During the search, not only was He Chunhua's fifty yuan found on another girl in the same dormitory named Zheng Xiaofang, but also some small items such as hair clips and hair ties.

"This is mine! I've been looking for it for ages, and you stole it!" Meng Zihan exclaimed in surprise.

"Is it yours?" Li Xiumei looked at Meng Zihan suspiciously.

"These are all mine. I moved in a few days ago and then I couldn't find them. I thought they were lost outside, but I never expected there was an inside job. I've moved into a den of thieves!"

Meng Zihan was furious.

This is the job Ye Zhenghua found for her, the place he found for her to settle down. Isn't this harming her?

Zheng Xiaofang panicked and cried as she explained.

"Director, I didn't mean to! My family is poor, and I couldn't resist stealing Meng Zihan's pretty things. As for the money... I saw Chunhua's money on the bed when I was touching her things, so I just took it..."

Now the truth is out.

Without saying a word, Li Xiumei fired Zheng Xiaofang.

The textile factory absolutely cannot tolerate theft.

But Meng Zihan still refused to give up.

She felt wronged and even beaten by He Chunhua, and insisted that He Chunhua apologize to her no matter what.

He Chunhua, however, refused.

"You didn't hit me? Where did the injuries on my face come from? You almost blinded me, and you still have the nerve to ask me to apologize?"

"Who started it? Wasn't it you? If you hadn't hit me, would I have hit you?" Meng Zihan asked through gritted teeth.

"So what if I hit you? I just don't like the look of you! Who told you to look down on country folk! If you dare do that again, I'll hit you again!"

Looking at He Chunhua's dark, reddish face covered in scratches, Meng Zihan felt that the anger in her heart had not been completely vented, but had instead intensified.

She felt stuck in her chest, unable to go up or down, making her feel suffocated.

She was incredibly unlucky to run into such an unreasonable country bumpkin!

He's practically Ye Linchen 2.0!

"Director! I need to move dorms! I can't live with her!"

Meng Zihan was no longer the madwoman she had been just moments before. She was crying with tears streaming down her face, and she grabbed Li Xiumei's arm, pleading desperately.

Li Xiumei was already overwhelmed with the theft among the female workers, so she had no time to deal with these trivial matters.

She impatiently shook off Meng Zihan's hand: "Alright, alright, stop crying!"

She glanced at He Chunhua, "If you're hurt, go to the infirmary and get it treated yourself. We can talk about your matter later; I have important things to attend to!"

After saying that, she grabbed Zheng Xiaofang and hurriedly left.

He Chunhua waved her fist at Meng Zihan: "If you dare to mess with me again, you'll regret it!"

After saying that, he put his arm around Zhou Xiaohong's shoulder and led her to the infirmary to treat her wound.

"Bang!"

Meng Zihan slammed the dormitory door shut, leaving all the female workers who were watching the commotion outside.

She threw herself onto the bed, covered her face, and began to sob.

The more I think about it, the more wronged I feel; the more I think about it, the angrier I get!

What kind of place is this? The work is hard, the environment is terrible, and now I've not only been wrongly accused of stealing, but I've also been beaten up!

What's even more infuriating is that Li Xiumei didn't help her at all; it's just too unfair!

"Waaaaah... What did I do to deserve this?!"

Meng Zihan cried her heart out, feeling as if she had fallen into a bottomless black hole, unable to see a single ray of light.

She couldn't stand this awful place any longer!

She has to get out of here!

Meng Zihan sobbed as she got out of bed, packed her valuables, and ran back to the steel mill dormitory area that very night.

However, Ye Zhenghua was at home at the moment, so Meng Zihan didn't dare to go back. Instead, she spent the night in the small garden in the steel plant's dormitory area with her belongings.

She was quite familiar with this place and there was no danger.

Meng Zihan, clutching her belongings, hid in the gazebo of the small garden, hoping that if she could just hold on, she would be fine by tomorrow morning.

Unfortunately, the pavilion was drafty on all sides, and mosquitoes buzzed around her face, biting her until she was itchy all over.

"Damn mosquitoes! You're bullying me too!"

She muttered curses under her breath while waving her hands to shoo them away.

But the mosquitoes seemed to have smelled blood, and they swarmed more and more, no matter how hard you tried to drive them away.

Meng Zihan was so annoyed by the mosquito bites that she couldn't rest properly and could only keep moving around to avoid them.

"Waaaaah... Why am I so unlucky!"

Meng Zihan couldn't help but cry softly as she recalled the happy life she had before Ye Linchen returned.

"It's all Ye Linchen's fault, that country bumpkin! She's not Meng Xueyun's enemy from a past life, she's mine, she's here to take revenge on me!"

But no matter how much she looked down on Ye Linchen, she couldn't defeat her and ended up in such a sorry state.

She echoed Meng Xueyun's words, cursing, "God, have eyes and take her away!"

Finally, dawn broke. Meng Zihan figured that Ye Zhenghua and the twins had gone to work or school, so she dragged her heavy steps and cried as she went upstairs to find Meng Xueyun to tell her about what had happened.

"Auntie! I don't want to work in that awful place anymore! They bully people! Waaaaah..."

As soon as Meng Zihan entered the room, she threw herself into Meng Xueyun's arms and burst into tears.

Seeing that Meng Zihan looked ten years older in such a short time, with her once fair face now red and swollen, Meng Xueyun asked in surprise, "What happened to your face?"

"Who bullied you? Tell your aunt, and your aunt will stand up for you!"

Meng Xueyun hugged Meng Zihan, wiping away her tears and offering words of comfort.

Meng Zihan tearfully recounted her ordeal at the textile factory.

"Those people are all country bumpkins, they look down on me!"

"They falsely accused me of stealing and even hit me!"

"That Director Li doesn't care about me either, it's so unfair!"

Meng Xueyun was furious.

She originally thought that arranging for Meng Zihan to work in a textile factory would at least give her a stable job, but she never expected that she would suffer so much injustice.

“Xiaohan, your aunt knows you’ve been wronged. But it’s hard to find a job these days. Why don’t you go back to work for now, and when your uncle gets off work, talk to him and see if he can find you an easier job?” Meng Xueyun advised.

Upon hearing that she had to go back to the dormitory, Meng Zihan trembled with fear. She grabbed Meng Xueyun's hand and cried, "Auntie! I don't want to go back! I'd rather wait in the small garden than go back to the dormitory! I'm afraid He Chunhua will hit me again!"

"Auntie, do you have any mosquito repellent? I can put some on so the mosquitoes won't bite me!"

Seeing Meng Zihan's terrified expression, Meng Xueyun felt extremely distressed.

How could she bear to let Meng Zihan suffer in the small garden again?

"Okay, okay, we won't go back, we won't go back!" Meng Xueyun quickly comforted her. "Go wash up first, lie down and take a nap. Auntie will make you something delicious to nourish you."

Meng Zihan then stopped crying and went to wash up obediently.