When the workers who were watching the fun and making sarcastic remarks heard this, they immediately retracted their bared teeth and became as quiet as chickens.
Old Lady Xia raised her eyebrows and said, "Why don't you say anything? Wasn't what you just said very good?"
No one dared to meet Old Lady Xia's gaze, fearing she would stare at them. If they didn't see the excitement, they would become the one causing the excitement. That would be a loss.
Soon the crowd dispersed, but Old Lady Xia couldn't hold back and shouted, "Liang Li from Workshop 5, I'll bring the police to find you. I hope you've figured out how to tell them by then."
Liang Li felt miserable. He had just been there for some fun, but who knew the old lady would be so cruel and keep on pestering him? He was a good man, just a little gossipy. Wouldn't that make the police arrest him?
He didn't dare to leave, and turned around and came to Old Lady Xia again, "Comrade Xia, can you just treat what I just said as bullshit? Just treat me as a fart, I don't know anything."
Seeing that there was more to come, the other workers didn't gather around, but they stood still and pricked up their ears to listen.
As Old Lady Xia packed up her lunch boxes and prepared to wash them, she said, "Okay, tell me who told you this?"
Liang Li: "So many people have said it, I really don't know."
Old Lady Xia: "It's okay, tell me whoever said that, and I'll ask them one by one. If that doesn't work, I'll ask the security department to help me ask."
Liang Li didn't dare to say anything. If he told everyone, he would not be able to continue working in the factory. He would offend a lot of people. Who would dare to trust him in the future?
Old Mrs. Xia left the cafeteria, washed her lunch box and returned to the dormitory.
Qiao Yi was originally in the dormitory next door. When she saw Old Lady Xia coming back, several other people in that dormitory pushed her over. After looking at her, everyone lowered their heads, then raised their heads again, as if they wanted to say something but stopped, and then lowered their heads again, repeating the cycle.
Old Lady Xia sighed, "Just ask whatever you want to ask. Why are you being so shy?"
Qiao Yi mustered up her courage and said, "Comrade Xia, they...they said you..."
Old Mrs. Xia was getting impatient and she immediately helped her finish the rest of the sentence. "You're saying that Director Yuan and I are having an affair, right?"
Several girls gasped in shock. The person involved actually said it so openly, without any embarrassment at all.
Qiao Yi: "What's going on? You are definitely not that kind of person."
Old Lady Xia: "Since Director Yuan couldn't stand the rumors and ran away, and the factory director is off work now, I will report to the police later. I, Xia Yue'e, will protect her innocence by myself."
The inexplicable words actually made the girls excited. "Yes, I don't know which bitch spread the rumor. Why should we let innocent girls gossip about us? We should teach them a lesson."
"Yeah, last time they...they made fun of my figure. I was so angry that I couldn't sleep for several nights."
"It's really infuriating that they just made up something to say about us out of nothing."
"They should be taught a lesson. We will go with you."
Old Mrs. Xia was really confused. She thought they were here to make fun of her, asking about her age and whether she was innocent or not, or about the rumors of him having an affair with a woman, etc. But as they talked, they became indignant like her.
"Yes, they are really not human. We will report them to the police later." Old Mrs. Xia had no choice but to agree.
Old Mrs. Xia had originally thought of putting her lunch box away and taking a rest before going to the Public Security Bureau. She was not joking, she really wanted to go.
Two rumors today are related to her. One is that she bullied others, and the other is about this outrageous affair. I don’t know what the person behind the scenes is planning, but they actually targeted an old lady like her. Did she block someone’s way or bother someone?
But no matter what, she had to find out the person behind this. Old Lady Xia was not someone who could be bullied easily.
She herself was not in a hurry, but the girls who had just stood on the same front with her were anxious. They kept urging her and even carried her out when Old Lady Xia got up, saying that if it was any later, others would go to bed and it would be difficult for the police to handle the case.
Old Mrs. Xia arrived at the Public Security Bureau in a daze. It was a familiar scene. A few familiar faces were startled when they saw her coming.
Damn it, something happened again?
The factory director was called out of his home at night and came to the factory in the cold wind. At this time, many people gathered in the factory auditorium, and the police were questioning them one by one.
It is said that public security comrades are the umbrella of protection for the masses. This responsible attitude is really reassuring. Old Mrs. Xia thought to herself while curling up her body, making her look like a small ball immersed in sadness, sobbing from time to time.
Two police officers were questioning the people who spread the rumors one by one. A female police officer looked a little worried, fearing that Old Lady Xia would faint from crying.
When the police officers heard what these people said, they were very angry. How could they make up such a thing that had no beginning or end so convincingly? When they asked them to produce evidence, they just said that they heard it by hearsay.
When the factory director saw this scene, his eyes went dark. He seemed to see the same look of dejection that other factory directors would have when they saw him. When did this happen? Why had no one told him? He actually knew nothing about it.
On his way to the factory, he met Director Yuan, the director of the factory office, who was also on her way to the factory. He questioned her all the way, but she didn't say a word. He was so angry that he wanted to transfer her to another position.
Such a big thing has happened, but she, a factory director, doesn't even know about it. How can this be acceptable?
Director Yuan felt bitter. It was not that she didn't know about it, but she didn't know how to say it because she knew too much. After all, she was one of the parties involved in the rumor.
But how could she say that this rumor was about the love-hate relationship between her and Old Lady Xia?
She couldn't help but blame Old Lady Xia. It wasn't a glorious thing to begin with, so why did she have to make such a big fuss? She had thought Old Lady Xia was just joking about reporting the case, but she hadn't expected her to actually do it. Director Yuan's heart ached. This old comrade was even more of a thorn in the flesh than those young people who had just joined the factory.
What should she do? She has been the factory director for so many years. Is she going to fail in this matter?
The auditorium was noisy. Director Yuan had just walked in with the factory director when he heard a worker yelling at him to the police. It was nothing more than his previous theory that flies don't bite seamless eggs. The factory director also heard it, and when he looked over, Director Yuan's face was as red as a monkey's butt.
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