A hundred flavors of life

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After hanging up the phone, Hua Shier leisurely pulled up a chair and sat down, saying to Zhu Xiaobei and the others, "Don't stand there, sit down and wait. We are victims, law-abiding citizens, and we should trust the law and believe that Uncle Hat will give us justice."

An eerie silence fell over the office, with only the heavy breathing of the plump boss lady and the faint sound of sweat dripping from Section Chief Li's forehead audible.

The plump proprietress's face turned deathly pale, her lips trembled, and she still wanted to argue, but her voice had already become much softer, and she mumbled:
"So what if I went to court? I didn't steal anything. What are you all so guilty about? Why are you hitting me?"

Li Weijuan immediately retorted: "You're talking nonsense! You're letting a grown man search our female classmates, you're just being presumptuous and have ulterior motives!"

Hua Shier waved his hand, stopping Li Weijuan from continuing the argument, his tone calm yet carrying a strong sense of confidence:
"Weijuan, there's no need to waste time arguing with them. Facts speak louder than words."

"When Uncle Hat arrives, the truth will come out, and my lawyer will make them understand the legal consequences of defamation and false accusation."

At this moment, Li Ke's face was extremely ugly, and the supermarket owner's arrogance had also disappeared. The two occasionally exchanged glances, as if they were communicating something in secret through their eyes.

Finally, Li Ke nodded slightly to the proprietress, who seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and was no longer as nervous as before.

Not long after, the sound of sirens came from outside, and then several men in uniforms and hats walked into the security office with serious expressions.

Almost simultaneously, another group arrived, all dressed in black suits, carrying heavy briefcases, each with a sharp and capable demeanor and piercing eyes—the same kind of team that runs Tencent's legal department, the Jingnan Legal Team.

The lead lawyer strode up to Hua Shier and bowed slightly: "Chairman Hua, we've arrived."

Hua nodded.

Li Ke had already prepared his explanation before Uncle Hat arrived. Now, he forced a smile that looked more like a grimace as he approached Uncle Hat, intending to explain the situation:
"I'm from the school's security department."

Before he could finish speaking, Hua Twelve stood up from his chair and said to Uncle Hat with a serious expression:

"I want to file a formal complaint!"

He pointed to Section Chief Li, who looked astonished and had no idea what he was going to report:
"I am Hua Shier, Chairman of Jingnan Company. I am filing a formal complaint against Li XX, who, while in charge of the school's security monitoring equipment procurement project, abused his position by falsely reporting equipment procurement prices and forging supplier contracts and acceptance reports. He embezzled a total of RMB 200,000, which I and Jingnan Company had donated to the Jingnan Polytechnic Education Development Foundation, in three separate instances!"

"As far as I know, he used the embezzled funds to pay the down payment for the property he purchased in 'Scholar's Garden'!"

These words struck like a bolt from the blue, echoing throughout the office!
No one expected that what was just a minor conflict that triggered the police report would turn into a major incident, with Hua Shier acting completely out of the ordinary and actually using his real name to launch a full-scale attack.

This is like two neighbors arguing, and the other person doesn't care about your trivial matters at all, and just pulls out a magic weapon and starts smashing it down, trying to kill you.

"You, you, you, you... You're talking nonsense! You're slandering me! I, I, I didn't! Absolutely not!"

Section Chief Li was completely dumbfounded, his mind went blank. He pointed at Hua Shier, his lips trembling violently, and after stammering for a long time, he couldn't even utter a complete sentence:

Hua Shier looked at his dejected appearance and chuckled, his tone tinged with a hint of mockery:

"Why are you trembling? Why are your legs shaking? Look at your bow legs, they're shaking like a leaf."

"Are you scared? As the saying goes, a clear conscience fears no accusation. If you really have nothing to hide, then let's investigate. Uncle Hat will clear your name, he will definitely do it!"

He seemed to remember something, and slowly added:

"Oh, by the way, Li Ke, you're making this up, aren't you? Let me remind you, according to the 1997 revised Criminal Law, if a government official takes advantage of his position to embezzle, steal, defraud, or otherwise illegally possess public property, it is a crime."

"Amounts exceeding 10 yuan are considered a large amount and are punishable by imprisonment for ten years or more, or life imprisonment!"

