Siheyuan: How the Little People Live

When Xu Ying walked to Ye Wenwu's side and sat down, her face was still puffed with anger.

"Didn't the section chief say that it can be completed in three days? Others can also complete it in three days, and we must complete it within three days. If we don't complete it, will it be reported to the factory director? The two of us can no longer stay in the Propaganda Department, right?"

Xu Ying was somewhat surprised that Ye Wenwu could actually guess what she had talked about with the section chief. She thought that it was Ye Wenwu who had not allowed her to say that it had been completed, and even she could guess it. The section chief was targeting her, and maybe Ye Wenwu had guessed it a long time ago.

"Have you guessed this question long ago?"

Xu Ying didn't want to talk to Ye Wenwu at first, but she couldn't resist her inner curiosity.

"Um"

Ye Wenwu nodded.

"You told me on the morning of my first day here that you have been here for nearly a year, and the section chief has not assigned you a task. But on my first day here, the section chief assigned you a task. At that time, I guessed that the section chief was targeting you, and he specifically asked you to ask about the time, especially the time limit, which made me more certain."

"So I infer that the section chief is not targeting you, but me. You just suffered from my misfortune."

"And the section chief probably didn't intend to target me at first, otherwise he wouldn't have assigned me to work under you. But his attitude must have changed drastically the next day, but by then he had already assigned me to work under you, so you know what happened next."

Ye Wenwu told Xu Ying his thoughts. Only then did Xu Ying come to her senses. It turned out that it was not Section Chief Zhao Shujie who was targeting her, but she was implicated by Ye Wenwu and she saved him from disaster.

"You are so good, Ye Wenwu. It turns out that you already knew about this matter a long time ago. Moreover, I saved you from a disaster, but you actually dared to yell at me yesterday at noon."

Hearing Xu Ying's questioning tone, Ye Wenwu also felt a headache.

"Have you ever thought about why the section chief targeted me?"

"Ah, why?"

Ye Wenwu felt powerless when he saw the silly and cute Xu Ying.

"Zhao Shujie is a section chief anyway. If he could target someone, it must be someone higher than him. Besides Director Yang, it must be Deputy Director Li. I just joined the Red Star Steel Mill. Who else could I offend? The only one is Li Zhiqiang who came here yesterday morning. Do you know why now?"

Of course, Ye Wenwu didn't know whether Li Zhiqiang was targeting him, but that didn't stop him from blaming Li Zhiqiang and making Xu Ying feel guilty about him.

Sure enough, after hearing that this happened because of a joke she made at the time, Xu Ying lowered her head feeling guilty.

"How would I know that Li Zhiqiang suppressed you because of this sentence? And it's not necessarily Li Zhiqiang who suppressed you. When he comes, I will ask him."

"Please stop being so naive. You are such a beautiful woman, but there is no one pursuing you in our Hongxingda Steel Plant. Think about it carefully. Then, all these people are not coming back one by one, and who is the only one who is persevering? I say, you are so careless, have you never noticed these problems?"

Ye Wenwu directly tore apart Xu Ying's naive thoughts, leaving her no face at all, and said aggressively.

After hearing Ye Wenwu's words, combined with the actual situation of Red Star Steel Mill pursuing his own people in the past, Xu Ying's face suddenly became extremely ugly, as if everything was the same as what Ye Wenwu said. This time, even if Li Zhiqiang was skinned alive, he could not clear himself of this suspicion.

Then her face turned red and she lowered her head in embarrassment.

I was actually denying it just now, and it was not necessarily my fault. Now, combined with what Ye Wenwu just said, even if it is not 100%, it can be confirmed with 90% certainty that it was Li Zhiqiang who did it.

After all, she also knew that Li Zhiqiang was the nephew of Deputy Factory Director Li. When she came in front of Deputy Factory Director Li, Deputy Factory Director Li told her how good he was and asked young people to communicate more.

"Then how about I talk to Deputy Director Li and have his nephew apologize to you and promise not to conflict with you in the future."

"Don't, don't, don't hurt me anymore."

Ye Wenwu waved his hands quickly. He was just an ordinary citizen. Maybe Xu Ying had a powerful background. Deputy Director Li would definitely agree to it on the surface, but he didn't know what he would do to him behind the scenes!

Xu Ying felt a little aggrieved for a moment. What did it mean to harm herself? It was obviously her intention to prevent Ye Wenwu from being targeted. It was obviously for his own good.

"Don't feel wronged. If you really do what I said, it will be very difficult for me to work in the Red Star Steel Mill in the future. Just like you said, Deputy Director Li will definitely see your face and agree on the surface, but how can you control what he does to me in secret? Do you have any evidence? At that time, I will have no choice but to leave the Red Star Steel Mill and find another way out."

Only then did Xu Ying realize how wrong her decision just now was, and she didn't know what to do for a moment.

"What should I do? Whatever you have in mind, I will listen to you."

Xu Ying also realized at this time that her idea was not really able to solve the problem.

Ye Wenwu was waiting for Xu Ying to say this. After all, this task was to be taken over by Xu Ying, and he would be implicated. If he reported Xu Ying's identity to the higher-ups, they would definitely not implicate Xu Ying. Then he, a common citizen with no identity and no background, would be the scapegoat.

"Okay, since Zhao Zhijie is targeting us personally, we can only confront him face to face. He doesn't know that we have completed the task yet, so we should stay in the office every day for the next few days to make them think that we can't complete it anyway and have given up. He will definitely hold us accountable when the time comes. We can take this opportunity to make trouble in front of the factory director and others, and then say that we have completed it and give him a good slap in the face."

"If we hurt Zhao Shujie this time, he might not bother us again, but it's also possible that he will get mad and target us every day. Do you want to take a chance?"

Xu Ying didn't expect Ye Wenwu's plan to be so exciting, and she nodded happily.

Especially when she thought about the completion of her and others' mission and Zhao Xiujie's expression, Xu Ying couldn't help laughing.