"Yes, I stole Xu Damao's chickens,"

When Yi Zhonghai saw that Sha Zhu had agreed, he was overjoyed, but he still pretended to be disappointed in him and said, "Zhu Zi, I'm not trying to be mean, but why did you steal Xu Damao's chickens? Have you two had a falling out lately?"

"Uncle, you're right! You don't know, that bastard Xu Damao is really hateful. Just because he's a projectionist, he can act all high and mighty all the time."

Hey, you know what? Xu Damao came to our cafeteria and told our boss I was having an affair with Qin Huairu. Seriously, do you think I can tolerate this?

Sha Zhu understood the meaning behind Yi Zhonghai's words and immediately seized the opportunity to start rambling.

“Yes, gentlemen, you have no idea how hateful Xu Damao is,” Qin Huairu chimed in from the side.

Lou Xiao'e was stunned when she heard this, staring at Xu Damao beside her in disbelief: "Damao, did you really say that?"

Xu Damao, looking impatient, said, "They've all had too much to drink. How would I know?"

"Alright, I think we should leave this matter here. This is entirely Xu Damao's fault for talking nonsense. Zhu Zi's actions were retaliation, not theft, but he used the wrong method. This kind of thing will not be allowed to happen again in our institute. Do you all understand?"

Fearing that things might change if he delayed, Yi Zhonghai immediately drew a final conclusion.

Ma Hua, watching from the sidelines, chuckled. Good heavens, you call stealing chickens retaliation? Is this how you retaliate? Fine, you want to end things here? I'll make sure you don't get your way.

Thinking of this, Ma Hua pushed through the crowd and walked to the middle table.

When Yi Zhonghai saw Ma Hua approaching, a bad feeling immediately arose in his heart, and he said warily, "Ma Hua, what are you going to do!"

"Hehe, let me take a look." Ma Hua chuckled, then glanced at the chicken in the casserole on the table.

Then he said to Xu Damao, "Brother Damao, your chicken is really something! After Shazhu stole it, not only was half of it left, but it also turned into a little rooster! How amazing!"

These days, hens are hard to find. Even if someone is selling one, it's after it stops laying eggs. So steel mills usually buy young roosters, because they're plentiful and affordable. Besides, the dish Sha Zhu is making is chicken stew with mushrooms.

"Ah," Xu Damao was stunned for a moment; he was truly dumbfounded.

According to the previous plot, he would be drinking with Director Yang tonight, and he would get hit with a rolling pin for laughing at Sha Zhu in the kitchen.

Unfortunately, Xu Damao was harassed by a widow from the countryside all night yesterday and didn't go to work today, so he had no idea what was going on.

So Xu Damao really didn't know that Sha Zhu had stolen the chicken from the factory. He thought it was his own.

"Don't believe me? Then come and see for yourself. This is half a rooster! Tsk tsk, Brother Shazhu has this skill. Not only can he turn a female into a male, but he can also turn a big one into a small one. That's not easy, hahahaha," Ma Hua mocked from the side.

Actually, everyone already knew that Sha Zhu's chicken was stolen from the canteen, but for their own purposes, no one said it out loud. Only Ma Hua was stubborn and couldn't stand it. If others wouldn't say it, then I'll expose it.

After hearing Ma Hua's words, everyone immediately lowered their heads and remained silent. Who would be foolish enough to speak up for that idiot Zhu? You can do whatever you want, as long as it doesn't involve us.

"Shazhu, tell me quickly, where did this chicken in your casserole come from!" Uncle Liu Haizhong, seeing this, immediately said seriously, thinking that this was the time for his revenge.

Seeing that Sha Zhu was stubbornly refusing to reply, Liu Haizhong wasn't angry: "Since there's a rooster in the casserole, it definitely isn't the old hen that Xu Damao's family lost. Everyone knows that, right?"

Sha Zhu is a cook at our steel mill's canteen; I reckon he might have brought this back from there.

"So that's why Sha Zhu always carries around a net bag with a lunchbox inside! So that's what he does!" Third Uncle Yan Bugui seized the opportunity and immediately said, "Sha Zhu, you've finally got your chance to laugh at me, haven't you?"

"Alright, what's all this arguing about? Factory matters are factory matters, and our compound matters are our compound matters. We can't mix them up. Alright, I think that since the chicken in the casserole isn't the one that went missing from Xu Damao's house..."

Xu Damao, go home and search carefully again. Who knows, it might just pop out from some hidden corner soon.”

When Yi Zhonghai saw that Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui had joined forces to oppose him, he was filled with intense hatred.

"This won't do, Uncle! Sha Zhu just admitted it. We can't just let this go like this!" Xu Damao was also anxious. This wouldn't do. Why should he be mocked by Sha Zhu for losing a chicken?

"What do you mean by 'counting' or 'not counting'? I'm the one who decides here. I think this is how it is. What, Xu Damao, do you have a problem with that?" Yi Zhonghai glared at Xu Damao and scolded him.

Seeing Yi Zhonghai's gloomy face, Xu Damao shrank back and said meekly, "Fine, you're the boss, you decide. I'll go back and look again."