Chapter 926: Pushing Down the Gourd Only for the Ladle to Pop Up

He Yuzhu greased his palms and was just about to sneak away when, unexpectedly, a large crowd of people surged out from the direction of the employee dormitory.

These people were originally on the day shift and were catching up on sleep in the dormitory; the shockwave from the explosion at the R&D center just now had shattered all the glass windows along the entire row of dorms, scaring everyone so much that they didn't even have time to dress properly before swarming out of the building to flee.

Watching the workers swarming out to escape, He Yuzhu had no intention of returning to the dormitory at all.

He had used a fake ID card when he first registered at the factory, and if he stayed, he would definitely be questioned by the public security officers; this was the perfect moment to run.

Just as he was about to blend into the crowd and slip away, a shout suddenly came from behind: "Wang Qiang! Where are you running to in such a hurry?"

He Yuzhu turned his head abruptly and recognized that the person calling out was the foreman who had taken good care of him on ordinary days.

He stepped close to the man's ear and asked in a low voice: "Foreman, is this an Electronics Factory or an Explosive workshop? The R&D center has been blown flat; we can't stay here, we'll definitely be questioned. Shouldn't we just run?"

The foreman's face turned deathly pale, and he waved his hands in a panic: "If something has really happened to the factory, running won't do you any good; your ID card is still inside the factory."

"If that experimental center is really doing some shady, illegal business, I've only been here for three days..."

After hearing this, the foreman was also a bit worried and finally told the truth: "I'll give you the bottom line: every time goods enter or leave that R&D center, they are all in tightly sealed box trucks. No one knows what exactly is inside."

He Yuzhu let out a heavy sigh and put on a pitiful look: "If a person is down on their luck, even drinking cold water will hurt their teeth. Looking at it this way, I'm afraid I won't be able to get back the hard-earned money I spent three days sweating for. Running away immediately is the best policy."

The foreman turned his head to look at the R&D building in the distance, which was still billowing with thick black smoke. His Adam's apple bobbed uncontrollably, and he was in a state of intense conflict: "But I finally managed to struggle my way up to the position of foreman. If I just leave like this, I'll have to start from scratch again in the future."

He Yuzhu saw that this man's vision was too limited and would affect his next move. He calmly reached his hand into his sleeve and pressed the detonation switch for the monitoring center.

Boom!

A deafening, thunderous roar exploded. The monitoring room next to the R&D building was blown to the ground on the spot. Building debris mixed with sharp, shattered glass splattered everywhere. A piece of glass grazed the foreman's face, instantly leaving a bloody gash; if it had been a little closer, his life would have been over.

He Yuzhu's reaction was ridiculously fast. While running, he opened his mouth and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Fellow workers, don't just stand there waiting to die... It's not worth it to lose your lives here, run!"

The foreman was terrified by the blast just now; his face turned white, and he clutched his face and ran for his life.

The remaining workers saw the two leaders running for their lives and instantly collapsed into a rout. The dark mass of people surged toward the factory gate like a tide.

The workers who had been working in the workshops and those who had just been startled awake in the dorms collided into two streams of people. Several thousand people were squeezed into a clump, pushing and trampling each other; the scene fell into complete chaos.

The security guards at the gate originally wanted to step forward to block them, but facing the dense crowd, they were completely unable to cope and could only watch helplessly as everyone rushed out of the factory area.

During the run, He Yuzhu deliberately tripped himself and fell face-first into the dirt.

He took the opportunity to sit on the ground, clutching his left ankle and grimacing, pretending that he had accidentally sprained his leg, and limped to the outer edge of the crowd.

After confirming that no one was paying attention to him anymore, he immediately slipped back into the empty production workshop like a slippery loach, silent and unseen.

He had already planned it out: the production lines in the workshop were the latest equipment. If he transported them back to He Group, it would be enough to offset the cost of the Explosive he had just deployed.

The massive workshop was empty, without a single person, and He Yuzhu flipped the power switch.

The factory was instantly plunged into darkness.

He Yuzhu did not hesitate in the slightest; with lightning-fast hand speed, he collected the entire set of production lines into his space.

After finishing all this, he placed Explosive at key locations in the workshop, ran wildly until he was far away from the factory, and then firmly pressed the detonation button in his hand.

Rumble—

The earth-shattering sound of the explosion tore through the night sky. The entire production workshop instantly turned into a ruin, and flames shot up into the sky.

He Yuzhu immediately released a car and drove straight to the construction site of the Pudong Urban Complex.

