"Director Qin, have you eaten yet? Come sit down, quick!"

"I have kimchi here!" Someone offered their help, bringing Qin Xiaoyu her food. They knew it was her favorite.

"Sister-in-law Deng, I know my brother Deng best. Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked my uncle to transfer him back. You know my uncle, he's an old revolutionary, very upright, and he doesn't tolerate any wrongdoing. If my brother Deng has any issues with his conduct, he won't tolerate it." Qin Xiaoyu said slowly and deliberately, unconsciously bringing up the relationship between the Deng family and the Zhou family.

These female workers often gossiped about Qin Xiaoyu and knew about her relationship with Commander Zhou's family. They weren't stupid; they could tell that Qin Xiaoyu was hinting at something to them.

“That’s right, handsome men can also be good people. Look at your brother-in-law, he has a kind and honest face. You’re so lucky.” The female worker changed her tune.

"Exactly, there are men like that. They treat their wives incredibly well at home, but they won't say a word to any other woman outside." Someone immediately added fuel to the fire.

Sister-in-law Deng's expression softened, and she then noticed that Qin Xiaoyu was eating at the same table with her. Although they had eaten together at the Zhou family's house more than once, this was at the garment factory, and Qin Xiaoyu's position was factory manager, which was a great honor.

"Little fish, you eat. By the way, I'll bring the medicine over tonight, you don't need to brew it." Sister-in-law Deng also adopted a friendly posture.

Qin Xiaoyu believed that this meal would shut the female worker up for a while, and Sister-in-law Deng should be at ease.

Zhou Yue came looking for him before it was time to leave work.

"Come on, what are you dawdling for!"

"Isn't it a bit early?" Qin Xiaoyu wanted to draw some more design drafts; the store layout was just getting started, and she still needed to fill in the details.

"Have you lost your mind? You promised Lisheng yesterday that you'd ambush his classmate. If you're not going, I'm going!"

Zhou Yue said angrily.

"I know, I was wrong, big sister!" Qin Xiaoyu hurriedly followed Zhou Yue out the door. They drove to the vicinity of Lisheng School and stopped on his usual route home.

After a short while, students started coming out of the school.

There's no need to worry about Hanhan; Commander Zhou has been picking her up personally these past few days.

After waiting for a while, Lisheng slowly walked over, his whole body bent over like a shrimp, showing no signs of a child's vitality. Xiaojin followed not far behind him, the two of them not exchanging a word.

Suddenly, a chubby boy appeared out of nowhere and tackled Lisheng to the ground before he could react.

As soon as Xiao Jin saw the girl swinging her schoolbag, she rushed over to help. Two male classmates pounced on her from behind and choked her to subdue her. Several boys who were walking nearby, who hadn't made a move at first, suddenly surrounded her when they saw someone making a move and started throwing punches.

Things happened so fast, in the blink of an eye, that Qin Xiaoyu and Zhou Yue were a little caught off guard.

They quickly opened the car door and jumped out. Qin Xiaoyu then noticed that Zhou Yue was holding a weapon—a one-meter-long steel ruler used in the technical department. She gasped, "Sister, that hurts!"

Zhou Yue lashed out several feet, and the boys, wincing in pain, dodged away.

Children have an innate fear of adults. Although they may be physically stronger, they dare not fight back under the intimidation. Qin Xiaoyu rescued Lisheng, and Xiaojin was also freed. She was chasing after the two boys and beating them up.

"You all stand in line! Attention!" Qin Xiaoyu shouted, and the boys instinctively lined up.

Zhou Yue was still not satisfied, so she went up and slapped each of them on the buttocks again. The boys grinned, not daring to speak, unaware of who these two were.

"Register! Which class are you in? What's your name?" Qin Xiaoyu pulled out a pen and paper from her pocket.

"Don't write down my name, don't tell the teacher, my dad will beat me to death!" The chubby boy chickened out first.

"Speak!" Qin Xiaoyu roared.

"Yu Dehe, Class 4, Grade 5".

Qin Xiaoyu wrote down all the names, took the steel ruler from Zhou Yue, walked past them, and tapped their noses one by one, saying, "This time it's just a name. If you do it again, I'll make sure you can't get out of bed for a month!"

"Did you understand?!" Zhou Yue shouted.

"I understand!"

"I didn't hear you, speak louder!" Zhou Yue deliberately picked a fight!

"I understand!"

"Also, if Deng Lisheng gets into any trouble at school in the future, no matter which class bullies him, I'll come after you, and you'll have to take responsibility for me." Qin Xiaoyu weighed the steel ruler in her hand and narrowed her eyes.

"We understand!" The children all quieted down.

"Get in the car, let's go." Qin Xiaoyu picked up Lisheng's schoolbag and called to Xiaojin.

They obediently climbed onto the car.

Several boys watched longingly, their eyes filled with envy. These days, being able to ride in a private car is quite an achievement.

"Is Lisheng injured?" Zhou Yue sat down in the back seat with them and pulled Lisheng's arm with concern.

"It's okay, it doesn't hurt at all," Lisheng said shyly, his eyes red.

Qin Xiaoyu was somewhat surprised; this child would never utter a sound under any circumstances, yet now he was speaking.

On the way, they bought some groceries, and Qin Xiaoyu's intention was to invite the Deng family over for a meal. She noticed that since Zhou Xing left, Commander Zhou and Deng Jianyan had become increasingly close, often inviting him over for a chat and a meal to strengthen communication between the two families and also to address the children's issues.

After entering the military compound, Qin Xiaoyu automatically slowed down the car.

"Go home and do your homework first. Aunt Xiaoyue will call you for dinner later." Qin Xiaoyu drove to the Deng family's door first.

Before the car had even come to a complete stop, Qin Xiaoyu saw a large crowd gathered at the building entrance, and she inwardly cursed her bad luck.

She wasn't wrong. There was a commotion of pots and pans at the entrance of the building, and Deng Jianyan fled in a panic, with his sister-in-law chasing after him, pushing a rolling pin.

Deng Jianyan was tall, and his sister-in-law was more than a head shorter than him, but she had some kind of fighting ability and ran incredibly fast. Deng Jianyan was hit twice more.

Qin Xiaoyu and Zhou Yue quickly got out of the car and surrounded Deng Dasao from both sides, stopping her.

"Sister-in-law Deng, what's wrong?" Qin Xiaoyu said angrily. All the work she did at noon was for nothing!

"He was seducing a young nurse, even coming to our house! I caught him red-handed. I'm going to fight him to the death today! I'd rather kill him than live!" As she spoke, Aunt Deng was overcome with grief and suddenly sat down on the ground, bursting into tears.

Qin Xiaoyu and Zhou Yue looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Sister-in-law, you can't just say things like that. I've already explained, why are you still making a scene!" A young man squeezed through the crowd.

"Who are you?" Qin Xiaoyu sensed the hidden meaning in his words.

"It's all my fault. I work at the same hospital as Dr. Deng, and my surname is Hao. I asked Dr. Deng to help me invite Xiao Zhang over so we could talk about dating. But I had to add a surgery at the last minute, so I was a little late, and Xiao Zhang arrived first. I was only five minutes late, five minutes! The battle had already started here, and I, this!" Dr. Hao stamped his feet anxiously.

Qin Xiaoyu then realized that Deng Jianyan's matchmaking had backfired. The woman had arrived first, while the man hadn't, so Deng's sister-in-law had gone home first.

"Sister-in-law Deng, you heard it too, it's all a misunderstanding!" Qin Xiaoyu patiently tried to persuade her.