Marrying My Bestie's Ferocious Brother - He Calls Me His Baby!-Chapter 211 - 210: Is That a Pigsty? No, That’s a Vault!

Chapter 211: Chapter 210: Is That a Pigsty? No, That’s a Vault!

The workers’ gazes shifted from those boxes of red bricks to Director Wang’s deathly pale, chubby face.

In those eyes, there was shock, anger, and the humiliation of being deceived.

"Clatter"

Another wooden crate was pried open by a soldier.

Inside, once again, neatly stacked red bricks.

One piece.

Two pieces.

Three pieces.

Each red brick was like a resounding slap, smacking the faces of every color TV factory worker.

Director Wang’s legs went weak, nearly causing him to kneel.

But he quickly forced himself to stand straight again.

Don’t confess!

Confessing means total ruin!

He suddenly slapped his thigh and burst into wailing cries.

"I... I’m a victim too!"

Director Wang wiped his nose and tears, pointing at those red bricks.

"Those damned Germans! They tricked me!"

"Collected our foreign exchange and sent us a pile of bricks!"

"Who... who can I reason with?"

He performed tearfully, as if he were the most wronged person.

Several old workers glanced at each other, somewhat swayed by his words.

Yes, in this era, being deceived by foreigners wasn’t impossible.

Gu Yanshen watched him, saying nothing.

He merely tilted his head slightly toward the guard beside him.

The guard understood, picking up a red brick from the box.

He walked to Director Wang’s front.

"Thud!"

The red brick was thrown a meter in front of Director Wang’s feet, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Director Wang shuddered with fear.

Gu Yanshen’s voice was as cold and hard as iron.

"Keep fabricating."

Director Wang’s face turned red: "I’m not fabricating! I’m telling the truth! All the contracts are in my office, you can go verify! They tricked us!"

"Thud!"

Another red brick fell beside the first one.

Two bricks lay side by side.

As if mocking his lies.

"Mr. Gu... Mr. Gu, what do you mean by this? This is torture for a confession!"

"Thud!"

The third piece.

Gu Yanshen: "Where are the parts?"

Director Wang strained his neck: "All got cheated away! Where else would there be parts!"

"Thud!"

The fourth piece.

Gu Yanshen: "What about the money?"

Director Wang: "The money was all paid! Otherwise, how could they ship the goods?"

"Thud!"

The fifth piece.

...

One red brick after another formed a row in front of Director Wang.

Each crisp collision sounded like a heavy hammer striking Director Wang’s heart.

The fat on his face began to tremble uncontrollably.

The surrounding workers also comprehended.

This was not an interrogation.

This was clearly a heart strike!

Gu Yanshen asked no more questions.

He turned and ordered the soldiers behind him.

"Go to his house."

Two words, crisp and decisive.

Director Wang’s face changed dramatically. "You... you can’t! You don’t have a search warrant! This is an illegal home invasion!"

Gu Yanshen didn’t even look at him.

"I suspect the criminal has concealed the stolen goods at home."

"Execute."

"Yes!"

Two soldiers stepped forward, lifting the limp Director Wang from either side, dragging him out like a dead dog.

The workers automatically made a path, then followed him en masse.

Everyone wanted to see.

What was hidden in the house of the director who treated them like fools?

The family compound was right behind the factory.

Director Wang’s home was the best small building.

Blue bricks red tiles, windows bright and clean.

Compared to the surrounding gray tenement buildings, it looked like the courtyard of an old wealthy landlord.

"Bang!"

The door was kicked open directly.

The scene inside made all the workers gasp.

The floor was covered with brand new terrazzo, the walls hung with western pendulum clocks.

Combination sofas, semiconductor radios, and even an unheard-of electric fan in the corner!

This lifestyle, more comfortable than that of high leaders in Beijing!

A woman shrieked and rushed out from the inner room.

It was Director Wang’s wife, Zhang Guifen.

"What are you doing! Bandits! Robbery!"

Seeing Director Wang being held up, she instantly understood.

The next moment, she plopped down to the ground, starting to roll and shout.

"Oh dear! There’s no justice!"

"The soldiers are bullying the common people!"

"Our Old Wang worried himself sick for the factory, worked himself into illness, and you still ransack our home!"

As she wailed, she peeked at everyone’s reactions from the corner of her eye.

This was her specialty.

In past squabbles with neighbors, whenever she lay down like this, no one could handle her.

But today, she miscalculated.

Gu Yanshen’s soldiers weren’t having it at all.

Two female soldiers stepped forward, expressionless, lifting her up from the ground.

"Let me go! Let me go!"

Zhang Guifen struggled desperately, but couldn’t break free at all.

Lin Wan Yi held Gu Ning, coldly watching everything unfold.

In her arms, Gu Ning seemed agitated the moment they entered this courtyard.

The little nose kept sniffing the air.

The soldiers searched around the house, besides finding some scarce tickets and a few pieces of yellow gold, they didn’t find any parts.

