Chapter 866

Just then, a young man of about thirty walked in from outside. He looked dejected, and as soon as he returned, he sat down on a chair. Wan Furong asked, "Xinhua, what's wrong? Weren't you supposed to be at work?"

This young man was Wan Furong's eldest son, Wan Xinhua. He picked up a cup of cold water, gulped it down, wiped his mouth, and said, "I've been fired."

Wan Furong was shocked. "What? You were fired? Why?"

Wan Xinhua said dejectedly, "As soon as I got to the construction site this morning, our project manager, Manager Wang, told me that our family lacks integrity. They don't dare use a worker who lacks integrity like me, so they settled my wages and told me to go home."

Wan Furong said, "How does our family lack integrity? On what grounds did they fire you?"

Wan Xinhua said, "It's all because of this house business. They said we're living in someone else's house and refuse to move out, and we're also making exorbitant demands. That's an act of lacking integrity. They're private bosses; if they want to fire me, who are you going to ask for the grounds?"

Wan Furong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. However, Wan Xinhua worked at the Haimin Construction Company, which was a private enterprise, not a state-owned one. It was simple for a private boss to fire a worker, and no one could interfere.

In this era, the Labor Law hadn't even been implemented yet. Besides, in people's traditional concepts, the relationship between boss and employee was free. As long as wages weren't owed, firing an employee was the boss's right, and it was only natural.

But this incident was a huge blow to the Wan family. Wan Xinhua's salary was the family's only stable source of income. They had no savings, so with this income cut off, how were they supposed to live?

Wan Furong paced back and forth anxiously. After a while, he suddenly remembered Su Xinghui. He pointed at Su Xinghui's nose and said, "You surnamed Su, you're the ones behind this, right?"

Su Xinghui shook his head and smiled. "This has nothing to do with us. You can only blame yourselves. Who would dare use someone who lacks integrity and reason? If he has an accident at the construction site and you go there to make a scene, how can others continue their work?"

Wan Furong glared at Su Xinghui. He didn't believe Su Xinghui's words. He was now convinced that this must have been their doing. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that Wan Xinhua was fired exactly today, and for some bullshit reason about integrity? What kind of bullshit integrity do you need to be a construction worker?

Of course, this was Su Xinghui's doing. He had called Xu Haimin last night and asked if there was a worker named Wan Xinhua at the Nanmen Street residential construction site. Xu Haimin naturally couldn't remember the names of every worker, so he asked Su Xinghui what was going on.

Su Xinghui told him the situation and said if there really was a worker named Wan Xinhua, he should fire him. Xu Haimin naturally agreed readily. This was too simple for him; he made a phone call to the project manager, and it was done.

This couldn't be blamed on Su Xinghui for being ruthless. To deal with such scoundrels, if you don't use some unscrupulous tactics, you really have no way to handle them. If anyone is to be blamed, it can only be the Wan family themselves for being unreasonable and making exorbitant, unrealistic demands.

Wan Furong said, "This must be your doing. You're not admitting it now, are you?"

Su Xinghui wasn't in a hurry now. He said calmly, "Whether this was my doing or not, first of all, your family was the one who did the wrong thing. People still need to have some integrity and some reason. Since you don't reason with others, why should others reason with you?"

Wan Xinguo glared at Su Xinghui and said, "So, you're admitting that this was your doing?"

Su Xinghui walked outside, saying, "Forget it. This matter was none of my business to begin with. Whether you move or not has little to do with me. If you're happy living here, then live here. I'm leaving. If you ever come to your senses, come find me again."

Wan Furong said, "I won't come to my senses. Do you think I'm afraid of you just because of this? Xinhua, go find work elsewhere tomorrow. I don't believe that in our Shangjun County, with so many construction sites, we can't find work!"

Su Xinghui smiled faintly, parted the crowd, and left the large courtyard. Behind him were complex gazes.

Wan Furong jumped and cursed, "Get lost! If you come again, I'll break your legs!"

Su Xinghui acted as if he hadn't heard and walked on his own.

Su Xinghui went straight to Zhang Kaishan's house and told him about his experience at the Wan family's place that morning. Zhang Kaishan laughed. "Xinghui, you're something else. You have plenty of devious ideas. His eldest son being fired—that was you talking to Xu Haimin, right?"

Su Xinghui nodded. "Yes. Such scoundrels—since he doesn't reason with us, we don't need to reason with them. Not to mention he just happened to be working at the Xu family's construction company; no matter where he works, I can ruin his job."

Zhang Kaishan said, "That's a ruthless move. What about the livelihood of his whole family?"

Su Xinghui said, "Since he doesn't reason, he should have thought of the consequences of not reasoning. He should bear these consequences. Besides, this is a corporate action of a private enterprise; it has nothing to do with us, right?"

Zhang Kaishan burst into laughter. He hadn't been in a good mood for the past few days, but today he finally felt relieved.

After laughing, Zhang Kaishan said, "But what if he stubbornly refuses to move? What if he goes to find work elsewhere?"

Su Xinghui smiled. "Uncle Zhang, don't worry. As long as he's still in Shangjun County, he won't be able to find work. Also, I think the court should play a role now. Sometimes, you can't just be soft; you need to be a bit hard, otherwise, people won't appreciate it."

Zhang Kaishan naturally understood what Su Xinghui meant. If the court exerted some pressure on the Wan family, it would be much easier to do the work.

Zhang Kaishan nodded. "Xinghui, you're right. Sometimes, you have to use both soft and hard tactics!"

Su Xinghui said, "Uncle Zhang, then I'll be going first. I'm heading back to Pengwan this afternoon. The Wan family's matter probably won't be resolved in a day or two. You have the court exert some pressure on them. Once their eldest son hits a few more walls, I reckon they'll come to us voluntarily."

Zhang Kaishan said, "Good, let's do that. Let's strive to resolve this matter before Hou Dali goes abroad."

At noon, while Su Xinghui was eating at home, he received a call from Lei Ming. Lei Ming told him that he had found out how Wan Furong knew the Hou family was returning.

It turned out that Wan Furong's son-in-law's classmate worked in the United Front Department. This matter was revealed when they were drinking together. After his son-in-law heard about it, he went to the Wan family and told Wan Furong.

As a result, once Wan Furong heard this, he treated it like a treasure, feeling they had the capital to blackmail the county government. He believed the county government would be anxious to have them move out, so he demanded a high price, wishing he could dig a well with one shovel.

After hearing Lei Ming's words, Su Xinghui finally understood the ins and outs. He held the United Front Department staff member who leaked the secret in great contempt. He immediately called Liu Xiancai and told him the staff member's name.

Liu Xiancai was also annoyed. Hearing that it was this person who leaked the secret, he agreed with Su Xinghui that they must teach this person a good lesson. ===== CHAPTER 868 =====