Chapter 40: Stolen Wine?

  In front of the stone tower, Sun Xiao and others gathered together, their faces stiff, as if they were trying to suppress their anger and not show it.

  Feng Ge's face was even more furious, and he wanted to rush forward several times, but was firmly held back by the bald middle-aged Lin Shu, telling him not to be too impulsive.

  Two empty wine bottles lay quietly on the ground, still emitting a faint scent of wine.

  Three people stood facing the crowd, two of whom were tall and muscular white men, dressed in black suits, black shirts, and black trousers, with a bodyguard-like appearance and an arrogant demeanor. These two men stood on either side, protecting a short middle-aged man.

  This middle-aged man has a short and stout figure, his hair is sparse, but he still insists on having a big bun hairstyle, small eyes, collapsed nose bridge, thin lips, large face plate, wearing a suit and leather shoes with an air of social elite, yet it makes people look at him with disgust.

  A stout middle-aged man looked at the wine bottle on the ground and said with a forced smile: "Lin Tou, it is clearly stated in our company's rules that smoking and drinking are prohibited within the working area. You're deliberately violating this rule!"

  Lin Shu's face was stern, and he said stiffly: "Director Pu, it's already past working hours. We're just drinking here, which doesn't count as violating the rules, does it? Although the Stone Tower district is currently under our maintenance department's jurisdiction, after work hours, this place is also a free sightseeing area."

  "That's right, that's right." Feng Ge smiled and chimed in, "Director Pu, you supervise our work and have always been diligent. You can see very clearly that we brothers have not had even half a point of behavior that violates the rules during working hours."

  Director Park was taken aback, and a surge of anger rose to his face. Brother Feng's words were clearly meant to provoke him. From the time he took over the supervision of the Luo Shan Tower maintenance work, he had never come in the afternoon. On such a hot day, letting himself be with these inferior workers was a loss of face.

  But this is something he must not admit, otherwise it would be like slapping himself in the face.

  With a flicker of his eyes, Director Park's nose twitched slightly as he sniffed the air, and his face changed color. His eyes turned sharp in an instant, pointing at the wine bottles on the ground, he bellowed: "Where did these two bottles of wine come from? Speak!"

  "These two bottles of wine?" Lin was taken aback for a moment, then immediately said: "I bought them."

  "What did you buy?" Director Park sneered, shouting sharply, "A hundred-year-old Moonlight Chen wine, can Lin Xiaobin afford it?"

  "Speak! Where did you two steal these bottles of wine from? Did you steal them from tourists?" Director Park's lips moved, spitting out a furious rebuke. "Do you know the price of these two bottles of Moonlight Aged Wine? One bottle costs 100,000 credits? You...you've completely disgraced Lingzhi Company!"

  Director Park was furious, his lungs almost bursting. He wasn't angry about Lin Shu and the others stealing wine, nor was it for the company's face. It was these two bottles of Moonlight Chen Piao that even he himself had only drunk once, and at that, just a small cup. But these lowly workers actually drank two bottles of Moonlight Chen Piao to their stomachs, this is simply a waste of heaven's gift!

  "This is against the law! If the tourist who lost his wine reports to the police and it's found out, our company's reputation will plummet. You thieves!"

  "Heavens! My subordinates are actually a bunch of thieves, a group of criminals!" Director Park covered his face and groaned.

  Lin Shu and others changed their faces, they didn't expect this matter to be spoken by Park's mouth, as they said, they became thieves of stealing wine. Moreover, this wine is a hundred-year-old moonlight Chen brew, one bottle worth 100,000 credit points?

  What interstellar joke!

  Realizing the severity of the situation, a few people in the group began to hesitate, opening their mouths to say that these two bottles of wine were brought by Sun Yan and had nothing to do with them.

  Feng Ge shouted suddenly, "Director Park, these two bottles of wine were taken from tourists by me, and have nothing to do with everyone else. I'll take responsibility for everything."

  As he spoke, Feng Ge's eyes turned red with rage and he glared fiercely at those people, causing them to feel ashamed and lower their heads.

  "Oh, is it Feng Xing who did this?" Park Team Leader showed a scornful expression. "I don't think so, which one of you has the ability to do this? I'm very clear about it." With a flicker of his eyes, Park Team Leader looked at Sun Xiao and said with a fake smile: "Sun Xiao, didn't I say correctly? In my opinion, these two bottles of wine are your masterpiece, aren't they?"

  Sun Xiao scratched his ear, shrugged indifferently and said, "Director Park says so, that's it! Anyway, we've already drunk the wine. If we report this to the police, it will harm the company's reputation without any benefit. Please ask Director Park to handle this discreetly, I'll take responsibility for it myself."

  Feng Xing said urgently: "Sun Ge, it was obviously me..."

  "Alright, Xiao Feng." Sun Jiao waved his hand.

  Usually, Sun Xiao is always smiling, with his messy long hair, unkempt beard and thin figure, looking like he's not taking things seriously. But when he really puts on a serious face, there's an untamed quality to him that makes it impossible for others to refute.

  Feng Xing was choked with emotion and couldn't continue speaking.

  "Sun Jiao! I knew it was you." Director Park's voice was shrill, his neck stretched out long, "You're the dregs of society, from the first day you joined our maintenance team, I knew you were a piece of rat shit that would ruin the whole pot of porridge."