When Li Ke heard the words "more than ten years imprisonment or life imprisonment," he felt a chill run from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. His legs went weak, and with a "thud," he collapsed to the ground. He felt as if his bones had been removed, his eyes glazed over, and he was completely dumbfounded.

Hua Shier walked up to him, looking down at him with that enigmatic smile still on his face:
"Now, do you know what regret is? Too bad, there's no going back. I gave you a chance before, but you didn't take it!"

He shook his head slightly and recited in a slightly regretful tone: "It truly is as the saying goes, 'I offered my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shone on the gutter.'"

Section Chief Li suddenly snapped out of his daze, like a drowning man grasping at a last straw. Forgetting all about appearances, he scrambled forward, grabbed Hua Shier's leg, and cried out in tears:

"President Hua! President Hua, I was wrong! I really know I was wrong! I was out of my mind! I'm not human! Please! Please have mercy on me and let me go! President Hua! Save me! I can't go to jail! I have a wife and children to support, President Hua!"

Hua Shier frowned slightly, and with a gentle yet irresistible force, he shook off Section Chief Li's hand. He looked coldly at the man slumped on the ground, his tone devoid of any pity:

"Now you know to beg me? You're doomed!"

"What you should be doing now is not begging me, but saving yourself! Confess all your problems and try to earn merit; perhaps you can get some leniency in sentencing. If you don't save yourself, even God can't save you! What's the use of begging me?"

Section Chief Li collapsed to the ground. Upon hearing the words "meritorious service," a glint of madness flashed in his cloudy eyes! He seemed to have grasped something, and he didn't care about anything else. To get a reduced sentence, he was willing to reveal everything!
He abruptly raised his head, pointed into the void, and shouted in a hoarse voice:

"It was Zeng Yu! It was Zeng Yu, the daughter of Vice Dean Zeng! She made me do this! And this supermarket owner, she knew about it too, she was involved! Zeng Yu told me that as long as I could find a way to get Zhu Xiaobei punished and lose her eligibility to study abroad, that would be fine! After it was done, her father would help me get a promotion! It was all her doing! I was forced to do it!"

The supermarket owner hadn't expected that the person who had just given her encouraging looks and told her to hold on would recruit even faster than she had. Now, she was completely devastated and screamed like a pig being slaughtered.
"It has nothing to do with me! It was all them, they made me do it! I'm just a supermarket owner, I don't know anything about it!"

The Jingnan legal team, who had been on high alert, were speechless at the sudden turn of events.

The senior lawyers exchanged glances, their meaning clear: Boss, you can prove all the evidence and charges yourself, so why did you call us here in such a hurry?
"Our time is very valuable, we charge by the hour," they thought to themselves, while maintaining a professional and composed smile, ready to provide their boss with the "necessary" legal services at any time.

The man in the hat who led the group from Hua Shierchao said:
"Uncle Hat, you've seen it all, haven't you? This is no longer just a simple public order dispute; it involves many issues and many things. From now on, I'll have to trouble you to handle it according to the law."

Upon hearing "handled according to law," Section Chief Li began to wail again:
"President Hua! I've confessed everything! I've told you everything! It was Zeng Yu who ordered it! You have to save me! You can't abandon me..." Hua Shier nodded, his tone sincerely comforting him.
"Your framing of Zhu Xiaobei constitutes the crime of false accusation. Since Zhu Xiaobei was ultimately not criminally prosecuted and no serious consequences resulted, this matter is not considered a big deal. And since you were not the mastermind, you will only face up to three years in prison, detention, or probation. What's there to be afraid of? You've already endured more than ten years, what's another three?"

"Of course, I said I would give you face, and I definitely will. After all, I'm not an unfeeling person. You've even confessed the mastermind, how could I not help you!"

"So I won't mention to the 'hat uncles' that you accepted a bribe of 50,000 yuan from contractor Li when you approved the school parking lot contract. Otherwise, you'd be guilty of two crimes and get an extra five years in prison. You might even end up with life imprisonment if you're convicted of multiple crimes. See how good I am to you!"

boom!
Section Chief Li was struck dumb, frozen in place, his pupils dilated, and he completely lost his luster.

He really wanted to yell at Hua Shier: "Is this what you call being nice to me? Is this what you call giving me face? What's the difference between this and publicly exposing me?!"

