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But the second uncle directly opposite him turned his head away and didn't say anything.

Sha Zhu could only chuckle and explain, "This is Zhang Chaohua from our factory's film projection team. He's here to see Xu Damao."

"We met at the entrance of the alley and came here together."

"Oh..." Upon hearing that he was also from a steel rolling mill, Yi Zhonghai's expression visibly relaxed.

Zhang Chaohua simply nodded to Yi Zhonghai before walking over to Xu Damao, who was still covering his face in a daze.

He stood there without saying a word, then looked back hesitantly at the archway where Li Chaoyang had just entered.

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly asked, "Brother Xu, what exactly is going on...?"

"What did you do to offend the section chief?"

"When the section chief heard that you were injured during the meeting this afternoon, he specifically told me to come and visit you after get off work."

"But why did I see the section chief beating you when I arrived?"

Xu Damao was stunned, looking at Zhang Chaohua with a puzzled expression, covering his face and muttering, "What...did you say?"

"Section Chief?"

"Did the section chief hit me?"

Chapter 41 Xu Damao, it seems you're going to be in for a rough time from now on!

"Hiss...!" Xu Damao had just opened his mouth when the pain on his face made him gasp several times!

But then he realized what Zhang Chaohua had just said.

Releasing his grip, Xu Damao stared wide-eyed at Zhang Chaohua and asked, "What did you just say?"

"Section Chief?"

"Zhang Chaohua, you're saying that the new head of our publicity department is that kid Li Chaoyang?"

This excitement caused a burning pain to shoot through both of his cheeks again!

The pain made him start screaming and yelling again...

"Old Xu... the one who hit you just now was our new section chief, Li Chaoyang..."

"No, you still haven't told me why Section Chief Li hit you."

"He was very concerned about you this afternoon."

"I heard you fell and got injured on your way back from the countryside, so I was specially sent to visit you."

"He also said he wanted me to see if you needed Corey's help."

"They are very kind and caring towards you."

"How come when I arrived at your courtyard... I saw..." Zhang Chaohua stopped mid-sentence.

He stared strangely in the direction Li Chaoyang had just left, his expression one of utter disbelief...

Xu Damao was dumbfounded... He didn't even care about the pain on his face, let go, and looked somewhat lost and dejected.

"Section Chief...?"

"Li Chaoyang?"

"How could the new section chief be him...?"

"This...how is this possible!"

"No, he's new...he can't be the new section chief!"

"Yeah, how old is he to be a section chief?"

"So that's absolutely impossible..."

Xu Damao seemed to be stuck in a loop, repeatedly repeating these few sentences.

In the courtyard, everyone had recovered from the shock of Li Chaoyang beating up Xu Damao.

But a new shock caused them to whisper amongst themselves...

Even Yi Zhonghai looked bewildered and didn't say anything more.

But then Uncle Yan Bugui suddenly exclaimed as if he had just realized something, "Hey... so that's how it is!"

“When I told Chaoyang before that Xu Damao was going to report him at the factory, he didn’t care at all.”

"He even told me things like he hadn't held Xu Damao accountable for lying about taking leave..."

"So the people of Chaoyang already knew you, Xu Damao, were one of their men..." Instead of comforting Xu Damao, Yan Bugui gloated, "Hey... Xu Damao, you're really something..."

"The new leader hasn't even gotten to know the place yet, and you've already completely offended him!"

"Well, that's good for you now, Xu Damao. You'll probably be in for a rough time from now on..."

"If I had known it would turn out like this, you should have listened to me and kept quiet today..."

"This is what they call 'not heeding the advice of elders, and now you're suffering the consequences!'"

Before the old man could finish speaking, all eyes in the crowd turned to Xu Damao, their faces full of mockery...

Xu Damao felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by everyone's strange gazes.

Although I was already filled with remorse at that moment!

But thinking of the humiliation he had just suffered, he gritted his teeth and forced himself to remain calm, keeping his head down!

"The new section chief... ugh!"

"So what if Li Chaoyang is the new section chief!"

"Hey, Li Chaoyang, is he going to eat me up?!"

"I, Xu Damao, have been working in the factory for at least a few years!"

"He's a newcomer... even if he's a leader, I, Xu Damao, am not afraid of him!"

"You think you can make things difficult for me now that you're new here? Dream on!"

"It's not certain who will cause trouble for whom in the end!"

"Just wait, I'm going to the factory tomorrow to report him!"

"After all, it's the working class that's in charge now!"

"Let's see if the factory sides with me, a worker, or with arrogant and domineering remnants of the bourgeoisie!"

At this moment, the second uncle, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up in a low voice, advising, "Alright, Xu Damao, say less!"

"He's still your boss, after all. What if he really makes things difficult for you? You might lose your job then."

"Hey... I'm telling you, Second Uncle!" Xu Damao shouted immediately upon hearing this!

"Even if you're obsessed with officialdom, you don't need to fawn over this newcomer like that, do you?"

"What, can he get you a promotion, or can he make you rich?"

"Oh...I understand!" Xu Damao became more and more excited as he spoke, his eyes even looking somewhat crazy!

"So, Second Uncle, you probably already knew he was the head of our factory's publicity department, didn't you?"

"I knew it. This afternoon you were saying that you were encouraging me to make a big deal out of this, and that you would definitely criticize him at the meeting."

"And then you disappeared that night!"

"So you wanted to incite me to cause trouble so that Li Chaoyang would beat me up, right?"

"Second Uncle, you're really ruthless, just to flatter a mere section chief..."

"Are you just going to play me for a fool, someone you've known as your neighbor for decades?"

Hearing Xu Damao say that, Second Uncle Liu Haizhong still looked helpless...

He knew that Xu Damao was completely enraged, so he simply ignored his nonsense.

He glanced at it, then went straight to the old man and said earnestly, "Uncle, you were right before."

"We shouldn't have held a hospital-wide meeting over something so trivial."

The fact that Li Chaoyang was the new head of the factory's publicity department shocked Liu Haizhong more than anyone else!

He had gone to great lengths to obtain an official position, and he knew all too well the difficulties involved!

A college graduate who had just arrived was immediately promoted to the rank of section chief (level 22).

This is definitely not some ordinary nobody...

The second uncle felt he had to immediately admit his mistake.

After all, just an hour ago he was planning to hold a meeting in the courtyard to criticize Li Chaoyang.

I even got into an argument with an old man about this.

If Yi Zhonghai tells Li Chaoyang about this, he might get into some trouble.

It's not worth doing this for Xu Damao!

However, Yi Zhonghai, standing before him, was still lost in thought, looking completely bewildered...

Actually, the old man, who was an eighth-level fitter, didn't pay much attention to the fact that Li Chaoyang was a section chief at first.