Chapter 224: Scared to the point of hair standing on end
Chapter 224: Scared to the point of hair standing on end
Manager Fan didn't want to go to jail, so he still denied it.
"Sir! Sir! I have been wrongly accused. Someone must have framed me!"
Xiao Ran took a step forward.
"You're still being stubborn even at this hour! You've swallowed up so much of my family's money. You're truly shameless!"
Shopkeeper Fan looked at Xiao Ran with an unfriendly tone.
"who are you?"
"I am the owner of Xinglong Cloth Shop!"
"You...you are Meng Ruyan's son?"
"You still have some brains!"
Without waiting for Shopkeeper Fan to speak again, Wang Ning spoke up, "Sir, I am willing to be a witness to prove that Shopkeeper Fan abused his power for personal gain and embezzled the master's money. Because it was Shopkeeper Fan who asked me to make those false accounts, I unknowingly aided and abetted his evil deeds. Please punish me, sir!"
Only then did Manager Fan realize that Wang Ning had stabbed him in the back.
But he still couldn't figure out how Wang Ning found the real account book?
"Wang Ning, I've treated you well, how could you treat me like this?"
"If you truly wanted to treat me well, how could you allow Shizhou to constantly bully me? Stop pretending in front of me! I had to kowtow to you before, but now forget it!"
"You...you bastard!"
Shopkeeper Fan wanted to pounce on Wang Ning and tear him apart with his bare hands.
Prefect Zheng saw that Manager Fan was about to take action, so he struck the gavel.
"quiet!"
No one in the lobby dared to speak again.
Prefect Zheng glared at Manager Fan.
"There are witnesses and evidence. What else do you have to say?"
Shopkeeper Fan's food was like an eggplant hit by frost, completely wilted.
Shopkeeper Fan was imprisoned, all of the Fan family’s property was confiscated, and all the money they had embezzled from Xinglong Cloth Shop over the past ten years was turned over.
All of Manager Fan’s belongings came from Xinglong Cloth Shop.
Although he also ran some businesses privately, all of them were squandered by his spendthrift daughter-in-law and son.
After calculation, Manager Fan needed to hand over the house and all the family property to barely pay back the silver he had embezzled.
In a blink of an eye, Manager Fan went from being a wealthy man to being penniless.
With the government helping to collect the money and the house, Xiao Ran and Su Xiaoxiao can rest assured.
Xiao Ran and Su Xiaoxiao took their group directly to Xinglong Cloth Shop.
The guys in Xinglong Cloth Shop didn't know what was going on.
After Xiao Ran gathered everyone together, he said to them, "From now on, Wang Ning will be the owner of Xinglong Cloth Shop. All matters, big or small, in the shop must be arranged by Wang Ning!"
The guys didn't recognize Xiao Ran and Su Xiaoxiao and were very dissatisfied.
Someone took the lead and challenged, "Who are you? What gives you the right to come here and make arbitrary arrangements?"
Xiao Ran glared at the other person. Dong Lai understood what he meant and strode forward and slapped the man in the face.
"Listen carefully, my dog ears! The person before you is none other than the true owner of Xinglong Cloth Shop, Young Master Xiao! Next to him is his wife!"
When everyone heard this, their arrogance instantly dissipated. They looked at each other and looked at Xiao Ran and Su Xiaoxiao in disbelief.
In their minds, this cloth shop was clearly owned by Manager Fan, so how come the owner changed again!
Xiao Ran also realized that these people were basically Manager Fan's men, and many of them even just followed Shi Zhou around.
"Dongla, those who are dishonest and difficult to discipline here will all be fired, and we'll hire new people!"
"Yes, Master!"
Before coming here, Donglai had investigated the employees of Xinglong Cloth Shop and had some understanding of their background.
He made a quick decision and fired most of the people, leaving only a few honest and obedient ones who, like Wang Ning, were bullied by Shizhou on a daily basis.
There were suddenly several fewer people in the cloth shop, and it was too busy to handle it.
Wang Ning said, "Master, is it okay if there are so few people at once?"
Xiao Ran raised his hand and said, "That's fine! We'll slowly recruit people and make sure the guys who come to the cloth shop are all good people."
"okay, I get it!"
"Oh, by the way, if you have a suitable candidate, you can also call him over. I still say the same thing, I will not treat unfairly those who are hardworking and obedient!"
"Yes!"
Wang Ning thought quickly to see if there was a suitable candidate.
After matters at the cloth shop were settled, news came from the government office.
Manager Fan's wife Zhao and his son Fan Kong were driven out of the Fan family, the servants were cleared out, and the Fan family's house was taken back.
All the previous items in the house were kept intact and used to pay off the debt.
Xiao Ran and Su Xiaoxiao came to the Fan family's house with the documents that had been processed by the government office.
Walked around the house.
Although this house is not as big as the private house left by Meng Ruyan in the county town, it is enough for the two of them to live in.
The layout here is also very nice and suitable for living.
Xiao Ran came to Su Xiaoxiao, squatted down, looked up at Su Xiaoxiao and said, "Wife, do you like it here?"
"not bad!"
"Then I'll have someone clean up this place, and when we have time in the future, we can stay here for a while?"
"Okay!"
Seeing that Su Xiaoxiao agreed, Xiao Ran ordered Donglai to make the arrangements.
Donglai selected a few loyal servants to clean and look after the house.
After this incident, the story of the shopkeeper embezzling the master's money spread like wildfire.
There were also a few shop owners who had embezzled the shop's money and could no longer sit still.
They are similar to Manager Fan. They take advantage of the fact that the master rarely comes to check the accounts and that even if he does, it is easy to deal with, so they become bolder.
From being a little greedy at the beginning to being unscrupulous greedy now, I have long been accustomed to it.
But when they saw what happened to Shopkeeper Fan, they were all terrified.
I don’t know what kind of ability the new owner has, but he actually found the real account book. They were afraid that their nest would be shut down, so they took the initiative to admit their mistake.
They found out where Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ran lived, and came to Penglai Pavilion Restaurant at the same time.
When they arrived, Su Xiaoxiao and Xiao Ran had not returned yet.
Several people were invited into a room and waited quietly.
But even though they were sitting there, they couldn't calm down at all, and their two fingers kept stirring.
Before dark, Xiao Ran pushed Su Xiaoxiao back to Penglai Pavilion Inn, chatting and laughing.
Shopkeeper Lu stepped forward to report.
"Master, Madam, there are several shopkeepers waiting for you!"
Xiao Ran and Su Xiaoxiao roughly guessed why the shopkeepers were looking for them.
The two asked about the room and walked over.
The door was pushed open, and several shopkeepers stood up at the same time and looked towards the door.
Xiao Ran pushed Su Xiaoxiao and looked forward to the main seat.
Donglai closed the door and followed closely.
Xiao Ran secured Su Xiaoxiao's wheelchair and then sat on the chair next to Su Xiaoxiao.
Several shopkeepers did not recognize Xiao Ran and Su Xiaoxiao. Seeing their appearance, they guessed that they must be the boss.
Several people bowed.
"I've met my boss!"
Xiao Ran then looked at the few people carefully, and had no intention of asking them to stand up.
"Are you the shopkeepers of the various shops?"
Several people bent their waists, clasped their fists above their heads, and answered in unison.
"Yes!"
"Judging from your age, you must have been managing the shop for many years, right?"
Several people answered in unison again.
"Yes!"
"So, you've all seen my mother, too?"
"Seen it!"
"I believe you are all elders chosen and trusted by my mother when she was alive! I wonder what you want to talk to me about?"
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