Chapter 348: Repay evil with kindness, then how do you repay kindness?

He Yuzhu saw this and said, "Sister, let's hurry over and take a look!"

The group hurried back to the cleaning workshop.

They saw that the twenty-some people in the workshop were in a state of chaos, all talking at once, saying all sorts of things.

Workshop Director Zhang Hai said anxiously, "Director Wang, I checked my watch when you entered the workshop. After you left, I wanted to see if it was time to get off work, and as a result, the pocket watch was gone!"

He Yuzhu glanced at Wang Xia and said, "Sister, see that? Director Zhang is treating us all like thieves."

"That's not what I meant!" Zhang Hai hurriedly explained.

Wang Xia glared at He Yuzhu and said in a low voice, "You brat, don't go adding fuel to the fire here!"

He Yuzhu gave a strange smile.

The female workers in the workshop clamored one after another, "Director Zhang, this matter must be investigated clearly, otherwise we'll all become suspects?"

"Exactly, we won't take the blame for this!"

Wang Xia raised her hands to press them down and said in a louder voice, "Everyone be quiet! I have already sent someone to call the Lianfang Team. Once Xiao Duizhang arrives, it will certainly be cleared up. For now, no one is to walk around."

However, the women did not listen and began checking their own belongings one after another.

Liu Mei suddenly exclaimed, "My... my Hetian jade bracelet that I put in my coat pocket is gone!"

Wang Xia frowned and said, "No moving about!"

Jia Zhangshi subconsciously touched her work uniform pocket.

At this touch, her whole body shuddered violently, and her face turned pale.

She hesitated for a long time before pulling a pocket watch from her pocket and saying, "Reporting to the government..."

Once this tone came out, the people in the workshop immediately looked at her with strange eyes—this was definitely a way of speaking only someone who had been to the station would have.

"What is it?" Wang Xia asked.

"There's an extra pocket watch in my pocket!" Jia Zhangshi handed the pocket watch to Wang Xia.

Wang Xia took the pocket watch, looked at it, and handed it to the Workshop Director: "Take a look, is this yours?"

The Workshop Director took it and looked at it carefully, nodding repeatedly: "Yes, this is mine! There's even a scratch on the back of the watch cover!"

At this, the female worker Liu Mei, who had lost her bracelet, immediately bristled and pointed at Jia Zhangshi, cursing loudly: "Jia Zhangshi! I really didn't expect this, you've actually been to the station! You usually scold this person and that person, acting as if you're the only good person in the world, but you're actually a pickpocket! You must have stolen my bracelet, let me search you!"

With her true colors exposed in public, Jia Zhangshi was anxious and ashamed, and she shrieked back: "You old harlot! I've been here working with my head down the whole time, everyone saw it, when would I have had the time to steal your things?"

"Then how did the Director's pocket watch end up in your pocket? Let me search you!" Liu Mei shouted.

Wang Xia stopped her sternly: "Liu Mei, stop right there! Before the Lianfang Team arrives, no one is allowed to move."

Jia Zhangshi, in a fit of heat, actually pulled out her own purse, ripped open the drawstring, and dumped the contents out. "Look! Look! What do I have..." Before she could finish, with a soft "clatter," a white Hetian jade bracelet rolled out of the purse, fell onto the concrete floor, and instantly shattered into two pieces.

"Jia Zhangshi! I'm not done with you!" Liu Mei's eyes turned red instantly, and she rushed up like a madwoman to grab Jia Zhangshi's hair, "This bracelet was a family heirloom left by my mother! You stole it and broke it! You pay me!"

The two immediately tore at each other. Wang Xia hurriedly stepped forward and tried to block them in the middle: "Everyone stop!"

In the chaos, Jia Zhangshi swung her hands wildly, and Wang Xia, caught in the middle, took several solid hits to her face and back.

"Stop!" With a loud shout, Xiao Duizhang arrived in time with five Lianfang Team members.

