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"Huai De, can I ask you for a favor?" Qin Huai Ru's small hand drew circles on Li Huai De's chest.

Li Huaide took a drag of his cigarette before saying with a smug look, "Stop talking, I'll give you twenty yuan later, is that alright?"

Qin Huairu was surprised by the unexpected joy and immediately gave Li Huaide a kiss.

"You're so wonderful. I'd even like to marry you."

Li Huaide frowned in disgust; he had no intention of marrying Qin Huairu.

If it weren't for Qin Huairu's superior skills, he wouldn't have bothered coming to find her.

"Stop wishful thinking."

Qin Huairu felt somewhat disappointed. Her earlier words weren't meant to flatter Li Huaide; she genuinely had that idea.

As long as Li Huaide is willing to support her three children and her mother-in-law, she wouldn't mind marrying him.

It's hateful that Li Huaide is so heartless; he wouldn't even say a word to comfort her.

"They were just saying it. If you don't want to, then forget it."

Li Huaide ignored him, intending to take a break before returning to his office.

Seeing that Li Huaide didn't speak, Qin Huairu could only take the initiative: "I want to ask you for a favor. Yi Zhonghai from Workshop One is my mentor, and he also wants to join the workers' disciplinary team."

Let me tell you, Liu Haizhong is the most notorious idiot in our department. An old man is much better than Liu Haizhong.

"If this old man could be a team leader, he'd definitely do a better job than Liu Haizhong."

Li Huaide's face immediately turned cold: "What benefits did Yi Zhonghai give you?"

Qin Huairu smiled and said, "I didn't accept any bribes from that old man. He's my mentor, and he's always helped me, so I..."

Li Huaide pushed him away and said bluntly, "Fine, I don't care what your relationship is with Yi Zhonghai. But I can tell you, in this steel rolling mill, anyone can join the workers' disciplinary team, except for Yi Zhonghai."

Qin Huairu saw Li Huaide getting angry and said, "Don't be angry, okay?"

Li Huaide thought for a moment, reluctant to part with this beauty, and said, "You remember this, don't mention Yi Zhonghai in front of me."

Qin Huairu was curious about what he had done that was so outrageous that Li Huaide hated him so much.

Despite the huge conflict between him and Yang Peishan, he didn't really target Yang Peishan.

Qin Huai asked cautiously, "May I ask, how did that old man offend you?"

Li Huaide said angrily, "He's the first person in the entire steel rolling mill to slap me in the face. Tell me, what did he do to offend me?"

Qin Huairu stared wide-eyed, feeling somewhat incredulous.

Even if others don't understand Yi Zhonghai, doesn't she?
Yi Zhonghai's favorite thing to do is to be a nice guy and generally avoid offending anyone.

"That can't be right. The old man is a factory worker, how could he have offended you?"

Li Huaide was unwilling to bring up the matter, and vaguely said, "He relied on Yang Peishan's favor to make things difficult for me."

Go back and tell him to behave himself at the steel rolling mill.

"If he dares to misbehave, I'll send him to the Northwest to eat sand."

Qin Huairu dared not mention it again and obediently helped Li Huaide clean up.

Qin Huairu ruined Li Huaide's good mood, and he didn't even give her the twenty yuan she promised.

Qin Huai opened her mouth, but ultimately didn't dare ask Li Huaide for it. She was most afraid of Li Huaide dealing with Yi Zhonghai.

If she were to send Yi Zhonghai to eat sand, she would be in trouble.

Without Yi Zhonghai's protection, how could the Jia family survive in the courtyard house?

More importantly, when Yi Zhonghai leaves, he will definitely take his savings with him, which are all her money.

Qin Huairu returned to the workshop, lingered in front of Yi Zhonghai for a moment, and then went to a secluded place.

Upon seeing this, Yi Zhonghai assumed the matter was settled and happily went to investigate.

Before he even arrived, he heard Qin Huairu sobbing softly.

Yi Zhonghai walked over with a pained expression: "Huai Ru, I'm sorry you had to go through all this. How did things go?"

Qin Huairu cried even harder: "Uncle, what did you do to offend Director Li? He got angry the moment I mentioned your name and even deducted twenty yuan from my pay." Yi Zhonghai panicked upon hearing this. In the steel rolling mill these days, you couldn't afford to offend Li Huaide, no matter who you were dealing with.

"Huai Ru, don't cry. Tell me what happened. I didn't offend Director Li."

You know me, I only dislike Sha Zhu, I don't dislike anyone else.

Qin Huairu did not answer Yi Zhonghai, but cried to herself: "My family's life was already hard, and now we've had twenty yuan deducted from our pay. How am I going to explain this to my mother-in-law?"

If she finds out, she'll kill me.

And then there's Bang Geng, who's about to start junior high, and I don't have the money to pay his tuition.

Why is my life so miserable...?

Yi Zhonghai had a terrible headache and felt some resentment towards Qin Huairu.

Can't you tell what's important and what's not?
"Don't cry. I'll give you twenty yuan when I get home. Is that alright?"

Qin Huairu immediately stopped crying and smiled: "Thank you, sir."

Yi Zhonghai immediately realized he had been tricked. He was now eating with the Jia family and giving them fifteen yuan a month for living expenses.

The food the Jia family gave him only cost five yuan. The remaining ten yuan was used to support the Jia family.

The Jia family eats his food and drinks his drinks; how much money could they possibly spend?

He just needed Qin Huairu to support him in his old age, so he couldn't afford to fall out with her and pretended not to notice.

“Huai Ru, I am all alone now, and everything I have from now on will go to Bang Geng.”

Even though he pretended not to see it, Yi Zhonghai still wanted to remind Qin Huairu that she shouldn't scheme against him like that.

Qin Huairu was so immersed in the joy of regaining what she had lost that she didn't hear what Yi Zhonghai said clearly.

Even if she had heard it clearly, she wouldn't have cared. The money in her hand was what truly belonged to her.

As for sons, when it comes to money, they'd rather be as far away as possible.

Back when Banggeng returned from the countryside, he couldn't find a job. Qin Huairu had been holding onto Shazhu's salary for eight years, but he couldn't even spare the money to buy Banggeng a job.

"Uncle, please don't say that. I respect you out of gratitude."

If it weren't for you, I'd still be farming in the countryside.

I absolutely never intended to take your savings or your house. You can give your things to whomever you want; I won't object.

Hearing Qin Huairu say that, Yi Zhonghai felt a little better.

That's how it should be; he should be in charge of what's his.

If he doesn't offer it, no one else can accept it.

Yi Zhonghai then added modestly, "I won't give my things to unfilial people. In our compound, your family is the most filial."

Qin Huairu immediately put on a grateful expression and swore to be filial to Yi Zhonghai and take care of him in his old age.

Once Yi Zhonghai's vanity was satisfied, he no longer cared about the twenty yuan.

"You still haven't told me what happened."

Qin Huairu said, "I told Director Li. He said you're the first person to slap him in the face."

"Sir, how did you manage to offend Director Li?"

Cold sweat broke out on Yi Zhonghai's forehead. His mind raced, replaying the events in his head.

But he couldn't figure out when he had offended Li Huaide.

"Huai Ru, I really can't remember. Did you ask me carefully?"

Seeing that Yi Zhonghai was extremely anxious, Qin Huairu finally spoke up: "He said that you were using Yang Peishan's influence to trip him up. He didn't say anything else."

He was extremely angry at the time, and I didn't dare to ask any more questions.

Yi Zhonghai continued to think back, but he still couldn't figure it out. He had indeed helped Yang Peishan with a lot of things.

But he couldn't recall how he had offended Li Huaide. (End of Chapter)