Chapter 4372
Chapter 4372: Honest Chai
Translator: 549690339
They couldn’t beat them, and they couldn’t run. The only thing they could do was to stay where they were and wait for Lin Yi’s next move.
“Everyone, listen up. As the honorary Vice President of the Hong Chamber of Commerce, I will temporarily take over the black arc branch!” Lin Yi announced.
Lin Yi’s gaze slowly swept across everyone’s faces, and everyone who was swept by his gaze lowered their heads involuntarily, not daring to look him in the eye. They didn’t know if this person was the real honorary Vice President, but at least they knew that everything was up to him now.
“Where’s the Deputy shopkeeper?” Lin Yi suddenly asked.
No one answered, but everyone’s eyes had already given the answer. They all fell on a middle-aged man at the edge.
Lin Yi followed everyone’s gazes-the middle-aged man had a submissive look on his face. He didn’t look like an honest man, but a typical punching bag. One look and anyone could tell that he wasn’t a strong person.
The middle-aged man had his neck shrunk back, but everyone’s eyes were on him, especially Lin Yi’s group. He panicked and quickly walked out.
“I … I’m honest Chai, the Vice manager of this branch. Greetings, Vice President …” The middle-aged man stuttered as he carefully bowed.
He may be the assistant manager, but he’d gotten his position purely through experience and experience. He didn’t have any connections in the higher-ups, and naturally didn’t know anything about the Jade. His attitude towards Lin Yi and the other two was the same as the other servants.
However, honest Chai was a coward by nature, and Lin Yi and the other two weren’t to be trifled with. Even someone as strong as Wei Zhaotong couldn’t get angry at them, so naturally, he didn’t dare to go against them in public. Since Lin Yi said that he was the honorary Vice President, then he’d take it.
“En, were you involved in Wei Zhaotong’s matter?” Lin Yi sized this person up and down. Many people looked honest at first glance, but they were actually hiding their true strength. Since this person was the assistant manager under an old fox like Wei Zhaotong, it was very likely that he couldn’t be underestimated. They might be birds of the same feather.
“Re … Reporting to the Vice President … I … I’m completely idle. I don’t know anything and have never participated in anything.” Honest Chai was so scared that he peed his pants and hurriedly shook his head in denial.
“Purely idle?” Lin Yi frowned and couldn’t help but suspect,”Since you’re the Deputy shopkeeper, how could you be idle?”
In any branch of the Hong Chamber of Commerce, the deputy manager was the second most powerful person. Although he couldn’t coordinate the overall situation like the manager and act as a representative, he still had great power. Wei Zhaotong in the gaolin Sea area was a living example. If he didn’t have enough power, he couldn’t cooperate with Qin deli to fill his own pocket.
How could a person in such a crucial position be idle? how could he not know anything?
“It’s true. I’m telling the truth. I don’t dare to lie. If I lie, I’ll be destroyed by the heavens!” Honest Chai quickly made a vow-if Lin Yi saw him as Wei Zhaotong’s partner, he’d have no place to cry and die a more unjust death than Dou er.
“You don’t have to worry. Whether it’s true or not, I’ll find someone to ask and we’ll know,” Lin Yi said faintly, signaling Xinyan and Huang xiaotao to keep an eye on Wei Zhaotong. He then called for an assistant.
Lin Yi walked into the living room with the waiter, leaving honest Chai and the rest of the group waiting outside nervously.
“Just now, that assistant shopkeeper Chai said that he had nothing to do. Is that true?” Lin Yi turned to the waiter and asked indifferently.
“It’s … It’s true …” The worker wasn’t even a Foundation yet-he was just a normal person in front of Lin Yi, and one look at him was enough to make him jump.
“Oh? He’s a Deputy shopkeeper who holds real power. Tell me, what kind of talent does he have?” Lin Yi questioned.
“It’s true, it’s true. I don’t dare to lie to you. Assistant manager Chai really doesn’t do much. Everything in our branch is managed by manager Wei himself. Assistant manager Chai rarely shows his face …” The worker was afraid that Lin Yi didn’t believe him and was about to cry.
“He rarely shows his face? Do you mean that this guy is always slacking off?” Lin Yi continued.
“No… It’s not like that … Shopkeeper Chai has never been lazy in the past. He has always been diligent and does things personally. However, after shopkeeper Wei was transferred over a few years ago, he … He didn’t manage things much …” The attendant carefully replied.
“That means that honest Chai has been pushed aside by Wei Zhaotong? Have they ever had a public conflict?” Lin Yi pinched his chin, deep in thought.
“Uh …” The shop assistant thought carefully and said,””If we’re talking about an open conflict, it happened a few years ago. When shopkeeper Wei was just transferred here, he took over the business that was originally in the charge of Deputy shopkeeper Chai. At that time, Deputy shopkeeper Chai tried to reason with him, but he didn’t say anything or get angry. However, after that, Deputy shopkeeper Chai disappeared for a month, saying that he went to the headquarters in the middle Island. Other than that, there was no conflict. Basically, no matter what shopkeeper Wei said, Deputy shopkeeper Chai neither participated nor expressed his position …”
“Missing for a month?” Lin Yi couldn’t help but find it strange-the guy was hesitating,”Tell me everything you know, don’t force me to use the soul-searching technique!”
“Yes, yes!” The shop assistant didn’t know that Lin Yi didn’t know any soul-searching techniques and was just scaring him. He didn’t dare to hold back anymore,”I heard that during that month, assistant shopkeeper Chai did not go to the Nakajima headquarters at all. Instead, he was injured by someone and had to recuperate for a whole month …”
“A month to recuperate? So it’s Wei Zhaotong’s handiwork?” Lin Yi’s lips curled up.
“Uh … Deputy shopkeeper Chai has never mentioned it to anyone. We don’t know either, but everyone guessed it. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been so afraid of shopkeeper Wei later on. They didn’t dare to meddle in anything and became mere figureheads …” The shop assistant said carefully.
“Okay, I know. You can go out and call honest Chai in.” Lin Yi said, nodding.
He had been paying attention to the waiter’s expression from the beginning to the end and didn’t find anything strange. In other words, what this person said should be true. What he revealed matched honest Chai’s temperament and behavior just now. It was impossible to make it up at the last minute, so it was credible enough.
“Yes, yes.” The shop assistant heaved a sigh of relief! (To be continued.) ”