Chapter 424: Deputy Factory Director Li, I have important intelligence

Shazhu, let's stop chatting here for today; I have to work.

So-called busy.

Actually just an excuse.

Worried that I've implicated Shazhu.

Yagangchang with over ten thousand workers.

Reduced to cleaning the factory area's sanitation.

Everyone treated Factory Director Yang like a flood and a ferocious beast; for over a year, Shazhu was the only one daring to step forward and talk with him.

Such sentiment.

Moved Factory Director Yang.

Too bad.

He is now a down-and-out former factory director who sweeps the streets; even if he wanted to compensate Shazhu, he is willing but unable, so kind advice has become the only thing Factory Director Yang can offer.

Having lived two lives.

How could Shazhu not understand Factory Director Yang's character? He realized Factory Director Yang was worried about himself, and then he spoke out that frank remark just made.

"I know what you mean; you're just worried someone will twist our chat into gossip. Frankly, I'd actually welcome them making up stories—if they could get me transferred out of Sihuocangku!"

"Shazhu, you really haven't changed at all; you're still the same as before. I'm worried some people might harm you."

"How much worse could it get? Tell me, does Yagangchang have any department more obscure than Sihuocangku? As for those people you mentioned, let them come find me—I'm a third-generation hired worker; I'm not afraid of them. If they report me, I'll give them a big slap."

"I'm worried about that person."

Factory Director Yang glanced at the sky.

His meaning.

Shazhu understood.

Deputy Factory Director Li.

From the moment Shazhu entered Yagangchang, Deputy Factory Director Li and Factory Director Yang have been locked in a deadly struggle; ultimately Li outmaneuvered Yang by a hair, becoming the top hand in Yagangchang, where his word carries weight.

Defeated, Factory Director Yang has become what he is now.

Factory Director Yang was worried that Deputy Factory Director Li would cause trouble for Shazhu, so he gave a friendly reminder.

Shazhu chuckled and fired back a question.

"Factory Director Yang, if you were the one who won, and I said a few words to your down‑to‑the‑ground rival in front of the workers, would you cause me trouble?"

The words are rough, but the reasoning is sound.

Factory Director Yang thought seriously, putting himself in that role.

He eventually reached a conclusion.

When do people ever care about an ant's feelings?

Already high and mighty, his word is law; moreover, Factory Director Yang has no chance of a comeback, so in this situation Deputy Factory Director Li wouldn't even consider him an enemy.

Assigned to Yagangchang to oversee factory area sanitation.

Nothing more than wanting to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys.

Shazhu, disregarding Factory Director Yang's status as a loser, chats with him openly; outsiders might think their chance has come, hoping to reap profits by reporting them.

In Deputy Factory Director Li's eyes, this clearly shows Shazhu's strengths; chatting a few words in public isn't some trivial matter, and using this affair better demonstrates that Shazhu is a trustworthy, close‑friend type. Putting himself in Yang's shoes, how would Li feel if he were in Yang's current position?

No one can stay on top forever.

There will always be a day of defeat and downfall.

At that time.

He also hopes Shazhu can, like today, chat a few sentences despite everyone's doubtful glances.

Put simply.

It's just a stratagem.

If their private chat were discovered, it would surely provoke another reaction.

Thus.

Factory Director Yang also felt relieved.

As long as he doesn't implicate Shazhu, that's fine.

"Shazhu, you're a cook who's stopped looking at recipes and started reading military tactics."

"This isn't for lack of ideas." Shazhu shifted his tone and said, "One day as a monk, one day striking the bell—I'll still honestly return to Sihuocangku; you take care too."

Before leaving.

Shazhu thought of something.

He handed over a book written by an old man from his satchel to Factory Director Yang.

Looking at the book in his hands, Factory Director Yang felt a myriad of emotions; with a grateful gaze, he watched Shazhu walk away toward Sihuocangku.

……

Seeing Shazhu and Factory Director Yang part ways.

Liu Haizhong hurriedly ran toward Deputy Factory Director Li's office.

Wanting to claim credit!

On the way he met Qin Huairu, who had come to find him to clean the toilet sanitation.

He ignored Qin Huairu.

He skirted Qin Huairu and kept running.

Seeing Liu Haizhong not giving her face, Qin Huairu chased after him, grabbing his buttocks, and the two entered Deputy Factory Director Li's office one after the other.

Without waiting for Deputy Factory Director Li to ask, Liu Haizhong hurriedly told him his purpose.

"Deputy Factory Director Li, I, Liu Haizhong, have important information to report to you. Just now, Shazhu and Yang Jianjun were talking on the street for seven or eight minutes. Before leaving, Shazhu even gave Yang Jianjun a book. I think Shazhu and Yang Jianjun are secretly plotting to overthrow your position at Yagangchang, Deputy Factory Director Li. I suggest we call the Security Section right now and arrest both Yang Jianjun and Shazhu."

Liu Haizhong feared that Deputy Factory Director Li would not notice his achievement.

He specially added a sentence.

"I saw this situation and came to find you right away, Deputy Factory Director Li. My feelings toward you, Liu Haizhong, are truly loyal and devoted. If you tell me to go east, I would never dare go west."

Qin Huairu, you bastard.

Upon hearing Liu Haizhong reveal such explosive information.

Afraid that Liu Haizhong would gain Deputy Factory Director Li's favor and be reinstated to his original post, she knew exactly how her so-called team leader position had come about.

Liu Haizhong is the only one who corrects his mistakes when he knows them.

He was reinstated to his original post.

Then his team no longer had any reason to exist.

Having experienced the feeling of being high and mighty, she naturally did not want to return to those downtrodden days of being harshly trampled upon. Qin Huairu still felt uneasy in her heart, worrying that Liu Haizhong would retaliate against her for the bullying measures she had imposed on him the day before yesterday and yesterday.

In her heart there was just one thought.

No matter what, she could not let Liu Haizhong succeed in gaining an official position.

Even if he were to gain an official position, it would have to be under her leadership.

Holding such thoughts.

She began to compete with Liu Haizhong for this merit that was fundamentally impossible to achieve.

"Director Li, I am Qin Huairu of the Yagangchang Mistake-Correction Team. The situation Liu Haizhong reported is being carried out under my authorization, and I am the one who told him to do so!"

Qin Huairu did not, like Liu Haizhong, use the title 'Deputy Factory Director Li' to flatter Li Huade; she used the title 'Director Li' and even deliberately winked at Deputy Factory Director Li.

She merely wanted to carry out a bit of seduction.

But she overestimated her own looks.

After working in the Cleaning Section for three or four years, plus the pressures of life, she was no longer the once-famous belle of Yagangchang; she had become a yellow-faced woman.

She almost scared Deputy Factory Director Li into vomiting.

He instinctively waved at Qin Huairu.

Liu Haizhong standing nearby, an inexplicable feeling welled up in his heart, and he thought to himself, women have an advantage over men.

Unwilling to accept it.

He offered an explanation.

"Deputy Factory Director Li, don't listen to Qin Huairu's nonsense; she has no idea about this matter at all. It is my, Liu Haizhong's, sole decision, and has nothing to do with Qin Huairu."

"Director Li, I authorized Liu Haizhong to do this."