Chapter 85: Honey, Let Me Explain!

Beijing, General Manager’s Office at Wanxianghui.

An elderly man with graying hair, in his sixties, was trembling with anger as he looked at the several documents in his hand.

"Xiao Yu, oh Xiao Yu, I trusted you so much, placing you in such an important position in finance."

"And this is how you repay me!!"

Du Taoming shouted angrily, waving his large hand and directly threw the documents at Su Xiaoyu’s head, who was kneeling in front of the desk.

Standing aside, Du Enan looked at Su Xiaoyu kneeling on the ground, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

She hadn’t expected that her aunt would do such a thing.

A bar, male models, embezzling over two million in public funds...

No matter how she tried, Du Enan couldn’t connect these things to Su Xiaoyu.

"Brother-in-law, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry..."

"I was momentarily confused; I promise to return every penny of the embezzled public funds."

"Please, please don’t call the police, please, I’ll definitely repay it."

"I beg you, for the sake of my sister, spare me this time, please, I beg you..."

Su Xiaoyu knelt on the office floor, crying and pleading with Du Taoming not to call the police.

Maliciously misappropriating over 2 million of the company’s funds, if the company pursued it to the end, she’d face at least 5 to 10 years.

Su Xiaoyu was already 55 years old; if she was sent to jail now, she’d come out as an old woman.

"What will you use to repay? You had a good life, but you divorced."

"The family is gone, the children don’t follow you, yet you don’t know how to reflect, and even worse, you’ve become more reckless!"

"You turned a good hand into a wreck! Xiao Yu, oh Xiao Yu, you’ve disappointed me too much!"

Du Taoming looked at Su Xiaoyu with an expression of deep disappointment, feeling a pang of regret in his heart.

Originally, Su Xiaoyu had a good family.

Her husband was honest and straightforward, her son had also settled and started his career, and she had even become a grandmother.

But, Su Xiaoyu abandoned a perfectly good life to have an affair with a male employee at Wanxianghui, who was more than twenty years younger than her.

The family broke apart, the husband left, and the son drifted away. Su Xiaoyu had initially thought she could marry her young boyfriend.

In the end, after the man had spent her money, he simply left without a trace, disappearing from her life.

Naturally, her relationship with the young boyfriend ended without a result.

What Du Taoming and Du Enan did not expect was that Su Xiaoyu, at her age, would go to bars to find male models.

Even bolder was the fact that she dared to embezzle over two million in company funds!

Thankfully, Du Enan received a warning from Jiang Tao and discovered it early this time.

If they had discovered it later, Su Xiaoyu might have squandered another two million or even a third two million!

After all, Su Xiaoyu was Du Taoming’s sister-in-law, someone deeply trusted by both Du Taoming and Du Enan.

The more trusted a person is, the greater the loss when betrayal occurs!

Su Xiaoyu pleaded for over an hour in the general manager’s office.

Considering their many years of relationship, Du Taoming eventually didn’t have the heart to handle it as a business matter.

In the end, he only dismissed Su Xiaoyu, banning her from ever being employed again, and reported the incident internally within the company.

"Nannan, this time, it’s all thanks to your friend’s warning that we were able to stop the loss in time."

"Otherwise, who knows how much more your reckless aunt would have squandered."

"When you have time, arrange a dinner to express our gratitude to them."

After handling the issue with Su Xiaoyu, Du Taoming spoke earnestly to his daughter.

"Okay, Dad, but he’s gone back to his hometown for the New Year now. I’ll find an opportunity to treat him to a meal when he returns after the New Year."

Du Enan nodded in agreement.

After being reminded to get a health check and investigating her aunt’s finances, Jiang Tao’s image also gained a touch of mystery in Du Enan’s mind.

However, since Jiang Tao was not convenient to disclose some things, she didn’t delve deeper.

Both reminders were beneficial to her, and that was enough.

Father and daughter chatted casually a bit more before Du Enan excused herself and returned to her office.

It was the last working day of the year, and such a major incident had occurred in the company.

Du Enan’s mood deteriorated as well.

But thinking of the baby in her belly, she quickly took a few deep breaths to adjust her mindset.

Once she calmed down, Du Enan found Jiang Tao’s number on her phone and dialed it.

...

Jiang Family Manor, at Jiang Tao’s home.

Ring ring ring—

"Dad, Dad, someone’s calling you~"

Jiang Xue, who had been playing Plants vs. Zombies on Jiang Tao’s phone, ran from the living room to the door to hand the phone to Xu Li, who was holding a ladder for Jiang Tao.

"Du Enan? Honey, a woman is calling you~ The name has a nice ring, she must be a beauty, right?"

The jealousy in Xu Li’s tone almost made Jiang Tao, who was standing on the ladder hanging lanterns, lose his balance and fall.

"I still think my wife’s name sounds prettier. Du Enan and I are just regular friends; you can answer it for me."

Old Jiang, who was on the ladder hanging lanterns, was filled with a desire to survive. To prove he was innocent, he asked Xu Li to answer the call for him.

He and Du Enan were completely innocent with nothing to hide from Xu Li.

Moreover, Jiang Tao knew that Du Enan was calling to thank him for the matter earlier in the day.

Seeing her husband acting righteously and justly filled Xu Li’s heart with sweetness.

Apparently, her husband was indeed honest outside the home.

Even with money, he hadn’t gotten involved in any affairs.

Xu Li swiped to answer the call, and Du Enan’s voice came from the other end.

"Jiang Tao, I went to the hospital for a checkup today, and the doctor said both the baby and I are healthy."

Upon hearing Du Enan’s words on the phone, Xu Li was dumbfounded as if struck by lightning!

Oh, Old Jiang! I just complimented you, and you’re honest like this!

There’s even a child involved!

Jiang Tao almost fell off the ladder after hearing Du Enan’s words.

"Honey! You’re having a baby with another woman."

Xu Li looked at her dearest husband with disbelief—no, now her ex-husband.

"No, honey, let me explain, it’s not what you think."

Seeing that there was about to be a fire in his backyard, Old Jiang didn’t care about hanging lanterns anymore.

He quickly jumped off the ladder to grab Xu Li, who was about to explode.

"Ah? Um... Jiang Tao, is it..."

"I’m sorry, I’m sorry, did I call at a bad time?"

On the other end of the call, Du Enan made it worse by explaining, making it seem more suspicious.

"..."

Jiang Tao was speechless.

His previous impression of Du Enan had always been that of a smart and capable businesswoman.

How could there be such a clueless moment?

"Wife, let me tell you..."

With Jiang Tao’s explanation and Du Enan’s explanation on the other end of the phone, their relationship was finally cleared.

Xu Li’s anger was quick to rise but just as quick to dissipate, and her ex quickly became her current husband again.

Subsequently, Du Enan expressed her gratitude to Jiang Tao over the phone, saying she owed him a big favor.

In the future, if Jiang Tao ever needed her help, she would certainly assist without hesitation.

The more friends you have, the more paths you can take, and Jiang Tao naturally didn’t mind having another wealthy friend like Du Enan.

In the future, he might indeed need help from her.

Of course, for very proper purposes.

After hanging up the call with Du Enan,

Jiang Tao was just about to get back on the ladder to continue hanging lanterns when his phone rang again.

This time, the caller ID showed "Wang Xiaobai."

His Wealth-Sending Boy had arrived.