Chapter 640: A man

"It's alright."

Li Xuewu used his chopsticks to pick up some vegetables, eating slowly, answering Zhang Guoqi's question with whatever came to mind.

The ears of the people around were all pricked up, just waiting for a word or two to come out of Li Xuewu's mouth, but they were somewhat disappointed.

Was the mouth of this Security Division Chief made of steel? It looked like it even had eight hundred locks on it.

Zhang Guoqi was also scratching his ears and cheeks in anxiety; while eating, he whispered, "You've made a big name for yourself in our factory this time: daring to point at a leader and curse in the street, daring to force a leader not to dare to get off work, daring to catch a Deputy Factory Director..."

"Who did you hear all this from?"

Zhang Guoqi spoke in a low voice, but Li Xuewu's reply was not low, and furthermore, the kid's voice was loud enough for everyone around to hear clearly.

Li Xuewu looked suspiciously at Zhang Guoqi, and at the same time saw Wang Jingzhang's eyeballs rolling around.

"Section Chief Zhang, don't sully my innocence for no reason; I'm not that kind of person you say!"

"Section Chief Li..."

Zhang Guoqi was also shocked; looking at Li Xuewu, he just wanted to ask, can you please have some shame!

You've already done the things, and the people in the office building all saw it with their own eyes; now you say you didn't, you really are treating us like fools to be fooled!

Li Xuewu, however, said with a serious expression, "I have never pointed at a leader and cursed in the street, let alone said anything about not letting a leader get off work; this is too absurd~"

Li Xuewu seemed to have suffered a great grievance; he put down the rice bowl in his hand and said, "This case was handled by Secretary Xue, and the Security Division was assisting. We have always been acting under the instructions of the factory leaders; where did the cursing of leaders and threatening of leaders come from?"

Zhang Guoqi gave up completely; he knew that the situation must have changed, otherwise, it wouldn't have been rumored that Li Xuewu held a meeting with a group of leaders in front of the reception center, and he couldn't have been participating in meetings of various departments all morning.

It seems this kid is going to advance again; without the permission of that identity, how could he participate in so many meetings?

Seeing the suspicious or knowing expressions of the people around, Li Xuewu couldn't help but smile bitterly and say, "I've really been wronged; you are all seniors, you can't bully me."

"How could we, how could we."

Zhang Guoqi pushed the vegetables toward Li Xuewu's side and said with a smile, "Everyone is also concerned about the factory and concerned about you; it's normal for some hearsay rumors to come out."

"Rumors are normal, but they can't be taken seriously."

Li Xuewu said with a smile, "If you don't believe it, go ask the leaders; when have I ever been fierce to a leader, and when have I ever blocked a leader from getting off work? Rumors are harmful."

"Hahahaha, indeed, come, eat some vegetables."

Everyone laughed and laughed, revealing this matter; on the surface, they were laughing, but secretly, they all began to be vigilant.

Saying "don't believe it" meant you had to believe it; only a fool would go ask the leaders.

Because of Li Xuewu's explanation, the atmosphere in the small canteen recovered slightly, at least there was some warmth at the dinner table.

After the meal, Li Xuewu didn't mess around with these people; he went upstairs and took a look at Deng Zhiwang.

This Deputy Factory Director's identity hadn't been revoked yet, so he still had the corresponding treatment.

Lunch was delivered to the room, and there were special people watching him to prevent him from self-harming.

Actually, Li Xuewu knew when he started confessing that he didn't have the courage to self-harm.

Don't look at how he dared to force the driver to self-harm; he didn't necessarily have that courage and determination.

It's better to live a miserable life than to die, and furthermore, he didn't necessarily have to die.

Li Xuewu didn't enter the room; he just chatted a few words with the small team leader of the security guards on duty at the door.

After giving a few more instructions, Li Xuewu went downstairs again.

Just as he was going down, he saw Zhang Songying waiting for him at the stairwell on the third floor. Seeing him come down, she whispered, "I've arranged for two attendants to go over, and lunch was also arranged properly early on."

"Thank you for your hard work."

Li Xuewu extinguished the cigarette butt in the trash can and replied, "There are few female comrades in the Security Division, so it's inconvenient to take care of things; you all help out more."

"This is as it should be."

