After getting into the car, Lu Zhixia fastened her seatbelt and waved to Director Niu.
Gu Lingxiao started the car and drove away. It was already dark outside, and when he looked up at the sky, he saw a patch of dark clouds.
"Let's go to Grandpa's courtyard for acupuncture."
"No need, it's too late today. Let's talk about it in a few days!"
"Alright then! You helped me so much today, but I didn't help you at all."
"No need to be polite with me."
The car stopped downstairs at the tenement building. Lu Zhixia got out of the car and waved to him.
"Captain Gu! See you next time!"
"Let's go back inside! It's cold outside!"
Lu Zhixia then turned around and went back to the tenement building. A lot had happened today, which made her re-evaluate the people around her.
Su Lan, Aunt Pang, and Zhu Hong are all friends I can continue to associate with, but as for the other people in the tenement building, let's just forget about them!
They fawned over the powerful and then belittled the weak, their eyes brimming with undisguised jealousy.
"Comrade Lu is back!" the woman greeted with a smile.
Lu Zhixia nodded and didn't say anything more. Usually, she's a smiling person, but when this happened today, she didn't hold back her gossip.
After Lu Zhixia left, the woman spat on the ground and said,
"That vixen thinks she's something special! She'll get beaten to death by men one day! Then we'll see how she makes money!"
He returned home grumbling and saw his children fighting over the food in their bowls. Life was getting more and more boring.
The man is earning less and less money, and this month he's not making enough to cover his expenses.
So how could she not be envious when she sees others making money?
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Song Weidong is currently lying in the hospital, where he and several others are being interrogated by Luo Cheng. Only then did he realize that he had gone too far.
However, he did not regret it, since it was just criticism and education, nothing serious.
However, he was obligated to pay for the medical expenses of these individuals, so when Chen Jianing arrived at the hospital ward, he directly stated his intention.
"Take 100 yuan and pay their deposit first."
"Where would I get money?" Chen Jianing regretted coming to the hospital; she wasn't going to use her money to clean up a man's mess.
"Take this first, I'll pay you back when I get my salary! Besides, I still have a debt to settle, I'll pay you back then!"
Song Weidong started making grand promises, thinking that women would fall for it.
But Chen Jianing wasn't stupid. Money in hand was money, and promises like these were the most useless thing.
She placed the thermos on the table and said, "I cooked some red bean porridge for you. Keep it for yourself! I'm heading back now!"
If she didn't leave now, when would she? That money was her lifeline; if she and her daughter had nowhere to stay in the future, she would be counting on it!
Today she went to wait for Guo Chen downstairs at Guo's house, but as you can imagine, she came up empty-handed.
She didn't know where he lived now, and she couldn't possibly be so shameless as to go to her in-laws' house to beg them; they would scold her to death if she did.
The only option is to target Guo Chen directly.
Later, he thought about it and went to his classmate, promising him some benefits so that he could find out where Guo Chen was.
Perhaps we'll hear news in the next day or two that she's begging Guo Chen for forgiveness and will do anything to win him back!
Song Weidong watched the woman's departing figure, his eyes narrowing into slits. Sure enough, all bitches are the same!
He won't let any of them go, so in the current situation he can only use his own savings; this woman is definitely unreliable.
So when Song Lingling came to see him, he told her where he hid his secret stash of money.
Song Lingling was not surprised to learn that her brother had a secret stash of money. She usually showed her pay slips to her sister-in-law, but her sister-in-law did not give him any extra money.
But she always received 10 yuan in pocket money, and with this large sum of pocket money, she did very well at school.
As she walked out of the ward and turned the corner to the toilet, she began to vomit violently. After finally managing to vomit everything up, she felt nauseous all over.
Thinking of her brother's secret stash of money, Ding Xueqing would be happy if she could get her hands on it, so she didn't care about anything else, just washed her face with tap water, and then hurriedly went home.
They found the box where her brother hid his money, and upon opening it, discovered there were at least several hundred yuan inside.
She closed the door and counted the money several times. It totaled more than 800 yuan. She gave her brother 100 yuan as a hospital deposit.
Then the rest is all mine. With this money, I can buy a small house and not have to live a life of dependence here.
Thinking of this, she smiled happily, then emptied the box of money and put it all into her bag.
Chen Jianing watched as Song Lingling came out of the house, beaming with joy. She felt something was amiss, but what right did she have to interfere?
She fed her daughter the steamed egg custard, bite by bite. Seeing that her child had lost weight due to insufficient nutrition, she couldn't help but cry, feeling so heartbroken.
At this moment, she regretted it. Why had she let her life turn out this way?
However, she quickly turned her resentment towards Lu Zhixia.
The next morning, Luo Cheng specifically notified the steel mill about Song Weidong leading a group to beat someone up.
He did this entirely to repay Lu Zhixia, who had helped him several times, and he could finally return the favor.
The steel plant's former director took the news very seriously and immediately convened a meeting, where a unanimous vote was passed to dismiss Song Weidong.
The announcement was only released a few days later because he is still in the hospital.
As for those few people, those without contracts will be advised to leave directly, and those with contracts will receive a major demerit and have their annual bonus deducted. If they commit the same offense again, they will be dismissed.
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A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and the day of the official court hearing arrived. It was a rare day that it didn't rain.
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