He Daqing went to report the case with a stack of documents, claiming the involved amount was substantial, almost reaching the scale of a big case, and the police were promptly dispatched.
While he was chatting with his siblings, the police came looking for Sha Zhu again.
For Sha Zhu, the officers on duty today were really not strangers; they’d been here a couple of days ago dealing with an old lady who had hit a man, and today it was a neighborly old man who embezzled living expenses, they really didn’t know what to make of him.
Yi Zhonghai was not around, and just after He Yushui mentioned her chronic hunger and poor health, guilt prevailed in Sha Zhu.
"Right, I never knew my dad sent me money."
"Not only I knew, but also everyone in the compound knew that after my dad followed White Widow and left, he never came back, never wrote back, and certainly never sent money back."
Although the case involved a large sum of money, the investigation was relatively simple.
They quickly grasped the entire situation, learned that Yi Zhonghai had embezzled the money, and immediately rushed to the steel mill to arrest him.
Though it was just the start of the afternoon work shift, and everyone hadn’t started working yet, they took out their tools and started chatting.
Seeing several police officers approaching, they were very curious, wondering what the officers were doing there at that time.
When they saw the officers walking up to Yi Zhonghai, he was also stunned, not understanding why the police were looking for him.
Could it be about the incident where Lady Jia Zhang injured Sha Zhu? Yi Zhonghai felt so tired, as Lady Jia Zhang, holding leverage over him, forced him to confront Sha Zhu to write a letter of forgiveness.
Yi Zhonghai had broached the subject, but with Sha Zhu still angry, he was naturally very unwilling, and Yi could only slowly work step by step to change Sha Zhu’s mind.
Why are the police here now, what’s the situation?
Everyone gathered around, wondering if something had happened again in their courtyard. Their courtyard was always so strange, with frequent incidents.
"Yi Zhonghai, you are suspected of misappropriating over a thousand yuan, and the victim has reported it."
Originally, this matter could have been left unmentioned, but a young policeman who had just become a father to a daughter, seeing He Yushui’s frail body, felt a strong dislike for Yi Zhonghai.
With that statement, Yi Zhonghai staggered, "I, I..." He had never imagined that this secret would be exposed.
"I..." Yi Zhonghai wanted to say something, but didn’t know how to explain.
Everyone initially thought it was another matter regarding Sha Zhu, but unexpectedly they heard such explosive news — Yi Zhonghai had embezzled over a thousand yuan.
The workshop manager hearing the police arriving, hurried over, wanting to know exactly what had happened.
But upon arriving, he heard such shocking news and was truly stunned, "No way, Yi Zhonghai’s monthly income is also 80."
Although his rank had been reduced and his income decreased, his total monthly income including bonuses still maintained that level.
It was just a year’s salary, Yi Zhonghai had no need to do such a thing.
The discussing crowd, after hearing the director’s words, thought it made sense, "Right, it’s just a year’s salary for Master Yi."
Upon hearing this, Yi Zhonghai thought, yes, he belongs to the high-income group, why would he embezzle someone else’s money, his salary was enough for him and his wife to spend.
"Does having a high income mean you won’t take other people’s money?" The police officer snorted coldly, "Taking money that doesn’t belong to you is punishable by law."
"Not to mention over a thousand."
"And for over a decade, misusing a father’s living allowance sent to his daughter, who because of lack of money, couldn’t eat well and is all skinny and small."
"This person just blatantly didn’t give her the money." The police deal with criminals daily and feel even more outraged towards people like Yi Zhonghai.
Everyone gasped simultaneously upon hearing this, "This problem is huge."
The workshop director was also troubled, Yi Zhonghai’s technical level had declined, but his skills remained, and he was still tasked with manufacturing some components.
Now, it’s problematic, Yi Zhonghai might be completely locked away, this can’t be, we must notify the leaders, this is a big deal, and if there aren’t enough technicians later, they will just have to worry.
When Liu Haizhong heard the noise, he was overjoyed, although Yi Zhonghai had long ceased to be the First Elder, his prestige still annoyed him greatly.
He thought of many ways but found no means to deal with Yi Zhonghai, and unexpectedly, this fool has courted his own death, otherwise, it would have been a wasted opportunity.
"Old Yi, how could you embezzle money." Although Liu Haizhong didn’t know whose money was embezzled, since the police had said so, it proved to be true.
"How could you be so careless? Your income is clearly high, why would you still scrim on this money?"
Even if he couldn’t remember whose money it was, one thing came to his mind, "You can’t be short of money because you often help Jia Dongxu’s family and think of this approach."
"Old Yi, you really are confused, you think wholeheartedly about Jia Dongxu and his family, but have they ever thought about you?"
"If you go in, you won’t have work, what will your wife do then." Liu Haizhong strived hard to stomp on Yi Zhonghai, just to make people aware that he was a corrupt person.
Listening to Liu Haizhong’s words, Yi Zhonghai wished he could kick him to shut him up.
This old guy actually thinks his troubles aren’t big enough, needing to speak loudly, he really is foolish.
However, Liu Haizhong’s words reminded him of something, that he absolutely cannot go in, or else he would have no job, and although he had savings, he couldn’t always fall back on them.
The First Elder’s health is poor, she requires medication money every month, plus when they get older, they need more for their burial funds.
Most importantly, once they are out of work, with no retirement pension, who will take care of them in their old age?
Regarding the Jia Family, Yi Zhonghai now clearly saw, as long as he had money in his hand to support Lady Jia Zhang, he was considered good.
"I want to see Sha Zhu." Yi Zhonghai insisted on meeting Sha Zhu.
Although he didn’t understand how Sha Zhu knew about this issue and even went to the police station to report it, he must save himself.
"Once you go over there, you’ll know who made the report." The police were preparing to take Yi Zhonghai away.
When Liu Haizhong heard about Sha Zhu, he recalled that the He Family actually fits the description, "No way, wasn’t it said that after He Daqing went to Baocheng, he completely lost contact with Sha Zhu and them?"
"How could he be sending money? If he really had sent money, Yushui wouldn’t be so skinny."
Liu Haizhong pointed at Yi Zhonghai righteously, "Old Yi, this time you really went too far."
"You took the money He Daqing gave for Yushui, and you didn’t even provide her with anything to eat."
"Back when she wanted to attend high school, you even persuaded Sha Zhu not to let Yushui study, saying what’s the use of a girl studying so much."
Although Liu Haizhong agreed with this point, he wouldn’t admit it in front of everyone.
Previous investigations had already let the police know a lot, but unexpectedly, they found even more information in the factory.
As soon as this was said, some people looked surprised at Yi Zhonghai, "Master Yi turned out to be such a person, really didn’t see that coming."
"Exactly, always talking about equality between men and women, but look at him now."
At this moment, Yi Zhonghai really regretted, if he had known Li Haizhong would step in, he would have left earlier.