However, Li Ke ultimately failed to ask the question, because in his excitement and agitation, he had temporarily lost the ability to speak, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted.

Meanwhile, the hat-wearing uncles standing nearby had their eyes light up instantly!

Looking at Li Ke, who was slumped on the ground, their eyes were no longer on an ordinary person who had violated discipline, but on a 'big fish' that had surfaced on its own initiative!
This is practically a free delivery of business opportunities!

Just when everyone thought the storm had come to an end, Hua Shier once again did something that left everyone speechless.

He calmly took a small USB drive from his pocket, solemnly handed it to the police officer in charge, and said with a serious expression:

"Comrade in the hat, I also want to file a formal complaint against Zeng XX, the vice president of our Jingnan Hospital."

"I am reporting that over the years, while in charge of school logistics and infrastructure projects, he fabricated procurement needs under various pretexts, and transferred benefits through methods such as leaking bidding technical parameters in advance and colluding with bidding units, accumulating illegal profits of more than one million yuan!"

"This USB drive contains some of the evidence I've collected, including records of some financial transactions, audio recordings of testimonies from those involved, and scanned copies of relevant contract documents. I believe that if we follow this line of investigation, we will definitely find a lot of results."

This day is destined to be recorded in the history of Beijing South University of Technology.

On this day, Zeng XX, the vice dean of the School of Architecture, his daughter Zeng Yu, Li, the head of the security department, the supermarket owner and her nephew Xiaoming, as well as several other people involved in the case of Vice President Zeng, were taken away for investigation one after another.

What started as a minor dispute over a competition for study abroad spots eventually escalated into a corruption storm that swept through Beijing South University of Technology.

Hua Shier used his swift and decisive methods to not only cleanly and efficiently clear Zhu Xiaobei's name, but also to take this opportunity to uproot the parasites hiding in the ivory tower, demonstrating his terrifying power and resolute style.

After Zeng Yu was arrested, Chen Xiaozheng disappeared. No one knew where he went. Some said he went abroad, and some said they saw him in a remote county town. In short, he disappeared from everyone's lives.

Despite causing such a huge uproar, Huashi No. 12 was not affected at all, and even received several phone calls, the youngest of which was from their principal.

These calls were all meant to comfort Hua Shier, to reassure him and assure him that Jingnan Company would not encounter such a situation again in its future development in Jinling.

After the incident, Zhu Xiaobei, Li Weijuan, Ruan Wan, Zheng Wei and others gathered in the boys' dormitory, but the atmosphere was somewhat somber.

Zhu Xiaobei looked at Hua Shier with a complex expression, a mixture of gratitude and lingering fear:
"Twelve, this time we really owe you a lot. Otherwise, I..."

Hua Shier waved his hand, interrupting her:
"Don't be so formal. What kind of relationship do we have? If a friend is in trouble, how could I just stand by and do nothing?"

He paused, then asked, "Now that your study abroad eligibility should be fine, what are your plans?"

Everyone looked at Zhu Xiaobei.

After this incident, the government-sponsored study abroad spot is practically hers for the taking, if she wanted it.

Zhu Xiaobei was silent for a moment, then raised her head, her gaze sweeping over each of her friends present, finally settling on Hua Shier. Her eyes gradually hardened:
"I've made up my mind. I'm not going to compete for that government-sponsored spot."

"What?" Everyone was stunned.

Li Weijuan exclaimed anxiously, "Xiao Bei, are you crazy! It was so hard!"

Zhu Xiaobei smiled, a smile that held a sense of relief and clarity that came after weathering many storms.
"After going through this, I suddenly understood a lot. That spot was once my dream goal, and I was willing to give everything for it. But now, I feel that there may be a better path."

She looked at Hua Shier:

"Twelve, we said we'd start a business together, but everyone knows we're just part-time employees, helping out a little and not really contributing much!"

"If you agree, I would like to officially join Jingnan Group after graduation. I want to start from the bottom, learn something practically, and do something real."

"I feel that following you, I might see a wider view than if I were to cross oceans."

Hua Shier looked at the determination and trust shining in her eyes and a gratified smile appeared on his face.

He knew that the girl who used to run like the wind on the basketball court had truly grown up.

"The doors of Jingnan Group are always open for you."

Hua Shier solemnly said, "Welcome to the team, Zhu Xiaobei."

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