Chapter 90 Flying Away

At the machinery factory, Li Yaozhong's men searched the entire factory area but failed to catch any suspicious persons.

Qi Dongming kicked over the desk in anger, cursing Li Yaozhong as a good-for-nothing.

Qi Dongming's hands were shaking, and he had a cigarette in his mouth, but he couldn't light a match for a long time.

His men had begun collecting photos and receipts from the entire factory. He ordered Li Yaozhong that everyone must be searched before leaving work, and instructed Li Yaozhong to arrange for security guards to cooperate with the searches.

Li Yaozhong had just sat down to take a sip of water, ignoring the ringing phone beside him. Then, Qi Dongming's henchman personally came to deliver his order to arrange for someone to assist with the body search.

"Understood." Li Yaozhong cursed under his breath. At this point, he was still trying to suppress the matter and even conducted a body search. Wasn't he afraid that the workers would turn around and smash up his office again?

Li Yaozhong felt uneasy, so he called his old buddy at the Public Security Bureau and asked him to send someone to keep an eye on the machinery factory after get off work.

Shen Jiao was unaware of the uproar at the machinery factory. She did receive a call from Zhang Hua, informing her that Yao Fanghua had posted the evaluation sheet on the bulletin board.

She didn't seem to care at all; she had the nerve to stick around after getting only a few points. It was only because I was kind enough to give her a few extra points. I should have given her over ten.

Upon hearing that there was a problem with the evaluation form, she hung up the phone and ran downstairs. Pushing through the crowd to the notice board, she saw the form, counted and calculated it over and over again, her face turning red with rage. She tore the evaluation forms off the notice board.

When Yao Fanghua returned home, she breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Wu Peng return. That morning, seeing the bag in the yard, Yao Fanghua had been worried that Wu Peng might have done something impulsive, and she regretted crying in front of him.

She rallied herself: "Don't do anything impulsive or stupid. We're all law-abiding citizens. It's just a bottle of soy sauce. At worst, you'll lose your job, which will save me the trouble of finding a way to resign. Once this is over, we'll go straight to Shenzhen."

"Okay, come and wash your hands and eat."

The two stayed indoors all day. They were engrossed in reading in the study. Yao Fanghua was quite puzzled as to why Wu Peng was able to sit still so much today.

At the machine factory, the workers finally made it to the end of their shift, clutching their orders and eager to fly out and share the juicy gossip from the factory with their friends and family.

To my surprise, when I stepped out of the workshop, I was told that I had to be searched.

I'll fucking kill you! Who do you think we are? Why should we search you? We'll never tolerate it! Do you think it's easy for them to have some fun and find something to use against us? Don't even think about destroying the evidence, don't even think about turning the tables on us, charge!

The workers responded immediately and rushed out of the workshop.

One side charged, the other blocked, and a fight broke out. Several security guards were hit on the head with clubs. Qi Dongming's men fared even worse; head wounds were the least of their worries, as they were pinned to the ground and beaten so badly they were barely breathing.

Seeing that someone was about to die, Li Yaozhong fired another shot into the air.

Upon hearing the gunshots, the workers who had already broken through the defenses scattered and ran out of the factory.

Li Yaozhong didn't order his men to chase after them. He pressed his chest, pretending to faint, and told those who weren't injured to quickly drive everyone to the hospital. He couldn't go on; after a day and a night, he needed to be hospitalized to rest. Anyway, this matter couldn't be suppressed; it would spread after tonight. The higher-ups must have already heard the news. With such a terrible impact, Qi Dongming's position was definitely in jeopardy. To prevent Qi Dongming from retaliating and affecting him, it was best for him to rest in the hospital for a few days.

Tsk, the machine factory is about to undergo a major overhaul.

By the time the police arrived, everyone had fled, leaving only the injured Li Yaozhong, who was leaning against his subordinate, half-closing his eyes and groaning in a state of near-death.

With a hot slip of paper tucked into their pockets, Yao Deyi and Yao Weimin ran back to the tenement courtyard, looking furtive and sneaking back to their respective rooms, as if they had done something wrong.

Zhang Xiuxiu overheard something on her way home from get off work, and she ran back to the tenement building, heading straight for Fang Guizhi. She was sure she could hear a good story from her.

Needless to say, her own father-in-law and brother-in-law would definitely not be happy about it, and Aunt Bai across the street was even less likely to be involved; she would listen more and say less, pretending to be aloof. When it comes to gossip, this loud-voiced aunt of hers is the only one she likes.

Fang Guizhi, her eyes gleaming, excitedly recounted the sensational news she'd heard from her husbands to Zhang Xiuxiu, embellishing her story with her own spittle. Her loud voice quickly drew Aunt Zhong over, and Bai Hui and her daughter-in-law also joined in the conversation. The entire courtyard was filled with Fang Guizhi's booming voice.

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After dinner, Wu Peng said he had to go out and told Yao Fanghua to go to sleep first and not to wait for him.

Where to?

"Don't worry, I'm just meeting an old friend and reminiscing about old times."

Yao Fanghua frowned. "Can't it be during the day? It has to be at night?"

"The other party is not free during the day. I'm just going to see an old friend and will be back soon." Wu Peng had already gotten dressed.

It seems I have no choice but to go. "I'm not sleepy today, I'll wait for you."

Wu Peng paused in his motion of pushing the door open. "Okay."

Wu Peng first went back to his own yard, took out a dagger, thought for a moment, tucked the dagger into his pocket, then picked out a short stick from the yard, changed into the clothes he wore when collecting scrap, messed up his hair, and took advantage of the night to ride his scrap-collecting tricycle to the vicinity of the Shen family.

Shen Gongming received the news at noon and rushed home like an ant on a hot pan. He spent the afternoon packing his things, stuffing all the valuables hidden in various places into boxes.

"What are you doing?" Lan Juan saw this old geezer ransacking her for money and valuables, even taking her jewelry box, and lunged to stop him. Was he going to give it all to that slut Liu Yunyun? Don't even think about it! Lan Juan glared fiercely at Shen Gongming.

Shen Gongming shoved his wife away. "Let me tell you, Yunyun and I have been caught. If anyone comes to investigate, you'd better keep your mouth shut if you don't want your whole family to die. Think about your son. If something happens to me, I'll drag you and your son down with me. These things are a menace in this house. I'll take them back once things have calmed down. Don't worry, what's yours will still be yours. All these things will be yours in the future. As long as no other problems are found, all of these things will be yours in the future."

"Are you serious? You have to swear!" Lanjuan pressed down on the box, preventing it from moving. She didn't care whether this bastard's actions were exposed or not; she only cared about her money, her jewelry, and everything in the safes and the house.

"I swear, may I be struck by lightning and die a horrible death! Alright!" Shen Gongming gritted his teeth. Even now, all he cared about was money; it disgusted him utterly. He had decided that as long as nothing else went wrong, this would at most be considered a matter of personal conduct, resulting in dismissal and expulsion from the Party. Dismissal was fine; he could just take the money and elope with Yunyun.

"Where are you going to put the things?" She needed to know where they were to feel at ease.

"Hide it at the old man's house next door."

Lanjuan: "Can't we hide it at home? We can bury it in the yard too."

"No, it's too dangerous. If we get caught, we won't be able to explain ourselves."

"Then I want to come along!"

"Fine!" Shen Gongming gritted his teeth. He could always secretly find another place later. This old woman was driving him crazy! Why wouldn't she die?! How could he have been so blind to marry her!