Siheyuan: Rebirth 54 years ago, neighbor is stupid

Shen Wenyin was stunned for a moment, then she remembered the way Li Zhenmin left before, so she smiled gently and said, "It's not a big deal. If there is something, your brother will discuss it with me. If he didn't, it means it's not a big deal, so you don't have to worry. You have always been kind, and I don't think your eldest brother will blame you for your unintentional behavior. Besides, we don't have to apologize as a family. If you feel sorry, come here more often in the future. Your eldest brother is actually very easy to talk to."

"So that's how it is. It's okay then. Just listen to my sister-in-law." Li Wanying breathed a sigh of relief, then thought of something and said with a smile, "If you really feel bad or can't let it go, I suggest you go talk to Old Man Xu. I guarantee you can open up your Ren and Du meridians!"

Xu Jingshan, who was playing chess not far away, turned around and shouted, "Who is so uncultured as to call me old man? Come on, let's have a good fight for 300 rounds!"

Li Wanying quickly pointed at Hu Yong and said, "It's Xiaoyong. Xiaoyong said he's old and a lousy chess player. He only knows how to cheat!"

Xu Jingshan locked his eyes with Hu Yong and waved his hand: "Okay kid, you don't respect your elders at such a young age, come here quickly, your brother's skills are not good enough for you to learn bad things, come here, today grandpa will teach you what it means to respect the elderly and love the young, hurry up, don't stand there and force me to do it!"

Hu Yong was not frightened by this situation, but instead felt a pang of sadness in his heart.

He is immature in some aspects, but as an introvert he knows how to read other people's faces and is good at thinking from their perspective, except for Ma Lanlan of course.

Seeing that Shen Wenyin cared about him, Li Wanying framed him, and Xu Jingshan scolded him, Hu Yong knew that everyone was telling him not to be so nervous and to treat this place as his home.

No one had the slightest intention of asking him what had happened, in order to preserve his privacy and self-respect. At the same time, no one wanted to ruin the atmosphere over one thing. Since Li Zhenmin had gone out to solve the problem, then just leave it to Li Zhenmin. If it couldn't be solved, Li Zhenmin would tell them.

Hu Yong also understood this meaning.

It was because everyone treated him like this that he felt sad. Thinking back to how Ma Lanlan was afraid to get to the bottom of even the smallest matters concerning him, he couldn't help but feel his eyes slightly moist.

Xu Jingshan raised his eyebrows and said, "Boy, you are not so timid that you are scared to tears. If it were your elder brother, he would have to argue with me. You should learn from your elder brother. Hurry up and stop nagging."

Then he waved his hand at Xiao Guang and said, "Go, go, go! You don't even know how to play chess with your elders!"

After saying that, he turned around and warned Hu Yong who was walking over, "Boy, you can't learn from him, you know, what's the most important thing when playing chess with a senior?"

Hu Yong didn't react.

Xiao Guang explained seriously, "Grandpa is not playing chess, but life and the ways of the world. Uncle, you still have a lot to learn."

"Oh, you are very knowledgeable." Xu Jingshan smiled disapprovingly, and then reminded Hu Yong again: "Your nephew is right, so you can't be like him, knowing how to do it but not doing it. People like this will be bullied at work, so don't learn from him."

Hu Yong: "..."

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In fact, Malanlan’s case was not particularly serious.

Even if it was as Shen Wenyin said, if the problem really came to a point where it could not be resolved, he would discuss it with his family, or at least with Xu Jingshan.

The main reason why Li Zhenmin treated Hu Yong like that was that he wanted to put some pressure on Hu Yong, to make him understand how self-righteous Ma Lanlan was, and to make him understand that Ma Lanlan was not just ignorant, but really stupid.

Of course, it is impossible to say that nothing is wrong. After all, there are many tricks involved. If some people with ulterior motives use this to attack Li Zhenmin at this critical moment, it will definitely be troublesome.

But it won’t be so troublesome that it cannot be solved.

Firstly, Li Zhenmin has never participated in politics and is not an administrative figure. He does not have much interest in those so-called big shots. Even if those of lower status make use of this to make a fuss, they cannot cause much damage to Li Zhenmin.

Secondly, Li Zhenmin knew a lot of important people, so when faced with difficulties of this magnitude, he was able to say a few words at the critical moment to make a big thing small and a small thing go away.

Thirdly, the person above is gone, and some bigwigs at the top are now busy planning the overall situation. Most of their minds are on future national affairs, and they will not pay attention to the so-called college entrance examination at all. People will not pay any attention to such sensitive words. Even if they know about it, they will just treat it as a rumor and will not care at all.

Fourthly, Li Zhenmin had distanced himself from the matter at the first possible opportunity. Even if some small figures wanted to stir up trouble, it would not cause much trouble in the end. Director Yang of the steel rolling mill was leaving immediately, and Li Zhenmin was not planning to run for director, so there would be no loss.

But then again, this is ultimately a hidden danger that would make people uncomfortable, and it is also to prevent some emergencies, so Li Zhenmin immediately went to find Zhang Huaiyuan.

Zhang Huaiyuan didn't take it too seriously after learning about it. He just smiled and said, "In fact, situations like yours are very common recently. We are all smart people. We will definitely recover from the college entrance examination. Although we don't know when the higher-ups will make a final decision, it will definitely not take too long. So some people will remind the younger generations like you."

"And it's not just people within the system who do this. Speculations about the resumption of the college entrance exam have been circulating on the streets a lot, and it's nothing new. The bigwigs don't care about this."

"As for you, don't worry. At least you didn't spread the news yourself, and your identity is not sensitive. Flies will only fly away following the smell. You are very clean, without any oil or water, so flies won't focus on you."

Zhang Huaiyuan's idea was basically consistent with Li Zhenmin's guess.

However, after hearing Zhang Huaiyuan's words, Li Zhenmin still felt a lot more relieved, so he smiled awkwardly and said, "I was worried that I might cause you some trouble, so I came to you as soon as possible."

Although Li Zhenmin does not participate in political disputes and has not taken sides despite many parties' oversights over the years, everyone with a discerning eye knows that he has a good personal relationship with Zhang Huaiyuan.

Li Zhenmin was also worried that this incident would be used by someone to target Zhang Huaiyuan.

Hearing this, Zhang Huaiyuan smiled and said, "It's not as exaggerated as you said. This little problem won't have any impact on me. But since you mentioned it, I wonder if your brother's girlfriend, that Ma Lanlan, did it on purpose?"

"Many people have tried to win you over over the years. You didn't choose a side, so you have offended some narrow-minded people. Do you think that Ma Lanlan was arranged by your enemy to get close to your brother?"

Standing at different heights, the way of thinking about problems is naturally different. It is normal for Zhang Huaiyuan to think this way.

Li Zhenmin sighed and said, "I'm also suspicious about this. These days I've been wondering who I offended, but I haven't figured it out yet, so I'm going to investigate. But my brother is sentimental, and he's too introverted and self-abased. He places a lot of importance on small benefits. This is his first relationship, so I have to consider his feelings as well."

"I thought that if Malanlan was really being used by someone, then I would tell him the results of the investigation. If that was not the case and she was really snobbish and stupid, then I would think of other ways."

After hearing what Li Zhenmin said, Zhang Huaiyuan's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Do you want me to check for you?"

"No, no, I can't trouble you with this. I know some small people who can do this kind of thing much more easily."

"That's fine, you can do whatever you want. But if Ma Lanlan is innocent and you want her to leave your brother, I have a very clichéd method. Do you want to hear it?"

"A clichéd method? Uncle Zhang, what you mean is..."