Chapter 206 Self-humiliation
Zhu Cheng nodded in satisfaction and continued, "Chairman Zheng has a granddaughter who is about your age. You can make friends with her and visit her more often."
Julie listened and nodded.
After Zhu Cheng finished giving his instructions, he knocked on the door carrying malted milk and some fruit.
Zhu Li stood next to Zhu Cheng.
The door opened and a face suddenly appeared. It had a hideous scar on it and an eye patch on its left eye. It looked ferocious and terrifying.
Julie's pupils suddenly contracted and she screamed immediately.
Zhu Cheng was also startled, but he quickly calmed down. After stopping Zhu Li, he smiled and asked, "Hello, is Chairman Zheng here?"
The mute woman glanced at the two people, moved aside to open the door, and motioned them to come in.
Zhu Cheng walked in front and Zhu Li avoided the scary woman.
She patted her heart, feeling dissatisfied. She was ugly and yet she came out to scare people.
Julie was full of complaints, but considering her father's instructions, she suppressed her temper, forced a smile, and pretended to be well-behaved.
The mute woman led the two people to the outer hall.
Seeing that there was no one in the outer hall, Zhu Cheng was about to ask the woman, "Chairman Zheng..."
When he turned around, the woman who led them in had already left.
Seeing this, Zhu Li could no longer conceal the dissatisfaction in her eyes.
When had she ever been treated so coldly?
"Dad, who is this Chairman Zheng? He's such a big shot."
"Don't talk nonsense." Zhu Cheng shouted at Zhu Li.
He put the things he had taken on the table in the middle of the seats on one side and began to look around.
As expected of Chairman Zheng’s home, it is decorated in an antique style, and it looks rich in culture.
Zhu Cheng worked his way up from the county town through criticism and struggle sessions. His wife was not from the mainland, and her family was wealthy, so they wanted their daughter to marry an official, which is why she fell in love with Zhu Cheng.
The decoration of the house is also inclined towards the style of Hong Kong City. Zhu Cheng has no appreciation for it and can't tell whether it is good or bad. He just thinks the decoration is quite grand. But when compared with Chairman Zheng's house today, the difference is obvious.
Zhu Cheng made up his mind that once the unit allocated him a house, he would decorate it like Chairman Zheng's house.
Thinking of the house, a hint of coldness flashed in Zhu Cheng's eyes.
It was clearly Hao Ren who gave him the house on his own initiative, and he did not force Hao Ren. He did not expect that Hao Ren would actually complain to Chairman Zheng.
Isn't it just playing the victim?
Who doesn't?
Zhu Cheng was thinking when Zheng Zhiyuan came over.
"Chairman Zheng." Zhu Cheng quickly stood up and greeted Zhu Li, "This is my daughter Zhu Li."
Zheng Zhiyuan nodded, "Hello."
Zhu Cheng was a little stunned when he saw a beautiful girl following Chairman Zheng. Then he remembered that people in his unit had said that Chairman Zheng had a granddaughter. He smiled and said, "Chairman Zheng, this woman must be your granddaughter, right?"
"Yes, my granddaughter Xiaorou." Zheng Zhiyuan nodded with a smile.
He looked at Ye Rou and saw her staring at Zhu Li with a strange look, while Zhu Li avoided his gaze. Zheng Zhiyuan asked curiously, "Xiao Rou, do you know each other?"
Zhu Li's heart was in her throat. She never expected that Ye Rou was actually Chairman Zheng's granddaughter!
Ye Rou looked at Zhu Li and smiled slightly, then shook her head and said, "I don't know her."
Zhu Cheng smiled and said, "We are all young people. We will be familiar with each other after meeting twice."
Zheng Zhiyuan saw through the trick and didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he looked at Zhu Cheng and said with a smile, "Are you here for that house too?"
Seeing Chairman Zheng's directness, Zhu Cheng didn't beat around the bush and immediately said, "Chairman Zheng, I feel wronged! It was Hao Ren who offered me this house! Now everyone in the company is saying that I stole Hao Ren's house."
Zheng Zhiyuan nodded and asked, "Why did Hao Ren give the house to you?"
"Hao Ren is a kind-hearted man. I told him about my family's difficulties, and he agreed to give me the house." Zhu Cheng took out a piece of paper from his pocket and said, "I still have the application letter that Hao Ren wrote for me to the director."
Zheng Zhiyuan took it and glanced at it. The whole letter said that Hao Ren thought Zhu Cheng's family was in greater difficulty and needed the house more than he did, so he volunteered to give the house to Zhu Cheng.
Zhu Cheng sighed and said, "When this house came up, Hao Ren and I had the same qualifications, so the choice should have been between us. But our director said Hao Ren's family was in greater difficulty, so he decided to give the house to Hao Ren. These days, everyone's family is in difficulty, Hao Ren's family is in difficulty, and so are mine!"
"About this situation," Zheng Zhiyuan asked. "I have a general understanding of Hao Ren's family situation. A family of six and relatives squeezed into a small 40-square-meter shack. Living conditions are very poor. What difficulties does your family face?"
Zhu Cheng immediately said, "Director, my wife is in poor health. She needs a lot of money to see a doctor every year. Our family has a lot of foreign debts. We have borrowed from all the relatives we can. We are barely making ends meet. Sigh."
He looked at Zhu Li again and said distressedly, "Lili is so old, but she doesn't even have her own room. She can't even wear good clothes. She can only wear clothes left by relatives' children. She works in the military hospital. To save money for the family, this child doesn't want to eat the lunch she gets every day and brings it all home to me and her mother."
After Zhu Cheng finished speaking, he waited for Zhu Li to continue playing the victim.
But Julie stood there in a daze, seemingly unable to react.
Zhu Cheng pulled Zhu Li and reminded her, "Lili, tell Chairman Zheng about the time when your colleagues bullied and laughed at you because of your tattered clothes."
Julie couldn't open her mouth.
She lowered her head, her face red as if it was about to burst.
Ye Rou turned out to be Chairman Zheng’s granddaughter, and she knew her behavior at work very well.
When Zhu Li heard her father say that she wore tattered clothes and didn't want to eat at work, she wanted to find a place to hide.
Seeing Zhu Li's failure at the critical moment, Zhu Cheng urged, "Lili, don't be embarrassed. Talk to Director Zheng quickly."
Ye Rou also asked, "Yes, Comrade Zhu Li, you work in a military hospital. How did your colleagues bully and mock you?"
Julie kept her head down and said nothing.
Seeing that the child was not doing well, Zhu Cheng was angry and said quickly, "The child is embarrassed to speak up, so I will help her say that there is a new person in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Department of their hospital. I heard that he got in through the relationship of the hospital director."
When Zheng Zhiyuan heard this, he looked at Ye Rou strangely.
Ye Rou nodded: Yes, it’s me.
Zhu Cheng didn't notice anything was wrong and continued, "This newcomer relied on her connection to the dean and acted tyrannically, bullying Lili a lot in the hospital. She dumped all the hard work on Lili, and even made her take the blame when she made a mistake."
Zhu Lihong's face was almost ripe, and she quickly tugged at her father's clothes.
Zhu Cheng slapped Zhu Li's hand away and said calmly, "I have always taught Lili to be humble and gentle as a girl. Lili has always been tolerant, but Chairman Zheng, look at Lili's face. This is what she got when she hit me this morning!"
When Zhu Cheng said this, his voice was choked with sobs.
"Oh my God!" Ye Rou covered her mouth exaggeratedly. "Comrade Zhu Li, this female colleague is really too much. Can you tell me why she slapped you?"
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