Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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“Boss Wen, the family is there.” The assistant pointed to the direction where the crying sound was coming from, and Wen Xiyao walked over directly.
The woman was holding the doctor and refused to let go, “Doctor, please save my husband, please save my husband.”
The doctor looked embarrassed. He also wanted to save him, but he was already dead when he was sent to the hospital, and he couldn’t bring him back to life.
“I can help you immediately, but the dead can’t be resurrected. Your husband was already dead when he was sent here.”
The woman still refused to let go, “Doctor, we have money. As long as you can save my husband, I’m willing to pay any amount of money.”
The doctor was really helpless. He glanced at the onlookers around him. Some people in the crowd whispered, but no one came up to help pull the woman away.
Wen Xiyao stood and watched for a while, then walked forward and pried the woman’s hands apart, “Don’t embarrass the doctor. Your husband is already dead. Even if you hold the doctor and don’t let him go, he won’t be able to bring back your husband to life.”
The doctor looked at Wen Xiyao gratefully, and left in a hurry before the woman could react. He had been pestered by this woman for a long time.
“Who are you?” The woman was pulled away by Wen Xiyao, and watched the doctor leave. Her anger immediately burned towards Wen Xiyao.
“I am the general manager of Xinhe International. My last name is Wen. I am here to deal with your husband’s problem.” Wen Xiyao said.
The woman’s face changed suddenly, “It turned out that you killed my husband. You black-hearted businessmen disregard human life for the sake of making money. You will not die well.”
The woman wanted to rush over to fight with Wen Xiyao, but was hugged by the assistant, “Boss Wen, you go first, leave this to me.”
Wen Xiyao frowned and looked at the crazy woman in front of her, “Your husband didn’t listen to the advice and didn’t wear a safety belt, so he fell from the top this time.” Wen Xiyao had called the person in charge of the construction site to confirm this on the way here.
“You’re talking nonsense. My husband has been in this business for so many years. He has always been very careful and has never had any problems. Now he has lost his life just one month after he came to your place. You still dare to say it’s not your fault.”
“I really didn’t lie. So many people saw it at the scene. They can all testify. If you don’t believe me, we can call the police now and confront them face to face.”
The woman was stopped by the assistant and couldn’t hit Wen Xiyao at all. The expression on her face became even more angry. “They are all your people. Of course they would speak for you.”
Unable to make sense with this woman, Wen Xiyao looked around at the people around, “Are there other family members present at the scene?”
No one answered. The woman cursed Wen Xiyao with dirty words. The words were so bad that even others felt angry when they heard them, but Wen Xiyao’s face did not show any expression, as if the person being scolded was not herself.
Seeing that the woman had been just making trouble but not being reasonable, Wen Xiyao was too lazy to talk nonsense with her now, and said to the assistant, “Leave the follow-up matters here to me. I’m going to the construction site now.”
The assistant nodded. This was not the first time she encountered such a thing, so she naturally had her own way to deal with it.
“Although your husband’s death was caused by his failure to follow the rules, I don’t intend to ignore it. But if you continue to make trouble, then I will take legal action and let the law determine how much responsibility we should bear.” A trace of guilt flashed in the woman’s eyes. In fact, her husband had been fired from the construction site many times before because he did not follow the rules many times and did not take any safety measures when working at heights. This was a construction unit he had just found a month ago, but this time they were so unlucky and something happened. Her husband was the pillar of the family, and now the pillar was gone. The woman was sad, but she wanted more compensation, otherwise how would they live in the future? Now seeing Wen Xiyao angry, she didn’t dare to make a fuss.
Wen Xiyao came out of the hospital and rubbed the back of her head. It seemed to be swollen. She didn’t dare to rub it anymore and drove directly to the construction site. Unexpectedly, the construction site was more lively than the hospital. As soon as she got off the car, she saw a group of people gathered at the entrance of the construction site. Project Manager Yu was surrounded by several people.
