Siheyuan: I am the God of Cooking, and all the birds are crying with envy!

In the west of the city, Yi Zhonghai slowly raised his head and his eyes fell on the dilapidated and even shaky house in front of him.

This house looks like it has experienced countless storms and is particularly dilapidated.

The wooden door, which was supposed to be vermilion, has now lost its former glory and become dull, as if the traces of time were deeply engraved on it.

The door handle was covered in rust and looked like it could break at any moment.

The keyhole on the door has been worn out and is unclear, making people wonder whether it can still be used normally.

Looking at the wall again, it is actually made of mud mixed with straw. This ancient construction method is extremely rare in modern society.

The wall is uneven and has several obvious cracks, making people worry that it may suddenly collapse one day.

The same is true for the windows on the wall. The window frames have been deformed and the glass has been broken, with only a few fragments hanging on them.

As the breeze sways gently, it makes a creaking sound, as if telling stories of the past.

It's such a shabby house that even a homeless person wouldn't even look at it.

Not to mention living in it?

However, it is precisely because of this deceptive and misleading appearance that no one pays attention and is curious.

But who could have imagined that beneath the dilapidated exterior lies a magnificent, luxurious and noble interior.

Although the house appears shabby on the outside, its interior is a scene of luxury.

When you walk into the house, the first thing that catches your eye is a set of exquisite golden nanmu tables and chairs, which are exquisitely crafted and delicately carved, exuding an atmosphere of nobility and elegance.

The presence of these tables and chairs makes the whole room full of wealth, forming a sharp contrast with the dilapidated appearance of the house.

The exquisite brick and stone wall skirts, magnificent floor-to-ceiling glass windows and unique roof eaves all demonstrate the architect's ingenuity.

The internal facilities are also complete and comfortable.

Coupled with the surrounding green trees and fragrant flowers, this place is undoubtedly an ideal home.

This contrast makes people sigh that behind this seemingly dilapidated house there is such precious wealth and cultural heritage hidden.

Yi Zhonghai was amazed every time he came.

He is quite old and has a broad vision and experience.

However, he could never have imagined the benefactor's luxury... and the shabby tricks.

Not only him, I'm afraid no one would have thought that there would be such a luxurious interior beneath the shabby surface.

It really is worthy of being...the place where my benefactor lives.

Although I don't live there, I have no regrets at all as I can see it with my own eyes in this lifetime.

As the sound got closer, Yi Zhonghai immediately retracted his wandering eyes and straightened his body.

Eyes lowered and dare not look around.

As his benefactor sat down with his back to the light, Yi Zhonghai bowed slightly, his face full of respect.

"The world is in chaos. You should be more careful with your words and actions at this time."

His voice was cold and his tone was unpleasant. It was obvious that he was very displeased with Yi Zhonghai's reckless behavior.

Yi Zhonghai became even more terrified after being rebuked, and his back bent even more.

But before he could explain, the man said:

"If you have something to say, why do you have to avoid the informant and come directly to me?"

This is not just displeasure, this is anger.

Yi Zhonghai's legs and feet softened in fear, and his knees slammed to the ground. "My benefactor, there is really no progress on He Yuzhu's side. There are still two days. If there is no progress, he will be released."

"I have no choice. I am afraid of delaying your work and the overall situation, so I took the risk to come and see you."

"My benefactor, I was wrong."

Yi Zhonghai knelt on his knees, his body and head prostrated on the ground. He did not raise his head after he finished speaking, and waited quietly for his benefactor to speak.

He was both nervous and afraid. After all, the benefactor would be ruthless to those who did not do their job well.

He remembered one time, there was a man who failed to do his job well and ruined the benefactor's plan. He saw with his own eyes that man's hands were chopped off and his tongue was cut off.

The bloody hands rolled to his feet.

And that tongue...

The more Yi Zhonghai thought about it, the more frightened he became.

The blood disappeared from his face and it turned as pale as a water ghost.

But this was not the cruelest thing. In the end, the man was thrown into the mountains and left to fend for himself.

Therefore, if it wasn't absolutely necessary, he really didn't want to use his hands, feet or tongue at this time.

Yi Zhonghai was always crawling on the ground, waiting and waiting. Waiting was the most torturous and the longest.

This silent waiting was like being executed by slow slicing, with each second and every minute being cut into his body by the knife.

