Siheyuan: Qin Huai Ru, Dong Xu Qing You

"Xu Damao, what's going on? Did the news leak out, allowing that capitalist Lou Zhenhua to escape?!"

Li Huaide held the approval document for searching the Lou family in his hand and brought Xu Damao to search their house.

But when we arrived at Lou's house, the door was locked.

Li Huaide's face turned pale. If he could find gold bars in Lou's house, it would be a great achievement.

He was also hoping to gain some political capital from this house search.

After all, he didn't want to continue to be the deputy factory director and feel suffocated under Liu Feng.

There is a huge difference between the top leader and the second-in-command.

The eldest is always the boss, and the second in command always has to stand aside!

Xu Damao was also feeling very nervous.

However, he had been prepared. When he was keeping an eye on the Lou family, he arranged for several people to take turns watching them to ensure that they could not escape.

"Deputy Director Li, don't worry, I've got a few people keeping an eye on the Lou family, they can't get away.

Please wait a moment, I will call them over to ask about the situation."

"Humph! Xu Damao, do you think I, Li Huaide, can only be a deputy factory director?"

Li Huaide snorted coldly, feeling that Xu Damao was belittling him by calling him deputy factory director.

"No, no, no, Deputy Director Li, no, Director Li, you are the real head of the Red Star Steel Mill, the real director! Who the heck is that Liu Feng? In my eyes, he's nothing!"

Xu Damao immediately began to flatter Li Huaide.

"Okay, okay, Xu Damao, stop talking nonsense here.

Since you are sure that Lou Zhenhua has not left, the gold bars he hid at home must still be there.

Go break down the door quickly, and then we can search inside and find out everything."

...

Chief Liu, the head of the security department who came with them, looked at Xu Damao's flattery with disdain on his face.

It’s not that Section Chief Liu is so upright, but he feels that Xu Damao is competing with him for favor.

In order to express his disgust for Xu Damao, Section Chief Liu even covered his nose with his hands. The meaning was very clear: Xu Damao is just a toilet cleaner!

"Section Chief Liu is right, Damao, hurry up and pry the door open."

Li Huaide fully agrees.

He had the approval to search the Lou family's house, and doing so was reasonable, legal, and he was not worried at all.

"Yes, Director Li, Section Chief Liu, I'll go pry open the Lou family's door right now!"

Xu Damao nodded repeatedly, his face smiling as if it had bloomed.

After all, Xu Damao is the son-in-law of the Lou family.

After getting married, Lou Zhenhua saw Xu Damao's true face and no longer allowed him to enter the Lou family.

But before Xu Damao married Lou Xiao'e, he pretended very well.

At that time, Xu Damao went to Lou's house every few days to pick up the innocent Lou Xiao'e to go out and play.

So he was as familiar with the Lou family as his own.

He strolled to the Lou family's backyard as if he was familiar with the place.

Xu Damao leaped and jumped in.

"Lou Zhenhua, ever since I married Lou Xiao'e, you've never looked at me, Xu Damao, straight in the eye. Okay, today I'll show you how powerful I am!"

Xu Damao looked at the tightly closed door of the Lou family. He knew there was a key hidden next to it.

This was what Xu Damao's mother told him.

Back then, Xu Damao's mother worked as a servant in the Lou family.

Xu Damao went to the backyard and kicked over the third flowerpot on the left with one kick.

There are cosmos planted in the flowerpot, but in this cold winter, the cosmos has already wilted, leaving only a bare stem.

Xu Damao kicked over the flowerpot and started digging in the spilled soil.

After a while, something wrapped in oil paper came into his sight.

Xu Damao bent down and picked up the thing.

He peeled off the oil paper and saw, hey, there was a key inside!

Xu Damao picked up the key and poked it into the keyhole of the door.

With a "click", the door opened!

Xu Damao chuckled and was not in a hurry to go in. He wanted Deputy Factory Director Li Huaide and Chief Liu of the Security Department to stay outside for a while.

He went straight to the study of his former father-in-law Lou Zhenhua.

Xu Damao had tried to get information out of Lou Xiaoe before, but when Lou Xiaoe got drunk, she accidentally let it slip that her father had gold bars hidden in his study.

But Lou Xiao'e herself had no idea how many there were exactly.

Xu Damao had long coveted the Lou family's gold bars, but although the Lou family was a capitalist, they donated the Lou Steel Plant, which could feed tens of thousands of people. This kind of ideological awareness was protected by the state.

Although Xu Damao coveted the Lou family's gold bars, he also knew that if Lou Zhenhua knew about it, given his temper, he would definitely not forgive him.

Xu Damao didn't dare to act rashly.

But this time was different. Deputy Factory Director Li Huaide had the approval to search the Lou family's house. Xu Damao felt that he no longer had to be afraid of Lou Zhenhua...

However, Xu Damao was a selfish person. He thought that if he let Deputy Director Li search everything, he would definitely gain a lot of benefits.

Therefore, Xu Damao decided to take the initiative and take away some of the gold bars before Deputy Director Li took action.

This way, he won't suffer any loss.

Having made up his mind, Xu Damao rushed into Lou Zhenhua's study.

After a while, he found the metal cabinet that Lou Xiao'e mentioned in the study.

