"What’s the use of talking about this now?" Zhao Ye inhaled his cigarette fiercely, "The real ergency is our accounts! All the books were kept by Old Yu back then! Although we’ve shut his mouth and he has handed over all the accounts to us, his very existence is a threat. If that journalist manages to find him, it will be major trouble!"
"I’ve already had people searching everywhere for Old Yu, including his family mbers. It’s a race between us and the journalist to see who finds him first!" Sun Yulin said.
Zhao Ye, puffing nervously on his cigarette, asked, "Do you think Old Yu still holds a grudge against us? Could he end up giving us away?"
Sun Yulin was quite annoyed and glared at him, "Back in the day, when the four of us partnered up for the mine, everyone trusted you to be the legal representative. But look at you, accidents happened, lives were lost, and you left so many loose ends with pneumoconiosis! You managed the mine as if it were as perforated as honeycomb coal! I’ve been plugging your holes for years now!"
Zhao Ye looked innocent, "Back then? Didn’t you say it was a joint venture by four parties? Did I have the sole say? Your wife was also in the company, all decisions were made together! So of the suggestions were even from your wife! Like when the accident happened, she suggested we cover it up, didn’t she? Didn’t your wife co up with that idea after consulting with you at ho?"
"You..." Sun Yulin was so furious he was lost for words.
"Enough, enough, can we not fight among ourselves?" a village chief stepped in, "We agreed it was a joint venture by the four parties from the start, so whatever happens, we face it together. If we start falling apart, can we solve anything?"
"Yeah!" the village chief from Liuxia Village chid in, "And never ntion that accident again! We already had a safety incident, and you concealed it instead of reporting it. It’s in the past now; bringing it up could end up in prison ti!"
"It’s not us who want to dig it up! If the journalist finds Old Yu, we’ll all be stripped bare! Don’t forget, bankruptcy due to fraudulent accounting is also legally accountable!" Zhao Ye gripped Sun Yulin’s sleeve, clearly panicking.
Sun Yulin, furious, shook off his sleeve, walked to the door, looked left and right to make sure there was no one, then shut the door and gritted his teeth, "I should never have taken over your ss!"
"Sun Yulin..." Hearing this, Zhao Ye couldn’t stand it, "That’s not fair to say. How much money you’ve made off this ss you know very well, and I rember it too! And what about your wife, isn’t she responsible? Who else can get away?"
"Why start fighting again? We ca here to figure things out, didn’t we agree to discuss strategies?" another village chief interjected.
"What strategies? It all cos down to Old Yu! Find Old Yu and figure out a way to shut him up! When was the last ti any of you heard from Old Yu?" Sun Yulin asked.
Everyone went silent.
"Don’t tell it was three years ago?" Sun Yulin said irritably.
"That was it, three years ago... Once it was all over, who wanted to see him again, rembering we owe him a life?" Zhao Ye muttered.
The group fell silent, puffing on their cigarettes for a while.
"Go search, figure sothing out! And those families of the workers who died in the mine years ago, damn, after taking the money they might still turn on us! It’s not too late to handle it now..." Sun Yulin waved his hand dismissively, "Let’s not waste any more ti! Go on! That journalist is hunting all over for , so I’m not going out. I’ll rest here tonight; let know if you have any news, and I’ll find ti to slip away."
"They’re looking for too... I’m not going out either..."
Sun Yulin glanced at him with contempt, "Spineless!"
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