Chapter 282: Deputy Factory Director Li refused Qin Huairu

Listening to the coworkers mocking his own voice.

Qin Huairu suddenly realized.

She must find a backer for herself, otherwise the spit of the Yagangchang coworkers could drown Qin Huairu alive.

Yagangchang is Qin Huairu's refuge; if driven out, she would have to go to the countryside to live a life with her back to the blue sky and face to the yellow earth.

Heaven is vast, earth is vast, but the eldest emperor is greatest.

Deputy Factory Director Li is the emperor of Yagangchang.

Shazhu's canteen chief was appointed by Deputy Factory Director Li.

If you, Shazhu, don't help me, I will directly go to your superior.

Carrying an inexplicable resentment, after lunch Qin Huairu, under the pretext of using the toilet, came to Deputy Factory Director Li's office.

Knocked on the door.

After hearing a "please come in" from inside,

Qin Huairu then pushed the door and entered.

Probably because an outsider wanted to come in, Deputy Factory Director Li didn't want others to know certain secrets, so he casually closed the documents in front of him.

Staring with doubtful eyes at Qin Huairu before him, he wondered who she was.

He knew she was a worker of Yagangchang.

Because Qin Huairu wore Yagangchang work clothes, Deputy Factory Director Li knew she was a Yagangchang worker and randomly guessed her purpose.

It seems Yagangchang hasn't had any major incidents lately.

Even if there were.

It would also be some trouble caused by that Qin Huairu.

"Do you have something?" Deputy Factory Director Li pointed to a nearby stool, "Sit down and talk."

Qin Huairu did not sit.

Yi Zhonghai could have told her about this so-called first impression.

When a leader tells you to sit, even if there is a stool you cannot sit; you must stand.

This is attitude; they also say it shows sincerity.

Following Yi Zhonghai's instructions, she stood properly in front of Deputy Factory Director Li.

Such behavior.

This made Deputy Factory Director Li not very pleased.

Now is the critical moment for Deputy Factory Director Li's confirmation; he does not want word to spread that he is putting on airs of a leader, and wants to create as much as possible an impression of being approachable to outsiders.

"Fine, don't sit then. What's your name, which workshop? What do you want from me? Why didn't you report to your direct supervisor, the workshop chief?"

Workplace.

The biggest taboo.

Is jumping the chain to report.

Qin Huairu directly bypassed the section chief and workshop chief to report to Deputy Factory Director Li, equivalent to selling out all the workshop leaders.

Today she can sell out those workshop leaders.

Tomorrow she could sell out Deputy Factory Director Li himself.

A sense of wariness rose in his heart as he looked at Qin Huairu.

Feeling Deputy Factory Director Li's doubtful gaze, Qin Huairu was slightly taken aback; rumors said Deputy Factory Director Li was a lecher, and she herself was nevertheless the famous belle of Yagangchang, countless men in Yagangchang went crazy for her, back then, how many people paid her meal tickets under the pretense of helping her to get close to Qin Huairu.

I originally thought Deputy Factory Director Li was like those people.

Also a man who goes weak at the knees at the sight of a woman and can't walk.

Actually not.

Otherwise he wouldn't be giving such a scrutinizing look.

In fact.

It is Qin Huairu overestimating herself.

Yi Zhonghai's death and Jia Zhangshi's exposé caused Qin Huairu's reputation to suffer greatly; to salvage the situation, she also feared Yi Zhonghai would be unable to keep quiet and would reveal the concrete details, leading to her own demise.

After the pillar-collision incident, Qin Huairu hadn't slept well for several days; meanwhile it happened that the Jia family were the richest in the Siheyuan; these days the workers of Workshop Nine gave her all kinds of difficulties; under the double blow to her spirit and body, the wrinkles on her face visibly increased; Qin Huairu, around thirty years old, was no different from a woman in her forties.

Even if Deputy Factory Director Li is lustful, he wouldn't be lustful to the point of recklessness; he would not have a rogue thought toward a woman in her forties with a wrinkled face.

Having an affair must be done secretly.

Who would engage in indecent acts in their own office at broad daylight?

Moreover, the door was left wide open.

The timing is wrong.

The location is wrong.

The person is wrong.

Under these three mismatches, Qin Huairu's prior seduction plan had no place to be used, which is why Deputy Factory Director Li scrutinized her like this.

"Deputy Factory Director Li."

After all, she is a woman.

She lacks experience.

If it were Shazhu, in a no‑person environment, even knowing Deputy Factory Director Li is an assistant, he would also drop the "deputy" prefix.

Qin Huairu's address of "Deputy Factory Director Li" instantly put her at a disadvantage.

"Go on."

"I am a worker of Workshop Nine, my name is Qin Huairu."

Deputy Factory Director Li froze on the spot.

He was completely stunned.

He stared at the woman before him, mouth agape, face flushed, ears red, his mind a blank.

After thirty-odd seconds.

His body trembled.

He asked again.

"What's your name? That worker from the workshop?"

"Deputy Factory Director Li, I'm Qin Huairu, I'm a worker from the Ninth Workshop."

Deputy Factory Director Li understood.

Qin Huairu of the Ninth Workshop.

He thought for a moment, then asked again: "Is Yi Zhonghai your master?"

There may be many Qin Huairus, but only one Qin Huairu is related to Yi Zhonghai: the widow who caused Yi Zhonghai's downfall and disgrace.

Deputy Factory Director Li wanted to confirm whether the Qin Huairu before him was indeed that Qin Huairu; he had also heard of the reputation of the so‑called 'beautiful widow of the Yagangchang'.

"Yi Zhonghai is my husband's master; my husband is called Jia Dongxu."

Deputy Factory Director Li's heart.

A myriad of feelings.

On one hand, Qin Huairu had come to find him.

He could roughly guess what Qin Huairu wanted from him.

Besides a job transfer, there would be nothing else.

Replace him with someone else.

Deputy Factory Director Li might actually have taken the other's words to heart.

But Qin Huairu.

He wouldn't help.

Given Qin Huairu's lagging skills, no workshop would want her at all—except the Cleaning Section.

Qin Huairu's reputation is poor; if he helped her transfer, people might gossip about improper dealings between Deputy Factory Director Li and Qin Huairu.

At the critical moment of becoming a permanent employee.

There must be no mishaps.

On the other hand, there are other factors.

Deputy Factory Director Li looked at the Qin Huairu before him, feeling a surge of emotion; a middle‑aged woman in her forties with a wrinkled face had somehow earned the reputation of being the 'beautiful widow, the flower of Yagangchang'.

Is this damn guy a flower?

Calling him a flower is about as accurate as calling cow dung a flower.

"You're not here to ask for a job transfer, are you?"

Qin Huairu burst into tears.

Tears welled up and streamed down.

"Deputy Factory Director Li, I can't stay in the Ninth Workshop any longer; they say I'm dragging them down, I beg you to give me, Qin Huairu, a different post."

"I've heard about your situation; to you it's nitpicking, but to me it's the coworkers helping you. You've been in the factory three years and still haven't passed the junior‑worker test—how could I transfer you? That Liang Larui is now a third‑grade welder; she joined the factory with me. If I help you transfer, how will the coworkers view me? You've asked for a post change; if I don't help, I can't either."

Qin Huairu's face lit up.

Deputy Factory Director Li's tone.

It was clear he was going to agree to her request.

But as soon as Deputy Factory Director Li changed his tone, his words instantly plunged Qin Huairu from heaven to hell.

"I'll write you a note in a moment; go to the Cleaning Section."