Chapter 230 Leader, I want to make meritorious contributions and request a lenient sentence (Part )
Liu Zhiye frowned as he listened to Deng Tiezhu's retelling. He then turned to Lao Ge and asked, "Lao Ge, is what Deng Tiezhu said true?"

Ge Shuping angrily questioned Deng Tiezhu: "I think you have evil thoughts about Lu Xiaojuan. Did you have evil thoughts because you saw that she was alone here and you had conflicts with her mother? But in the end, you saw her yelling and you were afraid of attracting people, so you gave up and said you were just trying to scare her?"

Deng Tiezhu responded in panic: "Absolutely not, I just wanted to scare her, I didn't really want to do anything to her." There was a hint of nervousness and uneasiness in his words.

Deng Tiezhu was filled with regret. If he had known this would happen, he would not have done it in the first place! Last time he had a fight with a neighbor lady, he was rumored to be a hooligan. This time, it confirmed his hooligan behavior.

He thought to himself that if he was thoroughly investigated, he would never act impulsively again after he was released.

Liu Zhiye said again: "Old Ge, bring Lu Xiaojuan's confession transcript over to me so I can take a look."

Lao Ge handed him the confession transcript and he read it carefully.

Then, Liu Zhiye said to Deng Tiezhu, "But the person involved, Lu Xiaojuan, insisted that you were going to bully her!"

Deng Tiezhu retorted with a pale face: "This is a false accusation, it is absolutely not true, leader, you must investigate clearly! I was more than ten meters away from her at the time, I didn't see anything, and it was impossible for me to do anything to her." His voice was full of worry and tension.

Liu Zhiye nodded. In fact, he had read Lu Xiaojuan's confession. According to him, what Deng Tiezhu said was basically true.

Although Lu Xiaojuan claimed that Deng Tiezhu was acting like a hooligan, in fact, he was just standing ten meters away and shouting to scare her.

If Deng Tiezhu really wanted to be a hooligan, he would never do so, so that she could be prepared. More importantly, to be a hooligan, you need to get close to him, which Lu Xiaojuan also admitted. He did not get close to him, but just stood at a distance.

At that time, there was no authenticated physical evidence to prove who was right or wrong. Liu Zhiye wanted to just give Deng Tiezhu a warning and let him go.

Liu Zhiye threatened Deng Tiezhu seriously: "Lu Xiaojuan insisted that you wanted to be a hooligan to her. You can't do that! If you are not careful, you will have to spend several years in jail." He pretended to be serious, as if warning Deng Tiezhu how serious the consequences would be.

Hearing this, Deng Tiezhu trembled all over, his face turned pale, and he broke down emotionally: "What a cruel heart! She is deliberately trying to destroy me, just because I beat her mother. It's not enough that her mother framed me, she also wants to frame me!"

Liu Zhiye added: "But you have to trust us in the Security Department. We always rely on evidence when handling cases. If you have not committed a crime, we will eventually give you justice.

Even if you didn't intend to be a hooligan, your behavior with the purpose of intimidating women will be punished. Considering some of your past behavior, you may face expulsion."

"Ah! Fire...fire me?"

Deng Tiezhu didn't want to be fired. If he really got fired, it would be like yellow mud falling into his crotch - it would be a big deal (shit) anyway, and his reputation would be ruined for the rest of his life.

He took a deep breath and began to think of all possible ways to save himself. Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind and he said to Liu Zhiye, "Leader, if I can perform meritorious service, can you give me a lighter sentence?"

Liu Zhiye narrowed his eyes, not expecting to get something unexpected. He pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Tell me first. If you really have made great contributions, I will let you go."

Deng Tiezhu swallowed his saliva, calmed down, and said, "I want to report my neighbor Lu Buping. He often steals casting parts from our factory and secretly sells them to scrap collection stations."

Liu Zhiye nodded and was about to ask who his neighbor was, but Ge Shuping next to him jumped up. Ge Shuping shouted: "Okay! You still want to retaliate now?"

"I don't think you will cry until you see the coffin!" As he said this, he was about to take action and slap him.

The air around them suddenly became tense, and one could almost hear the sound of rapid breathing. Ge Shuping looked furious, as if he was about to explode at any moment.

Liu Zhiye was somewhat helpless and quickly stopped him, saying, "Old Ge! Wait a moment, what's going on?"

Ge Shuping said angrily: "Leader, do you know who Lu Buping is? He is Lu Xiaojuan's father. I think this guy is dishonest and is thinking of revenge!"

Deng Tiezhu felt that he was more wronged than Dou E. He had made a single misstep that would lead to eternal regret. Ever since he beat up that bitch, nothing had gone his way. Now no one believed him even when he told the truth.