Just when he was about to collapse, the so-called benefactor who stood by the window with his back to Yi Zhonghai said:

"Yi Zhonghai, the life of labor reform has worn away your temper and killed your fighting spirit."

"Yi Zhonghai, are you afraid of death!"

Yi Zhonghai wants to ask, who is not afraid of death?

But his throat seemed to be blocked; he dared not speak, and could not speak.

He was afraid that if he said it out loud, he would be tortured to death by his benefactor.

"People who are afraid of death cannot stay with me."

"If I had known you were so cowardly and incompetent, I would not have spent money, effort, and energy to get you back from the farm."

The so-called benefactor did not conceal his purpose at all.

He openly stated his purpose of saving Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai was still crawling on the ground, but his body was shaking unconsciously.

He understood the hidden meaning of his benefactor's words and he regretted it.

I regret bringing myself back from the countryside.

At this moment, Yi Zhonghai also felt guilty towards his benefactor.

"My benefactor, please give me another chance, and I will definitely complete the task."

All I heard was the so-called benefactor sneer, "Okay, I'll give you one more chance."

"But since you have no other options, I'll give you a reminder."

"Find a breakthrough from his wife, his sister or his sister-in-law."

"Since he is so stubborn and refuses to give in, let's take advantage of his weak spot and see how he can struggle."

"But..." Yi Zhonghai raised his head in embarrassment, "But he is not afraid at all? Not afraid at all."

"He's not threatened at all."

The benefactor sneered, "Did you implement it?"

Yi Zhonghai shook his head, "No, it seems someone above is protecting him and not letting anyone touch his relatives."

benefactor:"……"

The benefactor thought for a moment, then exhaled a breath and asked, "Who is it?"

Yi Zhonghai shook his head again, "I don't know. Someone put a document to protect him in my pocket, and the words between the lines are all harmful to He Yuzhu."

It is not so much a letter about dealing with the harm of He Yuzhu.

It's more like a threatening letter.

Yi Zhonghai handed the letter over with both hands, but he kept his head down and did not dare to look directly at it.

The benefactor took the letter and glanced through it quickly.

The veins on his hands became more and more prominent, and his fists became tighter and tighter.

Then, he handed the letter back to Yi Zhonghai, "This letter is the evidence that He Yuzhu is collaborating with the enemy."

"As for his relatives, they are all in your hands. Why are you still hesitating?"

"If anything goes wrong, I'll take responsibility."

This means that my benefactor intends to let me have my own way.

However, Yi Zhonghai was a little scared.

After all!

If you do something knowing that it is impossible, there will probably be no good outcome.

However, faced with his benefactor's toughness, he did not dare to disobey.

Yi Zhonghai's hesitation for a moment caused dissatisfaction among his so-called benefactors.

The benefactor grabbed the teacup and slammed it to the ground.

Then he said in a cold, ruthless but tough tone: "Yi Zhonghai, don't forget, if it weren't for me, you would never be able to return to the city in your life."

"Of course, if you hadn't returned to the city, you wouldn't be as majestic as you are now."

"Yi Zhonghai, everything you have now is given by me. Are you sure you want to be ungrateful and be an ungrateful person?"

"I..." Yi Zhonghai's unfinished painting was snatched away again. "You should know what will happen to those who disobey orders, fail to complete tasks, or even play two-faced or betray me? Do you want to experience it?"

"No..." Yi Zhonghai replied impatiently almost as soon as he finished speaking.

Today he came to see his benefactor with the purpose of living, not to die.

Therefore, even if He Yuzhu knew it was impossible, he would still do it.

One is to complete the task assigned by the benefactor, and the other is to save his own life.

He had reason to believe that if he refused at this moment, the fate he would face might be even worse than that man.

"Yi Zhonghai, you didn't disappoint me."

Yi Zhonghai crawled on the ground and dared not speak.

"If you send this letter, someone will cooperate with you, and then He Yuzhu's crime of treason will be confirmed."

"Once his crime is proven, he will die."

As long as He Yuzhu dies, his revenge will be avenged.

He had suffered losses at the hands of He Yuzhu time and time again. If it were not possible, he really didn't want to let He Yuzhu die easily.

After all, death is too easy for He Yuzhu.

But, we must consider the overall situation.