Zhang Songying smiled, then glanced upstairs and whispered, "Is it very serious? Will it take a few days to handle?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, but was surprised why Zhang Songying would ask this; they didn't care about these cases, and they had no hatred or resentment toward Deng Zhiwang, so why did they start asking about Deng Zhiwang?

Seeing Li Xuewu's suspicion, Zhang Songying explained with a blush, "If the case takes a long time to handle, and if you rest here for a long time, I can make arrangements."

Got it! Li Xuewu understood; this woman in front of him didn't hate Deng Zhiwang for not dying, but hated that this case didn't take long to handle!

Li Xuewu looked at Zhang Songying and knew he had to pay back the debt he owed.

Speaking of which, Li Xuewu was truly a particular person; he would never owe anyone a debt of gratitude. Since he entrusted Zhang Songying to take care of the people in the division, he had to repay her favor.

Logically speaking, this favor should be repaid by Ji Weidong, but in reality, Li Xuewu wouldn't let Ji Weidong do it; he was the most particular about brotherly loyalty, so he wouldn't care about such a small favor with Ji Weidong.

So he had to reluctantly, working hard and sweating, help Ji Weidong repay this favor.

He had to let Yu Li stew some soup to replenish him later; they say a drop of blood is ten drops of... consuming so much, he couldn't always be "facing the moon alone."

Using the excuse of a noon break, Li Xuewu returned to his room, and Zhang Songying also understood Li Xuewu's meaning, happily following him to report on the reception center's service work and learn from Deputy Section Chief Li's valuable experience.

The noon break wasn't long, but Zhang Songying was already very satisfied. When she went to work in the afternoon, her legs were trembling behind the desk.

A man isn't just about having one; he has to be able to do things. If it's boring and dull, and lasts a long time, it's better not to have one.

Recently, the situation hadn't been good, and Zhang Songying didn't know where her husband had run off to.

Perhaps he was hiding from her, perhaps the outside world was more relaxed; anyway, it had been half a year since he came back.

He was determined to eat something big, because of his weakness in certain aspects, he always wanted to find compensation elsewhere, so his desire for money was particularly deep.

When they were first dating, Zhang Songying only felt that he looked good, his family conditions were good, and he was motivated.

But after they got married, it changed. As they spent more time together, they couldn't have children; his parents asked, her parents asked, and she didn't know how to answer.

The man was the same; he couldn't face her or both families, his temper became more and more irritable, and he even hit her.

After a few times, her heart turned cold, and she went to the hospital and found out she was infertile, which made the man quiet down and made both families quiet down.

The husband's family knew something, so no one advised her husband to divorce, and her husband also started this life with her that was "not a divorce but worse than being a widow."

Every time he came back, he stayed at his parents' house; he didn't come back to this house, didn't give money, didn't divorce, and didn't care about her.

Every day after work, Zhang Songying looked at the cold and cheerless house and felt that life was just like this.

Until, because of Qin Huairu, her life had a change—a change that was too big, making it vivid.

Especially after meeting Li Xuewu a few times, she only felt that a good man was probably like this.

With more deep contact, her recognition of this feeling for Li Xuewu became even stronger, and she became more energetic.

She was actually better at dressing up than when she wore wide work clothes in the workshop, and she knew how to tidy herself up.

The whole person seemed to have returned to eighteen, re-experiencing the feeling of being in love.

Although this feeling was complicated, her life was already very complicated; how much more complicated could it be?

Looking at the sparrows chirping on the branches outside the window, Zhang Songying's mouth curled slightly, and she smiled softly.

Even the sparrows knew she was in a good mood now.

Zhang Songying was in a good mood, but some people's moods were not so good.

In the afternoon, Yang Yuansong brought Xue Zhifu back, and along with them came personnel from the Ministry's discipline inspection department.

It wasn't as guessed before—guiding and leading the Steel Rolling Factory's discipline inspection personnel to examine Deng Zhiwang at the reception center; instead, the visitors directly took Deng Zhiwang away.

This was a questioning and distrust of the Steel Rolling Factory's relevant work; no wonder their faces were very bad when the two returned in the afternoon.

No one would be in a good mood after being reprimanded, especially since the Steel Rolling Factory had had problems one after another recently, making the leaders above very dissatisfied.

This time, although the Steel Rolling Factory handled the Deng Zhiwang incident very well—fast, accurate, and decisive, without causing too much impact—the leaders above still had doubts about the Steel Rolling Factory's leadership team, especially the current situation of the Steel Rolling Factory, where the establishment and development of some projects had not reached the expected goals.

