80 village women marry military officers; it was supposed to be a fake marriage.

The more they talked, the more serious it became. Li Mingyue trembled with fear, tears streaming down her face like a broken string of pearls.

Zhou Long patted her back with heartache, wanting to say that the factory director should take responsibility, but he was afraid of being resented by the factory director, so he didn't dare to say it.

The Women's Federation director glared at the union member, "Are you trying to kill this young girl by slapping such a big label on her? Whoever is in charge of the factory should naturally bear the responsibility. How could a young girl like her gather everyone in this auditorium?"

The factory manager originally intended to remain silent and not intervene no matter how the leaders handled the situation. However, he did not expect the trouble to fall on him, and he realized that things were going badly. "Leaders, I just finished my work and found out that she had incited everyone here, so I rushed over to deal with it."

She's always stirring up trouble in the factory; I've been planning to teach her a lesson for a while now. I'll definitely deal with her seriously and fire her immediately.

Li Mingyue hurriedly looked at Zhou Long, looking at him helplessly. Zhou Long winked at her, signaling her not to speak.

Li Mingyue refused to suffer in silence. She pointed at the factory director and said loudly, "I went to your office. You're the one who drove everyone here, saying you wanted to hold some kind of criticism meeting and fire Lin Yue."

"What? You want to shift all the blame onto me? No way. Didn't you just say Lin Yue deserved what she got?"

The factory manager shoved her hard. "Shut up if you've made a mistake. Your mouth is full of lies. If you hadn't been spouting nonsense, would things have turned out like this? No one here will believe you anymore."

Li Mingyue was also going all out, "What kind of factory director are you? When something happens, you just pretend to be ignorant. You believe whatever I say. Did you even check it?"

The factory manager raised his hand to hit Li Mingyue, but was blocked by the director of the Women's Federation, who shouted, "What are you doing? Do you want to hit someone again?"

The factory manager pretended to be heartbroken, patting his chest, "You, you shouldn't be spreading rumors here. I'm busy handling factory affairs every day, working overtime day and night. How can I have the energy to deal with your trivial matters?"

"Leaders, you can't listen to her nonsense! It's her; she has a personal grudge against Lin Yue, and that's why she's slandering her about her conduct today. Her words are not to be believed."

The union chairman curled his lip. "We will not listen to any of your side's one-sided stories. We will investigate the situation one by one with so many people here today."

The factory manager was so anxious he was jumping up and down. "What else do you want to know? I said I'd fire them, so I'll fire them. Just fire all these troublemakers. There's no need to make things so complicated."

The union chairman had initially thought highly of the factory director, but was disappointed to hear him say such a thing and shook his head in dismay.

"You were appointed as the factory manager of the garment factory, but you were not given the right to make decisions arbitrarily. Whether or not to fire workers, it all has to be decided by a vote of the labor union."

This is just your old bureaucratic approach, trying to control everything in the factory. We'll report this to the trade union when we get back, and you can just wait for the outcome.

The factory manager, like a deflated balloon, hung his head, no longer as arrogant as before.

It's just a few rumors, how did it escalate to this point? Who exactly brought these people here?

He was filled with remorse. The position of factory manager was a lucrative job, which he had obtained through many connections. He didn't need to worry about production problems; the head office would naturally find a solution.

He could just stay in his office all day, read the newspaper and drink tea, and his high salary would make him look good. But if he gets punished now, he'll be at a huge loss.

The factory director, Zhou Long, and Li Mingyue all harbored ulterior motives and were making plans for themselves.

The factory manager was furious with Lin Yue. She had only been at the factory for a few days and had already caused so much trouble. He was absolutely furious with her.

Li Mingyue also glared at Huo Qingyan with vicious eyes. It was all because he wanted to protect Lin Yue that things had gotten so out of hand and she was in this state now.

She thought to herself, "Huo Qingyan, if I lose my job, I won't let you and Lin Yue off the hook. I'll make sure you suffer the most."

The security guards rushed over to Zhou Long and whispered, "Brother Long, Lin Mei is crying and screaming outside the door, which has attracted a lot of onlookers. They're all knocking on the door demanding an explanation."

Zhou Long frowned and gritted his teeth, saying, "This troublemaker won't admit her mistake until she sees the coffin. I'd like to see if she can still fly high."

His eyes darted around twice, and just as he was about to reach the door, he turned back into the tailor room, took out a discarded pattern, and put it in his coat pocket.

He was just worried about not finding an opportunity to avenge Li Mingyue, and now that Lin Mei had offered herself up, he couldn't miss the chance.

As soon as the door opened, the people blocking the entrance rushed in, and Lin Mei quickly got up, bracing herself to squeeze in, hoping to take advantage of the chaos to get in as well.

She hadn't even gotten close to the guy called Brother Yan yet. If she acted even more pitiful, she didn't believe the man would take the bait.

In the midst of the pushing and shoving, Zhou Long stuffed the item into Lin Mei's bag. After succeeding, he gave a wink to the security guards, and the door was slammed shut.

A group of people were blocked outside the door. Zhou Long reached out to calm them down, "Don't push, everyone. Listen to me. Our factory is a production area, and no one else is allowed to go in. If you have any questions, just say them here."

The commotion subsided, and someone volunteered to stand up and say, "You pushed that young girl out the door, making her cry her eyes out. Shouldn't you explain yourself?"

Lin Mei's tears had long since dried. Hearing this, she pinched her thigh hard, and tears immediately gushed out. She regretted it in her heart, "I pinched too hard, it hurts so much. It's all Lin Yue's fault, I will definitely not let you get away with this."

Seeing her cry even harder, people were suddenly overcome with righteous indignation and exclaimed, "This young girl is a family member of one of your factory's employees! How can she be treated like this?"

"That's right, that's right. It's outrageous for several grown men to be violent towards a young girl."

Lin Mei looked at Zhou Long triumphantly, but Zhou Long was not nervous at all; his expression was full of mockery.

When Lin Mei saw his expression, her heart skipped a beat. She had a bad feeling; this man was Li Mingyue's uncle and would definitely take the opportunity to retaliate against her.

Just as she was feeling uneasy, Zhou Long calmly walked up to Lin Mei and said to everyone, "This little girl said she came to see her sister, but after entering the factory, she ran into the workshop acting suspiciously. Our security team caught her and suspected her of stealing, so they kicked her out."