"My daughter is right. Comrade Liao behaved inappropriately. He just deliberately blocked me here and made advances on me. His behavior is that of a hooligan. He deserves to be beaten."

Bai Narcissus will not hold her daughter back. Even if her daughter doesn't come, she will take action.

Seeing his daughter corner the man and even kick him over, a smile flashed in his eyes, but his face was filled with anger. "Director Peng, I have already rejected your kindness. I think I have made my words clear enough."

"Today you brought this Comrade Liao here again. He ignored my wishes and blocked me here. Not only did he affect my work, he also damaged my reputation."

"I will report this matter to my superior, and he must apologize to me. Also, you brought him here, so I hope you can also give me an explanation."

While they were talking, Gong Linglong beat up the greasy pig-headed man severely and kicked him several times in the back and thighs.

When the sanatorium's security personnel approached, he withdrew his hands and immediately questioned, "Comrades from the Security Department, how could the sanatorium allow such hooligans in? The residents of the sanatorium are veteran cadres and leaders, and most of the people working here are women. If you allow such hooligans in, how can the safety and reputation of the women be guaranteed?"

"He's not a gangster."

Peng Yuni's face was as dark as ink, and she introduced him through gritted teeth: "Gong Linglong, this is Comrade Liao Youmin, the deputy director of the textile factory workshop."

"Director Peng, so you are here."

Gong Linglong had heard Peng Yuni's voice before, but she pretended not to hear it. Now she was basically certain that this greasy man was related to her. She strode over and asked with a sullen face, "Director Peng, what is your relationship with this stinky hooligan?"

"I just said, he is not a gangster." Peng Yuni's eyes were gloomy.

"He is not a gangster, but his behavior is gangster-like."

Gong Linglong pointed the broken bamboo pole at where her mother was standing, her voice rising, "I just came over and saw with my own eyes that bastard blocking my mother's way. He even touched her. If this isn't hooliganism, then what is it? Director Peng, tell me, what exactly is he doing?"

"You misunderstood. Your mother has been taking care of my mother for a long time. When I learned that she was divorced and single, I wanted to introduce her to a good partner."

"This Deputy Director Liao is the person I introduced to your mother. He fell in love with your mother at first sight. Today..."

Before Peng Yuni could finish her words, Bai Shuixian interrupted with a dark face: "Director Peng, please take back the phrase 'love at first sight'. If you have forgotten what I said last time, I can repeat it in front of everyone now."

"Taking care of your mother is my job responsibility. I don't need your extra thanks. I appreciate your kindness. I have no feelings for Comrade Liao and no plans to remarry."

"I just want to work quietly here and not get involved in any other mess. Please take back your kindness."

Seeing that she was so disrespectful and rejected her good intentions in front of so many people, Peng Yuni's face turned particularly ugly. "Bai Shuixian, you are too ungrateful. The comrade Liao I introduced to you has good conditions in all aspects. He also has feelings for you. Why do you..."

"Director Peng, is it that I didn't speak clearly enough, or is it that your hearing is not working well?" Bai Shuixian interrupted again, with an unprecedentedly cold expression on her face.

Gong Linglong had understood everything. She did not object to her mother's remarriage, but this Peng Yuni clearly had bad intentions.

She took a step forward, pulling her mother behind her. She looked at the Peng family mother and daughter and said in a calm tone, "Director Peng, are you free?"

Peng Yuni frowned, very dissatisfied with her attitude, and put on her official airs again: "Gong Linglong, is this your attitude towards your superiors?"

"Director Peng, I suggest you stop putting on airs in front of me. I work for the Civil Affairs Department, and my superior is Director Yang Manrong. Since I joined the unit, neither my superior nor the department head has ever put on airs with me."

Gong Linglong's aura was no weaker than hers. She had been working there for two months and had heard that Peng Yuni and Director Yang did not get along well. Peng Yuni relied on her family background and her husband to make things difficult for Director Yang and often deliberately found fault at work to delay the approval of donated materials.

"The Xinjiang County reservoir burst, leaving nearly 100,000 people homeless. From leaders to ordinary staff in our civil affairs department, everyone rushed to the disaster site to provide support, working tirelessly to deliver supplies and relief efforts. No one had time to look after their families."

"Director Peng, your department is completely different. You, as a leader, can leave your job on weekdays to take care of family matters. You even have time to help my mother find a date and personally show your care to an ordinary staff member like me."

"You're really caring towards your junior staff after work. I appreciate your kindness and will write a thank you letter to Secretary Tong tomorrow."

As soon as she said this, Peng Yuni's expression changed instantly.

Madam Peng also frowned and quickly tried to smooth things over, "Comrade Xiao Gong, this is all a misunderstanding. It's all because my old bones are failing me. I was in so much pain all over this afternoon that I called my daughter to take some time off to take me to the hospital. She happened to run into Deputy Director Liao on the way and asked him to come over and help."

"Madam, I believe you and I believe you are not lying."

Gong Linglong continued speaking, her expression unchanged, "My mother has just made her stance clear. I beg the old lady and Director Peng to relent. As for the man Director Peng brought with him, I don't care who he is. I just witnessed him behaving inappropriately. Today, for your sake, I will not send him to the police station for hooliganism."

As for the incident of injuring someone, she didn't mention a word.

Liao Youmin was beaten badly, with red marks clearly visible on his face. His legs had just been kicked hard by her, and he was now relying on holding onto a tree to keep his feet.

It was the first time in his life that he was beaten, and beaten so hard. The noise of their fight was quite loud, and he heard it clearly. He was so angry that his teeth were itching, but he didn't dare to interrupt.

The mother and daughter of the Peng family were also infuriated by Gong Linglong's attitude, but she hadn't finished her words yet: "Director Peng, considering your good intentions, let's let this matter go today. However, the man you brought here did behave inappropriately. As a state official, he disregarded the wishes of a female comrade and physically assaulted her. Since you're familiar with him, I suggest you take the time to educate him properly."

"We, mother and daughter, are kindhearted and easy to talk to, but that doesn't necessarily mean other female comrades are easy to talk to. If he does it again, I'm afraid he'll be punished."

Peng Yuni felt a lump of anger stuck in her throat, unable to go up or down. Now she finally understood how aggrieved Xiao Hongmei and her daughter felt when she bullied them.