Lu Jiefang was so angry at Zhong Yanling's unfounded accusations that he laughed. What a clever way to turn the tables!
He said coldly, "Please watch your words. You know perfectly well why I broke off the engagement with you. It has nothing to do with anyone else, so don't make baseless accusations."
Zhong Yanling's eyes flickered. "How could I make up such a thing? Didn't you go to the county town with her yesterday? You didn't even go to work, you skipped work at will, and instead of delivering the bricks and tiles the factory was supposed to deliver, you took her to the county town and didn't come back all night."
"Lu Jiefang, you have seriously violated the factory's rules and regulations, and the factory leaders have decided to dismiss you."
After saying that, Zhong Yanling looked at him triumphantly. He wanted to break up with her, huh? She'd show him what would happen if he did.
She originally wanted to humble herself and beg him to get back together, but she never expected that he would give her such a big handle to use against her in just one day.
Now that she's using her job as leverage, she doesn't believe the other party won't back down and plead with her father for mercy.
Her father was, after all, the factory director, and he had a lot of say in whether someone stayed or left. Lu Jiefang would definitely come to beg her father to keep her job.
Asking her dad is the same as asking her; let's see how he'll still be so stubborn and insist on breaking up with her then.
Whether to work or break up, as long as the other person isn't stupid, they'll know which choice to make.
But she was wrong. A job at a brick factory might have been more important than life to Lu Jiefang in the past, but now it was nothing more than that.
This is the confidence that Lu Yuan gave him.
Just two days ago, Lu Yuan invited him to drive a truck. Without this job at the brick and tile factory, he would only earn more by driving a truck.
However, even if he doesn't want the job at the brick factory, he shouldn't be unjustly accused and dismissed on trumped-up charges.
If he wants to leave, it has to be on his own initiative to quit.
"The factory leaders should all know why I took Comrade Zhong Zhiping to the county town yesterday. Her mother was critically ill and her life was hanging by a thread. The hospital had issued a critical condition notice. She needed to get to the county town but had no car. I happened to run into her, so I took her there."
"The gatekeeper, Grandpa Zhong, was also aware of this matter. At the time, he even said he would help me ask for leave and explain the situation to the leaders. If the factory leaders were to fire me just because of this, I would have nothing to say. If I were to encounter this situation again, I would still make the same choice, after all, it is a matter of life and death."
Zhong Yanling was taken aback. Was he not going to back down?
“Lu Jiefang, have you thought this through? It’s true that you used the company vehicle for personal purposes and failed to deliver the goods on time. If you can’t recognize your mistake, it’s only reasonable for the factory to fire you.”
Lu Jiefang said, "If the factory feels that it is reasonable to turn a blind eye to and ignore the difficulties of its colleagues, then I have nothing to say about it."
"you……"
Zhong Yanling was furious. She leaned closer to Lu Jiefang and whispered, "Don't be so stubborn. If you lose your job, you'll have to go back to the village to farm and become a nobody farmer."
Lu Jiefang said calmly, "Comrade Zhong, are you looking down on farmers? Are you trying to engage in class discrimination?"
Who would dare to answer that?
Zhong Yanling hurriedly shouted, "Stop talking nonsense! I didn't! I just look down on you!"
"Then I really have to thank you for looking down on me, otherwise, if I had married a fickle and mercenary person, my life would have been ruined."
This sentence is like a drop of ice water splashing into a hot oil pan, causing oil to splatter and pop everywhere.
The colleagues watching the commotion stared wide-eyed. What had they heard?
Yesterday, everyone heard that the two had broken off their engagement, and everyone was curious as to why they would break off an engagement in the first place.
Soon after, news spread in the factory that Lu Jiefang had fallen in love with someone else.
I heard that he was seduced by a female worker who had only been working at the factory for a few days. During work hours, instead of delivering bricks and tiles, he would drive his tractor to the county town to have fun.
Listening to their conversation today, it seems that it wasn't as rumored. They didn't go to the county town for fun, but because the woman's mother was critically ill.
This is entirely understandable.
Even more shockingly, the reason the two broke off the engagement was not because the man had fallen in love with someone else, but because the woman was promiscuous.
That makes it even more interesting!
Everyone watched the two of them with wide-eyed curiosity, hoping they would spill more juicy gossip – this gossip was delicious, big and sweet.
Zhong Yanling was both ashamed and angry. She gritted her teeth and said, "Lu Jiefang, you said it yesterday, but you changed your mind today. You're not a man."
Lu Jiefang said, "Yesterday I did say I wouldn't say it, but the premise was that we should part amicably. You clearly know why I sent Comrade Zhong Zhiping to the county town, yet you deliberately said I was fickle. Are you allowed to smear me, but I can't even tell the truth?"
He really didn't want to push things too far, but the other party treated him like a pushover, doing whatever they wanted to him.
The affection they once shared vanished the moment she betrayed him by seducing her own younger brother.
Now she's trying to shift the blame for their broken engagement onto him, deliberately ruining his reputation, and even using her father's power to threaten him. At this moment, she's completely worn away any remaining sense of decency.
Since that's the case, why should he give her any more face?
Lu Jiefang really didn't want things to come to this. The two of them had happy times together, and he had given his heart to her. Even if they couldn't be together, he didn't want them to become enemies.
Zhong Yanling couldn't stay there any longer. She glared fiercely at Lu Jiefang, stomped her feet, and ran away crying.
In the end, only one classic line remained: "You just wait!"
Lu Jiefang wasn't going to wait. Lu Yuan's suggestion had already tempted him, but he was content with the job at the brick factory.
But now his affair with Zhong Yanling has become a huge scandal. Even if he has a clear conscience, he is tired of dealing with such unreasonable people.
Besides, he had completely offended the other party today. Even if the other party couldn't really fire him, Zhong Zhidong was still the factory director, and it would be easy for him to cause trouble or trip him up.
He didn't plan to continue this job, but he couldn't just let them fire him, nor could he resign.
The best solution is to sell your job.
However, he is a tractor driver, so he should only be sold to someone who can drive a tractor.
There aren't many people who can drive tractors, and after thinking it over, he thought of tractor driver Master Li Xingguo.
To be precise, he thought of the other party's nephew, Li Jun.
He and Li Jun had a falling out over the job. Li Jun is now also working at the brick factory, but as a kiln worker. The work is dirty and tiring, and the salary is not as high as that of a tractor driver.
Lu Jiefang thought that as long as he wanted to sell this job, the other party would definitely buy it.
However, before selling a job, you have to make sure it's still his.
He went to Jiang Haishan's office.
When he arrived, there were two other people inside complaining about him.
"Uncle Jiang, you have to stand up for me! It was you who told my dad that Lu Jiefang was a good person, which is why I was willing to date him. Who knew that after I went to his house once, his brother would harass me and even accuse me of being promiscuous."
"Waaaaah, Uncle Jiang, I can't live anymore! I can't live!"
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