Chapter 546: Giving Oneself in Marriage

Li Xuewu's hesitation made Dong Wenxue frown as well.

Although he had been transferred to Steel City, Dong Wenxue still recognized Li Huai De's leadership.

This wasn't about rank; in terms of rank, Dong Wenxue could now talk directly to deputy factory-level leaders, or to the Secretary and Factory Director.

However, he was currently holding the position of Security Division Chief, so in terms of political views and ideological direction, Dong Wenxue naturally had to lean toward the affinity faction.

Of course, leaning didn't necessarily mean unconditional following. On this point, Dong Wenxue had the capital to choose.

Li Xuewu's view was the same as Dong Wenxue's: those who could talk and cooperate were partners.

Li Huai De could now provide them with support and help, so Dong Wenxue and Li Xuewu would support him.

This wasn't "having milk makes one a mother"; principle issues were non-negotiable, such as vicious political struggle.

What Dong Wenxue talked to Li Xuewu about when he left last time was this: to guard against Li Huai De, and also to support Li Huai De.

With Li Huai De supporting them in front, Dong Wenxue and Li Xuewu, who were in the stage of progress, could naturally gain time for development and achieve a kind of balance.

Now Li Huai De had made a move, playing the card of the Logistics Division, and wanted the Security Division to clean up the mess, so Li Xuewu naturally wouldn't do it.

Coming to find Dong Wenxue this time was one way to hide, giving the Rolling Steel Mill's struggle time to ferment; naturally, someone would come to clean up the mess.

The second was to talk to Dong Wenxue about the subsequent problems of the Rolling Steel Mill. Li Xuewu's first step after taking office had been taken steadily, and now he had to plan the second step.

Dong Wenxue wasn't in the capital, but he naturally had to understand the wind and grass movements in the capital.

The situation was getting worse and worse, and Han Shu was already operating. The next step might be to take office in the Rolling Steel Mill.

Counting Sister Xie, Dong Wenxue and Li Xuewu's security system, Gu Weijie and Han Shu's academy system, naturally, they were going to bring a variable to the Rolling Steel Mill's political ecology.

"If Deputy Factory Director Li's situation changes before the dual-plan achieves influence,"

Li Xuewu looked at Dong Wenxue and asked: "Is hard handling required?"

Dong Wenxue frowned and pinched his chin, leaning on the sofa and unable to make up his mind, also thinking about the question Li Xuewu raised.

"The problem is not which way the wind blows."

Dong Wenxue hesitated and said: "What's important is whether the relevant demands can be solved, and where the point of compromise can be reached by several parties."

"Very difficult."

Li Xuewu was also leaning on the sofa, his body relaxed, but his expression was very helpless as he shook his head and said: "Here, there are not only Deputy Factory Director Li's demands, but several deputy factory directors also have their own plans, and even Deputy Secretary Gu is seeking more space."

"Sigh~ an eventful autumn."

Dong Wenxue sighed, looked at the teacup on the coffee table, and said: "It would be fine at other times, but now..."

Dong Wenxue didn't finish the second half of the sentence, but Li Xuewu understood it all. Although they didn't talk much every time they talked on the phone, Dong Wenxue knew what he should know.

"Teacher, it's time to develop this reserved land in Steel City."

Li Xuewu suggested to Dong Wenxue very seriously: "Everything that should be cleared has been handled almost. Only by acting before others react can one speak without back pain."

Dong Wenxue hesitated, nodded, looked at Li Xuewu and asked: "Starting from new materials?"

"Yes, definitely."

Li Xuewu said definitely: "Development must be based on science. The steel mill must reform, must be based on the foundation, and only then seek breakthroughs."

Dong Wenxue stood up, went to the wall to find a file bag and handed it to Li Xuewu, saying: "This is what I asked people to collect, the research results of new materials in steel enterprises nationwide and the situation of materials under development."

Li Xuewu didn't understand this, and he didn't learn it in school, so looking at this was like a blind man touching an elephant.

However, seeing Angang appear many times in the catalog and introduction, Li Xuewu still knew that this was the leader of rolling steel.

"Our steel mill is small in scale, low in output, and a product of necessity ten years ago."

