Transmigration: On the Gossip Front-Chapter 960 - 961 Countryside Orphan Girl 5

When the ministry leaders heard this, their faces immediately darkened. So the girl’s father had passed away, and both the compensation payout and the job were taken by his siblings instead?

"First it’s the eldest aunt, then his family, and then the younger uncle’s family—everyone’s taken advantage, except Liu Hong’s own household."

The leaders had just gotten a brief understanding of Liu Hong’s family situation and learned that he didn’t have a good relationship with the Liu Family. Especially since the young girl had just mentioned earlier that, before Liu Hong married into the Zhang Family, the Zhang Family even had to pay a support fee.

"This is truly insatiable greed," one leader couldn’t help but remark.

"This matter absolutely needs to be thoroughly investigated," the senior leader declared before turning and walking off. "We won’t inspect the factory today. Once this issue is resolved, we’ll come back."

Zhao Lei at this moment wished he could strangle Liu Jianshe. It was bad enough for the Liu Family to cause trouble, but why drag the machinery factory into it?

Now it was too late. Everyone present had heard about this, and there’d be no avoiding the fallout.

In the factory kitchen, Liu Gang was just an errand boy loafing through his days. While everyone was busy preparing lunch, he took the excuse of needing the restroom to slip out for a little break.

After taking a breather, he was about to head back. Staying out too long wouldn’t look good in front of the leadership either.

But just then, he saw Zhang Yu and her grandfather—this gave him quite a scare, especially when he noticed Zhang Yu heading straight for Liu Jianshe. Immediately, he knew trouble was brewing.

Liu Gang had been angry about his parents handing Liu Hong’s job to Liu Jianshe, but there wasn’t much he could do—his own son was still too young.

He could only settle for taking a portion of the money. If things blew up, his family would certainly suffer. This realization made Liu Gang so anxious that he rushed off to find Liu Dashan.

Liu Dashan had just sat down for a short break when he saw his useless younger son running toward him. He had always been disappointed in this youngest child of his.

"Why aren’t you at work?" It was work hours, and instead of doing his job, he was wandering around causing trouble—did he have any idea how many problems he’d already caused?

"Dad, you think I want to come looking for you? I just saw Zhang Yu and Li Cui talking with the factory director." Liu Gang blurted out in haste.

Liu Dashan’s hand, which had been reaching for his teacup, froze in midair. If someone had looked closely, they’d have seen his hand trembling slightly.

"How is that possible, how could this happen?"

Liu Gang, seeing his father’s reaction, was equally desperate. "Dad, you need to think of something."

"If this blows up, my sister...." Everyone knew the Jiang Family already looked down on the Liu Family. If this scandal erupted and dragged in Liu Jia as well, who knew what the Jiang Family’s reaction would be?

Liu Dashan’s face was full of agitation. "How could this happen? How did they let them out?"

Inwardly, Liu Dashan cursed his wife and eldest daughter-in-law. He had told them time and again how important it was to keep an eye on Zhang Yu.

To his face, they had agreed, but as soon as his back was turned, they failed to follow through. "You go first and find...."

Liu Dashan knew the key now was to control Liu Jianshe. There couldn’t be any more reckless admissions.

Liu Gang, however, was dissatisfied upon hearing his father’s instructions. "Dad, I think you’d better go to my eldest brother instead."

"Jianshe is his son," Liu Gang retorted before turning to leave. Their family’s circumstances were worse than the eldest brother’s, and the elder branch of the family had always looked down on them. freёnovelkiss.com

Liu Dashan watched as Liu Gang walked away, increasingly frustrated and helpless. No matter how loudly he called after him, not one word got through.

Left with no choice, the old man went to find Liu Qiang, but when the latter heard that Zhang Yu had actually left the courtyard, he was panicked too. "Dad, Dad, what are we supposed to do about this?"

Facing his chaotic and bewildered eldest son, Liu Dashan could only sigh in exasperation. "What do you want me to do? You go find Jianshe."

But as the father and son were still deliberating what they should do, officers from the factory’s security department arrived. "Liu Dashan, Liu Qiang, come with us."

When the two men saw the factory security team, their hearts sank hard. They knew this was bad.

"What... what’s this about?" Liu Qiang stammered nervously. Liu Dashan realized his son was useless in this moment and, at his age, had no choice but to step forward himself.

"Don’t you know what you’ve done?" The team leader sneered coldly. "Don’t think about trying to deny it. Liu Jianshe has confessed everything."

The father and son had been hoping that as long as Liu Jianshe stayed quiet, they might just scrape through this. Who would’ve thought the brat would spill everything?

"That’s impossible!" Liu Qiang couldn’t believe his youngest son would say so much. If the truth came out, his own future was doomed—there was no way he’d be able to stay in the machinery factory.

"You can keep denying it if you want."

"We’ve already spoken with Liu Jia and Jiang Dawei." The team leader gestured for his men to take Liu Dashan and Liu Qiang away.

The father and son were stunned. When they heard even Liu Jia and her husband were implicated, they realized that Liu Jianshe must have confessed everything.

Liu Dashan was furious, glaring venomously at Liu Qiang. It was all his fault for not raising his son properly. Couldn’t he just shoulder all the blame himself?

And now look at the mess—they even dragged Liu Jia into this. Would the Jiang Family spare her now?

When Liu Dashan and his son were brought to the security department, they thought the first person they would see was Liu Jianshe. To their surprise, the first familiar face was Liu Gang.

"Gangzi, what are you doing here?" Seeing his youngest son, Liu Dashan panicked even more.

Liu Gang, seeing them, snapped irritably. "Why do you think I’m here? Isn’t it because eldest brother has such a great son?"

Liu Gang had guessed this would turn into a big deal, but he hadn’t expected to get dragged in himself. Furious, he was ready to start cursing.

"Alright, each of you go in one by one. You, if you’ve already been questioned, go sit over there," the team leader ordered briskly, pushing Liu Dashan and his son into separate interrogation rooms.

Liu Gang was locked in one room, only to see Liu Jianshe already sitting inside.

Upon seeing his young nephew, Liu Gang immediately lashed out in anger. "You’re unbelievable—dragging the whole family into this mess!"

"I didn’t have a choice! If I didn’t tell the truth, I’d be looking at ten years in prison!" Liu Jianshe broke down, wailing loudly.

Seeing Liu Jianshe sobbing uncontrollably, Liu Gang gave him a scornful look. "Who told you it’d be ten years?"

In Liu Gang’s eyes, this wasn’t even a problem. They were Liu Hong’s brothers; taking his compensation and job—was that an issue?

Of course not. So how had it escalated to talk of ten years in prison? "You must have been tricked by that girl Zhang Yu."

Liu Gang recalled the scene he had witnessed earlier and was convinced Liu Jianshe had been manipulated by Zhang Yu.

"Uncle, our Second Uncle was a martyr. His compensation was eight hundred yuan—that’s no small sum. And the job—it pays several hundred more."

"All together, it’s over a thousand yuan. That’s easily worth ten or even more years in prison. That’s just the minimum." Liu Jianshe had double-checked everything with the security department interrogators. "Ten years is just the starting point."

What?! Liu Jianshe’s words shocked Liu Gang so thoroughly he jumped up. "Liu Jianshe, you’re not just trying to scare me, are you?"

"Why would I scare you?" Liu Jianshe sighed deeply, slumping against the wall.

What now? The job was definitely gone, his reputation ruined. Forget about getting married—he probably wouldn’t even be able to find temp work now.

No job meant he’d have to go become an intellectual youth. And wherever they sent him, the conditions were bound to be terrible.