Yang Yuansong wasn't the specific person in charge of business, but he was the team leader; being reprimanded was unavoidable.

The key was that he also had to be punished; it was different from the warning punishment Li Xuewu received, which was like playing. Both Yang Yuansong and Yang Fengshan were likely to be promoted along with the upgrade of the Steel Rolling Factory this year.

If one thing went wrong, it was possible that the Steel Rolling Factory would be upgraded, but they wouldn't be promoted.

Not being promoted would be fine, but if they were transferred, they would truly become "wandering ghosts" just as Yang Yuansong said in the morning.

This time, the problem at the Beijing Steel Rolling Factory was more serious than the one at the Steel Rolling Factory, because when Deng Zhiwang first started reaching out, it was at the Beijing Steel Rolling Factory.

Now the Steel Rolling Factory had ferreted him out, which could be considered making up for the mistake, but the internal impact was also very bad.

Especially since the Steel Rolling Factory, in order to protect itself and the team, let Deng Zhiwang spit it out early, which didn't earn any favor from the Ministry's discipline inspection side.

But Yang Yuansong couldn't care about that anymore; now, stabilizing himself was the most important thing.

Handing the residential area construction project to Li Huai De was the first step in his rectification of the Steel Rolling Factory.

The residential area project couldn't be stopped; it wasn't just the expectation of the factory's workers, but it also had a relationship with this upgrade of the Steel Rolling Factory.

"Is everything handed over?"

"Yes."

Li Xuewu nodded, replied to the Secretary's words, and reminded, "The criminal case issue has already been transferred to the branch bureau to continue handling; the factory side has basically ended."

At this moment, Yang Yuansong, Yang Fengshan, Gu Weijie, as well as the discipline inspection personnel brought by Xue Zhifu, were standing at the entrance of the reception center with Li Xuewu's relevant personnel from the Security Division.

Li Xuewu stood beside Yang Yuansong and Yang Fengshan, replying to them from time to time.

Because he had taken a bath and changed clothes at noon, Li Xuewu looked very clean and neat.

According to Li Xuewu's dressing style, Zhang Songying had prepared several sets of clothes for Li Xuewu in the room upstairs long ago.

She understood Li Xuewu's body proportions and measurements, and the clothes she made dared to use materials; these clothes looked very good on Li Xuewu.

White shirt, black trousers, black leather shoes; his hair was carefully combed by Zhang Songying, without a single bit of mess.

It seemed that influenced by Li Xuewu's dressing style, the young cadres in the factory all learned from Li Xuewu and started wearing white shirts and black trousers.

It's just that some people were financially strapped, so the quality of the clothes varied from person to person.

Also because of the difference in cadre status, some wore leather shoes, and some wore cloth shoes.

Li Xuewu's shoes were leather, but they were sandals, with fine holes on the surface. They weren't sold in the stores in Beijing yet; they were found by Li Xuewu in old Baduo's car when he was searching.

More people learned from Li Xuewu's dressing style, and the leaders also dressed like this. Influenced by the trend, it seemed to have become professional attire.

So just looking at the shade at the entrance of the reception center, it was all white on top and black on the bottom.

This black and white seemed to really fit today's scene; the leading cadres observed moral bottom lines, either black or white.

The people from the Ministry first held a symposium with the leaders of the Steel Rolling Factory, while Li Xuewu cooperated with the visitors to handle the handover of the case.

After the symposium ended, the handover here also ended, and they all gathered at the entrance of the reception center again.

Upstairs, Xue Zhifu was accompanying the discipline inspection personnel from above; it looked like they were going to have a simple talk with Deng Zhiwang to ask about the situation of the talk yesterday, and whether the materials he confessed were true.

Downstairs, Li Xuewu and the others waited without impatience, but the weather was hot, so they all stood in the shade of the trees.

Yang Fengshan looked at the large building and turned to look in the direction of Li Xuewu and Yang Yuansong, saying, "This air conditioning really needs to be installed."

"Mm, it is necessary."

Yang Yuansong also agreed casually; he wasn't in charge of specific business, so whether it was installed or not was all up to Yang Fengshan.

Li Xuewu didn't take the topic; he didn't have the standing to speak actively here. Based on his rank, he couldn't get on the table.

