Rebirth: He Decides to Lie Flat
Chapter 531 - 531 526 Catching the Culprit

Chapter 531: Chapter 526: Catching the Culprit Chapter 531: Chapter 526: Catching the Culprit The district police station wasn’t close to the “Feixue” electronics factory, but because Jing Junyang and “Feixue” had gained some notoriety, it took only twenty minutes for a police car to come roaring over after the call.

The thug who Liu Wenhui had beaten to a swollen face and the young security guard were tied up together in the security room.

“Captain, it really wasn’t my fault,”

The security guard, not even twenty, cried a river of tears and looked at Captain Song with a pitiful expression, “I, I accidentally pressed the barrier lift button, really, I didn’t know there was a problem with that van…”

Captain Song was unmoved, his voice cold, “Accidentally? You didn’t register it when it entered, nor did you get the driver’s phone number and ID, and you let them go when I was chasing them. Li Youcai, do you think I am a fool? You say it was an accident and I should believe you?”

Li Youcai struggled to keep his composure, still with a crying tone, “It’s not that I didn’t register it; the van came in right behind He Gong’s car at the time, I, I thought they were together, that’s why I didn’t register it.”

The surveillance at the entrance had already been checked; He Gong had returned from the supplier at eleven in the morning, and indeed, a van was following him as he entered. However, this was no excuse for being let through without question.

“Li Youcai, do you not know what kind of factory we are? Didn’t I tell you the rules when you first came here?”

As he spoke, Captain Song raised his hand to point at the wall behind Li Youcai, indignantly saying, “Even if I hadn’t told you, the factory rules are posted right there, and you tell me you didn’t register a strange van because it followed He Gong? What do you mean by that? Are you trying to shift the blame onto He Gong?”

Aside from being the chief engineer of the factory, He Gong was also the deputy manager and a senior member most trusted by General Jing and Jiang Yan.

Now Li Youcai was trying to smear him, what was his aim? To create discord?

Liu Wenhui, sitting in a chair smoking, laughed derisively upon hearing this, “Old Song, if this kid hadn’t tried to blame He Gong, I wouldn’t have a clue, but with what he’s said, it reminded me of someone.”

Captain Song and Li Youcai were both startled, the former with surprise, the latter with fear.

“Who?”

“Think about where He Gong came from when he switched jobs.”

No need to think about it, the whole factory knew that nearly half of their management staff came from the old electronics factory that used to produce “Feixue”, but now that factory had closed. However, before the closure, it was said that Boss Zhuang had visited He Gong’s home several times.

So He Gong didn’t agree to go back with him, and now was it out of anger and spite that he deliberately got someone to cause trouble for them?

The fire in the warehouse had been extinguished without causing any real damage. As for General Jing and Jiang Yan, since Liu Wenhui was present at the time, both weren’t hurt much, one with a swollen arm and the other with a scraped forehead, hardly a serious matter.

But it was embarrassing.

Captain Song saw it as a provocation against him.

In broad daylight, the factory bosses were attacked in their own factory… If word got out, could he, the head of security, continue in his role?

So, for Li Youcai, who betrayed him, Captain Song was bitterly resentful, and in this moment, he showed no softness for Li Youcai’s tears, unlike how lenient and amiable he usually was.

“Crying to me is useless. Wait for the police to arrive, and you can try crying to them, see if that will clear the suspicion off you?”

After speaking, Captain Song turned and walked out of the security room. The person who set the fire in the warehouse hadn’t been found yet; they might still be in the factory or might have already escaped. Although both entrances were closed, with the factory being so large, someone could easily climb a wall in any corner to get out.

But the person to help restore the surveillance had already arrived, and judging by Jiang Yan’s expression, there seemed to be a very good chance of getting it back up.

Before long, the police arrived, and after understanding the circumstances leading up to the incident, the security room was temporarily used as an interrogation room.

After all, there might still be an arsonist in the factory who hadn’t been caught, so they were trying to pry some information out of these two people’s mouths.

But before Li Youcai and the captured thug could confess, Du Fan’s side had restored the surveillance.

“Is this… Chief Zhu?”

Chief Zhu was originally the head of the procurement department, but because he had abused his power and purchased a batch of substandard small parts, Jing Junyang had transferred him to the workshop.

At first, Jiang Yan had planned to fire him, but considering that he had a good attitude in admitting his wrongdoing, and the quantity of substandard small parts he had used was not very large, he also voluntarily accepted the punishment, so the decision was changed from termination to transfer.

It was thought that he had genuinely recognized his mistake and was sincerely making amends.

Now it seemed, amend my ass, he was harboring resentment towards Jing Junyang and Jiang Yan in his heart.

Maybe he was too confident in himself, thinking that without surveillance they wouldn’t be able to catch him, so after setting the fire, Chief Zhu, no, it should be Deputy Director Zhu, actually swaggered back to the office.

It was only when the police walked into the office to take him away that his eyes widened in disbelief.

Li Youcai and the thug who came today had no idea that he was also bribed by that boss, so it couldn’t have been them who gave him away.

So why were the police capturing him?

Deputy Director Zhu shouted loudly, “What are you doing? Can the police just arrest people randomly?”

He was righteous and not the least bit guilty.

Jiang Yan, standing at the doorway of the workshop office, couldn’t help clicking his tongue, noting the man’s decent mental fortitude; no wonder he had managed to deceive him and old Jing.

“Deputy Director Zhu, the surveillance has been restored. Would you like it sent to your email so you can see for yourself if the person starting the fire was you?”

As a critical storage area, the cameras covered almost 360 degrees with no blind spots. Deputy Director Zhu probably didn’t want to arouse suspicion at first, so he didn’t choose to destroy the cameras but rather decided to delete the surveillance footage in the computer room and turn it off.

But he hadn’t expected that this data, once deleted, could still be recovered, and he certainly didn’t expect it to be recovered so quickly.

So upon hearing Jiang Yan’s words, he wilted like frost-hit eggplant!

As he passed by Jiang Yan, he stopped and looked at him unwillingly, his voice filled with resentment, “I only made a small mistake, and you guys fired me and transferred me from the procurement department. Is that necessary?”

The workshop and the procurement department were incomparable, weren’t they?

On top of that, the new head of the procurement department had always been at odds with him, and he couldn’t help grinding his teeth in hatred whenever he saw that person in the factory.

He hated the new chief, even more so Jiang Yan and Jing Junyang.

But he was reluctant to resign because in Beijing, compared to other factories, “Feixue’s” wages and benefits were among the best.

So he really couldn’t bear to leave.

“So you joined forces with Zhuang Shengkai, bribing some thugs to deal with me and Jing Junyang?”

Upon hearing the three words “Zhuang Shengkai,” Deputy Director Zhu’s eyes immediately widened into circles, and his brain momentarily blanked out, causing him to lose his ability to think. Without thinking, he blurted out, “How did you know?”