Chapter 201: The Game Has Begun!

Li Xuewu nodded and said to his eldest brother, "Then let Old Biaozi go buy it tomorrow. Hey, how did it go at the Red Star Commune today? Did you get beaten up?"

Li Xuewen seemed not to understand the teasing in Li Xuewu's words. While fiddling with a soldering iron, he said, "Why would I get beaten up? Your sister-in-law was the one who got beaten. Sigh, this woman, heh~"

Li Xuewu didn't know what the "heh~" at the end of his eldest brother's sentence meant, but he knew his brother hadn't been beaten.

"That's good. With your physique, and them having two brothers-in-law at home... heh, if they really were to give you a thrashing, I'd only be able to beat up Zhao Yajun to vent your anger. Who told us to have a hostage in our hands?"

Seeing his younger brother talking nonsense, Li Xuewen glanced at him sideways and continued fiddling with the components in his hand, saying, "When I arrived at their house, my aunt's husband was there too. Your sister-in-law had already been slapped by her father and was crying right there."

Li Xuewen tested a component with a multimeter without raising his head and said, "Your sister-in-law kept repeating whether the favor was repaid or not. Sigh, she had nagged me about it before, and I told her that we brothers don't care about that, and our family doesn't either."

Li Xuewen swapped in another component to test with the multimeter and said unconvinced, "But those words of mine were wasted on her. Sigh, she doesn't listen to me. Now it's fine; she ran home and got a big slap. Now she knows how to listen."

Li Xuewu watched his eldest brother, whose focus kept drifting, and found it amusing. He teased his brother, saying, "If she doesn't listen, you should give her a big slap too. Go home and tell your sister-in-law, next time she wants to get slapped, why go so far? It's so tiring. She can get slapped right at home."

Li Xuewen tilted his head slightly, glanced at his brother, and said, "You go tell her yourself and see if your sister-in-law hits you."

Li Xuewen looked at his grinning brother and added, "My father-in-law only scolded her for being ignorant, but my aunt's husband understood her thoughts and explained to her what was going on with that Green Sheep. She, sigh, a woman is just a woman."

"She actually realized it herself. As soon as I entered the room and mentioned the tickets you gave, and urged me to buy her a bicycle, she felt embarrassed. She stopped crying. My father-in-law scolded and drove her out, and didn't even give her lunch."

Li Xuewu looked at his eldest brother with a smile and said, "So you two just came back?"

His eldest brother nodded only after soldering a component: "Yeah."

Li Xuewu leaned in to look at the component; his brother's craftsmanship was truly impeccable, and the soldering was excellent.

"She didn't eat, so you didn't eat either, right? How did you have the strength to pedal back? Did you two just drink the northwest wind for lunch?"

His brother's hand holding the soldering iron paused slightly. He looked at Li Xuewu in astonishment and only spoke after a long while: "Holy crap, it seems so. I rode the bike for a whole day today. So, your sister-in-law caused trouble, and I was the only one who suffered."

Li Xuewu stood up with a smile, patted his brother's shoulder, and said, "I have things to do, I'm leaving first. No need to lock the door; Grandpa will come to fill the stove in a while."

Watching his brother's expression of utter despair, Li Xuewu left the courtyard cheerfully, pushed his bike, and headed toward the Haizi Residence.

This was the usual time for people to get off work, but since it was Sunday, some families had already started dinner. The streets were filled with the fragrance of rice and steamed buns, mixed with the aroma of vegetables.

I don't know why, but after coming to this era, the rice in the pot smells so fragrant. When steaming rice indoors, you can smell it on the street; when steaming buns in the pot, that wheat fragrance can drift for two miles.

In later generations, supermarkets have all kinds of rice and flour, high and low quality, black and white, dazzling to choose from, but they just can't produce that fragrance anymore.

Li Xuewu entered the courtyard following the scent of the rice and steamed sea bass Lou Xiaoe had made.

As soon as he entered the room, he saw Lou Jie serving rice to the kang table. Seeing Li Xuewu enter, Lou Jie glared at him.

"Is your nose that of a dog? I waited for you on the left and you didn't come, waited on the right and you didn't come. I'm not waiting for you anymore; you only show up right at mealtime after it's done."

Li Xuewu cheekily took off his clothes and said, "This is called telepathy, and this is called arriving early is not as good as arriving just in time. How is it? Did you ask Mom for advice? I know Mom is an expert."