He was surrounded by several sturdy men and an elderly woman. The woman was wiping her tears. It was May and Manager Yu was sweating profusely. “Calm down and listen to me.”
“What are you talking about? My brother died just one month after he started working at your construction site, leaving behind a family of orphans and a widow. What do you think we should do about this? This is a life.”
Manager Yu wiped the sweat from his forehead. “We have already explained this matter. It was Wang Chun who was not willing to follow the rules. We have clear regulations. During construction work, safety protection must be exercised as much as possible, otherwise the consequences will be at your own risk. We signed a contract on his first day of work here. We still have the original contract, and some workers also saw with their own eyes that it was Wang Chun who fell down by himself.”
“Bullshit, it’s not up to you to decide whether it is a contract or not. I only know that my brother was fine after working for several years before, but now he lost his life here. It’s your responsibility. You must give us an explanation for this matter, otherwise we will never let you go.” said a dark-skinned man.
“How do you want to solve this?” Wen Xiyao’s cold voice came from behind. Manager Yu’s eyes lit up when he saw Wen Xiyao, but he immediately became anxious when he saw that she was the only one here. These people were all rough and unreasonable. Manager Wen was a girl, so she would only cause trouble.
Wen Xiyao did not see Manager Yu’s anxious expression. She looked straight at the black-skinned man who had just shouted, “Tell me how you want to solve this matter?”
The black-skinned man looked Wen Xiyao up and down with disdain in his eyes, “Call your person in charge to come out. You, a little girl, have nothing to do here.”
“I am the general manager of Xinhe International and the person in charge of this project. You can talk to me if you have anything to say.”
The man glanced at Wen Xiyao suspiciously, “Can you really make the decision?”
Wen Xiyao nodded, “Yes, I can make the decision.” She looked serious, and with her professional attire and full aura, she really looked like a queen.
When the man heard Wen Xiyao say that she could make the decision, his expression suddenly became fierce. “Since you are the person in charge, then you came at the right time. My brother had an accident on your company’s construction site, and now he is dead. This is a fact. Just tell me how you plan to solve this matter.”
“If we are not satisfied with the solution, we will sue you in court.” Finally, the man did not forget to threaten viciously.
Wen Xiyao looked at him coldly, “How do you want to solve it?”
Hearing this, the man looked at the other people who came with him and rolled his eyes, “This is a human life after all. My brother was only 25 years old this year and has a two-year-old child at home. My sister-in-law has no job, and the family depends on my brother alone. Now my brother is dead, you can’t want to force my sister-in-law and my little nephew to death, right? Let’s put it this way, we are not unreasonable people, you give us five million, and this matter will be over.”
Hearing this, Wen Xiyao sneered and looked at the old lady who had been wiping her tears, “Are you Wang Chun’s mother?”
The old lady saw Wen Xiyao asking her, nodded, “Yes.”
“Now your son says that he want us to pay five million in compensation. Is this what you mean?”
The old lady met Wen Xiyao’s gaze and lowered her head guiltily. She felt that five million was a bit too much, but if she could really get the money, then her little grandson could grow up safely and the living conditions of her eldest son’s family could be improved a little.
“Old lady, I think we have made it very clear just now. The responsibility for your youngest son’s affairs lies mainly with your youngest son. If he had followed the rules, nothing would have happened now. To be honest, we are not responsible. I promised to compensate you only out of humanitarianism, and it does not mean that I admit that it is our fault. Now you are asking for too much. If you are not sincere in resolving this matter, then we will go through legal procedures.”
The old lady panicked when she heard that she was going to sue. This kind of thing had happened in their village before. Someone did not wear a safety belt when working at high altitude, and fell down and became paralyzed. He quarrelled with the construction unit and went to court. As a result, he was sentenced to tens of thousands of yuan fine.
The black-skinned man obviously thought the same as the old lady. When he heard that Wen Xiyao was going to call the police and go through legal procedures, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, and he went up and slapped Wen Xiyao. Wen Xiyao dodged quickly and was not hit by him, but she did not stand firmly and fell directly to the ground.
