Returning to 1955, I began a life of lively chaos and leisure in that legendary Siheyuan. Let's see how a modern person can live their own little life by "gouging" (playing it safe/layi...
Wu Yu said to Liu Guangqi, "The problem now isn't finding Xu Damao to settle accounts with, but rather, it's nighttime, so where are we going to stay?"
"We can't really sleep in the yard, can we? In this weather, we'd either freeze to death or not!"
Wu Yu didn't want to stay with Liu Guangqi and suffer from hunger and cold in the yard.
Liu Guangqi's face was gloomy. After thinking for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "We'll stay at your place for today!"
"My home?"
Wu Yu was extremely surprised; he never expected that Liu Guangqi would suggest sleeping at his house.
However, Wu Yu thought about it seriously. Letting Liu Guangqi sleep at her house didn't seem like a big deal.
"Alright! As long as you have no objections, you can come with me!"
After thinking it through, Wu Yu readily nodded in agreement and had no objection to Liu Guangxi sleeping at his home.
Liu Guangqi secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Wu Yu had agreed.
If Wu Yu doesn't agree to this, it might be difficult to handle, since I don't have anywhere else to go in the city.
The only place he could go was his father-in-law's house, but given his current situation, he couldn't very well take Wu Yu there to spend the night.
If Wu Yu keeps quiet and tells his father-in-law, he'll be ruined.
So after much deliberation, Liu Guangqi realized that his only option was to go to Wu Yu's house.
The two discussed things briefly at their doorstep. At this time, Auntie Er also packed up their belongings and brought them out.
The second aunt handed Liu Guangqi's things to Liu Guangqi and whispered, "Don't take your father's words to heart!"
"Your dad's angry right now! Wait until he calms down before you come back!"
"After you leave, I will also try to persuade him."
In the end, Auntie Er comforted Liu Guangqi, hoping that he wouldn't hold a grudge against Liu Haizhong.
After all, no matter what, Liu Guangqi is now the only member of the Liu family to hold an official position.
Most importantly, according to Aunt Er's estimation, Liu Haizhong was just acting out of anger and wouldn't really be angry with Liu Guangqi.
Once Liu Haizhong calms down, the matter will be over. It's a good thing that Liu Guangqi can avoid Liu Haizhong's anger, as it will prevent the two of them from escalating their conflicts if they stay together.
Liu Guangqi nodded slightly after hearing what his second aunt said, which was considered an agreement.
In fact, Liu Guangqi knew very well that he had gone too far in this matter, and that Wu Yu had made Liu Haizhong lose face in front of everyone in the compound.
It's understandable that someone who has always valued appearances might find it hard to accept Liu Zhong's new hairstyle.
"Okay, I understand!"
"He's still my father, how could I possibly lower myself to his level!"
Liu Guangqi pretended to be very magnanimous and forgave Liu Haizhong, but in his heart, he didn't really think what he said was true.
If Liu Guangqi had truly forgiven Liu Haizhong, he wouldn't have stayed away for so many years.
Liu Guangqi has been holding a grudge against himself all these years because he was tricked by Liu Haizhong, which is why he married a woman who was practically a son-in-law and hasn't been home more than twice in all these years.
Auntie Er breathed a long sigh of relief when she heard Liu Guangqi say that. As long as Liu Guangqi wasn't angry with Liu Haizhong, that was a good thing.
"Alright, you should hurry up and leave before it gets dark!"
Aunt Erda looked at the sky and saw that light was flowing everywhere. She and Wuyu quickly set off.
Liu Guangqi slung the package over his back, glanced at Wu Yu, and then strode away from the backyard.
Seeing that Liu Guangqi had left, Wu Yu followed closely behind and also left the compound.
On the way to Wu Yu's house, Wu Yu asked Liu Guangqi, "You just said you were going to deal with Xu Damao? What are your plans?"
Although he got 300 yuan back from Xu Damao this time, he put the money in his own pocket.
However, Wu Yu felt extremely unhappy, because she knew she used to be able to get 500 yuan.
As a result, Wu Yu not only lost face but also lost 200 yuan because of Xu Damao's scheme, which was really hard for her to accept.
He felt that he had never suffered such a big loss in all the years he had been in the industry!
So when he thought about how much Xu Damao had caused him to suffer, he couldn't accept it. Whenever he had time, he would quickly discuss with Liu Guangqi how to deal with Xu Damao.
Liu Guangqi paused slightly, then said as he walked, "What else can we do to clean it up!"
"No matter what we do now, we're not getting the money out of Xu Damao's pocket!"
"Of course I know! But I just can't accept that Xu Damao got scammed like this!" Wu Yu said earnestly.
"Then let's put a sack over Xu Damao and give him a good beating!"
"If you can get down there, you can break his arm!"
Liu Guangqi said to Wu Yu.
Wu Yu didn't understand the other meaning in Liu Guangqi's words at all, and nodded readily.
"Okay, I think your idea is good!"
"Xu Damao just hasn't been beaten enough, otherwise he wouldn't have dared to do this!"
"They actually dared to scam me! I'm going to teach them a lesson this time!"
Wu Yu replied to Liu Guangqi seriously, and he even started thinking about how to put Xu Damao's sack on it.
Liu Guangqi glanced at Wu Yu with some surprise. He never expected that Wu Yu would agree with his statement, considering that he had just said it casually.
"You really want to put a sack over his head?"
Liu Guangqi asked Wu Yu with a serious expression.
"Of course, how could this be fake?"
Wu Yu nodded seriously, without the slightest hint of joking.
"Alright, since you agree to do this, let's figure out a way to put Xu Damao's sack!"
Seeing Wu Yu's expression, Liu Guangqi thought for a moment and agreed with Wu Yu's idea.
He didn't have a suitable way to get revenge on Xu Damao, so he might as well listen to Wu Yu and let himself vent his anger.
As for other matters, we'll leave them for later. There's plenty of time ahead, so there's nothing to fear. We'll just find an opportunity to get revenge on Xu Damao.
"Then what do you suggest we do?"
"Since you've agreed, we can't just rush into Xu Damao's house and beat him up!"
Wu Yu recalled what Liu Guangqi had just told him: the compound was the territory of the steel mill's security department, and he, an outsider, couldn't afford to offend those people in the security department.
"Are you crazy? You want to go to his house? Of course, I'll ambush him on my way home from get off work!"
"I know a place where Xu Damao gets stuck in traffic, but hardly anyone passes by!"
Liu Guangqi, after all, grew up in the compound and was very familiar with the area around it.