Chapter 445

After hearing Lao Xing's explanation, the other two villagers also understood.

Holy shit, Jinfa is ruthless—he made 40,000 inside and out.

「Ah ya, I just remembered, didn't Jinfa buy ten massagers all at once in the Ceremonial Hall? I used to wonder how he had so much money; turns out he got a kickback. 」

「What kickback? Could a kickback be that much? This is openly embezzling money; Jinfa is doomed this time. 」

Duan Chunsheng also watched, shaking his head.

「Jinfa has gone too far, and it's been exposed; I reckon the Chen Family will come after him for trouble. 」

「Heh, this isn't even early trouble; I bet I could break his legs. 」 Lao Xing started commenting on the situation.

「In a moment I'll go tell the Village Chief that villagers should help each other; how can we embezzle from our own people? It's too much. 」

「Exactly! 」 Ye Cheng shouted loudly.

「Lao Xing, you're absolutely right; I support you. As a village committee member, you must handle this matter well, otherwise if it gets out our village will lose face, right? 」

「Exactly, our village is a collective; if this gets out, people will think our village is all like that. I'm going to find the Village Chief right now; it's too much. 」

Having said that, Lao Xing straightened his back and headed toward Chen Jinhai's home.

「Lao Xing! Keep it up, I'm counting on you! 」 Ye Cheng shouted from behind.

At that moment, more people came over one after another, and Ye Cheng gave everyone another introduction, not forgetting to add:

It's all thanks to Lao Xing's observation; after becoming a village committee member, Lao Xing is different.

Now it's settled; the matter concerning Jinfa can no longer be covered up.

Ye Cheng saw that it was about time, didn't wait longer, and happily pulled Duan Chunsheng and the others toward Matou.

On the way, Duan Chunsheng looked at Ye Cheng with a puzzled expression,

「A Cheng, I feel like you're gloating over others' misfortune. 」

「Really? Is it that obvious? 」 Ye Cheng said with a smile, the corners of his mouth unable to be suppressed.

「Tch, still? It's practically written all over your face. 」 Xiao Hu muttered.

Ye Cheng quickly wiped his face with his hand, making his expression look a bit more serious.

「Oh well, I'm just watching the excitement without minding the fuss; we should honestly go out to sea to collect things, and we'll look again when we return. 」

The three boarded the small boat; the winch on the boat had been repaired, the trawl net was ready, and Xiao Hu had stowed it away—today we won't be trawling.

On the way there wasn't much to say; just pure sailing—Ye Cheng steered the boat while Duan Chunsheng chatted about Jinfa's affairs.

「A Cheng, who do you think posted this? It must have been put up late at night; this person definitely doesn't want anyone to know who they are. 」 Duan Chunsheng began to speculate.

「How would I know? I guess it's probably someone from the Chen Family, since they embezzled the Chen Family's money—what do you think, Xiao Hu? 」

Xiao Hu gave a speechless nod, you scoundrel, still having the nerve to throw dirt at the Chen Family.

Duan Chunsheng didn't even think of blaming Ye Cheng; he took a puff of a cigarette and then nodded.

「I think so too; definitely they wanted to blow things up and then force Jinfa to refund the money. 」

「That guy should refund the money; he's scammed them so much, he's made more than we do from going out to sea. 」 Ye Cheng said.

「He even took the big boat out to sea for several days, and the wages aren't low either; how could he think of embezzling from his own people? 」

「Heh, what couldn't Jinfa do? He's done plenty of bad things. 」 Ye Cheng said with a hint.

Meanwhile, Lao Xing rushed toward Chen Jinhai's home.

Before he even arrived, he saw another notice posted by the roadside, identical to the one on the bulletin board.

The further he went, the more notices appeared the closer he got to the Chen Family area.

Even some Chen Family members who had risen early to go out to sea were now gathered there, watching.

Lao Xing strode over with big steps and then spoke arrogantly,

「Do you understand it? You've been looking at it for a while. 」

Seeing it was Lao Xing, that group said,

「We don't understand; do you? There are so many characters. 」

Tch, let me tell you—it's simple: Jinfa stole the money you raised to buy the boat; he inflated the purchase price, then deflated the sale price, skimming 40,000 from you, and yet you're still happy.

After Lao Xing finished speaking, everyone was stunned.

Upon looking more closely, they suddenly understood.

Holy shit, his ancestors! Jinfa, you bastard, said it was bought for 320,000 and sold for 250,000—damn, all the profit went straight into his pocket.

「No wonder he's been so rich lately, even smoking Hua Zi cigarettes—turns out he's been using our money. 」

「Come on, let's go settle the score with him! If we don't get the money back, this won't end! 」

「Refund the money? It's not that simple—he's screwing over his own clan; I couldn't swallow this anger without beating him up. 」

Earlier at the village entrance it would have been fine, but it has nothing to do with Lao Xing and those two villagers.

Most of the people here were originally the contributors; realizing they'd been scammed, how could they not be angry?

The crowd quickly linked up, gathering dozens of people in no time.

Some even went home to notify others, and Lao Xing finally arrived at Chen Jinhai's home.

Chen Jinhai already knew something had happened; he didn't bother with the smug Lao Xing, shoved him aside and rushed out.

「Hey, hey, let me explain, this is something I wanted to figure out. 」 Lao Xing looked dejectedly at Chen Jinhai's back, but still followed after him.

He thought to himself, Chen Jinhai is no good; Ye Cheng is better—Ye Cheng knows he's a village committee member and should respect the committee.

Chen Jinhai relies on being the village chief, completely disregarding this village committee member—hmph.

At Jinfa's front door, nearly a hundred people had gathered—you could say all the Chen family members who were home had come.

「Get out! 」

「Jinfa, get out!!! 」

「Jinfa! I know you're in there, get out! 」

Come out!

Come out!

The angry crowd gathered at the door, pointing inside and began to loudly scold.

Chen Jinfa also didn't know what had happened; he peered out through the crack in the door, and the sight frightened him so much that he trembled.

At that moment he didn't dare go out; after a while the shouting outside died down a bit, he glanced out the crack and saw that Chen Jinhai had arrived.

"Jinfa, come out; today you must explain this clearly." Chen Jinhai's lips turned white with anger.

If we talk about holding responsibility, he too cannot escape blame, after all it was he who had Chen Jinfa go buy the boat.

Seeing the Village Chief arrive, Chen Jinfa finally dared to open the door and then, sticking out his neck, stepped out,

"Are you sick? What are you shouting about so early in the morning? This is my house, right, Village Chief?"

Seeing him still pretending, Chen Jinhai, furious, raised his cane and smashed it down.

Damn, you've turned black-hearted, daring to embezzle even our own people's money!

The money we earned through hard work, you actually dare to take it!

I trusted you so much, and you actually embezzled money, embezzled money!