Upon hearing what Lu Chen said, Lin Yijun rolled her eyes.
"It's okay if you don't want to tell me. You can continue to sleep by yourself tonight." Lin Yijun thought that Lu Chen was still mad and refused to tell the truth.
After that, she went to the other bedroom as she still had to complete the Dragon Lakeview Mansion Area proposal.
Seeing Lin Yijun's reaction, Lu Chen could only shrug his shoulders and smile bitterly.
Why does my wife refuse to believe me?
Lin Yijun returned to her bedroom and just as she turned on her laptop to work on the proposal, she received a call from her sister.
Lin Yijia asked, "Sister, have you asked brother-in-law?"
Lin Yijun replied, "Yes, I have, but he refused to tell me. Maybe he is still angry. I would ask him again another day."
Lin Yijia said, "Oh, alright. Do let me know after asking him about it."
Lin Yijun nodded and said, "Okay. Is there anything else? Otherwise, I still have some work to do."
Lin Yijia called her sister merely to ask about this, so she said, "Nothing else. Go ahead and do your stuff." Then, she hung up the phone.
Lin Yijun placed her phone down and leaned back onto her chair as she went deep in thought.
Could it really be Lu Chen? Should I believe him ? If it wasn't him, who else could it be?
The next day, Lu Chen had just arrived
at his workplace when he saw a black leather wallet lying next to a flower pot. He picked it up and walked toward a security guard that was patrolling nearby.
"Zhu Shuai, I found this wallet over there, could you place it in the security guard room? Please check as well who it was that lost their wallet and let them head over to the security guard room to collect it." Lu Chen passed the black leather wallet over to the security guard named Zhu Shual.
Zhu Shuai impatiently said, "Can't you see that I am patrolling? Can't you go and put it in the security guard room yourself?"
"Oh, alright. Carry on then." Lu Chen nodded. It had been a few days since he came to work and at that moment, he forgot that the entire security department discriminated against him.
As he stared at Lu Chen's disappearing silhouette toward the security guard room, Zhu Shuai snorted and said, "Who does he think he is? Does he think that he's some big shot now just because he sucked up to General Manager Xia?"
The other security guard laughed and said, "If you were like him and sent your wife over to sleep with General Manager Xia, you could also do anything you like."
Upon hearing that, Lu Chen turned around immediately and gave a cold stare to Zhu Shuai and the other
security guard. A hint of coldness flashed across Lu Chen's eyes and he said, "Who was the one who started spreading these rumors? Yu Hai? Fan Ming?"
There were many things that he could ignore and turn a blind eye to. However, when it came to the reputation of his wife, there was no way he could just walk away.
Two days ago, he had asked Xia Jun to Investigate the matter. Unexpectedly, he still heard such rumors today. As such, he was rather disappointed at Xia Jun. He decided that he was going to look into the matter personally.
The other security guard named Yu Zheng sneered, "How would we know who started these rumors? Either way. we heard about these from other people. It is the truth after all. So, you're willing to give your wife away to other men, yet you won't let other people talk about it?"
Lu Chen stared solemnly at the both of them and coldly said, "The both of you are fired as we speak. Either you tell me who was the one responsible for spreading such rumors, or we could all wait for the police to do the questioning and investigation."
He had decided to pursue the legal route and go through the proper process. With the help of the police, he was certain that they would be able to apprehend the one spreading such rumors.
"Oh? You really think that you're free to do whatever you want? You think by giving your wife away, you could turn your life around?" Zhu Shuai refused to believe that Lu Chen had the ability to fire them.
If that was really the case, the company would be in chaos. They ultimately believe in General Manager Xia when it comes to his loyalty and character.
Not only that, General Manager Xia was merely second-in-command.
Lu Chen could not be bothered to waste his time on two unimportant people. He turned around and walked toward the security guard department.
After all, firing the two security guards would be a simple matter. It was pointless to continue the conversation with them.
Just as Lu Chen arrived at the entrance of the security guard department, Yu Hai stared at the black leather wallet in Lu Chen's hand and asked, "Lu Chen, why is Ms. Wang's purse with you?"
Lu Chen passed the purse over to Yu Hai and said, "I found it outside. If this is Ms. Wang's purse, you can return it to her then." Yu Hai took over the purse and frowned. "But where is the money inside?"
"What money?" Lu Chen also frowned as the purse was already empty when he found it.
"I went to withdraw 100,000 just now and placed it all in the purse. For some reason, I dropped it when I was on the way back. Lu Chen, if you took the 100,000, you better return it back to me. I have some financial issues back at home and I really can't afford to lose this money."
Just then, a middle-aged woman walked through the door. She was none other than the finance manager of the company, Wang Yan.
Wang Yan looked very anxious. 100,000 was a huge sum to her, hence she was pleading for the security guard department to help her look for it.
Yu Hai confidently said, "Ms. Wang, the money is definitely taken by Lu Chen. Otherwise, why else would your purse be in his hands?"
"Ms. Wang, I did not take your money. When I found the purse, it was already empty." Although 100,000 was inconsequential to Lu Chen, he would not admit to it as he did not take the money.
Yu Hai mocked, "Lu Chen, are you trying to make me laugh? Ms. Wang's purse was in your hand and yet you're saying that you didn't take the money inside? Do you take us as fools?"
"Do I look like someone who needs 100,000?" Lu Chen squinted his eyes as he came to realize that Yu Hai was doing this on purpose.
"Why are you still pretending? A while back, your daughter fell sick and she was hospitalized for half a year. The medical bills are still unpaid and you still owe the hospital a few 100,000. Now, are you telling me that you don't need the 100,000?" Yu Hal was even more pleased with himself.
"That's right. Ms. Wang, we can testify to that. Lu Chen has been taking a lot of leaves due to his daughter's illness. In order to treat her, he had to borrow a few 100,000. Thus, the money from your wallet must have been taken by him."
Both Zhu Shual and Yu Zheng looked at Lu Chen and gave him a cold smile. Since Lu Chen actually threatened to fire them just now, and although they were not afraid of him, they would not let up the opportunity to destroy Lu Chen's reputation.
In fact, they had no idea about the flow of the entire story and they were merely causing a ruckus.
"Lu Chen, I'm begging you. Please return the money to me. Let me kneel down to you, I really cannot afford to lose this money!" Due to the coaxing of Yu Hai and the others, Wang Yan actually ended up believing that Lu Chen took the money. As she said that, she was actually going to kneel down.Lu Chen frowned while Yu Hai supported Wang Yan and prevented her from kneeling down. He then solemnly said, "Ms. Wang, what are you doing? Even if you kneel down to him, he would not be able to return the money to you due to the large amount of debt he has. Therefore, the best option right now is to call the police and let them handle it."
Yu Hai took out his phone and was about to call the police for Wang Yan.
Meanwhile, Zhu Shual and Yu Zheng looked on with a wicked grin.Earlier, Lu Chen had threatened to call the police on them. How the tables have turned as he was the one that was going to be taken away by the police now.