The children were still napping, so Fang Qiao asked Xiao Jing to stay home and watch them for a while. She then stood up, took Wang Yun's hand, and said to her, "Let's go find the leader."
Wang Yun had some concerns: "Wouldn't it leave a bad impression on the leaders if I went to complain about such a small matter?"
"Complain? Who said I went to complain?" Fang Qiao said innocently, "The boss promised Bai Dong a while ago that he would transfer Li Dan's husband's job as soon as she finished her postpartum confinement. I just went to ask about the progress."
"Oh yeah, that's one of those things too!"
As soon as Fang Qiao mentioned it, Wang Yun remembered that the punishment for Li Dan's troublesome attempt to replace her son hadn't been handed down yet.
She'd heard everything Fang Qiao had said: the new factory's location was incredibly remote, practically in the countryside. Furthermore, Li Dan's husband had been transferred from workshop director to oversee the construction site; anyone with a discerning eye could easily see that he hadn't been transferred without reason—he'd clearly been demoted for a serious mistake. Any future leader, unless completely sensible, would never consider promoting him.
Therefore, Liu Dongliang can forget about ever getting promoted again in his lifetime.
Li Dan has dragged her own man into this mess; no wonder she's unlikely to have a good life in the future!
Thinking of this, Wang Yun immediately felt a sense of schadenfreude and took Fang Qiao's arm, saying, "Let's go!"
"Walk."
After leaving home, Fang Qiao led Wang Yun toward the office building, intending to find Yang Xiu, the deputy factory director in charge of logistics.
Upon entering the office building, Fang Qiao immediately spotted Li Dan waiting outside Yang Xiu's office.
Seeing Fang Qiao and Wang Yun arrive together, Li Dan glared at her fiercely and asked in a harsh tone, "What are you doing here?"
Fang Qiao retorted directly: "Do you own this office building? You're allowed to come here, but I'm not?"
Fang Qiao's words were harsh, and Li Dan was caught in a dilemma—whether to accept them or not.
If I accept the offer, I'll probably be labeled a capitalist with ulterior motives; if I don't, it'll seem like I'm afraid of her.
Li Dan's face turned pale and then red. After a long pause, she snorted and said, "Young people have too much temper. I won't stoop to your level."
Fang Qiao scoffed, "If you're wrong, you're wrong. Why pretend to be magnanimous?"
Wang Yun also said, "That's right, when you can't win an argument, you flatter yourself. It's really funny."
Li Dan's face turned ugly, and she was about to curse when she caught a glimpse of Yang Xiu returning from a meeting at the end of the corridor with a file folder in her hand. She quickly changed her expression to one of grievance and said in a low voice, "I was just saying hello to you guys, and you're being so hostile towards me."
She was clearly trying to put on an act in front of Director Yang, but Fang Qiao was too lazy to play along and directly greeted Yang Xiu: "Director Yang, are you free now? I have something I'd like to ask you."
"available."
After Yang Xiu finished speaking, she paused and looked at Wang Yun and Li Dan behind Fang Qiao.
Wang Yun took Fang Qiao's arm: "Director Yang, I came with Fang Qiao."
"And you?" Yang Xiu asked Li Dan.
"I...I also have something to discuss with you." Li Dan shrank her shoulders, somewhat afraid of Yang Xiu. She had been scolded by Yang Xiu several times this year, but when she thought of how Yang Xiu always judged the matter fairly and impartially, she regained her courage and straightened her back.
Yang Xiu nodded: "Okay, come in."
She took out her key, opened the door, placed the file bag on the desk, and then pulled out a chair and sat down. "You all sit down too."
Fang Qiao held Wang Yun's hand and said, "We won't sit here. We'll just have a few words, ask our questions, and then we'll leave."
Li Dan was about to sit down, but upon hearing Fang Qiao's words, she immediately stood up again: "I won't sit down either."
Yang Xiu then asked, "What brings you to me? Who wants to speak first?"
"I... I'll go first," Li Dan said, speaking first.
Yang Xiu nodded: "Then you go first."
Li Dan glanced at Fang Qiao smugly.
Fang Qiao was speechless.
They were still smug when disaster struck.
Li Dan: "Director Yang, I have objections to the housing we were allocated. My husband, Lao Liu, is the workshop director. The original housing we were allocated was three rooms with a small courtyard. During the Spring Festival, my family had a conflict with Fang Qiao's family and we couldn't be neighbors anymore, so the logistics department asked us to move. We cooperated and moved, but the logistics department bullied us and only allocated two single-story houses to us. There is no courtyard, no kitchen, and no toilet. We have to cook in the main room and relieve ourselves in the public toilet. It is very inconvenient to live here."
"That's fine, we can understand that the logistics department said there are no vacant yards in the factory. But just now, I went to visit Xia Hehua, the family member of the director of the third workshop, and I saw that no one lived next door to her house. It was an empty yard."
“Wang Yun said that the courtyard was a new house allocated to her and her boyfriend by the factory, but her boyfriend, Gao Ping, is just a lowly security guard. How could he possibly be eligible for a house with a courtyard?! Someone must have been pulling strings behind the scenes. I’m not having it. I think it’s unfair. I’m applying to the factory for a new housing allocation!”
Yang Xiu listened and nodded to indicate that she understood, then asked, "Is there anything else?"
"That's all."
Yang Xiu's reaction was strangely calm. Li Dan felt that something was wrong. Wasn't she the one who strictly enforced the factory's rules and regulations?
Why are you so calm this time when you encountered unfair housing allocation?
Li Dan felt a little flustered.
Yang Xiu said, "Your matter is a bit complicated. I guess Liu Dongliang hasn't told you the truth yet. Wait a moment, I'll tell you in detail after I finish dealing with other things."
Yang Xiu's words made Li Dan even more flustered. She forced herself to remain calm and nodded.
So Yang Xiu turned to Fang Qiao and asked, "What do you want?"
"I don't have anything else to say, I just wanted to talk to Li Dan about the same thing." After Fang Qiao finished speaking, she smiled at Li Dan, whose heart skipped a beat, and her ominous premonition grew stronger.
"Director Yang, to be honest, Wang Yun is a good friend of mine. We were both sent-down youth and supported each other in the countryside for five or six years. Our friendship is beyond words. I was the matchmaker for her marriage to Gao Ping. I'm on her side both morally and logically."
“Because of the house issue, Li Dan said that she got in through connections, which is really hurtful. How can Wang Yun face people if word gets out? She'll be labeled as corrupt, and what will the neighbors think of her? So not only is she angry, but as her best friend, I'm also very angry. That's why I've come to you for help. I want you to explain things to Li Dan to avoid endless misunderstandings.”
Li Dan was furious when she heard Fang Qiao's words. She was avoiding the main point and making excuses for her own people!
She said with dissatisfaction, "What misunderstanding? I didn't say anything wrong. Gao Ping is just a lowly security guard. When it comes to housing allocation, he'll at most get a single room like the regular employees. How could he possibly get a house with a small yard? What else could it be but getting it through connections?"
Fang Qiao remained calm and looked at Yang Xiu: "Please explain the situation in Gaoping to Li Dan in detail, Director Yang."
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