Wang Gen Sheng fell into silence, which was normal. Even if he was awake, he was still Uncle Wang, and Uncle Wang's language expression ability was quite poor.
"Old Shi is Xu Mo, Master Qin, you know Xu Nuo is a spirit, then you..." Wang Gen Sheng did not answer Qin Huai's question but was struggling with how Qin Huai knew all this.
Qin Huai said, "I am the protagonist of a system novel. You might have heard that I have ntal problems, often imagining that I have a system. I really do have a system. But that's not the point. I will explain all these to you later. I want you to first answer the question I just asked."
Wang Gen Sheng nodded and slowly said, "The things from that year... are very complicated. They didn't actually want Xu Nuo's life, they just wanted to warn Xu Nuo and , but..."
"Master Qin, do you know what happened after that?"
Qin Huai nodded, "A year after Xu Nuo's death, you reported Vice Factory Director Zhou and other leaders for corruption and bribery, for reselling and embezzling factory assets. Vice Factory Director Zhou and several big leaders were sentenced to death, and your section chief was sentenced to ten years, I think."
"That's pretty much it."
"At that ti, our spinning mill had three vice directors. The one with the most power was Vice Factory Director Zhou, and I was reporting him. Factory Director Xu was too upright and didn't do things with much consideration, so there were very few of his confidants in the factory. Before I joined the factory, Factory Director Xu had already discovered big rats in the factory, who were deceiving both up and down and had a lot of power. Back then, Factory Director Xu would go to universities to recruit people and bring new blood into the factory because he wanted to investigate corruption within the factory."
"However, he never expected that I had discovered this matter before his observation period on was over."
"It was only later that I found out, the reason I was able to read the accounts and spot problems was that Vice Factory Director Zhou and his team were already unable to cover things up. They didn't have very skilled accountants to make perfect accounts. As the amounts got bigger and bigger, and the factory started to falter, and as Factory Director Xu began to reform, like selling defective cloth a second ti, their difficulty in reselling materials beca greater. At that ti, they were already on the verge of exposure."
"That's also why the section chief valued , trying to bribe and intimidate to join them. They needed a good accountant to help them with their books, not just for future accounts but also to redo the previous ones."
"Xu Nuo's death wasn't because I submitted materials. Factory Director Xu was investigating very carefully, and they didn't know we already had evidence."
"They simply wanted to warn ."
Qin Huai: ???
"At that ti, our section chief reported upwards, explaining my situation. They were very interested in and felt that pulling in was just one step away. The section chief advocated for to write an IOU, giving my dad's dical expenses as a reward, showing their sincerity in wanting to win over. But Factory Director Zhou felt I was young and too stubborn, thinking I should suffer a bit more to willingly seek them out."
"Originally, this had nothing to do with Xu Nuo. But they all knew Xu Nuo had money and feared he might steal things from ho to sell for my dical expenses, ruining their good deeds. So they wanted to teach Xu Nuo a lesson, or rather warn to consciously keep away from Xu Nuo."
"That day was Mid-Autumn Festival. Xu Nuo had ordered lard and pine nuts from the countryside. He originally planned to return from the countryside and then use the kitchen at the State owned Restaurant to make Red Silk Cake."
"They learned about Xu Nuo's whereabouts, knowing he would definitely go to the countryside to collect goods that afternoon, and they knew the approximate ti. Factory Director Zhou's original plan was to hire a few thugs to pretend to be robbers, beat him up, and rob his things and bicycle, just as a warning."
"However, the logistics director hated Factory Director Xu."
"He was caught by Factory Director Xu for his dirty deeds and originally was supposed to be promoted to vice director but never got promoted since then. He not only wanted to teach and Xu Nuo a lesson but also wanted to teach Factory Director Xu a lesson. So he changed the robbery into an accident."
"And among those who carried out the act, soone hated Xu Mo."
"The motorcade was a lucrative position with limited slots. Xu Nuo spent money to find connections to get Xu Mo into the motorcade, preventing this person from getting in despite spending money. He wanted to take this opportunity to make Xu Mo commit a mistake that would get him fired."
"And ultimately, the person executing it ssed with the brakes out of laziness, which led to..." Wang Gen Sheng said this while painfully scratching his hair, "How absurd."
"Back then, Factory Director Xu and I, even before Xu Nuo died, thought they found out Xu Nuo was helping submit the report materials so they wanted to kill Xu Nuo, but it turned out such a ridiculous reason took Xu Nuo's life."
Qin Huai didn't know what to say.
Perhaps novels, movies, and TV dramas need logic, but reality often doesn't need logic.
When Qin Huai thought he could reason out a reasonable truth about Xu Nuo's death from mory, Wang Gen Sheng told him the truth was even more absurd than he imagined. It all was indeed an accident, an accident seemingly ticulously planned.
"The day after Xu Nuo's death, Xu Mo committed suicide." Wang Gen Sheng glanced at Shi Dadan, who didn't react, still holding a teacup as before, but on closer inspection, his teacup had long been empty.
"Xu Nuo was dead, the driver involved was also dead, and added to Factory Director Xu's reluctance to pursue the case, the case was closed."
"At that ti, I wanted to fight them to the end. I wanted to report directly to the higher ups, post big-character posters, and make a huge uproar. I didn't know who killed Xu Mo, nor did I know how many people Vice Factory Director Zhou and his group had. I didn't even know Vice Factory Director Zhou was the mastermind behind it, but I wanted to avenge Xu Nuo."
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