Chapter 20 The Pain in the Heart

It was already late at night when Jack returned to the Yellow Building that night. Before he reached the second floor, Jack heard the sound of the washing machine in the bathroom and knew that Old Tom's sister was here again to wash clothes for Old Tom.

Jack shouted, and Old Tom ran out of the room.

Jack shouted at him, "Old Tom, can't you be more considerate? In the middle of the night, can't you let our sister take a rest?"

Old Tom glanced at Tomna, who had run out of the bathroom upon hearing the sound, and said somewhat aggrievedly, "Heaven and earth can testify. She's washing all your clothes..."

Before he could finish, Jack took off towards the bathroom...

Oh no. Jack's underwear, undershirts, insoles, and socks were all soaking in the water at this moment.

Tomna came in and said, "I wash all my brother's clothes. Why are you feeling embarrassed?"

Jack thought, This isn't about being embarrassed. If you keep washing like this, others will think you're my girlfriend.

It wouldn't be a bad thing for you to be my girlfriend, but the problem is that you're going to marry Old Tom in the end.

Tomna married Old Tom in the end? That's right, she did marry Old Tom. Because she wasn't Old Tom's biological sister, and there was no blood relationship between them.

Jack didn't want to ruin this marriage, so he said to Tomna, who was rolling up her sleeves and preparing to wash clothes, "You've washed them before, but don't wash them anymore in the future."

Tomna glared at him and said, "Why? You used to pester me and call me your dear sister when I didn't wash for you. Now that I'm washing for you, you have so many complaints. What's the matter? Did I not wash them clean, or do you have someone else to wash your clothes now?"

While saying "Neither", Jack pushed his underwear and other things aside.

"Then why?" Tomna looked at him strangely.

Jack thought, I didn't know that you and Old Tom would be together before. Now that I know, I definitely can't get involved!

Old Tom came in, gave Jack a meaningful look, and the two of them left the bathroom.

"Tomna's savings office has been inspected."

After coming out of the bathroom, Old Tom whispered.

Jack was taken aback. "Inspected? What's the matter?"

Old Tom looked towards the bathroom and then said, "What else could it be? Weak awareness of prevention, insufficient safety awareness, and loopholes in implementing the system..."

"All right, all right. Just tell me what happened directly."

"When Tomna entered and exited the buffer door, she didn't close it first and then open it. She was seen by the people from the security department of the city branch who were conducting an unannounced inspection..."

Before he could finish, Jack cursed fiercely, "Serves her right."

Old Tom was stunned and looked at him in a daze.

Tomna, who had come out of the bathroom at some point and was now standing not far from the two of them, suddenly began to cry and said, "Brother Jack, how could you be like this? I've been washing your clothes for a year for nothing."

Jack turned to look at her and said, "Tomna, you didn't close the buffer door as required when entering and exiting the counter. That's courting death. It will not only kill you but also your colleagues. Your savings office is in the suburbs..."

"All right, all right. My brother has already scolded me. He also said that he would help me find a way when you came back. I didn't expect that you would be harsher than my brother and your words would be so unpleasant."

After saying that, Tomna flicked her sleeve and made a gesture as if she was going to leave.

Only then did Jack understand why Tomna was still here so late. So, he stopped Tomna and said with a cold face, "Do you think your director will let you go if you leave?"

When Tomna heard this, she obediently stopped. She was the one who caused the trouble, and it was her savings office that would be punished.

Tomna's director had said that if she couldn't settle this matter, she would deduct double the amount of the fine imposed on the savings office by the city branch from Tomna's salary.

Tomna was stunned when she heard this. She had heard about other savings offices being punished, and they were really fined. The least amount of a fine was five thousand dollars.

Double the amount meant ten thousand dollars. Her annual salary plus bonuses was less than ten thousand dollars!

Jack knew the tricks of the savings office director. So, after learning that Tomna had been caught during the unannounced inspection, he guessed that her director would use this trick to smooth things over.

At this time, although Jack wasn't as drunk as Harold and talking nonsense, he had also drunk a lot. Standing behind the railing on the second floor now, looking at the people coming and going on the street, Jack felt a bit dizzy, which was quite scary.

When Old Tom saw him like this, he quickly pulled him towards the dormitory.

"Think of a way to help Tomna with her matter."

"What way is there? If you have money, you can pay the fine for her."

"This..."

Old Tom was like someone who had eaten bitter medicine, opening his mouth but unable to say anything. He did have money, but it was all on the books now.

Seeing his appearance, Jack sighed and said, "Old Tom, do you know about the buffer door?"

Old Tom worked in the security department. When he heard Jack ask about the buffer door, he immediately perked up. "Who doesn't know about that? It was thought up by Harold, and Old Henry improved it. Not only did the two of them receive a bonus, but the city branch also wanted to transfer them to work at the branch. However, neither of them went and said that they could make more contributions by working at the grassroots level."

"Bullshit. It's all nonsense. Those two are heartless people."

Old Tom was stunned and didn't know why Jack was scolding those two people like that.

In fact, Jack regretted scolding those two people as soon as the words came out of his mouth. But the words had already been said, so Jack had to say, "Old Tom, I asked you about the function of the buffer door. Why are you saying all this? You're just making me angry."

Old Tom thought that Jack must have drunk too much. Otherwise, how could he scold the former and current leaders?

"The function of the buffer door? Let me put it this way. Now everyone in all the business places is praising Harold and Old Henry, saying that they're the protectors."

"Get out. Did I ask you to say this? Did I ask you to say this?"

Looking at Jack, who was furious with a red face and a thick neck, Old Tom was a bit scared and said weakly, "Didn't you ask about this?"

Jack wasn't sure what he really wanted to hear either and said angrily, "What do you think?"

"I think it's this. The function of the buffer door is obvious to everyone. You know it too. I don't like Harold and Old Henry, but I still admire them for being able to come up with this—"

"Get out. Stay away from me. Don't let me see you again—"

Old Tom really left. However, he went to buy supper for Jack. Tomna was still here and had something to ask this "expert". Old Tom could only wronged himself for a while.

Tomna brought a glass of water to Jack and then sat there angrily looking at Jack.

Jack looked at her and said, "Write a guarantee letter, three thousand words, and make it profound."

Tomna was stunned and then asked, "What?"

Jack raised his voice and said it again, "I said, you write a guarantee letter, promising not to make the same mistake again in the future."

Tomna blinked her big eyes, and then it seemed that she understood. She smiled naively and said, "Brother Jack, I understand. I'll write it right away—"