He knew that the person in charge of this construction site was Hu Bayi, so he took out his phone and immediately dialed the other party's number.

After the call connected, Hu Bayi heard that someone was secretly sabotaging the construction site and immediately raised his voice, his tone full of anxiety: "Zhuzi, this is no small matter! How are we going to ferret out these guys who are making trouble in the dark?"

He Yuzhu reassured him: "Don't panic yet. I want to infiltrate the construction team to find the spy. You just need to greet the Manager here and say that you have a cousin who is at his wit's end and wants to work at the site. You don't need to intervene in the rest."

Hu Bayi said: "I will call Manager Liu immediately and have him arrange things for you properly."

"Absolutely not, you have to act like you are not very willing to manage this matter!" He Yuzhu instructed.

"Alright, I'll listen to you!"

After hanging up the phone, He Yuzhu disguised himself slightly and transformed into a simple, honest farmer over forty years old.

He wore an old green military uniform on his upper body and blue trousers with a patch on the seat.

At the Pudong Urban Complex construction site, the person in charge, Liu Yanzhong, sized He Yuzhu up.

Out of respect for Hu Bayi, Liu Yanzhong's attitude was quite polite; he took out a cigarette case, flicked out a cigarette, and handed it over.

He Yuzhu hurriedly took it with both hands, then fished out old-fashioned matches from his pocket, struck a flame with a 'snap', and respectfully lit the cigarette for the Manager first.

The moment the flame lit up, Liu Yanzhong lowered his head slightly to lean in and light his cigarette. He took a puff and a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth: "Working on a construction site, shoes like yours won't do. You must wear labor protection shoes with steel plates in the soles. If you step on a rusty iron nail and get tetanus, you'll be lucky to just have an amputation, and at worst, you won't even save your life."

He Yuzhu nodded repeatedly, a simple and honest smile on his face: "Thank you for the kind reminder, Manager! I don't have any technical skills, I just have some brute strength. Also, I want to earn quick money."

Liu Yanzhong exhaled a puff of smoke and laughed, "Earn quick money on a construction site? What are you thinking? By the way, what exactly is your relationship with Boss Hu?"

He Yuzhu scratched the back of his head and gave a silly laugh: "Our grandfathers were own brothers."

After hearing this, Liu Yanzhong laughed, "Didn't you want quick money? It's piece-rate pay for loaders, do you want to do it? It's just work like carrying cement and moving steel bars."

He Yuzhu's eyes lit up instantly, and he rubbed his hands, "I'll do it! I just like this kind of work that doesn't require using my brain. The more I think about things, the more confused I get; using brute strength is the most worry-free!"

Liu Yanzhong was amused by his honest appearance, shook his head, and cautioned: "You try working for two days first. If you can't handle the high-intensity physical labor, I'll transfer you to a lighter position. After all, you are the Boss's relative; I can't let you get worked to death."

He Yuzhu nodded hurriedly to agree, took half a step forward, and asked as if making casual conversation: "By the way, Manager, how many workers are there in total at this big construction site?"

Liu Yanzhong's eyes tightened suddenly, and a shrewd, cold smile hooked the corner of his mouth: "What, after all that, are you still someone sent by Boss Hu to investigate in secret?"

He Yuzhu waved his hands hurriedly, "Manager, don't misunderstand. I'm just a country bumpkin who has never seen the world. This is my first time seeing such a large-scale construction site, and I wanted to walk around so I could brag to my fellow villagers back home."

Liu Yanzhong already had doubts about He Yuzhu's identity in his heart, having preconceived that he was someone sent by the Boss to investigate. He immediately changed his attitude: "We have about two thousand workers at our site. You also have the surname Hu, and Boss Hu also has the surname Hu; as the old saying goes, you can't write two 'Hu' characters with one stroke. You don't need to work today; go get a hard hat and walk around the site as you please. If you see a position in any area that looks comfortable, tell me, and I'll help you transfer there."

He Yuzhu sighed inwardly that this Liu Yanzhong was indeed sharp-minded and had vaguely sensed that he was by no means an ordinary worker, only that he had misunderstood him as someone sent by the Boss to inspect.

Just at this moment, a large plume of thick black smoke suddenly rose in the distance of the construction site.

Liu Yanzhong's expression tightened, and he said hurriedly: "I have an emergency here and must rush over to handle it immediately. Please excuse me."

After the words fell, he strode away, rushing quickly toward the scene of the smoke.