"Leader, please believe me, I have never told a lie. Everything I said is true. I wanted to avoid exposing him because of our friendship, but I didn't expect that his family would be so ruthless. Since they are so unkind, I have no choice but to be unjust."

Liu Zhiye said seriously: "You must be responsible for your words. Retaliation and framing good people are even more serious crimes!"

At this point, Deng Tiezhu had no choice but to go all the way. He gritted his teeth and swore, "Leader, you can investigate. If you find that I lied, I will accept it whether you kill me or slash me."

Liu Zhiye nodded and gave orders to the guards to start recording Deng Tiezhu's confession. "Tell us everything you know from beginning to end." His tone was concise but unquestionable. The guards immediately picked up paper and pen and began to record.

"Okay!" Deng Tiezhu nodded and bowed, and began to tell the whole story. "It all started at the end of last year. One day..."

It was the end of the year, and the work pace in the foundry suddenly slowed down. There was no overtime work as usual. When the bell rang, the workers went home in groups of three or five.

Deng Tiezhu packed his belongings slowly, and only when most people had left did he put his belongings into his bag and prepare to leave the foundry door.

At this moment, Deng Tiezhu discovered that his neighbor, Master Lu Buping, had not left either, and was tinkering with something at his workstation.

So, he quietly walked behind Lu Buping, patted him gently, and called out, "Master Lu, why don't you leave?" Lu Buping was concentrating on things at his workstation and was startled by the sudden voice.

The copper casting in his hand suddenly fell onto the workbench with a clang. Deng Tiezhu took a curious look at it, and when he found it was a copper casting, he ignored it.

This is the kind of work done in this workshop. There are plenty of copper castings, so he is not surprised.

But Lu Buping's reaction made him a little confused. He seemed a little nervous, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Uncle Lu was startled, then he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it was Deng Tiezhu and said, "Yes, it's Xiao Deng! Your coming scared me, Uncle Lu. I have a job that I haven't finished yet, and I wanted to finish it before leaving, otherwise I'll always feel like something is bothering me." He pointed at the bronze casting and said.

Deng Tiezhu didn't think much about it: "Oh! That's what happened! I say you don't have to work so hard anymore, go home and have a rest!"

Lu Buping smiled and responded, "Okay! Let's go now."

A few days later, Deng Tiezhu accidentally discovered Lu Buping walking into the scrap collection station carrying a bulging bag.

He had no idea what was in the bag, but in that era, it was common for ordinary people to sell discarded items at home for money.

Deng Tiezhu was just curious about how much his neighbor sold it for, so he leaned over to look inside through the crack in the door and found something wrong.

Lu Buping was selling castings produced by the foundry, and there were quite a few of them, as many as seven or eight. Although these castings were not large in size, they weighed more than ten kilograms.

Only then did he understand why Lu Buping had stayed behind stealthily for the past few days. It turned out that he wanted to steal the scrap copper castings from the workshop and sell them.

You may ask why they didn’t steal the good castings; that’s nonsense, the good castings are recorded, how could the workshop not know if they were lost.

After Lu Buping left, Deng Tiezhu walked into the scrap yard. He pretended to sell something, pointed at the copper casting that Lu Buping had sold and said, "You guys are buying this stuff too!"

The buyer at the scrap collection station laughed and said, "Hey! That's interesting. This is copper, how could we not buy it? The recycling price is 0.12 cents, no cheating!"

Deng Tiezhu pretended to be curious and asked again: "Is this thing for sale?"

The buyer replied, "Yes! A gentleman just sold it to you before. I don't know where he got it from. He has sold it more than ten times."

Deng Tiezhu was shocked when he heard this. Old Lu was really brave. He thought he had only sold it once, but it turned out that he had sold it more than ten times. This was not just a petty theft. It was enough for Old Lu to stay in prison for several years.

However, since it had nothing to do with him, he turned a blind eye to it. He neither reported Lao Lu nor confronted him. He just pretended that he knew nothing.

It was not until today that he was forced into a corner and reported the matter to the Security Department.

Liu Zhiye asked seriously: "Do you have anything else to add? If not, just sign and seal it!" Deng Tiezhu answered firmly: "No more!" He took the pen, signed, and pressed his fingerprints.

After listening to Deng Tiezhu's confession, Liu Zhiye ordered the security guards to take him away and detain him first.

Afterwards, he sent several security guards to the scrap yard to conduct an on-site investigation and look for physical evidence.

He also ordered Lao Ge to take people to the foundry to bring Lu Buping back for investigation.

(End of this chapter)