Li Ji's heart beat loudly and his ears felt hot.
He took out the mango and put it on the table; then he grabbed the gift box and poured out all the money inside.
One stack, one stack...
The brand-new and shiny RMB made a cool metallic sound and clanked.
Li Ji counted.
One hundred sheets, one hundred yuan each.
A stack is 10,000 yuan.
Ten wads, one hundred thousand yuan.
Inside the house, the lights are bright; outside the window, the rain can be heard.
On the table, ten stacks of RMB were neatly stacked together, exuding a faint scent of ink.
Li Ji stared, looking hesitant.
After a while, he took the gift box and put piles of money into it.
Li Ji took out his cell phone and realized that he did not have Tao Shanming's number. He thought for a while and dialed Wang Shulan's number.
The phone rang several times before he picked up: "Director Li, are you going back..."
Wang Shulan's voice was lazy and seemed a little drunk.
"President Wang, I'm here. Thank you Mr. Tao for me."
"We are all our own people, so why are you so polite?"
Wang Shulan laughed softly.
"President Wang, I have something to tell you to Mr. Tao."
"Director Li, you can just say whatever you want, no need to be polite. Uh..."
Wang Shulan burped loudly.
Li Ji sniffed and his eyes darkened: "President Wang, tell Mr. Tao that my stomach is not good and I can't eat such precious fruit. Please ask Mr. Tao to send someone to take it back."
"Huh? What did you say?" Wang Shulan was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "How can you get back what you gave away? You keep it and eat slowly."
"I'm afraid that I won't be able to digest it and it will ruin my stomach." Li Ji said with a smile.
"It's okay, it's okay, feel free to eat it," Wang Shulan said, "That fruit is absolutely safe, no one knows. If anything happens, I'll take care of it with my eldest sister."
"That's not true," Li Ji coughed, "President Wang, if I put this fruit in my room, I can't sleep at night."
"Haha, Director Li is too timid, just get used to it."
"President Wang, I am naturally timid and afraid of the dark. I can't get used to it."
There was a cold cry of a night bird outside the window, and Li Ji shivered.
"Haha, Director Li is really good at joking..."
"If Mr. Tao doesn't come to pick it up, I'll hand it over to the shop tomorrow."
There was silence on the other end of the phone.
"President Wang, are you listening?"
With a heavy gasp, Wang Shulan hesitated and said nothing.
"President Wang?!"
"..."
A beeping busy tone sounded and Wang Shulan hung up the phone.
The cursor on the phone screen flashed and slowly dimmed.
Li Ji held the phone tightly, his eyebrows twisted into knots. He stared at the gift box, lost in thought.
A gust of rain hit the glass, making a banging sound, as if someone was knocking hard on the window.
Li Ji picked up the phone, found the number, and hesitated.
He stood up and walked up and down the room. After a while, Li Ji turned around and dialed the number.
The call went through.
Li Ji put the phone to his ear, slowed his breathing, and listened nervously.
"Hello......"
There was a voice on the other side of the phone, and Li Ji's heart skipped a beat.
"President Ye, are you still awake?" Li Ji said carefully, "I'm sorry to bother you so late."
"Oh, it's Xiao Li," Ye Xin's voice was very friendly, "It's okay, I'm not asleep yet, just tell me."
"President Ye," Li Ji felt his breathing quicken, "Tao Shanming asked someone to send me back tonight and brought a box of fruit..."
"A box of fruit?"
"President Ye, this is what happened..."
............
"oh......"
After hearing this, Ye Xin fell silent and didn't speak for a long time.
"President Ye?"
"Let's do this, Xiao Li," Ye Xin paused, "I'll leave the things with you first, and you can come to my office tomorrow."
"I understand, Mr. Ye."
After hanging up the phone, Li Ji calmed down a little.
The rain outside is getting heavier. There was a splashing sound, like someone splashing water upstairs.
After turning off the lights, Li Ji lay on the bed and couldn't sleep for a long time.
When I woke up, the sky was bright.
Li Ji ate breakfast in a hurry, then took the gift box and waited at the door of the president's office.
It was almost eight o'clock when I saw Ye Xin walking out of the elevator.
"President Ye!" Li Ji hurriedly greeted him.
Ye Xin nodded and looked at the gift box in Li Ji's hand: "Okay, let's talk about it after we enter the room."
The two entered the office.
Li Ji closed the door and placed the gift box on the table.
Ye Xin sat on the boss's chair, lit a cigarette, took a few puffs, and looked at the gift box on the table.
"Have you counted the money?" Ye Xin asked.
"Yes," Li Ji nodded, "exactly one hundred thousand."
"One hundred thousand!" Ye Xin's eyebrows jumped.
"Yes, I counted it several times and it's not wrong." Li Ji looked at Ye Xin eagerly.
Ye Xin nodded, took a few deep puffs of cigarette, and still looked at the gift box.
"What are you going to do about it?"
"I asked Tao Shanming to take it back, but he hasn't come to get it yet..."
Ye Xin interrupted Li Ji: "Who knows about this?"
"Tao Shanming must know, and Wang Shulan," Li Ji thought for a while, "Who else knows, I don't know."
Ye Xin blinked a few times: "You want to send him back?"
"Yes," Li Ji nodded, "President Ye, what do you think?"
