Chapter 207: The Contradictory Liu Haizhong (Happy Spring Festival)

Jia Family.

Jia Zhangshi lay on the glass, secretly observing the comrades' conduct.

Seeing two comrades take Yi Zhonghai to the rear courtyard.

Her heart hung suspended in midair.

Finally, it could land.

Laoqianpo's heart kept fluttering with anxiety, worried that she would be taken away by the comrades to pay for the old deaf lady's life.

Extremely panicked and fearful, hesitating whether to let Qin Huairu help bear the blame, she saw Yi Zhonghai follow the comrades to the rear courtyard.

Going to the rear courtyard meant solid proof of Yi Zhonghai's crime.

The comrades had found evidence that Yi Zhonghai killed the old deaf lady, arrested him, and brought him to the rear courtyard to identify the crime scene.

Someone would pay with their life for the old deaf lady.

The life-or-death crisis hanging over Jia Zhangshi naturally vanished at once.

Because the psychological burden was gone, Jia Zhangshi felt an unprecedented ease inside and out, as if a thousand-pound weight had been lifted from her.

She drew a deep breath.

She moved her big face, which had been pressed against the glass, away from it.

It had nothing to do with her.

Why bother with him?

Jia Zhangshi calmed herself, turned her gaze to the dazed Qin Huairu beside her, and instantly felt boundless relief.

Yi Zhonghai was going to die.

Qin Huairu's backing was gone.

The Jia family was going to bid farewell to Yi Zhonghai's profits, but what Jia Zhangshi cared about was that Qin Huairu could no longer rely on Yi Zhonghai's support to act as she pleased in the Jia family.

If that day ever came.

Yi Zhonghai ran over to discuss with Jia Zhangshi the matter of Qin Huairu remarrying.

Would Jia Zhangshi agree to Qin Huairu remarrying, or would she oppose it?

Not remarrying.

Offending Yi Zhonghai.

There would be no good days for Jia Zhangshi in the siheyuan.

The reason Jia Zhangshi could run rampant in the siheyuan was partly her shameless troublemaking, and partly Yi Zhonghai's influence; the neighbors turned a blind eye to her antics out of respect for Yi Zhonghai, otherwise the Jia family would be replacing glass every day.

Agree to remarry.

Jia Zhangshi's idea of having Qin Huairu widow for Jia Dongxu for life was shattered.

And she would give Jia Dongxu a green hat.

And she would not let Jia Dongxu observe widowhood.

In short, Jia Dongxu was destined to be a cuckold.

Yi Zhonghai being arrested to pay for the old deaf lady's life eliminated any prospect of Qin Huairu remarrying.

This was the sole thing Jia Zhangshi could be glad about.

"Huairu, did you see that? Yi Zhonghai has been arrested—he really did kill the old deaf lady." Jia Zhangshi chattered on, "I said Yi Zhonghai was related to the old deaf lady's death, but nobody believed me; now it's fine—Yi Zhonghai has been arrested and taken to the scene."

The complaining Jia Zhangshi completely forgot that she had just spoken up in defense of Yi Zhonghai.

"Let me be frank with you—Yi Zhonghai is no good person; he just relies on his kindly face to fool the siheyuan neighbors."

Qin Huairu's complexion remained normal.

She neither echoed Jia Zhangshi nor raised any objection.

She wasn't stupid.

She could hear the hint of schadenfreude in Jia Zhangshi's words.

It was nothing more than mocking Qin Huairu for falling for Yi Zhonghai's trick.

Originally there were still profits to be had.

Now then.

The profits had turned into losses.

The club and Huaihua lying on the bed still didn't know how to deal with them.

……

Liu Family.

Watching Yi Zhonghai shuffle behind the comrades, step by step.

Liu Haizhong, like Jia Zhangshi, mistakenly believed the comrades had found evidence that Yi Zhonghai killed the old deaf lady and were bringing him to identify the scene.

By rights.

He and Yi Zhonghai were in a rivalry.

They competed inside the factory.

One was a Level Seven Technician, the other a Level 8 Technician.

He was being stepped on by Yi Zhonghai.

In the courtyard.

One was the Head Steward, the other the Second Steward; according to their order in the second row, Yi Zhonghai's status as a Level 8 Technician also stood to the left as proof.

No matter big or small matters.

It had always been Yi Zhonghai who called the shots.

Liu Haizhong, this Second Steward, was at most just a figurehead.

Something happened.

The neighbors neither went to Liu Haizhong for ideas nor asked him for help; everyone went to Yi Zhonghai.

The formula that one plus one is greater than two surprisingly held true.

In every aspect they were inferior to Yi Zhonghai, and all sides were crushed by him.

The only thing that could give an advantage over Yi Zhonghai.

It is that Liu Haizhong has a son—he has three sons.

The two lived together in the Siheyuan and worked at the same Yagangchang, really holding their breath, wanting to truly compete with Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai had bad luck.

Liu Haizhong should be happy.

But he didn't know why.

When Yi Zhonghai's dejected, as-if-his-parents-had-died expression entered Liu Haizhong's sight, the joy he should have felt instantly vanished, replaced by endless desolation, within which lay a hint of sympathy for the faint.

He couldn't help thinking: Yi Zhonghai is such a shrewd person, how could he make such an obvious mistake? Isn't he rushing off to work underground?

Something happened to Yi Zhonghai.

Liu Haizhong will replace Yi Zhonghai as the new Head Steward, but because Yi Zhonghai had committed several principle errors in the Head Steward position.

First, his relationship with Qin Huairu is ambiguous; according to Long Laotaitai, it seems Huaihua should call Yi Zhonghai 'dad'.

This is pure nonsense.

They are off by generation.

Second, in front of the Siheyuan neighbors, he violently beat Long Laotaitai, and at night, taking advantage of the darkness, he killed her.

Morals have collapsed.

Murderous villain.

These became embellishments of Yi Zhonghai as Head Steward, and consequently the newly appointed Head Steward Liu Haizhong was also not held in high regard by the neighbors.

Not giving you a hard time.

You're not worth a fart.

"Ah!"

A sigh.

Flew out from Liu Haizhong's mouth.

"His dad, Yi Zhonghai has been arrested, you will immediately become the new Head Steward—why aren't you happy?"

Liu Haizhong looked at his own wife who was comforting him.

His conflicted feelings suddenly paused.

He shook his head.

"You don't understand."

After saying that.

Liu Haizhong's gaze leapt over the glass and fell on Yi Zhonghai.

At this moment.

Those paying attention to Yi Zhonghai were not only Liu Haizhong, but also the Hou Yuan neighbors, the Zhong Yuan neighbors; those who could see Yi Zhonghai through the glass fixed their gaze on him, while those who couldn't see him strained their ears to listen to the movements in the Hou Yuan.

……

Indeed, that saying came true.

If you have done no wrong in your life, you need not fear ghosts knocking at midnight.

Following the two comrades slowly walking to Yi Zhonghai in the Hou Yuan, his heart lodged in his throat, his whole person panicked into a knot; this feeling of fear, as the distance between Yi Zhonghai and Long Laotaitai's house shortened, became increasingly uneasy.

Looking at the small hut he had come to an unknown number of times before.

His steps became extraordinarily heavy.

Two legs.

As if filled with lead.

Could not be lifted at all.

Both feet were as if rooted in the ground, making Yi Zhonghai expend twelve parts of energy for each short step.