Being able to stand with these leaders was also because of the case; otherwise, he wouldn't stand even if he were asked to.

However, Li Xuewu standing here actually improved the image of the leaders quite a bit, and also compared them quite a bit.

Li Xuewu was tall by nature, with a straight figure, and because of his service, standing there, he naturally had a bearing.

He didn't compare to the others who were "white plus black," either short, or big-bellied, or old and decrepit; he was young, more energetic, and had more spirit.

Perhaps it was these leaders who made him stand out, perhaps it was his height; anyway, the gazes of the guests and attendants in the reception center swept over Li Xuewu's direction frequently.

In the gazes of the crowd, Li Xuewu didn't wait long; after chatting a few words, he saw a few people walk out of the lobby.

Yang Yuansong led everyone to greet them, walking all the way to the car and standing still.

In the lobby, Deng Zhiwang walked out accompanied by two young cadres, followed by comrades from the department, as well as the accompanying Xue Zhifu.

Deng Zhiwang walked to the entrance of the steps, looked at the scenery of Tuanjie Lake in the distance, and then lowered his head to look at the comrades below the steps, sighing deeply.

Subsequently, he pursed his lips and got into the car accompanied by the cadres from the Ministry. When passing by the leaders of the Steel Rolling Factory, he didn't speak, only having a brief eye contact.

Perhaps it was guilt, perhaps it was unwillingness; the crowd interpreted thousands of emotions from Deng Zhiwang's eyes.

Because of the Deng Zhiwang incident, the crowd also left a deep mark in their hearts for themselves.

Today's Deng Zhiwang was also a future "certain person" who would be caught if they reached out.

Regardless of status or rank, at this moment, everyone was in awe, warning themselves never to follow in his footsteps.

The comrades from the Ministry shook hands with the team members of the Steel Rolling Factory who came to see them off one by one, and only exchanged a few polite words before getting into the car and leaving.

Watching the motorcade leave, the crowd stood for quite a while; in this moment, perhaps thousands of thoughts were generated in each of their hearts.

As the crowd dispersed, the entrance of the reception center returned to excitement. Li Xuewu returned to the Security Division by himself; the dust had settled, and everything had to wait for feedback from all sides before making a decision.

The fall of a Deputy Factory Director was naturally a stone causing a thousand ripples; until Saturday, when Li Xuewu went to work, he could still hear such discussions.

"Section Chief, document from the Engineering Division."

"Engineering Division? What are they doing?"

Li Xuewu frowned and glanced at Sha Qizhi, looked at the document he handed over, and said, "This is the how many-th time? Isn't this just messing around!"

"Section Chief, this was submitted by the Factory Office, saying it was approved by Deputy Factory Director Li, and transferred to you to take a look."

Sha Qizhi knew Li Xuewu's temper, so he understood it very carefully, fearing that it would be like the previous few times, letting the people from the Engineering Division run around like headless flies.

Li Xuewu nodded and started reading the document in his hand.

It seemed that things like this, delivered personally by Sha Qizhi and placed by his hand, were all urgently needing to be handled.

And Sha Qizhi also bore great pressure; these days the leaders' work was much, and busy, and he also knew that the leader sometimes had a big temper.

It had been three days in a row, the impact of the case hadn't been eliminated, and the cleanup work on the Security Division side was still continuing.

Especially the handling procedures of the branch bureau, which would come here from time to time to adjust some evidence.

After Li Xuewu processed the document, he thought deeply for a moment, then wrote his suggestion below Li Huai De's approval, signed his name, and gestured for Sha Qizhi to return the document to the Factory Office.

He didn't circle who to look at next, because documents like this were mostly read by Li Huai De or the Factory Director.

Now the Engineering Division and the Sales Division were temporarily managed by the Factory Director, so the relevant work was naturally handed over to the Factory Director.

Sha Qizhi had just picked up the document when he saw Fan Hua from the Security Division's Public Security Stock enter.

"Section Chief."

Fan Hua knocked lightly on the door, saluted, and then walked over.

Li Xuewu tapped his fountain pen and gestured for her to sit; Sha Qizhi smiled at Fan Hua and walked out the door with the document.

When a leader of the same level or higher comes, there can be water and tea; it's like when subordinates report work or talk, there isn't any.

Unless they have a lot of face, like Li Xuewu, who goes to Zheng Fuhua's side, or Yang Fengshan's side, they all have this treatment.