Dong Wenxue was also very troubled by the reform and development of the Steel Mill. In these few months, he had been rectifying the cadre structure on one hand and seeking development on the other, walking on two legs, and was very tired.

"Hmm."

Li Xuewu nodded and looked at the document in his hand: "If there is no support from the Beijing Rolling Steel Mill, it is estimated that it won't be able to hold on."

"Hehe, don't scare me."

Dong Wenxue laughed and took a sip of tea, then continued: "I think that kind of situation you mentioned is still open to discussion. For the time being, the self-contained system will still be the mainstream, and the risk is in the invisible position."

"It's pretending not to see."

Li Xuewu pointed out the key to Dong Wenxue's words, pointed at Taigang's name and said: "It is the current sales rail system and economic system that make the Steel Mill deformedly prosperous, but it is not as stable as it walks."

Dong Wenxue glanced at Li Xuewu, then leaned over to look at the place Li Xuewu pointed to.

"Special steel?"

"Right, overtaking on a bend."

Li Xuewu loosened his fingers and looked at Dong Wenxue: "I think it is also cleaning up the mess, nothing more than a thick family foundation."

Dong Wenxue narrowed his eyes and looked at the document about stainless steel practiced in 1952, silicon steel sheets practiced in 1954, and advanced blast furnaces and blooming mills folded from the Russians, and also built its own power plant, etc.

"This is not easy."

Dong Wenxue flicked the ash, took the document and looked at it carefully, and said to Li Xuewu: "Yan Laoxi's family foundation cannot be described as thick. Talent and technical reserves, the tilt of advanced projects, are not what we can think of."

"So."

Li Xuewu looked at his teacher very seriously and said: "Now the opportunity has come."

As he spoke, he pointed at several reports about Shanghai in the newspaper, and then said: "The enterprises under the red flag are one family. We are little brothers. It's not too much to learn the technology of special steel, right?"

Dong Wenxue looked at Li Xuewu and asked: "Are you trying to say that it's not too much to kidnap the teacher to your home when learning technology?"

"Hiss~ this is what you said."

Li Xuewu said with slight surprise: "Shouldn't this kind of brotherly friendship be taught and learned? If you can't learn it, it's not too much to be a tutor, right?"

"Hehehe~"

Dong Wenxue smiled helplessly and said: "What do you use to hook people to come? Just this pile of ours?"

"Don't be self-deprecating."

Li Xuewu smiled and flicked the ash in the ashtray, then blinked his innocent big eyes and said: "First report to Deputy Factory Director Li, ask him to come forward to coordinate, just as an echo."

Under Dong Wenxue's slightly widened eyes and surprised expression, the innocence on Li Xuewu's face turned into cunning, and he continued: "Sending the learning team out can clear the last obstacles and transfer the current contradictions."

"Most importantly!"

Li Xuewu pointed at the void with the cigarette in his hand and said: "After learning for three or two months, we can always spread the advantages of our factory's generosity, kindness, unity of comrades, and safe production."

"You are going to make people hate you like this."

Dong Wenxue shook his head helplessly and said: "Baby bumps are cherished by everyone. Publicly poaching, people have to come with you."

"Hey~~~"

Li Xuewu shook his smoking hand, narrowed his eyes and said: "I'm only afraid that the speed of your building dormitories, teacher, won't keep up with the speed of people taking the initiative to vote."

The words Li Xuewu said didn't bring surprise to Dong Wenxue, but shock.

"Has the situation in the capital developed to such a point?"

Dong Wenxue looked at Li Xuewu and asked seriously: "The phone call the day before yesterday wasn't..."

"One look every day."

Li Xuewu shook his head helplessly and said helplessly: "Give up illusions, prepare to fight."

Although Dong Wenxue could also see some situations clearly, he had discussed this matter with some relationship networks.

Li Xuewu didn't go home with him last time he returned to Beijing, didn't see Sister Xie and Ren Xiaoyu there, and didn't see other departments' relationships there.

Otherwise, Li Xuewu would definitely know how Dong Wenxue viewed this wind.

The guesses they made weren't as serious as what Li Xuewu said. Even though Li Xuewu had already predicted it, Dong Wenxue also treated it as a prediction method.

Until now, the understanding from top to bottom was still that this wind would only blow in the cultural field.

