Chapter 118

This wasn't fainting from happiness at all; it was clearly fainting from anger.

The beasts in the Siheyuan knew this clearly, but they had always been accustomed to bullying the weak and fearing the strong. Now that He Yuzhu was a leader and in the limelight, naturally no one dared to provoke him, so they all spoke up one after another: "Yes, the Deaf Old Lady fainted from happiness."

For a time, everyone was discussing it in a hubbub.

"That, the Old Lady fainted from happiness, but staying fainted isn't a solution. How do we wake the Old Lady up?" Yan Bugui said anxiously.

The Deaf Old Lady had already tied herself to the Yan family. In Yan Bugui's eyes, the Deaf Old Lady was a cornucopia. Before squeezing out all the Deaf Old Lady's value, Yan Bugui didn't want anything to happen to her.

"Uncle Yan is right. I heard that boy's urine has a miraculous effect on this kind of thing. Uncle Yan, you should quickly gather the children in the courtyard, have them line up, and take turns peeing on the Deaf Old Lady's face to wake her up." He Yuzhu said loudly.

Yan Bugui's face turned black instantly, and he kept slandering He Yuzhu in his heart. Yan Bugui didn't want to do this kind of thing; once done, the Deaf Old Lady would definitely complain after waking up.

Yan Bugui only thought about squeezing some money out of the Deaf Old Lady; he didn't want to offend her, and even less did he want to spend money for her.

"Uncle Yan, you handle this yourself. Anyway, Director Wang has instructed that the Deaf Old Lady is under your care. You can't just sit and wait for her to die just to get her house early." After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he took Liu Lan and the others and walked away.

Yan Bugui was instantly dumbfounded. He didn't expect He Yuzhu to throw this hot potato to him and even use words to manipulate him, forcing him to save the Deaf Old Lady.

Yan Bugui didn't dare to really let people pee on the Deaf Old Lady. If he really did that, it would be strange if the Deaf Old Lady didn't turn against him.

Yan Bugui had no choice but to let Yan Jiecheng find a flatbed cart with great heartache, and he and Yan Jiecheng sent the Deaf Old Lady to the hospital.

Although Yan Bugui knew he could ask the Deaf Old Lady for reimbursement, it still pained him to take money out of his own pocket.

Seeing Yan Bugui take the Deaf Old Lady to the hospital, He Yuzhu felt relieved. Although he used words to manipulate Yan Bugui, he really couldn't sit by and watch something happen to the Deaf Old Lady. If something really happened to her, He Yuzhu would also have some joint responsibility.

After He Yuzhu returned home, according to the agreement, he took out corn flour and eggs and invited these people to eat here. Although Liu Lan and the others refused, they couldn't resist He Yuzhu's enthusiasm.

He Yuzhu directly used the excuse of testing the cooking skills of Liu Lan, Ma Hua, and Pangzi to force the six of them to stay at his home. He Yuzhu took out two large cabbages, some potatoes, one catty of meat, and four eggs, and asked the three of them to make a dish each.

Pangzi made a large pot of stewed cabbage with meat, Ma Hua made shredded potatoes with vinegar, and Liu Lan, seeing there were only eggs, made an omelet.

During this period, He Yuzhu constantly pointed out shortcomings and asked them to improve. At the same time, he gave Yan Jiekua twenty cents, who ran to the Small Tavern at Zhengyang Gate to get four portions of small salted vegetables and three catties of sorghum liquor to make up four dishes.

It wasn't that He Yuzhu couldn't bear to part with a few supplies, but that there were many people and many mouths, so he shouldn't cause unnecessary trouble if he could avoid it. Even so, Liu Lan's father-in-law and the others thought tonight was too extravagant.

Having wine, meat, and vegetables, and all in generous portions—if this isn't luxury, what is? Even during the New Year, it might not be this sumptuous.

At first, everyone was a bit reserved, but as two cups of wine went down, everyone slowly let go.

The beasts in the Siheyuan watched He Yuzhu's group eating and drinking there with envy, jealousy, and hatred, especially Qin Huairu, whose face was twisted with jealousy.

She, a person in her postpartum month, couldn't even eat such good food; why could those people?

Shazhu too, why didn't he bring such good food to her?

"Pillar, I am your Qin sister, after all. Is this how you treat your Qin sister?" Qin Huairu felt inexplicably aggrieved and resentful in her heart.

"I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat!" Bang Geng had smelled the meat when Pangzi was making the cabbage stir-fried with meat. Now, Bang Geng couldn't hold back and started howling.