  Sun Xiao sneered: "Director Pu, isn't that an exaggeration? When I joined the maintenance team, you hadn't taken office yet, and I already knew what was going to happen?"

  "You..."

  "Alright, Sun Xiao, I won't play word games with you either. Today's theft of wine is too serious, and I can no longer cover for you. For the sake of our company's reputation, I'll handle this quietly. Now get out!"

  "Dad, what's wrong?"

  Sun Yan walked over, frowning at the rugged-looking Director Pu in front of him, with a chill flashing in his eyes. This short and stout middle-aged man was indeed capable of turning right and wrong upside down, and he had actually said that the two bottles of wine he had bought himself were stolen.

  "Oh, is this kid your son?" Director Park looked at Sun Yan and shook his head, "Indeed, like father, like son. He's clearly a useless, low-class person. This thing called bloodline is really terrifying."

  "You bastard, say that again!" Sun's voice was icy cold, his fists clenched tightly, and the yuan force inside him stirred up. He could tolerate others' repeated insults to himself, but when it came to insulting his old man, he would not tolerate it at all.

  "Ayin, don't be impulsive." Sun Xiao patted him on the shoulder and said in a low voice, "We father and son have nothing to lose, but we can't cause trouble for Uncle Lin and his family."

  "Old man......" Sun Yan gritted his teeth and finally relaxed his fists.

  Looking at Director Park, Sun Xiao said: "Director Park, I am resigning voluntarily and will not take this month's salary either. I hope you can handle it discreetly."

  "Hmph! You're smart to know better." Director Park raised his head, waved his hand as if shooing away a fly. "Now, immediately, get out of my sight! I'm a magnanimous person who doesn't bother with trivial matters, so let's just forget the whole wine-stealing incident ever happened."

  This short and stout old dog! Sun Yan's chest was filled with raging flames of anger, but he could only forcibly endure it. Lin Shu and Feng Ge were his elders who had taken care of him since childhood, and he couldn't let them be implicated.

  Bang!

  Sun suddenly fell to the ground, his body curled up, trembling with fear, both hands tightly pressed against his right ribcage, beads of cold sweat bursting out on his face, rolling down his cheeks, and painful moans escaped from his mouth.

  "Father, what's wrong?" Sun Yan was shocked and pale.

  "Bad, I'm afraid it's a worsening of the condition."

  "Ayin, hurry up! Hurry and take your dad to the hospital."

  "Right, right. Go quickly, don't delay."

  A group of people rushed to surround him, busily helping Sun up. Sun's heart was burning with anxiety as he carried his father on his back and rushed out, disappearing at the end of the road in the blink of an eye.

  "Wait a minute, what did you guys do in the past?"

  Lin Shu and Feng Xing also wanted to follow, but were stopped by Pu Zu's interception, and the crowd couldn't help but glare at him.

  Director Park smoothed his thinning hair and said slowly, "Tonight, you all have to work overtime. Later, our company's Director Zhang and Mr. Li from the Yulon Group will come to Shitai for an inspection. These two are big shots, so you all be careful and don't slack off."

  Seeing the unwillingness on everyone's face, Director Park said coldly: "As for overtime pay, it will be tripled. Whoever is not willing to do so can just follow Sun and not come to work tomorrow. Lin, as a veteran of the maintenance team, you should take the lead in setting an example."

  Lin Shu suppressed his anger and said, "Don't worry, Pu Team Leader, when have we ever let you down?"

  "That's good." Director Park smiled and said in a gentle tone, "We've worked together for so long, you should be very clear about my character. I'm always easy to talk to. As long as you don't let me down at critical moments, I won't treat anyone unfairly."

  Damn it! This bootlicker! Everyone cursed in their hearts, but they were helpless and could only carry their toolboxes towards the massive stone tower.

  A moment later, after Lin Shu and others resumed work, a group of maintenance workers worked in an orderly manner. Pu Zu led two people to the front of the stone tower.

  These two people, one is young and the other is old.

  That young man had a robust build, a square face, high nose bridge, and piercing eyes. Lin Shu and the others all recognized him - he was Zhang Yong, the general manager of Ling Zhi Company.

  The old man beside Zhang Yong had white hair and beard, but his spirit was very vigorous, presumably the Mr. Li of the head office.

  Director Park led the way in front of the two, his expression completely different from before, with a smile all over his face, extremely flattering, constantly introducing the history of Luo Shan Stone Tower to the two, looking at Director Park's endless appearance, I don't know how long he had made up for it beforehand.

  "Mr. Li, Director Zhang, these are the employees of our maintenance team. In order to repair the Luoshan Stone Tower well, they all voluntarily work overtime and live up to the high expectations of the parent company!" Manager Park's tone was almost dripping with honey.

  Director Zhang and the old man with the surname Li looked around, nodded frequently, fully affirming Comrade Pak's work, making Comrade Pak's eyes, nose, eyebrows, and mouth all scrunched up together, like a chrysanthemum about to bloom.

  Looking around in a circle, Director Zhang looked at Feng Xing, who was squatting in front of him working seriously, patted his shoulder and asked: "You're Feng Xing, right?"

  Feng Xing was taken aback, his heart racing with anxiety. How did the company's boss know his name? He hastily stood up and replied stiffly: "Yes, Chairman Zhang."

  "Hmm." Director Zhang nodded with a warm expression and asked again: "Where is Mr. Sun from your maintenance department? Why haven't I seen him?"

  Xun Xiao... sir?