Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

When Xu's parents saw Xu Damao, they immediately stood up in surprise. "Son! You're finally back! I thought you weren't coming back!"

"It was sobbing," Xu's mother said.

Xu's father patted Xu Damao on the shoulder: "It's good that you're back. Just live a good life from now on and stop causing trouble."

Xu Damao saw that his parents were home and then asked about his sister's whereabouts. He later learned that his sister had gone to the countryside to work as an educated youth.

Then I heard that Sha Zhu is doing very well now, he has taken on apprentices, and even Xiao Dang and Huaihua have grown into young women.

Xu Damao was consumed by jealousy. He couldn't swallow his anger and decided to go to the courtyard to see what was really going on with Sha Zhu and find some validation.

The next morning, Xu Damao strolled leisurely to the courtyard house.

Xu Damao, hands in his pockets, said sarcastically, "Hey, isn't this Sha Zhu? He's doing pretty well now, a master craftsman. Too bad, still a cripple with a missing hand, no son, no descendants!"

Sha Zhu looked up, saw Xu Damao, and his face instantly darkened. His apprentices, upon hearing this, immediately erupted in anger.

"What did you say! Watch your mouth!"

"You dare insult our master? You're asking for a beating!"

Several apprentices rolled up their sleeves, ready to rush up and beat Xu Damao.

Xu Damao took two steps back in fright, shouting menacingly, "What? You want to hit someone? Let me tell you, hitting someone is illegal!"

"Stop!" Sha Zhu slowly walked up to Xu Damao, his eyes full of disdain. "Xu Damao, after all these years, you haven't improved at all. All you can do is talk big and do petty tricks."

Xu Damao, his sore spot touched, flew into a rage and cursed, "You damned eunuch! You cripple! Let's see how long you can be so smug!"

Upon hearing this, the apprentices could no longer contain themselves and swarmed forward, punching and kicking Xu Damao.

Xu Damao screamed repeatedly, crouching on the ground with his head in his hands, begging for mercy.

"Stop hitting me! Stop hitting me! I was wrong!"

Seeing Xu Damao's bruised and swollen face, Sha Zhu, fearing he might actually die, quickly shouted, "That's enough! Stop hitting him! Throw him out!"

The apprentices stopped what they were doing and dragged Xu Damao out of the courtyard like a dead dog, leaving him at the entrance of the alley.

Xu Damao lay on the ground, his whole body aching. He looked in the direction of the courtyard house, gritting his teeth in anger, but dared not go any further.

As Xu Damao limped away, he arrived at a teahouse and suddenly felt thirsty. Just then, a person appeared in front of him.

"Come on, let me treat you. Shall we go upstairs and have a seat?"

Xu Damao looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, who was wearing a Liberation Army uniform, with suspicion.

"You've read the letter, right? Shall we go upstairs and talk?"

Xu Damao gritted his teeth and followed. As soon as he sat down in the private room on the second floor of the teahouse, the man took out a small, exquisite pistol and a wad of cash from his pocket.

"Shoot Li Yu once, then run to Shichahai where someone will meet you."

Xu Damao hesitated as he looked at the money and pistol on the table. At that moment, the man picked up the gun from the table and pressed it against Xu Damao's forehead.

"You can refuse, but you and your parents will be shot. With this gun I have."

Xu Damao felt the cold muzzle of the gun on his forehead, then nodded.

"Haha, I knew you would agree."

"Go to this address tomorrow at noon. This is Li Yu's address. He goes out to buy groceries every day at noon recently."

Xu Damao took the note from the man's hand, and just as he was about to say something, the man got up and left the room.

As soon as he left the teahouse, he walked into an alley and quickly removed his disguise. When he emerged from the alley, he had transformed into a young man.

The man then got into a car parked by the roadside, and the person inside asked, "Was the matter settled?"

"No problem, but how can you be so sure this person can kill Li Yu?"

"It's uncertain, but we haven't suffered much loss. It would be best if we killed him, but if we can't, then so be it. Anyway, I've already received the money."

The car drove straight out of Beijing.

The next day at noon, Li Yu was about to go out to buy groceries on his bicycle when [Ding! Received strong murderous intent from Xu Damao, emotional value 999!]

Just then, Li Yu saw Xu Damao standing at the entrance of the alley, who greeted him when he saw him.

Li Yu stared intently at Xu Damao, then rode his bicycle toward Xu Damao. Just as he got close, Xu Damao reached into his pocket.

Li Yu jumped off the bicycle, flew onto Xu Damao's head, and then kicked Xu Damao in the face with a whooshing sound.

"Bang!" Xu Damao's head was kicked and smashed like a watermelon.

Upon seeing this, all the nearby security personnel rushed over, and the sight before them instantly gave them a new perspective on the cultured person they were protecting.

One of them muttered to himself, "With skills like that, who's protecting whom?"

Li Yu used his foot to pry open Xu Damao's shirt, revealing a small pistol in his hand.

"I'll leave this to you."

After saying that, Li Yu planned to go home and change his pants, as there was red and white stuff all over the cuffs.

As soon as she entered, Bai Ling asked in confusion, "Weren't you going to buy groceries? Why are you back?"

"I just got my pants dirty, I'm going to change them when I get back."

Bai Ling glanced at Li Yu's trouser leg and instantly realized that Li Yu must have encountered danger. However, judging from the current situation, the other party was probably gone, since there were still what appeared to be pieces of flesh on Li Yu's trouser leg.

Bai Ling was well aware of Li Yu's strength; he could easily defeat an adult with a single move—a true defeat.

After changing his pants, Li Yu didn't go far. He just strolled around the nearby market and, out of the blind spot of the security personnel, redeemed the ingredients he wanted from the system shop.

Xu's parents, who were waiting at home for Xu Damao to have dinner, did not see Xu Damao. Instead, they were met by the police and were taken away while they were completely bewildered.

During the interrogation at the Municipal Public Security Bureau, they learned that Xu Damao had actually dared to assassinate Li Yu.

After being detained for two days, Xu's parents were finally released after it was proven that they knew nothing about the matter. However, the continuous interrogation over the past two days had left them exhausted.

After leaving the Municipal Public Security Bureau, Xu's father had no energy left to grieve over Xu Damao's death. When he returned home, he received a call from the movie theater informing him that he had been fired.

Even Xu Damao's younger sister, who lived in the countryside, was transferred to the farm by the production brigade. She was originally working as a scorekeeper in the village.

Suddenly transferred to the farm, she had no idea what was happening.

Li Yu was unaware of the incident involving Xu Damao's family, and even if he had known, he would have simply laughed it off.