But Li Xuewu was already laying out the steel industry. Not only that, Li Xuewu also expanded the scope to other fields related to life.

This had to make Dong Wenxue have a sense of urgency. He knew this student; he would never play the piano randomly, let alone shoot without a target.

"I wasn't in the factory yesterday morning, the Factory Director presided over a project stage meeting."

Li Xuewu introduced to Dong Wenxue: "The content of the meeting was mainly to speed up the progress of the current projects, including the two that Deputy Factory Director Li was previously responsible for."

"What does this have to do with what you just said?"

Dong Wenxue listened to Li Xuewu's words and was also a bit confused, the ash on his hand was long, thinking about Li Xuewu's words.

"It has a relationship, a big relationship."

Li Xuewu said very seriously: "All enterprises in cooperation negotiations have contracted the intensity of negotiations, either shelved or abandoned."

"Like the Joint Enterprise, the Liangmahe Residential Area project, the other two factories have withdrawn, and the Glass Factory is still hesitating."

Li Xuewu explained very formally to Dong Wenxue: "All enterprises are watching the current situation and are not sure about the direction of development. The Rolling Steel Mill is about to be chaotic. Do you think other industries will be chaotic?"

Dong Wenxue wanted to smoke, but found the cigarette was burned out, shook his hand, pinched the cigarette butt in the ashtray, and narrowed his eyes to think.

"No, the Rolling Steel Mill won't be chaotic."

After thinking, Dong Wenxue still shook his head and said firmly: "Other factories might be chaotic, but the Rolling Steel Mill definitely won't be chaotic."

"It won't be chaotic."

Li Xuewu said softly: "But there will definitely be an impact. It has already been shown now. This is a development period; not progressing is regressing!"

After explaining to Dong Wenxue, Li Xuewu introduced again: "The Liangmahe project only approved part of the funds above. Whether the subsequent landing of funds will be affected is uncertain, but looking at Deputy Factory Director Deng's change from the past blowing wind, he knows that things are not that simple."

"What about the Joint Enterprise?"

Dong Wenxue wanted to touch the cigarette, but restrained himself and asked Li Xuewu: "After surviving the early entrepreneurial stage, the Joint Enterprise's blood creation success can still extend the life of this project."

"The idea is good."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "When designing the project and formulating the financial plan for the second half of the year and next year, it was designed like this, but with the current situation and Deputy Factory Director Jing's actions, I'm afraid it will be a mess in the end."

"This probably needs to be looked at separately."

Dong Wenxue hesitated and said: "Perhaps Deputy Factory Director Jing has other channels for cooperation. Even if not, it just proves that this project has no prospects."

"This is also true."

Li Xuewu nodded in agreement and said: "If you say so, it is really possible."

"However."

After finishing, Li Xuewu emphasized: "Deputy Factory Director Li won't let this situation appear. One is the Frontier Office, and the other is you."

"Hehe."

Dong Wenxue looked at Li Xuewu with a smile, and then said unintentionally: "This doesn't look much like Deputy Factory Director Li's means, but rather Deputy Li Chu's."

"Hahahaha~"

Li Xuewu didn't care whether Factory Director or Section Chief followed Li Deputy; anyway, this move had been made, and the next step was to sit and wait for the spoils.

"The office side, Deputy Factory Director Li must be compensating Section Chief Zhang. How to act in Steel City depends entirely on you, teacher."

"I didn't expect things to turn around and come back to me."

Dong Wenxue looked at the time and said: "Okay, your itinerary today is busier than mine. Go do your work first, I'll treat you to dinner tonight."

"I'll let you spend money."

Li Xuewu didn't have the habit of being polite, stood up with a smile, said goodbye to his teacher, and left the office.

Han Jiankun had been waiting at the door. Seeing Li Xuewu come out, he signaled the key in his hand and said: "Just now Section Chief Xu Ning gave me a key, saying you will use this car in Steel City."

"Got it."

Li Xuewu responded and walked out. After chatting with Dong Wenxue in the office for more than an hour, the sun was already very high at this moment.

"Found her?"

"No."

Zhang Songying frowned and looked at the direction of the radio station, then said to Qin Huairu: "Forget about her for now, I don't believe she won't go to work."