Jia Zhangshi and Liu Mei finally stopped, panting heavily.

"Director Wang, what exactly happened?" Xiao Duizhang asked.

"Zhang Hai and Liu Mei lost their things, and they were both on Jia Zhangshi," Wang Xia replied simply.

With her hair disheveled, Jia Zhangshi cast a cold, sinister gaze at He Yuzhu: "You little bastard! It was you who did this, you were the one framing me!"

He Yuzhu sneered: "Everyone be the judge, I only took a look from the doorway, and this person can actually come up with such an absurd reason to pin the theft on me!"

"Jia Zhangshi, you are truly shameless!" Liu Mei cursed.

Zhang Hai also said: "Jia Zhangshi, have you gone crazy, starting to bite people randomly?"

He Yuzhu smiled like a victor: "Jia Zhangshi, confess your problems properly; talking nonsense will only add to your crimes."

When Jia Zhangshi was being taken away, she still looked back, crying and cursing unwillingly: "You little bastard, you'll die a horrible death! Why do you keep framing me over and over again! Lao Jia, come out and save me... there's no justice in this world..."

After two hours of detailed investigation and repeated verification, the fact that Jia Zhangshi had stolen the items was clear and conclusive, and could not be denied.

In the end, because Wang Xia interceded, she was not sent to the police station, but was ordered to compensate Liu Mei for the loss of the jade bracelet, totaling 1.8 million, and to apologize publicly.

Jia Zhangshi denied it in every possible way, but no one sympathized with her. In the end, she had no choice but to accept her fate and agree to the compensation.

The workshop workers were even more indignant and unanimously opposed her remaining in the factory. Wang Xia had no choice but to have the Factory Director fire Jia Zhangshi.

This incident finally came to a close.

He Yuzhu and his group naturally had no desire to eat at the factory anymore, so they walked out of the factory together.

He Yuzhu said: "Sister, I'm heading home first. My cousin will come personally in a couple of days to sign the chili sauce contract with you."

Wang Xia grabbed He Yuzhu's wrist and said in a low voice: "Come back to the office with me, I have something to ask you."

He Yuzhu knew what she was going to ask, but he still kept a smile on his face and said: "Sister, you really don't need to thank me, this is what I should have done."

"Stop with the glib talk! You must come with me."

He Yuzhu smiled awkwardly: "Alright, alright, I'll go, I'll go, is that okay?"

As soon as they entered the office, Wang Xia locked the door. She turned around, grabbed a feather duster from behind the door, and without a word, lashed out at He Yuzhu's backside.

He Yuzhu dodged: "Director Wang, why are you hitting people?"

Wang Xia was so angry her chest heaved, and she pointed the duster at him: "Do you think I'm stupid? This is the second time you've pulled this kind of stunt right under my nose! I am a state Cadre, how can I condone you acting recklessly?"

Seeing that she was truly angry, He Yuzhu immediately stepped forward, grabbed the feather duster she was swinging down, and said: "Sister! Listen to me finish. That Jia Zhangshi instigated her son to divorce, and she's been spreading rumors everywhere in the courtyard and the alley, saying I'm having an affair with her daughter-in-law Zhao Yingzi! This kind of filth is being splashed on me, and I haven't even taken a wife yet! What girl would be able to marry me in the future?"

Wang Xia burst into a laugh: "With you, you brat, would you ever be short of a wife?"

"Sister, you can't say it like that."

"Then... then you still shouldn't use such low-down tactics!" Her momentum weakened significantly.

He Yuzhu looked at her, slowly let out a breath, and said: "Repay evil with kindness? Then how do you repay kindness?"

The air in the office seemed to freeze, leaving only the sound of their slightly heavy breathing.

Wang Xia suddenly spoke up, "Zhuzi, from now on, even if it is to do a good deed, you must not use those crooked and evil methods!"

"I understand, I need to hurry back. I know Jia Zhangshi; since she can't get the better of me, she will definitely go back and bully my mother!" After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he ran toward home.