Seeing that Qin Huairu didn't make any move, Bang Geng ignored his body that hadn't recovered yet and simply did a forward roll and then rolled on the ground.

Bang Geng howled for a long time, but seeing that Qin Huairu remained unmoved and Qin Mu looked indifferent, he lost interest. Gradually, the wailing became smaller. Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Bang Geng climbed up on his own.

After what happened last time, Bang Geng didn't dare to go to He Yuzhu's house much anymore. No matter how brave Bang Geng was, he was still afraid of getting beaten.

Qin Huairu looked silently at the noisy scene opposite, feeling sad and dejected. This kind of life was the one she wanted to live.

Qin Mu was silently tidying up the house. Things had reached this point, and thinking about anything else was useless; life had to go on. In fact, in Qin Mu's view, Qin Huairu's life was far from reaching the end of the road; at the very least, people wouldn't starve to death.

However, Qin Huairu wanted too much.

Compared to the desolation of Qin Huairu's family, the Deaf Old Lady was incomparably miserable.

The Deaf Old Lady really didn't expect He Yuzhu to dare to treat her like this. The Deaf Old Lady woke up on the way to the hospital; to be precise, the Deaf Old Lady hadn't really fainted at all, but had relied on pretending to faint to avoid this embarrassing situation.

The Deaf Old Lady felt very aggrieved. She couldn't show her true colors in front of Yan Bugui, and the anger in her heart couldn't be vented. The Deaf Old Lady's grievance could be imagined.

"Old Lady, are we still going to the hospital?" Yan Bugui asked when he saw the Deaf Old Lady wake up.

"No, go home." The Deaf Old Lady said through gritted teeth.

Yan Bugui knew the Deaf Old Lady was in a fit of anger, so he didn't say anything more and let Yan Jiecheng turn around to send the Deaf Old Lady home. The Deaf Old Lady cursed all the way, and Yan Bugui and Yan Jiecheng looked at each other, pretending they couldn't hear.

When they returned to the Siheyuan and passed by He Yuzhu's house, the Deaf Old Lady looked at He Yuzhu's house with a venomous expression. At this time, He Yuzhu's house was filled with clinking glasses and was lively and extraordinary.

The better He Yuzhu lived, the angrier the Deaf Old Lady became. In a fit of rage, the Deaf Old Lady fumed for a moment, then returned to her home sullenly.

The Deaf Old Lady couldn't help but curse He Yuzhu again. After cursing for a long time without feeling relieved, the Deaf Old Lady decided to give He Yuzhu a severe lesson to vent her hatred.

The Deaf Old Lady thought for a long time but couldn't think of a practical and effective way to deal with He Yuzhu. In the past, the Deaf Old Lady was only responsible for coming up with ideas, and everything could be operated by Yi Zhonghai and his wife.

Now, the Deaf Old Lady had no one available by her side. Even if she had the most brilliant idea, it would be useless without anyone to operate it.

Although Xu Damao had a grudge against He Yuzhu, he and the Deaf Old Lady were not on the same page at all and could only cooperate temporarily. Once things changed, Xu Damao could sell the Deaf Old Lady out in a heartbeat. Besides, Xu Damao wasn't home now.

Not to mention the Yan Bugui family; they might do things for money for some trivial matters, but once asked to do something that offends people, they definitely wouldn't do it.

Qin Huairu was an available person, but Qin Huairu was currently in her postpartum month and couldn't move at all.

In the end, the Deaf Old Lady decided to let Yan Jiecheng take her to find Factory Director Yang. In this way, she could not only deal with He Yuzhu but also take this opportunity to establish an image of having a close relationship with Factory Director Yang, thereby intimidating these people in the Siheyuan.

However, the Deaf Old Lady couldn't imagine Factory Director Yang's situation at all. Let alone dealing with He Yuzhu, whether Factory Director Yang could survive was a problem.

This is the disadvantage of closed information. Yi Zhonghai ate a bullet, Yi Dama ran away, and the Deaf Old Lady offended everyone in the Siheyuan, so naturally, no one in the Siheyuan was willing to pay attention to the Deaf Old Lady.

The Deaf Old Lady wasn't willing to mingle with them either, so she naturally couldn't get useful information. Furthermore, when Factory Director Yang had his second incident, in order to avoid public unrest, the higher-ups issued a blockade order. Except for a group of leaders, almost no workers knew that Factory Director Yang had another incident.

