Siheyuan: After becoming a traitor, first let the Huai Ru River overflow its banks.

Li Jianjun held his breath and remained silent. He wanted to watch the people in the courtyard perform one by one in front of him, and finally find out who had framed him.

Xu Damao is different from Sha Zhu. Sha Zhu is suspended from his job and is reflecting on his actions at home. It seems he has given up on himself.

He's already been demoted to a toilet attendant, and if he continues to oppose Li Jianjun, he might lose that job too.

"Da Mao, you were talking so enthusiastically just now, keep going."

Li Jianjun said this deliberately.

Xu Damao, however, was trembling with fear. He was not as brainless as Sha Zhu.

Liu Haizhong hummed a few times to himself, but didn't say anything.

Li Jianjun is now a section chief, and he can be arrested at the slightest provocation. He wants to stay as the workshop director for a few more years.

All things considered, only Sha Zhu speaks with such unbridled abandon.

Li Jianjun retorted with a question to Sha Zhu.

"Do you know why everyone calls you Silly Zhu?"

Sha Zhu didn't take it seriously.

"Come on, Li Jianjun, stop trying to be mysterious. I'm not stupid."

Li Jianjun laughed heartily.

“If you’re not stupid, you should shut up now. Nobody wants to see the Red Star Steel Mill stolen and its finances lost.”

"If I remember correctly, you should be suspended from your duties and reflect on your actions, right?"

“I guess you still want to go back to work. If you keep making a scene like this, you might never be able to go back.”

Sha Zhu wasn't buying it.

"Come on, Li Jianjun, stop trying to fool me. You can't even protect yourself, yet you're trying to scare me."

Li Jianjun was talking to Sha Zhu when he clearly sensed that Yi Zhonghai's expression was off.

Moreover, when Li Jianjun entered Yi Zhonghai's residence, he could smell the aroma of braised pork.

Logically speaking, it's not strange that Yi Zhonghai, who earns only 99 yuan a month, would eat braised pork.

The key point is that Yi Zhonghai and his wife usually live a very hard life, and he is quite certain that the taste of this braised pork is a characteristic of Sha Zhu's cooking.

In other words, Yi Zhonghai must have eaten the braised pork made by Sha Zhu.

Why did Sha Zhu send braised pork to Yi Zhonghai?

It simply doesn't make sense if there wasn't collusion between the two.

At that moment, Li Jianjun pushed his cart to his door, tied the bandage, and went to the toilet.

Perhaps it was this action that made Yi Zhonghai lower his guard.

When Li Jianjun peered over the toilet wall, he indeed saw Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu talking to each other.

It was clear that Yi Zhonghai was scolding Sha Zhu, who looked as wilted as a frostbitten eggplant.

This confirms Li Jianjun's reasoning.

Next, Li Jianjun instructed Ma Sijiu to keep a close eye on Shazhu's movements.

Knowing Sha Zhu as he did, he knew Sha Zhu couldn't possibly have come up with something so intellectually demanding.

The only explanation is that Yi Zhonghai was the mastermind behind the scenes, and Sha Zhu was the executor.

So if you have someone keep a close eye on Sha Zhu, you can find clues.

After receiving the order, Ma Sijiu dared not neglect it.

Ultimately, this incident stemmed from his negligence during his patrol, which caused trouble for Li Jianjun.

On the second day of following Sha Zhu, Ma Si Jiu discovered something amiss. He found Sha Zhu whispering to Yang Er Hu from the factory.

Ma Sijiu immediately reported the situation to Li Jianjun, who, without saying a word, ordered his men to arrest Yang Erhu.

Li Jianjun didn't even eat; he interrogated Yang Erhu overnight.

"Yang Erhu, tell me, what shady business did you and Shazhu do in secret?"

Yang Erhu trembled with fear, especially with Ma Sijiu standing beside him holding a stick thicker than his arm, intimidating him.

“Section Chief Li…no…I didn’t say anything to He Yuzhu. He said his family…is going hungry…and he wants to lend me money…”

Li Jianjun slapped his ear and stood up.

"Bullshit! Before he was suspended, Sha Zhu earned at least 30 yuan a month. He only has one sister. How could he be broke?"

Seeing that Yang Erhu wasn't telling the truth, Ma Sijiu grabbed a stick and was about to swing it at him.

"No, no, no, I'll tell the truth, okay?"

Yang Erhu then recounted the whole story.

"He Yuzhu asked me to put a pot of chrysanthemum tea in the security office. After it was done, he gave me 10 yuan. He told me not to tell anyone."

