Wandering in the vast darkness

Chapter 86 Dialogue - Tea House

Yu looked at the people sitting in the back row and couldn't help but ask:

"You're the boss of Sanhuan Company, right?"

The person in the back row was taken aback and quickly said, "No, no."

Yu Wen chuckled and continued, "Are you acting in a play or filming a TV show?"

The person in the back row snorted and said irritably, "I think it's more exciting than a play, tense and thrilling, didn't you see...?"

As he spoke, he picked up the wig next to him, shook it, huffed angrily, threw the wig back onto his seat, turned his head, and looked out the window.

After a while, he seemed to remember something, turned around, stared at Yu Wen for a moment, and asked:

"Master, judging from your tone just now, did you figure something out?"

Yu nodded, and the person in the back row quickly said, "Master, tell me, tell me, what did you see?"

Yu asked, "That young man, I mean the one who died, was he from your company?"

"Yes." The person in the back row nodded.

"These people claim to be his relatives; are they here to demand compensation?"

"Yes, Master, how did you know? Have you heard about this?" The people in the back row became interested.

Yu Wenhao said, "I haven't heard about your company's affairs, but it seems that someone is manipulating things behind the scenes. Those people are not relatives of the deceased at all. The deceased was so young. If they were relatives, they would be too heartbroken to care. They are acting like nothing happened."

"No way, the police station has already checked, it should be true," said the person in the back row.

"How can the police station find out about this? Show them their ID cards. They're from the same place as the deceased. When they ask questions, they come from different places and have different surnames. Don't even mention the local police station; they can't verify this. Even the local police station can't do it. They're separated by thousands of miles. How are you going to investigate?"

As Yu Wenhao spoke, the people in the back row nodded incessantly, growing increasingly interested. He involuntarily leaned forward, his head lolling forward, resting against the back of the front passenger seat, and turned to look at Yu Wenhao, asking:

"Master, then who are they?"

"My fellow villagers, my fellow villagers in Hangzhou, those working on construction sites, those working in factories, they took leave to come and collect their wages," Yu Wenhao said. "There are also real relatives, but they're not on site. Even if they were, they wouldn't be able to stay there for long. The most crucial thing is that the real relatives are too heartbroken to bear seeing that kind of scene, let alone stay there for an extended period of time."

"They're definitely in the small hotel next door. Whenever something happens here, or the police arrive, the real relatives will rush over immediately, sitting on the ground, pounding the ground and crying, or lying on the ground in mourning clothes. The police can't do anything about it, after all, they are the deceased's family members, and they can't go too far. They can only try to persuade them."

"Oh my, yes, yes, Master, it's exactly as you said. How do you know all this?" the man in the back said, then realized what he had said and quickly replied, "Oh, my surname is Shi. I'm sorry, I lied to you earlier. I am indeed the chairman of the Sanhuan Group."

Yu Wen chuckled, "I know, and I also know that they've been cornering you in the office for days, and you had no choice but to disguise yourself as a woman to escape, right?"

Chairman Shi chuckled.

"My surname is Yu, you can call me Xiao Yu," Yu Wenhao said. "Don't underestimate me just because I'm a ride-hailing driver. This ride-hailing industry is a microcosm; I've encountered all sorts of people. This whole thing is orchestrated by someone behind the scenes. There are people who specialize in planning these kinds of things. You must have heard of the medical disputes at hospitals, right?"

"I've heard of it, I've heard of it. Oh, you mean these people are the same as them?" Chairman Shi asked.

"Actually, it's the same group of people behind them. Now that the crackdown on medical disputes is so severe, they don't dare to do it anymore, so they go to factories to cause trouble. If a worker or something happens in a factory, they go and cause trouble. Yours is considered company-related. No matter how they cause trouble, the goal is the same: to get compensation."

