My Alleged Husband-Chapter 926 - 832: Speaking Out_4
When Xiao Ling heard Old Master Zhang ask this, she was still a bit confused. She retorted to Old Master Zhang: "Chairman, although the company’s financial statements have always been my responsibility, including the expenditures and income of other company accounts, I always review them after they are organized by subordinates before submitting them. There should be no problem with them!" Xiao Ling is very clever, but when she answered Old Master Zhang’s question, she used the word ’should’, which made Old Master Zhang very dissatisfied.
"Bang..." Old Master Zhang exploded: "Should? You are the head of the finance department, the company doesn’t let you do anything else, but specifically lets you manage the company’s finances, and you managed to make it like this? Tax evasion, embezzlement of public funds, fraudulent accounts... so many problems, and when asked if you knew about the problem, you actually answer that there should be no problem. Is this your attitude towards work?" Old Master Zhang was truly furious. He had spent a lot of money to hire the manager of the finance department, but she did her work so irresponsibly, which made Old Master Zhang very disappointed.
"Chairman, I did seriously verify those accounts at the time. I only submitted them after verifying, and I really didn’t know there was a problem, Chairman." As Xiao Ling spoke, she started to cry. It was then that Old Master Zhang’s secretary walked in and whispered something into his ear, which caused Old Master Zhang to change his attitude toward Xiao Ling.
"Xiao Ling, perhaps you really didn’t know about this matter. There may be issues with the company accounts, which could have been falsified by your subordinates before submitting to you. Also, your subordinates might have altered the books, so you didn’t find the issues when you checked. However, it is also possible that you falsified the accounts yourself, thinking I wouldn’t notice and wouldn’t investigate. If it’s the former, you are excusable, but if it’s the latter, then you will have to take full responsibility. Tax evasion, fraudulent accounts, embezzlement of public funds... these are all illegal, and you should know what to do." Old Master Zhang’s words were not very clear, ambiguous, but Xiao Ling understood the implication. What Old Master Zhang meant was nothing more than if Xiao Ling did it, and proactively admitted it, the consequences wouldn’t be too serious. But if she did it and didn’t admit it, then no matter how serious the consequences are, she would have to bear them all by herself.
"Chairman, I really didn’t know. Even if you asked till the sky breaks, if I didn’t do it, I absolutely won’t admit it. Likewise, if I knew about this, I would tell you, Chairman, but I really didn’t know about it. Even if you gave me a hundred and twenty guts, I wouldn’t dare do anything illegal." Xiao Ling almost kneeled down to Old Master Zhang.
Seeing Xiao Ling like this, Old Master Zhang knew it would be impossible to get anything out of her, and perhaps Xiao Ling really was unaware of the matter. Old Master Zhang was just trying to test Xiao Ling to see if she would confess if she was the one who did it. The fact proved that if Xiao Ling had done it, she would surely confess.
After returning to his office, Old Master Zhang made a call to have Zhang Zhentian come to Zhang Corporation. Old Master Zhang had previously wanted Zhang Zhentian to take over Zhang Corporation, but unfortunately, Zhang Zhentian was completely unwilling. Old Master Zhang knew that Zhang Zhentian didn’t want to take over Zhang Corporation because he opposed Zhentian being with Xia Jing, which is why Zhentian always opposed him. Old Master Zhang wondered if accepting Xia Jing and Zhang Zhentian together would mean Zhentian would take over the company.
"Knock knock knock." Zhang Zhentian arrived at the door of the chairman’s office.
"Come in." Old Master Zhang said without even looking up.
"Dad, what do you want to see me about? Go on, I’m very busy." Zhang Zhentian said rudely to Old Master Zhang.
"I have something I want to ask your opinion on. Sit down and let’s talk!" Old Master Zhang didn’t get angry because of Zhang Zhentian’s attitude. Instead, he motioned peacefully for Zhentian to sit down.
"Just say what you have to say." Zhang Zhentian said impatiently to Old Master Zhang.
"Zhentian, do you know the finance department manager, Xiao Ling?" Old Master Zhang didn’t bother to beat around the bush with Zhang Zhentian and directly asked.
"Yes, Xiao Ling is quite good. She has a serious work attitude, never makes mistakes, has a good personality, and knows how to deal with people. As long as you give her the books, she calculates accurately without the slightest error." Zhang Zhentian was still unaware of the issues with the company accounts and spoke confidently to his father about Xiao Ling’s work attitude...
