Siheyuan: Rebirth 54 years ago, neighbor is stupid

"What happened?"

Li Zhenmin was puzzled for a moment. He poured a cup of tea for Xu Jingshan while asking what happened that made Xu Jingshan come to the steel mill in such a hurry.

Xu Jingshan gulped down the tea, took a deep breath, and then continued, "What on earth did you do? Someone told me today that the Mo family had collapsed. Didn't you tell me not to interfere? Why did you do it secretly? Do you think you look down on me, an old man?"

"What Mo family?" Li Zhenmin didn't react for a moment.

Xu Jingshan said unhappily, "It's the Mo family mentioned in the letter that Yang Feidong left for you before he left Sijiu City. They were the ones who reported your father-in-law's family."

Li Zhenmin was shocked when he heard this. The Mo family! Collapsed?

Seeing Li Zhenmin's surprised look, Xu Jingshan asked curiously, "This matter really has nothing to do with you? Don't do such dangerous things secretly without telling me. You are in the rising stage of your career now, don't mess it up because of these things."

Li Zhenmin came to his senses and understood why Xu Jingshan came here in such a hurry. It turned out that he was afraid that he would be affected and bullied, so he came to check the situation.

But why did the Mo family suddenly collapse? He really didn't do anything unnecessary. Could it be that the country noticed his intention and was trying to show goodwill to him, which was the surprise that Zhang Huaiyuan mentioned?

But this was too sudden.

"Tell me what's going on."

Li Zhenmin poured another cup of tea for Xu Jingshan, wanting to see if it was what he thought.

Xu Jingshan didn't say much and just told the whole story.

Basically, someone from the Xu family came to visit Xu Jingshan today as usual, asking about his health and hoping that he would move back.

This was nothing new. Every few days, people from the Xu family would come to visit and, as usual, ask Xu Jingshan to go back. After all, if such an old man did not live in his own home, it would not be good for the Xu family's reputation if it got out.

It’s just that Xu Jingshan didn’t like the people from the Xu family very much, so he never went back.

And today, the person who came to the Xu family was a different person. Xu Ying came in person to invite them. At the same time, he asked about Li Zhenmin in a roundabout way, and tentatively asked whether Xu Jingshan had helped Li Zhenmin in private and brought down the Mo family.

Xu Jingshan had never done such a thing before. He immediately thought that maybe Li Zhenmin had acted on his own. He was annoyed and anxious. He was annoyed that Li Zhenmin asked him to keep quiet but he did things on his own. He was anxious that Li Zhenmin was weak and alone. He was afraid that Li Zhenmin would suffer a loss, so he hurried to find Li Zhenmin to check on the situation.

Li Zhenmin understood and then said unhappily: "You just ran over here like this, and they don't care?"

Xu Jingshan said unhappily, "I can go wherever I want. They may not be able to tie me up."

Li Zhenmin felt better after hearing this. It seemed that Xu Ying had tried to persuade him but failed. After thinking for a while, he said, "You are blood relatives and family. They have not treated you unfairly. Don't get angry with them because of me. I don't know what outsiders will say about you."

Xu Jingshan's face suddenly darkened, and then he waved his hand: "Get lost, some things are not what you see, I just said these, don't think too much about it, anyway, it has nothing to do with you, just do your own thing. Talk about your own things, you haven't answered me what you did, why are all the people in the Mo family investigated?"

"Did you mention this to the people at the Ministry of Health?"

"You are not doing this well. You should have discussed this with me. Although you have achieved your goal, you will have to pay a favor and someone will hold you hostage. You will be controlled by others in the future. You were too careless this time!"

Xu Jingshan was busy with his own thoughts.

Li Zhenmin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and replied, "How can you be so imaginative? I haven't mentioned this to anyone. At most, I just delayed the time to submit the research report."

"What do you mean?" Xu Jingshan was puzzled.

Li Zhenmin repeated his previous plan: "My original intention was to use my research results as a bargaining chip in exchange for the Mo family's resignation. Of course, this cannot be said openly, so I kept delaying the submission of the report, hoping that the higher-ups would secretly investigate me."

"If the higher-ups really think highly of me and have investigated the Mo family, they might help me."

"I basically hand over my research results to the country unconditionally. Is this request not excessive?"

Hearing this, Xu Jingshan's mouth twitched: "It's right for you to be so obscure, but the problem is, what if the higher-ups don't realize this? Or think you are negotiating terms, and then have a bad impression of you and directly ruin your future? Can you keep dragging it out? Isn't this just taking advantage of your favor and becoming arrogant?"

Li Zhenmin replied: "Of course not. There is always a deadline, right? I don't plan to keep dragging it out. I have already written the report and will hand it in in the next two days. It has been dragged out long enough. If I drag it out any longer, I am afraid of backlash."

"Besides, things are not as bad as you think. Even if the higher-ups know that I'm negotiating terms, so what? I've made a contribution, so can't I have some personal requests?"

"They are all smart people. I don't believe that the higher-ups don't understand this. Besides, I didn't say it explicitly, and I didn't leave any evidence that would damage my image. If someone wants to pick on me, there's no reason for that."

"But then again, if the higher-ups don't realize my needs or simply ignore them, then I can only look for opportunities later."

Li Zhenmin expressed his thoughts.

Xu Jingshan didn't know how to refute. After all, Li Zhenmin didn't leave any evidence, and everything was within an acceptable range. If he were the boss, he really wouldn't notice Li Zhenmin's subtle needs.

"If the Mo family incident is really a reward from the country for your contribution, then you are lucky."

That’s right, no normal person would know what Li Zhenmin is thinking.

Li Zhenmin also smiled: "I can't help it. Everything is like walking on thin ice. I dare not do anything out of the ordinary. But luck seems to be on my side, isn't it?"

Xu Jingshan said unhappily: "How do you know that this was done for you? Could it be that the Mo family offended other people, or they committed the crime on their own initiative?"

Li Zhenmin was too lazy to dwell on the reasons, as long as the result was good, and he felt that there was a high probability that this was because of him, and he did not think that the people above were unaware of his needs.

Don't underestimate the brains of those in power.

Although it may not seem like a big problem that I was delaying the submission of the report, it was a hint after all. After all, most people would be eager to complete the task as soon as possible, so how could they delay something that could be done at any time for a month or two?

Even if he had to follow up on the drug production process and there was work to be done, it couldn't be delayed so long. You know, Li Zhenmin had plenty of time in the past one or two months.

What's more, the Xu family didn't even know the specific details of the Mo family's resignation, and they still had to ask Xu Jingshan. It was conceivable that it was not simply because they offended someone or committed something on their own initiative.

Such secrecy is probably the result of direct action by special authorities.

"Well, anyway, their result is what I want to see." Li Zhenmin changed the subject and said, "It's almost time to get off work. Do you want to go back with me later, or leave now?"

When he looked out the window just now, he saw two cars parked near the factory gate.

One of the cars belonged to Xu Jingshan. It should have been Shen Wenyin who drove Xu Jingshan here. The other car must have belonged to the Xu family.

Xu Jingshan glanced out the window and waved his hand: "Just wait here for a while. You know what? Your office is so quiet, like a retirement home."

Or pick up a newspaper and read it.

Li Zhenmin rolled his eyes and was about to say something when Xu Jingshan suddenly put down the newspaper and asked, "By the way, your research has come to an end. No one has come to interview you recently. This matter should be reported in the newspaper."