Chapter 181: Mass Disturbance

Su Ruo and they came out of the police station, and when they returned to the siheyuan it was already late; Zhou Feng was waiting at the door and said to Su Ruo, "Let's talk."

Su Ruo knew that everything she had done would certainly not be hidden from Zhou Feng, because Zhou Feng would come to find her, and Su Ruo was not at all surprised.

The two went together to the study; as soon as they entered, Zhou Feng got straight to the point and asked: "Was the fire at Li Furén's warehouse set by you?"

Yes.

Regarding Su Ruo's answer, Zhou Feng was still a little surprised, because he knew that Su Ruo had always been very guarded.

So Zhou Feng didn't expect that Su Ruo would admit it so easily: "Why are you telling me?"

Su Ruo smiled and said: "We're friends, aren't we? And I know you won't harm me."

Su Ruo's saying "we are friends" greatly moved Zhou Feng's heart.

Only Zhou Feng knew how hard it was to obtain that one word "friend" from Su Ruo.

But they were not people who showed their emotions much, so they just exchanged a smile, and Zhou Feng continued:

You burned Li Furén's warehouse; with his vengeful nature, he will definitely not let it go—what do you plan to do next?

When Li Furén was mentioned, Su Ruo's eyes turned slightly cold: "If others don't offend me, I won't offend them; if they offend me, I will eradicate them completely."

Zhou Feng understood Su Ruo; knowing she said that, she had the confidence to deal with Li Furén, just as she could burn his warehouse without anyone knowing.

Zhou Feng didn't ask Su Ruo what she planned to do, but said: "Take care of yourself; if you need anything, come find me anytime."

Upon hearing Zhou Feng's words, Su Ruo's smile grew brighter: "I thought you would advise me to obey the law and show mercy."

Zhou Feng said with a solemn expression: "If I can't even protect my own relatives and friends, how can I talk about looking after the people."

Moreover, when dealing with scum like Li Furén, it is sometimes necessary to use extreme measures.

Most importantly, Zhou Feng knew that although Su Ruo appeared cold on the outside, her heart was kind, and he knew she would never harm anyone without reason.

No matter what she does, Su Ruo will always uphold her principles and will never harm the innocent.

After Su Ruo finished talking with Zhou Feng, the next day when she went to the clothing factory, she found the factory gate surrounded by a crowd.

Wei Ming was surrounded in the middle, letting these people shout until they were frazzled; upon seeing Su Ruo, he seemed to finally find his backbone and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's going on?" Su Ruo asked the troublemakers, her face icy.

Wei Ming said somewhat guiltily: "I have already paid out their wages and severance compensation in full; I didn't expect them to come cause trouble."

As soon as Wei Ming's words fell, a group of people immediately clamored: "You are the new factory manager of the clothing factory, aren't you!"

We are all former employees of the clothing factory; we have worked diligently for it, selling half our lives for it; you cannot say you are kicking us out and then actually kick us out, giving us no means of survival.

Someone immediately echoed: "Exactly, we all have elders above and children below, relying on this little money to survive; if you fire us now, you are sending us to our deaths."

Someone else shouted even louder: "The factory belongs to all of us; no one dare think of driving us out."

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Because of these people's incitement, the surrounding workers all became emotionally agitated.

Su Ruo coldly observed all this, silently noting down the few people who were causing the most trouble.

Su Ruo has an excellent memory, so she immediately recognized that these few people shouting the loudest were exactly the ones who had led the trouble on her first day at the clothing factory.

If Su Ruo didn't guess wrong, they should be Li Furén's people, coming here today presumably at his behest.

Seeing these people shout louder and grow fiercer, Wei Ming became increasingly anxious.

His superiors had tasked him with handling the factory's and workers' aftermath; now that he had paid out the money, he had mishandled things to this extent, making him feel guilty toward his superiors and even more so toward Su Ruo.

Objectively speaking, the severance pay given by the clothing factory is already high compared to other factories, but things often go this way: human greed is never satisfied, like a snake trying to swallow an elephant.

"If you still want to keep working here in the future, then quiet down right now; anyone who continues to cause trouble will never be hired by our Xia Hua Clothing Factory."

At this moment, the aura emanating from Su Ruo made it impossible for anyone to ignore,

Su Ruo's voice was not loud, but after she finished speaking, the noisy scene immediately fell silent.

Everyone turned to look at Su Ruo; the ringleader of the troublemakers, seeing this, immediately said:

"Who are you?! Why should we listen to you?! I tell you, if you don't arrange work for us today, we won't leave."

His few lackeys also immediately echoed: "Shunzi Ge is right; if we don't get work, nobody will have a good time."

Su Ruo stared at those few people and told Wei Ming: "Take down their names; from now on, those few will never be allowed to set foot in the clothing factory again."

"On what basis!" Shunzi immediately demanded angrily.

"Just because I am the owner of the clothing factory; my factory will never accept trash."

After Su Ruo finished speaking, she didn't look at him again, but turned to the others and said: "I am the person in charge of Xia Hua Clothing Factory; surely some of you have heard of the Xia Hua brand."

I also won't hide it from everyone: I bought this factory because, as sales increased, my original workshop was no longer sufficient.

And I want to increase production; factory buildings and equipment alone are definitely not enough—the most important factor is manpower.

I now solemnly announce that, starting today, our Xia Hua Clothing Factory will recruit five hundred employees, with priority given to those with work experience.

I hereby solemnly promise that all employees we hire will receive wages twenty percent higher than before, and will also receive bonuses based on work performance.

However, there is one condition: for those who engage in mass disturbances and their families, our clothing factory will absolutely never hire them.

Those who wish to sign up, please line up here.

As soon as Su Ruo said that, it immediately shocked everyone; in the face of such great benefit, the small group that Shunzi and his companions had painstakingly formed instantly collapsed.

Even if some still wanted to cause trouble, their relatives and friends immediately pulled them away; facing the threat, even if they themselves weren't afraid of being jobless, their families were afraid!

Nobody wants to be implicated.

Furthermore, most of these people did not truly want to cause trouble; they were suddenly unemployed, making them anxious about the future and eager to obtain a job opportunity.

Shunzi and his companions never expected that, after expending half a day's effort, they would be defused by just a few words from Su Ruo.

Seeing everyone go line up to register, Shunzi and his companions found themselves alone; they immediately threw themselves on the ground, wailing and rolling: "What right do you have to deny us work? Without work we'll starve to death; anyway, we're all going to die, so we might as well not live."

But before they could utter a few wails, several uniformed staff members lifted them up from the ground.

Shunzi and his companions were only arrogant in front of Su Ruo; upon seeing the police, they immediately panicked and shouted: "I haven't broken any law—what right do you have to arrest me."

The police officer immediately scolded, saying: "How dare you claim you didn't break the law while causing a disturbance in a crowd—you all come with me to the Police Bureau!"

Seeing this, the bystanders instantly became even more afraid to cause trouble, all lining up neatly, with not a single person cutting in.