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Chapter 372: The Knife from Nowhere

Xu Damao seemed not to notice Wang Gensheng's expression and continued talking to himself.

"I'm sorry, Brother Wang, it took me so long to pay you back. There was more than 100 yuan in it, which I saved secretly."

"You know, I've been at home for a while due to a work-related injury, so I can't come to work. I'm only getting the basic salary, and my family isn't well off. This money is really too scattered, so please don't despise it."

"Xu Damao, I know it's not easy for you to save money, but why did you send the money back to my office?"

"Didn't I just say that? You haven't been back to the courtyard at a fixed time these days. I went to your house yesterday, but you didn't come back the first time. When I went over after dinner, you had already locked the door and went to sleep."

"I carry so much money with me all the time, and I'm afraid of losing it, so I took advantage of the lunch break to bring it to your office."

"Xu Damao, do you think I'm a fool? Are you trying to let my eyes know? Or is there someone who wants to use you to cause trouble for me, right?"

Xu Damao shuddered all over and waved his hands hastily, saying, "No, why would I do that?"

"You've only been working at the factory for a few days, and you haven't received your salary for this month yet. Your wife has only been here two months before you. With the salary levels of both of you, you shouldn't be able to save up these 2 yuan so quickly, right?"

"Here, there are our two salaries, and I borrowed a little."

"Da Mao, when something happened to your family in our courtyard, the only person who helped you was me, Wang Gensheng. You broke your leg, and it was me and Zhuzi who pulled the cart to take you to the hospital, and I also paid the hospital fees for you in advance."

"Look again, when your family was struggling to make ends meet and you didn't have money for your child's milk powder, who lent you a hand? I'll lend you 200 yuan to help you through this difficult time!"

"But the storm has just passed, and there is no rainbow yet, and you are helping others and doing this to me. Do you think I am too glorious? Do you want to work hard in my position and pull me down to make room for you?"

Xu Damao suddenly felt a chill on his back and almost fell to the ground.

Now that Wang Gensheng had said this, he came back to his senses: "No, no, it's not Brother Wang, I didn't think so, I really came here to pay you back."

"Xu Damao, I'm helping your family because we grew up together and are brothers in the same courtyard. But if you say that, don't blame me for being heartless in the future. Don't come to me again if you have any problems in the future."

"No, no, Brother Wang.

"Then tell me, where did you get this money? Who did you borrow it from? Besides me, is there anyone else in our factory who lent you money?"

Xu Damao scratched his head, obviously hesitant.

Wang Gensheng waved his hand at Dongzi and said:

"Dongzi, open the door and windows. I want to see what clowns are trying to make trouble for me. If they want to see, I will show them openly."

Dongzi nodded, knowing that Wang Gensheng was really angry this time.

Although nominally it seemed that Xu Damao was returning the money he had lent to Wang Gensheng, in reality he was handing over a knife that could kill.

This incident happened in a courtyard, which is very common, but this is the office of a steel rolling mill.

If someone with ulterior motives saw this, they would definitely point at Wang Gensheng and accuse him of corruption. The money on the table would be clear evidence.

They didn't care whether Wang Gensheng had the IOU written by Sister Liu or whether he really borrowed the money. They certainly wouldn't sit down and listen to Wang Gensheng's explanation calmly.

If this is spread as gossip, it will definitely arouse public outrage, and they will only think that their own imagination is the correct answer.

By then everyone will point fingers at Wang Gensheng and accuse him of being corrupt.

Now, we are in the period of the Ten Years of Great Winds. Wang Gensheng will definitely be expelled. In serious cases, he may even be made a negative example and paraded through the streets for criticism.

Wang Gensheng knew that although Xu Damao was a real villain, he didn't have the brains to resort to such means. There must be someone behind the scenes using him to do things.

Sure enough, as soon as Dongzi opened the office door, he saw a thin figure in the distance running out quickly.

Dongzi hurriedly chased after him and ran a long way, until he returned to the office tired and breathless, and shook his head at Wang Gensheng.

"Leader, I didn't catch up with him. He was small and thin, and he disappeared into the flowers."

Wang Gensheng sat in his office chair, staring blankly at the ceiling, but his brain was working fast, thinking about how to break the impasse.

Xu Damao seemed to have understood something and looked very frightened, so Wang Gensheng decided to give him another chance.

"Da Mao, did you see what just happened? Someone is watching me from behind. He wants to use you to pass a knife to me and knock me down. It won't do you any good, right?"

It goes without saying that if Wang Gensheng were to succeed, not only would he not gain anything, he might also be abandoned.

"Now can you tell me where the money came from and who asked you to do this?"

Xu Damao gritted his teeth and nodded.

"Okay, but you can't tell anyone else."

"Okay, I promise not to tell anyone. This is something you, I, and Dongzi know. I won't tell anyone else."

"There's two months' salary for Sister Liu in here."

This is legitimate salary income, and there is nothing wrong with talking about it. Taking Sister Liu's salary as an example, it is only about 40 yuan a month.

That is to say, there were eight 10-yuan big unity notes in there, and Wang Gensheng took out 80 yuan in front of Xu Damao.

He continued to look at Xu Damao and asked, "There are 120 yuan left. What's next?"

"The next thing is some money I have saved from my daily life, about 10 to 20 yuan."

"You are talking about the change, right?"

Seeing Xu Damao nodded again, Wang Gensheng picked up the change one by one, and about eighteen or nineteen yuan was also scratched out.

Looking at the remaining coins, which included 5 yuan, 2 yuan in change, and two 10 yuan notes, Wang Gensheng looked at Xu Damao and asked.

"Where did this 100 yuan come from?"

Xu Damao bit his lips tightly, still hesitating. It seemed that the problem might be with the 100 yuan.

“This, this…”

"Da Mao, I said I won't tell anyone. I will return the part that came from an illegal source to you. I will let you go back to where you came from. I won't hold you accountable. Is that ok?"

"Okay, then you won't cause me trouble in the future, right?"

"Don't worry, I just want to know who wants to stab me. It has nothing to do with you."