Siheyuan: I stand for Xu Damao because he is my brother

Just then, someone knocked on the door. Ye Qian stood up and opened the door. After a moment, she brought in a dish and said, "This is the last dish."

When Li Huaide saw the dish, his good mood instantly disappeared. He complained to Xu Dacan, "Look at this! It makes me lose my appetite!"

Xu Dacan was not in a hurry. He first filled the glasses of wine for Deputy Director He and Deputy Director Wang, and then said to Li Huaide, "I know you can't bear to part with Sha Zhu. How about this? I'll go and give him a lesson later, and then find a reason to let him go back to the cafeteria."

Li Huaide nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Xu Dacan, Deputy Director He and Deputy Director Wang: "You don't understand, my greatest ability is to make everyone work for me."

He and Wang listened attentively with an expression of learning.

Li Huaide said complacently: "As long as he serves me, anyone will do."

After saying that, he pulled Xu Dacan's arm and said, "Silly Zhu, he doesn't understand what politics is. As long as he obeys me, I dare to let him be the canteen director."

When these words were spoken, except for Xu Dacan who had known about it for a long time, He and Wang were all shocked; how could Shazhu, a stupid cook, be the canteen director?

Seeing that the atmosphere was about to become awkward, Ye Qian, who was known as a "talkative flower", quickly tried to smooth things over and said, "Director, I haven't seen you for two days. Why do I feel like you're not very happy?"

Hearing this, Li Huaide gave her a wicked smile and then patted his thigh.

Xu Dacan and the others started to make a fuss on the side; Ye Qian walked over obediently with a red face, sat on Li Huaide's lap, picked up the wine cup, and fed him a cup of wine.

Li Huaide still felt unsatisfied, so he went straight to the point and kissed Ye Qian, then patted her perky breasts, sighed and said, "My superior criticized me, saying that our factory was not thorough enough, and the things we reported were just small fish and shrimps, without any weight!"

After that, he said to He and Wang, "I need the real gun now, to catch the culprit in the act! To be honest, whoever can provide reliable intelligence, catch a big fish, make our factory a big success, and satisfy the superiors, I will promote him to be the deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee!"

When Deputy Director He and Deputy Director Wang heard this, their eyes became enthusiastic, and even their breathing started to become a little rapid. They were eager to try, and it was obvious that they each had a goal.

Just as the two were about to report to Li Huaide, they suddenly heard a commotion outside. Someone in the corridor shouted, "Get out of my way! I want to see Director Li. If we delay something important, none of you can afford to be blamed!"

Li Huaide said to Xu Dacan unhappily, "Go and see what's going on?"

Xu Dacan deliberately hesitated for a moment and said, "Leader, does it sound like my brother's voice?"

"Your brother? Xu Damao!" Li Huaide was stunned for a moment and said quickly, "Let him in!"

Xu Dacan then stood up and opened the door. When Damao saw him, he was like a drowning man seeing a life-saving straw. He shouted excitedly: "Dacan, let me in! I have something important to report to Director Li!"

Xu Dacan kicked one of the goalkeepers who was blocking Damao in the leg and said sternly, "Get out of my way!"

The two men then let go of Xu Damao reluctantly. He didn't even have time to greet Xu Dacan and rushed into the private room.

He didn't care who was present. His words were like thunder, making Li Huaide's ears buzz: "Oh no, Director Li! Lou Xiao'e and her family ran away!"

Li Huaide stood up in an instant, even knocking over the chair with him: "What did you say?!"

"..."

Xu Damao's arrival made it impossible to eat the meal. Li Huaide issued an urgent order: "Dacan, gather all the people immediately, and call me to inform the Second Branch and the Municipal Revolutionary Committee."

Then he assigned tasks to He and Wang respectively, and finally said to Ye Qian: "You can rest in the guesthouse for one night, and I will have someone take you back tomorrow morning."

Ye Qian was very well-behaved, and her eyes were full of worry when she looked at Li Huaide. This pitiful look almost made Li Huaide lose control of himself.

But soon, the information Xu Dacan reported made him feel very disappointed: "Something happened to the leader. We can't make calls to our factory. I suspect that the phone line has been damaged!"

Li Huaide was a little confused when he heard this. He smashed a cup in anger and said angrily: "They came prepared? They are jealous of me and don't want me to make such a great contribution!"

Li Huaide quickly regained his composure: "Take your men to the Second Branch immediately and have them chase after him."

But Xu Dacan stood still, and Li Huaide got furious: "Go now!"

Xu Dacan then said to him, "Leader, please calm down first. Have you forgotten that the leader of the Second Branch has always been at odds with you? It's raining heavily, and even if we go, they will probably pretend to obey us but secretly disobey us."

Li Huaide slammed the table hard: "I will deal with him sooner or later!"

Seeing that the time was ripe, Xu Dacan leaned over to Li Huaide's ear and said, "Leader, if the Lou family really wanted to run away, they must have made all the necessary preparations. They have so many old friends and many people willing to help them. How can we catch up with our limited manpower?"

Li Huaide gave him a sidelong glance and said, "Why don't you just go home and have a good sleep?"

Xu Dacan ignored his sarcasm and whispered, "My brother is waiting for you outside. He and Lou Xiao'e have been married for so many years, and he knows a lot about the Lou family. My brother just told me that he knows a few places and is willing to report to you..."

The more Li Huaide listened, the brighter his eyes became. In the end, he couldn't sit still any longer: "Quick, quick, call Xu Damao in."

Xu Damao was waiting in the office next door. When he saw Xu Dacan come in, he looked nervous.

Xu Dacan walked up to him and said in a low voice, "Brother, it's done!"

Xu Damao slapped his thigh and said, "Great!" Then he immediately said, "What about us?"

Xu Dacan pointed to the next door and said, "Let's go report now."

"..."

The courtyard is not peaceful today either.

Many families filled their houses with washbasins and bowls to catch the rain dripping through the cracks in the tiles.

Especially at Yan Jiecheng's home, it was raining heavily outside, but it was drizzling inside their house.

Yu Li had taken out all the water-holding items in the house, but it was still not enough. The rain was like a wasp, constantly coming in from all directions.

After a while, I felt the bedding was wet.

Yu Li angrily scolded Yan Jiecheng: "Look, I asked you to fix the roof, but you always put it off. Now you can't live in this house anymore!"

Yan Jiecheng was also helpless, and discussed with Yu Li: "Why don't we go to that room?"

Yu Li also has a temper: "If you want to go, you go. I won't go!"