Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

"You scared me! I heard about what happened yesterday, but I didn't know you had such good martial arts skills."

"I'm glad you have such good martial arts skills, otherwise you would have been in danger. Are you alright? I was planning to go to your dorm to find you at noon if you hadn't come over."

Seeing that Li Jianshe was rambling on and on, Li Yu quickly explained his purpose: "Uncle Li, I've come to see you because I have something good to show you."

Li Yu placed the repair manual in front of Li Jianshe, who picked it up and looked at it for a while before exclaiming in surprise:

"Wow, this is great! Where did you get it?"

"Does it have to be from somewhere? Can't I write it myself?"

Upon hearing this, Li Jianshe immediately exclaimed, "Impossible! When did you write this? When did you disassemble these machines?"

Li Yu told Li Jianshe about what he had done while searching through the archives, and only then did Li Jianshe believe him.

"Li Yu, you are truly a genius. You can compile such a complete repair manual just by looking at the data."

Li Yu joked, "Now that I'm an engineer, I can't possibly keep repairing these machines in the steel rolling mill. Once I create a repair manual, I won't have to worry about that anymore."

"Xiaoyu, I know you're joking, but I still have to tell you that no matter how much you achieve, you can't be detached from the masses," Li Jianshe said seriously.

Li Yu nodded quickly in agreement.

Just before the end of the workday, the steel mill broadcast the news that Li Yu had captured a Japanese spy, and as a result, the steel mill rewarded Li Yu with 200 yuan.

That evening, while everyone in the courtyard was discussing the news that Li Yu had captured a Japanese spy, the neighborhood committee also held a general meeting of the entire courtyard to specifically address the matter.

In the following days, not only the technical and security departments of the steel rolling mill were investigated, but at Bai Ling's suggestion, the leaders of every department were also secretly investigated by the Hongxing Police Station. Not only were their backgrounds re-examined, but the department heads also had to be visited in person.

In the end, the investigation revealed that two people were involved: one was the warehouse manager in charge of logistics, and the other was the head of the purchasing department. They were both suspected of stealing new types of steel from the steel rolling mill.

Another incident involved Liu Haizhong reporting Jiang Dahai, who worked in the same workshop, on the grounds that Yang Weimin's behavior was unusual during a broadcast.

It was later discovered that he had been fined and demoted for occasionally stealing scrap from the steel rolling mill to sell as waste.

Because of this incident, Liu Haizhong was beaten black and blue by the Jiang family father and son after get off work, and the matter was eventually dropped due to lack of evidence.

He asked Bai Ling to get him a course schedule for steel smelting courses at Yenching University. After that, he kept going back and forth between classrooms. Sometimes he would finish one professor's class and go to the next classroom to find that same professor.

Within a few days, several professors in the Department of Metallurgy at Yenching University learned about a student who was auditing classes everywhere with his girlfriend.

After spending a few days with him, Bai Ling discovered that this person wasn't as bad as she had initially thought. On the contrary, he was very studious and often spent the whole day writing and drawing.

What Bai Ling found a little strange was that Li Yu seemed to have a particular fondness for provoking people. Whenever he had the chance, he would definitely provoke others, especially herself, who suffered greatly as a result.

What she didn't know was that Li Yu was accumulating emotional points partly to cope with a life-or-death crisis and partly to quickly exchange for a steelmaking furnace.

That day, just as Li Yu and Bai Ling were preparing to head to Yenching University, a burly man blocked their path. As Bai Ling was about to approach and ask what was happening, Li Yu quickly greeted the man, "Brother Wu, what brings you here?"

"Brother Li, I haven't seen you come back to visit me for the past few days. I'm almost done with it, so I came to see you to check if there's anything that needs improvement."

Li Yu slapped his forehead, "I've been so busy these past few days that I almost forgot about it."

"By the way, Brother Wu, has anyone come to cause trouble these past few days?"

"No, there was just a fat old woman who complained that I disturbed her sleep and demanded compensation. I just scared her a bit and she was fine."

Li Yu knew from the name "Fat Head and Big Ears" that it was Jia Zhangshi.

When Li Yu and his two companions returned to the courtyard, there weren't many people there since it was Friday. Only a few women from the compound were chatting in the courtyard.

When they saw Li Yu leading a beautiful woman into the courtyard, the women all cast curious glances at him.

"Old Zhang, do you think Li Yu has been staying at this girl's house these past few days?"

"Don't talk nonsense. My husband said that Li Yu is currently living in the steel mill dormitory, and this girl seems to work at the steel mill as well."

Another woman said, "Oh, so tell me, is this girl the girl Li's son's girlfriend? Look, he's even brought her to look at houses."

Li Yu pushed open the door to the middle room and saw that the floor had been replaced with terracotta tiles. Apart from the original wardrobe and wooden box, all the furniture had been replaced with nanmu wood. To Li Yu's surprise, Old Wu had even replaced the bed with nanmu wood.

The room on the left used to be a storage room, but it has been divided into two rooms: one is a kitchen and the other has been converted into a bathroom. This was done to make drainage easier.

The kitchen stove was tiled with white ceramic tiles, and there was a sink next to it with a simple-looking brand-new cast iron faucet.

What satisfied him most was the bathroom, which was fully equipped with a squat toilet, washbasin, and shower.

After reading it, Li Yu said to Old Wu, "It's exactly as I described it to you."

"Haha! If Brother Li thinks it's okay, then it's fine," Old Wu said happily.

After paying Lao Wu's wages, Li Yu gave all the old furniture in the yard to Lao Wu and his group.

The three aunties were heartbroken when they saw the workers carrying Li Yu's old furniture out. Yan Bugui had previously said that he planned to ask for a few pieces back when Li Yu returned.

Just as Li Yu was looking around his room, Bai Ling was also observing the yard. Suddenly, Bai Ling saw a bamboo pole standing on the roof of the deaf old woman's house in the backyard.

Bai Ling immediately pointed in the direction of the deaf old woman's house and asked, "Li Yu, is anyone living in the back house in this courtyard?"

Li Yu casually replied, "Yes, it's the deaf old lady in our courtyard."

Tell me more about this deaf old woman.

Li Yu sensed that Bai Ling might have discovered something, so he told her everything he knew in detail.

After listening, Bai Ling remained silent, her brows furrowed, seemingly lost in thought.

Because the house had just been renovated and there were no household items available, Li Yu did not stay in the courtyard house today and returned to the steel mill dormitory.

Just as Li Yu was getting ready to go to sleep that night, he heard Bai Ling from next door open the door and go out.