After a long time, seeing the colleagues gather around, well, still loving gossip. It really is something etched deep in everyone’s bones regardless of the time.
Zhang Yu didn’t wait for their questions, "I just got back from a business trip, and there are quite a few things waiting for me to handle."
Just when everyone thought Zhang Yu didn’t want to talk about it, "I’ll say it just once."
Of course, everyone had no objections to that, after all, it was during working hours and they couldn’t chat for long.
Zhang Yu quickly said, "So, as for the exact results, we’ll just have to wait for the medical report."
"As for what will happen next." Zhang Yu spread her hands, "I’m not the involved party; I don’t know their thoughts."
"How do you know it might be Yi Zhonghai’s issue?" someone asked, not understanding.
"I’m guessing. It’s either Yi Zhonghai or his spouse. I just think if Yi Zhonghai couldn’t have children, wouldn’t he, with his capabilities, prefer to marry someone who could?"
"Although he hides it well, he actually really cares about this."
"So I analyzed it and felt it’s very likely he has had tests done and probably knows something but doesn’t speak ill of his wife."
"Plus, everyone in our compound knows, back when his wife was young, she mentioned wanting to get checked at the hospital, but for some reason, it never followed through."
"She didn’t go to the hospital for checks."
"It’s good to get a check this time, to know who is responsible, so you don’t always feel unhappy, and maybe the man even has to hit you."
Remembering Yi Zhonghai could even resort to hitting his wife, everyone said, "I heard it was quite serious?"
"Yes, both her arms were broken," Zhang Yu found out just this morning that his wife’s arms were broken because she was protecting her head.
"Some people really can hide it well."
"Looks like a person, but actually.." Everyone knew she had a bad relationship with Yi Zhonghai; now how is it satirizing someone else.
"Right, right, right." A girl from the finance department who isn’t married nodded continuously, "Yes, appearances can be deceiving."
"By the way, Zhang Yu, with your parents gone and only your sister at home, if you get married and find out your husband can’t have children, and he doesn’t want to get checked, what would you do?"
Hmm, why do you get to become a cost accountant just after starting work, starting off on a much higher line than many others.
"Why would this only be discovered after marriage?" Zhang Yu looked surprised, "These checks should be done before marriage."
"No matter who it is that can’t have children, don’t drag the other person down, why must one wait until after marriage to find out."
"If discovered before marriage, it’s just about breaking up a relationship, there’s no issue of divorce."
"If after marriage you find out your partner can’t have children, even if you quickly get a divorce, you’re still divorced."
"By then, the other party’s family could preemptively blame you, and isn’t that just ruining one’s life for nothing."
"Better to plan early." Zhang Yu paused, "Anyway, I would absolutely demand a series of checks before marriage."
"And to have them done at several hospitals, to avoid errors in a single hospital’s report." Nowadays, many reports are handwritten by doctors; later, someone could bribe them to produce a false report, and crying over it would only hurt myself.
Even if it is discovered later, quite some time may have passed, and there could already be no evidence left.
It’s not just about going to one hospital, but to several, which really shocked everyone in the finance department.
"That’s really not necessary," someone said timidly.
"How is it not necessary," Zhang Yu absolutely disagreed with this, "This concerns our own lifelong happiness."
"Absolutely cannot be careless, if you don’t protect yourself well, don’t respect yourself, how can you expect the other person to respect you?"
"It really is like a dream."
"Keep dreaming your big dreams." Zhang Yu sipped some water, lamenting once more how cruel it was to start the morning without any tea to invigorate her mind.
Regardless, life must go on; she continued to examine the ledger. Before departing, she already had some ideas brewing. Combining the data the original owner had found, she was certain that the number of people involved was not small.
From production to logistics, it definitely was a whole chain affair, maybe even the security department was complicit.
In those days, the security department was an actual authority, staffed with professional soldiers, theoretically, this department should be faultless.
But if there were no issues, how could so many items be shipped out? Large quantities being successfully sent out once or twice could happen.
But with increasing frequency, given how many people were in the security department, it couldn’t be possible that none noticed.
Whether that is the case, it’s not her problem. She’s just an ordinary accountant, she only deals with matters related to accounting.
As for where this issue might lead, it’s not something she can bear.
Oh, of course, the finance department could probably pinpoint the people involved, but she was curious about when those people would act.
She truly anticipated it; she had thought many times about how to expose this mess and what might be the best way to do it.
After much consideration, she felt using an assault as the entry point was the best option.
As a newbie who exposed a mole in the steel mill and then was assaulted, wouldn’t such actions deserve significant recognition?
Would the leaders just blatantly watch her get bullied and not award her something extra?
Of course, thinking about promotions and pay raises was unnecessary; as a newcomer, she needed to progress step by step, and salary would also increase gradually.
But extra rewards, that absolutely should not be missed, or it would be too unfair for her efforts.
Zhang Yu stared blankly at the ledger, her mind calculating what rewards the leaders might provide.
If possible, she wouldn’t mind some Meat Coupons; even though having these coupons might not guarantee meat availability, at least they represented some hope.
She now knew, besides the black market, there was another place called Pigeon Market, a public venue allowing farmers to sell goods in the city.
From about four or five in the morning until seven, right before office hours, this temporary market operates. As for the variety of items, of course, it wasn’t plentiful, but the prices were cheaper than the black market.
She had once risen early to visit Pigeon Market; probably due to tough times, the variety of goods was indeed sparse.
All she could do was hope that in a few years, once times improved, she could shop at Pigeon Market again.
Zhang Yu’s mind was empty as she thought about her own matters, but to outsiders, she appeared to be diligently examining the ledger.
People glanced at each other, coming and going from the office. Seeing their movements, Zhang Yu stood up to get some water impulsively.
Then she returned to her position and continued to zone out, since everything that needed to be investigated had been uncovered; she just waited for them to make a move.
Hearing the end-of-day bell, Zhang Yu stretched lazily, slightly tidied her desk, and then left with a bag slung over her shoulder.
Following the crowd out of the factory, she hurried home; she was truly eager to know how the situation with Aunty Da was going, wondering who was struggling to conceive.
Along the way, Zhang Yu also saw many of her neighbors from the quadrangle courtyards, all hurriedly heading home.
While she rushed all the way, the others were discussing as they walked.
As she passed by, she could hear them mention the name Yi Zhonghai; truly a person of great importance.
It was a pity he didn’t come to work, otherwise there would have been much excitement to witness.