book-cooking, Xu Amei even seduced Siyeye’s man.

When this news reached Siyeye, that former trusted man could no longer be favored by Siyeye, and he thought to balance the books before Siyeye noticed.

The method he thought of was to threaten Xu Amei.

The tactics were of the particularly disgraceful sort.

Because he was too aggressive, he drove Xu Amei to jump into the river.

Siyeye only found out after the person was gone and, furious, penalized that subordinate, but Xu Amei was already dead; nothing could be done about it anymore.

"I had someone look into it, that accountant named Xu had a family with quite an influence locally. They weren’t wealthy, but they had a lot of people. If this wasn’t handled well, they’d make a scene in front of the factory every day with banners, which wouldn’t look good."

So, Siyeye thought about a private settlement. What the Xu Family wanted was just money. Once the hush money was accepted, naturally, they wouldn’t make trouble anymore.

Xu Achun is the deceased’s elder sister.

"Then why didn’t you tell me? Why the secretive money transfers?" asked Wang Cuihua.

Uncle Si’s expression gradually became awkward, but Wang Cuihua seemed to think of something.

"The steward you sent over, was it Zhao Si?!"

Uncle Si nodded.

Wang Cuihua spat forcefully on the ground.

"I knew it was him! What did I say? People who abandon their wives and kids are no good; if they lack integrity, they can’t be trusted. Yet there you go, agreeing to get rid of him and then sneakily using him behind my back. Now a life has been lost! And it’s you who has to cover for him!"

The Zhao Si that Wang Cuihua was talking about was also known to Suizi.

When her mother-in-law had just gone to the Border with her father-in-law, every time she called home, she would have to curse a few words, her straightforward and honest nature not tolerating people with poor character.

Zhao Si was one of the earliest ones to follow Uncle Si.

Back when Uncle Si was still with the Hu Family, Zhao Si was a loyal enforcer.

After Uncle Si came back, the business became as clean as could be. How to settle down these old brothers became a headache as well.

He arranged good positions for them, making their wallets bulge.

Some, with fatter wallets, thought about giving their wives and children a better life.

Others started indulging in a life of pleasure as soon as their wallets grew, abandoning their wives and children to enjoy themselves.

Zhao Si belonged to the latter group.

Once he had money, he quickly sent his lawful wife back to her parents’ home and didn’t care for his children. The wife had no choice but to run to Wang Cuihua, crying with the child in her arms.

Wang Cuihua was so angry she nearly died upon hearing this and immediately persuaded Uncle Si that such a person should not be trusted again.

Uncle Si agreed verbally, but in his heart, he thought that work and personal life were two separate things and should be kept apart. After all, Zhao Si had taken a knife for him. How could he just fire him over this?

So, he secretly placed Zhao Si in the Jade Factory, hoping he would take an easy job—that was not what he had expected.

After the incident, Uncle Si was busy dealing with the aftermath while fearing his wife would take this opportunity to lecture him for not listening. So he attempted a "backdoor move."

Wang Cuihua had misunderstood it as someone outing him.

"Suizi, you’re educated. Find a phrase for your mother to criticize your dad for his actions!" Wang Cuihua felt unhappy upon hearing her husband hadn’t cheated; after all, it was a matter of life and death.

"Chainsaw pulling at the backside—ow!" Yu Jingting was about to repeat the saying he used to scold Fan Hui when Suizi covered his mouth, signaling him to shut up!

"Dad, when it comes to managing people, Jingting and I both have to learn from you. You’re our role model, our elder. In front of you, I’m just showing off in front of an expert, but..."

Uncle Si knew he had lost face in front of his wife and child this time and waved his hand, indicating her to speak frankly, no matter how harsh it was—he was ready to accept it.

"Use those with both talent and integrity, nurture and use those with integrity but no talent, discard those with neither talent nor integrity. We all know this. But it’s tricky when someone has talent but no integrity; it’s hard to decide what to do with them."

Zhao Si was not incapable. He was extremely loyal to Uncle Si. But the problem was his lack of virtue. Such people are the most likely to cause trouble.

"I understand now. I didn’t handle this matter well. This incident is a good opportunity to reorganize the people under me," said Uncle Si.

"In my opinion, you shouldn’t shield Zhao Si any longer. Hand him over to the state. Threatening others alone is wrong. The accountant did make a mistake and did jump into the river, but he can’t be absolved of blame. He must face legal punishment!" Wang Cuihua said.

"This... There’s no need for that. I’ve already removed him from his position," said Uncle Si with a troubled expression.

"Dad, this time mom is right, and you should listen to her," Suizi spoke up.