For a moment, an unnatural expression appeared on Mrs. Jenkins’ face, as though Reece had hit the nail on the head.

“Reece, stop provoking her and just answer Mrs. Jenkins' question," Maria said calmly.

“Okay, I'll do it for your sake, Maria.”

Reece snorted again, clearly unhappy with Mrs. Jenkins’ behavior.

“Everyone who has dabbled in business knows that you need to purchase more products than you need, Lest some products get damaged in transit. So, after we won the project bid, all I needed to provide was only three hundred computers with unified configurations to the county education department. But I ordered three hundred and ten sets of computer accessories.

The spare parts of the ten extra computers would serve as contingency in case any of the other three hundred computers conked out. But if all the products were of good quality, then the spare accessories could be sold in the store as extra stock. Later, after successfully completing the project, we still had the extra ten sets of accessories, so they were set to be sold in the store."

Speaking of this, Reece's nostalgic expression gradually turned into that of resentment.

"Maria wasn't in good health at that time, so she often asked for leaves. Whenever she couldn't show up at work, I would man the front desk while Haley would look after inventory at the back. I was foolish back then, and Haley deceived me.

Among those ten sets of extra computer accessories, the most expensive part was those display cards. Haley secretly replaced the authentic parts with fakes. He sold the high-performance display cards right under my nose and then bought second-handed display cards of the same model. He wanted those inferior cards to be passed off as authentic in my shop.

Maria noticed there was something wrong with the cards as soon as she returned to work. She privately informed me in advance and took a card home to verify it. That was how she found out that it was a second-hand display card!

Fortunately, when Maria found this out soon enough, the product hadn't been sold yet. Otherwise, we would've been in big trouble!"

Using a high-performance display card to acquire digital currency Like Bitcoin and the like would deteriorate the card deeply. These cards were dubbed "second-hand".

Compared with a new display card, the quality and lifespan of a second-hand one was far inferior.

When the crowd heard this, their eyes became full of hostility towards Haley.

If what Reece said was true, then not only did Haley steal from the shop, but he also attempted to ruin his employer's reputation.

If Maria hadn't noticed it in time and Haley wasn't stopped, Reece's reputation would have been irreparably damaged, and he might have been blacklisted from the industry.

“What? No! It was nothing like that! Do you have any proof? I doubt itis

Haley instantly panicked.

“If you don't have proof, don't slander me! And... And why didn't you call the police if Maria found out about it, huh? Why didn't you report me? Why!"

“Because your father was my classmate in high school,“ Reece answered slowly.

Through the phone screen, he Looked at Haley with deep disappointment and regret.

His honest response made everyone fall silent.

After a long time, Barbara muttered under her breath, “Only high school classmates? Sounds Like there's more to it..."

Although her voice was very low, Reece overheard it.