Siheyuan: How the Little People Live

As the crowd dispersed, Ye Wenwu also wanted to leave, but because he was standing at the front, he had already been spotted by Director Yang.

"Comrade, please wait a moment. I still want to talk to you alone about this matter. Is that ok?"

Seeing Ye Wenwu preparing to leave, Director Yang quickly spoke.

Just now, his secretary had given him all the information about Ye Wenwu.

"Okay, director."

Ye Wenwu nodded and agreed, signaling with his eyes that Xu Ying and the others should go back and not stay here.

. . . . . .

The office of Director Yang of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill.

The natural outcome for Sha Zhu was that he was escorted into a small dark room by the security department, who would then conduct a strict interrogation on him once he woke up.

Ye Wenwu was brought into the office by Director Yang.

"Here, please have some tea."

"Your father is Ye Fugui and your mother is Zhang Kexin. They sacrificed themselves to protect the steel mill equipment a week ago. The factory also compensated your family with a 1000 yuan pension and two work targets. Am I right?"

Facing Director Yang's question, Ye Wenwu was sure that President Yang had already investigated his situation, so he did not refute and just nodded.

"Director Yang, since you have investigated it, why are you still asking me?"

Director Yang shook his head and did not give a reason, but continued:

"You were a coward in your courtyard, but you became a different person after your parents passed away. Not only did you quarrel with your courtyard's manager, Yi Zonghai, and took your parents' things, you also used your own means to establish a relationship with Liu Hua, and let him meet with Director Li. The work quota in your hand became the basis for your entry into the Propaganda Department."

Ye Wenwu nodded. He was worthy of being in this position. In such a short period of time, he had figured out 70% of what had happened during this period.

"But it hasn't even been five or six days since you entered the factory, and things have happened to you three or four times. You were also involved in the Jia Dongxu false accusation. After the conflict with He Yuzhu in the third cafeteria, the guards stopped He Yuzhu and searched him. There was the incident of talking back to Zhao Shujie that made a lot of noise today, and there was also the fight between Zhao Shujie and Li Zhiqiang today, the fight between Yu and Yuzhu in the cafeteria, and you instigated everyone to cause trouble. Although most of these things are reasonable, it seems that you are involved in them all."

Ye Wenwu remained silent. There was no need to explain these things. Moreover, it was not him who provoked them first. Things just came to him first. If they had not provoked him, how could so many things have happened?

Director Yang saw Ye Wenwu remained silent and sighed heavily.

"I know you didn't instigate any of these things, but you are behind every single one of them. If you had reported everything to your superiors, there wouldn't have been so many problems."

Ye Wenwu disagreed with this statement. His principle in life was "I will not offend others unless they offend me."

"Director, if I report this to the higher-ups, will they believe me or you leaders? I believe you know better than I do."

"And I can swear here that I have no intention of dragging the steel mill into this. My parents are dead, and these people are like a pack of wolves who are ready to bite off my things. If I show weakness, I believe I will be eaten by these people without even a bone left."

This time it was Director Yang's turn to remain silent. He also had selfish motives. He certainly knew what the consequences of what he had just said would be. He sacrificed Ye Wenwu for the benefit of the whole family, but now people are not willing to do that.

"I understand, but if there is anything in the future, you can just tell me here."

"And you know what happened with Shazhu today. He won't be fired so easily. There's no point in making a fuss."

Director Yang shook his head and explained everything to Ye Wenwu.

If it weren't for the fact that Ye Wenwu's parents sacrificed their lives for the factory, he wouldn't have said so many words for Ye Wenwu and would have just beaten him to death with a stick.

"I know, but if I don't even dare to do it, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to do it next time."

Ye Wenwu said coldly. Yes, if he doesn't do it this time, then he will fight him to the death next time.

"Okay, now that I've said everything I need to say, whether you listen to me or not, I'll give you one last word. Stay away from that Xu girl. You two are not from the same world."

After saying this, Director Yang began to look at the documents in front of him.

Ye Wenwu knew that Director Yang was trying to drive him away, so he naturally wouldn't stay here with a shameless face.

Ye Wenwu walked out and looked at the gray sky, and for a moment he was shaken by his persistence.

Director Yang is different from what he imagined, although he is still as stubborn as ever.

But Ye Wenwu suddenly stopped thinking so. The tide of history was not something that a common citizen like him could change. He should just worry about himself first.

Yi Zhonghai returned to the workshop after dinner. When he heard about Sha Zhu's situation, he became completely panicked.

He never thought that Sha Zhu and Ye Wenwu could come up with such a thing.

But now he was not thinking about the cause of the incident, but how to find a way to get Sha Zhu out, so he hurried towards Director Yang.

When Yi Zhonghai walked out of Director Yang's office, he was completely dazed. He went to the security department to check on Sha Zhu, and without even asking for leave, he left the factory and went back to the courtyard.

. . . . . .

In the backyard of the Red Star Courtyard, a deaf old lady was basking in the sun at the door.

When he saw Yi Zhonghai running away in a hurry, he came over and pretended not to see him and continued to bask in the sun.

"Old lady, why aren't you in a hurry at all? Something happened."

"What could possibly happen? You didn't even go to work and came back here. Aren't you afraid of what others will gossip about you?"

Seeing that the old lady was not panicked at all, Yi Zhonghai also sighed heavily.

"Old lady, Sha Zhu has been locked up in a small dark room in the factory and is about to be interrogated."

Something happened to her precious grandson Shazhu, and the deaf old lady instantly lost her composure.

"Zhong Hai, what happened to Sha Zhu? Is it serious? Why is he locked up in a small dark room and interrogated?"

Seeing the panic of the deaf old lady, Yi Zhonghai felt the breath in his heart dissipate.

"Not only that, the factory is also deciding to downgrade the chef who butchers the pigs by one level and impose a fine of 500 yuan."

"What's going on? Shazhu is a kid who never causes trouble."

Only then did Yi Zhonghai calmly report to the deaf old lady what he and Ye Wenwu had learned.

The deaf old lady stomped her cane in anger.

"This Ye Wenwu is really a nuisance. He just brought trouble to his own parents, and now he is bringing trouble to my eldest grandson. No, I have to go talk to Director Yang. He obviously thought it was my fault, so why blame my Shazhu?"

Seeing that the deaf old lady really blamed Ye Wenwu for this matter, Yi Zhonghai smiled triumphantly in his heart.