"There was this guy who rode in my car. He did this kind of work, and he even asked me to introduce him to business. You know, the deceased's relatives from other places come to Hangzhou and don't even need to take a taxi. He told me to introduce him to this business when he heard about it, and he even said he would give me a commission. Haha, how could I do such a despicable thing? But he told me exactly how I did it."

Yu asked Chairman Shi, who kept nodding as he listened. He mentally compared the driver's words with the actual situation and increasingly felt that the people who came to his company were indeed like that.

"Master... Oh, Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu, what do you think we should do when we encounter this kind of situation?" Chairman Shi asked.

"Well, the situation is different every time. Can you tell me what the situation is like here?" Yu Wenhao said.

"Alright, alright, let me tell you. Hey, Xiao Yu, let's find a teahouse, sit down and have a good chat. There's still a lot to talk about, okay?" Chairman Shi said. "Oh, by the way, I'll take care of all your business tonight."

Yu said, "Whether it's included or not doesn't matter. This is the first time I've actually encountered something like this, and I'm interested in hearing about it."

"Yes, yes, we can't not cover it. This is my company's business. How could our company let you suffer a loss? Xiao Yu, please don't be polite."

Yu Wen smiled and said, "Okay, thank you, Chairman Shi."

The car was driving on Hupao Road. Chairman Shi and Yu Wenhao said to drive ahead onto Manjuelong Road, where there was a nice teahouse.

Following Chairman Shi's directions, Yu Wenhao made his way through a maze of turns until they reached their destination. After parking the car, just as the two were about to get out, Chairman Shi exclaimed "Ah!" Yu Wenhao turned around and looked back, and the two of them couldn't help but laugh.

They were so focused on discussing business that they forgot the chairman was a man disguised as a woman. Although his wig was torn off, his clothes and high heels were still on. How could he possibly show his face like that?

Yu asked the chairman, "I do have some clothes and shoes in the trunk. I wonder if the chairman would mind?"

Chairman Shi quickly replied, "No, no, I'm not bothered at all. I'm already dressed like this, could anything be uglier?"

Yu Wenhao got out of the car and took a jacket and a pair of sneakers from the trunk. He always changed into cloth shoes when he drove, and he kept his sneakers in the trunk.

The pants didn't matter; there were no other options. The clothes and shoes were a bit too big for the chairman, but he didn't care. He said they were fine, fine, even bigger ones were more comfortable. It was just a walk, a tea break, not a meeting with any guests.

The teahouse that Chairman Shi took Yu Wenhao to was in a small alley in Manjuelong. It was called Duibai Teahouse. It was located near a mountain, and the environment must have been very elegant during the day. However, at night, apart from the lights of the teahouse itself, it was pitch black all around and you couldn't see anything.

The teahouse is exquisitely decorated, with glass walls on all four sides. During the day, the mountain scenery behind it seeps into the interior, creating a unique ambiance. The overall style is a combination of traditional Chinese garden architecture and Japanese aesthetics, featuring an outer corridor and eaves, and an inner tatami room with official hat chairs and round wooden chairs paired with tea tables.

Chairman Shi must be a regular here. The proprietress greeted him as soon as she saw him, but she still glanced at him a few more times, probably because she felt that the chairman's style of dress today was different from usual. It was too ordinary, without any designer brands.

The proprietress said to him softly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Shi, we're out of small buns."

Chairman Shi asked, "What about the big package?"

"The big bag is still here."

"Then we'll take the whole package," Chairman Shi said. "After the tea is served, we don't need any more service; we'll do it ourselves."

The proprietress nodded and said okay.

The proprietress smiled and stepped back.

Chairman Shi led Yu Wenhao from the stone-paved corridor outside the glass of the teahouse to the side. The lights in the private room were on, and all four sides, including the partition between the private room and the main hall, were made of glass. However, there were thin curtains that could be drawn down, creating a hazy barrier that was neither too oppressive nor too private.

Chairman Shi pushed open the sliding door of the private room, and Yu Wenhao saw that the room was very large, enough to seat seven or eight people, which was too spacious for the two of them.