Rebirth of the King of Waves

Chapter 142 A mess

"Holy crap, my brother Bi Shu is going to sue Song Xianxian today. How can such a trivial matter make it to the top of the trending searches? I'm starting to wonder if there's something wrong with the feng shui of our company. This is too surreal!" Just after 8 a.m. on Monday, Ma Xiaofan had just sat down at his workstation when he heard another junior colleague next to him gossiping excitedly.

Upon hearing this, Ma Xiaofan immediately chimed in, excitedly adding, "Yeah! I saw it yesterday too! Damn, it scared me to death! Suddenly, I had the illusion that our company had become the center of the universe."

"What a load of rubbish! It's just that Ning Bishu has too much influence now," Li Pandeng chimed in. "But I really didn't expect that among the 315 people Ning Bishu sued, there was actually a Song Xianxian. That's too much of a coincidence."

"It's not exactly a coincidence," Ma Xiaofan said. "The people who were criticizing Bi Shu in those days were basically all brainless feminists. I reckon that as soon as Song Xianxian saw the news, she was among the first to pounce on him."

“Yeah,” another henchman said. “It was Song Xianxian who first revealed Bi Shu’s family situation. I don’t know who in our company told her, but so many mouths…”

Zhou Tianyi, who had been listening intently from the side, immediately felt guilty and nervous upon hearing this.

Just a few days ago, Ning Bishu suddenly called her late at night and asked her, "Do you know what you did?" She was so scared that she didn't sleep well all night.

Zhou Tianyi couldn't help but come in too, changing the subject: "Really? I've seen so many people online criticizing Ning Bishu and the police in X Prefecture, saying they colluded and harmed the people?"

"Are you sick?" Li Pandeng suddenly said with a mocking look, directly sneering at Zhou Tianyi, "What did Ning Bishu do to her? Song Xianxian was barking like a dog online. Ning Bishu was slandered and filed a normal police report. The police officers were just going to Song Xianxian to understand the case. She was screaming like a pig being slaughtered in the car. Who's to blame? Besides, wasn't he released that same day?"

Li Pandeng had absolutely no good impression of Song Xianxian.

This stupid woman has been at the company for so long, and all she does is slack off or act crazy. She hasn't done a single proper task, and she's dragged things down in every way. Not only did she ruin his two weekends off, but he also had his salary docked by General Manager Dong for not submitting his work on time!
So don't say that this idiot slandered Ning Bishu for rape; the evidence is conclusive, and he deserves to die.

Even if she really didn't slander or spread rumors about Ning Bishu, Li Pandeng still hopes that the court can sentence this idiot to immediate execution!

Don't ask if false accusations and defamation have such high penalties.

The answer is that the hatred for working overtime is irreconcilable.

The answer is that executing every young fairy makes a huge contribution to social stability and development!

Zhou Tianyi was naturally aware that she was in the wrong.

Moreover, she was also one of the victims of Song Xianxian's trouble-making at the company.

He almost lost his job.

However, she spends a lot of time on Xiaohongshu (a Chinese social networking site), and the concept of "girls help girls" still lingers in her mind; otherwise, she wouldn't have introduced Song Xianxian to work here.

“Sigh, anyway, I don’t think it’s necessary to go that far. Ning Bishu is being too petty. For something like this, an apology would have been enough. Why escalate it to the point of reporting it to the police…” Seeing that no one agreed with her, Zhou Tianyi became less and less confident as she spoke.

Before she finished speaking, she turned and went back to her own office.

Li Pandeng and the others looked at each other.

Ma Xiaofan then asked, "Did you guys see that video of Song Xianxian slaughtering the pig?"

“I saw it!” another henchman exclaimed gleefully, about to continue his chatter. Li Pandeng suddenly frowned. “Alright, alright, what’s there to say? It’s none of our business. Enough with the talk…get back to work!”

……

"Director Ning."

Ning Qian had only been sitting in his office for a few minutes, gathering some materials to meet his boss before heading to a meeting downstairs, when a colleague suddenly walked in, frantically handing him an urgent report requesting instructions.

"It was sent by the Information Section of the X Government Office. Over the two days of Saturday and Sunday, we received more than 800 complaints from the public in the inbox of the online government affairs website. The Information Section staff just came over and saw them. I also heard that the X Mayor's hotline was also overwhelmed with calls yesterday."

"What's going on?" Ning Qian looked bewildered. He had a rare two-day weekend off, and seeing that the weather was nice, he took his wife and children on a short trip within the city.

