Chapter 226 Protest
Feng Li has recently become addicted to playing pranks, thoroughly enjoying the respect and fear others feel when they see him, and is unable to extricate himself from the pleasure brought by power.
Thinking of Song Lubai's appearance, he felt a little itchy inside.
Upon hearing his plan, Ma Song hesitated and asked, "Won't doing this cause trouble?"
Feng Li lowered his voice and said, "Nothing will happen..."
He lowered his voice and recounted what he had recently heard.
Some of the pretty young women who were sent there suffered terribly.
Those kinds of things are best left unsaid. Some people couldn't handle it and committed suicide. Even if some survived, they wouldn't tell anyone for the sake of their reputation. What could possibly happen?
Taking people there for investigation requires a legitimate reason, and he just happened to have found one today.
At night, Song Lubai and Sun Hong were already asleep when there was a sudden banging on the door.
After waking up, the two of them looked warily at the door.
Song Lubai raised her voice and asked, "Who is it?"
Feng Li asked his companion to speak.
"I am Lao Ge from the new office. Regarding Wang Haiquan's case, we need Song Lubai's cooperation in the investigation. Song Lubai, come out and come with us."
Song Lubai finished dressing and said, "You don't come during the day but come at night. What do you want? If you have anything to say, ask outside. I will cooperate with you inside."
After getting out of bed, she piled the stool and washbasin stand behind the door to block it. But she still felt it wasn't safe enough, so she decided to try the back window.
"If you're not guilty, open the door. We have an article here that we need your confirmation."
Song Lubai peered out the back window and saw a dark shadow moving around, so she quickly closed the window.
"We can talk about it tomorrow."
Blocked from both sides, they couldn't escape. People outside had already started banging on the door. Trapped inside, the two women panicked and could only shout that there were hooligans, trying to wake up the neighbors.
The neighbors were indeed awake, and the man even came out of his room to see what was going on.
Upon seeing that it was Feng Li and his group, everyone felt somewhat intimidated.
"What's going on in the middle of the night? Why does it have to be done in the middle of the night? Can't we wait until tomorrow to take them in for questioning?"
Feng Li shook the paper in his hand and said, "Song Lubai and Wang Haiquan are involved. We must investigate the situation as soon as possible."
Song Lubai asked from behind the door, "Just say what you mean by 'involved'? You came to arrest me in the middle of the night. If you don't explain clearly, why should I go with you?"
Feng Li cleared his throat and said, "You published an article in the Awakening Daily last year. Didn't you write a lot of praise for Wang Haiquan in the article? I'm asking you, is that true?"
Song Lubai said, "I did write it, but Director Wang..."
Feng Li forcefully interrupted her: "You just need to say yes or no!"
Song Lubai's suppressed anger reached its limit. "It was your old mother who wrote it! I dug up your family's ancestral graves! You worthless grandson, that's why you're trying to cause me trouble. What, you've eaten too much shit and now you think you're someone important? If any of you dare to barge in today, I'll take a knife and die with you unfilial descendants..."
The night was quiet, but Song Lubai's roar echoed throughout the area, and everyone who was awake could hear it clearly.
Some people thought she was right to criticize, but they only dared to say it in their hearts and didn't dare to voice their support.
Feng Li and his group, feeling humiliated by the insults, began swearing and kicking the door violently.
There was only a fruit knife in the room, not a large knife for cutting vegetables and stir-frying meat. Song Lubai handed the rolling pin to Sun Hong for self-defense and held the fruit knife in her hand.
"If the door opens in a moment, run around in the chaos and call for help. They're after me."
Sun Hong nervously swallowed and responded.
The door latch was starting to loosen, and Song Lubai was sweating profusely with nervousness, her hand holding the knife trembling.
Just when she thought a fierce fight was about to break out, the men who lived nearby came out, gathered together, and surrounded her.
Lu Xingye, who walked with a limp, also came from the second row of houses at the back to this side.
Feng Li and his group were surrounded by the crowd.
He said, his tone fierce but his voice weak, "What are you trying to do? We have important business to attend to."
Lu Xingye walked to the front of the crowd and said, "We'll take care of the important business tomorrow. Let's go back now."
Although everyone was wary of these people, when people get together, they have boundless courage.
The two sides confronted each other. Inside the house, Song Lubai said, "Feng Li, I know why you're keeping bothering me. Your cousin Ma Song used to be the secretary of the cotton mill's Party Secretary. He was caught by your office for making a private deal. Everyone else went to work, but I saw him at his house yesterday. Section Chief Lu, I need to report this to you. Also, investigate whether Feng Li has abused his power to cover up any wrongdoing."
Lu Xingye responded from outside, "I will report this to my superiors."
Feng Li panicked a little. "What nonsense are you talking about? My cousin's incident last time was a misunderstanding. I hadn't even joined the supply and marketing department yet. Who did I protect? Let's keep things separate. Stop trying to cover it up."
Song Lubai cursed, "I'll talk to you about this. If there's something to say, we'll talk during the day. Coming here in the middle of the night means you have ulterior motives."
"Comrades outside, especially the women, please lock your doors at night from now on. These people are utterly depraved and capable of anything. From now on, we should all unite and not let such scoundrels ruin our good working environment."
As soon as Song Lu finished speaking, the people outside chimed in, "That's right. They're just temporary workers. We permanent employees have to put up with their attitudes. You should just do your jobs properly. Who gave you the right to make such a mess of the workplace!"
"I want to protest. These lawless people must be fired, or we're quitting."
The women also came out of the house and joined the protest.
Feng Li and his companions panicked, exchanged glances, and prepared to go back to devise a plan.
They were just temporary workers. Although they dared to do this because they were authorized by their superiors, if the staff in the department were to unite, they would really be in big trouble.
"Get out of here now!"
Feng Li and his group left.
Once she was sure there were no dangerous people at the door, Song Lubai opened it.
"Thank you for your kind help."
Guo Bo said, "No need to thank me. Helping you is helping ourselves. These people are lawless. If we let them continue to run rampant, who knows who will be the next unlucky one."
Liu Yun, who was standing nearby, said, "You two can come and stay in our room in the middle of the night. Make do for one night, and tomorrow we'll stage a collective protest and skin them alive."
"A bunch of rabble trying to wipe us all out? What, can these people do all our jobs? What else can they do besides messing with people!"
Everyone was filled with resentment when that group of people was mentioned.
They were doing a perfectly good job, but these people have ruined it, and now they're afraid to even go to the office.
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