Siheyuan: The happy life of a little chef

"Li Jianjun has been against Yi Zhonghai and Zhuzi since he entered the courtyard, especially after Zhuzi became disabled. He could have married a wife, but because of Li Jianjun's meddling, Zhuzi lost his wife."

"He often doesn't give face to the eldest uncle Yi Zhonghai. Now Yi Zhonghai has no prestige in the courtyard. When I got old, it was Yi Zhonghai and his wife who took care of me. I also regarded Yi Zhonghai as a son. Li Jianjun offended my son and grandson, so I found someone to kill him."

Director Wei snorted coldly.

"As far as I know, Li Jianjun didn't offend anyone. He just helped a poor widow."

The deaf old lady had a sinister look on her face.

"Who asked him to meddle in other people's business? He has never respected me since he entered the hospital."

Director Wei smiled.

"By disrespect you mean not giving you something delicious, right?"

The deaf old lady was a little embarrassed. She was indeed craving for the food at Li Jianjun's house, but Li Jianjun would rather give it to that money-loser Xiaodang than to her.

"Okay, tell me what happened to Zhou Xiaoqi?"

The deaf old lady continued.

"Zhou Xiaoqi's father was captured by the Japanese and forced to do hard labor. Later, he broke one leg and was supposed to be beaten to death. I felt sorry for him, so I took him home and arranged for him to be a fireman in the kitchen. Later, after he recovered, he got married. He was very grateful to me and often told Zhou Xiaoqi that he wanted to repay me. So I found Zhou Xiaoqi because I knew he would not betray me."

Director Wei thought about it and realized that this was why Zhou Xiaoqi would never tell anyone about the deaf old lady.

"Is there anything else you haven't explained?"

The deaf old lady shook her head and thought of it again.

"I usually eat at Yi Zhonghai's house, so I secretly sold the food coupons given by the street office. After all, I didn't dare to take out the private money."

Director Wei didn't say anything, these were just trivial matters.

"Think about it carefully. If you have anything else to say, you can talk about it later when you remember it."

After saying this, Director Wei took his things and was about to leave.

The deaf old lady said hurriedly.

"Sir, can I see Li Jianjun?"

Director Wei was a little confused.

"Why did you meet Li Jianjun?"

The deaf old lady smiled.

"I know I'm going to die. Not to mention finding someone to kill Li Jianjun, just having a traitorous wife is enough to kill me. I just want to see Li Jianjun one last time and ask him some questions."

Director Wei thought about it.

"I'll tell him. It's not up to me to decide whether he wants to see you or not."

The deaf old lady expressed gratitude.

"Thank you, sir. You are a good man."

Director Wei asked.

"Li Jianjun is also a good man, why do you want to kill him?"

The deaf old lady said with a smile.

"The one who treats me well is the good one."

Director Wei was speechless and didn't want to talk to her anymore, so he turned and left.

Director Wei returned to the office, reported the matter immediately, and then called Li Huaide.

"Director Li, the man has been caught."

"Yes, he was arrested at noon and has admitted it."

"You can come with Jianjun, so I don't have to say it again."

"Okay, I'll wait for you in the office."

After that, he hung up the phone.

Steel rolling mill.

Li Huaide hung up the phone and finally felt relieved.

"I didn't expect the police station to handle the matter so quickly. I want to tell Jianjun the good news."

Li Huaide came to the third canteen.

"Jianjun, we've caught the man. Let's go to the police station together. Director Wei is waiting for us in his office."

Li Jianjun was still a little surprised. He thought the deaf old lady would be caught, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

The two soon arrived at Director Wei's office.

"Director Wei, I didn't expect you to act so quickly. Thank you so much. Otherwise, I would have been so worried that I would have planned to drive Jianjun back home every day."

As soon as Li Huaide came in, he expressed his gratitude.

"This is what we should do. Not only did we catch her, but we also investigated her thoroughly."

Li Jianjun was still very curious about the identity of the deaf old lady.

"Director Wei, can you tell us about it?"

Director Wei laughed.

"Of course it's okay. You are the victim after all."

So he told Li Huaide and Li Jianjun everything about the deaf old lady.

Li Jianjun sighed.

"I didn't expect this old lady to be so well hidden. If she hadn't wanted to kill me, she probably wouldn't have been exposed."

