Chapter 2654

"You two big men are really tired. If it weren't for you two, I really wouldn't know what to do." Du Xiaochan said on the side.

"Sister Du, help Sister-in-law tidy up the things and settle down early. I and Big Brother will rest for a while." Shanzhu panted and arranged work for Du Xiaochan.

"Do I need you to manage, you blockhead!" Du Xiaochan rolled her eyes at Shanzhu in feigned anger, hummed, twisted her little butt, walked into the room, and helped Zheng Jie tidy up the bed.

"Hahaha..." Zhao Desan couldn't help but laugh out loud when he heard Du Xiaochan not treating Shanzhu as a person.

This made Shanzhu blush.

"Come, Shanzhu, smoke a cigarette!" Zhao Desan took out a pack of cigarettes and threw one to Shanzhu.

"Thank you, Big Brother." Shanzhu took the cigarette, smiled, and thanked him, and took out a lighter to help Zhao Desan light the cigarette.

The two big men, tired and panting, smoked and rested for a full twenty minutes. Zhao Desan looked around while smoking. This cabin could be said to be surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only a very narrow and rugged path wound toward here. The safety made Zhao Desan feel relieved. For Zhao Desan, the biggest burden now was Zhao Da and Zheng Jie. As long as they were settled, he could also rest assured and slowly investigate who was making trouble behind his back to deal with him.

After resting, Zhao Desan got up and went into the house to help tidy up. After everything was settled, he walked to the wheelchair, picked up Zhao Da, and carefully placed him on the bed. Zhao Da looked at Zhao Desan gratefully and said, "Brother, thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have... already been buried in the soil..."

Seeing Zhao Da's disappointed appearance, Zhao Desan smiled as if nothing had happened, "Hi! Brother, look at what you said, with such a good woman as Sister-in-law taking care of you, what are you afraid of!" When saying such words, Zhao Desan felt a bit uncomfortable in his heart. Although sometimes he felt that instead of letting Zheng Jie be dragged down by such a burden as Zhao Da, and Zhao Da living such a life that was not a man's life, it would be better to let him be liberated early, which would also be a liberation for Zheng Jie. A young and beautiful woman wasted her good time on a man who couldn't take care of himself, which was really a waste. But every time Zhao Desan saw Zhao Da's ashamed and helpless expression and heard him always say such words, his heart softened. After all, he was a life, and having such a wife as Zheng Jie who didn't abandon him was also a kind of blessing for him. And he, an outsider, what qualification did he have to deprive others of the power to enjoy happiness?

After everything was settled, Zhao Desan looked at his watch, and another morning passed. Being away from the unit for several days in a row, he was afraid that if people knew he wasn't working outside, it would have a negative impact, so Zhao Desan didn't stay long. After greeting a few people, he called Shanzhu aside and asked him to pay more attention to taking care of Zheng Jie and Zhao Da for a period of time. After arranging everything, Zhao Desan greeted them and left here alone in advance, walking quickly toward the outside of the mountain along the rugged path he came from.

Outside the cabin, Zheng Jie, who was cleaning in front of the door, looked at Zhao Desan's leaving back, her eyes overflowing with emotion and reluctance. And Du Xiaochan at the door of the room seemed to notice Zheng Jie's reluctance toward Zhao Desan. She rolled her eyes at her with the corner of her eyes, handed the bucket to Shanzhu, and said angrily, "Blockhead! Go get water!"

"I'm not!" Shanzhu smiled honestly while taking the bucket and turned to walk toward the water well more than ten meters away.

In this mountain gully, a few people started a new life.

On the way back to the unit, Zhao Desan racked his brains again to ponder who was making trouble behind his back. Why was it precisely at this time? Since it was aimed at himself, why didn't he come to the door directly, but had to attack Zhao Da? Sitting in the office, thinking of this groundless strange thing, he couldn't work with peace of mind.

Tong Xiaoli on the side had vaguely noticed that he seemed to be a bit wrong from his behavior of always going out these days. Seeing his anxious appearance this afternoon, she was even more sure that this young and promising leader had encountered some difficulties. Taking advantage of seeing Zhao Desan pick up the teacup, frown, and put it down, Tong Xiaoli walked up to pick up the empty water cup, helped him fill it with water, walked over and put it on the desk, and took the opportunity to ask, "Director Liu, I've noticed lately that you seem to be a bit wrong?"

"What's wrong?" Zhao Desan tilted his head and asked back.

"Anyway, I just feel that you've been a bit wrong these two days." Although Tong Xiaoli didn't know what Zhao Desan had encountered, she just felt that he was a bit wrong. From the initial prejudice against this young leader to gradually accepting this leader, and because of the gradual understanding of Zhao Desan, Tong Xiaoli didn't know why she slowly developed a groundless good impression of this guy. She really wanted to know about the difficulties he encountered and really wanted to help him.

Zhao Desan smiled as if nothing had happened, picked up the water cup and took a sip of tea, and said, "Nothing."

Seeing that he refused to tell her, as if he was still guarding against her everywhere, Tong Xiaoli was a bit angry for a while. She glared at him with that complaining look and said in a deep voice, "Director Liu, if you treat me as your assistant, don't guard against me in everything."

Tong Xiaoli's reaction made Zhao Desan feel quite surprised. He looked up at her pouting, angry appearance, was stunned for a while, and said with a laugh, "I'm not guarding against you. It has nothing to do with you. A friend of mine was beaten, but I don't know who did it. It's just such a simple thing."

Zhao Desan's understatement didn't completely dispel Tong Xiaoli's doubts. She looked at him suspiciously and guessed, "Is it a friend who is particularly close?"