80: Chapter 79: Sad Huo Xiaoxuan!
80: Chapter 79: Sad Huo Xiaoxuan!
“The first question,” Fang Yi got straight to the point without beating around the bush, “are you a fugitive murderer?”
Li Hei quickly responded.
Fang Yi gave a cold smile, his lips curling up, and he gave Li Xue a look.
Li Xue immediately giggled, and that giggle made Li Hei shiver, causing him to quickly say, “Yes, I am!”
The cold smile on Fang Yi’s face turned into a slight smile, “Then…
Li Hei hesitated for a moment before responding, “The boss of Lotte Company.”
“A real estate company,” Li Xue chimed in timely for Fang Yi.
Fang Yi gave a nod and continued, “Who instructed you to do it?”
Li Hei really hesitated this time, completely shutting his mouth.
Fang Yi smiled, reached out his hand, and signaled Li Xue to bring over the dagger.
Fang Yi caught the dagger, tossing it in his hand—it had an intimidating effect.
“Really not planning to talk?”
Sweat formed on Li Hei’s forehead as he clenched his teeth and said, “If I talk, I die; if I don’t, I die.
“Who said that?” Fang Yi countered.
“If you talk, you could go to prison and still live.
There might still be a glimmer of hope for you.”
“But I don’t want to spend my life in prison,” Li Hei retorted.
Fang Yi laughed mockingly, “Had you known you’d spend your lifetime in prison, why commit murder in the first place?
For money, I understand.
But if you don’t talk, I still have another way.”
Li Hei gritted his teeth, stubbornly persisting, “No matter what, I won’t talk.”
“You have quite the backbone, huh?
Sadly, having backbone is good, but if you lose your life, what good is backbone?” Fang Yi said indifferently.
Li Hei immediately grasped the implication in Fang Yi’s words.
Indeed, if a man loses his life, what use is backbone?
What’s the point of living?
And Fang Yi’s threat truly sent a chill to his core.
Li Hei gritted his teeth and said, “If I talk, can you let me go?” His tone had softened.
That’s definitely not happening,” Fang Yi replied.
“But you can expose the mastermind behind this.
By confessing and meriting consideration, maybe you won’t get a life sentence, perhaps even getting released.”
Li He smiled silently, contemplating what choice to make.
Fang Yi didn’t disturb him.
After a few minutes, Li He took a deep breath and said, “Mo Fengkuang.”
Hearing this name, Fang Yi slightly raised his eyebrows.
Mo Fengkuang was from the Black Water Alliance.
Why would he want Li He to kill the boss of Lotte Company?
Could there be some feud between them?
But seizing the opportunity, Fang Yi wasn’t going to let Mo Fengkuang off, especially when it came to kicking someone when they’re down.
If there was a chance, Fang Yi wouldn’t miss it.
Li Xue made a call and soon, two criminal investigation guards came and took Li He into custody.
“Thank you!” Li Xue said with a smile, clearly very happy—after all, this was her first time catching a murderer of this caliber.
Though she didn’t apprehend him personally, she had still exerted a lot of effort.
Fang Yi smiled, “You said it yourself, we’re quite familiar; no need for politeness.”
“That’s true,” Li Xue mused, then extended her hand to Fang Yi, “Hand over your phone.”
“Just hand it over,” Li Xue cooed.
Fang Yi had no choice but to hand over his phone, and he saw Li Xue quickly press something on Fang Yi’s phone before handing it back to him, “There, I’ve saved my phone number into your phone, and I’ve got your number too.
Let’s keep in touch when we’re free.”
Fang Yi thought this girl was quite cute, although sometimes slow, and he smiled, “Sure thing, Guardian White.”
“Oh, wrong, Heroine White.”
“That’s more like it.”
Li Xue smiled happily, then got into the car and left with her companions.
After sending Li Xue off, Fang Yi started helping Xia Ziqi pack up.
Soon everything was packed, and Fang Yi rode the electric tricycle, taking Xia Ziqi back home.
Once home, since it was Saturday, Fang Yi went to sleep all day, waking up at six in the evening and heading to the bar, where he walked around for a bit.
Now that Fang Yi was the main manager of Blue Cloud Bar, he no longer needed to promote drinks.
He just needed to stroll around the bar to ensure no one was causing trouble.
All Fang Yi needed to do was mediate and keep the bar running smoothly.
The weekend passed quickly, and Fang Yi, as usual, arrived at the office.
Just as he arrived, he saw Huo Xiaoxuan, looking frustrated, cradling her chin in her hands and staring at the ceiling as if lost in thought.
She didn’t greet him as usual; it was as if the end of the world was near, filled with despair.
Fang Yi walked over to Huo Xiaoxuan, poked her shoulder with his finger, and Huo Xiaoxuan responded in a resigned tone, “What?”
“Seeing you look all gloomy, I suddenly felt a bit of compassion,” Fang Yi said.
“Alas!” Huo Xiaoxuan sighed deeply, “There’s a saying that goes, ‘Life is like rape, if you can’t resist it, you might as well enjoy it.’ But, I just can’t enjoy it.”
Fang Yi pulled up a chair next to her and asked, “What exactly is the problem?”
Huo Xiaoxuan whispered, “The company’s performance is declining.”
Fang Yi said, “What does the company’s performance have to do with you?
You’re not the boss.”
Huo Xiaoxuan looked at him angrily, then became listless again and said, “You’re new here, so it’s normal that you don’t know the company’s policies.”
This piqued Fang Yi’s curiosity, and he urged Huo Xiaoxuan to elaborate.
There was a policy at Longtu Group that if the company’s performance improved each month, every employee would receive a corresponding salary increase; conversely, if performance declined, everyone’s salary would decrease as well.
This policy was introduced after Shen Binan became the president.
Fang Yi quickly understood the rationale behind this rule; it was meant to motivate the employees to work harder.
If you worked hard and the company’s performance improved, you would earn a higher salary.
Otherwise, you would earn less.
To maximize their pay, employees would naturally work as hard as possible.
No need for strict supervision from the bosses, since this was directly linked to every employee’s pocket, motivating them completely.
Regarding Shen Binan, Fang Yi had always thought of her as a cold and aloof woman, but now, he realized she was quite capable, otherwise, she wouldn’t be able to manage the company well.
At this point, Fang Yi finally understood why Huo Xiaoxuan was sighing.
“It’s just normal fluctuations; don’t take it to heart,” Fang Yi comforted her.
“How can this be considered normal fluctuations?
It’s the first time the company’s performance has declined,” said Huo Xiaoxuan.
A thought struck Fang Yi, and he said, “Was it always on the rise before?”
Huo Xiaoxuan replied with some pride, “Of course, it’s always been going up; there’s never been a decline.
But ever since the company signed that construction contract this month, performance started to dip.”
Fang Yi raised an eyebrow and asked, “Which company did you sign the contract with?”
Huo Xiaoxuan replied, “Lotte Company.”
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