Chapter 406: Liu Haizhong's Dream Shattered

Facing Deputy Factory Director Li's fury.

The only thing Liu Haizhong could do.

All he could do was to explain as much as possible; while explaining, besides acting pitiful, he shamelessly clung to Deputy Factory Director Li's thigh, saying he had no merit but had suffered, hoping Li would, out of pity for all the bad deeds he'd done for Li, take pity and give him a team captain position, dang dang.

For that team captain title.

He went all out.

It might also be because of a deathbed struggle.

After all, on the way here.

Liu Haizhong put on airs.

If he comes back looking all ashamed and dejected, the people inside the factory won't even say anything, but the neighbors in the siheyuan could tear him apart alive.

Just thinking about the ugly faces of Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi.

Liu Haizhong felt terrified.

He didn't want to end up like Yan Fugui, forced to leave.

"Deputy Factory Director Li, hear me out, hear me out, this is all a misunderstanding; others are jealous of me, they want to harm me, yes yes yes, that's exactly it, it's others sowing discord between me and you, Deputy Factory Director Li, damaging our trust."

Liu Haizhong, driven to desperation.

From his mouth came a rare word that displayed his cultural level.

Sowing discord.

"What explanation? Explain how you've been doing selfish things behind my back, Li Huaide? The supplies in the Yagangchang cafeteria—you, Liu Haizhong, take as much as you want, grab whatever you fancy; you really treat the Yagangchang as your own private plot."

Upon hearing Deputy Factory Director Li bring up the cafeteria matter.

Liu Haizhong then silently thought, 'Not good.'

A feeling of utter despair.

It instantly found Liu Haizhong.

During this period of his post, Liu Haizhong truly enjoyed days of eating mountain delicacies and seafood every day; the only shortcoming was that Shazhu, during this time, consistently refused Liu Haizhong's conscription, and when Liu Haizhong sent people to call him to cook for Liu Haizhong, Shazhu dismissed them with the excuse that he was just an ordinary person, not a cafeteria cook at Yagangchang.

This is also why Liu Haizhong couldn't forget wanting to settle scores with Shazhu.

I, fucking, have become the second-in-command at Yagangchang, second only to Deputy Factory Director Li; letting you, Shazhu, cook for me is a sign of respect for you, Shazhu.

As a result, Shazhu gave him a 2-0.

Liu Haizhong felt Shazhu had offended him, or perhaps Shazhu genuinely looked down on him, so he wanted even more to settle scores with Shazhu.

In the end, because his scheming against Shazhu failed, he ended up with a clean sweep loss.

"Pa" sound.

Several dozen sheets of paper were thrown by Deputy Factory Director Li onto Liu Haizhong's head.

"Liu Haizhong, you say I've wronged you—look at what this is? This is a report accusing you of embezzling Yagangchang cafeteria supplies, you bastard; you eat at the factory and still take stuff home—who gave you the guts?"

"Deputy Factory Director Li, I!"

Liu Haizhong, wanting to say a few words in his defense.

When his gaze fell upon a sheet of paper.

He was completely dumbfounded.

The handwriting on the paper.

He recognized it.

It was clearly the handwriting of Er Xiaozi Liu Guangtian.

His body began to tremble faintly, and his mood sank as well.

Everyone says raising children is for old-age security.

But Liu Haizhong's three sons are all talented.

The eldest son married a wife, emptied Liu Haizhong's savings; on the seventh day after the wedding, taking advantage of the late-night quiet, he dragged the things Liu Haizhong had bought for him and secretly moved them to his father-in-law's house; people unaware of the situation all said Liu Haizhong's eldest son had married into the family.

The second and third sons, who had enjoyed Liu Haizhong's upbringing from childhood, relying on their grown size and strength, crazily retaliated against Liu Haizhong's earlier corporal punishment.

The second son is just like the second son.

The third son is just like the third son's virtue.

Outsiders all say the Liu Haizhong family has bad feng shui; the father and his three sons are no good.

Now, to extricate himself.

He staged this play of righteousness killing kin.

Liu Haizhong suddenly wanted to cry.

He felt that as a person he was truly a great failure.

"Your two sons both sent in letters, openly cutting ties with you, this evil person; moreover, they explained a situation: during your tenure, you repeatedly sent people to have Shazhu cook for you, and you even demanded he make his signature dish; when Shazhu refused, you tried every way to cause trouble for Shazhu, Liu Haizhong—do you still have any sense of the greater good of the Yagangchang workers?"

"Deputy Factory Director Li, I was wrong; I just wanted to taste Shazhu's cooking, I had no other intention; you're magnanimous, treat me as a fart and let it go; I won't be team captain, I'll settle for deputy team captain, I'll be Xu Damiao's assistant."

Under someone's eaves, one must bow one's head.

Liu Haizhong, seeing the situation clearly.

Now he no longer hopes to be team captain; being deputy team captain would already satisfy him.

"Pa" sound.

What smashed onto Liu Haizhong's head was another stack of complaint letters.

"Liu Haizhong, I've discovered you're really a talent; I made you team captain to better serve the Yagangchang workers, but you've caused the Yagangchang to incur heaven's wrath and public resentment; in just sixty days, you've done many bad deeds."

"This morning alone I've received over a hundred complaint letters about you, Liu Haizhong; if I were to continue following your wishes and let you be team captain, I, Li Huaide, would be wrongfully acting as Deputy Factory Director of Yagangchang, and I would have served as this director for nothing."

"I am the deputy factory director for all Yagangchang workers; they have been wronged, so I must vent this anger for them—I don't know who gave you the courage to let this scourge of Yagangchang have the gall to come before me demanding office! Get out of here!"

He fiercely pointed his hand at the door.

The voice, like a howl, reverberated in Liu Haizhong's ear cavity.

It also let many people who happened to pass by Deputy Factory Director Li's office hear this howl.

Some people had actually come specially to gather information.

Yesterday Liu Haizhong's was rubbed.

It caused a sensation throughout the entire Yagangchang.

I had originally planned to have a good chat with Liu Haizhong today, but Liu Haizhong slipped away and hurried straight to Deputy Factory Director Li's office; the Yagangchang workers who have suffered from Liu Haizhong's toxicity all came up with their own answer.

Could it be that Liu Haizhong will be reinstated to his former position?

If he is reinstated to his former position.

The group they formed to settle scores with Liu Haizhong disbanded at once; those who ought to bow their heads should bow their heads, those who ought to admit defeat should admit defeat.

Conversely.

Continue their plan.

Although I didn't see Deputy Factory Director Li's face, his loud reprimand of Liu Haizhong already made the problem clear; the troublemaker Liu Haizhong in Yagangchang can henceforth only behave obediently in Yagangchang, tail between his legs.

Great good news.

The workers beneath Deputy Factory Director Li's office building, filled with joy, ran toward their respective workshops, shouting loudly as they ran.

"Good news, great good news, Liu Haizhong's attempt to seek an official position from Deputy Factory Director Li failed, and he was scolded by Deputy Factory Director Li with a torrent of abuse."

"Deputy Factory Director Li righteously refused Liu Haizhong's request for an official position, urging Liu Haizhong to face himself and strive to make an extraordinary contribution in an ordinary post."

"Liu Haizhong was kicked out of Deputy Factory Director Li's office!"

"Liu Haizhong is going to report to the Cleaning Section!"