Lou Xiaoe brought out a platter of scallion whites, radishes, and dried vegetables from the kitchen, with a small bowl of meat sauce in her other hand.

"Why are you so gluttonous? It's good enough that there's food, and you're still picky."

Li Xuewu ignored Lou Jie's jab, knowing she was complaining about him being late and just looking for trouble. He chuckled, changed into slippers, and went to the washbasin in the outer room to wash his face and hands. It was the same way Lou Xiaoe first saw Li Xuewu wash his face—like a duck, splashing water everywhere.

After washing his face, he saw that the fish in the basin was gone, and there was only one fish on the table, so he knew Lou Xiaoe had gone home this afternoon.

He hung the towel on the indoor clothesline and sat cross-legged on the kang.

Lou Xiaoe put the bowls and chopsticks for two on the table and asked, "Want to drink a little? The wine my dad gave you."

Hearing it was from Director Lou, Li Xuewu said with a grin, "Since Dad gave it, let's have some. It'll be just the thing to liven up the night."

Lou Xiaoe rolled her eyes at Li Xuewu, warmed a cup of wine for him, and said, "Just drink this little bit, don't drink too much."

Li Xuewu looked at it—it was less than two taels. He looked at Lou Jie's expression and nodded: "Okay, just this much, I'll listen to you."

Seeing Li Xuewu being obedient, Lou Jie showed a victorious expression, handed the chopsticks to Li Xuewu, and sat on the other side of the kang table herself.

The two of them were like a married couple of this era: off work, sitting at the kang table eating dinner, the wife having warmed the wine, serving her man, and even picking out fish bones.

Li Xuewu tasted the steamed sea bass; it was truly delicious—fresh, tender, and smooth. On this warm kang in the winter, a bite of bass, a sip of wine, with a woman adding food and picking fish bones for him—what more could he ask for? All the fatigue of the day was in this wine.

After the meal, it was not suitable to exercise. Lou Jie served Li Xuewu by washing his feet and gave him a full-body massage to relax, and only then did the aerobic exercise that Lou Jie had been thinking about all afternoon begin.

Recently, Li Xuewu had been under a bit of pressure, so his temper was also high, and he especially needed a hearty aerobic fitness exercise to consume his own pressure.

This made Lou Jie a bit unable to handle it. Li Xuewu hadn't even broken a sweat, while Lou Jie was like a fish out of water, constantly opening her mouth and panting heavily.

Originally, the warm kang had a bonus effect, and coupled with those two taels of wine, it completely ignited Li Xuewu's passion.

The weather in the depths of winter is very cold. Nowadays, households paste a layer of window paper on the outside of their windows. Those who can afford it will cover it with another layer of cotton curtain, which is lifted in the morning. Even so, if the indoor temperature is not high enough, the inside of the window will form large ice chunks due to the condensation of water vapor in the room.

This problem wouldn't occur at the Haizi Residence. Wen Saner had stored enough coal for the whole winter, and now that the interior had been renovated, it was airtight, providing better thermal insulation in winter. Plus, Lou Xiaoe was willing to burn it, so the room was truly as warm as spring.

When it's warm indoors, you can wear less and engage in indoor fitness exercises beneficial to physical and mental health. It's not limited to the warm kang; the fun of human exercise lies in developing more positions, more locations, and more movements.

As long as you can use leverage—the edge of the kang, the cabinet, the back of a chair, in front of the window...

Only with a good physical foundation can you exercise longer and strive for the fitness cause longer. Li Xuewu's body was made of iron-like muscles; his foundation was good, he ate well, so he was full of explosive power when exercising.

Lou Jie had been pampered since childhood; her physical fitness was clearly not as good as Li Xuewu's, and her exercise rhythm couldn't keep up with Li Xuewu's movements. It was always Li Xuewu leading Lou Jie to exercise together, which allowed her to barely keep up with his rhythm.

"I can't... huff... huff... Xuewu... let's rest for a while."

Li Xuewu picked up Lou Jie, who was exhausted from the exercise, from the chair and placed her on the kang, and the two of them crawled into the quilt.

"Exercising the body requires a continuous process. Giving up halfway is a waste of effort. Lou Jie, you have to persist. Let's do it again..."

The lights at Li Xuewu's Haizi Residence were extinguished after 8 o'clock, but the small desk lamp by the kang stayed on all night.

