Siheyuan's Silly Pillar has been replaced by someone else

Things unfolded much like they did back then with Sha Zhu.

After Qin Huairu talked to Yi Zhonghai, she stopped going near him and usually only had Xiaodang and Huaihua clean his house.

They didn't spend the Lunar New Year together.

Yi Zhonghai felt ashamed and rarely went out.

With both of them behaving themselves, the situation in courtyard number 95 calmed down.

After Li Huaide left, the steel rolling mill became Yang Peishan's domain.

Those people left behind by Li Huaide were gradually marginalized.

Yang Peishan also continuously placed his own people in positions of power, some promoted from within the factory and others transferred from outside.

One of them caught He Yuzhu's attention.

This person was none other than Lan Jianyun, Liu Haizhong's apprentice.

He Yuzhu remembers very clearly that Liu Haizhong was able to make a fortune later on because of him.

To repay Liu Haizhong's kindness from years ago, he embarked on his official career.

Liu Haizhong's support back then made him who he is, and he also used his power to make Liu Haizhong who he is.

Unfortunately, his foolishness in his bangs ultimately ruined his career.

Lan Jianyun came to the steel rolling mill and became the deputy director of the rebar branch.

The current director of the rebar mill will retire next year, and Lan Jianyun will take over.

After the welcome party, Lan Jianyun took the initiative to come over and greet He Yuzhu.

"Director He."

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Director Lan, welcome back to the steel rolling mill."

Lan Jianyun looked over with a hint of surprise: "Director He knows me?"

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Of course I know you. You used to work in the forging workshop, and you left after you went to university."

Lan Jianyun was surprised that He Yuzhu actually remembered something from more than ten years ago.

Actually, if it weren't for Liu Haizhong, he wouldn't have remembered Lan Jianyun. After all, he was in the cafeteria at the time, while Lan Jianyun was in the kitchen.

Actually, Lan Jianyun did visit the courtyard house later. But Sha Zhu didn't know that.

Lan Jianyun went to visit Liu Haizhong.

This wouldn't normally be a big deal.

But Yi Zhonghai felt ashamed.

He has always portrayed himself as benevolent and righteous, and has claimed to have sponsored college students.

As a result, none of the college students he sponsored came to visit him.

However, Liu Haizhong was visited by Lan Jianyun.

This left him feeling utterly helpless.

This would affect his illustrious image, so he and Qin Huairu joined forces to block the news and prevent Sha Zhu from finding out.

After this little incident, Lan Jianyun and He Yuzhu became much closer.

I ran into Liu Guangtian when I was leaving get off work.

"Brother Zhu, who is Lan Jianyun, the deputy director of the rebar mill?"

He Yuzhu said, "Why are you asking this?"

Liu Guangtian said, "I remember my father had an apprentice named Lan Jianyun."

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "You're right. That Lan Jianyun is your father's apprentice."

"Really?" Liu Guangtian's face lit up with surprise.

He Yuzhu had no intention of hiding the news; it wouldn't have mattered anyway.

According to the original plan, Lan Jianyun would go to the courtyard house in a couple of days.

Judging from Liu Guangtian's expression, you can tell he's trying to get in through connections.

Liu Guangtian said with a smile, "My dad has finally done one good thing in his life."

This assessment is indeed very apt.

Thinking about it carefully, Liu Haizhong really didn't do many good things in his life.

Of course, his sponsorship of Lan Jianyun was not out of kindness, but simply to compete with Yi Zhonghai.

The only difference is that Yi Zhonghai only used words, while he used real money.

However, he didn't lose out.

If it weren't for Lan Jianyun, Liu Haizhong wouldn't have become a boss.

After returning home, it was obvious that Liu Haizhong was in a much better mood.

He was unwilling to answer when asked.

This is also normal.

It's true that Lan Jianyun is his apprentice, but if he doesn't come to see his master, then it's all for naught.

Fortunately, Lan Jianyun is a grateful person.

