Chapter 345: 345 Personality Chapter 345: 345 Personality Chief Escort Lu’s face turned red with embarrassment, as this was only the second time in his life that he had suffered such a great humiliation!
The first time was when he failed to safeguard a consignment many years ago; the cargo was lost and the clients came to his door, demanding accountability.
But back then, he could hold his head high and say, “I will compensate for the cargo with silver, even if it takes me a lifetime to pay it back, I still have my son and my grandson!”
However, now, Ye Jiu’s words left him with no room to retort.
Ye Jiu was right; even if they sold their entire family, they couldn’t afford to compensate for the lost goods, let alone the lives of Ye Jiu and Ye Wenzheng.
Ye Jiu was also extremely impatient; if it weren’t for the fact that she still needed these people, she would have chased them away the moment Chief Escort Lu began to plead.
Suppressing her temper, Ye Jiu said, “I hope Chief Escort Lu can understand something: I hired you to reduce troubles for me, not to add to them. The incident with Dongzi was already a mistake on your part and the responsibility of your Escort Agency. I didn’t take you to task because I am magnanimous, but that doesn’t mean you can forget your responsibility or gamble with our lives!”
Having finished speaking, Ye Jiu went to tend to her belongings.
Ye Wenzheng approached Chief Escort Lu. This time, he didn’t use the polite address ‘Chief Escort Lu’; instead, he addressed him as he did back on the docks, by calling him ‘Big Brother Lu,’ “Big Brother Lu and fellow brothers of the Escort Agency, don’t blame my niece for being harsh. Last night, Dongzi and his fellows were ready to deal with my niece and me. You and Dongzi are brothers, and have known each other for years. You might be willing to take that gamble, but we, as uncle and niece, cannot.”
Erniu, who stood not far behind Chief Escort Lu, walked over and patted Ye Wenzheng’s shoulder, saying with a bitter smile, “Brother Wenzheng, don’t worry. Our Chief Escort Head has just been too considerate of old ties, which is why he couldn’t bear to be harsh on Dongzi and the others. Dongzi and his lot have brought this upon themselves. Strictly speaking, we are the ones who should apologize to you for causing trouble, and I hope you won’t take offense. I will talk to our Chief Escort Head.”
“As long as you understand.” Ye Wenzheng replied, unsatisfied, then walked towards where Ye Jiu was.
After Ye Wenzheng had left, Erniu said, “Chief Escort Head, what the young master and Brother Wenzheng said is right. Having taken their silver, we should have completed the task without issues. Now that the problem with Dongzi has occurred, it’s indeed our responsibility, and we really shouldn’t take advantage of the young master’s youth to be so excessive.”
Saying this, Erniu turned his head, only to suddenly see Ye Wenzheng kneeling beside Ye Jiu. His nose tingled with emotion, and he said, “We were able to get this big contract all thanks to the little connection with Brother Wenzheng. But instead of repaying his generosity, we ended up implicating him and making him be reprimanded by the young master.”
Chief Escort Lu also saw Ye Wenzheng kneeling on the ground and felt an even deeper sense of remorse.
He glanced over at Dongzi and the others, who were still tied up, and shook his head helplessly.
He had tried to persuade them, but they had been blinded by their own interests into taking action. Now, he had done all he could to try to save them, and there really was nothing more he could do!
Actually, Ye Jiu hadn’t blamed Ye Wenzheng.
After all, it was Ye Wenzheng who had recommended Chief Escort Lu, who was a fairly decent man.
The inclusion of Dongzi was Ye Jiu’s own oversight; she had agreed to Chief Escort Lu’s recommendation without knowing the person and never expected Chief Escort Lu to be deceived.
Helping Ye Wenzheng up, Ye Jiu spoke a few words of consolation before deciding to continue their journey.