Return to 88: Starting from Marrying My Sister-in-law

"that's it?"

"What else did he say?"

After Lu Youzhi broke down, all the unpleasant things he said at the airport were quietly repeated to Lu Yang by Lu Nini.

What was Lu Yang's reaction after hearing that?
He just smiled calmly.

They were even a little unsatisfied and kept asking if there were any even worse ones.
Lu Nini shook her head.

Even if he did, that was all he found out; she didn't dare to inquire about anything else.

That's terrifying.

If the boss gets angry at her after hearing this, he might curse Lu Laoliu as a bastard and an ungrateful wretch.

She shouldn't be that nervous.

But the boss's smile was a little creepy.

She couldn't help but sigh inwardly: "Lu Laoliu, no one can save you now."

"A small favor is appreciated, but a large favor is resented. How laughable! The ancients were right."

Lu Yang muttered to himself and then chuckled.

After saying that...

He then remembered that Lu Nini was still there.

So he looked at Lu Nini and said, "Sixth Brother is a boy, only a year older than you. You two must have played together a lot when you were little, right? Tell me what I should do now?"

Lu Nini shrank her neck and whispered, "I...I don't know."

Lu Yang was not satisfied with this answer.

“Raise your head.”

Lu Nini obediently raised her head.

“You are my secretary, Lu Yang’s secretary, the assistant in the chairman’s office of Century Group, a multi-billion dollar conglomerate. There’s a traitor in the company, and I asked you what to do, and you said you didn’t know?”

Lu Yang's eyes looked dangerous at that moment.

Lu Laoliu is his cousin.

He was his deceased father's elder brother and his uncle's son.

And the woman in front of me.

She is just the granddaughter of his grandfather's younger brother.

In terms of blood relations, they are even more distant!
If even someone like Lu Laoliu could betray him and embezzle huge sums of money from the company, then what chance would this woman in front of him have?

Thinking of this!

He chuckled coldly twice: "Hmph!"

Lu Nini's face turned pale, and her body swayed slightly, trembling a little.

Until he noticed Lu Yang's impatience.

Only then did he muster the courage to say, "Prosecute him...prosecute him and make him return the money."

"very good!"

Lu Yang clapped his hands. "Then do as you say. Go and tell your brother my decree, and my brother Ping An."

"what?"

Lu Nini was taken aback, and asked in confusion, "Aren't you going to bring the person back?"

"No need."

Lu Yang turned and walked to the French windows, looking at the cars and pedestrians below that looked like ants, and said indifferently, "I don't want to see him, and he probably doesn't have the face to see me either. Let's just leave it at that. As you said, send him to see the authorities and make him spit out the money."

"Yes!"

Lu Nini nodded in agreement.

She looked up at Lu Yang's retreating figure.

Lu Yang made no further comment.

Lu Nini breathed a sigh of relief and carefully left the room.

"Ugh!"

Lu Yang sighed softly.

Sometimes he also felt that fate was really ridiculous, and that it quite liked to play tricks on people.

Lu Laoliu is a clever and resourceful man with a lot of tricks up his sleeve and a lot of courage. He was the most successful of his uncles, brothers, and sisters in his previous life before his rebirth.

Now I'm back.

With his own help and support, Lu Laoliu should have been doing better than in his previous life.

How did he end up in prison so soon after getting by?

Is it my fault?
This kid is actually jealous of his own two older brothers.

It's both laughable and pathetic. I clearly thought he was the most promising, which is why I put him in the position that would give him the best training. On the other hand, my eldest brother and third brother, one is in the countryside back home running a garment factory, and the other, although he has officially become the executive vice president of a subsidiary, is just a figurehead with no real power. He's just a figurehead that I put on display to tell the people below, "My people are watching you. Don't mess around, don't reach out, or you'll get caught."

and then?
You got slapped in the face, didn't you?
The biggest corrupt official caught since the group's inception was Lu Yang's own cousin.

Lu Yang wasn't in the mood to go to work all day.

I went home early.

I originally wanted to spend time with my wife and children to adjust my mood.

As a result, he couldn't find peace even at home.

First, the boss called.

Lu Youren: "Yangzi, I'm sorry, but Lao Liu is still my own brother. Can you please let him off the hook? Don't worry, no matter how much he embezzled, we'll definitely raise the money to pay you back..."

Lu Yang didn't want to hear what was to come.

After hearing this, he might make an even more disregard for family ties.

So I interrupted them directly!

