MH Group
The elevator at the president floor opened and a tall man in a gray suit walked out and headed straight towards the president's office without turning his head at the people who were looking at him.
Those who were able to work on the floor had long recognized Henry Wu, President Mo's best friend, and did not stop him as he made his way to the office.
Assistant Shawn stood up the moment he saw Henry Wu approaching the office. "Mister Wu."
The man turned upon hearing his name and nodded. "Is he in?"
"Yes," Assistant Shawn walked around the table. "President Mo has been waiting for you," he spoke as led him to the office. After a brief knock on the door, Assistant Shawn pushed the door open to let Henry in and closed the door.
Neil Mo lifted his gaze before he continued to look at the documents on the table, ignoring his friend. Henry saw the way he reacted and clicked his tongue.
"Is this how you treated a guest? How about asking me what I do I want to drink?" Henry asked as he sauntered in. Then, he sat down at the empty seat in front of the table and crossed his legs.
"What do you want to drink?" Neil asked without looking up.
"A cup of coffee would be nice."
Neil pressed at a button on the phone, gave out his instruction, and closed the documents in his hand to look at his friend. "What have you brought for me?"
"The report you wanted," Henry said.
"That was quick."
Henry Wu raised a brow. He pulled out a thin stack of documents from his bag. He placed it on the table and Neil was quick to take it away. Then, he watched Neil flipped through the documents and spoke again. "The first time I checked, I did not notice anything wrong. Everything was according to the previous report that one of your managers had prepared. Edward Xiao too the money meant to pay the construction workers and transferred it into a company where he was listed as the CEO."
Neil's hand paused as he reached another page and his expression darkened.
"Until we found out that this was a dummy company," Henry continued. He watched Neil's face and knew that his friend was looking at the evidence he had found. "The owner was not Edward Xiao. It doesn't seem as if Mister Xiao had anything to do with the company. Whoever gave you the report did not do their job well or," he lifted his shoulders into a shrug. "they were covering for something or someone."
His expression turned uglier as seconds passed by. Neil did not like both possibilities. If it was just like what Henry had said, then, he has really fired Edward Xiao for something that he did not do.
"The thing that I asked you to do, did you think about it yet?"
Neil remembered that Henry had asked him to look into the company's accounting department after he had found some strange matters after his brother passed away, but Neil had thought that this was not the right time to investigate.
Henry asked as he watched his friend. "I know that you want to lower your guard and let them reveal some loophole, but Neil, don't take too long, or else, you might miss out on the evidence."
"I know," Neil tapped his fingers on the table. "I will arrange for something before the auditing with the accounting firm began."
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Sunflower Kindergarten
These days, the kindergarten was busy preparing for the upcoming parents and child activity day. The kids were asked to prepare some show to entertain the parents.
Edith stood at the back of the hall as she watched the kindergartners rehearsing their singing and dancing on stages with Teacher Guo accompanying them with her piano.
Her lips curled into a smile as she looked at the costume that the children were wearing.
This was how the school for the rich kids looked like. The costume was so detailed and the materials were good. The children would probably wear them just for this performance, but their parents did not hesitate to donate more money to let their kids have the best.
The hall was fully equipped with the best system and Edith wondered if the quality were comparable to those systems that were used in theatre.
Her hand moved to her cheek and Edith let out a long sigh as she felt that her face had turned slightly chubbier. These days, she has been living in Neil Mo's place as Hazel's caretaker and no longer has to wake up early to catch up with the bus. The driver, Old Tang would drive her back and forth to school.
Those good foods and less exercise have caused her to gain a few pounds! As Edith recalled the figure that she saw this morning, she was determined to wake up earlier and go for a jog to lose her weight!
As the rehearsal ended, the children were given their break and most of them hurriedly head outside to play at the playground. Edith walked over to her class to look at the study materials and just then, Teacher Shen walked over to her and the two started to discuss the upcoming child and parents day.
Their conversation then shifted towards the upcoming holiday next month.
"Teacher Qian, are you going back to your hometown?" Teacher Shen asked.
Edith thought of the holiday and wondered about Neil and Hazel's plan. The school will be closed for a week. Since Hazel's grandparents were living in Z Town, then if they were going back to see them, she should take this advantage to visit her grandfather.
"I'm haven't make any plan," Edith said. "My grandfather got addicted to fishing recently and I'm not sure if he would be home."
The two of them continued to chat and just then, there were the sounds of footsteps approaching them. From the sound they make, Edith could tell that the kids were running in the corridor. Just before she was about to reprimand them, Hazel saw the anxiety in Alex's expression.
"Teacher Qian!" Alex shouted as he ran towards her. Behind him, several kids from her class followed and the expression on their face was making Edith nervous.
Edith looked at them and saw that they were all from her class. There was Megan Xiao, Tyler Lu, Ian Huo, and Cindy Bai.
"Students!" Teacher Shen scolded. "You know that you are not supposed to run around the corridor!"
The kids froze as they heard Teacher's Shen's scolding, but Alex continued to look at Edith with an anxious gaze. He panted as he reached her side and Edith went down to the little boy's level.
"Alex, what happened?" Edith asked.
"Teacher Qian, it's not good," Alex spoke as he tried to control his breathing. "Hazel. She had gone missing!"