"Lanxiang, take my advice. Xiaoliang has actually been more than fair. With the attitude you and your mother gave him the other day, how could anyone feel good about it? That kid works day and night, with only three or four days off a month, and you two wiped out all his contributions just like that. When Old Zhou was around, we all kept Xiaoliang happy. After all, he was making money for us every day, wasn't he?"
"If you weren't pregnant, and if he weren't considering your close friendship with Zijin, he could easily have refused to give you the online banking access and the company seal and kept control of those two million-plus yuan himself. Neither you nor I knew there was that much money in the account."
Huang Xueli looked at Li Lanxiang in the rearview mirror. She had already wiped her tears away with a tissue.
"Xiaoliang's character stands up to scrutiny. If he'd done that, there wouldn't have been a thing we could do. Even now that he's given you the seal and online banking access, couldn't he still report them lost and take control of the account just the same? What could you or I do about it?"
"Don't we have an Internal Agreement? We could sue him!" Li Lanxiang said indignantly, though she had clearly taken his words in.
"The Supermarket contract was signed between Jiangchuang and the school, and Xiaoliang handled all the paperwork. How would you sue him? Could Old Zhou come forward, or could I? That's nothing more than a gentleman's agreement. It binds decent people, not scoundrels."
"Lanxiang, I know you've suffered a blow. With Old Zhou gone, you still need your friends' help. Don't let things get too ugly. Zijin won't tolerate anyone bullying Xiaoliang, and you know