Like Fan Hua, who came to plead guilty herself, Sha Qizhi wouldn't kick her while she was down and put eye drops on her.

Only Li Xuewu and Fan Hua were left in the office; although the office door wasn't closed, Fan Hua still felt a lot of pressure.

Li Xuewu's purpose in finding her to talk was already very clear, which was the reason for her privately letting family members go to visit, causing this case.

Seeing Li Xuewu writing on the document, knowing the leader was busy, she waited quietly, although she was very conflicted inside.

Li Xuewu finished processing the document, signed his name, then closed the document, put it in the position for Sha Qizhi to register and process, and then twisted his fountain pen.

"I called you here to talk to you."

Li Xuewu pinched his brow, placed the fountain pen in his hand on the table, then looked at Fan Hua and said, "It's about the problems in the process of handling this case."

"Yes, leader."

Fan Hua had long been prepared; seeing Li Xuewu bring it up, she didn't have any intention of being lucky, straightened her back, and looked into Li Xuewu's eyes.

"Mm."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "Privately letting family members directly contact the prisoner when the case hasn't gone through the procedures is a very low-level mistake; it shouldn't have happened to you."

"You are also a young cadre who has been tested by the organization for many years; you have a lot of self-control and restraint in political thinking. Have you thought about what kind of behavior this is?"

"It's a crime~"

Li Xuewu looked at her with slight disappointment, tapped the table with his finger, and said, "Putting you in the position of the Public Security Stock is to temper you, to hone you; it's because I value the potential you have to be cultivated."

"I'm sorry, I let you down."

Fan Hua's voice was a bit hoarse; her emotions were still stable, but she must be very restless inside, especially when Li Xuewu said such harsh words, making her regret her behavior.

"It was Xiao Lidong's father; he was a good friend of my aunt's husband during his lifetime, and he entrusted this relationship to find my home."

Fan Hua said in a low voice, "It was said very clearly at the time; it was just that his mother was truly worried about her son and wanted to go see him and send some food."

"I admit I was soft-hearted at the time, and coupled with my family's persuasion, I agreed. I also didn't expect Xiao Lidong's brother to accompany him and say those things."

After explaining to Li Xuewu, Fan Hua couldn't hold back her tears and cried; she covered them with her hands, crying very aggrievedly and sadly.

Li Xuewu frowned and watched, pulling a piece of paper from the paper roll on the table and placing it in front of her.

After she calmed down, he opened his mouth and said, "Saying your thinking isn't mature is the specific manifestation of this. Are you a cadre of the Security Division, or are your parents?"

"They don't know our confidentiality principles, but you don't know? They don't know our case-handling procedures, but you don't know? Aren't you a free agent?"

"Complaining about parents and family members is also a manifestation of immature thinking."

Li Xuewu tapped the table and said, "Doing something wrong yourself, first looking for objective conditions, then looking for others' reasons—is this the quality a Party cadre should have?"

Fan Hua stopped crying; she was scolded by Li Xuewu to the point where she had no face to cry anymore, lowering her head and sobbing, not knowing whether she hated her parents and family, or hated her own lack of principles.

Li Xuewu didn't say harsh words to a female comrade; if it were Xu Ning or Wei Tong who did this, Li Xuewu would have taken action long ago.

Lessons aren't just said; they have to be personally experienced, just like Fan Hua now. Young people, many truths aren't understood deeply enough, so they need help and reminders.

"Tell me, did you have a falling out with your parents and family?"

Li Xuewu tapped the table again and said, "You think carefully: who was wrong in this matter? Is it possible that you won't deal with human relationships for the rest of your life? Going from one extreme to another?"

Fan Hua was now walking to an extreme; she had a big argument at home the day the case was handed over, even complained about her aunt's husband, and finally moved her luggage, ignoring her family's persuasion, and moved to Ren An's place.

Ren An's place was a house prepared by his family for marriage; it was right to give it to her to live in.

However, Ren An was sensible; when Fan Hua moved in, he moved to the factory to live.

It was also when he met Li Xuewu while executing a mission that he told Li Xuewu about this matter and asked the leader to help persuade her, as he didn't dare to persuade Fan Hua.

Fan Hua used to be quite good at handling human relationships, but now it was good; she had truly become "impartial and selfless," making the people in the stock awkward.

