Chapter 1715
Five minutes...
Ten minutes...
Over half an hour pa.s.sed.
The police officers finally found the surveillance footage from the time of the incident in the monitoring room. Yu Meixia, the person involved, was naturally called over, and Dong Xuebing, Mr. Zhou, General Manager Wu, and others also went to the monitoring room around the corner.
"Ms. Yu, is this the time?"
"Yes, it was around this time in the morning."
"Alright, let"s take a look. Xiao Liu, play it."
"Okay, Deputy Chief Chang. This is it. I"ll fast forward a bit."
The camera in the hallway showed the date and time of the incident. The fast-forwarded footage showed no abrupt jumps; the camera was fixed. Suddenly, a figure appeared. The police quickly stopped fast-forwarding. General Manager Wu, alone, used keys to open the door and entered the room. Shortly after, Yu Meixia"s figure appeared in the hallway and entered the office. The critical surveillance footage showed that Yu Meixia suddenly ran out of the office three minutes later in a panic, heading towards the end of the corridor where the restroom was located. Moments later, three security guards arrived, including two who Dong Xuebing had hit. They entered the office and quickly emerged. They searched the hallway but found no one. Eventually, General Manager Wu exited the room alone and took the elevator.
The surveillance playback ended.
The officer said, "That"s it."
Deputy Chief Chang looked at General Manager Wu and Mr. Zhou. "Isn"t it clear enough?"
"I don"t think it"s clear at all," Mr. Zhou retorted. "What does this prove?"
Deputy Chief Chang looked at him squarely. "Then tell me, why did Ms. Yu suddenly run away?"
Pressing the gauze on his nose, General Manager Wu said, "She came for an interview, performed poorly, and had nothing special, so I decided to send her away. Nothing happened. She must have been upset and couldn"t accept the rejection, so she ran out like that. That"s probably how it happened."
Yu Meixia interjected angrily, "You... you"re lying!"
Dong Xuebing"s eyes turned cold. Finding death!
Deputy Chief Chang also felt they were treating them like fools. He countered, "Then why did Ms. Yu run to hide in the restroom?"
General Manager Wu replied, "Who can prove she was hiding?"
A police officer snapped, "Why did your security guards search the entire building?"
General Manager Wu glanced around and continued, "She was quite distraught. She"s been a star, so not pa.s.sing the interview must have been a big psychological blow for her. She couldn"t accept this reality, that"s why she acted out. I was worried she might commit suicide by jumping off the building, so I had the security guards help find her, to comfort her, and then send her back."
Deputy Chief Chang turned to the security guards from the company. "What do you say?"
One security guard Dong Xuebing had hit immediately said, "Yes, that"s right. General Manager Wu asked us to find her, afraid that woman might jump off and commit suicide."
"That"s correct."
"Yes."
The other two security guards echoed.
Deputy Chief Chang sneered, "Do you think we"re fools?"
The police officers also felt they were being treated like toddlers.
Unfortunately, Mr. Zhou and the company"s senior management seemed to take everything for granted, completely oblivious to any wrongdoing. Mr. Zhou said, "That"s how it is. It"s that simple. The surveillance video already proves it. It"s not our company"s fault; they"re falsely accusing us. We reserve the right to take legal action. As for the rest, let the police handle it. Why haven"t they arrested anyone yet?"
A police officer responded, "We haven"t finished investigating this matter!"
Mr. Zhou blinked, "Isn"t it already clear? Our company"s General Manager Wu was trying to be kind, fearing something might happen to that woman. How did it turn out that we"re in the wrong? There"s no sound in the video, no other evidence. How can you be so sure he wanted to hara.s.s her? What"s the ident.i.ty of our company"s general manager? And what"s the ident.i.ty of that woman? Just a rural person, right? Isn"t it still unclear? When she couldn"t get what she wanted, she resorted to such despicable means to extort and falsely accuse us. Officers, I suggest not only taking away this young man who hit someone but also investigating this woman"s motives!"
Turning the tables!
General Manager Wu and other company executives also chimed in.
"Yes!"
"This is outrageous!"
"How dare they falsely accuse us!"
"Take them all away! What audacity!"
Deputy Director Chang and several police officers frowned, their expressions darkened. Although everyone knew what they wanted, the limitations of the surveillance were significant; they couldn"t prove anything. They were somewhat at a loss. Seeing these people from the company committing perjury together, arguing sophistically, and being arrogant, Deputy Director Chang was angry but also felt sympathetic towards them. He shook his head inwardly and glanced at Dong Xuebing.
Dong Xuebing, furious yet smiling ironically, said, "Well said, very well said. Today, I"ve seen it myself. But unfortunately, I think you"ve chosen the wrong person to be arrogant with. Bullying me around? You guys are really funny." Dong Xuebing even chuckled, "Thanks to the efforts of the police comrades. I"ll handle this matter myself. I didn"t want to do this, but you forced my hand. Mr. Zhou, as the company boss, let me confirm with you one last time. I suggest you think this through. If you and your company apologize to my friend now, I won"t say anything more about this. We"ll leave, and that"ll be the end of it."
Mr. Zhou sneered, "What are you thinking? You should be the ones apologizing to us now! And your friend! Shouldn"t this woman also apologize? Our company won"t be falsely accused like this! a.s.sault, property damage, false accusations—don"t you owe us an explanation?"
Dong Xuebing replied calmly, "Alright then. Don"t blame me later."
"We won"t. Don"t worry!" General Manager Zhou and the others thought Dong Xuebing was bluffing. Regret? What do we have to regret? You should be the one regretting it! Don"t you know the power of our company? Do you dare provoke us? Are you blind? Look at yourself in the mirror! Who do you think you are?"
Dong Xuebing smiled, giving them a thumbs-up. "Alright then. Don"t blame me later."
Dong Xuebing took out his phone, left the monitoring room, and called—not to Han Jing or Secretary Shen, but to Hui Lan"s second aunt, Ci Lifen! Half a year ago, Dong Xuebing might have had to put in some effort to punish them, but now he didn"t need to. A single phone call would suffice!