After speaking, she turned and walked toward the guesthouse.

Qin Huairu also glanced at the direction of the radio station. Just now she went to inquire, and Yu Haitang didn't know where she went after going to work.

Where else could Yu Haitang go? She didn't dare to go to the courtyard, and even less to the hospital.

These days, there was no news about Li Xuewu, and she was also puzzled in her heart.

Of course, she was also very contradictory after coming out of the hospital, especially looking at the expression of Li Xuewu's object.

She had thought that what she did was immoral, and caused trouble for Yushui and her sister.

Regret had been bothering her, but she had passed the guilt period now.

Especially after hearing from the Security Division that Li Xuewu was already married, she was occupied by inexplicable thoughts.

How could this be?

Yu Haitang was also asking herself. At that time, she clearly found it according to the name, and the person and the photo matched, so why was there no reaction?

She kept thinking about the reason for the matter in her heart. According to reason, hearing that her fiancé had a woman, whoever it was would be furious, right?

On the way back to the radio station, Yu Haitang straightened it out properly. It seemed that Li Xuewu didn't take her seriously, and Li Xuewu's object didn't take this news seriously either.

Is the news fake?

Is Li Xuewu's object fake?

Did Li Xuewu's object know about Li Xuewu having a woman long ago?

"Hi! Wrong!"

Yu Haitang patted her forehead and muttered annoyedly: "What am I thinking about! It's outrageous~"

It was indeed outrageous. People were already married; why was she still thinking about these things?

Yu Haitang sighed, thinking about hiding from Li Xuewu to avoid this matter.

Although she didn't know what happened now, Li Xuewu didn't come to find her, as if he didn't know anything.

Especially just now, Yu Haitang heard that Li Xuewu went on a business trip yesterday afternoon and wouldn't be back for a few days.

If he was busy, plus they were already married, as long as she didn't face Li Xuewu's object, who would know she went to inform?

Thinking this way, although she didn't get Li Xuewu, she was relieved and tidied up her mood to go to the radio station.

The radio station was opposite the small canteen, also a courtyard, but not big.

In the middle of the courtyard was a three-story small building, with not much office area, not worth being used as office land, and no other utilization value. It happened that the factory wanted to set up a radio station, so it chose this location.

The radio station was only a section-level unit, with few people, mostly equipment and materials, so it looked clean and tidy.

As soon as Yu Haitang entered the office, she heard Yuan Hua shouting at the door of the duty room: "Yu Haitang, someone was looking for you just now."

"Who?"

Yu Haitang responded impatiently, took the teacup on the table and drank, thirsty to death after this trip.

"Section Chief Qin of the guesthouse~"

"Pfft~~~~"

Good guy, this mouthful of water was not wasted at all, all sprayed on her desk.

Yu Haitang didn't care about her manuscript being sprayed, threw down the cup, grabbed her handbag in a panic, turned around and walked out.

Passing by the duty room, seeing Yuan Hua looking at her suspiciously, she instructed: "If anyone comes to find me again, just say I went out and haven't come back yet."

"What's wrong?"

Yuan Hua felt that he couldn't get this factory flower, so his attitude changed very realistically, curled his lips and glanced at Yu Haitang who was rushing downstairs, then turned and entered the room.

The window of the duty room faced the gate of the radio station. At this moment, Yuan Hua seemed reluctant, and looked at the gate unintentionally, but was surprised to find that Yu Haitang had been "caught."

Of course, the "caught" in Yuan Hua's eyes wasn't caught by the powerful department, but caught by Qin Huairu who came to find her just now.

Also coming was the Deputy Section Chief of the guesthouse, what was her name?

Anyway, looking at Yu Haitang's face, and resisting the two people in the guesthouse, he knew that Yu Haitang's situation was not good at this moment.

This was an opportunity!

As long as he shouted when seeing injustice, saved her, wouldn't Yu Haitang give herself in marriage?

Yuan Hua felt that he was stable this time, pushed open the window, instantly turned into a protector, and shouted at the two women who were pulling: "What are you doing, let go!"

At this moment, Yu Haitang saw someone shouting for help, and turned to look at Yuan Hua.

