Love in the Courtyard: Starting with Engineers

After receiving the letter of understanding, Mr. and Mrs. Xu took it to the security department.

Despite having a letter of understanding, Xu Damao was still sent to the police station. Although he was not required to undergo labor reform, he was still detained for several months.

Moreover, according to a team member from the security department, Xu Damao, who had been on good terms with Xu Wude, he was certain that he would lose his job this time.

Xu Wude planned to take Xu Damao with him once he was released, since he and Lou Xiao'e were already divorced.

The next day, Yu Haitang's voice came over the steel rolling mill's loudspeaker.

"Now broadcasting an announcement: projectionist Xu Damao is suspected of framing our factory's senior engineer, Comrade Li Yu."

"The following penalties are hereby imposed: First, Xu Damao is dismissed; second, he is handed over to the police station."

"All workers in the steel rolling mill must unite with each other. We must eliminate bad elements who undermine unity and production."

When Liu Haizhong from Workshop 2 heard that Xu Damao had been fired, his wariness of Li Yu grew even stronger.

A cheer erupted in the research workshop, as almost all the leaders, big and small, of the steel rolling mill had come to the workshop.

Today is the start-up day for the hot strip wide steel mill. At the moment of startup, the huge machine carries steel billets into the rolling mill.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, steel billets were pressed into perfect shapes.

"We did it! We did it!" Someone shouted first, and then everyone burst into enthusiastic cheers.

Looking at the excited crowd and the slowly running machines, Li Yu felt a deep sense of pride.

In Bai Ling's eyes, Li Yu was shining and dazzling at this moment.

"Everyone! Today is a memorable and happiest day for the research workshop, so the factory has decided to give each of you a bonus of ten dollars as encouragement."

Upon hearing Director Yang speak, the crowd went from being quiet to becoming excited all at once.

"That's ten dollars!" "Coming to the research workshop was definitely the right decision!"

Li Huaide and Yang Weimin came to Li Yu's side, patted him on the shoulder, and said:

"Good job, kid! I didn't expect you to have built it in less than a month."

"Tonight, let's drink until we drop at the cafeteria!"

Li Huaide said to Li Yu with a smile.

Li Yu replied with a smile, "Alright, let's drink until we're drunk!"

After a period of noise, the research workshop returned to its daily production routine.

However, the fact that the workers were whispering to each other from time to time showed that they were not at peace.

Sha Zhu, who works in the cafeteria, received a notice from the cafeteria director, Liu Dayou, that a special meal would be prepared for him tonight.

Sha Zhu, who was in charge of the research workshop, had also heard about the commotion. He knew that the meal was definitely for Li Yu to celebrate.

So he planned to agree first and then leave after get off work. He felt he had already been very restrained by not poisoning Li Yu's food, and now he wanted Li Yu to cook special meals for him.

This was more painful than killing him, and at the same time, he wanted to use this to let Yang Weimin and the others know that without him, Sha Zhu, there would be no one to provide special care.

As soon as he got off work, Li Huaide personally came to the research workshop to invite Li Yu to the small canteen. He specially asked that he make a more sumptuous meal today so that he and Li Yu could have a good meal together.

When Li Yu arrived at the small canteen, he saw not only Director Yang, but also the directors of various workshops and the director of the security department.

It seems that one of Li Huaide's distant relatives was a battalion commander in the army named Chang Shengli.

After Li Huaide and Li Yu were seated, they instructed their secretaries to urge the food to be served.

Unexpectedly, Li Huaide's secretary returned with a long face and said that Sha Zhu had run away and hadn't cooked any food.

Li Huaide was furious when he heard this. The canteen was his territory, and now he had lost face in front of the whole factory. He wanted nothing more than to beat Sha Zhu to death.

Just as the atmosphere reached an impasse, Yang Weimin stepped forward and said, "I have some connections with the official representative of Hongbinlou Restaurant. I'll make a call and ask them to prepare a table for us."

As he spoke, Yang Weimin went to make a phone call.

After making the call to Hongbinlou, Yang Weimin hesitated for a moment, then sighed and dialed a mysterious number: "Hongbinlou tonight."

After saying that, Yang Weimin slumped into his chair. A moment later, he rubbed his face with his hand, got up, and left the office.

Yang Weimin and Li Huaide had their secretaries each drive a car and take everyone to Hongbinlou.

Li Yu and Bai Ling sat at the head of the table, while Li Huaide sat next to Li Yu. Over drinks and food, everyone showered Li Yu with compliments.

Yang Weimin seemed distracted and didn't talk much today, so Li Huaide was the one who kept the atmosphere lively the whole time.

After several rounds of drinks, seeing that it was getting dark, everyone prepared to leave, and the section chiefs all walked back home.

Li Huai pulled Li Yu, who was about to walk back, and said:

"How can we let Brother Li walk back?"

Li Huaide waved to his secretary and said, "I have some things to take care of. Please take Brother Li back first."

Seeing Li Huaide's insistence, Li Yu agreed to take the carriage back.

Seeing Li Yu get into the car and leave, Li Huaide swayed and headed towards Liu Lan's house.

What no one noticed was that someone followed Li Yu as he left.

Just as Li Yu was resting with his eyes closed in the car.

Suddenly, a Jiefang truck rushed out from around the corner and crashed into the jeep Li Yu was riding in, overturning it.

Just as Li Yu was checking on Bai Ling to see if she was injured, a group of masked men got off the truck and pointed submachine guns at Li Yu and Bai Ling.

"Drag them out, and shoot if they resist."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yu and Bai Ling were pulled out.

Although Bai Ling was bleeding from her head, she seemed to be still conscious and her limbs were not broken.

Li Yu and Bai Ling were tied up and put into a car, which quickly drove out of the city.

Arriving at a grove of trees on the outskirts of the city, the two were pushed out of the car and then pulled into the grove.

Soon they saw several people and a grave.

A middle-aged man was kneeling in front of the tomb, wearing a Zhongshan suit and a white mourning cloth on his head.

He is Chen Weiguo, Long Xiaoni's son, and the head of the Action Section of the White Party's Special Service Department.

After wiping his glasses, Chen Weiguo approached Li Yu and said, "Hello, let me introduce myself. My name is Chen Weiguo, and I am the head of the Action Section of the White Party's Special Service Department."

"He is also the son of undercover agent Long Xiaoni."

"You must be Engineer Li, young man."

Then he looked at Bai Ling, whose face was covered in blood, and said, "You must be Bai Ling, the one who arrested my mother. I never thought that she would be taken down by two young people."

"She must be very unwilling to accept this!"

Li Yu looked at the man in front of him; he was calm and composed, completely expressionless.

Watching Li Yu and Bai Ling felt like watching two younger relatives, completely unlike the feeling of watching one's mother's killer.

These are the most terrifying people; not only that, the people who brought them here didn't say a word the entire time.

They were clearly highly trained agents.