The Bootlicking Antagonist Only Wants to Survive, but the Female Lead Refuses to Follow the Usual Plot

The entire office was silent.

Now everyone understood. The boss, who rarely listened to work reports, had listened for so long today, and the root of it all was this.

He had discovered that someone had embezzled company funds, and he was playing a game of Werewolf with everyone here.

No one dared to speak. They all knew that Lu Chengwen was a meticulous man who even calculated how much blood he would drink. He only took advantage of others, anyone who dared to take advantage of him would have their ribs pulled out.

It seemed someone was going to be unlucky today.

Lu Chengwen said, “For such a large project, someone has to get a piece of the pie, I understand. But you have to be smart about how you take your cut. Qin Minister, don’t you think?”

Qin Shouyi was already trembling with fear, “Y-yes, yes, yes, Mr. Lu is right.”

He pulled out his handkerchief to wipe his sweat, and his breathing became heavy.

Lu Chengwen said, “Over one hundred billion in initial funds, and you can squeeze out over two billion, that’s quite a talent. I took a look, the smallest invoice was only a little over two hundred thousand, hehe, you’re still trying to fool me by rounding up the numbers. I can even send my brother to jail, so you guys should think about it, who has more ability than my brother?”

The Deputy Commerce Minister tore off his tie, angrily saying, “Mr. Lu! You can investigate me! I’m not afraid! I’ve been in finance for so many years, I’m not new to money, but I can say with confidence that I’ve been loyal to Dàshèng Group! The old chairman raised me, I’ve always remembered his kindness! He’s retired now, and I stayed at Dàshèng to repay his kindness! You’re so angry today, obviously you’re pointing the finger at me! I’m requesting an internal investigation! I’m requesting it voluntarily! I need to prove my innocence! I can’t… I can’t bear this reputation, I can’t face the old chairman like this!”

Qin Shouyi turned around and said angrily, “Shut up!”

Lu Chengwen smiled, “Old Qin, Deputy Minister Liu is quite hot-tempered, he hasn’t changed in all these years.”

Qin Shouyi quickly said, “Hey, Lao Liu is just like that, he was like this when the old chairman was here, he would always… I’ll talk to him later.”

Lu Chengwen said, “In short, listen up, I want that money back, I want it re-accounted for. Within three days, if you can’t find where that money went and you don’t get it back, then I won’t be polite.”

The Deputy Minister said angrily, “You don’t need three days! I’m not going home tonight! I’m going to call the brothers and work through the night, starting with me! We’ll get the government department and the financial representatives of the other three companies to supervise!”

Qin Shouyi was about to faint.

“This… isn’t it a little inappropriate?” he said nervously, “If there’s a problem, we should try to solve it internally, we shouldn’t alert the officials unless it’s necessary. If… this will be bad for our project, we should prioritize the big picture, Mr. Lu.”

“Hmm.” Lu Chengwen nodded, “I think Old Qin is wise and steady, your thoughts coincide with mine. That’s it, give me an answer within three days. I’ll emphasize this again.”

Lu Chengwen tapped the table with his finger, “It’s not that I can’t deal with you guys, I just want to give you a way out, you took the money, and sneakily returned it to me! Otherwise, don’t blame me for being ruthless!”

Qin Shouyi quickly coaxed Lu Chengwen, “Aiya, Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu, we’ll find out who did it, I promise you, whoever the bastard is who stole from the company, I’ll find him and kill him.”

Qin Shouyi was beaming, he supported Lu Chengwen and walked him out, “Don’t get yourself worked up, Dàshèng Group can’t do without your leadership! Leave this to me, I’ll give you an answer.”

Lu Chengwen smiled and narrowed his eyes, “Then it’s up to you, Old Qin?”

“Yes, yes, yes, Mr. Lu is giving Old Qin a face, Old Qin will not let you down.”

Lu Chengwen looked at the Deputy Minister who was still standing there angrily, his face dark as he said, “What a piece of sh*t! A rock in a toilet! Stinky and hard! Damn it!”

Then he turned and left.

Back in his office, all the secretaries were scared to death, they knew Lu Chengwen had lost his temper today, and he had found out that someone within the company had embezzled funds.

This was a big deal, Lu Chengwen was always an expert at auditing.

He wasn’t very good at business, but he was good at auditing. He seemed to care about nothing else, only that his people didn’t steal his money.

When the secretaries saw Lu Chengwen now, they quickly bowed, “Mr. Lu.”

Jiang Shihan and Zhao Gang followed Lu Chengwen into his office, and as soon as the door closed, Lu Chengwen pulled Jiang Shihan into his arms, “Come here, give me a kiss.”

Jiang Shihan laughed, “Mr. Lu, you scared me!”

“I didn’t scold you, what are you afraid of?”

“I’m still scared.” Jiang Shihan seemed genuinely scared.

The habits she had developed over the years were ingrained in her bones. The years of fear, caution, carefulness, and walking on eggshells, couldn’t be changed overnight.

Even though she was now the boss’s lover, Jiang Shihan knew that he was the big boss, he could decide the fate of many people with a single word, and that kind of fear was practically in her blood.

When Lu Chengwen was happy, they all felt a little relieved, like life was still hopeful.