Fan Hua's parents had looked for Ren An several times, and Fan Hua's aunt's husband, after hearing about what happened here, was also full of regret and wanted to talk to Fan Hua, but was refused and not seen by her.

Li Xuewu, as a leader, naturally had the obligation to persuade comrades, but it was also limited; he couldn't manage everything.

Saying so much was all because talent is hard to come by, and Fan Hua still had potential to be cultivated.

She was a good person, it's just that her temperament still needed to be tempered.

Fan Hua was also drilling into a bull's horn; being scolded by Li Xuewu, she also knew she had made mistakes repeatedly and promised to correct them.

Li Xuewu frowned and looked at her, seeing she didn't look like she was lying, so he didn't say anything more about this.

"Since the relationship with Ren An is settled, get married as soon as possible."

Li Xuewu flipped through the document and said, "Calm down and reflect on yourself; think about how you should handle things in family, feelings, and work, and just take this time to solve your personal problems."

"Section Chief... Yes..."

Fan Hua raised her head, looking at Li Xuewu and asking sadly, "Is my punishment down?"

"Don't have psychological burdens."

Li Xuewu glanced at her, picked up a piece of paper from the folder, and placed it in front of Fan Hua.

"No matter how much I say, it's temporary; you still have to think clearly yourself, think clearly about the root and key of the problem, find yourself again, and establish confidence and will."

Fan Hua held the red-headed punishment document about herself in her hand; the content in the middle was very short.

Dismissed from position, administrative demotion to clerk, transferred out of the Security Division, and assigned to the Firefighting Stock.

Seeing her punishment decision, Fan Hua's tears fell again; four years of effort were all in vain, and she had returned to the starting point.

"Yes."

Fan Hua replied to this sound while crying, stood up, saluted Li Xuewu, and then took the punishment decision, covered her mouth, and ran out of the office.

Li Xuewu glanced at Fan Hua's back disappearing at the door, his brow furrowed slightly, and he lowered his head again to continue processing the documents in his hand.

The more valued a cadre is, the more they need to be tempered in the grassroots period; the punishment received is also higher than usual.

The higher one goes, the higher the requirement for temperament; without a tough temperament, it will be a kind of harm to oneself, to work, and to others.

Because as people go higher and higher, the power in their hands is more and more; if they are not careful, it may cause irreparable impact.

Li Xuewu's severity toward Fan Hua is being responsible for her, and also being responsible for the unit.

Fan Hua still couldn't feel Li Xuewu's responsibility for her; she just felt heartache for her four years of diligent effort, and heartache for the opportunities she encountered.

Just because of one case, just because of family favors, she had to carry a punishment in her file; four years of effort were all destroyed, and the road to starting over was even more tortuous.

Ren An heard that the leader was talking to Fan Hua, so he had been waiting downstairs for a long time. Seeing Fan Hua run downstairs, he went up a few steps and caught Fan Hua.

And Fan Hua shook off his hand, crying and running out of the building door. Ren An went to chase, but Fan Hua shouted not to follow her, letting her be quiet by herself.

Ren An couldn't rest assured about her; he followed her out of the office area all the way to the woods by the training ground.

Fan Hua sat under a large tree, leaning against the large tree and crying bitterly; the document in her hand was soaked, making passersby look sideways.

But seeing Ren An walk over, everyone knew what was going on; although their faces were still a bit surprised, they all walked away quickly.

Ren An was an honest person; in his relationship with Fan Hua, he had always been the obedient one, doing whatever Fan Hua said.

He felt Fan Hua was very smart, could see everything, could see clearly, was much more powerful than him, and was willing to listen to Fan Hua's opinions.

It was precisely his personality that allowed the two's relationship to have a foundation quickly; a few days ago, he even submitted a marriage application through Han Yating, preparing to get married in October.

And now, looking at Fan Hua's stubbornness, Ren An also didn't know what to do; he stood by the road, looking at Fan Hua under the large tree at a loss.

Fan Hua cried sadly, and he was also sad; he probably knew the result, but he just hadn't told Fan Hua.

He was afraid of Fan Hua having today's emotions, but the more he feared something, the more it came.

After waiting for Fan Hua to cry for a while, her voice gradually became low, and only then did he dare to walk over.

"Stop crying, it's hot, how uncomfortable."

Ren An fanned Fan Hua with his hand, but didn't care that he himself had been standing by the road sweating profusely.

