Chapter 3

“Everyone, take a good look at this! Mr. Black wanted imported marble worth a hundred thousand dollars, but John only transferred me a thousand dollars! What can I buy with a thousand dollars? I went to every supplier, and I couldn’t even afford to buy a broken piece of marble! I had no choice but to go to the countryside bricks factory and get these bricks that were used to build pigpens!”

When the workers saw the transaction amount, they exploded.

“What? It’s really only a thousand dollars!”

“He only gave a thousand dollars for materials worth a hundred thousand dollars! This is crazy!”

“Mr. Smith had no other choice!”

“If it were me, I would’ve bought bricks too. A thousand dollars is not even enough for logistics!”

Their opinions immediately switched. They started looking at John with disgust and anger.

John started to sweat.

He stammered, “It’s a misunderstanding! It’s just a misunderstanding!

“Mr. Black, hear me out! My wife’s the one who did the transfer last night. Her eyesight is bad; that’s why she missed out on a couple of zeros!”

In order to clear his name, John threw Rory under the bus.

Rory’s eyes widened and was about to defend herself, but John glared at her and pinched her forcefully. She felt pain and had no choice but to reinforce John’s lie.

“That’s right! My eyesight’s bad; that’s why I missed out on a couple of zeros! I initially wanted to transfer a hundred thousand dollars!”

Walter sneered.

“Key in fewer zeros? Do you think I’m three years old?”

John immediately took out his phone.

“Mr. Black, don’t be angry. I’ll immediately transfer the rest of the money! I’ll do it now!”

John immediately started to key in information on his phone.

A few seconds later, my phone buzzed.

There was a notification indicating that I had received a hundred thousand dollars.

John looked up and wiped the sweat on his forehead.

“Peter, I’ve transferred you the money. Quick, get someone to take these bricks away! Go to the suppliers and get the best imported marble!”

I looked at the hundred thousand dollars in my account, then immediately transferred the amount back without hesitation.

The hundred thousand dollars went back into John’s account.

John was stunned.

“Peter, what are you doing? Are you crazy?”

I stared at him coldly.

“John, the lie that you told may have confused others, but not me. These few years, you have been giving me a lot less money. Sand that was worth three thousand dollars, you only gave me thirty dollars. Doors and windows that were worth five hundred thousand dollars, you only transferred me one thousand five hundred dollars. I don’t want the one thousand dollars you transferred me earlier. I quit.”

Rory got furious and started yelling at me, “Peter, stop accusing us! You’re the one who stole the company money, and now you want to flip the narrative? You purposely got a truckload of bricks to embarrass John. It’s obvious what you’re trying to do!”

Rory sat on the floor and started to throw a tantrum.

“We have to look into the accounts today! To look into every expense you had for the past few years! If your account’s perfect, I’ll change my last name to yours!”

John saw that Rory was trying to blow up this matter, so he stomped over furiously and grabbed Rory’s arm.

“Enough! Stop making a scene!

“Mr. Black is still here! Let’s only discuss our family matters in private!”

John lowered his voice and tried to hint at Rory to stop pushing. He knew that if the accounts were looked into, he would be the one exposed.

Alas, Rory did not take the hint.

She flung John’s hand away and stood up.

“Why would we do it in private? We have to clear it out right here right now!”