When Lu Chengwen was unhappy, they all felt like their lives were hanging by a thread, it could be their turn to be unlucky next.

Jiang Shihan trembled slightly, “Mr. Lu, you’re scary when you’re angry.”

Lu Chengwen laughed, “Damn it, these bastards wanted to steal my money, do they think it’s that easy? They’ve eaten my money, they have to spit it out!”

Jiang Shihan sat in Lu Chengwen’s arms, acting cute and flattering, trying to please him, she said softly,

“I don’t think the Deputy Minister has a problem, why did you scold him so harshly? He dared to directly get the others involved, it means he’s got nothing to hide, right?”

“Ai! In this kind of thing, how can you tell who’s good and who’s bad just by looking at the surface? The more eager someone is, the more likely they have something to hide.”

“I think that Qin Shouyi looks very guilty.”

Lu Chengwen pinched Jiang Shihan’s cheek, “You noticed that too?”

“Yeah.”

Zhao Gang finished taking care of Lu Chengwen’s plants, clapped his hands, turned around, and said, “I think the problem lies with that Qin Shouyi everyone’s probably noticed that, right?”

Lu Chengwen snorted, “They didn’t notice, they know.”

“Know?!”

Jiang Shihan and Zhao Gang were both surprised.

Lu Chengwen stroked Jiang Shihan’s thigh, “Use your brains, two billion in funds, can one or two people eat that? They’d be stuffed! This is a chain, there are people on this chain, big and small, who all benefit.”

Zhao Gang said excitedly, “Mr. Lu, you knew all along? Then why didn’t you point them out one by one and just kill them? Aren’t they eating from the inside?”

Lu Chengwen laughed, “Damn it, everyone on this chain is eating my money, can I eliminate the whole chain? If I kill everyone, who’ll work for me?”

“Oh…”

Jiang Shihan said, “But you should still pick one of the biggest ones to make an example of them!”

Lu Chengwen shook his head, saying seriously, “No use, hundreds of billions of funds sitting there, even if the heavens sent lightning, someone would still have their minds on it. You’ve seen the movies, those thieves, those robber gangs, they go to great lengths for a few tens of millions or one or two hundred million in jewelry, high-tech, highway chases… they risk their lives, are you afraid they’ll be afraid of your investigations?”

“So there’s nothing we can do?”

Lu Chengwen shook his head, “There’s nothing we can do, people throughout history, no one can keep their team completely pure. It’s human nature, you can’t fight human nature when you’re doing big things, clear water has no fish, right? If it was ten yuan, I could guarantee that ten yuan was spent clearly and transparently. But now it’s hundreds of billions of funds, it’s impossible to make sure every penny is used properly. You have to let people make a little extra money.”

Jiang Shihan blushed because Lu Chengwen’s hand had reached into her bra.

“Mr. Lu, you’re disgusting.”

Zhao Gang chuckled, “Mr. Lu, you are truly insightful and magnanimous.”

“Old Chen told me to focus on the big picture, as long as the main direction doesn’t go wrong, don’t be so picky about the details.”

“Then why did you scold the Deputy Minister? Everyone in the company agrees that he’s a good person and capable, he doesn’t seem like a traitor.” Jiang Shihan asked curiously.

“He’s not a traitor.” Lu Chengwen said, “I need him to help me, he has to keep an eye on things.”

“Ah?!”

Both of them were confused.

“To get someone to help you, you have to scold them like that?”

Lu Chengwen said, “He should be the main minister, but he’s too honest, if he were the head of finance, nobody would be making money, and they would always attack him and isolate him. So he can only be the second in command.”

“Then why did you scold him…”

“To give him some motivation, now he’s going to go crazy to investigate this money, hahaha!” Lu Chengwen laughed happily, “People like him who don’t care about money, they care about their reputation the most, they can’t stand this kind of suspicion. So, without me needing to lift a finger, he’ll go crazy trying to find the traitor and prove his innocence.”

Jiang Shihan pondered, “Does that mean truly honest and reliable people can’t be the head honchos?”

Lu Chengwen pinched her chin, “Not that they can’t, just not now.”

Lu Chengwen sighed, “The project is just starting now, I can’t go too hard on internal matters, if the team is disrupted, everything will go haywire, and the entire management team needs to be re-coordinated and adapted. The big picture comes first, I’ll stick with Qin Shouyi for now. I can’t decide to cut off an arm yet, but it’s something I have to do eventually.”

Jiang Shihan looked at him with admiration, her eyes sparkling, “Mr. Lu, I’m getting to know you better, you wouldn’t have taught us these things before.”

Lu Chengwen nodded, “If only Lu Chengwu was this eager to learn if something happened to me, he could still hold the family together.”

Zhao Gang and Jiang Shihan were both surprised, what did he mean, “if something happens to you”? What could happen?

At this moment, Su Fei outside called the office phone, “Mr. Lu, there are two gentlemen who want to see you.”

Jiang Shihan pressed the answer button, “Mr. Lu doesn’t have any appointments today?”

“They said their names are Junshī and Jīntuó Wáng, they said Mr. Lu would meet them if he heard their names.”

Zhao Gang and Jiang Shihan both looked at Lu Chengwen, but he didn’t seem surprised at all.

“Let them in.”