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Ziya leaned against the bustling street, gazing up at the towering skyscrapers that seemed to pierce the clouds. This place, once a dream destination, now felt cold and filled with an eerie atmosphere. Sun Meng's words echoed in her mind; without witnesses or cameras, it was merely speculation. But why would a ghost choose to haunt the plump nurse who had just quarreled with Cleaner, rather than anyone else? Did this ghost have a sense of justice?
"Do you think this is a coincidence? Why did the deceased have to be Fat Sister, who just argued with Aunt Chen?" Ziya posed her question to Sun Meng.
"Are you suggesting Aunt Chen? No way! She has been with us the entire time. Could it be…"
"No… that’s impossible, unless she has some kind of doppelgänger or something."
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At the funeral home, police accompanied the family to verify the body and finalize arrangements. However, when the body was presented, everyone present, including the family, was taken aback. The personnel examining the body noticed something unusual and quickly contacted their superiors. Given the significant changes in the corpse's surface, what was initially intended to be a private cremation after compensation was halted by the responsible party who refused to sign for the body’s release. Instead, they followed orders and took the body back to the police station's autopsy room.
How could livor mortis appear at a temperature of minus five degrees? The dark green spots on the corpse were pea-sized and dotted irregularly, while its pupils seemed to have a hazy dark green sheen. What on earth was happening?
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In the conference room, Liu Haoming scanned the attendees before fixing his gaze on Liu, the office director, who looked anxious and uneasy. "Why hasn’t Cleaner’s department notified us for this meeting?"
"Uh… they are outsourced employees from Property Management, so I didn’t notify them…" Liu spoke while lowering her head, unable to meet his piercing gaze.
"That’s nonsense! Do you understand? This is professional discrimination. Regardless of their job title, anyone working in our building should receive all benefits afforded to regular employees. Go fetch Cleaner’s supervisor for me; it seems you’re handling matters too carelessly as office director."
"Yes, I’ll go right away…" Liu hurriedly stood up and headed for the door when a rhythmic knocking echoed from outside. She opened it to find none other than Cleaner’s supervisor, Li Mingxiang!
“Alright, Sister Li, let's welcome our esteemed comrade…” Liu Haoming began to applaud as soon as he saw Li Mingxiang enter through the door.
“Oh, come on, no need for that. We’re all familiar with each other, like family. What’s there to welcome?” Liu quickly moved a chair from against the wall behind him and quietly urged Li Mingxiang to sit down.
“No need to sit. We’re all dirty and smelly from cleaning toilets and clearing blockages in the sewers. I’m covered in this fishy odor…” Li Mingxiang said apologetically to everyone present.
“Well… Sister Li, let’s just put the past behind us! It was all my fault before! Both President Liu and Yuan invited you to this meeting; I was just about to come and invite you myself,” Liu stammered awkwardly, gripping her gloved hand tightly to prevent her from leaving.
Liu Haoming continued to watch the two women tugging at each other with a stern expression. Yuan Ye cleared his throat and said, “Alright, Sister Li, please sit down reluctantly! We’ll be discussing issues regarding your cleaners shortly.”
“Uh… then I’ll just move the chair a bit further back so my smell doesn’t make you nauseous,” Li Mingxiang said, doing exactly what she had promised by shifting the chair away from everyone. Her earlier comments were inspired by the harsh words Liu and that chubby nurse had used against other cleaners. Today, she took this opportunity to vent her long-held frustrations towards the two bosses, causing some of those who had previously insulted or bullied the cleaners to turn red-faced and lower their heads in silence.
“By the way, Sister Li, have you arranged for those two ladies to take a break?” Liu Haoming glanced around the room and quickly understood the situation. He intentionally shifted the topic to Aunt Chen and Cui Er.
“Oh, if you hadn’t mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten! This is what the investigator was looking for—the victim's eyeball…” Li Mingxiang said as she pushed a bag containing the eyeball onto the desk. Her action startled everyone present once again, their faces reflecting sheer terror.
“Hmm, Old Yuan, call the police immediately and let them know about this eyeball!” Liu Haoming then scrutinized everyone in attendance and added, “All of you here are enjoying social insurance benefits, right? What do our cleaners receive? Office director, report back to me.”
Upon hearing his name mentioned by the boss, Liu instinctively trembled in fear as all eyes turned toward him. Reluctantly standing up with his face flushed—having gone from cold sweat to feeling like he was baking in a fire—he hesitated for a long time before mumbling, “The basic salary for cleaners is 850 yuan, plus a perfect attendance award of 50 yuan. If they find any usable waste materials in the building, their total can reach around 1200 yuan.”
“Is that all?” Liu Haoming asked with a furrowed brow.
“N-no… that’s it.”
"Then tell us what the Perfect Attendance Award means!"
"A Cleaner has four days off in a month. If they take those four days off, they need to work the remaining days to be considered fully present. If they have already taken four days off and then request one or two more days, we will have to deduct part of their basic salary to compensate for the days missed..."
"So, if they take sick leave or bereavement leave for three or four days, plus some time off for other reasons, how much salary will they actually receive?"
"We manage the Cleaners according to the terms set by Property Management when we took over. The basic salary for a Cleaner is 850. We divide this 850 by 30 days to determine the daily wage, and then we directly deduct one and a half days' wages from their pay for the days they took off..."
"Bang! What kind of logic is that? Are you saying that after working themselves to death here, their families still have to pay money to get them back?" Liu Haoming exploded in anger after hearing the analysis. Although he usually focused on his own work and didn't think much about others due to his share of the profits, he had been assured by Zhang Maocai that every employee in the building would be treated fairly, which is why he was unaware of the situation inside.
The table shook under Liu Haoming's slap, startling Peipei's office director, Liu, into silence. The atmosphere in the room became extremely tense. Li Mingxiang secretly rejoiced; he had once thought it was all about protecting each other among officials, but it turned out that this Boss, who had never been seen before, was actually a good leader.
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