coobybook Chapter 759 Things Need to Be Thought About
Chapter 759 Things Need to Be Thought About
Hehe, don't think that Company Commander Tang is afraid of that little idiot.
The person climbing onto the roof really does have something important to do!
A military jeep, its two dim yellow headlights blazing, sped down the main road, its engine roaring as it approached.
In the dead of night, any unusual noise should raise suspicion. Therefore, Company Commander Tang's actions were absolutely driven by professional instinct and security considerations!
Although, at this moment, there were already three badge warriors stationed on this roof...
The car headlights approached from afar, finally screeching to a stop in front of the research institute. The car door swung open, and out jumped Lao Wang, looking travel-worn, and Squad Leader Ru.
Before Old Wang even entered the house, his loud, cursing voice rang out: "Damn it! That bastard Liu Shicai is a real bastard!"
He brushed the dust off his clothes, walked to Jiangxia's table, grabbed the enamel mug on the table, gulped down several mouthfuls, and then wiped his mouth.
"Hey, tired of drawing? Brain sluggish? Come on, let me tell you a fresh story to refresh your mind!" Old Wang plopped down on the desk.
Jiang Xia rubbed the redness and swelling from his bump, then leaned back with great interest, adopting a listening posture: "Tell me, I'm feeling really down, let's clear my head!"
"You didn't see it! That kid surnamed Liu, his life is so exciting! After work, he goes to the bathhouse and soaks in it until he's as clean as a hairless, fat pig! After his bath, he changes into his clothes looking all respectable, then heads straight to the factory club! He dances with the female workers, greets everyone he meets, cracks jokes, and is as lively as a monkey! He's the most boisterous guy in the whole factory!"
Old Wang walked up to Jiang Xia, casually took out a cigarette from his pocket, and after smoking it for a while, he looked at Jiang Xia's forehead to confirm that the redness and swelling matched the marks Jiang Xia had made on the train earlier before continuing to speak.
"Oh, so you got to enjoy it too? By the way, they said there are body scrubbers in this bathhouse who can make you go in with a tan and come out with a fair complexion. I'll have to try it sometime!"
Upon hearing the word "bathhouse," Jiang Xia suddenly realized that although he had been here several times, he had never actually experienced the bathhouse culture of northern China...
"Don't interrupt! That's called enjoying yourself, this is called going deep into the tiger's den!"
"Don't you think that Liu Shicai's current behavior is exactly the same as your behavior before your 'Big Firecracker No. 1' exploded?"
Jiang Xia scratched his forehead and thought for a moment, then seemed to understand: "You mean, you've suddenly become very busy?"
"Yeah! Also, his outer clothes were neither new nor old, nothing special. But his shoes were weird!"
"What's wrong?" Jiang Xia's curiosity was piqued.
"The cotton shoes he was wearing had relatively new uppers, clearly only worn for a few days; but the soles, especially the forefoot and heel areas, were extremely worn, the treads almost completely worn away! New uppers with old soles, isn't that ridiculous?"
"Hey, this is nothing!" Director Xiong's voice suddenly came from the corner. He was using tweezers to stuff the bones that Jiang Xia had gnawed clean into a glass jar. "I did this when I was young. Old shoe soles are sturdy. If you stretch a new upper on them, they'll look good and be durable!"
As she spoke, she lifted her foot, revealing a noticeable patch on the shoe, "Look at these shoes of mine, I just patched them up last month!"
Old Wang peeked out and couldn't help but laugh.
Factory Director Xiong's shoes were not "new shoes with patched uppers" at all; the holes were clearly covered with blue cloth patches, and the stitches were crooked and uneven, far inferior to Liu Shicai's new shoes.
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Seeing Factory Director Xiong refute him, Old Wang smiled, a cigarette dangling from his lips. He took a deep drag, and amidst the swirling smoke, didn't argue further. He knew perfectly well that Liu Shicai was wearing the factory's standard cotton shoes, the kind with durable rubber soles!
The investigation team's case file clearly states that a clear shoe print with a glued sole was found at the scene of the theft!
At this critical juncture, a pair of shoes with brand-new uppers but abnormally worn soles, and the perfectly good cleats and rubber soles have been replaced with ordinary ones—Old Wang absolutely doesn't believe there's nothing wrong with that.
However, some things are best left unsaid; there's no need to argue about these details with Director Xiong, who isn't on the same page as us.
Seeing that Lao Wang remained silent, Squad Leader Ru stubbed out his cigarette and calmly added that his discovery was even more alarming.
"Old Wang and I split up. He kept watch on people, while I sneaked into the warehouse area of Factory 615 under the cover of night and took a stroll around."
Then, the usually calm squad leader Ru suddenly showed anger on his face:
"The management of Factory 615 is so careless and lax! It's downright appalling!"
"The staff on duty were practically non-existent; I just strolled into that warehouse!"
"More importantly, their handling of the gold was utterly careless! I saw freshly smelted gold ingots just casually placed on the cement floor, covered with one or two broken wooden boards for privacy!"
"And what's more, they still did the same thing after the theft! They didn't improve at all! It's like the loss of those eight hundred taels of gold had nothing to do with them! Their awareness, their sense of responsibility... it's just..." Squad Leader Ru was so angry that his hands were trembling.
"Company commander! I wanted to shoot those warehouse guards right then and there!"
Squad Leader Ru's hand holding the cigarette trembled slightly, and his eyes, usually as sharp as a hawk's, were now bloodshot with indignation...
Just then, Tang, the company commander, who had silently climbed back through the window sometime earlier, leaned against the wall with his arms crossed. He slowly shook his head, his voice low, yet like an ice cube thrown into boiling water, instantly freezing the tense atmosphere.
"A lax mindset may not be formed overnight. But to be so stubborn and unrepentant, even to the point of escalating... have you ever considered that perhaps someone has been deliberately guiding and maintaining this 'lax' state?"
His gaze swept over the people in the room, finally settling on Jiang Xia: "The complacency among the workers of Factory 615 didn't develop overnight. But what if there's a venomous snake lurking in the shadows, quietly releasing its paralyzing venom, making everyone feel day after day that this chaos and casualness is 'normal,' is 'the norm'?"
Company Commander Tang's words were like a cold stone thrown into water, instantly silencing the previously somewhat sweltering office.