Early the next morning, the Deaf Old Lady got up early. In front of everyone in the Siheyuan, especially in front of He Yuzhu, she spiritedly and arrogantly let Yan Jiecheng pull her on a flatbed cart to find Factory Director Yang. Seeing the Deaf Old Lady offering money, Yan Jiecheng was naturally happy to agree, so he pulled the Deaf Old Lady to the Rolling Mill on the flatbed cart.

Everyone in the Siheyuan was shocked to see this, only then remembering that the Deaf Old Lady had a very close relationship with Factory Director Yang.

He Yuzhu, however, sneered disdainfully. Not to mention how much sentiment was left between the Deaf Old Lady and Factory Director Yang, just whether the Deaf Old Lady could see Factory Director Yang was a problem.

No matter how close the relationship or how good the sentiment, it's useless if you can't see the person.

After He Yuzhu tidied up, he went to the Rolling Mill leisurely. After arriving at the Rolling Mill gate, he saw the Deaf Old Lady and Yan Jiefang being blocked at the gate by the Security Section and couldn't help but sneer.

The Deaf Old Lady's high spirits were gone; clearly, the Deaf Old Lady had been given the cold shoulder.

The Deaf Old Lady clearly saw He Yuzhu. She saw He Yuzhu shaking his head and showing the Deaf Old Lady a look that was thirty percent disdain, thirty percent sneer, thirty percent smugness, and ten percent coldness.

The anger in the Deaf Old Lady's heart rose with a "Teng~".

"Jiecheng, let's go, go to the leader's family building. I don't believe I can't cure Shazhu." The Deaf Old Lady said viciously.

Yan Jiecheng naturally turned around and left. Anyway, the Deaf Old Lady was paying; the further he walked, the more money the Deaf Old Lady would give.

After the Deaf Old Lady arrived at the leader's family building and inquired, she learned that Factory Director Yang had been injured for the second time and his life was uncertain, and she was dumbfounded. The Deaf Old Lady still wanted to inquire about which hospital Factory Director Yang was in, but she was taken away by the investigation team and caught by the Security Section for interrogation.

Factory Director Yang was clearly being targeted. The Deaf Old Lady was openly inquiring about Factory Director Yang's information. The investigation team, holding the mindset of "rather kill the wrong one than let one go," caught the Deaf Old Lady and interrogated her.

As soon as Yan Jiecheng entered the Security Section, he explained the whole process clearly. The people in the investigation team were all human spirits and extremely professional. Seeing Yan Jiecheng's appearance, they knew this child was a somewhat stingy but honest child. Later, the investigation team contacted the Street Office, transferred Yan Jiecheng's information over, and after reviewing it again, found that Yan Jiecheng hadn't committed any crimes, so they released him.

Although the Deaf Old Lady was unrelated to Factory Director Yang's injury, the Deaf Old Lady's identity was complex, and her own problems were not small, so they detained the Deaf Old Lady for careful investigation.

The people in the investigation team wouldn't be as gentle as the people in the Street Office or the Police Station when interrogating people; they had no taboos.

No matter how old and cunning the Deaf Old Lady was, she was no match for these people and couldn't withstand their methods. The people in the investigation team didn't use cruel methods, but they were professional, and their interrogation techniques were the most professional among professionals.

Not long after, the people in the investigation team broke through the Deaf Old Lady's psychological defense. Not only did they investigate the Deaf Old Lady's identity thoroughly, but they also investigated all the evil deeds the Deaf Old Lady had done clearly, and even interrogated the fact that the Deaf Old Lady had faked being a martyr's dependent.

Through interrogating the Deaf Old Lady, the investigation team also interrogated some extreme things Factory Director Yang had done, including but not limited to, the Deaf Old Lady using the back door and Factory Director Yang using his connections to make Yi Zhonghai, whose level hadn't reached the eighth-grade worker standard, an eighth-grade worker.

The people in the investigation team were also very surprised, not expecting that this kind-looking Deaf Old Lady had actually done so many vicious things. Although these things were trivial matters, often the more trivial these matters were, the more they tortured people.

The investigation team mainly investigated Factory Director Yang's ambush and didn't have the power to punish the Deaf Old Lady, so the investigation team concluded the case regarding the Deaf Old Lady and reported it, letting the people above handle it.

As soon as Yan Jiecheng came out, he ran back to the Siheyuan quickly.

"Something big has happened! Something big has happened! The Deaf Old Lady has been caught! The Deaf Old Lady has been caught!" As soon as Yan Jiecheng entered the Siheyuan, he shouted loudly in a panic.

