In the reborn era, the lucky bag is enjoying the show in the factory area.

Everyone offered their opinions one after another. After they had all finished speaking, the room fell silent. Just then, a snoring sound came from the doorway.

Everyone was taken aback and looked towards the door. When they saw it, Xi Beizhan was sitting on a chair, asleep with his head resting on the back of the chair.

Not only was he asleep, but he was sleeping soundly, even snoring.

Everyone was amused and annoyed.

We're arguing so hard we're red in the face, and you're sleeping with someone? It's none of your business, right?

Mine Manager Hao chuckled and shook his head. "Alright, that's fine. Let's keep our voices down. I wonder what that brat did yesterday? He's so sleepy."

Director Xu shook his head with a smile and whispered, "Captain Xi must have been on the night shift yesterday. He didn't sleep all night and came to the meeting. He must be really tired."

Director Hao nodded knowingly. "He must be exhausted after not sleeping all night. Quickly tell him to get up and go home to sleep. What kind of behavior is it to sleep in the conference room?"

After finishing his speech, Mine Manager Hao got up and left.

Everyone got up and walked out, but they all subconsciously slowed their steps, clearly not wanting to disturb Xi Beizhan.

When Director Xu finished packing her things, she was shocked to find that everyone except Xi Beizhan, who was fast asleep, had vanished. It was obvious that she was being made the bad guy.

Director Xu rolled his eyes and stepped forward to pat Xi Beizhan on the shoulder.

"Alright, stop pretending, they're all gone."

Xi Beizhan immediately stood up and looked at Director Xu with a smile.

"It has to be an old revolutionary, that's the eye for talent."

Xi Beizhan gave a thumbs-up, flattering Director Xu.

Director Xu rolled his eyes again. "Stop flattering me. If it weren't for Xiao Luo's sake, I wouldn't care about you. Hurry up and go home to sleep."

Xi Beizhan shook his head. "I'm not sleepy. When I was in the army, I could go to the battlefield without sleeping for four or five days straight. Director Xu, can I spend a day at your Women's Federation?"

Director Xu blinked and looked at Xi Beizhan teasingly.

"What? Missing your wife?"

Xi Beizhan wasn't embarrassed at all. He nodded and leaned lazily against the wall. "Indeed, a day apart feels like three autumns. Director Xu, you have to help me. Whether I can get a wife depends on you."

Director Xu laughed angrily, "What, are you trying to pin this on me? If I don't let you go, you won't be able to get married, will you?"

"Of course, it's all up to you. I don't care, I'm entrusting my life's most important matter to you."

Xi Beizhan has no shame and is clearly clinging to Director Xu.

Director Xu glared at Xi Beizhan and said helplessly, "Stand properly. Looking at you now, you don't look like a soldier at all."

"I've been discharged from the military."

Even after retirement, one remains a soldier.

"Even soldiers have to get married, right?"

"If you're going to be a soldier, you have to act like one. Stand at attention."

"No, I want a wife. If you don't agree, I'm not leaving today. I'll lie on the ground and say you're bullying me."

Director Xu was stunned by Xi Beizhan's shameless behavior.

Is this still the elite soldier that her former superior praised so highly?

He wasn't like this when he first came to the mine!

Thinking back carefully, Xi Beizhan didn't seem to talk much when he first came to the mine. I heard he was very aloof, especially towards the women. He would avoid them as much as possible, and if he couldn't avoid them, he would stand up straight and not even glance at them.

Even though he was assigned to the security department, he didn't go to work. He spent all his time with the gatekeeper, Lao Gao. He was very lazy or relaxed in front of Lao Gao. He would sit instead of stand, lie down instead of sit, and lean against something to avoid tiring his legs.

What kind of person is he?

It feels like he's mentally ill.

If she asked Luo Yu, Luo Yu would give her a clear answer, which is called a split personality.

Like a severely mentally ill patient, they act differently depending on who they meet.

He reveals his true nature when he's on good terms with people; he's lazy and clingy.

They won't talk to people they don't know, and they're aloof and unapproachable.

To put it bluntly, a person's personality depends entirely on who they interact with.

The department wasn't too busy to begin with, and Luo Yu didn't have much to do. According to her, her job was to chat with a few older women and knit sweaters every day.

Director Xu was pestered to no end, and after glancing at the still snowing outside, he figured nothing would happen today, so he nodded in agreement.

When Luo Yu returned to the Women's Federation, she was eating kojis and drinking tea, listening excitedly to Aunt Liu gossip.

"This Ding Qin, no one knows how she met her boyfriend. Even her family didn't know she was dating. They only found out she was missing after they hadn't seen her for a day."

"Isn't the Ding family three generations living together? Didn't her grandparents notice she was missing?"

Luo Yu asked curiously.

Aunt Liu pursed her lips and said, "As the old saying goes, the youngest son and the eldest grandson are the lifeblood of the elderly. Old Ding is the eldest son in the family. Although they rely on him for their old age, in the hearts of Old Ding and his wife, their second son is the one they love the most."

They had two sons, one with a job in the city and the other farming in the countryside. They came to the city because they wanted to live a better life and also to make some benefits for their second son.

Both of them were registered as rural residents and had no food rations, so Lao Ding had to buy expensive grain every month.

And his four nephews, it's been seven or eight years since they came to live in our house. They've been raised from three or four years old to eleven or twelve. When the children were little, it was fine because they ate little, but as they get older, their appetites have increased.

They say a half-grown boy can eat his father out of house and home, and that's absolutely true. Four growing children can consume a lot of food each month.

Luo Yu pondered, "So although Lao Ding works at the mine, he is the only one in the family with a job. His second son is unreliable, and there are many people in the family, which is why they have such a difficult life."

Aunt Zhao nodded, "That's right, otherwise his salary would be enough to support five children. He wouldn't be able to save much money, but he wouldn't be penniless. He didn't even have money when his eldest son went to the hospital for treatment."

Aunt Hu curled her lip and knitted the sweater quickly in her hands. "He brought it on himself. It's not like he doesn't have children. His brother has hands and feet, can't he raise them himself? If you can't raise them, don't have children."

Luo Yu was deeply moved and slammed her hand on the table, saying, "Aunt Hu is right. If you can't raise a child, don't give birth to one. You'll only suffer if you're born."

Although Luo Yu hadn't mentioned her family situation in the department, the older women there were very well-connected and quickly found out everything about Luo Yu's family in just a few days. They all knew that Luo Yu was showing empathy.

The group looked at Luo Yu with sympathy, but fearing she would be upset, they quickly turned their heads away, pretending to be doing their own thing, and no one echoed her sentiments.

Aunt Zhang smiled and looked at Aunt Liu, "Ding Qin just ran off with that boy like that?"

Aunt Liu glared at him, "Of course! If he's not home for a day, Old Ding's family will get worried. So they went out to look for him, but they couldn't find him even after searching for half the night. Later, Liu Mei told them that her sister had left."

The women were stunned.

What kind of sisters are these? Her sister ran away and she's not worried? Fine, you're not worried, but you just stand by and watch your whole family frantically searching for her like ants on a hot pan without saying a word?