"When I heard today that we'd found chrysanthemum tea, I got nervous and went to find He Yuzhu to discuss what to do. That's when you guys arrested me..."

Chapter 153 Sha Zhu Gets Arrested

Under the intimidation of the security department, Yang Erhu confessed everything and directly implicated Sha Zhu.

"I knew it, it must have been Sha Zhu who was behind it, and sure enough."

"Si Jiu, you and Li Weiguo, take the workers' picket team and bring Sha Zhu here."

Li Jianjun was furious; now Sha Zhu couldn't escape.

Li Jianjun originally thought that since they lived in the same courtyard, he should be lenient with each other.

But Sha Zhu went too far this time. It was one thing to retaliate against him, but he also brought in outside thieves who stole things from the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, which escalated the charges.

After interrogating Yang Erhu, Li Jianjun read the interrogation record to Yang Erhu and then had him put his fingerprint on it.

Li Jianjun temporarily detained Yang Erhu in the office and then went to report to Director Yang.

Once he arrived here, Li Jianjun finally relaxed completely.

With Yang Erhu's capture and Sha Zhu being dragged into the mess, the matter seems to have been settled.

Sha Zhu colluded with foreign enemies and stole things from the factory. He'll definitely have to go to jail for a few days and face a fine.

The progress of the matter must be closely reported to Director Yang, and everything awaits his decision.

Even if Li Jianjun didn't hold an official position in his previous life, he still understood the ways of officialdom.

Everything is reported to superiors, and decisions are made by superiors.

If anything goes wrong, his superiors won't blame him.

When Li Jianjun reached the door of Director Yang's office, he took a deep breath and knocked on the door.

After entering the room, Li Jianjun saw a very beautiful woman reporting something to Director Yang.

"What's wrong, Xiao Li? Is something important?"

Seeing that there were outsiders present, Li Jianjun hesitated.

Factory Director Yang immediately understood his meaning: family scandals should not be aired in public, but today he was here to deliver good news.

"Speak up, Yanli is no outsider."

This Dong Yanli is Director Yang's niece. She is a law student and a proper college student.

This time, Director Yang appointed her as the factory's legal advisor.

"Uncle, if you have something important to discuss, please talk first. I'll come back to you later."

Dong Yanli, as her name suggests, is bright and beautiful. Her round face has two dimples, and when she smiles, it's as if a door to the whole world opens up.

The girl had an intellectual beauty, especially her two little tiger teeth and dimples, which gave her a youthful beauty that immediately attracted Li Jianjun.

"It's alright, it's alright, we're all family. Xiao Li, just say what's on your mind."

Li Jianjun then reported the interrogation results to Director Yang.

"Yang Erhu confessed that He Yuzhu gave him that pot of chrysanthemum tea and asked him to put it in the security office."

"This is the interrogation record. Director Yang, please take a look."

Li Jianjun handed over the interrogation record, but before Director Yang could even look at it, he was already furious.

"That He Yuzhu is such a bastard. As someone from the steel rolling mill, he actually gave laxatives to the security personnel."

"Jianjun, did your security department offend He Yuzhu?"

Li Jianjun knew that Director Yang would ask this question. Everyone's first reaction was that Sha Zhu must have a grudge against the security department, which is why he put laxatives in the medicine to retaliate against them.

"Director Yang, things are not as simple as you think. As far as I know, that night, Si Jiu and his men stayed at their posts, but it was this pot of tea that caused them to get diarrhea one after another."

"While they were suffering from diarrhea, several suspicious figures were seen moving around inside the factory..."

"Those who discovered this anomaly searched everywhere for members of the workers' picket line, but they were too exhausted to pull them away."

Factory Director Yang frowned.

"Xiao Li, according to your idea, someone deliberately sent chrysanthemum tea to the security department to give the security staff diarrhea, so that the thieves would have enough time to steal things from the factory."

Li Jianjun's reasonable explanation immediately shocked Director Yang.

"So, the people inside the factory colluded with outsiders to steal things from the factory?"

Li Jianjun nodded.

People like Sha Zhu will never grow up unless they are taught a lesson.

"Yes. I have already ordered He Yuzhu to be arrested. We will interrogate him later and find out the truth."

After reporting his work, Li Jianjun immediately returned to his office.

This case is complicated, but fortunately, we've made some progress today.

"Okay, then I'll go and interrogate He Yuzhu myself in a bit."

The reputation of the entire Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill was at stake, so Director Yang couldn't afford to be careless.