To make up for the debt owed to Lin Qingping and Gu Juncheng

More and more people gathered in the cafeteria, all there to watch the excitement.

A familiar face squeezed through the crowd.

A chubby face, covered in sweat, and looking anxious.

It's Section Chief Fu.

"Comrade Xiao Lin, I'm so sorry! I'm really sorry!" Section Chief Fu's chubby face was flushed red, full of embarrassment and shame. "What happened today was all my fault, I apologize to you..."

Lin Qingping found out; here comes another one trying to smooth things over.

She had a good impression of Section Chief Fu. In fact, Section Chief Fu was credited with securing such a cooperation with the garment factory. When the workers in the workshop were going against her, Section Chief Fu was on her side.

But Lin Qingping has no intention of letting today's matter rest, no matter who comes!

"Section Chief Fu, you don't need to do this. It has nothing to do with you." Lin Qingping did not accept Section Chief Fu's apology.

Section Chief Fu panicked. A grown man, tears welled in his eyes. "It's my fault for having connections. I didn't manage my family properly. The one who came to cause trouble today is my wife. I'm sorry, I apologize on her behalf! I... I can also make a self-criticism at the factory meeting. I hope you'll be magnanimous and forgive her..."

The head of the sales department was a mid-level official in the factory, and the deputy head of the sales department always walked with his head held high, never before had he been so humble.

His wife, the plump woman who had brought people to beat him up, felt both heartache and anxiety for Section Chief Fu. She grabbed his sleeve and said, "Why are you apologizing?!"

"Shut up!" Section Chief Fu felt like he had a lot of bruises on his head and scolded her.

The woman was upset after being scolded and started yelling, "Why are you yelling at me? If you hadn't been protecting this little vixen and going out to eat with her, would I have suspected you?"

"Try saying another word!" Section Chief Fu only wanted to settle things peacefully, but this woman insisted on stirring up trouble again!

"What did I do wrong? How dare you yell at me on behalf of outsiders?" The woman exploded. "If you and this woman hadn't been so shameless, how could there be such rumors? People say that if you're upright, your shadow won't be crooked, but your shadows are crooked!"

"Try saying that again!" Section Chief Fu raised his hand as if to hit someone.

The woman became even angrier, "Go ahead and hit me! Just hit me! What decent woman would go out and flirt with men and have meals with them? This woman is shameless!"

The woman seemed to have suddenly found her footing and was no longer afraid. "Isn't she a soldier's wife? A soldier's wife should be even more chaste! She's unfaithful and flirtatious outside, and she blames others for talking about her? Fu! You're protecting her like this, don't tell me you're actually having an affair with her, are you?"

Section Chief Fu raised his hand but couldn't bring himself to slap his wife. He kept giving his wife meaningful glances, telling her to stop talking.

The woman, however, was unconvinced. "I don't believe it! Do you think I'll end up in the police station just because I said those two sentences? People who flirt with men don't go in, why would I?"

Lin Qingping listened to the woman's nonsense with a cold laugh. Eventually, she grew impatient and said loudly to everyone, "Those who were just watching the show, now, come with me!"

Lin Qingping couldn't find Feng Debao in the crowd. It seemed he was hiding. But that didn't matter. If he didn't show himself, she would just go find him directly!

Lin Qingping straightened her clothes and hair and strode towards the family quarters.

On the way, Xiaoqin rushed over and went straight to Lin Qingping. She even took Lin Qingping's hand and whispered something in her ear.

Lin Qingping nodded and smiled. "Yes, I know."

Then, Xiaoqin stayed by Lin Qingping's side and followed her into an apartment building in a residential building.

"Master Lin, what are you doing here? Not here..." Xiaoqin said anxiously.

Lin Qingping didn't say anything else, but went straight to knock on the door of a house on the second floor.

The banging was deafening.

The people inside didn't react.

At this moment, the second-floor corridor was packed with onlookers, and many more who couldn't squeeze in were on the stairs or on the first floor, craning their necks and watching with great interest.

No matter how hard Lin Qingping knocked, no one answered the door.

"Gao Dashan is home! I just saw him!" someone who was watching the commotion shouted.

So the onlookers on the second floor started knocking and calling out, "Gao Dashan, Feng Xiuxiu, I know you're home!" until finally, the door opened.

A man in his thirties stood inside the door, coldly looking at Lin Qingping. "Who are you? What are you doing in our house?"

Just as she was about to close the door, Lin Qingping reacted quickly and blocked it.

"What are you feeling guilty about?" Lin Qingping shouted.

"I don't even know you, what's there to be ashamed of?" The man's face grew even colder. "Since you brought so many people to my house to cause trouble, I'm calling security!"

Lin Qingping sneered, "You don't recognize me? Why are you going to such lengths to get rid of me from the factory?"

"I don't even know who you are! Why would I kick you out?" The man's face flushed with anger, and he tried to close the door again.

But Lin Qingping held the door tightly, and Xiaoqin helped her.

"Because you're afraid I'll steal your thunder!" Lin Qingping glared at him. "You're the factory's designer! All the thousands of clothes I've altered were designed by you. You're unhappy about it, so where did this temporary worker come from who dared to complain about your designs and alter them? And they even managed to sell them for ten times the factory price of your designs!"

A flicker of panic crossed the man's face. "What nonsense are you spouting?"

"Am I talking nonsense?" Lin Qingping said loudly, "If a temporary worker like me comes to the factory and the styles I design are so popular, what will happen in the future? Will the factory hire me to do full-time design? What will you do then? Right? So, this woman has to get out! So, you let your brother-in-law Feng Debao incite the workers in the workshop to go against me!"

"Nonsense! Get out!" the man said angrily.

"You're getting anxious, aren't you? Getting anxious proves I'm right!" Lin Qingping looked at him coldly. "And what happened? Feng Debao's scheme failed. The factory workers didn't want to follow Feng Debao's lead anymore. Everyone wanted to live a good life and work properly. So what did you do? You came up with a great idea, didn't you? The most effective way to ruin a woman is to spread rumors about her! Isn't that right?"

"Bullshit!" The man's face turned purple. "Do you have any evidence to support your nonsense? If you have no evidence, and you're trying to ruin my reputation here today, I'll make you regret it!"

"Of course I have proof."

Lin Qingping could already hear a chorus of sighs behind her.

"I never imagined Gao Dashan was this kind of person!"

"So it turns out that Gao Dashan was behind all this from beginning to end!"

"I really regret following Feng Debao's lead in the first place! I was actually used as a pawn by Gao Dashan!"