Before Yu Haitang could ask for help, she saw Qin Huairu staring and shouting at the little brat who opened the window to be a hero: "Get lost!"

"Bang!"

In Yu Haitang's pitiful gaze, the head poking out of the duty room disappeared instantly, followed by the window being neatly closed.

It was when the sun was full, where could he see the person behind the window now.

Even if there was someone, they were just standing there watching the excitement. With her past popularity, who would help her speak out?

Yuan Hua?

I'm afraid he was scared to pee his pants by Qin Huairu's shout.

In the past, the young people in the organ all said that the old women in the workshop were very fierce, and they would strip people's clothes to see the melon.

Good guy, Yuan Hua didn't want to be stripped of his clothes and go home covering his butt.

At this moment, Zhang Songying glared at Yu Haitang who was still struggling, and slapped her.

"Slap!"

This slap stunned Yu Haitang and also shocked those who were peeking behind the glass window.

The rumors weren't fake; female comrades from the workshop were more overbearing than those in the organ, and they didn't hesitate at all when moving their hands.

The women in the radio station didn't want to stand up for Yu Haitang at all, and those who were squeezed by Yu Haitang in the past almost wanted to open the window and clap their hands.

A big girl, hooking up with this one, uniting with that one, whose man could stand such hooking up?

And the male comrades who saw it, if there were any who wanted to learn from Yuan Hua to see injustice, they could, but those two were women themselves. It's not that a good man doesn't fight with women.

So, after Yu Haitang was slapped by Zhang Songying, she was dragged away covering her face.

Qin Huairu didn't want to move her hands, but seeing Zhang Songying move her hands, she didn't say anything.

Bringing Yu Haitang back to the guesthouse yard, right next to the garden by the building, the two blocked Yu Haitang in the corner.

This was a dead corner, and only those entering and leaving the gate could see this side.

But it was morning, and it wasn't time for a good meal yet. People in the factory didn't come, and those staying had long gone out.

Plus, this was Qin Huairu and Zhang Songying's territory, so Yu Haitang really called until her throat broke and no one came to save her.

"Do you know why you were called here?"

Qin Huairu looked coldly at Yu Haitang, who was covering her face, and slapped Yu Haitang's hand covering her face away.

Yu Haitang, who was used to being arrogant in the past, became a little chick at this moment.

Her hands were hands that wrote articles, and her face was a face that read manuscripts. How could she talk better than two married women, and how could she beat the hands that rubbed parts in the workshop?

Looking at Yu Haitang standing here in fear, Qin Huairu asked: "Did you speak ill of us?"

"No... no."

Yu Haitang knew that Qin Huairu lived in the same courtyard as her sister, but she didn't think such a small relationship could make Qin Huairu let her go and forgive her.

She never expected that Li Xuewu didn't find her, but Qin Huairu found her.

She felt bad in the office just now, only thinking about Li Xuewu, and forgot that Qin Huairu and Zhang Songying were not easy to mess with.

However, she only told Li Xuewu's object; how did these two know?

Qin Huairu would tell her the answer, but the attitude wasn't good.

"What did you run to tell Li Xuewu's object?"

Zhang Songying saw Yu Haitang's face change, and pointed at her nose and asked: "Are you going to say it or not? Do you need me to help you recall?"

Helping Yu Haitang recall at this moment wasn't using words, but raising her hand and about to hit again.

"What are you doing~"

Yu Haitang was already scared to cry at this moment, sobbing and saying: "You two are bullying me alone, aren't you? Aren't you afraid I'll go to the factory to report you for hitting people!"

Women in the workshop were fierce, but rarely saw them hitting people.

Those male workers at most took a punch, or were pinched, but didn't see them hitting women.

Yu Haitang was also relying on her relationship in the factory. As long as she refused to admit it, she would have a chance to take revenge.

Now she was also scaring these two ignorant women, thinking of a way to get out. As long as she brought out the Security Division, would they dare to hit her again?

"Slap!"

Zhang Songying was really a fierce character, not at all stable and atmospheric in front of leaders, nor was she a little bird in front of Li Xuewu; what she had was just a clean and neat slap.

Yu Haitang was really stunned; she said she was going to report them, so why did they still dare to hit her!

