Chapter 75: Mouse Trap

Now, whether Yi Daye is lying low or really just lying flat at the Garbage Disposal Station, it poses no great threat to He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu now just wants to take care of the Materials Section, to vent this anger properly.

After giving work orders in the canteen, he didn't leave but instead held a cup of tea and stayed to oversee things; any messy little problems could be resolved first by him.

The atmosphere in the Materials Section is actually not bad; I heard Lao Ma slapped He Yuzhu's face yesterday, and the Materials Section Chief specially patted his shoulder to praise him for doing well. The last time the cake incident made the Materials Section lose face, this is revenge.

"He has what face? Just a little blue‑collar worker, now he's become a section chief." Lao Ma, having received praise, got even more conceited: "When I have time, I'll go to the canteen to straighten him out."

The Materials Section erupted in approving shouts.

After lunch ended smoothly, He Yuzhu watched them tidy up, just about to go to the supply team when he heard a noisy commotion outside.

"What's going on? Is it just from being overfed?" He Yuzhu went out to look, and the arguers turned out to be Ma Hua and the Materials Section's Lao Ma.

Really, he walked right into the trap; He Yuzhu was still thinking how to deal with him, and he actually came to his door himself.

Ma Hua hurriedly told He Yuzhu, this Lao Ma really doesn't understand things; the canteen side is cleaning up hygiene, yet this Lao Ma actually wants to go sit in the back kitchen for a while.

He said he was a bit tired from eating.

"How so, you want to cause trouble here in the canteen?" He Yuzhu shoved Lao Ma with his hand, "Call your Materials Section people over, let's have a go."

Lao Ma stepped back a few paces; he himself knew that if they really fought, he definitely wouldn't be a match for He Yuzhu.

"You canteen just treat workers like this, not even giving us a place to rest." Lao Ma shouted loudly, hoping to draw onlookers.

He Yuzhu also saw what was going on; he slightly closed his eyes, already having thought of an idea in his mind, he stepped back a few paces and quietly instructed Ma Hua.

"You can rest wherever you like, just don't go into the canteen, or I'll whip you."

"I'll go wherever I want, you really can't control me."

Lao Ma felt He Yuzhu was backing down, and he increasingly felt himself formidable, though he didn't plan to go into the canteen, he became interested in the storeroom instead.

Last time it was also because of the storeroom issue, right? This time he's going there again to slap He Yuzhu in the face once more.

The storeroom had already been arranged neatly, basically no place to rest; Lao Ma pursed his lips while wandering around inside.

"Not even a bite to eat."

He suddenly noticed a bundle covered with a red cloth on the table near the door, thinking it was something tasty, he reached out to pull off the red cloth.

Just as he touched the red cloth, he heard a snap, and Lao Ma instantly yelled in pain; underneath the red cloth was a prepared mousetrap, which snapped onto him when he touched it.

Amid the wailing, he felt as if some great force had yanked him out; when he came to, he found himself lying on the ground outside the storeroom.

All around, many from the canteen were watching.

"He Yuzhu, you actually put a mousetrap in the storeroom, I'm going to report you to the leaders!" Lao Ma was in so much pain tears came out.

"Go ahead, what are you doing for no reason in our canteen's storeroom? Mousetraps are just light." He Yuzhu snorted, "I think your hands aren't clean."

Upon hearing that, Lao Ma immediately burst into curses, saying He Yuzhu was slandering him, that he would go report him to the leaders, and despite the mousetrap on his hand, he still used his other hand to shove He Yuzhu.

"Where have all the canteen people gone, letting someone come up to our door?" He Yuzhu shouted toward the back, "What are you waiting for? Hurry up and act!"

The canteen aunties swarmed out from the canteen, started scratching Lao Ma; after a bout of heart‑rending shouting, Lao Ma crawled out of the crowd and bolted, trying to flee to the Materials Section.

Ma Hua, leading people, had already blocked the front; in a few moves he tied Lao Ma up with rope.

"Master, is this old brat not awake, daring to come here alone to cause trouble?" Ma Hua untied his own belt, "Let's hang him up and give him a whipping."

He Yuzhu smiled slightly, saying: "Don't mess around here; take him to the Security Section, say he was loitering in the canteen with ill intent, guarantee his safety along the way, and make sure the angry crowd doesn't beat him to death."

Understood!

Ma Hua swung his belt at Lao Ma twice, to keep him honest on the way; if he dared to run, he'd break his dog legs.

When the Materials Section Chief arrived at the Security Section, he was utterly shocked; Lao Ma, who had been fine during lunch, was now covered in wounds.

"How did this happen?"

"They said he went to the canteen to steal something, got caught in the mousetrap, then clashed with the canteen people, and on the way ran into an angry crowd."

"Do you believe that? Hurry up and catch the culprit."

"Catch people? We're supposed to catch thieves."

Lao Ma, face full of sorrow, told the section chief to quickly think of a way; he wasn't a thief, had no ill intent, just had finished eating and was strolling around the canteen area.

"I'll think of a way." The Materials Section Chief sighed.

We can only have the wicked one file a complaint first.

When he arrived at the Factory Director's office and saw He Yuzhu already seated there, before he could speak, the Factory Director launched into a stern scolding.

"What are you doing, how did you become Materials Section Chief, your subordinate actually went to the canteen storeroom to steal things—aren't you folks fed enough?"

"Factory Director, Lao Ma definitely wouldn't steal anything," the Materials Section Chief hurriedly said, "He just wanted to find a place to rest, and He Yuzhu using a mousetrap on him is really vicious."

"Overfed and looking for a place to rest in someone else's storeroom." The Factory Director barked, "Do you think anyone would believe that excuse?"

He Yuzhu also stood up to tell him, that mousetrap of his was prepared to catch mice; the mice in this warehouse are already as big as a dou, and if he didn't set traps, they'd probably become spirits in a few days.

What can we do? Faced with the pressing He Yuzhu, the Materials Section Chief sweated profusely; it's all that damned Lao Ma's fault for provoking the canteen side—people will surely deal with him.

Why did I come here with a hot head, unable to help, and still have to listen to the leaders' scolding? What a mistake.

"Well then, Factory Director, I'll go back and hold a meeting, making sure the Materials Section people learn their lesson."

"What about Lao Ma, then?"

"Just handle it however it should be handled."

He Yuzhu watched the shrinking Materials Section Chief and smiled; he was quick to sense the situation, otherwise he'd soon have him wrapped up. Lao Ma also carries some weight in the Materials Section; dealing with him could also make the Materials Section clear‑headed.

"Zhuzi, what do you say we do about Lao Ma?"

"How to handle it, just handle it."

Upon hearing the Security Section Chief relay the leaders' orders, Lao Ma's mind grew a bit muddled, and his heart instantly lost its confidence.