Lu Yang: "It's not about the money..."

Lu Yang didn't want to continue talking about what came next.

Because those who can understand will know beforehand without him having to explain further, and they won't call him to plead for leniency.

There are only those who don't understand and those who are unwilling to try to understand...

Lu Youren: "But he's still our brother after all. Yes, he made a mistake. I'm begging you, please, I'll make him apologize and kowtow to you."

So many years have passed.

Upon hearing this, Lu Youren realized that nothing had changed; he was still the same Lu Youren whose heart was full of family affection.

Lu Yang: "..."

He remained silent for a long time, unsure of what to say.

Finally, he hung up the phone.

"Dudu..."

Then the phone rang again.

Subconsciously, she thought it was Lu Youren calling and didn't even want to answer. But just as she was about to hang up, she realized it was another phone number.

again.

Are they here to plead for mercy too?

Alright, then I'd like to hear what you have to say.
Lu Yang chuckled in exasperation and pressed the answer button immediately. "It's me. What's up?" Lu Youyi: "..."

After a moment of silence.

"Yangzi, don't be angry. I'll just say one thing: is the evidence conclusive? Is it really Lao Liu who did it?"

Lu Yang scoffed, "Do you really think it could be fake?"

Lu Youyi: "Okay, I understand."

understand what?

He didn't say!
But Lu Yang didn't need to hang up on him; he hung up on his own initiative.

Lu Yang held the phone in his hand, which was making a "beep beep... beep beep beep beep..." sound.

He seemed to be lost in thought.

After all that?
They're not here to plead for mercy?

Was I mistaken this time?
Lu Yang chuckled self-deprecatingly: Okay, then I'll consider this round a loss.

Lu Youyi's phone call came at just the right time.

It's getting late.

Or perhaps his phone call wasn't just about asking some questions before hanging up, but rather he was also following Lu Youren's example and pleading with Lu Yang for leniency.

That's it.

Next, Lu Yang will make a ruthless decision.

Isn't it said that great kindness can turn into enmity?

Okay, I won't help anymore, alright?
From today onwards, no, from tomorrow onwards, he will eliminate all his relatives and friends from the entire Century Group, leaving not a single one behind!

Either don't do it at all, or do it thoroughly.

Fortunately, it was Lu Youyi's phone call that made him realize his mistake and avoid going down the path of "being abandoned by everyone".

But he is still waiting.

Next, he wanted to see who else would come to plead for him.

really,

Just as he expected!
Over the next few hours, one after another, the second sister, the second brother-in-law, the seventh brother, the eighth sister... came one after another.

The second sister and her husband shared a similar attitude with the eldest brother, Lu Youren.

They wanted to ask Lu Yang to spare Lu Laoliu out of consideration for their kinship.

But things got interesting with Lao Qi. Lao Qi had gotten into trouble back in his hometown and came to Guangzhou to seek refuge with Lao Liu. He worked for Lao Liu for a long time, but in recent years, for some reason, he quit his job and went to start his own company.

Lu Yang even specifically instructed the investigators to thoroughly investigate not only Lao Liu but also Lao Qi, even though Lao Qi had been gone for several years. They wanted to settle all the scores from before he left. Something seemed off.

To prevent any fish from slipping through the net.

Good heavens, this kid's accounts were crystal clear. He hadn't embezzled a single penny from the company. He kept records of everything, from accepting several cartons of cigarettes from customers to receiving a full-service massage from them, to how much money he received as a red envelope when handling a certain order. Moreover, he handed over all the cigarettes he received and the money he collected to the finance department.

This kid is incredibly meticulous in everything he does.

But Lu Yang didn't let him off the hook either.

"I'm asking you, how much do you really know about your sixth brother's affairs?"

"Did he embezzle company money before you left, or after you left?"

"Don't try to fool me."

"You're not going to tell, are you?"

"Then I'll guess."

"Did you already sense something was wrong? You were worried about getting involved, afraid that Lao Liu would be exposed and I would take care of you too, so you quickly resigned and ran away, claiming you wanted to start a business. Start a business my ass, do you even know how to do it properly?"

"I'm asking you, isn't that right?"

Faced with Lu Yang's barrage of questions, which came like a thunderbolt.

On the other end of the phone, Lu Youxin kept smiling and behaving himself.

The main point is to be vague and unclear.

When Lu Yang pushed him to the edge, he started to talk about other things, avoid the main issues, and pretend to be stupid.