In the early morning, there were households here at Haizi like Li Xuewu who kept big roosters at home, and Li Xuewu was awakened by this "cock-a-doodle-doo" sound.

This sound had magic. When Li Xuewu slept normally, he would sleep very soundly; usually, people couldn't wake him up. When he was lazy in bed in the morning, he was even harder to wake up. But the sound of this rooster crowing was like the gene of "dancing to the rooster" engraved in his bones. Hearing the rooster crow, Li Xuewu woke up.

He sat up and groped around the edge, but didn't see Lou Jie. Clearly, Lou Jie had already gotten up.

Women are such magical creatures. At night, they cry and shout that they are tired, but in the morning, they are still full of energy and spirit.

Men are different. At night, they shout that they are full of vigor and want another round, but in the morning, they are just as dazed and want to sleep a little longer.

He rummaged through the quilt but didn't find his underwear. He rubbed his eyes and looked out the window. It was a vast expanse of white; the whole world was silver-clad, as if he had suddenly arrived in a mythical world.

The evil wind that blew yesterday really brought a heavy snow today. Li Xuewu looked at the thickness of the snow on the windowsill; it seemed the snow was really not light.

"Wife, where are my underpants?" Hearing the movement in the kitchen, Li Xuewu shouted outside the inner room door.

Perhaps hearing that Li Xuewu was up, Lou Jie walked into the room carrying a rolling pin. Seeing that the person on the kang didn't mind the cold in the room in the morning, he was lying naked on the fire wall looking at the snow outside.

What a "dragging the gun in the snow, watching the snow while holding the gun"!!!

"Washed last night, a bit damp. I put them under the mattress for you to warm. See if they're dry. Aren't you ashamed? Put them on quickly, don't catch a cold. Why are you like a child?"

Lou Xiaoe scolded Li Xuewu a lot, but she didn't mention the "wife" Li Xuewu shouted. The slightly upturned corners of her mouth clearly showed she was very satisfied with Li Xuewu's address and the homework he turned in last night.

Li Xuewu rubbed the blur from the corners of his eyes, looked at Lou Jie walking out, thought of the flash of white tenderness when Lou Jie bent over just now, and then looked at the white snow outside the window.

"It's actually pretty white, as white as snow."

After muttering, he lifted the mattress at the head of the kang. He didn't know when Lou Jie had washed his underpants and socks and stuffed them under his mattress again in the morning.

Li Xuewu shouted to the kitchen while getting dressed: "I'll leave the tickets and money in a while, get me some clothes! Inside and out, especially underwear, make a few more sets. These aren't dry yet, it's too uncomfortable to wear. Once is fine, but it's not good for the treasure in the long run."

"Got it, you sure have a lot to say." Lou Jie heard Li Xuewu nagging in the room from the kitchen. Although a happy smile hung on her face, she answered impatiently.

Li Xuewu got dressed, folded the quilt, and put it on the kang cabinet at the end of the kang, and only then did he get off the kang and put on his shoes.

Lou Jie moved the kang table onto the kang and said to Li Xuewu: "Go wash your face quickly. We'll eat after you wash. The snow is heavy today, and you still have to go to work. Leave early. Just walk today, don't ride the bike. I'm afraid you'll fall again."

Li Xuewu put on his shoes, walked to the outer room, looked out the window, and then went to the washbasin Lou Jie had prepared to wash his face and brush his teeth with hot water.

Starting today, the final pursuit battle would begin. He might not come back at night. This snow was really evil; it had to snow just when he was preparing to take action.

He hung the towel on the indoor clothesline, didn't take off his shoes, sat on the edge of the kang with his legs crossed, took the white flour pancake Lou Jie had made, and started to feast on it with scallion shreds, radish shreds, and soybean paste.

"Drink some radish soup, don't choke."

Seeing Li Xuewu eating fiercely, Lou Jie pushed the soup bowl in front of Li Xuewu toward his hand, signaling him to drink a sip of soup.

Li Xuewu swallowed the pancake in his mouth and took a sip of radish soup, instantly feeling heat rising from his spine.

This radish soup is also called little ginseng soup; it has the effects of promoting digestion and nourishing the lungs, and has high nutritional value.

Lou Xiaoe rolled pancakes for Li Xuewu and served him soup. She waited until Li Xuewu finished his meal, packed up, and left the house before turning back to eat her own breakfast.