"Reporting us, right~"

Zhang Songying raised her hand and slapped again, muttering, and was about to grab Yu Haitang's face.

Fortunately, Qin Huairu blocked it, otherwise Yu Haitang would have been disfigured today.

Women fighting and grabbing faces was okay, but it wasn't suitable for girls. Girls had to find partners to marry. If they were disfigured because of this, they would remember it for a lifetime.

Yu Haitang didn't speak at this moment, knowing that if she argued again, she would still be beaten.

But she wasn't afraid of these two. As long as she didn't open her mouth, they wouldn't dare to do anything to her.

Qin Huairu saw the stubbornness in Yu Haitang's eyes, blocked Yu Haitang and said: "Do you have a conscience or not? People know that destroying ten temples is better than destroying a marriage. Is this how you treat a comrade in the factory?"

Yu Haitang seemed to have guessed something, looked at Qin Huairu with hatred while covering her face, and asked: "Li Xuewu wants to take revenge on me, right? Why didn't he come himself?"

"You still have reason, right?"

Hearing this, Zhang Songying was about to move, scaring Yu Haitang into a shiver, shrinking her body in the corner to avoid.

Qin Huairu opened her mouth and said: "Li Chu is too lazy to bother with you, and don't look at the stinky meat on your body. Do you really think every man is willing to pull you?"

While saying this, she took out a stack of letters and shook them in her hand.

"You didn't say you were a firm proletarian fighter, you didn't label yourself as a progressive youth, is this how you are progressive?"

Qin Huairu opened a letter and showed it to the dumbfounded Yu Haitang, saying: "What you expressed to the organization is not quite the same as what you said in the letters to others. Calling you a double-dealer is already beautifying you; you are a shameless, thorough little bourgeois!"

"Don't!"

Yu Haitang had already recognized that this was the letter she wrote to Yang Weimin before. At that time, the relationship had already been determined, so naturally, some words were very explicit.

Furthermore, both were very young and progressive youths, so some letters naturally carried political topics.

Now it was good. Seeing Qin Huairu raise the letters in her hand and dodging her hand that was grabbing the letters, Yu Haitang only felt that she had missed the rope of life and fell into the abyss.

She wrote the letters herself, so she naturally remembered what she had written, and even more knew what the consequences would be if these letters were made public or handed over.

Coincidentally, Qin Huairu also knew.

So at this moment, she shook the letters, put them back in the envelope, and handed the stack of letters written by Yu Haitang to Zhang Songying.

"Songying, hand these letters to the Party Committee later. We are all law-abiding cadres; we must never look at personal letters."

Yu Haitang's gaze followed the letters to Zhang Songying. She had already experienced the fierceness of this woman and knew there was no possibility of snatching them.

"I apologize, I confess."

Yu Haitang looked at Qin Huairu and Zhang Songying and begged: "I admit I said the wrong thing, I admit it all, I apologize to you, please don't hand the letters up."

"Heh~ now you think of apologizing?"

Zhang Songying sneered: "Didn't you just say you were going to report us?"

"I was wrong, I was wrong."

Yu Haitang was cultured, and cultured people naturally knew the truth of being able to bend and stretch.

At this moment, she was very straightforward and shook everything out, from how she took a fancy to Li Xuewu, to where she got the news, to how she found Li Xuewu's object, what she said, and shook it all out one by one.

Qin Huairu looked at Yu Haitang and prompted: "You'd better think clearly. We moved our hands against you because of what you said about us. We don't know what was written in these letters. We just saw them in the trash can and picked them up to ask if you wrote them to others."

"Yes, yes, yes."

Yu Haitang was very aggrieved, was beaten, was threatened, but couldn't admit it, and couldn't say it.

"Since you admitted it, that's easy to handle."

Qin Huairu said, took out a fountain pen from her pocket, took out a stack of manuscript paper, signaled the low wall on the side, and said: "Write down everything you did, sign it, and press your fingerprint."

"Qin... Sister Qin."

Yu Haitang looked at the paper and pen in Qin Huairu's hand, only feeling that she was about to fall into another pit from one pit.

"Don't try to get close to me."

Qin Huairu said coldly: "If it weren't for seeing your sister living in our courtyard, I wouldn't even give you this opportunity."

