Chen Chunhua also saw Lin Chuxia and immediately began to cry and shout.
“Mr. Lin, I am innocent, I am innocent, I really didn’t steal anything from the factory, they are just arresting people randomly, please save me.”
Lin Chuxia ignored her cries and entered the courtyard. After instructing Hou Xiaobao to close the gate, she asked, “What happened?”
In addition to them, there were several people from the security department and Ma Yingzi present.
After the food factory was established, the security department was formed, and Sun Liangdong became the head of the security department.
Sun Liangdong stepped forward and said, “Since the last time the seasoning packets were stolen, our security department has been on alert. Speaking of the last theft, we conducted an investigation. Sister Ma was on leave those days, and the items were guarded by Qin Yufeng. During that time, Chen Chunhua visited the factory looking for Sister Ma. According to Qin Yufeng, after learning that Sister Ma wasn’t there, Chen Chunhua did not leave immediately and stayed around for a while. At one point, Qin Yufeng was called away, and she suspects that the theft happened during that time.”
“You’re just making excuses, clearly it’s your own mistake in losing the items, and you’re blaming me for it. I’ve visited the factory to see Yingzi so many times, when have I ever stolen anything? I think it’s Qin Yufeng who made the mistake, she’s afraid of being held responsible by the factory, so she’s making me take the blame. You’re from the same village as Qin Yufeng, of course, you would speak for her.”
At this point, seeing Lin Chuxia, Chen Chunhua seemed to gain some confidence.
Sun Liangdong sneered, “You say I’m biased and framing you, so what about today? Sister Ma purposely left the seasoning packets out, and in just a short while, two packets were missing; this couldn’t be Sister Ma’s mistake, right? As soon as you got the items, you couldn’t wait to meet your contact, and if it weren’t for that person being guilty and running away at the slightest disturbance, we would have caught you red-handed by now.”
“What do you mean guilty? I don’t even know that person, you’re just pinning all the blame on me, when in the end you didn’t see anything.”
Chen Chunhua looked towards Lin Chuxia again.
“Mr. Lin, you must make things right for me. I was really just going to play with Ma Yingzi today, and then they accused me of stealing. I’ve worked at the Bun Shop for so long, you know my character best, have I ever stolen even an onion from the shop? If I had known, I wouldn’t have gone to see Ma Yingzi.”
Chen Chunhua grew more and more aggrieved, and finally, she simply burst into tears.
Lin Chuxia looked at Sun Liangdong, “Where are the items?”
Sun Liangdong knew Lin Chuxia was asking about the seasoning packets, and his expression changed slightly, “Mr. Lin, we didn’t get the items, when we caught the person, the items were already gone. I suspect she saw our people and threw the items away.”
“Did you search the nearby area?”
As the saying goes, catch a thief by catching the loot, even if Chen Chunhua is the prime suspect, evidence is still needed.
At this moment, there was no surveillance, so to make her confess, they needed the stolen goods.
“We searched, but found nothing.”
Otherwise, they wouldn’t have brought her here; they would have taken her directly to the police station.
Chen Chunhua finally saw an opportunity, “Mr. Lin, listen to this, it’s really them framing me. They lost the items and are blaming it on me. If you ask me, they are the ones with dirty hands. You must investigate thoroughly; I fear some people can’t stop their old habits of stealing from the factory.”
Upon hearing this, Hou Xiaobao’s eyes widened, “Who the hell are you talking about?”
Everyone knows what Hou Xiaobao and Jia Liang used to do.
When Chen Chunhua spoke out, others might not take it to heart, but Hou Xiaobao took it seriously.
He now reforms wholeheartedly, working solely for the factory, fearing to disappoint Lin Chuxia.
Chen Chunhua using such accusations against him, Hou Xiaobao felt he couldn’t endure it.
Chen Chunhua stiffened her neck, “Whoever is guilty knows it themselves. If you’re not guilty, why are you reacting so strongly?”
Hou Xiaobao was about to say something else when Ma Yingzi stopped him.
“Chunhua, I just can’t understand why you would do such a thing. Hasn’t Mr. Lin been good to us? When you said you were jobless, I recommended you to Mr. Lin, and he gave you a job opportunity. Ask your conscience, don’t you earn well at the Bun Shop? Given that we can barely recognize many characters, now our salary is even higher than a worker’s. What are you dissatisfied with that you want to harm the factory?”
Ma Yingzi now regretted having a close relationship with Chen Chunhua.
Back when they were processing cooked food in the courtyard, her husband had repeatedly reminded her to keep her distance from Chen Chunhua during work.
It was just that when she had first come from the countryside, all the neighbors looked down on her, and only Chen Chunhua was willing to talk to her.
Even though she felt it was inappropriate when Chen Chunhua came to visit her at work, she didn’t have the heart to chase her away directly.
Now that this incident had occurred, she realized she also bore a great responsibility.
Chen Chunhua looked puzzled, “What are you talking about? Of course, I’m grateful to Mr. Lin. Yingzi, you aren’t trying to shirk responsibility by blaming me, are you? Can’t you see? It’s clear they stole the stuff.”
“You’re lying, it was you who took the things,” Hou Xiaobao couldn’t stand others falsely accusing him of theft anymore.
It was a past he couldn’t bear to look back on and never wanted others to bring up.
The two argued incessantly; suddenly, Lin Chuxia spoke up, “Chen Chunhua, did you really not take the stuff?”
“No!”
Chen Chunhua stated emphatically.
Lin Chuxia nodded and called Yuan Bao over.
Yuan Bao had grown as big as a fully-grown dog and would hang around the courtyard during the day; after work, he would head back to the Qin Family with Lin Chuxia.
Everyone said that this dog was clever, but only Lin Chuxia knew that because of the spiritual spring water, Yuan Bao was not only clever; his intelligence was quite high.
People didn’t know why Lin Chuxia was calling Yuan Bao; they saw her rub Little Yuanbao’s head then go to her office to retrieve a package.
Those familiar could tell that it was the seasoning used for their cooked food.
“Yuan Bao, come sniff this,” Lin Chuxia called Yuan Bao over.
Yuan Bao sniffed the seasoning in her hand, and finally sneezed.
Lin Chuxia rubbed his head again and directed him towards the crowd, “See who has this scent.”
Everyone present didn’t understand why Lin Chuxia was doing this, but Sun Liangdong’s eyes gleamed.
“Mr. Lin, can Yuan Bao really find it? I’ve heard that some police dogs can solve cases just by scent.”
Police dogs were rare, understood even less, and Sun Liangdong had learned about this from reading miscellaneous books.
Lin Chuxia did not answer the question but pushed Yuan Bao, “Go ahead.”
Upon receiving the command, Yuan Bao dashed into the crowd.
First near Su Wensong, then quickly Hou Xiaobao, and as he passed by Ma Yingzi, Yuan Bao started barking.
At that moment, the previously tense Chen Chunhua suddenly yelled, “There, I told you! You are framing people. Even the dog knows it was your people who took the seasoning packet. Mr. Lin, you believe me now, right?”