Chapter 396: Liu Guangtian Rebukes His Father

It can be called the epitome of dog‑face changing.

Initially unaware of the truth, he still raised the banner of filial piety, hurriedly presenting two bottles of liquor to Liu Haizhong as a filial offering. After learning the truth, realizing Liu Haizhong was responsible for the toilet work at the steel mill, Liu Guangtian instantly changed his expression, staging a dramatic emotional logic from filial son to unfilial son. Those two bottles of liquor meant for Liu Haizhong were also seized by him in his hand; his facial expression carried a sneer that Liu Haizhong was unworthy to drink this liquor.

A sudden scene.

Er Da Ma was left dumbfounded.

He uttered a rebuke.

"Guangtian, what are you doing? Pour the liquor for your father."

In Er Da Ma's mind, Liu Haizhong had been stripped of the team captain position, his mood was already foul, and as his son Liu Guangtian could bring back two bottles to show filial piety.

This also served to comfort Liu Haizhong.

As a result, he ended up gripping the two bottles of liquor in his hand.

Obviously, he wouldn't let Liu Haizhong drink it.

He was incensed.

He even glared at his own son.

On the contrary, Liu Haizhong saw the situation clearly, knowing he had fallen from grace and been bullied by petty people, and even let his son ride on his head.

He let out a dismissive snort.

He glanced at Liu Guangtian askance.

This was the only way for Liu Haizhong, as a father, to maintain his dignity before Liu Guangtian; he had not yet fallen to the point of bowing his head to his son.

"What else can I do? This liquor is for my father who is the team captain, not for my father who handles toilet work, old man. I just don't understand—what did Shazhu do to offend you? Why do you insist on not letting it go with Shazhu?"

Liu Guangtian was full of complaints.

He had to vent.

He imagined himself going to the factory tomorrow.

What kind of outcome it would be.

When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact.

As Liu Haizhong's son, he hadn't enjoyed any blessings; instead, he was implicated by Liu Haizhong.

The fire in his heart.

Like a volcano that has built up pressure for years, it had reached the point where it must erupt.

"You became team captain, called for a meeting of the compound; as long as Shazhu is in the compound, when has he ever dared not to give you face? You requisitioned people's bicycles, they gave them to you, you should just honestly be the captain of the elderly team—why must you keep seeking trouble with Shazhu? Now it's fine, you've kicked an iron plate; not only have you lost your team captain position, but I, as your son, also suffer misfortune because of you. You're already in your sixties—can't you spare me some worry?"

"Guangtian, how can you speak to your father like that?"

"Mom, you're still protecting my dad—do you know what his behavior is called? It's beastly! You probably don't know: in the steel mill with tens of thousands of workers, what do they call my dad? They call him 'not human'! When you were team captain, people out of respect for your position didn't dare to cross you, but now you're not the captain anymore—you're just the person in charge of the toilets. Think about it: when you go to the factory tomorrow, how will those people deal with you?"

Liu Haizhong let out a long sigh in his heart.

His concerns in this regard.

Do you really think he hasn't considered this?

He has considered it.

Therefore he believed he must cling tightly to Deputy Factory Director Li's coattails, relying on Li's backing to play the fox borrowing the tiger's might at the steel mill.

How could he get Deputy Factory Director Li to look upon him favorably?

Only value.

Deputy Factory Director Li likes people who have value.

Liu Haizhong frantically curried favor with this person and that person inside the factory, intending to maximize the display of his own value.

He forgot the idiom 'when the rabbit is dead, the hound is cooked.'

The steel mill has been completely dealt with by Liu Haizhong; how can he continue to showcase his value?

A single sentence.

All of this is self-inflicted by Liu Haizhong.

What Er Da Ma couldn't understand, Liu Guangtian figured out in an extremely short time; the mere thought of being implicated made his head swell like a bucket.

Since the matter arose because of Shazhu.

It must also end because of Shazhu.

Although Shazhu is still a warehouse keeper, his friend Xu Daming took over Liu Haizhong's mantle, becoming the second-in-command after Deputy Factory Director Li.

Currying favor with Shazhu is equivalent to currying favor with Xu Daming.

Hatching such a scheme.

Liu Guangtian shouted at Er Da Ma, "I'm going to find Shazhu for a drink," turned to leave, but Er Da Ma grabbed him.

"Guangtian, when you go to find Shazhu for a drink, you might as well take the opportunity to explain to him: his bicycle was requisitioned by your father back then to support the work of the steel mill's Elderly Assault Team; if Shazhu wants his bicycle back, let him go to the steel mill and ask Xu Daming for it—it has nothing to do with your father, so why should your father compensate Shazhu for his bicycle?"

"What bicycle?"

"The Security Section of the steel mill says your father requisitioned Shazhu's bicycle; that bicycle now …"

Er Da Ma explained the bicycle matter.

He recounted it to Liu Guangtian in full.

Liu Guangtian, whose heart had already been seething, was now furious beyond measure.

It's all because of Dad.

Look at other people's fathers—they always leave themselves a retreat when doing things; look at your own father, who only looks out for himself and ignores the consequences, staging the act of a rabbit eating the grass beside its burrow.

The twenty-odd households residing in the compound.

All have been offended to death by Liu Haizhong.

Just now, upon entering the compound, I saw every household making dumplings, happier than during the New Year.

They are doing this to celebrate Liu Haizhong's removal.

The bicycle matter.

You really think it's that easy to get past?

What nice thing are you thinking about?

Liu Guangtian stared with a man-eating vicious glare, fiercely looked at Liu Haizhong, sat down opposite him with a plop, and raised his voice to give him a lecture.

"Dad, you really are my dad, I'm truly impressed with you."

He turned his head to look at Er Da Ma.

A look of helplessness.

This couple.

Perfect match.

Truly a perfect match.

Encountered a matter.

He always likes to think simply.

Yagangchang had Liu Haizhong resolve Shazhu's bicycle within seven days, clearly intending to vent anger for Shazhu, showing that Deputy Factory Director Li's relationship with Shazhu is not as simple as outsiders think; saying Shazhu offended Deputy Factory Director Li and was demoted by him to a warehouse keeper.

Usually.

Bullying those who have problems.

That's that.

But he insists on causing trouble for Shazhu.

"Mom, do you think if I go talk to Shazhu about the bicycle, he'll let it go? That bicycle, Shazhu has ridden it for several years, it looks about eighty percent new; after my dad requisitioned it, now it being twenty percent new is already not bad. Good bicycles are borrowed, bad ones are returned. My dad isn't even a team captain yet, so why shouldn't Shazhu care about this? According to me, you and my dad had better discuss this and buy Shazhu a new bicycle as compensation; otherwise, I won't have good days at Yagangchang, and neither will you and my dad."

Er Da Ma's face turned white from fright.

She thought that by pushing the responsibility away, she wouldn't have to compensate Shazhu's bicycle.

I didn't expect there to be so much involved; moreover, hearing Liu Guangtian's meaning, we have to compensate Shazhu with a new bicycle, a new bicycle plus bicycle coupons, it won't be less than three hundred.