After settling in, he came to the courtyard house on his day off. "Comrade, you're looking for Sha Zhu, right?"

Yan Bugui stood guard at the door and went to greet a man dressed as an official who came in.

Generally speaking, people dressed like this who come to the courtyard are basically looking for He Yuzhu.

Yan Bugui knew these people were all leaders, so he would step forward at every meeting.

Lan Jianyun frowned. Of course he knew who "Silly Zhu" was referring to.

Back in the days in the forging workshop, you could often hear Liu Haizhong shouting those two words.

But after all these years, He Yuzhu has become the deputy director of the steel rolling mill.

It's getting a bit impolite for these people to call you by your nickname anymore.

He recalled some rumors about He Yuzhu, saying that He Yuzhu had a bad relationship with his neighbors.

If he had a neighbor like that, he wouldn't have a good relationship with them either.

"I'm not here to see Director He, I'm here to see Master Liu."

"Master Liu?"

Yan Bugui looked confused, unable to immediately recall who this Master Liu was.

"There is no such person in our compound."

Lan Jianyun said, "I'm looking for Liu Haizhong."

Yan Bugui then realized: "So you're looking for Old Liu. His house is in the backyard."

Who are you, and what do you want with him?

Lan Jianyun was annoyed and wanted to push Yan Bugui away.

"I am his apprentice."

But Yan Bugui is a professional door blocker who has been blocking doors for over a decade. If he doesn't want to move aside, no one can get rid of him.

"You're Old Liu's apprentice? I've never seen you before. What do you want with Old Liu? Tell me."

Even after they had lingered all the way to the passageway, Lan Jianyun still couldn't shake off Yan Bugui.

The people in the courtyard were used to it.

Lan Jianyun said irritably, "Old comrade, could you please move aside?"

Li Zhenjiang said with a smile, "If you share some of what you have with him, he will move aside."

Yan Bugui glared at Li Zhenjiang with displeasure.

Not only did they not let him take advantage of the Li family, but they also ruined his chance to do so. They are truly inhuman.

The argument here alerted He Yuzhu.

He looked out of the room and spotted Lan Jianyun: "Director Lan, what brings you here?"

Yan Bugui was somewhat distracted by He Yuzhu's words.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lan Jianyun shook off Yan Bugui: "Director He, I've come to see my master."

He Yuzhu said, "Then you should go quickly."

Lan Jianyun thanked him and went to the backyard.

Yan Bugui didn't dare to stop him anymore; if Liu Haizhong found out, he would definitely cause trouble for him.

"Zhu Zi, who is he?"

He Yuzhu glanced at Yi Zhonghai, who had just come out, and said with a smile, "He was Liu Haizhong's former apprentice."

"Then why do you call him Director Lan? Did your steel mill have a new director?"

He Yuzhu said, "He is the deputy director of the rebar plant."

Yan Bugui asked curiously, "Then, between you and him, whose position is higher?"

He Yuzhu said, "I am the deputy director of the main factory, and he is the deputy director of the branch factory. So, whose position do you think is higher?"

Yan Bugui could still tell the difference: "By the way, how come I've never seen him before?"

He Yuzhu turned to look at Yi Zhonghai: "How come I've never seen him before? He came to the courtyard house with other people more than ten years ago."

Yi Zhonghai noticed He Yuzhu's gaze and found it odd. He didn't understand why Liu Haizhong's apprentice was looking at him like that.

Yan Bugui didn't notice this and continued, "That doesn't make sense. Why hasn't he come all these years?"

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "With Liu Haizhong's financial support, he was admitted to university. He has been working in other places all these years."

I was just transferred here a while ago.

Yan Bugui hasn't done anything yet.

Yi Zhonghai's mind went blank.

The words "funding for college entrance exams" sounded so jarring to him.

He remembers things very clearly, even though others don't.

Back then, he came up with many reasons to refuse people lending him money. Sponsoring college students was one of them.

He was just saying it casually, but that idiot in the bangs took it seriously. (End of Chapter)