Chapter 108
Lei Tingjun walked in, kicked the smelly shoes that were lying haphazardly by the door, and then closed the door.
Old Xiao, who was sleeping on the lower bunk by the window, also got up and said happily, "Brother Lei, you're back."
Lei Tingjun glanced around. The floor was a mess, with cigarette butts and bottles everywhere. He frowned and said, "The room is such a mess. You guys didn't even bother to clean it up. What a mess! It looks like a doghouse."
Normally, even if the rest of them don't clean up, Lao Xiao will help them.
Old Xiao quickly rolled off the bed, picked up the wine bottle on the floor, and said, "Sorry, Brother Lei, the guys came back very late last night and went straight to sleep. I haven't had time to clean up yet."
Zhou Peng sat up, shirtless, wearing only shorts, his hair a mess like a bird's nest.
Lei Tingjun glanced at him and asked again, "Where's Sun Xiaojun?"
Zhou Peng and Lao Xiao both lowered their heads and remained silent.
Lei Tingjun looked at the two of them and said, "Speak up, are you mute?"
Zhou Peng then raised his hand, forcefully pulled out a handful of his messy hair, and said dejectedly, "Sun Xiaojun is going to be fired from the factory."
"What?" Lei Tingjun's expression hardened. "When did this happen? Who gave the order?"
Old Xiao chimed in, "It happened yesterday. It was Yang Zhiping who was behind it! Thanks to our previous efforts, we had already reduced the matter to a simple internal employee dispute, a mere verbal and physical altercation."
"Who would have thought that Yang Zhiping, after joining the factory and becoming a clerk in the export department, would take this matter and make a big deal out of it. He not only said that the incident of Zuo Quangui being beaten had a bad influence on the factory's atmosphere, but also said that Director Wang was protecting us."
"Yang Zhiping also instigated Zuo Quangui to go to the police station to report the crime."
Zhou Peng slammed his fist on the bed and said angrily, "The police came to the factory to question Director Ji and take his statement. They called all of us brothers over, but we didn't say anything. However, Yang Zhiping has already led the matter by the nose. If we don't come up with a solution, we'll have to hand it over to the police station to determine the nature of the case."
"In the end, Director Ji had no choice but to make the decision to dismiss Sun Xiaojun."
Lei Tingjun frowned as he listened: "Where is Sun Xiaojun now?"
Zhou Peng scratched his head and said, "He's drunk at the nightclub. A few of us brothers drank with him all night last night, and he hasn't come back."
"With you gone these past few days, we brothers have been without anyone to make decisions. We really don't know what to do."
"The factory's approval document was issued yesterday," Lao Xiao said.
Zhou Peng was devastated: "Sun Xiaojun is finished. He's been fired from the factory and won't be able to find any job that will hire him. His elderly mother is still sick and is waiting for him to send money home every month."
Lei Tingjun pondered for a moment, then walked to the window in his leather boots, took out a cigarette case from his pocket, and lit a cigarette.
He was smoking, his dark eyes staring outside, the white smoke obscuring his cold and hard face.
His gaze drifted slightly into a daze, clearly deep in thought.
Neither Zhou Peng nor Lao Xiao dared to disturb him.
After smoking about half a cigarette, Lei Tingjun turned around and said, "You two get up and clean up. Lao Xiao, go to the workers' club and call Sun Xiaojun back. Tell him to sober up, and then bring him to Director Ji's office to find me."
After giving the instructions, Lei Tingjun said, "Zhou Peng, go find the other brothers who went with you to fight Zuo Quangui that day. Tell them to give the same story: I was the one who fought Zuo Quangui that day."
"Boss, what are you trying to do?" Zhou Peng realized something was wrong.
Lei Tingjun said with a stern face, "Do as I say."
Lei Tingjun said to Lao Xiao, "Tell Sun Xiaojun that if he wants to keep his job, he'd better shut his mouth and not say anything out of line in front of the factory director."
Lao Xiao and Zhou Peng exchanged a sharp glance.
"Hurry up and go!" Lei Tingjun shouted in a deep voice.
His aura and pressure were so strong that even though Zhou Peng and Lao Xiao sensed that Lei Tingjun's arrangement was not a good omen, they still subconsciously obeyed his orders and immediately got up to tidy up.
Lei Tingjun returned from the train, travel-worn and exhausted, without even having a chance to drink some water or sit down for a rest, before busying himself with his brothers' affairs.
After Zhou Peng and Lao Xiao went out, Lei Tingjun stood by the window and finished smoking the half-smoked cigarette.
On this trip to Zhejiang, he only brought one pack of cigarettes with him.
He's the kind of person who smokes a pack of cigarettes every one or two days.
But this time, when he returned, there were still several cigarettes left in his pocket.
When he's with Ji Wanmei, he doesn't have to smoke.
Smoking was just something he used to calm himself down when he was feeling agitated or thinking about things.
However, as long as he was by Ji Wanmei's side, he was always filled with happiness and never felt irritable, so he never wanted to comfort himself by smoking.
Oh, except for that one time, the closest I ever got to physical contact with her in the train aisle.
That time, he couldn't suppress the burning desire that she had suddenly ignited deep within him with sheer willpower alone. He smoked two cigarettes in a row before he calmed down.
Now, Lei Tingjun was deep in thought, and Ji Wanmei wasn't by his side, so he could only calm himself down by smoking.
Looking out the window and downstairs, you can see one side of the canteen of the Dongfang Factory, and further away, you can vaguely see the No. 1 workshop of the factory area.
Around three or four o'clock, the sun was blazing, and there weren't many employees walking around outside.
Only from the female staff dormitory next door, one could faintly hear the sounds of female workers washing clothes, the sounds of washboards and clothes-beating sticks.
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