The fat man dialed the number for the big boss's house. When he heard Secretary Chen answer, he immediately said, "Brother, it's me! How's the big boss's appetite lately?"
On the other end of the phone, Secretary Chen asked suspiciously, "What are you up to now?"
The fat man deliberately raised his voice: "Oh, you mean you're coming over at noon to cook lunch for the big boss? No problem, no problem!"
Secretary Chen laughed. This kid must be hiding something from him.
How often does the high-ranking leader ask him to come over for lunch? It's not always in the evening.
Secretary Chen warned him on the phone: "You'd better tell me in advance what you're up to, otherwise you'll suffer a terrible fate when you make a mess of things."
The fat man glanced at the cafeteria manager, who was staring at him expectantly, and finally said, "Brother, do you remember last time? Oh right, right, right..."
After hanging up the phone, the cafeteria manager asked him with a big smile, "Going to cook for the leaders again?"
The fat man nodded: "Don't worry, Director, I guarantee it won't interfere with the work."
The cafeteria manager said sternly, "Look, what's the delay? You're a chef; making good food is the embodiment of participating in sports. Just go ahead."
"Okay, okay, thank you for your guidance, Director."
With the director's endorsement, the fat man didn't even go back to the cafeteria; he rode his bicycle straight to the Lou family's house.
Lou Xiao'e always gets up quite late; she wasn't even up when Fatty arrived.
Lou Bancheng and his wife Tan Yali received him. The fat man was really in a hurry and got straight to the point: "Your family has been targeted!"
Tanya Li was shocked: "What?!"
Lou Bancheng was more shrewd and had the composure to withstand any pressure, though his hands were trembling: "Is the source of the information accurate?"
The fat man sighed: "I heard it with my own ears. The person who wanted to take down the Lou family, you all know him. It's Xiao'e's ex-husband, Xu Damao!"
Xu Damao? It's him! Tan Yali slumped onto the sofa, muttering helplessly, "What do we do? What do we do? I shouldn't have let Xiao'e marry him in the first place. I've ruined Xiao'e, ruined our family..."
Lou Bancheng said sternly, "Enough! Now is not the time to talk about these things."
Turning to the fat man with a serious expression, he said, "Xiao Chen, thank you very much for your reminder. I will take appropriate measures."
The fat man realized that he hadn't yet realized the seriousness of the problem, or rather, he was still clinging to illusions.
Just as he was about to confront the cold reality, he heard Lou Xiao'e's voice: "Fatty? What brings you here?"
Finally seeing the person in question, the fat man hurriedly told her, "Your address at 317 Xinzheng Street has been exposed. Director Li has his eye on your family's property, and now Xu Damao has sided with him. Your family is now in grave danger!"
Lou Xiao'e's legs went weak, and she felt dizzy.
Having given the warning, the fat man stood up and left: "I haven't been here today, and you haven't seen me before. By the way, you'd better not touch anything at 317 Xinzheng Street. They won't give up until they find everything."
After he left, Lou Bancheng finally came to his senses, not even having a chance to thank him...
Tan Yali kept muttering, "I was afraid Xu Damao would cause trouble, so I said it was okay, after all, he was the one who initiated the divorce, and we were just going along with his wishes. But now, now, what are we going to do!"
Lou Bancheng finally gave up all hope. He decisively said, "Proceed with our second plan! Immediately, quickly, without delay!"
Watching her mother leave in a hurry, Lou Xiao'e asked anxiously, "Dad, what are you going to do?"
Lou Bancheng's blood pressure rose rapidly, and his mouth even twisted slightly: "Xiao'e, listen carefully, this concerns the life and death of our family. Don't worry about anything else, go get me the medicine, quick..."
The fat man rushed back to the Red Star Factory as fast as he could.
He was pedaling so hard the bicycle chain was practically sparking, and the two wheels were spinning like flaming wheels.
He sprinted into the cafeteria at top speed, and had just leaned against the wall to catch his breath when Xu Damao appeared in front of him.
The fat man had a dark expression on his face and kept taking deep breaths, trying to appear calm.
Fortunately, Xu Damao also looked preoccupied, and was startled when he saw the fat man's face: "Why are you sweating so much?"
The fat man didn't answer, but simply raised his eyelids and glanced at him.
Xu Damao thought he was angry, and explained dryly, "I didn't mean to either. You heard it yourself, it was Director Li..."
After catching his breath for several dozen breaths, the fat man questioned Xu Damao, saying, "What has Sister Xiao'e done to wrong you that you have caused her family to be ruined? Xu Damao, if you don't give me an explanation today, I'll let you experience what it feels like to be crushed by a pot weighing dozens of kilograms!"
Xu Damao's lips twitched: "Fatty! Don't act rashly, okay? With her family being such big capitalists, even if it wasn't me, someone else would be eyeing them."
Xu Damao explained a few more times, but seeing that the fat man still ignored him, he gritted his teeth and said, "Fatty, listen to me, this is something Director Li ordered me to do, and I have to do it. If you're smart, don't get involved, otherwise I'm afraid you'll look bad in front of Director Li."
The fat man felt a lump in his throat; he desperately wanted to punch him, but the anger was so strong that he couldn't even utter a word...
Seeing his expression, Xu Damao assumed he had backed down. He gave him a cold look before turning away without looking back.
Around noon, the fat man gathered his things and rode his bike to the big boss's house.
Secretary Chen had been waiting for him all morning. As soon as she saw the fat man, she pulled him aside and whispered, "What exactly happened?"
The fat man didn't hide anything from him and briefly explained how Director Li had set her sights on the Lou family's assets and how her ex-husband, Xu Damao, had colluded with her.
Secretary Chen remembered that Xu Damao was the movie projectionist who was fired by the big boss last time.
At this point, one has to admire the leader's foresight: "No wonder the leader said as soon as he met him last time that this person had ideological problems, and that such a person would cause trouble sooner or later."
The fat man suddenly realized that this was what the top leader said when he kicked Xu Damao out; the top leader was indeed farsighted and insightful...
Secretary Chen suddenly asked the fat man, "Did you go and tip them off this morning?"
The fat man was about to nod when he suddenly realized something. If nothing unexpected happened, the Lou family would soon be forced to flee.
A major capitalist fled overnight—what kind of situation is this? What if the top leadership finds out…?
Seeing that he was sweating profusely, Secretary Chen gave a satisfied snort: "Now you know you're scared? What are you doing meddling in these things, you cook? She's not related to you at all."
The fat man looked at him pleadingly: "Brother, you're my own brother, you have to help me."
Secretary Chen sighed: "Don't worry, the big boss also... well, anyway, you've put your heart into it."
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