Chapter 1499: Chapter 1304: Asking the Gentleman into the Urn

Below the stage, six or seven Affairs Officers spoke consecutively, refuting Luo Chengxin’s evidence, which indirectly served as a defense for Han Richeng!

Just moments ago, Luo Chengxin was full of confidence, believing his victory was assured, even with a smile on his face. Now, he was dumbfounded.

Most of that evidence was not collected by him personally. Back then, he was close to Han Richeng; if he had investigated anything himself, he would surely have been discovered.

Therefore, the clues were provided by Luo Chengxin, and the investigations were carried out by Shang Dadong and Zhao Xinyu with others.

The current evidence was also naturally given to Luo Chengxin by Shang Dadong and the others, simply for him to familiarize himself with in advance and use to accuse Han Richeng.

Using evidence not personally partaken in naturally caused some doubts, especially when so many people immediately refuted it on the spot!

Luo Chengxin began to feel uneasy in his heart.

He couldn’t help but secretly glance at Shang Dadong and Zhao Xinyu in the Senior Affairs Officer’s seats.

Were these pieces of evidence real? Was there deviation? How much?! Luo Chengxin questioned himself.

He even started to silently blame Shang Dadong and Zhao Xinyu—

I can take the lead, but you two must ensure the authenticity of these things! I can’t be the scapegoat and come here all triumphant only to lose face! What on earth is this!

In the Senior Affairs Officer’s seats, Shang Dadong and Zhao Xinyu were both filled with a mix of shock and anger, glaring at those who spoke out below.

How could these people dare lie with their eyes wide open!

Shang Dadong felt a rush of anger and wanted to rise angrily, pointing at them and loudly questioning.

“You all have always had stellar reputations among the Affairs Officers, different from us! Speak and act with your conscience!”

“This evidence is solid, and even people like us haven’t mixed in a single falsehood! How can it be fake!”

“You cannot lie with your eyes open, nor should you protect Han like this! He’s not one of you, he’s not a good person!”

Zhao Xinyu was also filled with a mix of shock and anger, but he was evidently more rational than Shang Dadong. He quickly calmed his mind, kept his expression neutral, and secretly nudged Shang Dadong’s sleeve, urging him to stay calm.

Don’t act too rashly, and don’t behave abnormally!

On the stage, Bai Xiaosheng and Xiahou Qi sat with proper postures, watching impassively at those speaking below.

Though the Affairs Officers speaking out consecutively denied Luo Chengxin’s solid evidence, they were not lying with their eyes wide open.

Because they didn’t realize they were speaking “lies”!

Their knowledge was incomplete; they just utterly trusted a person and were called over by him. Although it seemed like an inquiry, it was actually a misleading, with even the righteous refutations they presented being prompted by that person.

The only person who could command the trust of six or seven upright Affairs Officers like this could only be Xiahou Qi!

Xiahou Qi misled them at Bai Xiaosheng’s request.

Bai Xiaosheng wanted to protect Han Richeng.

Even though Han Richeng appeared tainted, he was actually very useful in practice.

Especially since Bai Xiaosheng and Xiahou Qi had come to understand his abilities.

A shrewd and flattering capable subordinate is actually more useful than a rigid and unyielding one.

This was also why, years ago, Xiahou Qi continued to use Shen Peishen despite knowing his problems.

However, Bai Xiaosheng actually didn’t need to go to such lengths and operate in such a roundabout way; he had the final say over this list of fifty people as the company president.

Bai Xiaosheng could have directly arranged people and informed them of the truth.

However, Bai Xiaosheng did not do so but instead asked Xiahou Qi to conduct some inducement.

Bai Xiaosheng always felt that although a new system aimed at fairness was tainted with his selfish motives as a leader, and it started with a falsehood, he had a duty to let those principled individuals feel that the hearing was fair, and their words and actions were just.

Bai Xiaosheng liked a saying very much: if you always live in the light, it is surely because someone is bearing the burden for you in the dark.

Bai Xiaosheng was willing to do so, to maintain the light in people’s hearts by stepping into the “darkness” himself.

Xiahou Qi understood Bai Xiaosheng’s thoughts and supported him in doing so.

At this moment, Xiahou Qi glanced at Bai Xiaosheng, with a hint of a smile in his eyes.

The longer Xiahou Qi stayed with Bai Xiaosheng, the more he felt he was a competent lea-der, a born lea-der.

Currently, those who understood the situation best in the conference room and were unshakably certain were likely only three people—

Shang Dadong, Zhao Xinyu, and Han Richeng.

Compared to Shang Dadong, Zhao Xinyu’s shock and anger, and Luo Chengxin’s dumbfounded and guilty conscience, Han Richeng was full of astonishment.

Initially, Han Richeng was astonished by why so many people stood up for him, speaking for him with such fervor and righteousness.

Han Richeng had self-awareness.

He knew that aside from those around him, among the fifty people present, there were probably not many who held him in high regard.

Yet, those people were still willing to do so, even going against their beliefs in justice. The only person on site capable of orchestrating this might be…