Li Xuewu pushed his bike out and saw that the snow in the courtyard had already covered his calves. The snow on the street couldn't be shallower. The snow in the sky hadn't stopped yet; although it wasn't as heavy, it was still falling sparsely.

When he pushed his bike onto the street, it was just as Li Xuewu had guessed. The snow on the street was as deep as his thighs in some places, and even in ventilated areas, it was as deep as his calves.

Li Xuewu put away his bike before even leaving the alley and walked toward the steel mill, stepping deep and shallow.

In this weather, let alone a bicycle, even a bus couldn't move. The snow was too heavy. Even riding a horse home would be difficult. With these road conditions and snowflakes still drifting in the sky, even the big green horse would struggle to move.

The street workers hadn't started work yet, so the snow on the road hadn't been cleared. Li Xuewu could only step in others' footprints, following the people in front, moving toward the steel mill.

It was much better on the main road outside the city. The wind outside the city was strong, so there wasn't much snow on the road surface. There were two wide tracks in the middle of the road pressed by trucks. When no buses passed, it was quite easy to walk on them.

This level of snowfall could actually be considered a snow disaster. There was no telling how many households' houses in the streets and surrounding villages had been crushed by the snow.

This is no joke; it's a real thing. In later generations, there were news reports of houses being crushed when heavy snow fell, let alone in this era. In the city, except for the early high-walled courtyards, most residential houses were adobe houses, and the roofs were also structured with hay and mud.

A snowflake looks as light as a goose feather, but when it accumulates on the roof, the roof transmits the heat from the room, melting the snow on the roof, which then turns into ice. The ice then covers the snow, and the snow adds to the thickness of the ice. Slowly, a large chunk of ice stays on the roof.

Such a roof is like a mushroom house; it looks beautiful, but it's actually a disaster. In severe cases, it can bury a whole family sleeping in the room, and they can't even crawl out. By the time they are discovered in the morning, they are either suffocated or frozen to death inside. So, "a timely snow promises a good harvest" depends on how you look at it.

Li Xuewu's leg strength was better. Although the exercise last night had consumed some physical strength, his spirit was still very full. At the very least, the impression he gave his team members when entering the factory was that their section chief didn't look like someone about to be removed from office; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he was glowing with health.

As soon as he went upstairs, he saw Xu Ning and Han Yating standing in the corridor looking at him with bitter faces.

"What's wrong? Seeing the snow and worrying about clearing it? Why aren't you working and standing here? Reciting poetry?"

Seeing that the section chief was still joking at this time, Han Yating gestured toward the section chief's office and whispered, "Li Kezhang Fu is in your office with people from the Investigation Department."

Hearing that people from the Investigation Department had come, Li Xuewu narrowed his eyes and secretly thought that they had come at a really good time.

"Alright, go do your own work." After Li Xuewu finished speaking, he walked toward the office. He had been delayed on the road and was already more than forty minutes late. It seemed he had missed a good show.

Because it was his own office, Li Xuewu twisted the doorknob as if he didn't know there was anyone inside and walked straight in.

As soon as he pushed the door open, he saw Fu Bin and a young man in a black Zhongshan suit sitting by the desk smoking and chatting. Li Xuewu said with a surprised expression, "Li Kezhang Fu is here. You're really early. I have to say, four wheels are faster than two legs. I hurried and hurried but still ended up late."

Seeing that Li Xuewu's trousers below the knees were already wet, Fu Bin knew Li Xuewu was telling the truth. He waved his hand and said, "The snow is heavy, being late is normal. Our car almost drove into a ditch this morning too. Go stand by the heater quickly, and go change your trousers in the dormitory in a while."

Li Xuewu looked at the young man in the room who was sizing him up a few times. This guy had been staring at him since he entered the room, his eyes very aggressive; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say there were knives in his eyes.

Seeing that Fu Bin clearly had something to say to him, he bypassed the two and stood by the heater, stomped his feet, and shook the ice shards off his trouser legs. When he straightened his waist and saw that the man was still looking at him, he returned a gaze.

Calling him a young man was because his face was young, looking only twenty-four or twenty-five, a very tender face, but his temperament was somewhat seasoned. Li Xuewu couldn't quite see through this person's background, but what he did know was that this must be the person from the Investigation Department that Han Yating mentioned.

