The secretary opened her mouth to stop Xia Yu from checking the accounts, but she thought that stopping him now would make them seem guilty.
She believed that this college student majoring in Chinese literature would not understand the accounts anyway.
She had already learned about the situation from an insider. Xia Yu was the lover of An Tianfeng’s daughter, what ability could someone who relied on women possibly have?
After leaving the office, she discussed the matter with the other managers.
The manager in charge of the accounts said, “I’ve done the books very well. It would be impossible for anyone who isn’t experienced to notice, and even experienced people wouldn’t notice unless they paid special attention.”
“Then there shouldn’t be any problems. The higher-ups have never suspected us before, so he couldn’t have come prepared,” another manager said.
“Even if he pays very close attention, it won’t help. We already know about the situation along the way. He’s just an ordinary person, majoring in Chinese literature, so there can’t be any issues.”
“We’ve gone such a long time without any problems, how could we suddenly crash now?” the general manager concluded.
“I’ll go get the accounts now. There’s no need to scare ourselves,” the secretary said, then went to the finance department and retrieved the accounts.
She placed the accounts in front of Xia Yu, one printed copy and one electronic version.
Xia Yu took the electronic version to read.
After five minutes of reading, Xia Yu nodded, “I understand now.”
After saying that, he stood up and left the company.
The secretary wanted to see him off, but he declined.
Back in the office, the secretary and several managers were chatting.
“Seeing him spend five minutes looking through the accounts really scared me for a moment.”
“This proves he didn’t find anything. What could be the problem? I guess he doesn’t understand anything and just skimmed through all the items, fooling himself into thinking he checked the accounts.”
“That phrase ‘fooling oneself’ is spot-on.”
Everyone burst into laughter.
They chatted for a while longer, then left the company arm in arm, preparing to go out and enjoy themselves.
However, just as they stepped out of the company, a car pulled up in front of them. Five people got out of the car and blocked their way.
“What are you doing!” the secretary’s group warily looked at the five people.
“We are the personnel hired by Mr. Xia Yu to handle your matter,” the five replied.
“What do you plan to do?” the secretary’s group asked again, although the meaning behind the two questions differed.
“Just a quick check of the accounts,” the five smiled.
However, the secretary’s group turned pale. They weren’t particularly skilled individuals, and their fake records couldn’t fool true professionals.
“Did Xia Yu send you?” they couldn’t believe it. They had been embezzling money for so long, only to eventually be caught by a freshman literature student.
After the five nodded in confirmation, the expressions of the secretary’s group became even more complex.
They exchanged glances, regretting in their hearts that they shouldn’t have underestimated Xia Yu because of his youth and unrelated major.
They no longer had a chance to start over. The five professionals quickly uncovered the issues in the accounts, and the secretary and others were taken away by the police.
After hearing about these events from Yu Ningmeng, Xia Yu nodded.
After discovering the issues with the accounts, Xia Yu didn’t take action himself. Instead, he called Yu Ningmeng. With Yu Ningmeng, he didn’t need to do it himself. Even if he wanted to, he wouldn’t have known where to start.
These were all high-level managers of the company. If they were gone, the company would not be able to operate.
The correct approach should be to feign cooperation with these people while secretly starting to recruit replacements.
Xia Yu didn’t want to do such a compromising thing, so he directly asked Yu Ningmeng.
Yu Ningmeng readily agreed to handle the following matters. It seemed that the test given by Yu Liang was only up to this point.
After hanging up the phone, Xia Yu recalled Yu Ningmeng’s surprised tone when he mentioned that there were people embezzling money in the company.
Yu Ningmeng wasn’t surprised that the management had colluded to embezzle money, but was surprised that Xia Yu had been able to find the problem in such a short time, which could be heard in Yu Ningmeng’s words.
So, was this company a test already prepared by Yu Liang?
Xia Yu didn’t think so because An Siyao suddenly gave the company to him, and these people had clearly been embezzling money for a long time, not recently.
Yu Ningmeng knew there were people embezzling in the company but had never dealt with it. Why was that?
Because the company was given by An Tianfeng to An Siyao, and it was following the An family’s footsteps?
Xia Yu could only think of this possibility.
Yu Ningmeng wasn’t a direct member of the Yu family, so she naturally wouldn’t have the authority to allow this, which must have been Yu Liang’s intention.
A company worth nearly ten million yuan wouldn’t be a big loss to the Yu family, especially since it belonged to the An family.
What kind of relationship was there between the Yu family and the An family?
Yu Ningmeng was still managing the An company under An Siyao’s leadership, indicating that they hadn’t completely fallen out, but were still making small moves behind the scenes.
After thinking for a while, Xia Yu couldn’t come up with an answer. If he asked Yu Ningmeng, she definitely wouldn’t say anything. An Siyao didn’t know anything either. As for asking An Tianfeng or Yu Liang, his relationship with the two wasn’t close enough yet.
Suppressing his curiosity, Xia Yu stopped thinking about this matter, which he couldn’t find an answer to.
He looked at An Siyao in front of him, who was playing with the black cat.
She handed a small dried fish to the black cat, let it eat, then patted the cat’s head twice, and then gave another small dried fish to the black cat…
This was a very basic way of playing with a cat. Xia Yu grabbed An Siyao’s hand and taught her the correct posture.
He placed An Siyao’s hand holding the small dried fish in front of the black cat. When the cat bit, Xia Yu pulled An Siyao’s hand, moving it to the other side.
The black cat missed its bite, then turned its head to the other side again to bite. Xia Yu pulled An Siyao’s hand again, placing it back in its original position.
Back and forth like this five or six times, when the black cat was about to lose patience, Xia Yu gave it the small dried fish.
“This is the first way to play,” Xia Yu let An Siyao grab another small dried fish. “Now I will teach you the second way.”
Xia Yu swung An Siyao’s hand, throwing the small dried fish into the air.
The black cat immediately jumped and caught the small dried fish.
He took another small dried fish and threw it again. The black cat caught it again.
But on the third throw, Xia Yu grabbed An Siyao’s hand and swung it, the black cat jumped but didn’t see the small dried fish, looking around in confusion.
It couldn’t find it because this time Xia Yu didn’t let An Siyao hold the small dried fish; it was an empty swing.
After doing this operation two more times, Xia Yu asked An Siyao, “Do you get it?”
An Siyao didn’t answer. Xia Yu looked down at her and noticed she was staring at her wrist, or more precisely, the wrist he was holding.
A sweet smile appeared on her face.
“You’re not paying attention in class, thinking about my hand?”
Letting go of her hand, Xia Yu patted An Siyao’s cheek. Seeing the girl’s confused expression, not knowing why her cheek was being patted, his mood became cheerful.
Staying with An Siyao until 9 PM, Xia Yu sent her home.
Yu Ningmeng was already waiting at the gate of the villa. Her face showed some displeasure because it was a bit late, but she didn’t say anything.
Xia Yu speculated that previously, he had to send An Siyao back for dinner, but now he could keep her until 9 PM. After some more time, perhaps he could even keep An Siyao overnight.
Dawn was just ahead.
Returning home, he played games until midnight, arriving at the brown bear’s location.
He wanted to check if the new base was safe. When he opened his eyes, he found the surroundings somewhat unfamiliar yet vaguely recognizable.
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