CHAPTER 342: CHAPTER 343: DEMOTION PUNISHMENT 5

Yang Mei heard the commotion and opened the door to see Nianyang and the other Saozis carrying in large and small bags, clearly having gained a lot.

Yang Mei is the kind of person who feels uncomfortable when she can’t snatch up a bargain right in front of her.

But remembering how she had just suffered a loss at Nianyang’s hands yesterday, and now with Madam Xu here as well, if she went to ask for something again now, she’d surely get nothing.

The more she thought about it, the more upset she became, and so her resentment towards Nianyang grew like a spark igniting a prairie fire.

After Xu Zhiyi and the other two helped Nianyang move things into the house, Xu Zhiyi saw that Nianyang had a lot to organize and suggested continuing to help.

Lin Xia felt guilty for not helping more after receiving a gift from Nianyang, so she also helped with the organization.

Bai Xueli, however, was exhausted and didn’t want to continue working for free, so she found an excuse and said,

"That girl Nian, my man just got off work, and I have to go home to cook for him, so I’m leaving now."

Nianyang already understood Bai Xueli’s mindset and didn’t want to deal with her, so she smiled and saw her out the door.

After Bai Xueli went out, she saw Yang Mei staring at Nianyang’s door with a hateful expression.

Thinking of Yang Mei’s sour behavior in everyday life, she guessed that she might have had a conflict with Nianyang and immediately started scheming in her mind.

Bai Xueli was just considering how to find out where Nianyang got so much money, and Yang Mei seemed like a very useful target.

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Xu Zhiyi and Lin Xia spent more than an hour with Nianyang tidying up all the things in the house. After working so long, they were hungry, so Xu Zhiyi suggested treating Nianyang to a meal at the army canteen.

Nianyang accepted the invitation without hesitation, and the three women walked arm in arm out the door.

Who would have thought that as soon as they walked out of the family quarters towards the canteen, Nianyang noticed the passersby looking at her with indescribably complex expressions.

What’s going on?

Nianyang couldn’t help but frown, sensing from everyone’s gazes that something big had happened and was planning to ask around.

Just then, Xiao Wu came running over, sweating profusely, "Saozi, something big’s happened."

"What’s going on?"

Xiao Wu took a deep breath, "Saozi, I heard people are saying that Manager Li stole materials on the sly and that the confiscated materials were all sold by you, and you squandered the money extravagantly!"

"What did you say? Which bastard is spreading this?"

Nianyang was instantly furious. Who exactly was stabbing her in the back with such nasty tricks? It was simply too malicious.

To use the theft of materials to defame A Yan, they were practically trying to ruin him!

Xiao Wu scratched his head, "I don’t know who it is either. It seems to have started from your family quarters. Now our people are all panicking, fearing that if the company’s upper management hears about this, they will start investigating the manager. Saozi, you must think of a way quickly."

Lin Xia was already petrified with fear, while Xu Zhiyi said sternly,

"Little Nian, this is no small matter. If there’s a case of stolen materials in the company, it will be rigorously investigated. Even if nothing happened, it will affect your husband’s reputation, and the upper management will doubt him.

It will also impede his future prospects. The fact that this rumor is coming from our family quarters is truly despicable. You’ve just arrived—who would be targeting you like this?"

Nianyang suddenly thought of someone, "I know who it is, it’s Yang Mei. She got angry yesterday when I didn’t give her meat, and she’s the only one I’ve had a disagreement with."

Xu Zhiyi, "Then it must be her. Yang Mei has the biggest mouth in the family quarters and speaks without thinking. Many Saozis have suffered losses from her gossip. Let’s quickly find her and get the truth from her, so she can clarify this publicly."