"What happened?" Yan Mu asked anxiously.

Yan Jiecheng explained the previous events in detail, and Yan Mu instantly lost her composure.

"Quick! Go to the school and tell your father about this." Yan Mu said hurriedly.

Yan Jiecheng hurriedly ran to the school to find Yan Bugui.

Inside the Siheyuan, those who had jobs had gone to work, leaving only the family members who didn't have jobs surrounding Yan Mu, chattering endlessly.

After Qin Huairu heard Yan Jiecheng's shout, she couldn't help but feel shocked and hurriedly asked Qin Mu to go out to inquire about the situation. After Qin Mu returned from inquiring about the news and told Qin Huairu the whole process, Qin Huairu's face changed drastically.

Qin Huairu had a vague premonition that she was about to lose the Deaf Old Lady as an ally.

In Qin Huairu's heart, the Deaf Old Lady was an ally to check and balance He Yuzhu. Qin Huairu was smart, and the Deaf Old Lady was old, cunning, and very shrewd. As long as Qin Huairu finished her postpartum month, the two would inevitably form an alliance for their respective interests.

Now, a sense of helplessness rose in Qin Huairu's heart. Qin Huairu was also puzzled: how could so many things happen while she was in her postpartum month? How long had it been? The originally great situation had instantly vanished.

However, no matter how many plans Qin Huairu had, it was useless. Qin Huairu couldn't save the Deaf Old Lady at all. The investigation team was an existence beyond Qin Huairu's cognitive level, and Qin Huairu didn't dare to provoke the investigation team at all.

Qin Huairu could only let out a sigh.

After Yan Jiecheng ran to the school and found Yan Bugui, he explained the matter in detail. Yan Bugui's first reaction was that the Deaf Old Lady was finished. Yan Bugui just wanted to instruct Yan Jiecheng to return to the Siheyuan and ransack some things from the Deaf Old Lady's house, but before he could speak, Yan Bugui suddenly thought of Yi Zhonghai's fate and extinguished this little thought.

Furthermore, even if Yan Bugui wanted to do this, reality wouldn't allow it. If Yan Jiecheng hadn't returned to the Siheyuan to shout, but had come to find him first, perhaps there would have been a chance to fish in troubled waters.

However, as soon as Yan Jiecheng returned to the Siheyuan, he spread the word about this matter. With so many pairs of eyes watching, Yan Bugui didn't dare to have the slightest movement.

"Jiecheng, you go home immediately now and lock the Deaf Old Lady's door in front of everyone. You must do it in front of everyone. I'll go to the Street Office to show my face now and ask the people from the Street Office to come forward. Even if there's no merit, there must be hard work. I hope I can restore my position as a Managing Elder." Yan Bugui said in a deep voice.

Hearing that there was profit to be made, Yan Jiecheng nodded happily in agreement.

The two immediately acted separately. After Yan Jiecheng arrived home, he immediately locked the Deaf Old Lady's room and the windows in front of everyone with Yan Mu.

Yan Bugui went to the school to ask for leave first, then rushed to the Street Office, explained the Deaf Old Lady's matter in detail, and mentioned his guess that the Deaf Old Lady had quite a lot of assets.

Only then did Director Wang of the Street Office feel the seriousness of the situation.

Director Wang first called the Rolling Mill Security Section. After learning that the investigation team had investigated the Deaf Old Lady thoroughly and reported the Deaf Old Lady's matter, Director Wang immediately brought people to the Siheyuan and sealed the Deaf Old Lady's house.

Director Wang knew that the people above wouldn't let go of someone like the Deaf Old Lady. Simply put, he sealed the Deaf Old Lady's house. Even if the Deaf Old Lady could come back, the Street Office had sealed the Deaf Old Lady's house, so the Deaf Old Lady had no way to retaliate.

After He Yuzhu returned to the Siheyuan from work, he learned about the Deaf Old Lady's matter from Yan Jiecheng.

He Yuzhu understood that the Deaf Old Lady came to find Factory Director Yang because she wanted Factory Director Yang to deal with him. However, He Yuzhu didn't expect that the Deaf Old Lady would steal a chicken only to lose the rice, bumping head-on into the investigation team and confessing herself in.

He Yuzhu almost laughed out loud.

Just as He Yuzhu was laughing happily, Director Wang of the Street Office, Station Chief Zhang of the Police Station, and people from the Rolling Mill Security Section came to the Siheyuan together.

(End of chapter)