Liang Guiying was prepared. As soon as Director Ye made a move, she immediately dodged. She managed to avoid it, but Zhou Yue did not!
Director Ye grabbed Zhou Yue's arm: "Zhou Yue, I'm sorry! Yang Lan has mental problems. She was talking nonsense just now. I'll make her apologize to you! Yang Lan, come here! Come here and apologize to Zhou Yue!"
Yang Lan's ears were ringing from Liang Guiying's slap. Just as she came to her senses and was about to retaliate, she heard her mother-in-law telling her to apologize. She was stunned: "Mom, are you crazy? She hit me! And that bitch Zhou Yue—"
"You slut! I think you're the slut!"
Director Ye ignored Zhou Yue and slapped his daughter-in-law, saying, "Zhou Cheng'an is a nationally recognized martyr! And Zhou Yue's mother, Jiang Qiutang, is also a hero! I even laid flowers for Jiang Qiutang back then!"
"Impossible! I don't believe it!"
Don't believe me?
Director Ye grabbed Yang Lan by the hair and dragged her into the urinal in the men's restroom to drink urine, demanding, "Do you believe me now?"
How could Yang Lan dare to disbelieve? She quickly nodded.
Director Ye dragged Yang Lan back: "Apologize to Zhou Yue immediately!"
Yang Lan was completely terrified of her mother-in-law. She cried and apologized, "I'm sorry! It was my fault for being so foul-mouthed! I shouldn't have cursed you like that! I shouldn't have insulted your parents! I'm so sorry, please forgive me, sob sob sob..."
Zhou Yue was completely stunned and momentarily forgot how to react.
Director Ye kicked Yang Lan: "Keep apologizing!"
Yang Lan instinctively knelt down and kowtowed: "Zhou Yue, I'm so sorry! Please forgive me, I'll never do it again, sob sob..."
Liang Guiying pulled Zhou Yue away and handed her granddaughter back to Zhou Yue.
"Director Ye, what are you doing? Hitting, scolding, crying, and kneeling all at once. Anyone who didn't know better would think that our Zhou Yue was bullying you."
Director Ye pulled Yang Lan up, forcing a smile, "Everyone saw it. How could Zhou Yue be bullying someone? It was me, the mother-in-law, disciplining my own daughter-in-law... Zhou Yue's mother-in-law, my daughter-in-law is all talk and no action, she doesn't mean any harm—"
"Everyone says Zhou Yue's father is an enemy agent but doesn't have any bad intentions. Does that mean he has to kill Zhou Yue or blow up the cotton mill before he'll be considered to have bad intentions?"
Liang Guiying's words were echoed by all the onlookers.
Amidst the clamor of condemnation, Director Ye lowered his stance even further: "It was indeed Yang Lan's fault. Of course, I also failed in my job duties. I deeply reflect on my actions to Comrade Zhou Yue and guarantee that I will never make the same mistake again... As for Yang Lan, I will expel her from the union after I return to the factory and never hire her again!"
She has already knelt down and kowtowed to apologize, she has already lost all face, and now she is going to be expelled from the union and never be hired again?
Yang Lan looked up abruptly: "Mom, I don't accept this!"
Liang Guiying smiled and said, "Director Ye, we originally decided not to pursue the matter since you said you realized your mistake and apologized. After all, Zhou Yue will be going back to the cotton mill in the future, and it's not good to make things so tense between colleagues. But now it seems that we oversimplified things."
"I will educate Yang Lan, Zhou Yue's mother-in-law—"
"I won't stop Director Ye from disciplining his daughter-in-law, but it seems you can't handle today's situation, so I've had to call someone who can. Kind folks, could someone please help me contact the cotton mill manager?"
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