Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

So Lin Geng stripped Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong's pants once again in front of everyone in the yard. Director Wang's face became darker and darker after hearing this, and his hands were shaking with anger.

However, Director Wang and Aunt Liu were still quite grateful to Lin Geng. Lin Geng's words and deeds were meant to absolve them of responsibility for their dereliction of duty. He put all the blame on Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, saying that they had deliberately deceived the leaders and managers of the street office.

Just based on these words, they could reduce a lot of responsibility and would not be dealt with seriously, so when they looked at Lin Geng again, they liked him much more and remembered Lin Geng's favor in their hearts. They made up their minds that after this matter was over, they must pay more attention to Lin Geng and take care of the orphan of the martyr no matter what they said in the future.

Looking back on this incident, he had never expected that the two seemingly honest people, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, whom they assigned, were actually such people, simply worse than beasts. They had done so many bad things in the yard over the years, turning this courtyard into a one-man show where they could abuse their power and do whatever they wanted.

This made Director Wang and Aunt Liu's faces turn green with anger, so they immediately called Yan Bugui and Xu Damao over, and also randomly found a few residents to verify Lin Geng's accusation. As expected, after asking, it turned out that Lin Geng was not lying. This is what Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong had been doing for years.

After hearing Lin Geng's accusation, the first aunt, the second aunt and Qin Huairu were so scared that they almost fainted and collapsed to the ground. This made things even more troublesome. If the street office really wanted to punish them severely, they could just send them all to the shooting range based on the crimes that Lin Geng had listed for their men.

The first aunt, the second aunt and Qin Huairu were all frightened and turned pale. They all knelt on the ground, begging for mercy from Lin Geng and Director Wang again and again, and made incoherent and feeble excuses for their men.

At this time, all the residents in the yard had been summoned to the central courtyard by Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui was so servile that he even moved out the broken eight-immortal table that they usually used for all-staff meetings. He also asked someone to find teacups for Director Wang and the others, and took out some of his precious household snacks to make tea for them.

Then he invited Director Wang, Deputy Director Zhou and Aunt Liu to take their seats and held a meeting for all the residents in the hospital.

Yan Bugui was actually very scared today, because he was also one of the uncles appointed by the street office to be in charge of this courtyard. Although he was only the third uncle and usually did not have much say in front of Yi Zhonghai, he was still the third uncle here after all.

Now Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong have exposed such a big problem, but the sub-district office knows nothing about it. If it is investigated, he, the third uncle, cannot escape the blame. Moreover, he was indeed involved in the affairs of the courtyard and the handling of the courtyard, just for the annual evaluation of excellent courtyards. If they can get the honor of excellent courtyards, the sub-district office will give the courtyard a little reward every year.

The reward is just a few kilograms of corn flour, or a few ounces of peanuts and melon seeds, or a few candies given to each household. Although it is not much, it can be regarded as a rare good thing in this era of material scarcity. The key is that these rewards are very prestigious. Even a mosquito, no matter how small, is still meat!

Therefore, Yan Bugui cannot escape the blame for deceiving his superiors and concealing the truth from his subordinates. If the matter is investigated, it would be secondary for the street office to remove him from his position as the manager. But if they punish him in anger, such as ordering him to sweep the streets for a few months or clean public toilets, it would be extremely embarrassing.

But this is not what Yan Bugui fears the most. What he fears the most is that the street office will vent their anger on him, and in anger report it to their school, asking the school to punish him again. Then he will be in big trouble.

So when Director Wang brought his people to the courtyard, Yan Bugui was so scared that his legs were shaking. He followed Director Wang and his people like a lapdog, nodding and bowing with a smile on his face, trying his best to perform, hoping that Director Wang and his people would not vent their anger on him this time and give him a good beating.

He also heard what Lin Geng said to Director Wang. He never reported him from beginning to end. It can be said that he deliberately protected him and put almost all the blame on Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, making it clear that he wanted to protect him.

Yan Bugui was so touched that he wanted to kneel down and kowtow to Lin Geng. He felt mixed emotions and felt that he was really too sorry for Lin Geng.

Although he did not participate in the dirty deeds done by Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong this time, he was not completely ignorant of them. He chose to stand by and watch, not helping either side. He even took the opportunity to gain some small benefits from the banquet and did not help Lin Geng at all.

But Lin Geng did not cause him any trouble afterwards, and even protected him, the third uncle, everywhere. No matter how much Yan Bugui liked to scheme, he was really moved by Lin Geng this time.

Yan Bugui secretly made up his mind that he must repay Lin Geng. In the future, he would never plot against Lin Geng. People had given him such face, and as a man of the city, he had to repay the kindness. Otherwise, he would be a really inhuman person!

Director Wang, Deputy Director Zhou, and Aunt Liu all sat down beside the round table with gloomy faces, facing the crowded central courtyard of the quadrangle.

Director Wang immediately and angrily criticized Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, the two managers, angrily denouncing them as scum. He also conducted a self-examination and said that it was because the subdistrict office failed to judge people and failed to see the true character of Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, and was deceived by them for a long time, which led to such serious consequences today.

Of course, Director Wang also took the opportunity to severely criticize Yan Bugui, reprimanding him for being the person in charge but not reporting the situation, allowing Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong to act recklessly in the yard for a long time, which was also a serious mistake.

Yan Bugui was also very smart. He immediately stood up and conducted some self-examination with a very sincere attitude. He expressed that he accepted the criticism from Director Wang and the Street Office. He said that he would work hard in the future and would never make such a mistake again. His attitude was so sincere that he even shed tears and was just short of kneeling down and slapping himself in the face.

Seeing that Yan Bugui was so tactful, Director Wang and others taught him a few more lessons, then asked Yan Bugui to step aside and announced on the spot that from today onwards, Uncle Yi Zhonghai and Uncle Liu Haizhong would be officially dismissed from their posts, and Yan Bugui would be temporarily retained as the manager. However, he would have to report the situation of the courtyard to Aunt Liu from the Street Office on a monthly basis. If there were any special matters, he would have to report them to the Street Office immediately and was strictly prohibited from covering them up in the future. If he was found to be covering up the matter like Yi Zhonghai did, he would be dismissed from his job as the manager.

Yan Bugui quickly stood up and repeatedly assured that he would be a good steward in the future, resolutely put an end to Yi Zhonghai's previous tricks, and promised to never deceive his superiors and hide the truth from his subordinates again, and be a fair and just steward.

Yan Bugui was so excited! If Lin Geng hadn't spoken for him, he would have been fired today, and would have to eat the spoils with Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, and might even be punished.

After announcing the removal of Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong's managers, Director Wang added that after the police had dealt with the matter, the subdistrict office would continue to follow up and would not simply remove the two of them.