Li Xuewu had only learned about the Investigation Department from Dong Wenxue after coming to this era, because this title no longer existed in later generations, and after several mergers, these three words could no longer be seen.

Seeing Li Xuewu and the young man beside him staring at each other, Fu Bin said with a straight face, "This is Cadre Ji Wang Weidong from the Investigation Department, and this is our Security Section's... um... Li Xuewu."

Li Xuewu didn't care about the hesitation in Fu Bin's introduction regarding his identity, because he had already seen the disciplinary decision about himself on the bulletin board in the auxiliary building.

A major demerit, demoted to Security Officer, with no specific position marked. In other words, Li Xuewu had returned to the starting point after working at the steel mill for more than a month. Han Yating was also disciplined, demoted to Security Guard, with Liu Fusheng succeeding as Security Squad Leader, temporarily managing the Security Section.

Li Xuewu had long been mentally prepared for this result, but Liu Fusheng's sudden rise was beyond Li Xuewu's expectations. Thinking it might be his father's influence, he wasn't surprised and maintained the same attitude when facing Fu Bin.

Seeing that Li Xuewu had no reaction, Fu Bin continued, "Because of the case of the missing classified document, cadres from the Investigation Department are now conducting an investigation. Li Xuewu, give Cadre Ji a report on the detailed situation of this case."

Hearing Fu Bin use the word "report," Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, took out a cigarette case to signal Fu Bin, and seeing Fu Bin didn't smoke, he lit one for himself, completely ignoring Ji Wang Weidong.

"It's just like that. A classified document was lost in the Confidential Room warehouse. I was responsible for the investigation. The document was managed by the Intelligence Section. The only people who knew about this document were Li Kezhang Dong and the engineers in the Experimental Building, so I blocked off the Experimental Building. But because someone broke the blockade, I had no choice but to give up halfway."

Hearing Li Xuewu say someone broke the blockade, Fu Bin remembered that at the morning meeting, Office Director Xu Sinuian accused Li Xuewu and the Security Section, and his eyelids twitched.

This kid Li Xuewu wouldn't talk nonsense. Xu Sinuian must have some handle on him. Now that he was pushing the case and subsequent responsibilities away, no one could catch Li Xuewu's mistakes.

"Cough, cough, Xuewu, just talk about this case, don't talk about other things."

Seeing Fu Bin's somewhat embarrassed expression, Li Xuewu chuckled and said, "Nothing else. According to Director Xu's request at the time, we let the people go. The blockade had already been broken, and we couldn't determine if the document was on those two people, so we searched all the offices. We couldn't find it, and we couldn't move the locked ones without keys, so we had to withdraw."

Fu Bin frowned and asked, "Why didn't you call me at the time? How could you let them go privately in such a case? This is dereliction of duty."

Li Xuewu looked at Ji Wang Weidong, who was smiling without saying a word, took the note Xu Sinuian wrote the day before yesterday out of his pocket, unfolded it, and held it up for Fu Bin to see.

"Director Xu said it was the Factory Director's order, the situation was urgent, and we should act according to his order. This is the note he wrote. At that time, he called you using the office phone, but couldn't get through, so I dare not wear the hat of 'dereliction of duty'."

Fu Bin reached out to take the note, but Li Xuewu inadvertently took it back, folded it, and put it in his pocket. Looking at Fu Bin's outstretched hand, he said, "If you have any questions, you can consult Director Xu."

Ji Wang Weidong raised his eyebrows and asked, "You are a security cadre and should accept the leadership of the Security Li Kezhang. Why did you obey the orders of the Factory Director and the Office Director? Isn't this dereliction of duty?"

Li Xuewu looked at Ji Wang Weidong with a smile and said, "I don't know who manages the security work in our factory anymore. You might not know, but I was just removed from office for being unorganized and undisciplined, just because I didn't listen to the opinions of the Factory Director and the Office Director, so I dare not disobey their command."

Hearing Li Xuewu's words, Fu Bin tapped the table and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Your Security Section naturally belongs to the Security Li Kezhang. Xu Sinuian has no right to release people, and neither does the Factory Director."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Isn't it what you said, that the decision on this case was made by the Factory Director and the others? Isn't it? The Factory Director didn't ask me about this case at all."