Fan Hua raised her head and looked at Ren An, crying with a hoarse voice, "My four years of effort are all gone~"

"It's okay, it's okay, we are both young, we can still struggle again~"

Ren An wiped Fan Hua's face with a handkerchief, and seeing Fan Hua's helpless appearance, he mustered his courage and hugged Fan Hua in his arms to comfort her.

Fan Hua also hugged Ren An, sobbing in a low voice, "I only have you~"

Ren An was also a bit helpless about the current Fan Hua, gently patting Fan Hua's back to comfort her, "Don't say silly things; Uncle Fan and Aunt Yu are both worried about you."

"If the position is gone, we'll work again; if the rank is gone, we'll be promoted again. Take it slow, life is still long."

"Mm~"

Fan Hua lay in Ren An's arms and said sadly, "I'm truly heartbroken."

"I know, I know."

Ren An patted Fan Hua's shoulder and said, "We can correct mistakes, remember the lessons, and make persistent efforts."

"Are you comforting me or lecturing me~"

Fan Hua sat up, glared at Ren An while crying, and then snatched the handkerchief from Ren An's hand to wipe it herself.

Ren An laughed dryly and said, "How would I dare to lecture you? It's you lecturing me, if anything."

As he spoke, he took the punishment decision and looked at it, saying, "Exactly, let's move the wedding date forward; let's get married while you're not a leader yet. If you really get promoted, there won't be time to have children."

"Go to hell~ You only know ghost ideas!"

Fan Hua was teased by her partner to the point where she didn't know whether to cry or laugh, and she punched Ren An a few times.

Ren An let her hit him, laughing and saying, "Isn't it? Look at others who made mistakes; they go directly to the training ground, to the front line."

After speaking, he raised the paper in his hand and gestured, "Look at you again; such a big problem, and you're still in the office, which shows the leader still wants to use you."

"Go to hell~ Are you mocking me!"

Fan Hua also understood this truth, but the feeling of heartache covered all her thoughts; she just wanted to cry bitterly just now.

After crying, and with Ren An's comfort, her heart felt slightly better.

Thinking again of the Section Chief's words scolding her, and looking at the document in her hand, she knew what it meant.

"I'm not mocking you; you don't know what I mean?"

Ren An laughed and said, "I'm not a leader; you are. You are my leader, forever."

While coaxing her, he pulled Fan Hua's hand out of the woods, coaxing her to wash her face and go back to work.

The impact of a storm not only caused personnel changes in the Security Division but also blew a gust of clean wind across the entire Steel Rolling Factory.

Xue Zhifu listened to Li Xuewu's opinion, communicated with Yang Yuansong, cooperated with Gu Weijie, and started a propaganda campaign of diligence, thrift, and integrity in the factory newspaper and the factory broadcasting station.

He even organized the Security Division, Finance Division, and other departments to establish multiple investigation groups, going deep into various departments of the Steel Rolling Factory to carry out investigations.

This was different from the opinion Jing Yunong put forward a while ago; that was checking the bottom accounts, while this was checking corruption.

Jing Yunong wanted to target, while Xue Zhifu's this time was obtained with the unanimous consent of the factory leaders, carrying out joint investigation work on all departments.

The Security Division also sent people; it was the Comprehensive Office that sent people to participate, and Yu Decai was discussing this matter with Li Xuewu.

Just as they were talking, Han Zhan walked in, saluted Li Xuewu, and sat down next to Yu Decai at Li Xuewu's gesture.

"How was the rest?"

"Quite good, not very tired."

Han Zhan was entrusted by Li Xuewu last week to go to Bingcheng to escort parts; he just came back the day before yesterday, and Li Xuewu let him rest for a day; today was his first day at work.

"That's good, I have a task for you."

Li Xuewu extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand and said to Han Zhan, "You also know about Comrade Yating's injury; the Security Stock can't be left without someone watching. You work hard during this period, and Director Yu will cooperate."

After speaking, he glanced at Yu Decai and said, "You take care of the internal affairs, and let Han Zhan help more with external affairs and management."

"Understood."

Both of them agreed very crisply, and Li Xuewu felt much more at ease. He pulled an appointment decision from the folder and handed it to Han Zhan.

"This is the appointment document for the Public Security Stock Chief; I'll leave it to you to handle, and do a good job of pre-appointment talks and exhortations."

