"Ma Hua, did you hear what that old man said? Apologize right now!" Sha Zhu glared fiercely at Ma Hua.

It would be a lie to say he wasn't interested; that would be just self-comfort. The thought of Qin Jingru, such a beautiful young girl, being snatched away by Ma Hua was heartbreaking for Sha Zhu.

"Alright, since there are so many people from our institute here, I'll make things clear to you today, so you won't say that I, MCA, am an ungrateful person!"

Ma Hua coughed twice, noticing that everyone's eyes were on him.

Then he slowly said, "Actually, it's very simple. Didn't Sha Zhu steal chickens at the factory? Then Qin Huairu planned to introduce her cousin, Comrade Qin Jingru, to Sha Zhu. Is that right?"

Qin Huairu nodded to Sha Zhu; this was correct.

"But Qin Huairu, how did you introduce Sha Zhu to Jingru?" Ma Hua sneered twice and looked at Qin Huairu.

At this moment, Sha Zhu's eyes lit up as she looked at Qin Huairu, wanting to hear how Sister Qin would evaluate her.

"I, I," Qin Huairu was momentarily speechless. What honest man, what chef—that was just a lie she told her cousin, especially in front of so many people in the courtyard. She was too embarrassed to say it like that.

"Hmph, you're too ashamed to say it, everyone. Do you know what Qin Huairu said to Jingru? She said that Shazhu is honest, hardworking, and clean—our factory's head chef!"

As soon as Ma Hua finished speaking, the surrounding neighbors burst into laughter. Good heavens, that spineless coward, Sha Zhu. And he's so clean? It's hilarious!

"Qin Huairu, let me ask you, Sha Zhu has been cleaning the toilets for a long time, everyone in our compound knows that. And whether Sha Zhu is clean or not, I think you know perfectly well. Everyone knows, Qin Huairu, that you clean Sha Zhu's room and do his laundry every day. And also…"

Qin Huairu knows you're doing this to repay a debt of gratitude, thanking Sha Zhu for taking the blame for you, but you can't treat Jingru like this. Why don't you mention that Sha Zhu is a thief?" Ma Hua glanced at Qin Huairu disdainfully.

"Everyone, what if you came to a blind date all excited, only to find out that your date is like this? What would you do?" Ma Hua's words immediately resonated with everyone.

{This is a true story, told by my elders. Whether or not someone can get married depends entirely on how the matchmaker conspires with the person to deceive them. However, some matchmakers are trustworthy; you can't generalize.}

That's how our neighbor got married in the 1990s. When the bride arrived home, she was stunned. The closets, the bicycle, the thick quilt—everything was gone. She only found out after marrying in that it was all borrowed. All that was left in the house was a tattered thin quilt and her husband.

"Huh? Wasn't she supposed to be Qin Huairu's cousin? How could this be?"

"Yeah, and they still dare to call themselves real relatives? Qin Huairu's relatives are really no good!"

The murmurs of the crowd gradually reached Sha Zhu's ears, and he immediately roared, "Shut up! This is only temporary. I'll be transferred back to the cafeteria sooner or later!"

"Ma Hua, you bastard!" Silly Zhu gasped for breath, his chest heaving, daring to call himself a thief and claim he was doing a good deed!

Sister Qin's family is in such a bad situation, Bang Geng hasn't eaten meat for two days, what's wrong with helping out? Just as the old man said, Ma Hua, you are a cold-blooded person!

“Try swearing again!” Ma Hua looked Sha Zhu up and down.

Before Sha Zhu could finish his sentence, "Wang," Ma Hua lunged forward, swung his right hand, and slapped Sha Zhu across the face. "You think you're so tough?"

Actually, MCA felt guilty about the hijacking, but not much. Now that they saw that Sha Zhu dared to scold them, how could they hold back?

Sha Zhu was stunned by the blow, then coughed twice, spitting out two teeth. Blood flowed down the corner of Sha Zhu's mouth.

The onlookers stood frozen in place. Ma Hua, that kid, is so violent! He just started hitting people without warning. Tsk tsk, not bad, not bad. Give Sha Zhu another hit! It's so satisfying to watch.

The crowd was just there for the spectacle, hoping the matter would escalate further. The advanced technology was long gone, so it didn't matter; as long as they enjoyed watching it, that was enough.

"You." Sha Zhu stared in disbelief at the two teeth in his hand, his eyes trembling as he stared at Ma Hua.

"What do you mean, 'what'? What's wrong? Didn't I say something wrong? Aren't you just a thief now, cleaning toilets in the factory?"

Ma Hua chuckled twice. "People, you need to face reality. What's wrong? Do you really still think you're that lawless chef you used to be?"