Fu Bin's head exploded as soon as he heard this. This kid had planted a mine. He asked him about the case, and he said there was no need to tell the Factory Director about business matters, and the Factory Director thought so too. So now, if a problem arose, the Factory Director and he would definitely have to take the blame.

Fu Bin tapped the table again and emphasized, "Don't swap concepts. Your case has nothing to do with this case, and it has nothing to do with your removal from office. Don't mix them up."

Li Xuewu turned his head, looked at Fu Bin with a smile, and said, "Oh, oh, oh, you said this theft of classified documents case has nothing to do with the case I investigated, right? That's good. The comrades from the Investigation Department have also heard it. You can understand and handle the case according to our Li Kezhang Fu's meaning. Maybe I thought wrong and went in the wrong direction."

Fu Bin was furious seeing Li Xuewu acting like a rogue.

This was troublesome. Fu Bin had already learned about the case Li Xuewu was handling from Dong Wenxue. This was why Fu Bin and Dong Wenxue were both absent on Saturday afternoon. Dong Wenxue met with Fu Bin and went to the Investigation Department together. The Investigation Department only came to the factory this morning after the factory leaders finished their meeting to tell Fu Bin the details.

Fu Bin knew too late. Now Li Xuewu had already chased the case here, and the more he investigated, the more complicated it became. It would be fine if there was nothing wrong with the school, but if there really was something, then things would blow up.

The removal announcement on the factory bulletin board and the paper in Li Xuewu's hand would be shackles on the necks of Xu Sinuian and Factory Director Yang. Now he had also jumped into this pit. Thinking of his fight with Dong Wenxue, he understood what these two master and apprentice were doing.

Li Xuewu, who had been jumping around in front, was just a pawn, while the real power behind the scenes was the unfathomable Dong Wenxue.

Fu Bin straightened his expression and said to Ji Wang Weidong and Li Xuewu, "I am not in charge of this case, so what I just said is only my personal opinion and cannot be used as an opinion for handling the case. I still believe in our Security Section and Li Xuewu's ability. You can consult Li Xuewu's opinions more."

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said, "I've already said what I can say. I can't do it, I can't do it. If you're not in that position, don't seek that government. Now I'm just an officer, without even a post, so you're the one who makes the decisions on this case."

Seeing Li Xuewu not cooperating with the work and having an attitude of letting things go to pot, Fu Bin said angrily, "Do you have any awareness at all? Is this how you act as a cadre? I think removing you was right."

Li Xuewu flicked the ash from his cigarette and nodded: "Yes, yes, yes, you talk to me about awareness without even asking. You were the ones who made me admit my mistakes. Now that something is about to happen, you talk to me about awareness again. You were the ones who made me investigate the case. Good guy, you've said everything. Then what about my removal from office?"

Ji Wang Weidong tapped the table and said, "The nature of the work of security cadres is relatively independent and not subject to administrative command. This is the rule. It is not allowed to be influenced during the investigation period, especially in this kind of case. The security work in your factory is not solid."

Seeing Ji Wang Weidong hitting with a hammer and then a stick, Fu Bin didn't know which side this person was on. He pointed at Li Xuewu with his finger and said, "Your personal emotions should not affect your work. You are still a cadre in the Security Section..."

Li Xuewu took a puff of his cigarette and said, "I'm not anymore. Now I'm a cadre in the Security Squad. If you want to ask about this case, I have the obligation to hand it over. If you have new instructions, please contact my direct leader, Comrade Xu Ning. Factory Director Yang can skip levels to deal with the Security Li Kezhang. You wouldn't want to skip levels to command security personnel, would you?"

Seeing Ji Wang Weidong sitting on the side watching the fun, and feeling that the steel mill was being laughed at by outsiders, this old man didn't have a good temper either. Fu Bin pointed at Li Xuewu and was about to scold him when the heavy atmosphere in the office was interrupted by a series of urgent knocks on the door.

"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang."

Li Xuewu looked at the fuming Fu Bin, and seeing him not making a sound, shouted, "Come in."

As soon as Li Xuewu finished shouting "come in," the door was pushed open violently. Han Yating walked into the office with a stern face. Without looking at anyone else, she reported directly to Li Xuewu, "Li Kezhang, something happened."

Li Xuewu waved his hand and said, "Speak slowly."

