Lin Weidong felt a little awkward. He thought that Zhao Xiaobao might have grown up, which was why he was so indifferent.

However, he wasn't too bothered by the issue.

Lin Weidong turned to Lin Qingyu and said, "Sister, I'll go find Mother first, and I'll come back tonight!"

Lin Qingyu nodded and said, "Okay! You can go by bicycle!"

He got up and walked out, pushed the bicycle out, and wiped the seat clean for him.

"Go ahead! Just tell your brother-in-law, and have a good talk with your mother!"

Lin Weidong waved and left. He was very happy that he had gone to university and was no longer the same as before.

What's the use of reading?

"No matter how many books you read, you'll still end up farming anyway."

...

No one will say anything like that anymore.

Moreover, after graduation, the school guaranteed job placement, prioritizing positions in his hometown.

Actually, he could have transferred his household registration out, but Lin Weidong didn't plan to stay there; he would come back in the future.

After finally arriving at the factory, Lin Weidong told the gatekeeper, and Li Xiuhua came out shortly afterward.

Gu Shi also came out and granted Li Xiuhua and the other woman leave. The group then returned to the staff dormitory.

The family was enjoying a happy time together, but things were not so peaceful at the steel mill.

Gu Shi noticed several gossipy employees gathered together and went over to remind them.

"Finished the work?"

The group only noticed him then and quickly dispersed.

Only one bold female employee, who was usually unafraid of him, spoke to him mysteriously at this moment.

"Mr. Gu, you have no idea, Accountant Li across the street has run into trouble!"

Then she recounted how Li Bo caught Jiang Lili cheating on him in bed.

She described it vividly, as if she were there herself.

Jiang Lili was slapped to the ground by Li Bo, and her lover, a boiler worker from the same factory, was also beaten by Li Bo.

Gu Shi wasn't interested in any of that, but he was reminded of the scene when Jiang Lili hugged him tightly that day.

Goosebumps were starting to rise again, so he quickly scolded, "Finish your own work before worrying about others."

He just left after saying that. It's so annoying.

At the steel factory across the street, the affair has come to an end.

Li Bo took a leave of absence and didn't come to work. As a result, Jiang Lili rested in the break room after having lunch in the cafeteria.

Unexpectedly, she was having a secret rendezvous with someone when Li Bo arrived and caught her red-handed.

The boiler operator saw Jiang Lili and Gu Shi stay in the same room for a while; that was the time.

Then he threatened Jiang Lili, and the two maintained this relationship for some time.

Li Bo knew that Jiang Lili was not a proper person; it was the boiler operator who told him.

Unexpectedly, Li Bo caught the two of them in bed together today. He couldn't beat the boiler operator, so he could only take his anger out on Jiang Lili.

Jiang Lili was beaten until she was in tears. This was not a glorious thing, so the factory kept the news a secret.

However, the news quickly reached the factory across the street.

Li Bo took the person home immediately. His face turned red, and he didn't say a word the whole way.

After the two arrived home, Jiang Lili immediately knelt down on the ground and kept apologizing.

"I was wrong, please don't do this. He forced me into this situation. Hiroko, please listen to my explanation. I beg you, please believe me just this once..."

Although Jiang Lili was somewhat incoherent, Li Bo at least managed to recall the bits and pieces of their time together.

He calmed down and said, "You tell me properly today!"

Jiang Lili remained kneeling at his feet, recounting the whole story in fits and starts.

Fortunately, she was indeed forced into it, and it was her first offense. Although Li Bo was angry, he couldn't bring himself to be ruthless when he thought of his son back in his hometown.

He pushed Jiang Lili into the washroom, locked the door, boiled a pot of hot water, and washed her from head to toe.

I used a brush and soap to scrub Jiang Lili until her whole body was bright red, and only then did I feel a little better.

Jiang Lili didn't dare to cry out loud, she could only shed tears silently. She was very grateful that Li Bo could forgive her.

In this day and age, if Li Bofei keeps pursuing her, she's finished.

Li Bo took several days off, and Jiang Lili also didn't go to work.

The leader took pity on him and granted leave to both of them. Unexpectedly, the boiler operator still went to work every day as usual.

He was completely unaffected and instead went on a rampage in the dormitory, talking about Jiang Lili and all that.

After Li Bo went back to work, everyone looked at him with pitiful eyes. It seemed that no one wanted to get close to Jiang Lili anymore.

Li Bo couldn't take it anymore, so he resigned and took Jiang Lili back to his hometown. Jiang Lili's life there was very difficult.

But that's a story for later. Gu Shi left work early and went to Lin Qingyu's restaurant.

"A welcome-back dinner for Xiao Dong today?"

He saw Lin Qingyu busy and knew that she was cooking for Lin Weidong.

"Yes, it's agreed that my mother and the others will come too."

Lin Qingyu was preparing a fish, planning to make braised fish.

The restaurant had quite a few customers, and the kitchen was very busy.

The two were busy in the small backyard, not causing any trouble.

"I'll handle it. Tell me if there's anything else that needs to be done."

Gu Shi took it from Lin Qingyu and began to work on it himself.

When he was around, Lin Qingyu hardly had to work hard, and the two of them were used to it.

Lin Qingyu casually pointed, "There are still some spare ribs over there, you can chop them up for me in a bit!"

Gu Shi acknowledged that he understood, and his hands continued working.

In the evening, Li Xiuhua and the other two arrived.

Lin Aiguo had difficulty walking, so he sat in the back seat of Lin Weidong.

"Sis, we're back!"

Lin Weidong walked in cheerfully, and the group went to the backyard, where it was quite lively.

"Mom, please have a seat. The food will be ready soon!"

Lin Qingyu called out, and in the backyard there was an iron pot burning firewood, with soup bubbling inside.

Li Xiuhua washed her hands and went over to help.

"Mom, don't bother. Just cook a few dishes, it'll be quick!"

Lin Qingyu scooped the fish out of the pot, and Gu Shi brought it to the table, where several other dishes were already laid out.

Soon the big table was filled with all the family's favorite dishes.

"Welcome home, Weidong! You're the first college graduate in our family!"

Lin Qingyu poured Lin Weidong a glass of wine, which was homemade wine with little alcohol content; Zhao Xiaobao could also drink a glass.

Lin Weidong smiled sheepishly and said modestly, "It's all thanks to my family's willingness to support my schooling; it's nothing!"

The family was having a great time, and the atmosphere was very pleasant.

During the conversation, they talked about Lin Weidong's roommate, his deskmate, who was a student from Northeast China.

“You all don’t know, he told me back then that his family had sold all their sheep to pay for his education!”

Lin Weidong still felt sorry for him, "He usually doesn't eat much, and his clothes are patched so many times, I can't bear to see it!"

Li Xiuhua also felt sorry for the child, so she said to him, "That child is a good child because he was able to get into university on his own merit!"