However, even though he was away from home, he didn't miss anything about what was happening at work and kept a close eye on his superiors' movements.

But the problem is...

The boss hasn't had much to do these past couple of days!
And I haven't heard of any major emergencies.

Why is the X hotline being overwhelmed with calls?

Ning Qian asked the question as he took the report.

Looking down, the moment he saw the name Ning Bishu, his mind went blank and he was completely dumbfounded.

My damn cousin, are you here specifically to bring me bad luck?
His expression changed drastically. But upon closer inspection, he realized that things were not so simple after all.

"Ning Bishu instructed the XX department of X Prefecture to abuse public power and illegally arrest innocent people..."

"What the hell?"

Ning Qian was completely confused.

The colleague who delivered the report then explained to him, "Director Ning, don't you know? Your cousin was falsely accused of rape not long ago, and he reported it to the police these past two days. It seems that one of the people who slandered him was his former colleague, someone from our city's XX Bureau, so they took the woman back to investigate the case."

Ning Qian asked, puzzled, "There's no problem with that!"

“Yes, it was indeed the normal procedure,” my colleague said. “But for some reason, when the people from the XX Bureau came to summon her, the woman struggled a lot and refused to leave. Plus, she had a leg injury, with a cast on and using crutches. That day, she was practically shoved into the police car. And someone took a picture of it and posted it online…”

"Oh, so there was a public opinion crisis over the weekend?" Ning Qian said suddenly. "Then let the XX Bureau clarify things themselves, explain the situation to the public, and make things clear! Why are you bringing this up with us?"

“It’s been clarified, it was issued on Saturday night!” Ning Qian’s colleague said with a troubled look, “But nobody reads it. Now there’s a group of people who are convinced that Ning Bishu bribed someone and want to clear the woman’s name. They’ve even called various inspection departments in the city, saying that people from the XX Bureau abused their power and demanding that they be dealt with.”

Ning Qian thought for a moment and said, "How do we handle this? Isn't this just being unreasonable?"

My colleague said, "That's the trouble. This whole thing is absurd, but without consulting higher-ups, the XX Bureau doesn't know what to do either. If it drags on, the public outcry might escalate further, especially concerning your cousin..."

"What's wrong with him now?" Ning Qian reacted immediately upon hearing Ning Bishu's name, his face filled with disgust.

My colleague said, "Your cousin has been stirring up trouble online these past few days, either flaunting his wealth or mocking A-share investors. He has over 200 million followers on Weibo now, and this whole thing has made it into the top ten trending topics on Weibo. There are really a lot of people online now who suspect that our XX Bureau took money from your cousin, and the public opinion impact is extremely negative!"

This guy kept calling me "your cousin."

The people of Ningqian were absolutely stunned.

"He's not my cousin! I don't have a brother like that!" Ning Qian angrily flung the documents around.

A colleague asked, "So what do we do now? The IT department is so slow to react; they've already seen this. Do you think this has caused a huge uproar online by now?"

Ning Qian picked up the report and looked at it again.

After a long silence, he gradually calmed down and asked, "What's the specific situation now? Where is the case at?"

My colleague said, "It's already been transferred to the court, and it seems the trial started this morning."

"The case was filed last Friday, and the trial is already on today?" Ning Qian was stunned.

Has the efficiency of the XX Bureau reached this level?
"You...you go to the scene and take a look. Let me know the results immediately." Ning Qian folded the emergency report from the information department, hurriedly left the room, and headed straight for the floor where the higher-ups were staying.

Meanwhile, Ning Bishu, who was sleeping soundly in a hotel room in Beijing, was suddenly woken up by his cell phone ringing.

He frowned as he answered the phone. On the other end, Di Guofeng said in a deep voice, "Xiao Ning, go back to X Prefecture immediately."

Ning Bishu asked, "What's wrong?"

Di Guofeng said, "We've been waiting for you!"

"I'm in Beijing right now!"

"I want to see you before I leave work this afternoon. Bring three million."

"Today..."

"Yes! The sooner the better, let's do it today!"

“Okay…” Ning Bishu was speechless.

After hanging up the phone, I was quiet for a moment, then sent Xiao Taotao a message: "Something came up, I can't go to Jinling today."

Without waiting for Xiao Taotao's reply, he immediately booked two of the earliest flights back to X state.

She rolled out of bed and quickly walked into the bathroom.