Yu Haitang raised her hand to take the paper and pen but didn't dare to take it, trembling: "This... this will ruin me."

"Then when you ruined us, ruined Li Chu, and ruined someone's marriage, why didn't you think about it?"

Zhang Songying stared and said: "I think you don't need to write this confession. I'll help you hand these letters over later, and you can go talk to the organization."

Yu Haitang naturally couldn't let these letters go to the Party Committee, because she was already a probationary Party member this year. If something went wrong, she would never want to join the Party in her life.

"I'll write."

Hearing Zhang Songying's words, Yu Haitang knew she was now a fish on the chopping block, and people could cut her however they wanted.

Taking the fountain pen and manuscript paper from Qin Huairu, she walked to the low wall and

Qin Huairu raised her eyebrows at Zhang Songying, then turned her head to look at Yu Haitang.

Zhang Songying glared at Yu Haitang's back, then took the letters in her hand and returned to the building.

Yu Haitang had reached this point and knew she couldn't escape, so her confession was filled with her erroneous actions and words of repentance.

Just after she signed it, Zhang Songying had already walked back and handed her the ink pad.

"If I press my fingerprint, will you stop pursuing this matter?"

Yu Haitang still wanted to struggle a bit and negotiate terms within the realm of possibility.

Zhang Songying, however, couldn't be bothered to pay attention to her; she took Yu Haitang's finger, pressed it onto the ink pad with a 'thump', and then pressed it onto Yu Haitang's signature.

"How to deal with you will be discussed later."

Qin Huairu took the confession, read it once, and said, "You should also think for yourself whether what you did was right or wrong, what you should do in the future, and how to compensate the people you hurt."

After speaking, she took the pen and paper and walked back with the cold-faced Zhang Songying.

Seeing the two of them about to leave, Yu Haitang hurriedly asked, "Those letters..."

"I threw them away."

Zhang Songying said without looking back, "They were picked out of the trash can in the first place; who would want them?"

Yu Haitang really wanted to say that she was willing to have them. She knew Zhang Songying hadn't thrown those letters away, so she wasn't stupid enough to ask Zhang Songying where she threw them.

As soon as Qin Huairu and the other left, Yu Haitang collapsed onto the ground, hugging her legs and crying bitterly.

It was indeed a bitter cry; her face was hurting so much she felt like she was dying.

Zhang Songying, walking back to the guesthouse, looked at the confession and said fiercely, "I knew that woman surnamed Zhang in the Propaganda Department wasn't a good thing. I'm going to find her."

"Forget it, you."

Qin Huairu pushed Zhang Songying into the office and advised, "Who are you going to find? Does what Yu Haitang says count? What if she doesn't admit it?"

Zhang Songying also knew that this kind of verbal dispute was a mess no matter where it was taken; no one won, and no one lost.

But knowing who had talked about her gave her a target.

"Don't act like a madwoman."

Seeing Zhang Songying exerting force, Qin Huairu knew this woman was young, had a fierce temper, and didn't know her own strength when she acted.

"Think about why he doesn't lower himself to Yu Haitang's level, why he didn't talk to Yu Haitang or deal with her? Isn't it all for the sake of influence?"

Reaching out to stroke Zhang Songying's back, Qin Huairu advised again, "If this kind of thing gets blown out of proportion, it won't be appropriate for him. These people all have loose tongues; if a man gets serious with them, he's already lost. You mustn't be foolish~"

"I know."

Zhang Songying rolled her eyes in anger. She was still angry, but she knew what she should and shouldn't do.

"I'll have to find a chance to vent this anger later; I won't let that woman surnamed Zhang off."

"Enough."

Qin Huairu patted her lightly and said, "Even a biting dog knows not to bark. Saying it out loud is useless for anything other than deceiving yourself."

"Go to hell."

Zhang Songying was persuaded by Qin Huairu. She lightly pushed away Qin Huairu's hand and scolded, "You're the dog~"

"Look at this face, so tender and chubby~"

Qin Huairu teased Zhang Songying on purpose, saying, "Knowing how you protect her, who knows how he might reward you."

"Aren't you ashamed~"

Zhang Songying was also embarrassed by Qin Huairu's words. She pushed Qin Huairu away and asked, "Is that Yu Haitang just going to be let off like that?"