Gu Yanshen led them to the backyard.

The backyard was small, with some green vegetables planted, and in the corner, an abandoned pigsty.

A stench hits us in the face.

The pigsty is filled with moldy straw, with flies buzzing around.

"Wah..."

Gu Ning, held by Lin Wan Yi, suddenly pouted.

Her little nose scrunched up hard, and her small hand fanned in front of her face.

"Smelly..."

The childish voice was full of disdain.

But then, her big eyes lit up again.

Her little hand lifted, pointing directly at the stinking pigsty.

"Shiny... shiny..."

Lin Wan Yi’s heart skipped a beat.

Smelly referred to the stench of the pigsty.

Shiny was her daughter’s term for the Spiritual Spring fruits and vegetables in the space or anything valuable outside.

Something’s there!

Lin Wan Yi immediately walked over to Gu Yanshen, lowering her voice.

"Yanshen, dig that pigsty."

Gu Yanshen didn’t hesitate at all.

He turned around and ordered the soldiers behind him.

"Dig up the pigsty."

"Yes!"

Two soldiers grabbed their engineer shovels and strode toward the pigsty.

"No!!!"

A piercing scream nearly shattered eardrums.

Just moments ago, Zhang Guifen had been held up, now suddenly found some strength to break free from the female soldiers.

She charged at the pigsty, rolling and crawling like a mad beast, spreading her arms to block it.

"You can’t dig!"

"Try moving a single inch, and I’ll fight you to the death!"

Her reaction was excessively intense.

Intense enough to be abnormal.

Everyone noticed something was amiss.

Gu Yanshen’s gaze turned cold.

"Pull her away."

Several soldiers stepped forward, forcibly dragging Zhang Guifen to the side.

"That’s our family’s lifeline! You damned robbers! You’ll pay for this!"

Zhang Guifen’s wailing echoed in the courtyard.

The soldiers ignored her, raising their engineer shovels, starting to clear away the moldy straw in the pigsty.

One shovel.

Another shovel.

The thick straw was tossed aside, revealing what lay underneath.

Not dirt.

But thick wooden planks laid tightly across.

"Mr. Gu, there’s something here!"

Gu Yanshen stepped forward.

"Pry it open."

The crowbar slid into the gap between the wooden boards, and several soldiers heaved together.

"Creak"

The wooden board was pried up, revealing a pitch-black cellar entrance to the crowd.

Not the expected rotting stench.

A strong and pure smell of motor oil mixed with an anti-rust coating scent surged forth from the cellar.

This smell...

All the technicians present were all too familiar with it!

A soldier switched on his flashlight and shone it downwards.

The beam pierced the darkness.

No rats, no debris in the cellar.

Only rows of brand-new, neatly stacked wooden boxes.

The familiar German text and company logo on the boxes reflected a chilling light under the flashlight.

The soldier who went down spoke, his voice trembling.

"Reporting, Mr. Gu..."

"They... they’re all here!"

"Not a single one missing!"

Boom!

The crowd erupted completely.

"My God!"

"He actually hid the parts under the pigsty!"

"That bastard!"

Director Wang, being escorted away, saw the cellar entrance and instantly went limp like his bones had been snapped.

A foul stench wafted up from his crotch.

Finished.

The soldiers lifted a wooden box from the cellar.

In front of everyone, the crowbar came down.

"Crunch!"

The lid opened.

Inside, no longer the cold bricks.

But rows of electron tubes meticulously wrapped in oil paper and foam, shimmering with a precision metallic sheen.

Those beautiful industrial creations, akin to works of art.

Also like sharp knives, stabbing into Director Wang’s heart.

"Kill him!"

"This parasite that eats without spitting out bones!"

The enraged workers could no longer control themselves, surging forward like a tidal wave.

The soldiers quickly formed a human wall, stopping them.

Lin Wan Yi, holding her child, stepped onto the steps.

She looked down at the devastated Director Wang, her voice wasn’t loud, but it resonated clearly throughout the entire courtyard.

"You didn’t steal parts."

"You stole the steps for this country to catch up with the world, the livelihood and food bowls of every worker here."

"You stole the future of this land beneath your feet."

Silence filled the space.

Director Wang’s face was ashen, unable to utter a single word.

The technician Jiang Zhou was flushed with excitement; he was the first to rush over, carefully cradling an electron tube.

"Great! Found them! Our color TV factory is saved!"

He pulled out his portable testing tool, ready for a preliminary check.

But as soon as his hand touched the electron tube’s interface, his smile froze.

He numbly stroked the interface, then leaned in and sniffed.

The color drained from his face, bit by bit.

"Sis..."

Jiang Zhou’s voice trembled, breaking into sobs.

"This... this cellar is too damp..."

"The core coating of this batch of electron tubes... because of the moisture..."

He looked up in despair, meeting Lin Wan Yi’s eyes.

"They’re all... all ruined..."