After Xu Mingcheng took office as the general manager of the Finance Department, the appointment was sent by the Human Resources Department to the employees' respective mailboxes through the internal OA. There was no big surprise or reaction among the middle and lower-level employees. The senior management also knew about it immediately in the conference room.
Only the Chu family found out about it after the personnel appointments were made, and then they all approached Chu Tongguang.
They are afraid. The Chu family occupies all the lucrative positions in the company. No one has made any false claims on the accounts. In the past, the boss of the finance department turned a blind eye to the false accounts. Besides,
The vice president is still one of their own, and many accounts cannot reach the hands of the president.
But now that Xu Mingcheng has become the general manager of the Finance Department, doesn't that mean a knife is hanging over their heads?
Xu Mingcheng didn't call their bluff. The first of three things the new official did when he took office was the Chu family. He began to order the Finance Department to audit the accounts, specifically looking into some old accounts, which frightened everyone in the Chu family.
Can't sleep at night.
While Xu Mingcheng was in full swing checking the company's accounts, the person Cheng Xiran sent to Chu's father's hometown also returned. Xu Hou took the person to meet Cheng Xiran in the teahouse box.
"What did you find out?"
Cheng Xiran asked straight to the point.
The man told Cheng Xiran everything he had found in Father Chu's hometown about the Chu family before they came to Jiangcheng.
Chu Shang has never been to Chu's father's hometown, and this is the first time he has heard about the Chu family in his hometown.
Chu's father's hometown is a poor mountain village. Chu's father is the eldest son. He has a younger brother, Chu Tongguang, and a younger sister, Chu Tongxiang. The family of five lives in poverty. After graduating from junior high school, Chu's father dropped out of school and went out to work.
All the money he earned was used to send his younger siblings to school, and he became the breadwinner of the family at a young age.
Marriage is often early in the countryside. When Chu's father was twenty years old, he was introduced to Hu Xiuru on a blind date by a matchmaker. Hu Xiuru was two years younger than him. The eighteen-year-old girl was fresh and beautiful. Both parties were satisfied, and the marriage was booked at the end of that year.
We had a wedding reception but didn't get a certificate because we were not of legal age for marriage.
After marriage, Chu's father still went out to work as before, and Hu Xiuru stayed at home to take care of her parents-in-law and younger siblings. Chu's father came back twice a year, but he would send money back every month, and he earned more and more money. Hu Xiuru stayed at her hometown
The days are getting better and better.
The next thing can be picked up from what Aunt Xu said before. Chu's father attached himself to Chu Shang's grandfather, married Chu's mother, and gradually took control of the company, and took Hu Xiuru and his younger brothers and sisters to Jiangcheng, their hometown.
Completely cut off contact.
Cheng Xiran drank tea while listening, and nodded after listening: "Well, what else?
This is all you found in the past few days?"
The man looked at Chu Shang and stopped talking.
"If you have anything to say, just say it. Don't hesitate."
Cheng Xiran knocked on the table, indicating that he didn't need to pay attention to Chu Shang.
After hearing this, the man continued: "I also found out that Hu Xiuru had an unclear relationship with a bachelor from the same village."
"oh?"
Cheng Xiran's eyes lit up: "Speak clearly."
"There is a lot of gossip in the countryside, and Mr. Chu is not at home much. Hu Xiuru is young and beautiful, but some people secretly say that she can't stand the loneliness, is living with men in the same village, and cuckolds Mr. Chu."
the man said.
The corner of Chu Shang's mouth twitched. No wonder he hesitated before saying this. It was really hard to say that Hu Xiuru cuckolded his own father in front of his son.
"Is this credible?"
Cheng Xiran looked like a gossip.
“A rumor spreads from ten to ten, and it can become true if it is true.
I spent some money and inquired with the bachelor's neighbor. The neighbor was also an old lady who talked a lot and said that she had seen Hu Xiuru going to the bachelor at night.
I was afraid that she was trying to fool me for money, so I asked her if she still remembered which year and day.
The old lady answered immediately and said it was the Qingming Festival twenty-four or five years ago. Because it was the Qingming Festival, she remembered it clearly."
The man said.
"Didn't Hu Xiuru already come to Jiangcheng by then?
Why is she going back to her hometown?"
Cheng Xiran's mind opened up: "Could it be that you went back specifically to make an appointment?"
Chu Shang:......
"Ahem."
The man coughed twice and said, "I guess she went back to sweep the graves of her parents-in-law. I heard from the villagers that Hu Xiuru would come back to sweep the graves of her parents-in-law in the first few years before she left her hometown."
"oh."
Cheng Xiran nodded: "It turns out we just wanted to make an appointment."
Three people:... Chu Shang glanced at her faintly: "Why are you paying so much attention to this matter?"
"There are so many things that can be exploited. If it is exposed, it will be a big scandal. By the way, it can also insinuate that Chu Hong is not your father's biological child..." Cheng Xiran said as he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, as if he had discovered a new world.
He opened his mouth as if: "I have a bold guess."
The three of them waited for her to continue.
Cheng Xiran grabbed Chu Shang's arm, with excitement in his big bright eyes: "How old is Chu Hong this year?
He is already twenty-four or five years old. Could he be the son of Hu Xiuru and an adulterer?
Calculating the time, it’s very possible.”
A cold look suddenly appeared in Chu Shang's eyes. He calculated Chu Hong's age and found that it really matched the year the old lady said.
"This can't be done."
Xu Hou felt that the possibility was very small: "Mr. Chu can't tell whether his son is his biological son?"
"If you can tell biological and non-biological children with the naked eye, why do you need a paternity test?"
Cheng Xiran asked.
Xu Hou:... That makes sense and there is nothing wrong with it.
Cheng Xiran asked the man again: "Have you seen the bachelor?"
The man nodded: "He is no longer in his hometown a long time ago. I heard that he got rich and moved to the city.
I asked for the address and checked it out. He started a construction team in the early years, and later established a company and became the boss. Now he is living a good life, living in a villa, driving a Mercedes-Benz, and marrying a
Young and beautiful wife, son is so big."
"Do you hear something fishy?"
Cheng Xiran turned Chu Shang around.
Chu Shang shook his head dullly: "What's so strange?"
"Isn't it obvious?"
Cheng Xiran rolled his eyes at him: "How can a poor bachelor who can't even marry a wife get the start-up capital?
Can people just work with him if he just talks empty talk?"
"Do you suspect that the money was given by Hu Xiuru?"
Chu Shang finally reacted.
"This is not doubt, this is certainty.
Hu Xiuru had an affair with him and gave him a sum of money to silence him, and he made a fortune with the money."
Cheng Xiran said affirmatively.
Xu Hou said: "But this doesn't prove that Chu Hong is not his biological child."
Cheng Xiran hummed: "So we have to do a paternity test secretly."
"I'm afraid it won't be easy to get that person's blood or hair."
The man said worriedly after hearing this.
"This is not urgent.
Let’s deceive her first.”
Cheng Xiran said.
Chu Shang looked at Cheng Xiran in confusion.
Cheng Xiran blinked: "Hu Xiuru has had adultery with other men. Regardless of whether Chu Hong is your father's biological child or not, she feels guilty.
If Chu Hong is your father's child, Hu Xiuru will definitely ask for a paternity test.
Otherwise, she will find another way, and we only need to send people to follow her to get the truth."