Xu Damao reached out to pull the cabinet, thinking that it must be locked.

Chapter 161 A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

He was just trying it out, but he didn't expect that as soon as his hand touched the handle of the cabinet, the metal cabinet opened with a click!

Xu Damao felt so happy in his heart!

But the next second, his happiness disappeared!

"Why is it empty? How can there be nothing here?!"

The black iron cabinet was wide open, and inside was completely empty! Not even a scrap of paper was visible, let alone gold bars!

Xu Damao stood there, stunned.

"Boom boom boom!"

It was a long time before the sound of banging on the door outside brought him back to his senses.

"Xu Damao, are you in there or not?!"

It was Li Huaide shouting.

"Director Li... Director Li, I... I'm here."

Xu Damao responded subconsciously.

"Xu Damao, why didn't you open the door? Are you thinking about changing your mind? Or are you just thinking about Lou Zhenhua being your former father-in-law and can't bring yourself to do it? I'm telling you, if you want to continue being a projectionist, open the door right away!"

Li Huaide scolded coldly.

Director Li, I have no sympathy for Lou Zhenhua! He's a big capitalist. People like him should be dealt with as ruthlessly as autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves!

Xu Damao responded quickly, ran to open the door, and welcomed Li Huaide in.

"Comrade Damao, it's great that you think this way! Chief Liu, you take the men to guard the door, and Xu Damao and I will go in and take a look at the situation."

Li Huaide had his own plans in mind.

He heard that his ex-father-in-law Lou Zhenhua had a lot of gold bars at home, so he wanted to get some benefits for himself before the security department found these gold bars.

Since ancient times, confiscating property has always resulted in some gains. Li Huaide also had this idea, but it was also to accumulate some political capital for himself.

"Yes, Director." Section Chief Liu answered seriously.

He brought dozens of security personnel and surrounded the Lou family's front yard tightly.

Li Huaide brought Xu Damao into the Lou family.

"Da Mao, you've been in there for so long, you should have found where the Lou family hid the gold bars, right?"

After entering the Lou family, Li Huaide asked Xu Damao in a low voice.

"Director Li... we didn't find any gold bars..."

Xu Damao was stunned for a moment and reported to Li Huaide awkwardly.

Li Huaide looked at Xu Damao coldly with sharp eyes.

Suddenly, he laughed.

"Da Mao, if you dare to hide the gold bars, I'm afraid you won't even be able to clean the toilets in our factory!"

"Director Li, I don't understand what you mean. You don't want me to clean the toilets because you want me to go back to being a projectionist? Thank you so much!"

"Haha, Xu Damao, what do you think I should do with you? You're usually pretty smart, so why are you so confused now? Do you think you can take the gold bars and go back to our Red Star Steel Mill? You're going to jail, okay?"

Deputy Factory Director Li Huaide snorted coldly.

He vented his inner dissatisfaction with contempt on his face, and at the same time warned Xu Damao.

"Director Li, are you saying I took the gold bars? No, no, no, I didn't. The iron cabinet containing the gold bars was empty when I went in!"

Xu Damao was frightened and quickly explained to the deputy factory director Li Huaide.

"Xu Damao, do you think I'm a three-year-old kid? If there weren't any gold bars, why were you lingering in there for so long? Haha, I'm warning you, if you hid the gold bars and I found out, you know the consequences!"

Deputy Factory Director Li Huaide insisted that it was Xu Damao who took the gold bars from the cabinet!

Xu Damao can’t wash away this injustice even if he jumps into the Yellow River.

"Director Li, I swear to God that I really didn't take the gold bars. Even if I did, I have nowhere to hide them. You can search me..."

“Come on, Xu Damao.

Do you think I'm like that idiot Li Huaide? If one person wants to hide something, even a hundred people can't find it! You deliberately hid the gold bars and wanted me to find them. Can I find them by myself in such a short time? "Li Huaide said as he pointed outside the door.

As soon as Xu Damao heard this, he understood that Li Huaide also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to gain some benefits!

Xu Damao was extremely anxious and felt that no matter how much he explained, it would be useless. Li Huaide would definitely not believe that he did not take the gold bars of his father-in-law Lou Zhenhua.

"Director Li, I really didn't take it. If I had taken the gold bars, I would have been hit by a car when I left the house, or drowned in the toilet!"

"Xu Damao, stop swearing here! Haha, you still want to be a projectionist like this? I think you should just sweep the toilet!" Li Huaide sneered, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.

This was his final warning to Xu Damao.

Xu Damao's eyes were spinning.

He knew that Deputy Director Li Huaide was a man of his words.

"Director Li, how about this? I know Lou Zhenhua likes to hang out in the nearby gardens. I'll take two people to find him, and we'll find out where the gold bars are hidden once we ask them..."

Xu Damao thought that now he could only ask his former father-in-law Lou Zhenhua to find out where the gold bars were.

Li Huaide snorted. This way, everyone would know about the gold bars.

He also wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make some money and put the gold bars in his own pocket.

Now his wishful thinking was completely shattered.

"Xu Damao, you are just a toilet sweeper.

I originally transferred you here to help because you were familiar with the Lou family.

Now that we're inside the Lou family's house, you should stop interfering and go back to your bathroom and sweep the floor!"