I'm the mayor of a simulated ghost city

“There are a lot of ledgers here.”

Lu Yao's flashlight shone onto the wall on one side of the pump room, on which were hung many account books contained in blue folders.

The so-called ledger is a book that records safety inspections and daily work situations in the workshop.

After hesitating for a while, Lu Yao took down a book and looked at it carefully.

The contents recorded above were quite detailed until two months ago, but the contents in the last two months were a bit vague, and the registration number of the equipment has also changed.

"So it seems that these new machines were only replaced two months ago...wait..."

When Lu Yao was checking the machine usage records, he suddenly realized: "Why is the power consumption the same? If the machine is not running 24 hours a day like before, the power consumption should have decreased recently. Is someone falsifying the power consumption?"

Thinking of this, Lu Yao looked through several more ledgers and found the same results.

But why would they do such false accounting?

Is it to embezzle electricity bills?

However, the electricity bill is ultimately recorded in the bill issued by the power supply bureau. This kind of falsification is meaningless and will be discovered upon inspection.

While Lu Yao was thinking, the live broadcast room provided her with a useful idea. Lu Yao did not look at who made the comment, but only noticed that it said: [Is someone stealing electricity? ]

Stealing electricity! That's possible.

Lu Yao thought for a moment and said, "The water plant consumes a lot of electricity. If during the power outage at the water plant, an external power grid channel is connected to another place to supply power elsewhere, the power consumption will be the same."

This is the truth.

Lu Yao recalled that before coming here, in addition to looking up information about the water plant, she also took a look at the news about the Western Suburbs New District. There was this piece of news: [Since the construction of the Western Suburbs New District, the lighting project has not only saved electricity but also has extremely high aesthetic value. As a result, Cheng, the developer of the Western Suburbs New District, won the title of this year's outstanding entrepreneur. ]

When Lu Yao saw the news at that time, he found it ridiculous. The occupancy rate of the new western suburbs area was extremely low, yet it was decorated with all kinds of lights. They said that it didn't waste electricity, but why turn on the lights when no one lived there? It was nothing more than the developer trying to cater to Lu's performance as mayor.

She has always looked down upon Lu's actions, not because of any personal grudge, but because of her disdain!

But unexpectedly, someone was doing something tricky under Lu's nose, stealing electricity for profit under the banner of saving electricity.

"Forget it, none of this has anything to do with me." Lu Yao shook her head. After all, the developer and the water plant colluded to steal the municipal electricity, which was nothing more than an economic crime. As a caring citizen, she could just report it. She couldn't risk her life for it.

"But, having said that, if Director Xiong was the one who took the lead in stealing electricity, then what is he looking at the stars for all day?" Isn't he just trying to make money all day?

In this case, the person who colluded with the developer Cheng was most likely not Xiong Jianghe.

Thinking of this, Lu Yao opened the ledger again and found that the name of the auditor who confirmed the electricity consumption was not signed by Xiong Jianghe, but by a person named Tu Sheng.

"This must be the deputy director." After entering the water plant, Lu Yao observed the cultural wall inside the water plant. Hanging on it were photos and names of all the employees in the factory, and he knew it matched the director at first glance.

She also noticed that there were about 30 employees in the entire factory, and seven of them had the surname "Tu". She thought that Director Xiong might have been sidelined by Tu Sheng, and that Tu Sheng had brought all his relatives to the factory to take advantage of them.

"Wait, that security guard's last name seems to be Tu too!"

Thinking of this, Lu Yao's hand suddenly trembled, and he hurriedly stuffed the ledger back into the wall and walked towards the door he had just entered.

If Tu Baoan and Tu Sheng were in the same group...of course they were, then if she found out that they were stealing electricity, they would definitely cause trouble for her.

Stealing municipal electricity is no small matter. According to the laws of the Xia Kingdom, the sentence will be at least ten years, and the Tu family's livelihood will be at stake. So how could they let go of someone who knew their secret?

Done!

Lu Yao was thinking about walking faster and faster, almost ready to run, but when she was one meter away from the door, she stopped and her whole body froze.

I saw a beam of flashlight shining in from the gap in the door she opened.

That's too late!

Two men's voices came from outside: "Why is the door open?! Someone really slipped in!"

The two men quickened their pace and said, "Let's go in and take a look! Recently, the municipal inspectors have been hanging around nearby and I've stopped them several times. They couldn't have sneaked in at night to check the accounts because the regular route was blocked!"

"What should we do? If we do find some evidence against them, we can't detain them."

As they were talking, a flashlight shone into the pump room. In the quiet workshop, the footsteps of two people were unusually clear. They were of burly build, and Tu Baoan was holding an electric baton in his hand.

Lu Yao did not hesitate. She turned around and hid behind the machine that she originally thought could hide people. She squatted down suddenly. She could not make any movements. She held her breath and could not even breathe.

The two people's voices echoed in the open factory and passed through the machines: "Hold it? Hold it and wait for the officials to come and take it away?"

"What should we do then?" Tu Baoan had no idea and asked Tu Sheng about everything. The light of the flashlight also shone on Tu Sheng's face.

Under the dim light of the flashlight, Tu Sheng's face looked particularly hideous. He was not fat, and had a pointed face and monkey-like appearance. His narrow and long almond-shaped eyes reminded people of an animal called a fox.

Of course, that’s not the shape of a cute fox, but the shape of a man-eating fox.

He smiled coldly: "This is a village in the city, it's very chaotic, it's not surprising that there is a burglary and murder case."

"What do you mean?" Security guard Tu didn't understand what Tu Sheng meant. He felt a kind of low-pressure seriousness in his confusion. He really couldn't understand what this had to do with how they were going to deal with Lu Yao.

However, Lu Yao who was hiding inside understood it, and she tried harder to control her body.

This guy Tu Sheng wanted to kill her directly as if she was a burglar, and then announce to the public that either she was discovered while burglarizing and wanted to kill the security guard but was killed instead, or she fell while trying to escape or died accidentally after being discovered while burglarizing!

No matter what, she was the perpetrator, and the two men killed her in self-defense!

Damn, isn’t this her ideal script?

Just as she was thinking, the footsteps of two people gradually approached, and Lu Yao's heart rose to her throat. How could she, a weak and helpless girl, fight with two armed men?

Even if she didn't move, she wouldn't be discovered forever, but if she took the initiative to go out, she would die...

"boom..."

Just when the two of them were only one meter away from Lu Yao, a water pump far away from them started to sound.

A huge noise was heard and the whole pump room was filled with noise. Tu Sheng and Tu Baoan ran over immediately and waved the electric batons in their hands without hesitation.

Seeing this, Lu Yao didn't care why the water pump moved by itself. She had only one thought: run now!