"Otherwise what?"

After sitting down, Qin Huairu organized the letters and the confession, put them into a file bag, wrote 'To Deputy Division Chief Li of the Security Division' on it, then turned to look at Zhang Songying and asked, "Can you finish her off?"

"It's too easy for her~"

Zhang Songying muttered indignantly and sat back in her seat.

Qin Huairu, while sealing the document with glue, smiled and said, "Just wait, it won't be easy for her. At the very least, the broadcast station will have a new laborer."

"I knew it!"

At this, Zhang Songying turned to look at Qin Huairu, curled her lip, and said, "You must have learned to be bad from him. Killing with a dull knife—you're really bad!"

"Hey! Who was it that said they were dissatisfied just now?"

Qin Huairu turned to look at Zhang Songying and said, "Be careful, when he comes back, I'll tell on you! Watch out for corporal punishment~"

"Pah~"

Li Xuewu met Ji Wang Weidong in the afternoon. Although he had already arrived in Steel City, Li Xuewu did not act rashly.

After finishing his talk with Dong Wenxue in the morning, he began to execute one of his tasks for this trip: inspecting the work.

Since Li Xuewu had come to Steel City, he naturally couldn't just report to the Rolling Steel Mill in the name of the branch bureau.

Otherwise, the supervising leader wouldn't have approved his itinerary this morning. Even if he ignored the leader's opinion, his attendance record would still show as absent in the end.

It was different now; Li Xuewu had come to Steel City to inspect the safety security and emergency system construction of the steel mill.

If it were in the past, the factory leaders would definitely have thought that Li Xuewu's excuse was a bit of a stretch.

Because even if he were looking for a reason to go on a business trip, he wouldn't need to use such a low-end excuse.

But now, because the leader from above had just left and the attention was still fresh, no one dared to say that Li Xuewu's inspection of the work here was dispensable.

And since Li Xuewu had come, he had to do the job well.

This included inspecting the organizational structure of the Security Division, checking the armory equipment, and reviewing the status and files of the security personnel.

Following that were the interviews; Xu Ning, who held the rank of section chief, and other deputy section chiefs, etc., were all key targets for interviews.

Although Sha Qizhi hadn't followed him, with Xu Ning there, Li Xuewu didn't feel too tired after working for a day.

Especially since it was a reunion of old friends; Li Xuewu patted Ji Wang Weidong's hand, making a 'pia~ pia~' sound.

"Do you think I'm having it really easy here?"

Ji Wang Weidong rolled his eyes at Li Xuewu and asked, "It's one thing that you didn't bring me any comfort, but you're even bullying me."

"Look, look, why does this resentful look look like a woman's?"

Li Xuewu teased with a smile, then let go of Ji Wang Weidong's hand, which had been gripping his own tightly.

"In the end, you still resent me. It's my fault for exiling you to such a bitter and cold place."

"Hey! That sounds like something a human would say."

Ji Wang Weidong smiled triumphantly, let go of Li Xuewu's hand, waved for Xu Ning to sit, and sat down on the sofa himself.

"So,"

Li Xuewu also sat down and said, looking very understanding of Ji Wang Weidong, "I've come to save you from the sea of misery; you can go back and enjoy life."

"What the hell?"

Ji Wang Weidong had thought Li Xuewu had changed based on his earlier words; he hadn't seen him for so long, and Li Xuewu had finally learned to act like a human being.

He didn't expect this last sentence to directly revert Li Xuewu's image in his mind back to his original form.

This bastard was still the same old thing!

"You're addicted to stealing the fruits of others' labor, aren't you!"

Ji Wang Weidong was furious. He had barely touched the sofa with his backside before he jumped up as if he were sitting on a furnace.

"I won't even mention when we were in the capital, but what about the border?"

Just as he asked this, he saw Li Xuewu raising his eyebrows and remembered what he had done, so he immediately glossed over the words.

"Fine, let's not talk about the border."

Pushing away Li Xuewu's hand as he tried to insist on talking about the border, Ji Wang Weidong raised his voice and complained, "I've been working hard for over a month in the bitter and cold place you described, away from my home, and now you're telling me to leave?!"

"To hell with that!"