Chapter 1376: Controlled by the Xia Family (6)
"Uncle, what about those two managers?" Yang Ruxin asked after Dong Wenming had finished speaking.
"They..." Dong Wenming frowned, "they didn’t know."
"Didn’t know?" Yang Ruxin scoffed. "Uncle, they are managers. If they were strict in their management, would such a thing have happened? And Xiaonuo was carried back by Dong Wenqian. I don’t believe they were unaware, yet they chose to ignore it. I don’t understand why you still keep such people..."
"I..."
"Uncle, don’t you feel that many of the Dong Family’s affairs are now controlled by the Xia Family?" Yang Ruxin took a deep breath.
"Ah?" Dong Wenming frowned. "How did the Xia Family get involved again?"
"The two managers at the institute, one is the distant cousin of Xia Wenzheng’s wife from the Ma Family, and the other is a distant cousin of Xia Wenzheng..." Yang Ruxin said as she handed over a sheet of paper. "Also, for the other Dong Family shop managers I checked, roughly half of them were promoted by Xia Wenzheng. Uncle, have you ever considered what this means?"
Dong Wenming, much like Dong Wenxiu, had a soft heart inherited from the late mother of the Xiang Family. However, Dong Wenming was more astute, so there had been no issues managing the Dong Family’s business over the years.
He had had his suspicions, but Xia Wenzheng’s operations were flawless, and he had always followed the principle of not suspecting those he used and using those he did not suspect. Xia Wenzheng had been by his side for over a decade and had always performed well, so he trusted him completely and never delved deeper. However, now, looking at the list Yang Ruxin laid out before him, his face suddenly darkened, "Xinxin, this..."
"Uncle, all I can do is remind you. It’s not just the managers in these shops, even the Accounting Room and procurement were arranged by Xia Wenzheng..." Yang Ruxin sighed. "In such a short time, this is all I could find. What about those I couldn’t? Fortunately, I stumbled upon the former accountant of the Jinyun Pavilion, who had resigned due to ’ill health’ when, in reality, he refused to falsify accounts and was threatened into leaving..."