Lu Yang was extremely annoyed and was about to hang up.

The little brat is like a leech, clinging to me like glue.

He said with a fawning smile, "Fourth Brother, my dear Fourth Brother, this time Sixth Brother is really having a hard time resisting the charms of a beautiful woman. Don't misunderstand, I promise I won't sympathize with him, but I still want to ask, can this matter be postponed?"

Lu Yang said coldly, "It can't be delayed."

Lu Youxin: "The weather's really nice today, perfect for a walk. Huh? Cousin, what did you just say? I can't hear you, I'm hanging up, phone bills are too expensive, I can't afford to pay them anymore... beep beep..."

This kid died faster than anyone else.

Eighth Sister Lu Xiaohua is still in school, attending university. The skinny little bean sprout she once was has now grown into a graceful young woman. She is currently a third-year law student at Capital University of Political Science and Law.

In the case concerning Lu Youzhi's embezzlement of company funds.

The little girl has something to say.

She spoke eloquently and smugly on the phone for more than ten minutes.

There's only one principle!
Legal action
They must be brought to justice, and this must serve as a warning to others. There should be no leniency. According to the examples she cited, many foreign family businesses, which were once glorious, saw their seemingly insignificant internal corruption cases collapse because they involved family members and failed to be fair and just.

"Fourth Brother, if you trust your little sister, then go ahead and do it. Don't worry about us brothers and sisters blaming you for not caring about family ties. If Eldest Brother and Third Brother are unreasonable, it must be because they don't understand the law and are ignorant of it. I know a little about the law, I'll go and persuade them for you..."

Lu Yang was completely numb.

Are all law students the kind of people who are heartless and ruthless?
Finally, he couldn't hold back any longer.

He asked her, "Don't you care about your sixth brother? Aren't you worried he'll rot in jail?"

"Don't worry, Fourth Brother. I've checked the records. In economic crimes, as long as the stolen money is returned to its original source, the sentence can be lighter. Besides, my Sixth Brother isn't the main culprit. The main culprit is someone else, that vixen. As long as the vixen is severely punished, Sixth Brother's sentence will be lighter. He can go to jail to reflect on his actions. He's been a sycophant for so many years, it's time for him to wake up."

It seems to make sense.

Lu Yang nodded in agreement.

"This is something I came up with after going through the case files all night and combining them with the actual situation. By the way, I'm not doing this to harm my sixth brother, but to help him. Otherwise, think about it, if he goes in and comes out soon without being punished, my sixth sister-in-law will still be angry and keep arguing with him about divorce every day. Then the divorce will be inevitable. My poor four nephews and nieces, stuck with such unreliable parents. Without me, this family will fall apart sooner or later."

What a weird thing...

Lu Yang asked, puzzled, "Are you so sure that if I send Lao Liu to jail for a few years, they won't get a divorce?"

"You don't even understand this?"

"We women understand women best."

“I know my sixth sister-in-law well; she’s incredibly greedy. I just need to use a little trick, hehe… She definitely won’t mention divorce before my sixth brother gets out. As for my sixth brother, if he can’t turn over a new leaf, become a good husband and father after he gets out, then there’s no point in continuing this marriage. Let’s just get a divorce.”

Are you sure this girl is really just a little kid who hasn't even grown all her hair yet?

Instead of an old witch?
Lu Yang was puzzled, but was greatly shocked after hearing this and said he could give it a try.

Lu Laoliu has committed a crime, and he must be punished severely and swiftly. There can be no sloppiness or hesitation. Even a few seconds of hesitation would constitute a serious crime against the safety of the entire group.

Think about it!
The chairman's relatives can arbitrarily embezzle money from the company's accounts without being held accountable.

What if it were another senior executive?

Or perhaps the relatives or family members of other senior executives?
Everyone has relatives!
Century Group is not a small company. It's a huge conglomerate that has been developing for nearly ten years. It's normal for it to have complicated relationships. For people who have been in high positions for a long time, it's not a big deal to put a few of their relatives or distant relatives in the company, put them in inconspicuous positions, do some jobs that don't require much brainpower, are easy, and just need to collect their salary at the end of the month. Who can say anything about that?

If your chairman's relatives can embezzle millions or tens of millions of yuan from the company, then we can just embezzle a little less, tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, that should be fine, right?

Therefore, examples cannot be opened.

Once it's opened up, it can't be blocked anymore, and it will inevitably set a bad example, leading to chaos and disorder. (End of Chapter)