"Yes."

Han Zhan agreed, looked at the document in front of him, and said with a smile, "So it's Wang Yimin."

"An old comrade, more steady."

Li Xuewu sipped his tea, his eyes narrowed slightly, and said, "This time, it's not just Fan Hua and Han Yating who need to learn a lesson; I also need to learn a lesson."

When Han Zhan heard Li Xuewu's words, his mouth pursed slightly. They all met Li Xuewu at the Public Security Stock when they were humble, and they were all promoted by him.

If you talk about age, they were all older than Li Xuewu, but if you talk about it, they weren't much older.

They were all young people. There is a saying for young people in the unit: "no hair on the mouth, things are not firm."

No one dared to say Li Xuewu, but there were still people saying them.

This incident of Han Yating and Fan Hua made this kind of gossip even more likely to raise its head, and also made Han Zhan and the others feel even more of a sense of crisis.

They had to put in more effort and make more achievements to let others recognize them.

Watching Han Zhan go out, Yu Decai also thought about himself in his heart.

It's normal for young people to be doubted; there are disadvantages and advantages. Being doubted and questioned, but they are young, have drive, have energy, and have the ability to prove themselves.

And himself? He was over thirty. Besides being steady, experienced, and obedient to leaders, he was useless.

Compared to old comrades, these advantages were not as good; compared to young comrades, he had no drive or energy.

Family factors were still restricting his energy; fortunately, his wife didn't work and could help him stabilize the backyard.

Every age has every age's bitterness, and every person has every person's bitterness; a man's life is bitter~ ===== CHAPTER 641 =====

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "The doctor said it just depends on recuperation."

"That's good~"

Zhou Yao nodded with a smile, gestured toward the canteen direction, and said, "You should also hurry to eat; I'm leaving."

After speaking, she walked toward the canteen direction, her skirt swaying gently with the breeze, adding a touch of vitality and charm to the Steel Rolling Factory.

The atmosphere in the reception center canteen at noon was a bit eerie; at the table reserved for the head and deputy section chiefs, everyone sat eating, with few opening their mouths to chat.

It was as if the atmosphere had suddenly become serious; when Li Xuewu walked in, he thought the situation had changed again.

Seeing him walk in, Zhang Guoqi waved and gestured for him to sit at his table.

Li Xuewu smiled and nodded to the others, then sat down beside Zhang Guoqi.

"How is the situation?"

"What situation?"

As soon as Li Xuewu walked in, he discovered that the gazes of the people around him carried awe, carried wariness, and carried many unclear meanings.

Seeing Li Xuewu playing dumb, Zhang Guoqi pursed his lips and said, "I'm afraid you, brother, aren't treating us like fools; I'm asking about the situation after work yesterday." ===== CHAPTER 640 =====

Han Zhan answered, looked at the document in front of him, and said with a smile, "So it's Wang Yimin."

"He's an old comrade; be more steady."

Li Xuewu took a sip of tea, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said, "This time, it's not just Fan Hua and Han Yating who need to learn a lesson; I also need to learn a lesson."

Hearing Li Xuewu's words, Han Zhan pursed his lips slightly. They all met Li Xuewu when they were at the bottom in the Security Stock, and they were all promoted by him.

In terms of age, they were all older than Li Xuewu, but speaking of it, not by much.

Xu Ning was older, twenty-five, and the others were around twenty-four.

They were all young people. There is a saying about young people in the unit: "No hair on the lips, work is not firm."

No one dared to talk about Li Xuewu, but there were still people talking about them.

This incident with Han Yating and Fan Hua made these rumors even more likely to rise, and also made Han Zhan and the others feel more and more of a sense of crisis.

They must put in more effort and make more achievements to be recognized by others.

Watching Han Zhan go out, Yu Decai also thought about himself in his heart.

It is normal for young people to be doubted; there are disadvantages and advantages. Being doubted and questioned, but they are young, have drive, have energy, and have the ability to prove themselves.

And what about himself? He is over thirty. Besides being steady, experienced, and obedient to leaders, he is useless.

Compared to old comrades, these advantages are not as good; compared to young comrades, he has no drive or energy.

Family factors are still restricting his energy. Fortunately, his wife doesn't work and can help him stabilize the "backyard."

Every age has its own bitterness, everyone has their own bitterness; men are just bitter~