Chapter 372

After Yushui got married.

Shazhu had finally put an end to a lingering worry.

I don't know whether it's because there's one fewer person.

In the past, looking at the bustling home.

Suddenly.

Felt a bit bored.

Before Liu Jianguo married He Yushui, he had to come three times a day—once in the morning, once in the afternoon, and once at night; after marrying He Yushui, he didn't appear in the courtyard for two straight weeks.

Indeed, that old saying proved true.

Newlyweds in bliss.

As close as glue and lacquer.

Looking back, when Shazhu first married Yu Li, for the first two or three months he was listless, his face showing extreme fatigue.

Liu Jianguo must also have the mindset of a king who no longer attends court.

Understood!

Shazhu tried to calm himself as much as possible, turned his head and said a few words to Yu Li; the couple was just about to take advantage of Weiguo's deep sleep to have a good heart-to-heart chat.

Suddenly, a crackling sound came from beside his ear.

During this, there were also a few low sobs.

No need to ask.

Surely it's An Jiahe in the house again teaching Qin Huairu how to behave.

Papapa is the sound produced when a big slap lands on the face; depending on the force and other factors, the sound can be high or low. The low sob is Qin Huairu's protest after being struck.

The neighbors have also grown accustomed to it.

As the old saying goes.

A bad millstone needs a bad person to push it.

Inside Yagangchang, Qin Huairu, who has sucked countless blood, needs a wicked person like An Jiahe to deal with her.

Since Guo Da Piezi's wife brought people to block the door demanding an explanation, An Jiahe seemed to become another person, coming home each night to give Qin Huairu two slaps.

Don't say it.

Two slaps land.

In Yagangchang, Qin Huairu became very honest, no longer approaching men; even when men helped pay meal tickets and food money, she learned to refuse.

This is all thanks to An Jiahe.

However, when the neighbors mention An Jiahe, they often involuntarily suck in a breath of cold air from the bottom of their hearts.

Outwardly, An Jiahe appears refined and gentle; judging by his looks alone, he truly does not seem like the type of man who would strike a woman.

But An Jiahe's daily, unyielding slap greeting leaves them no choice but to believe it.

In the end, everyone came to agree on a fact.

The reason An Jiahe has become what he is today is largely due to Qin Huairu, who personally unleashed the demon within his heart.

The true fact that Qin Huairu cannot accept.

That she is slapped with a big palm every day.

Yet these neighbors in the courtyard all side with An Jiahe, firmly saying that all this is Qin Huairu's own doing.

……

Hou Yuan Liu Family

Listening to the commotion in Zhong Yuan

Liu Haizhong, whose mood was neither good nor bad

Looking at the wine cup set before him and adopting a cautious posture while listening to the movements next door of Liu Guangfu's wife, his own wife felt a surge of grief like a rabbit's death

This period of time

Liu Haizhong more or less figured out the situation

When facing certain people or things, sometimes even if you are their biological father, acting shamelessly, being unreasonable, or using corporal punishment leaves no room to employ them; or else they simply do not take such measures to heart

Liu Haizhong is a living example

He has been strong-willed his whole life

He subjected his two sons to over a decade of corporal punishment, thinking his old age would be happy and healthy, but he didn't expect that every family has its own difficulties

His eldest son, whom he doted on

After marriage, he moved directly into his father-in-law's house; outsiders mistakenly thought his eldest son Liu Guangqi had married into his wife's family, while the second and third sons bore a deep grudge against Liu Haizhong

Earlier period

The third son, Liu Guangfu, mocked Liu Haizhong's dignity, assigning him to clean the sanitation of Dayuan

He kept at it for over ten days, on and off

He finally obtained the third son's pardon with difficulty

Unexpectedly, the second son, Liu Guangtian, also rose to prominence, forming some sort of youth assault team at Yagangchang, appointing himself leader, and in that capacity gave Liu Haizhong a stern talking-to, causing Liu Haizhong to lose all face in the courtyard

Listening to the sounds of Qin Huairu being beaten coming from Zhong Yuan

Liu Haizhong felt he could no longer sit and wait for doom

He must counterattack

Going on like this

Liu Haizhong guessed he didn't even know how he would die

He originally wanted to use his connection with Shazhu to contact Deputy Factory Director Li through Shazhu, but considering Shazhu's relationship with him, he decisively discarded that idea and decided to go to Yagangchang early tomorrow morning to see Deputy Factory Director Li and request an official position

……

Yagangchang.

Li, the Deputy Factory Director who served as the factory committee chair.

He looked at the accusation letter in his hand.

He couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

What put him in a difficult position.

It wasn't the accusation letter before him, but the content written in it.

The anonymous writer, with neat handwriting, clearly set out the ins and outs of the matter in the letter, listing charges big and small—such as disrespecting the elderly, having some anti‑something activities, damaging the steel plant in some way, and so on—more than ten in total.

Each clause stabbed at his heart.

If it were someone else.

Deputy Factory Director Li wouldn't be so agonized.

Who made the accused person named in the letter his benefactor?

Shazhu of the Yagangchang cafeteria!

More than ten years ago.

If Shazhu hadn't given Deputy Factory Director Li face by going to Yagangchang to prepare a meal that pleased everyone, Deputy Factory Director Li wouldn't have won his current father‑in‑law's approval over this, and then married his daughter to Deputy Factory Director Li.

One could say that.

Shazhu is a benefactor on Deputy Factory Director Li's career path.

At this very moment.

Right before Deputy Factory Director Li's eyes.

The renowned chef Shazhu of Yagangchang has been denounced; the accusation is that he sullied the elderly's reputation, and it is bluntly said that such conduct is grossly disrespectful.

Demand that Yagangchang severely punish Shazhu.

The anonymous writer explicitly stated in the letter that he had written ten letters of this kind, and the first one was sent to Deputy Factory Director Li.

If Deputy Factory Director Li were to bend the law for personal gain, give Shazhu leniency, and not pursue his responsibility, the remaining nine letters with the same content would appear before the other leaders.

Deputy Factory Director Li was troubled!

Inside Yagangchang.

He fears nothing, because his father‑in‑law is the head of the department in charge of Yagangchang.

His father‑in‑law will not fall.

Deputy Factory Director Li will not fall.

The problem is that his father‑in‑law might fall.

Deputy Factory Director Li has heard more than once from his wife that his father‑in‑law has a rival who is always looking for a chance to topple him.

This accusation letter.

If it really fell into that rival's hands.

One can imagine that the rival would use this as a pretext to launch a full‑scale attack on his father‑in‑law; if his father‑in‑law fell, Deputy Factory Director Li would fall too, and Shazhu would naturally not be spared.

What should be done?

Deputy Factory Director Li stared fixedly at the accusation letter before him.

He was undergoing a fierce ideological struggle in his mind.

Just as he racked his brains but still could not make a decision.

The office door.

Was knocked.

A deep male voice flew through the wooden door into Deputy Factory Director Li's ears.

"Deputy Factory Director Li, I am Liu Haizhong from the Ninth Workshop; I have come to report the situation to you."