Ye Xin lowered his head and kept smoking, silent.
Li Ji stared at him intently, as if the gift box had become a bomb and could explode at any time.
"Have you ever thought about accepting it quietly?" Ye Xin suddenly asked.
"Accept it?" Li Ji's eyes widened with a look of astonishment on his face, "How can that be done? This is bribery."
"Haha, just kidding." The corners of Ye Xin's mouth moved, and an imperceptible bitter smile flashed across his face.
"President Ye, how do you think this matter should be handled?"
Ye Xin thought for a while: "In my opinion, you might as well hand the money to the supervision office."
"Send it to the supervision office?" Li Ji was stunned, "Why don't you send it back to Tao Shanming?"
"He was just granted a loan of 30 million US dollars. If you send it back to him now, will there be any trouble?" Ye Xin pondered.
"Then, what about waiting for him to pay back the money?"
"Well,... Tao Shanming is not an ordinary person..." Ye Xin nodded, thoughtfully.
"Then how should I tell the people in the inspection room?" Li Ji was a little embarrassed.
"Just say,... just say you don't know who sent it." Ye Xin tapped her fingers on the table, "Just say, someone sent it by express delivery with the fruit, anonymously... ."
"Is this okay?" Li Jiyi frowned.
"This money will be put in the supervision room for a while, and we will see how to deal with it better after Haitian Da Company repays the loan." Ye Xin thought for a while, "Don't forget, Tao Shanming is the nephew of President Tao. .”
"President Ye, this is stolen money!" Li Ji was a little anxious.
"Xiao Li, you can't talk nonsense without evidence." Ye Xin straightened her face, "Tao Shanming said he was giving you fruit, but he didn't say he was giving you money."
"President Ye, this..."
"What if he says you asked for a bribe?"
"He, how can he talk nonsense?"
Li Ji blushed.
To be honest, he really didn't think about it.
That’s what Mr. Ye said.
If someone bites you back, there are ten thousand mouths, so it’s hard to tell clearly. What's more, people like Tao Shanming can probably do anything.
People's hearts are unpredictable and impossible to guard against.
Li Ji sighed for a while.
"Okay, President Ye," Li Ji picked up the gift box, "I'll take it to the inspection room right now."
Watching Li Ji walk out, Ye Xin didn't come back to her senses for a long time.
He opened the drawer, looked at a few "Zhonghua Cigarettes" and a few bank cards inside, and sighed; "Well, once something is opened, it's hard to stop."
Looking at the two small and bright national flags on the desk, Ye Xin couldn't help but regret.
"President Ye..."
With the sound of footsteps, Li Ji came back carrying the gift box.
"Xiao Li, what's going on?" Ye Xinyi frowned.
"The people in the inspection room said that Director Sun went out to study." Li Ji placed the gift box on the sofa. "No one else dared to accept it, saying it was too much money."
"Oh, I remembered," Ye Xin slapped her head, "The city organized an inspection group to go to the south to learn from experience, and I asked Director Sun to go."
"Then, what should I do with the money?" Li Ji pointed.
Ye Xin thought for a while: "How about...Xiao Li, let me put this money in your place first."
"President Ye, this is inappropriate." Li Ji quickly shook his head.
"What's inappropriate about this?" Ye Xin smiled, "You collected the money, so I'll leave it with you temporarily. When Director Sun comes back, I'll give it to him."
"President Ye, I can't confiscate it..." Li Ji waved his hand hurriedly.
"Ahem!... I said it wrong, I said it wrong," Ye Xin coughed, "It was given by others, not received by you."
"President Ye, when will Director Sun come back?"
Ye Xin scratched his hair: "I can't say for sure, it will take at least half a month."
"President Ye, this..."
"What are you afraid of?" Ye Xin patted the table lightly, "With me as the president testifying for you, are you still worried?"
"That's not true, it's just..."
"Just what? Haha." Ye Xin laughed, "It's okay, you just keep it."
"Well, then..."
Li Ji looked at Ye Xin's expression and swallowed the next words.
"Xiao Li, don't worry," Ye Xin put her elbows on the table and smiled affectionately, "As long as I'm here, nothing will happen."
Li Ji still felt inexplicably uneasy, but it was difficult to say anything else.
Just as he was about to leave, he heard Ye Xin say again: "Xiao Li, please make an appointment for me. I'll go visit Chairman Wanlao when it's convenient."
"Okay, okay, I understand."
Li Ji agreed, picked up the gift box, and walked out with a frown on his face.
When he returned to the office, he put the gift box on the table and walked around the room.
Finally, he walked to the corner and opened the small safe. I cleaned the contents and stuffed the gift box inside.
After locking the safe and standing up, Li Ji let out a long sigh of relief.
Looking at the money tree next to him, Li Ji couldn't help but smile. With these 100,000 yuan here, this money tree will grow even more prosperously.
Walking back and sitting on the chair, I couldn't help but look back at the small safe. He couldn't explain why, but Li Ji always felt that there was a landmine hidden there...
It rained all day again, sometimes heavy and sometimes light, like a crying child who refused to give up.
When I got off work in the afternoon, the rain stopped.
As soon as the hour arrived, Li Ji left the office.
He is going to Liao Ying.