Han Yating glanced at the two people in the room and, under Li Xuewu's signal, said, "Just now, Engineer Han's family came to deliver cotton clothes to him. Knowing he wasn't in the factory area, they went to our Security Squad to report the case, saying that Engineer Han didn't go home on Saturday night. They thought he was working overtime in the factory and didn't pay attention all day Sunday. It wasn't until this morning, because the family knew Engineer Han was afraid of the cold and saw the heavy snow, that they came to the factory to deliver cotton clothes, only to find out that Engineer Han had left work on Saturday. Now he's missing, and they are demanding him."

Hearing Han Yating finish, Fu Bin stood up abruptly, looked at Li Xuewu's face, and then at Li Xuewu's pocket.

After hearing this, Li Xuewu also narrowed his eyes, then opened them wide, as if he had thought of something, but seeing Fu Bin looking at him, he shrank back.

"Um, cough, cough, Comrade Han Yating, there is such a situation. I, when I came this morning, I had already been announced to be removed from office. Of course, you might already know. I haven't waited for anyone to take over yet, but fortunately, our Security Li Kezhang is here. You can connect with the Li Kezhang, and this is Cadre Ji Wang Weidong from the Investigation Department. Report the case to them as well."

Seeing Li Xuewu winking at her, Han Yating saluted Fu Bin and said, "Yes, I apologize. I shouldn't have reported across levels. I'll go back and report to Squad Leader Liu now."

Hearing Li Xuewu's words, Fu Bin's head exploded. Something was about to happen.

He had just finished saying that the document theft case had nothing to do with the case Li Xuewu was investigating, and now news of the disappearance of the direct related person came immediately. It seemed things were getting big.

Fu Bin didn't talk nonsense with Li Xuewu anymore. He looked at Li Xuewu and said to Han Yating, "Tell Liu Fusheng to go to my office." After speaking, he took Ji Wang Weidong and left.

Li Xuewu watched the two leave, still leaning against the heater roasting his trousers, holding a cigarette in his hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

After about half an hour, Han Yating walked into Li Xuewu's office crying and reported, "Li Kezhang, I've finished the handover with Liu Fusheng. You..."

Li Xuewu waved his hand to stop Han Yating's words, because he had already seen Liu Fusheng leading Ji Wang Weidong in.

"I'm not the Li Kezhang anymore. This is the Li Kezhang."

Seeing Li Xuewu teasing him jokingly, Liu Fusheng looked at Han Yating, who was ignoring him, with some embarrassment, wanting to say something. But Han Yating didn't give Liu Fusheng a good look when he came in, and now seeing Liu Fusheng wanting to talk to her, she turned her head and went out the door.

Ji Wang Weidong ignored the man and woman, but walked around Li Xuewu's office. He didn't say anything, but a look of disdain and contempt always hung on his face.

Seeing Han Yating leave, Liu Fusheng clenched his fists unwillingly. When he looked at Li Xuewu again, the smile and the embarrassment from just now were gone.

"Comrade Li Xuewu, under the instruction of Li Kezhang Fu Bin, please hand over your security cadre certificate and service weapon now. We are conducting the handover. Your new certificate will be issued later. Your current position is temporarily at the gate post."

Li Xuewu looked at Liu Fusheng conveying instructions to him seriously and also put away his smile. He stared at Liu Fusheng, slowly took out his certificate and placed it on the desk, and then took off his service weapon and placed it on the desk.

The gate post is the guard post, which is watching the gate.

Liu Fusheng looked at the certificate and weapon on the table and asked, "There's another certificate, right?"

Li Xuewu had a cigarette in his mouth. Because he had just taken off the holster, he was now re-fastening his belt. He narrowed his eyes and looked at Liu Fusheng: "You don't have the right for that certificate, and Li Kezhang Fu doesn't have that right either."

Liu Fusheng's face turned red from Li Xuewu's words, but he didn't dare to argue with Li Xuewu in the office, so he could only awkwardly go to take Li Xuewu's certificate and weapon.

Ji Wang Weidong looked at Li Xuewu with the cigarette in his mouth and said sarcastically, "You have quite a temper."

Li Xuewu didn't pay attention to Ji Wang Weidong, but pressed Liu Fusheng's hand that was holding his weapon. He looked at Liu Fusheng, who was looking up at him, and said softly, "Keep my weapon and certificate well, otherwise..."

