Chapter 247 Encountering Liu Ruolan in the Woods
"Old Tao, my wife has high blood pressure. The doctor said she can't stop taking her blood pressure medication even for a day, otherwise one day... Sigh, if we don't work, we won't earn any money. The medicine box is almost empty, we can't take it!"
"Old Tao, my rascal is going to high school next year, and he's going to study in the city. The tuition..."
"Old Tao, although no one in my family is sick, the whole family depends on me, this..."
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When a man starts nagging, he can be just as irritating as a woman. Old Tao got a headache from all the nagging, grabbed a teacup from the table, and smashed it on the ground.
With a loud crash, the teacup shattered, leaving everyone speechless.
"****, if you want to live a life of mediocrity, earning a fixed salary, you should be like Lao He and the others, not get involved in this, and go to work on time every day. There's no such thing as having it all. You can't have it all without taking any responsibility and still want to share in other people's profits. There's no such thing as a free lunch."
"The boss from the city, no matter how powerful he is, is still just a kid. He only knows how to spout fancy words and use the law to protect himself. But since ancient times, the law does not punish the masses. Apart from Li Guanggun, who among us doesn't have a family to support? There must be more than a hundred of us. No matter how powerful he is, he can't be more powerful than the sky!"
"Old Tao, what do you think we should do about this?"
“You can’t stop taking your blood pressure medication. Here’s what we’ll do: when you go to the clinic to buy the medicine, just mention my name and let him buy it on credit. We’ll just keep at it. If we don’t work for a day, we’ll only lose two or three dollars at most. But the boss, well, his money just disappears like water.”
After saying that, he swept his sharp eyes over everyone present and threatened, "If any of you harbor any disloyalty or do anything to sabotage us, don't blame me for not leaving them any way out."
Those in the renovation business have the widest network of connections; they know people from all around. If he wanted to cut off someone's livelihood, it would be a simple matter of a word. Upon hearing this, everyone began to pledge their loyalty.
Unfortunately, Yunxia and Baiye did not make any moves until the end of the National Day holiday. They acted as if nothing had happened, eating and drinking as usual, occasionally calling the factory's quality inspector to inquire about product quality. After hearing a satisfactory answer, the two of them smiled knowingly.
But the villagers couldn't sit still any longer!
Because of Lao Tao's authority, the employees who participated in the strike dared not utter a word. They either stayed at home all day or gathered together to complain. Their families, however, were not happy about this. No one wanted the pillar of their family to be idle at home and do nothing.
Before they could come up with a plan, the other villagers were already getting excited. The positions at the peony factory were so limited that they had all applied, which seemed like a great opportunity to compete for the job.
A group of villagers with their own agendas gathered at Village Chief Li's house. After a representative stated their purpose, they stared at him with their bright eyes.
"The factory has rules and procedures for hiring. We're all from the same village, so it's impossible for me not to favor you. Here's what I'll do: I'll talk to the big boss in the city and see if it's feasible. But... you have to swear on your chests that you will never be greedy like **** and do something that would lead to the extinction of your family line!"
"Village chief, don't worry, we would never have such dirty and filthy thoughts. They are still not satisfied with the work and money they have. Let them cause trouble and lose their jobs. Old Tao is just like nothing happened. He went back to his old job of decorating, eats some braised meat and drinks some wine every night. He lives a very good life."
Those who can stir up trouble are either carefree and have no burdens, or they have a backup plan. The renovation work is Lao Tao's backup plan. Even without his factory job, he still does well. If his followers come to cause trouble, they should consider whether they can fight against the village bully.
"Once is bad, twice is bad, but three times is bad. If you do something as immoral as they do, I'm afraid I'll never be able to show my face again. Go back now, I'll discuss the party with the boss in the city."
Over the weekend, Yunxia chose not to return to the villa because she had to finish her practical report. Suddenly, there was a knock on the dormitory door.
"Please come in!"
"Excuse me, who is Yunxia? Your boyfriend is waiting for you downstairs!"
The mere mention of the term 'boyfriend' made the girl feel exhausted. She wondered which bastard was spreading rumors that the two of them were together, and she had intended to use it as an excuse to reject suitors.
Now the whole school knows, and the school beauty Liu Ruolan even made a harsh statement, saying she would fight Yun Xia to the death. One night, she led her followers to ambush Yun Xia in the grove.
"Yunxia, be smart and leave Bai Ye right away, otherwise... don't blame them for being rude to you."
The men who pursued Liu Ruolan came from all walks of life, some tall, some short, some fat, and some ugly in their own way. However, Wang Ze, a brainless fan who was reasonably good-looking, was not among them. Perhaps the school beauty wanted to maintain her ladylike image.
"If you don't leave, what can you do to me?" the girl said contemptuously, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Then let them teach you how to truly experience the pleasures of being a woman. Be quick and efficient, I'll be waiting for you by the lake."
Looking at the ugly man with drool drooling at the corner of his mouth and lecherous eyes, Yun Xia seemed to have guessed why Liu Ruolan had chosen these guys—it was definitely to disgust her.
"Want to leave? It's not that easy."
Five minutes later, the ugly men lay on the ground, while Liu Ruolan, with her disheveled hair and clothes covered in dust and fallen leaves, was pinned to the ground and sprayed with feces.
"...Yunxia, if Bai Ye knew you were this kind of person, would he still be with you?"
"Pah, get your hearing checked. We've known each other since we were kids. He knows exactly what kind of person I am. You should think about how to explain this to the police. Oh, right, I forgot to tell you something. I have a habit of carrying a voice recorder with me. Your self-deception just now was all recorded. Aren't you happy? Unexpected?"
Liu Ruolan: ...Happy my foot!
Just as he pulled out his pink flip phone and was about to dial 110, a pair of well-defined hands pressed down on it.
"Bai Ye, whose side are you on?"
He poked the boy's puffed-up cheeks and said, "Of course I'm on your side, but... these people are from wealthy families, and the crime wasn't fully committed. If we report it to the police, their parents can pull some strings, and at most they'll be detained for a while, given a verbal reprimand, and then they'll be released. I have a better way to punish them."
Yunxia thought about it and realized he was right. "That's true, Bai Ye. What's your method of punishment?"
"It's a secret. I've memorized every single one of your faces. Just you wait!"
His cold gaze didn't linger on Liu Ruolan and her group for long. After speaking, he pulled the girl away from the grove, constantly asking her if she was injured along the way.
"Don't worry, I could beat up all the lousy and ugly people she found with one hand."
A few days later, Liu Ruolan dropped out of school. It was rumored that her parents arranged for her to attend a school more than a thousand kilometers away from home. Wang Ze, her sycophant, secretly followed her there without telling his family.
As for those few scoundrels, their family businesses either failed or went bankrupt, their cash flow quickly collapsed, and they were expelled from school multiple times for misconduct.
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