Chapter 222: What an old fox
Chapter 222: What an old fox
Wang Ning laughed foolishly twice.
"How difficult is this! Brother Shi, listen carefully!"
Shi Zhou pricked up his ears, "Okay, I'm listening!"
Wang Ning repeated without hesitation what he had just said to praise Shi Zhou.
Shizhou felt so happy when he heard this that the corners of his mouth never fell.
Wang Ning poured more wine for Shizhou.
"Brother Shi, let's keep drinking! This jar of wine is all yours, you must finish it!"
Shi Zhou pointed at Wang Ning and said with a wicked smile: "You kid just let me drink, why don't you drink?"
Wang Ning explained, "I drank too, but I can't drink too much. Otherwise, I won't be energetic at work tomorrow and will be scolded by Manager Fan!"
"My brother-in-law wouldn't bear to scold you! You don't know, when I saw how much he loved and valued you, I was really jealous! Extremely jealous!"
While saying this, Shizhou's body kept shaking.
It's not hard to see that he was really drunk.
Wang Ning laughed and said, "Manager Fan only chose me to keep his accounts! In other aspects, I am far inferior to Brother Shi!"
Shi Zhou also understood that what Wang Ning meant by "keeping accounts" was cooking the books.
I can't say it directly in front of outsiders, so I can only say it in this implicit way.
"This one knows how to keep accounts, and you've already left us behind. In front of my brother-in-law, you're the only one who can do this!"
Shi Zhou said this and gave a thumbs up.
"That's all Manager Fan's compliment! But I've always been curious. Every time I finish recording an account, I don't know where I put it."
Shizhou curled his lips.
"I don't even know something so important, let alone you!"
"Shopkeeper Fan even hid this from Brother Shi?"
"Hey, I'm not his biological brother-in-law after all, so it's normal for him to be wary of me! I'm looking forward to taking over Xinglong Cloth Shop in the future. Then, I can be as rich as my brother-in-law!"
Wang Ning saw that Shizhou's lost expression did not seem to be fake, and concluded that Shizhou did not know where the real account book was.
It seems that if I want to find the real account book, I have to get close to Manager Fan.
Wang Ning didn't drink much during this meal. He pretended to be drunk. After sending Shizhou home, he did not return to his home immediately, but went directly to Penglai Pavilion Inn.
Xiao Ran and Su Xiaoxiao hadn't slept all night, waiting for news from Wang Ning.
Wang Ning came to their room and told Shi Zhou everything about how he didn't know the whereabouts of the real account book.
"Next, I plan to try to get closer to Shopkeeper Fan!"
Su Xiaoxiao was a little worried.
"Shopkeeper Fan is not as stupid as Shizhou. You must be careful!"
"Young Madam, please rest assured. I will be careful!"
Xiao Ran said: "I have secretly sent people to protect you. If you need anything, just go find them!"
Xiao Ran and Su Xiaoxiao were worried that Wang Ning was in danger, so they arranged for several skilled people to guard near Xinglong Cloth Shop and help Wang Ning at any time.
"I know, Master!"
"Okay, you've worked hard tonight, go back and rest early!"
"Yes!"
After Wang Ning left, Xiao Ran and Su Xiaoxiao were silent for a moment.
Su Xiaoxiao spoke first, "Where do you think Manager Fan would hide the real account book?"
"It should be a place within his reach!"
"Why do you say that?"
"Manager Fan thought no one would discover what he was doing, and since so much time had passed without the boss checking the accounts, he'd grown bolder. But he's also a cautious man. Just in case, he'd already started making fake accounts. Otherwise, he wouldn't have handed over the fake books so quickly if we'd checked them!"
Su Xiaoxiao felt that what Xiao Ran said made sense.
"What an old fox!"
"Yeah, then let's work together as husband and wife to tease this old fox!"
"I hope everything goes well for Wang Ning!"
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The next day, when Wang Ning came to the cloth shop, Shizhou was not there.
When it was time to open the store, Shizhou had not arrived yet.
As expected, Shizhou must have drunk too much and couldn't get up.
Wang Ning guessed correctly, Shizhou was sleeping soundly at home at this moment!
Shopkeeper Fan hadn't been to the cloth shop for two days. He came today as soon as the shop opened.
He was very satisfied to see all the guys working in an orderly manner.
But after looking around, he couldn't see Shizhou, and his brows furrowed slightly.
"Where is Shizhou?"
Wang Ning walked forward with a slight apology and took the initiative to admit his mistake.
"Boss, I'm so sorry. I treated Brother Shi to a drink last night, but he got drunk and probably won't be able to come today!"
Manager Fan was slightly dissatisfied.
"When will he change his habit of drinking alcohol like crazy?"
In a trance, he thought of something and looked at Wang Ning in surprise.
"Have you reconciled with Shizhou?"
"Well, I was wrong before. I was too serious. I have reconciled with Brother Shi!"
"That's perfect. You're my right-hand men, and I don't want any unpleasantness between you! Since he's not here, let him rest at home!"
"Thank you for your understanding, shopkeeper. Brother Shi was still thinking about you yesterday, saying he didn't know what you were busy with these past two days and why you didn't come to the cloth shop."
"I've just made another deal! Oh, by the way, you'll have to do the math for me later."
This is the rhythm of cooking the books again.
Wang Ning agreed immediately, "Okay, boss."
He followed Manager Fan to the room in the backyard. Manager Fan took out a piece of paper and gave it to Wang Ning as he did in the past.
Wang Ning looked at the numbers above, asked Manager Fan about his needs, and wrote down the corresponding numbers on another piece of paper.
They did this every time. Manager Fan showed Wang Ning the real amount of the business and then asked Wang Ning to make a false account for one-third of the amount.
Shopkeeper Fan then took the fake amount calculated by Wang Ning back home, copied it into the fake account book at home, and kept the paper recording the real amount.
Wang Ning handed the written fake amount to Shopkeeper Fan, who looked very satisfied.
"Okay, you guys continue with your work. I'm going back first. If you need anything, come find me at the mansion!"
Wang Ning stood up and bowed respectfully.
"Yes!"
Shopkeeper Fan put the paper away and was about to leave when he returned to give some instructions.
"When Shizhou is not around, you can help me take care of the cloth shop. Don't worry, I won't treat you unfairly!"
"Thank you, shopkeeper. Please rest assured, shopkeeper."
Shopkeeper Fan nodded and strode home.
Wang Ning felt that this was an opportunity to find the whereabouts of the real account book, and he didn't want to miss it. After Manager Fan left the room, he took advantage of no one paying attention and quickly left through the back door and headed towards Manager Fan's house.
He took a shortcut and arrived at Manager Fan's house first.
He hid in the corner and waited for a while before he saw Manager Fan come back.
He waited for another quarter of an hour and headed towards the Fan family's gate.
The doorman was guarding the door. Seeing Wang Ning approaching, he asked with a smile, "Why are you here, Brother Wang?"
"The shopkeeper just told me to come get some things."
"Oh, so that's it. Then, Brother Wang, please come in quickly. The master just came back. Judging from the direction he walked, he should be heading to the study. Brother Wang, please go to the study to find the master!"
"Okay, thank you!"
After Wang Ning finished speaking, he went straight to Manager Fan’s study.
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