“You are a bunch of black-hearted profiteers. You killed my brother and you are not going to take responsibility. I will beat you to death. At worst, I will pay for your life.” The man did not hit Wen Xiyao. He picked up a stick on the ground and swung it at Manager Yu. Manager Yu was unable to dodge and was hit on the shoulder.
There were many workers on the construction site, and they were watching at this moment. Seeing that the other party had a disagreement and actually started fighting, and the one who was beating was a woman, they immediately surrounded and controlled the troublemaker.
“Do you still have the law? It’s fine if you don’t want to compensate, but you actually beat people.” The black-skinned man was restrained by several big men and kept shouting at several people.
Wen Xiyao got up from the ground. Her right foot was twisted and it hurt so much. The palm of her hand was also rubbed against the ground because of the fall just now. It was bleeding now, but she didn’t care about these at the moment and looked at the troublemaker coldly.
“We are victims. If you dare to do anything to us, I will sue you.” The man continued to shout, especially when he saw Wen Xiyao stand up and walk in front of him, he shouted even more fiercely, “I don’t believe that the court is for you rich people. You black-hearted people, have you eaten your conscience to make these dirty money?”
Wen Xiyao stood in front of him and looked at him coldly, “If you want to sue, go ahead, I’ll wait, I Wen Xiyao do things worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth.” Turning to look at the contractor who was huddled aside and had not spoken, “I remember that there are surveillance cameras installed on this construction site, right?”
The contractor was named, stood out from the crowd, and nodded, “Yes… yes.” These cameras were installed to prevent the theft of building materials on the construction site.
“Are the cameras always on?” Wen Xiyao asked.
The contractor nodded and said, “Yes, they are.” There had been cases of building materials being stolen before. Because the company was targeting high-end products, many of these building materials were very expensive, so the company installed a batch of cameras on the construction site, but they were useless after a while. The last time Wen Xiyao suddenly came to the construction site for inspection, she saw this situation and severely reprimanded the staff. Since then, the cameras on the construction site have been turned on 24 hours a day, and there were special people watching them.
If Wen Xiyao hadn’t suddenly asked about it, the contractor would have forgotten about it. After all, there are really not many companies that are willing to install so many cameras on the construction site.
The contractor was very fortunate at this moment. Fortunately, he listened to Wen Xiyao and kept them on.
In the farce just now, Manager Yu was not only hit on the shoulder, but also had his head broken. At this moment, he was holding his head with blood flowing from his fingers. Wen Xiyao paused and said to a girl who was following Manager Yu, “Take Manager Yu to the hospital first.”
The girl was an intern who had just joined the company not long ago. Today was her first time following Manager Yu to do business, and she encountered such a thing. Her face was pale and full of panic, and she was frightened by what happened just now.
Wen Xiyao didn’t want to use such a person, but there was no one available around her now, “Can you drive?” Wen Xiyao asked.
The girl nodded.
Wen Xiyao handed her car keys, “Send Manager Yu to the hospital first, and the expenses will be reimbursed by the company.”
Manager Yu covered her head and looked at Wen Xiyao who refused to leave, “Mr. Wen, your hands is also injured, let’s go together.”
Wen Xiyao glanced at her still bleeding hand and shook her head, “My injury is a minor injury. It will be fine in a while. You go back first, and then call the legal department to let them know, and ask them to come here quickly.”
Manager Yu was hit several times. Just now they raised their sticks to hit people. Not only did he get hit with the stick himself, but he also received two sticks on Wen Xiyao’s behalf. The stick on his head was all over his body. Even though it hurt, he stopped forcing himself and followed the girl into the car.
The dark-skinned man immediately panicked when he heard that Wen Xiyao wanted to call a lawyer and that the construction site was under surveillance. He was usually a bully, but that was just the surface. In his heart, he bullied the weak and feared the strong.
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