Chapter 63: Let's start with the finances.
Chapter 63: Let's start with the finances.
When Lu Mingxuan's gaze shifted from his phone to the table, he looked at the photo in the frame and felt a deep sense of regret.
Everyone says that no one is guilty of a crime when they die, so Lu Mingxuan decided to let Ma Fangfang go. He glanced at Song Qiao and said, "Let's go!"
Hearing that Lu Mingxuan was leaving, the old lady wiped away her tears and looked at him: "Could you please help me ask if Fangfang still has any deposit and wages that she hasn't received at the hospital?"
"Grandpa, I'll ask when I get back. Don't worry, Ma Fangfang won't lose any money."
Lu Mingxuan is the vice dean and the dean's son; these are not important matters.
The old lady thanked him repeatedly, and seeing how helpful Lu Mingxuan was, she asked, "Could you please call Fangfang's husband and ask him to come back?"
Ma Fangfang's husband and son are abroad. His wife died and he didn't come back. It's hard to believe, isn't it?
Lu Mingxuan thought for a moment and said, "Okay! Give me your son-in-law's phone number, and I'll call him for you."
Looking at Lu Mingxuan, Song Qiao realized that a person can be completely different when they grow up compared to when they were a child. In high school, he would play pranks, but now all she saw in him was responsibility and commitment.
The old lady took out a worn-out, tattered notebook from the bedside table: "It's in here, it has my son-in-law's number written on it."
Lu Mingxuan took it and looked at it, and sure enough, he found the crooked numbers written in pencil.
Lu Mingxuan took out his phone, his slender fingers moving across the screen, and then handed the notebook back to the old lady.
"I've written it down. I'll contact him when I get back."
Out of professional ethics as a doctor, Lu Mingxuan still decided to make the call.
Besides wanting to ask Ma Fangfang's husband why he didn't come back after his wife died, I also want to ask him how much he knows about what happened six years ago.
The two left Ma Fangfang's house with mixed feelings.
Back in the car, Lu Mingxuan looked up at Song Qiao and said, "Don't worry, let's go find the child first, and we'll talk about it after we find the child."
Song Qiao also believed that the most urgent task was to find the child.
"Where can we find the child? We've had the number we left at the scrap metal yard for two days now, and not a single person has called."
Suddenly, Song Qiao felt that there was no hope for that child, who had been buried in garbage in the landfill five years ago.
“No one has called. Let’s go look around the neighborhood. As long as she’s still alive, we’re sure we can find her.”
The only hope now is the garbage collector that Wang Xia mentioned. If the child had been crying, he might have been discovered. But if he had stopped crying, the child's chances of survival are slim.
While Lu Mingxuan was on the phone with Ma Fangfang's husband, Song Qiao wanted to call Wang Xia again to ask if the child could still cry at that time.
Just as she took out her phone to dial Wang Xia's number, her phone rang. Seeing that it was Jiang Ming, she answered, "Hello!"
"Song Qiao, where did you go?"
"I've arrived at the construction site and am on my way back."
If Song Qiao says he's at the construction site, he'll immediately call the people there to ask, and the lie will be exposed.
Which construction site did you go to?
There were nine construction sites at the time. Song Qiao thought for a moment and said, "I'll go to Yuhu Bay. Why? Something wrong?"
"Ranran went to kindergarten, but the teacher wouldn't accept her. Zhao Xiaoya got into a fight with someone there."
Zhao Xiaoya is, after all, Jiang Xiaoran's biological mother, so it's understandable that she would go to such lengths.
Song Qiao sneered and said, "I can't do anything if you don't want to accept it. Then take it home and let Mom take a look at it."
Song Qiao didn't want to get involved in this matter. The teacher's refusal to accept the child was the result of Song Qiao's promise to transfer the child. Which kindergarten teacher would be willing to live in fear every day and get angry with a child who can't be disciplined?
She wanted to teach Jiang Xiaoran a lesson, to let Jiang Ming know that hitting someone and getting money wasn't the end of the matter.
You should go home and check on things!
Jiang Ming had just finished his call when Wang Lianhe, the company's vice president, called again. Song Qiao answered, "Hello! President Wang, what's up?"
"President Song, please come back to the company. We found that a prepayment is missing from the finance department."
Song Qiao asked on the phone, "How much?"
"One hundred and twenty million! That's the down payment for Royal Lake Bay, but it's not on the books."
"Mr. Wang, I understand. I'll head back right away."
After ending the call, Song Qiao immediately called Song Jianguo.
"Hey! Dad, Mr. Wang just called me and said that the prepayment for Yuhu Bay is missing. There's only an account number but no money. I'm out, so you can go to the finance department to check."
After hearing Song Qiao's words, Song Jianguo thought for a moment and said, "Last year, Jiang Ming said that entertainment centers were a good investment. Did he use them? I'll call him and ask him right now."
Fearing that Jiang Ming was setting a trap for Song Jianguo, Song Qiao quickly said, "Don't ask him yet. Go to the finance department and have them check the details to see which project Jiang Ming invested this money in."
"it is good!"
After Song Qiao and Song Jianguo finished their phone calls, Lu Mingxuan also finished his call outside and returned to his car.
"How's it going? Have you managed to get in touch with Ma Fangfang's husband?"
Lu Mingxuan nodded: "We got in touch. Her husband said he would be back in a few days. He also said that he couldn't come back because of surgery after Ma Fangfang's death. His son couldn't come back at the time because he couldn't buy a plane ticket. He won't be able to come back for three days until Ma Fangfang is cremated."
Lu Mingxuan fastened his seatbelt and looked up at Song Qiao: "I also asked about what happened five years ago. Ma Fangfang's husband said he didn't know. He was already abroad at the time, and he also said that he and Ma Fangfang divorced five years ago."
Song Qiao looked up at Lu Mingxuan: "So, Ma Fangfang didn't tell her family about the divorce?"
"It seems so!"
Lu Mingxuan started the car and drove towards the city.
“Mingxuan, let’s find the child another time. I have to go back to the company now. The auditors found that a prepayment is missing, and I’m worried that Jiang Ming has transferred the money.”
Upon hearing that something had happened at Song Qiao's company, Lu Mingxuan had no choice but to agree to go back first.
The car headed back to the city, and Lu Mingxuan kept thinking about Ma Fangfang's car accident the whole way.
Ma Fangfang's husband, Liu Canxiang, agreed to return to China on October 2nd. He decided to meet with her then to discuss the reasons for their divorce five years ago.
Is it because Ma Fangfang made the decision to switch children that Liu Canxiang disagreed with and was allowed to divorce her?
At that time, Ma Fangfang, like Wang Xia, was in dire need of money and agreed to Jiang Ming's offer.
What Song Qiao thought about most was, where is the child? And who was that person who collected recyclables back then?
The car drove for an hour before finally arriving back at the hospital.
At this moment, everyone in the construction company was talking about the financial audit behind their backs. Some people had already guessed that Song Qiao suspected Jiang Ming.
Several women from the finance department were discussing this matter near the tea stove.
"I think this time they're serious. There's a saying: 'To bring about one's downfall, first make him arrogant.' For the past few years, President Jiang has held the reins of finance. Does he think this company is his now?"
"And then there's Zhao Xiaoya. She's taken a lot of money from Jiang Ming over the years. If this is discovered, she won't be able to stay at the company anymore."
"It's worth it even if she leaves, because she gets at least that much from President Jiang every year!"
Jiang Xia from the finance department held up her finger.
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