Chapter 488: Just someone who likes to watch the excitement

Office building.

Jiang Chun brought several people and blocked Mei Wu.

Chen Shui arrived, saw only Mei Wu, felt a bit strange, but didn't have time to think, and scolded: "Mei Wu, what are you making a fuss about?"

"At this point, no matter how much you fuss, it's useless."

"Like this... you go first."

"Another day I'll help you find a good job."

Mei Wu sneered: "Chen Shui, you'd better find a job for yourself."

Chen Shui froze: "What do you mean?"

Mei Wu said: "After you see the boss, you'll know what I mean."

Having said that.

He squatted beside the office building.

Chen Shui turned his head to look at Jiang Chun.

Jiang Chun wiped the sweat from his face and said: "I... I was just following the normal procedure to take him away, but this guy refused, insisting on dragging me to see the boss."

Chen Shui said lightly: "It's fine... the boss won't bother with this trivial matter."

"If he keeps causing trouble, just find someone to throw him out directly."

"By the way, that kid who came with Mei Wu..."

Jiang Chun startled: "What kid?"

"I only saw Wu An alone."

Just as they were speaking, a 'pat-pat-pat' footstep sound came, the secretary walked over in high heels, saying: "Manager Chen, Section Chief Jiang, the boss wants to see you."

Jiang Chun panicked at once: "Manager, this... this..."

Chen Shui waved his hand: "Don't panic, the boss is seeing us; just get past it."

They arrived at the office.

Chen Shui entered and looked, instantly dazed.

How come Wu An is also here.

Wu An was still sitting on the sofa on the boss's other side, with a tea cup in front of him, appearing to be having tea with the boss.

The boss turned his head, asking: "Chen Shui, I saw employees arguing at the gate; what happened?"

Chen Shui glanced at Wu An.

He hesitated on how to say it.

Wu An coughed once, saying: "General Manager Ma, it looks like your company has some inconvenient 'family matters' to deal with; I'd better avoid them."

General Manager Ma waved his hand: "Little Wu General Manager, no need, no need."

"Chen Shui, if there's anything, just say it directly, so people don't get the wrong idea that our factory has problems."

He was cursing inwardly.

Business came knocking, yet employees caused a ruckus at the gate.

This is really aggravating.

He originally didn't intend to bother with it, planning to let his subordinates handle it, but Wu An, seeing it, got a bit curious and asked whether the factory workers were causing trouble, perhaps due to unpaid wages or something like that.

General Manager Ma naturally denied it vehemently.

Wu An also said he was just joking, and General Manager Ma's reaction was a bit over the top.

Upon hearing that, General Manager Ma hurriedly summoned Chen Shui to question him, to prove his innocence.

Chen Shui stammered: "General Manager Ma, that person is an ordinary worker at our factory."

"He wasn't working properly and got fired."

"We agreed to handle his resignation today, but he was dissatisfied with the severance pay and just wanted more money, so I sent him away."

General Manager Ma suddenly understood: "Oh, that's how it is, then..."

Wu An picked up the thread: "General Manager Ma, does your factory have a high turnover rate?"

"Do all those who quit come to cause trouble?"

"Don't misunderstand, I mean nothing else; I just have a little quirk, I pay most attention to details, as the saying goes, details determine success or failure, a thousand-mile dike collapses from an ant hole."

"Employee resignations may seem trivial, but they are actually not..."

Chen Shui grew anxious: "Wu An, you fucking..."

General Manager Ma glared: "Chen Shui, what are you doing... wait, do you know each other?"

Chen Shui shouted: "General Manager Ma, this kid actually..."

Wu An hurriedly interrupted: "Chen Shui, I just stated my own opinion; why are you panicking, or is there something going on in here?"

General Manager Ma also looked suspiciously at Chen Shui.

Chen Shui hurriedly shook his head: "Of course not."

Wu An looked at General Manager Ma: "General Manager Ma, what do you think?"

General Manager Ma furrowed his brows, thought for a moment, and said: "Then... let's call that employee over and ask him face to face what's going on."

Jiang Chun instantly became anxious: "General Manager Ma, there's no need for that..."

Chen Shui followed up shouting: "Okay, General Manager Ma, I'll go call him right away."

Having said that, he pulled Jiang Chun out the door.

Inside the office.

General Manager Ma looked at Wu An.

Wu An cracked a smile, showing a harmless, innocent grin.

……

After the Office's Gate closed, Chen Shui adjusted his belt and said, "Go call Mei Wu."

Jiang Chun shouted, "Manager, what if that kid causes trouble?"

Chen Shui sneered, "His absenteeism is a fact; we're handling it by the rules. Although we've been a bit harsh, it's not against regulations—if he causes trouble, that's his fault."

Having said that, he patted Jiang Chun on the shoulder: "Don't panic, you're just a low‑level employee; you can't stir up any big trouble."

"'What can Mei Wu say? Just that you, the Supervisor, are targeting him and docking his severance pay.'"

"'Just say Mei Wu isn't doing his job properly; there's no targeting.'"

"'As for not paying severance, it's just to save the factory money; even if it's wrong, General Manager Ma will at most scold you a couple of times—he won't do anything to you.'"

"'As for me… I'll also speak well of you.'"

Jiang Chun cursed Chen Shui in his heart for throwing him under the bus, leaving him to take the blame, and said aloud, "This… will do."

He hesitated for a long time but still didn't say that Mei Wu already knew the truth.

There was nothing he could do.

Having caused such a big mess, he didn't dare to speak.

He thought he could keep it hidden as long as possible; if it couldn't be concealed, even if the sky fell, Chen Shui would be the first to get crushed.

……

Seeing Chen Shui and Jiang Chun summon him to the boss's Office, Mei Wu knew Wu An's plan had succeeded.

Originally.

He had originally intended to go straight to the boss to seek justice.

Wu An felt it was a bit risky; if he couldn't see the boss, all their prior preparations would be wasted and they'd have extra trouble. To settle things today, Wu An decided to take a different approach, first meeting the boss under the pretense of discussing business.

As expected.

Wu An's guess was correct—he was stopped before he could even see the boss.

They arrived at the Office.

Seeing Wu An, the two exchanged a glance.

General Manager Ma took in both of their reactions, coughed, and said, "You're Mei Wu, right? Tell me, why did you cause trouble?"

Mei Wu said, "I'm here today to handle my resignation."

"But before I leave, I have something I'd like to say to General Manager Ma."

"This is a recording; listen to it first."

Jiang Chun's legs went weak.

Sure enough, he had been recorded back then.

Good heavens.

How could I have caused such a huge disaster?

Chen Shui was initially doubtful, but when Mei Wu's phone played Jiang Chun's voice, his eyes slowly widened; hearing Jiang Chun sell him out completely, his whole body trembled.

His mouth slightly open, he wanted to speak, to explain, to make excuses, but no sound came from his throat.

The recording wasn't long—just about a minute.

After it finished playing.

Mei Wu put away his phone and said, "General Manager Ma, I have no other demands; just pay my severance according to labor law."

General Manager Ma nodded, looked at the secretary, and said, "You go help handle it."

The secretary led Mei Wu away.

After Mei Wu left, Wu An earnestly reminded, "General Manager Ma, don't get too angry; this recording isn't necessarily genuine."

"Investigate first."

"Handle it after the investigation is clear."

"Then I'll be going…"