If He Yuzhu is found guilty, death is his inevitable end.

Then the Red Star Steel Mill can be controlled by their own people.

As long as the Red Star Steel Mill is under control, the experiment at the end of October will not be possible.

That’s right, the real purpose of capturing He Yuzhu was to destroy the experiment at the end of October.

This is also the reason why he went to great lengths to get He Yuzhu back.

If he wanted to deal with He Yuzhu and complete the task assigned by his superiors, it would be most appropriate to find He Yuzhu's enemies.

When Yi Zhonghai was sent to the countryside by He Yuzhu to suffer, the seeds of hatred were planted in Yi Zhonghai's heart.

Although he manipulated He Yuzhu to make Yi Zhonghai suffer even more in the countryside, his real purpose was to make Yi Zhonghai completely hate He Yuzhu.

And the fact was just as he expected, Yi Zhonghai's hatred for He Yuzhu had reached its peak.

It even came to the point of life and death.

As long as he makes good use of this hatred and holds Yi Zhonghai tightly, he will work for him.

"I'll teach you how to use this letter..."

After 20 minutes, he finally finished explaining everything he wanted to explain.

Only then did he contentedly pick up the teacup and drink a sip of tea, "As long as you follow my plan, not only will this deadlock be broken, but you can also get revenge."

"If this letter is confirmed and he is found guilty, the peanuts will be fed to him."

"Then, I will help you become the director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill."

The pie was big and tempting, and he believed that Yi Zhonghai could not refuse it.

After all, no one can resist the temptation of being the director of a factory.

Yi Zhonghai was also moved by what he said, "Since the benefactor has done so much, if I don't know what's good for me and back down, I will really be sorry for the benefactor's help."

Yi Zhonghai raised his head with excitement and looked at the tall figure of his benefactor reflected in the light.

Although I could only see a dark figure and couldn't see the face of my benefactor clearly.

But...Yi Zhonghai had already imagined him as a tall, heroic and handsome young man.

Seeing that he was so capable and good at planning at such a young age, Yi Zhonghai felt that the great things his benefactor had planned should be able to come true.

After all, the new society today...will definitely be full of difficulties if it wants to remain strong.

Especially since the benefactor’s people could even infiltrate that place, which shows how powerful the benefactor is.

After Yi Zhonghai left, his benefactor also left through the underground passage...

It turned out that his residence was never fixed.

Everywhere is a trick.

His face was different every day and the people he met were different every time.

Sometimes tall, sometimes thin, sometimes fat, sometimes short.

Of course this doesn't mean that he has the ability to determine his body shape, but that this person has always been cunning and cautious.

He is good at disguise.

These things can be faked.

It can also be transformed.

As long as you put in some effort, it can be easily done.

Therefore, he never walked around with his real face.

"Give orders to keep an eye on Yi Zhonghai and He Yuzhu. Especially, you need to find out who is protecting him."

The people around him looked confused after hearing this. "But, isn't Yi Zhonghai one of ours? Why are we monitoring him? But he's not doing the right thing?"

"Yi Zhonghai is a cunning old man. Although he is afraid of death, his brain is very flexible."

"If it weren't for my kindness, he would have quit long ago."

"I have calmed him down today, but maybe after one night or the next day he will change his mind again."

"So, before he changed his mind, we finalized the matter, and all the evidence pointed to Yi Zhonghai."

"Then Yi Zhonghai must continue to rely on us in order to survive."

The real person nodded and said, "This is the effect I want to achieve."

"Will you give him the position of director of the Red Star Steel Mill?"

He sneered, his eyes full of disdain, and said sarcastically: "The important positions can only be held by our people. Yi Zhonghai is just a pawn in my hand."

"If he is still useful, he is a good chess piece. If he is useless or even destroys my business, then he is a useless chess piece."

"For me, is there any other way to abandon it except to destroy it?"

"What you said is absolutely true."

"Okay, now get to work! I hope to hear the results today."

I have to say his predictions were very accurate. There were results today, but it was already past 11 o'clock in the evening.

Something did happen to He Yuzhu. Xu Xinyue, Xu Xinmei, and He Yushui were released.

They were acquitted.

But things on Yi Zhonghai's side were not as easy as his benefactor imagined.

The letter was sent, but it fell into oblivion.

There was no one to pick me up as the benefactor had said.