Siheyuan: No One Can Be Left Behind

"Another minister?"

"Who on earth is this Section Chief Li?"

"All the ministers are looking for him?"

"This Section Chief Li is so awesome."

"No wonder you speak so harshly."

"That's right. Look at the people he hangs out with. Do you think it's you..."

Li Dongfang looked at the middle-aged man who squeezed in. He knew this man, Minister Duan's driver.

"Master Sun, you go back and tell Minister Duan that I'm not going and I'm busy." Li Dongfang still didn't give him face.

Master Sun was stunned. He had dealt with Li Dongfang several times and had sent him off several times. He was usually very kind, but today he spoke so harshly.

"Dongfang, what's the matter with you? Why are there so many people surrounding you?" Master Sun saw the situation clearly and realized that Li Dongfang was confronting someone.

"Master Sun, I'm sorry to have made you run here in vain. I really have something to do. I will go to pay New Year's greetings to Minister Duan during the Chinese New Year." Li Dongfang also understood Master Sun's good intention to help and explained.

"Don't worry, Dongfang. Minister Duan has said that he will personally preside over a meeting this afternoon and asked you to attend. If you don't go, I won't be able to explain myself." Master Sun said this while looking at Director Liu, who looked the most like a leader among the crowd.

Director Liu felt his anus tighten immediately. Why are you looking at me? It's not that I don't want him to go. There's also the Minister. Who is the Minister? He's a national official. He personally appointed Li Dongfang to attend the meeting!

Director Liu felt numb all over. He turned his head and looked at the security department with gritted teeth. It was a great opportunity to build a good relationship with the popular people in the department, but you guys ruined it. If Li Dongfang said something bad in the department, then what would happen to him, the acting director, who wanted to be promoted?

Li Dongfang rolled his eyes and said, "Master Sun, go back and tell Minister Duan to apologize to the minister on my behalf. Tell him that I was arrested by the security department and cannot go. I will apologize to the minister alone another day when I have a chance."

As he said this, he winked at Master Sun, who curled his lips helplessly and said, "Okay then, I'll go back first, and I'll bring your words back as they are."

Upon hearing this, Director Liu quickly stopped Master Sun and said, "Master Sun, wait a moment, I'll go and persuade Section Chief Li."

Master Sun glanced at him and pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm Liu Feng, the acting director of the machine repair factory. What happened to Section Chief Li must be a misunderstanding. I will resolve it immediately. Section Chief Li will definitely be able to make it to the department meeting this afternoon." How could Liu Feng let Master Sun go back like that? If what Li Dongfang said really got to the department, not to mention the minister, what would Minister Duan and Minister Wang think of him?

Seeing Master Sun standing aside and not in a hurry to go back, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and turned back to Li Dongfang and said, "Chief Li, although I don't know what happened, I believe that the comrades in the security department must have made a mistake..."

Li Dongfang glanced at the somewhat panicked security officers and said, "I don't know what happened. I don't know if it was a mistake or not, but your factory's security department is so arrogant. They are intimidating the workers without any evidence and act so high and mighty. Is this still our new country where everyone is equal?! Just a simple mistake and you're done with it? Don't say anything. Apologize to my sister first!"

Liu Feng took a deep breath. The people in the security department didn't understand this, so how could Liu Feng not understand it? If Li Dongfang was accused of not respecting the principle of equality for all, all the leaders in the factory would be blamed. Who in the factory was Li Dongfang trying to punish? Did someone in the security department offend him? Anyway, he believed that he had no conflicts with Li Dongfang, so he was at least polite to him.

"Apologize!" Liu Feng turned to look at the people from the security department and said with a gloomy face.

"Director, we received a report and came here to check, and we didn't make any mistakes..."

Several people from the security department tried to explain, saying that after all, this was how they had handled it before, so why was it wrong this time?

Liu Feng wanted to give these pig-brained people a few slaps in the face. They were still fussing over whether they had made a mistake or not. Just this issue of equality for all was enough to get rid of the entire security department. He interrupted them word by word and said, "I. Say. Apologize!"

The leader wanted to say something, but was stopped by someone behind him who saw Liu Feng's eyes. He bowed seriously to Liang Ladi and said, "Comrade Liang Ladi, it's our fault. We had to search your house without any solid evidence. Please forgive us. I'm sorry."

Liang Ladi had never encountered such a serious apology from anyone in her life. She looked at Li Dongfang, not knowing how to respond. Li Dongfang gave her a look that told her to handle it herself.

"Oh, oh, no...it's okay." Liang Ladi responded stutteringly, feeling a little overwhelmed.

"Even if this has been exposed, why did I hear that you suspected my sister of stealing pork?" Li Dongfang took over the conversation and asked the people from the security department.

"Chief Li, this is what happened..." the security officer recounted what had happened.

It turned out that the pig in the factory ran away yesterday. All the people in the factory worked all night to find it. However, although the pig was found, its tail was missing, and no one knew who cut it off. So the factory ordered a thorough investigation. Just now, someone reported that Liang Ladi's family had stolen the pig. The reason was that a very fragrant smell of meat came from Liang Ladi's house yesterday, which led to what happened just now.

Li Dongfang was speechless when he heard this, he had obviously tried his best to avoid being involved in this matter, but he was still dragged into it. He didn't know if there was some mysterious force at work, but it didn't matter, he was not afraid of any theft.

Liu Feng also understood at this time, but he also noticed that Li Dongfang called Liang Ladi "sister", so he asked: "Section Chief Li, is Comrade Liang Ladi your sister?"

Li Dongfang also explained after hearing this: "I didn't know at first. I gave her the meal coupon yesterday, and then she insisted on treating me to a meal to thank me. As a result, we talked and found out that we are from the same hometown. So I made the kids my godsons, and Sister Liang is my sister. As for the meat, I sent it yesterday, and I sent more things today."

So that's how it was. People around were talking about it, thinking that Liang Ladi and the new Section Chief Li were getting together.

If Li Dongfang knew what they were thinking, he would probably give them a thumbs up for their accurate guesses. It would be a pity not to buy lottery tickets.

Well, but lottery doesn’t rely on guesswork, that relies on connections (those who understand will understand, the winning numbers clear the lottery pool, haha).

Li Dongfang paused for a moment, then continued, "Since someone has reported it, it's not impossible to go in and take a look, but my sister is a woman with a child after all, so it's not very convenient. How about Director Liu and a comrade from the security department go in with me to take a look?"