As he spoke, he patted Liu Fusheng's hand, the threat very obvious. He straightened his body, bypassed Liu Fusheng, and wanted to walk out. While walking, he said to Ji Wang Weidong, "Dead people don't have tempers. You don't have a temper?"

Ji Wang Weidong looked at the cocky Li Xuewu and said, "Heh, you only know how to use your mouth. I heard people say you got ahead by bootlicking?"

Li Xuewu's hand, which was hanging the office keys on the coat rack, paused slightly. He turned his head to look at Liu Fusheng, who was stiff there, and then at Ji Wang Weidong, who had a wicked smile on his face.

"Yeah, it was very comfortable to lick. Do you want to try?"

Ji Wang Weidong tilted his head and glanced at Li Xuewu sideways. Seeing he was about to leave, he kicked Li Xuewu's thigh. Li Xuewu had been guarding against this "little eunuch." Seeing he really dared to make a move on him, he tilted his body slightly, caught Ji Wang Weidong's kicking foot with both hands, and kicked toward Ji Wang Weidong's knee.

Both of them were from military backgrounds and used ruthless moves. If Ji Wang Weidong's kick had landed solidly, Li Xuewu wouldn't be able to get off the kang for a month. If Li Xuewu's kick had landed solidly, Ji Wang Weidong wouldn't be able to get off the kang for the rest of his life.

This Ji Wang Weidong was also a nimble person. Seeing his foot caught, he kicked hard and leaned back. His left leg barely dodged Li Xuewu's kick. Seeing Li Xuewu's kick as he fell to the ground, he was also a bit scared. This kid was too ruthless.

Now Li Xuewu had been kicked and leaned against the door, while Ji Wang Weidong had been flipped to the ground by Li Xuewu. It was hard to say who won.

This exchange of moves lasted only a few seconds, but it gave Liu Fusheng, who was standing on the side, a fright.

This person from the Investigation Department was too reckless. In the factory office, he dared to make a move without a word. This Li Xuewu wasn't a good person either; he really dared to fight back.

Li Xuewu clapped his hands, pointed outside the factory area, and said, "Don't disturb Li Kezhang Liu's work. If you're not convinced, let's practice outside. I'll wait for you at the gate." He turned around without looking at Ji Wang Weidong and walked out the door.

Ji Wang Weidong jumped up, narrowed his eyes, and looked at Li Xuewu's figure walking out of the office. He asked Liu Fusheng, who had a gloomy face, "Has this person always been this crazy?"

Liu Fusheng turned his head and looked at Ji Wang Weidong with gloomy eyes: "Why don't I call him up and you ask him yourself?"

After speaking, Liu Fusheng also turned and walked out of the office, leaving Ji Wang Weidong alone in the office dusting off his clothes.

"Are all the security cadres in the steel mill this tough? And he's quite ruthless."

As soon as Li Xuewu walked out of the office building, he saw Han Yating waiting for him at the door. Looking at the big girl with tears on her face, Li Xuewu felt a bit helpless. He pointed toward the guard post and walked toward the gate with Han Yating.

Just as he was about to enter the guard post office, Xu Ning was leading people to check the post. Seeing Li Xuewu coming, he saluted with his good hand and said, "Hello, Li Kezhang."

The security guards following behind also saluted: "Hello, Li Kezhang."

Li Xuewu waved his hand at the security guards and said to Xu Ning while walking toward the office, "I'm not the Li Kezhang anymore, I've been removed. I'll be with you from now on. Just call me Li Xuewu."

Xu Ning stood at attention, saluted, and shouted, "Yes, Li Kezhang."

Only Li Xuewu's voice was heard from inside the office: "Stop talking nonsense, come in for a meeting."

Xu Ning waved his hand at several security guards and followed Li Xuewu into the office.

There was no one in the office at this time, so Li Xuewu called Xu Ning and Han Yating for a small meeting.

"What time did Hu Zhengquan go back on Saturday?"

Han Yating thought for a while and replied, "Ten-fifteen."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Sent back by our factory office?"

Han Yating shook her head and said, "Not really, but it was also a jeep, the car of the professor we were tracking that day."

"Was Engineer Han in the car?"

Ps: Oh ho~ Everyone, did you guess what was in the sack when we went fishing that day?

Those who didn't guess it will be fined two monthly tickets~~~

The good show is about to begin~ (Beating the gong)

There are many details in the book, which will all be revealed later. Those who didn't guess it, be fined monthly tickets~