Li Huaide said.

"The country was established not long ago, so it's normal for her to take advantage of the chaos and hide away. Once the situation stabilizes, we will slowly deal with these rats in the gutter."

Director Wei nodded.

"I believe this. By the way, Jianjun, that old woman wants to see you. Do you want to meet her?"

Li Jianjun thought about it.

"See you, this is probably the last time."

"Okay, then I'll have someone take you there, and your uncle and I will stay in the office."

After Director Wei finished speaking, he called a comrade in and took Li Jianjun to the interrogation room.

Li Jianjun walked into the interrogation room. No comrades followed him in, so he was the only one there.

Looking at the deaf old lady in front of him, she no longer had the domineering look she had in the yard. Her hair was messy and she looked listless, as if she would die at the next moment.

"Old lady, I heard you wanted to see me?"

The deaf old lady looked up at Li Jianjun.

"Li Jianjun, I did this, it has nothing to do with others. I hope you don't blame it on others."

Li Jianjun smiled and sat opposite the deaf old lady.

"Old lady, you may have hired someone to kill me, but you can't frame me by yourself. With your legs and feet, it will be dark by the time you get to the street office."

The deaf old lady sighed.

"You finally found out. Does that mean those things are in your hands?"

Li Jianjun didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

The deaf old lady continued.

"Li Jianjun, let's make a deal. I won't tell you about those things, and you let Zhong Hai go. How about that? As for Sha Zhu, he didn't know anything from the beginning to the end."

Li Jianjun smiled.

"Old lady, are you still playing tricks on me? Do you dare to tell me? I will take revenge on Yi Zhonghai and he may not die, but if you tell him, he will definitely go to jail. If I use more strength and send him to the northwest, will he be able to come back?"

The deaf old lady remained silent. She also wanted to use this incident to intimidate Li Jianjun and prevent him from taking revenge on Yi Zhonghai, but she didn't expect Li Jianjun to see through it so clearly.

"No room for negotiation? Do you really want to kill him? Can't you let him go?"

Li Jianjun said.

"Do you have the qualifications to negotiate with me? As for letting him go, please stop kidding me. Why didn't he think of letting me go when he framed me? If you can't kill me, I'll beg for mercy. That's not going to happen. But don't worry, I won't kill Yi Zhonghai. I want him to suffer more than death."

The deaf old lady felt cold all over when she heard what Li Jianjun said. How could she be so foolish as to provoke such a cruel man? Unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret, so she broke down.

"Li Jianjun, you little bastard, how can you be so cruel? You will not have a good ending."

Li Jianjun sneered.

"No matter how cruel I am, I can't be more cruel than you. As for whether my end is good or not, you won't be able to see it. Goodbye, no, I will never see you again."

After saying that, Li Jianjun left.

The deaf old lady slumped in her chair.

"Zhong Hai, I have tried my best. I hope you can get over this hurdle!"

Li Jianjun returned to Director Wei's office.

"How's Jianjun? What did the old woman say to you?"

Li Jianjun said casually.

"Maybe he regretted it and apologized to me."

Li Huaide said disdainfully.

"If I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place. If an apology was useful, what would we public security comrades do?"

Director Wei nodded.

"People should be responsible for their own actions. Don't feel sorry and think that you can get over it by just apologizing."

Li Jianjun looked at his watch.

"Director Wei, you have helped me a lot. Let's go and have dinner."

Director Wei waved his hand.

"Maybe next time. There are still many things to sort out. I have to hand it in tomorrow. I don't have time."

Li Huaide said.

"Okay, when this is over, Director Wei will come to our factory, and I'll have Jianjun personally prepare a table for you."

Director Wei laughed.

"That's great. I heard that Jianjun's cooking skills are not even as good as the chef at Fengze Garden."

Li Huaide said proudly.

"That's right. Jianjun doesn't cook for special guests easily now. He only cooks for very important guests. Usually, another chef cooks. You'll have to taste Jianjun's cooking skills when the time comes."

Director Wei patted Li Jianjun on the shoulder.

"Then I have to starve for a day in advance, otherwise I will be sorry for the food Jianjun cooked, hahahaha."

After chatting for a while, it was getting late, so Li Jianjun and Li Huaide went straight home.