Chapter 163: Director Li: He's My Brother

Liu Haizhong never expected that a brief report would get him promoted; he really hit the jackpot.

He said excitedly:

"Director Li, I, I have something to tell you."

"If you give me a heavy role, I will be loyal only to you."

Li Huaide: "Fine, then it's settled."

"Go back first, ah, don't say anything yet."

"I'll convene the office tomorrow and announce this."

"I'll also hand the factory security department over to a pure Working Class like you to lead."

"Replace those disobedient people."

Liu Haizhong: "Rest assured!"

"From now on I will only follow your orders."

"By the way, Director Li, the Lin in our courtyard, Lin Shengli, who used to be the head of the second technical section at our factory, I think he might have an issue."

Li Huaide frowned: "He's my brother!"

Liu Haizhong hurriedly said: "Well, then he has no problem."

Li Huaide: "Remember, you must not touch him."

Liu Haizhong: "I know, I know."

Liu Haizhong had already planned that after Li Huaide announces this tomorrow, he will return and convene a full‑court meeting, remove Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bu Gui, and become the only Eldest Uncle in the Siheyuan.

From then on, the Siheyuan will be his to decide.

Siheyuan.

Shazhu was sitting at home daydreaming when a woman's voice suddenly sounded:

"Sister, aunt, I'm here."

Shazhu hurried to the windowsill and looked out, seeing Qin Jingru walk into the Zhongyuan.

He felt a sudden thump in his heart.

He went to the doorway, watched Qin Jingru enter Qin Huairu's house, blinked several times rapidly, and muttered to himself:

"There is fate that brings us together from a thousand miles..."

"Patience is a virtue; you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry—wait, wait, don't be anxious, Shazhu, you shouldn't be anxious."

"Wait until Qin Huairu returns, feel out the situation, then we'll talk."

He thought Qin Jingru had come to find him.

He hadn't considered that Qin Jingru was just out for a stroll, also hoping to meet Zheng Juan.

The latter was the main purpose.

She wanted to try befriending Zheng Juan.

Of course, this was also with Lin Shengli's consent.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have dared to come.

Yesterday Qin Jingru went to the hospital for a check‑up and is already more than two months pregnant.

Now Zheng Juan, Lou Xiao'e, Chen Xueru and others have become close sisters, and Lin Shengli also hopes Qin Jingru can become good sisters with Zheng Juan.

After all, they are all his women.

However, he hasn't yet won over Chen Xueru.

Mainly because he doesn't want to take the initiative.

He just goes with fate, not forcing anything.

Of course, Zheng Juan doesn't know that Lin Shengli has other women outside.

Qin Jingru came with a lot of things, and Jia Zhangshi was overjoyed.

Pretending to scold: "You said you'd come, so come, and bring so many things."

"Not a lot of money, right?"

Qin Jingru: "It's fine, I just came to see my sister, not much money."

Jia Zhangshi looked her up and down and asked:

"Jingru, have you found a partner in the city?"

Qin Jingru: "Oh, aunt, um, I now work at Hongxing Textile Factory, and the salary's pretty good."

Jia Zhangshi: "No wonder, you spend so lavishly."

"Look at what you're wearing all over, especially those leather shoes on your feet, clack‑clack, rare in the city—hardly a country person's look."

Qin Jingru: "To be honest, I'm already a city dweller now."

Jia Zhangshi, with a face full of envy and jealousy, said: "You, you've already become a city person?"

She still has a rural household registration.

How did Qin Jingru become a city dweller then?

Qin Jingru smiled: "I work at the textile factory, so of course the household registration had to be transferred."

Jia Zhangshi: "Great, who helped you? Your partner?"

Qin Jingru smiled without replying.

Jia Zhangshi: "So you still don't have a partner?"

"Not that, you wouldn't be thinking of going back to a former love, would you?"

"Is it because of Shazhu?"

Qin Jingru smiled: "What do you think?"

Jia Zhangshi: "Shazhu is not stupid, really."

Whoever he treats well, that's sincere.

If you follow him, your whole family will benefit.

Qin Jingru raised her eyebrows: "I used to want to become a city person, so I was eager to find a city person as a partner."

Now I've become a city person; do you think I still think about Shazhu?

Jia Zhangshi thought for a moment and said: "But Shazhu's salary is high; if you two are together, that's a dual-income family, and life will only get better in the future."

Qin Jingru: "I heard that Shazhu can only receive a modest living allowance for the next two years; after two years, if he's still working as a cook at the steel mill, his wages will be calculated from that of an apprentice."

In other words, Shazhu's salary is currently not higher than mine.

Jia Zhangshi stared: "You, you—how do you know all that?"

Qin Jingru: "I know a lot more than that."

Jia Zhangshi: "But Shazhu has skills; he often goes out to cook for people."

Qin Jingru: "Do you think I still care about these leftovers?"

Jia Zhangshi: "That's also true."

Jia Zhangshi still wanted to matchmake Qin Jingru with Shazhu.

In that case, Shazhu couldn't keep thinking about Qin Huairu.

She always felt that Qin Huairu had already betrayed the Jia Family.

Jia Zhangshi thought for a moment and said:

"Actually, your older cousin also did it for your own good, that's why she introduced you to Shazhu."

"Because you're relatives—she wouldn't do it for anyone else's good, right?"

"I'm telling you, Shazhu is only temporary, but his skills are truly not just talk."

"The factory leaders all like his dishes."

"If you follow him, then we can also benefit."

Just then, Shazhu appeared within Jia Zhangshi's line of sight.

Shazhu did that on purpose as well.

He knew Qin Jingru was at Qin Huairu's home.

All one could see was him carrying a net bag with a lunch box, standing there, pretending to brush dust off his clothes.

Jia Zhangshi hastily stood up and said:

"Look, Shazhu."

Qin Jingru turned her head, looked, and laughed.

Jia Zhangshi: "He's going to work."

"Although he only gets a modest living allowance now, he brings back leftover dishes every day."

"If you follow him, you'll really never go hungry again."

"Of course I also know you have a salary now, but saving even a little helps."

"Moreover, the leftover dishes Shazhu brings back are really delicious."

"Ah, being a cook is good precisely because of the freedom."

"In the morning, he gets up a bit earlier."

"This, in the afternoon, he goes on time."

"After cooking, he comes back."

"If there's no overtime at the factory at night, he'll be back in a short while."

Qin Jingru: "Auntie, I came today to see my sister; I didn't ask you to set me up with someone."

"A good horse doesn't eat grass it has already passed."

Jia Zhangshi didn't believe: "You, in front of me, stop pretending, don't be shy."

"Even aunties understand that."

Qin Jingru, speechless: "Auntie, you sit; I'll go out for a stroll."

Jia Zhangshi: "Hey, don't get lost again."

Qin Jingru: "No worries, I'll just stroll around the courtyard."